Here are the New Releases for the week of August 12th, 2008

Jonas Brothers – ‘A Little Bit Longer’

The teen pop sensation from New Jersey is back with their third studio release. Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas recorded twelve new songs for this  record, including the first single “Burnin’ Up”. The famous record producer, songwriter and rapper, Timbaland, announced that he had worked with the trio for this album; so it shall be interesting to hear the final results of this collaboration. It is currently possible to listen to the full album before it’s official release on the MTV Leak site.  iTunes has also been releasing one song every two weeks since June 24th, so it is possible to buy four new songs  online right now, including “Burnin’ Up”, Pushin’ Me Away”, “Tonight” and “A Little Bit Longer”.

Songs for Tibet – “The Art Of Peace”

This album was released on August 5th on iTunes and just one day after was the number one rock album worldwide. It is comprised of two disks with ten tracks each and includes exclusive songs by renowned artists from around the world such as Alanis Morissette, Sting, Imogen Heap, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Rush, Garbage, Suzanne Vega, Ben Harper, Moby, Dave Matthews and more. The release coincides with the beginning of the Bejing 2008 Summer Olympic Games on August 8th, 2008. Producer Rupert Hine (Stevie Nicks, Chris De Burgh, Suzanne Varga, Rush, Tina Turner) oversaw the musical direction of the project under Michael Wohl, executive director of the Art Of Peace Foundation in Washington, DC. (http://www.artofpeacefoundation.org/)

Other Releases:

Nine Inch Nails – “The Slip” (Vinyl)
New Kids on the Block – “Greatest Hits”
Original Soundtrack – “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”
Daddy Yankee – “Talento De Barrio”

DVD:

Hillsong – “This Is Our God”
Spice Girls – “Raw Spice”