Here are the New Releases for the week of September 22nd, 2009

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Pearl Jam – ‘Backspacer’

The band will be releasing the album through its own label Monkeywrench Records in the United States and through Universal Music Group internationally. Pearl Jam began work for the follow-up to its previous album, ‘Pearl Jam’ (2006), in early 2008. In 2009, the band began to build on instrumental and demo tracks written during 2008. The music on the record features a sound influenced by pop and New Wave.  For its ninth album, Pearl Jam chose to go back to working with producer Brendan O’Brien. The new album is the group’s first album to be produced by O’Brien since the band’s 1998 album, ‘Yield’.  “At this point, I think we’re willing to let somebody cut the songs up a little bit,” says lead vocalist Eddie Vedder. “In the past, Brendan would say, ‘It’s a great song, but I think you should do it in a different key’, and we’d say no. But now that we’ve heard Bruce [Springsteen] has listened to his suggestions, I think we will too.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backspacer_(Pearl_Jam_album)

Three Days Grace – ‘Life Starts Now’

‘Life Starts Now’ is the third studio album by Three Days Grace, which will be released on September 22, 2009. The first single, “Break”, was released on September 1 to radio stations. The band released a teaser to the album that includes a sample from the song “World So Cold”.  All songs have been given a 30 second demo on Amazon.com. On September 15th, MTV Drops posted 4 full tracks for preview on their website: Bitter Taste, Break, World So Cold and The Good Life.  All songs written and composed by Three Days Grace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Starts_Now

Other Releases:

Mika – ‘The Boy Who Knew Too Much’
Brand New – ‘Daisy’
Danko Jones – ‘Never Too Loud’
Sean “Diddy” Combs – ‘Last Train To Paris’
Porcupine Tree – ‘The Incident’
David Gray – ‘Draw The Line’
Monsters of Folk: Conor Oberst/Yim Yames/M. Ward/Mike Mogis – ‘Monsters of Folk’
Five Finger Death Punch – ‘War is the Answer’
Sean Kingston – ‘Tomorrow’
Monty Are I – ‘Break Through The Silence’