Welcome to a week of fancy reissues and box sets. Everyone’s been abuzz about Nirvana’s Bleach reissue. Maybe now’s the time for me to, you know, own a copy of that album. Sad, I know. Also, some other Nirvana reissues, a couple Neutral Milk Hotel 180 gram vinyls, a 4-disc Guided by Voices collection and a Foo Fighters best-of. It must be close to Christmas or something.

Otherwise, I recommend avoiding The Almost, headbanging with Slayer, checking out Arrington de Dionyso if you’d like your face blown off, curiously prying into a Joy Electric album of cover songs, bowing to Apple with an iTunes-only Mastodon EP, whining along with Morrissey, feeling socially awkward with Jookabox and embracing decent emo with Say Anything.

:: The Almost, Monster, Monster (Virgin)

:: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Have Yourself A Meaty Little Christmas (Williams Street)

:: Arrington de Dionyso, Malaikat Dan Singa (K)

:: Brilliant Colors, Introducing (Slumberland)

:: Carla Bley, Carla’s Christmas Carols (ECM)

:: Citay, Remixes LP (Dead Oceans)

:: Curtis Harvey, Box of Stones (FatCat)

:: David Bazan, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” b/w “Say it Isn’t Greensleeves (A Chance at Christmas)” 7″ (Suicide Squeeze)

:: The Dixie Bee-Liners, Susanville (Pinecastle)

:: DOA, Kings of Punk, Hockey & Beer (Sudden Death)

:: Efterklang and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Performing Parades (The Leaf Label)

:: Etienne Jaumet, Night Music (Domino)

:: Felix, You Are the One I Pick (Kranky)

:: Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters Greatest Hits (Roswell/RCA)

:: Girls in Trouble, Girls in Trouble (JDUB)

:: Guided by Voices, Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now 4-CD box set (Guided By Voices Inc.)

:: Half-Handed Cloud, Cut Me Down and Count My Rings (Asthmatic Kitty)

:: Helen Money, In Tune (Table of Elements)

:: Holopaw, Oh Glory, Oh Wilderness (Bakery Outlet)

:: Hypocrisy, A Taste of Extreme Divinity (Nuclear Blast)

:: John K. Samson, City Route 85 (Epitaph)

:: Jookabox, Dead Zone Boys (Asthmatic Kitty)

:: Joy Electric, Favorites at Play (Tooth & Nail)

:: Julian Casablancas, Phrazes For The Young (RCA)

:: King Khan & the BBQ Show, Invisible Girl (In the Red/Paper Bag)

:: Laarks, An Exaltation of Laarks (Absolutely Kosher)

:: Little Dragon, Machine Dreams (Peacefrog)

:: Lymbyc Systym, Shutter Release (Mush)

:: Mary Onettes, Islands (Labrador)

:: Mastodon, Oblivion iTunes-only EP (Reprise)

:: Mesh, Perfect Solution (Metropolis)

:: Molina & Johnson, Molina & Johnson (Secretly Canadian)

:: Morrissey, Swords (Polydor)

:: Múm, Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know (Euphono)

:: Nesey Gallons, Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago (Hurrah for Karamazov/Cloud)

:: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 180g vinyl reissue (Merge)

:: Neutral Milk Hotel, On Avery Island 180g vinyl reissue (Merge)

:: Nile, Those Whom the Gods Detest (Nuclear Blast)

:: Nirvana, Bleach reissue (Sub Pop)

:: Nirvana, Live at Reading CD/DVD (Geffen)

:: Nirvana, Nevermind vinyl reissue (Warner Bros.)

:: Ola Podrida, Belly of the Lion (Western Vinyl)

:: On Fillmore, Extended Vacation (Dead Oceans)

:: REO Speedwagon, Not So Silent Night (Sony)

:: The Residents, Ten Little Piggies (Cryptic Corporation)

:: The Residents, The Ughs! (Cryptic Corporation)

:: Say Anything, Say Anything (RCA)

:: Slayer, World Painted Blood (American/Columbia)

:: Sleep Whale, Houseboat (Western Vinyl)

:: Straight No Chaser, Christmas Cheers (Elektra)

:: Stricken City, Songs About People (The Kora)

:: The Swimmers, People Are Soft (Mad Dragon)

:: Syntaks, Ylajali (Ghostly International)

:: Systems Officer, Underslept (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

:: Taylor Hollingsworth, Life With a Slow Ear (Team Love)

:: Vitalic, Flashmob (Different/PIAS)

:: We Came As Romans, To Plant A Seed (Equal Vision)

:: Weezer, Raditude (Geffen)

:: Various Artists, Goner Fest 4 (Goner)

Did I miss anything important? Post it in the comments, suckers!

3 Responses to “New Releases: Nirvana, Mastodon, Say Anything”

1. On 11/3/09 10:33 AM, David M said:

   

   And in more important news, the demo for Left 4 Dead 2 came out today.

2. On 11/3/09 11:43 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

   

   I might check out that Nile. I didn’t know they had one coming out.

3. On 11/3/09 12:33 PM, travis lee said:

   

   i highly encourage everyone to pick up the Laarks album. it’s fantastic : they’re Eau Claire, WI bred (for all you Bon Iver fanboys), but is far more fantastic. the boys are great buds of mine, and have been working their asses off for far too long.

   myspace.com/laarks – give’r a whirl.

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