New Release Tuesday: Flatlanders, Doug Sahm

Flatlanders Hills and Valleys (New West)

Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock are three of Texas' most respected and reliable names in music. All three have had thriving solo careers (as well as other collaborative efforts) since the '70s, but as the Flatlanders, their unique gifts combine to create unforgettable country. In the 30 plus years they've been a group, they've only released a handful of records, and Hills and Valleys is released today after five years of concentration on other efforts. Listeners can expect the kind of album they've come to know and love - no new ground being broken here - but that's always been part of the appeal. Sometimes haunting, sometimes carefree, always wise-beyond-their-years, the trio has offered yet another staggering work of country gold.

Flatlanders [@ New West] ["Thank God for the Road"] [Official]

Doug Sahm Juke Box Music, The Last Real Texas Blues Band reissues

We're also very excited about another Texas legend getting release this week. Sahm, who passed away in 1999, was a San Antonio native and life-long baseball fan (that matters) who is considered one of the forefathers of Tex-Mex. As part of the Texas Tornados and Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm celebrated blues, country, rock and soul all while establishing himself as one of Texas' legendary performers. This week, Juke Box Music (1989)and The Last Real Texas Blues Band (1994) see reissue.

Adam Franklin: Spent Bullets
Alex Cline: The Lamp and the Star (import reissue)
Alexandra Hope: Invisible Sunday (vinyl)
Amusement Parks on Fire : Amusement Parks on Fire (vinyl reissue)
The Answer: Everyday Demons
Bell X1: Blue Lights on the Runway (vinyl)
Black Sabbath: Seventh Star (import reissue)
Bob Dylan: The Basement Tapes (remastered)
Bob Dylan: Before the Flood (remastered)
Bob Dylan: New Morning (remastered)
Bob Log III: My Sh*t Is Perfect
Bobby Osborne: Bluegrass & Beyond
Bosque Brown: Baby (vinyl)
Boston Pops: Red Sox Album
Bruce Cockburn: Slice O Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo
Caroline Weeks: Songs for Edna (vinyl)
Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell: The Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966 (box set)
Dailey and Vincent: Brothers from Different Mothers
Doug Sahm: Juke Box Music/the Last Real Texas Blues Band (reissues)
Doves: Kingdom of Rust (import single)
Dylan & the Dead: Dylan & the Dead (remastered)
Filter: The Very Best Things (1995-2008)
Flatlanders: Hills & Valleys
Flo Rida: R.o.o.t.s (Route Of Overcoming The Struggle)
Gavin DeGraw: Free
Gomez: A New Tide
Great Lake Swimmers: Lost Channels (vinyl)
Jay Dee: Dillanthology: J Dilla's Productions for Various Artists
Jedi Mind Tricks: Stoupe: Decalogue
Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
John Scofield: Piety Street
Kaki King: Mexican Teenagers EP
Leonard Cohen: Live In London (dvd)
Malajube: Labyrinthes
Maria Taylor: LadyLuck
Michelle Malone: Debris
Ministry: Adios...
Muddy Waters: Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco Nov 04-06 1966 (remastered)
Ned's Atomic Dustbin: Lunatic Magnets (dvd)
New Ruins: We Make Our Own Bad Luck (vinyl)
Nightwish: Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places)
Oasis: Be Here Now (import reissue)
Oasis: Don't Believe the Truth (reissue)
Old Crow Medicine Show: Tennessee Pusher (vinyl)
One for the Team: Build a Garden
Other Lives: Other Lives
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band (dvd)
Pansy Division: That's So Gay
Peter Bjorn and John: Living Thing
Peter Walker: Long Lost Tapes 1970
PJ Harvey and John Parish: A Woman A Man Walked By
Queensryche: American Soldier
Reigns: The House on the Causeway (vinyl)
Rio en Medio: Frontier
The Shacklefords: The Shacklefords Sing (reissue)
Stevie Nicks: Live In Chicago (dvd)
Stevie Nicks: The Soundstage Sessions
Thunderheist: Thunderheist
The Whitest Boy Alive: Rules
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel: Willie and the Wheel (vinyl)
Wolves in the Throne Room: Black Cascade
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz! (CD with bonus tracks)