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Far is the upcoming fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. It is expected to be released by Sire Records on June 23, 2009, as was announced in a press release on April 13. The first single "Laughing With" was released to Regina's MySpace page on May 8 and was released as a digital download on May 18 in the United States and parts of Europe, along with "Blue Lips". Two viral videos for "Dance Anthem of the 80s" and "Eet" were released on Spektor's myspace account. The official video for "Laughing With" was released on iTunes on May 26, 2009. A special edition of the album will be released with extra tracks, interviews and videos.

Tracklist
1. "The Calculation" – 3:13
2. "Eet" – 3:54
3. "Blue Lips" – 3:34
4. "Folding Chair" – 3:35
5. "Machine" – 3:51
6. "Laughing With" – 3:18
7. "Human of the Year" – 4:12
8. "Two Birds" – 3:23
9. "Dance Anthem of the 80s" – 3:44
10. "Genius Next Door" – 5:10
11. "Wallet" – 2:30
12. "One More Time with Feeling" – 4:03
13. "Man of a Thousand Faces" – 3:12

Released June 23, 2009
Genre Alternative, piano, acoustic
Length 47:39
Label Sire Records

Octahedron is the upcoming fifth studio album by American rock band The Mars Volta, set for release on June 23, 2009. The album is being released by Warner Bros. Records in North America and Mercury Records worldwide. On April 22, 2009, the album's first single, "Cotopaxi," was played as the "hottest record in the world" for that day on the Zane Lowe BBC Radio One show. An interactive website was also launched, which featured "Since We've Been Wrong" and "Cotopaxi", as well as their lyrics, and several pictures of Rodriguez-Lopez and Bixler-Zavala.

Track listing
1. "Since We've Been Wrong" 7:20
2. "Teflon" 5:04
3. "Halo of Nembutals" 5:30
4. "With Twilight as My Guide" 7:52
5. "Cotopaxi" 3:38
6. "Desperate Graves" 4:56
7. "Copernicus" 7:22
8. "Luciforms" 8:21

Released June 23, 2009
Genre Progressive rock
Experimental rock
Length 50:03

Varshons is an album of covers by alternative rock band The Lemonheads. On 27th March 2009, it was announced that Varshons will be released in the US on 23rd June on The End Records. Produced by Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes, the album will feature a variety of tracks from GG Allin, Wire, Leonard Cohen, and Linda Perry. Guest performances include vocals from actress Liv Tyler on Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye," and model Kate Moss guests on Arling & Cameron's "Dirty Robot." Cover art is by Mark Dagley.

Track listing
1. "I Just Can't Take It Anymore" 3:02
2. "Fragile" 1:19
3. "Layin' Up With Linda" 2:17
4. "Waiting Around to Die" 2:22
5. "The Green Fuz" 2:48
6. "Yesterlove" 4:30
7. "Dirty Robot" 2:54
8. "New Mexico" 3:41
9. "Dandelion Seeds" 3:31
10. "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" Leonard Cohen 3:04
11. "Beautiful" Christina Aguilera 3:45

Released June 23, 2009
Recorded 2008
Genre Alternative rock, Punk rock
Label The End
Producer Gibby Haynes

Michael Johns (born Michael John Lee October 20, 1978) is an Australian-born rock/soul singer-songwriter who finished in eighth place in 2008 on the seventh season of the television series American Idol. Above is the early artwork for American Idol 7 contestant Michael Johns‘ new album, Hold Back My Heart, which releases June 23rd, and below is the tracklist. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the tracks are going to be.

Tracklist
1. Heart On My Sleeve
2. To Love Somebody
3. Feeling Alright
4. Little Bear
5. Fools Gold
6. Mountains
7. Fire
8. Hold Back My Heart
9. This Is Goodbye
10. It’s Too Late
11. Heart Is Weak

Patterson Hood will release Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) on June 23, 2009 on Ruth St. Records. The second solo record from the leader of the Drive-By Truckers has been 15 years in the making. The album was produced by Hood and long-time DBT producer David Barbe (Sugar). Most of his DBT band mates join him on the album as well as Don Chambers, Will Johnson and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic/South San Gabriel. This is also the first time Hood’s father David Hood, famed Muscle Shoals bass player, joins him on a record.

Tracklist
1 Murdering Oscar
2 Pollyanna
3 Pride of the Yankees
4 I Understand Now
5 Screwtopia
6 Granddaddy
7 Belvedere
8 The Range War
9 She's a Little Randy
10 Foolish Young Bastard
11 Heavy and Hanging
12 Walking Around Sense
13 Back of a Bible

He Is Legend is a hard rock band formed in Wilmington, North Carolina and recently signed to Tragic Hero Records. The band consists of vocalist frontman Schuylar Croom, guitarist Adam Tanbouz, drummer Steven Bache, and bassist Matt Williams. It Hates You is He Is Legend's third full-length studio album set to be released on June 23, 2009.

Track listing
1. "Dicephalous"
2. "Party Time!"
3. "Everyone I Know Has Fangs"
4. "The Primarily Blues" – 3:52
5. "Cult of She"
6. "Stranger Danger"
7. "Don't Touch That Dial"
8. "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions"
9. "Future's Bright Man"
10. "China White III"
11. "That's Nasty"
12. "Mean Shadows"

Released June 23, 2009
Recorded Warrior Sound, Chapel Hill, NC
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Post-Hardcore
Stoner metal

Having already hipped you to Dinosaur Jr's free-seven-inch-hawking rural tour-dates (not to mention Lou Barlow's infamous 'dismissal' from the band in 1989), I can now fill you in on the details of the forthcoming album for the legendary, proto-grunge rockers. Farm, the 9th Dinosaur Jr LP and second since their unexpected 2005 reunion, will be released by the band's new label, Jagjaguwar, on June 23.

Track listing
1. "Pieces"
2. "I Want You to Know"
3. "Ocean in the Way"
4. "Plans"
5. "Your Weather"
6. "Over It"
7. "Friends"
8. "Said The People"
9. "There's No Here"
10. "See You"
11. "I Don't Wanna Go There"
12. "Imagination Blind"

Released June 23, 2009
Genre Alternative rock
Indie rock

Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. It is scheduled to be released through Roadrunner Records on June 23, 2009. Drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci produced the album, while Paul Northfield returned from 2007's Systematic Chaos as mixer. The album will be released as a single CD, 3-disc Special Edition with instrumental mixes and cover songs, double vinyl LP, as well as a Deluxe Collector's Edition Box Set. The cover songs will be revealed one per week during the six week period prior to the album's release, beginning on May 19.

Track listing
1. "A Nightmare to Remember" 16:10
2. "A Rite of Passage" 8:35
3. "Wither" 5:25
4. "The Shattered Fortress" 12:49
5. "The Best of Times" 13:09
6. "The Count of Tuscany" 19:16

Released June 23, 2009
Recorded October 2008 – March 2009
Genre Progressive metal

Act III: Life and Death is the third full-length album from The Dear Hunter. It is the third part of a six-act story, following 2007's Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading. The album was produced in the band's own studio in Providence, Rhode Island with a number of guest musicians.

Track listing
All lyrics written by Casey Crescenzo, all music composed by The Dear Hunter.
1. "Writing on a Wall" 1:36
2. "In Cauda Venenum" 5:29
3. "What It Means to be Alone" 4:16
4. "The Tank" 4:39
5. "The Poison Woman" 4:18
6. "The Thief" 5:01
7. "Mustard Gas" 4:09
8. "Saved" 4:25
9. "He Said He Had a Story" 3:31
10. "This Beautiful Life" 4:05
11. "Go Get Your Gun" 2:48
12. "Son" 5:39
13. "Father" 4:48
14. "Life and Death" 0:57

Released June 23, 2009
Recorded 2009
Genre Progressive rock
Label Triple Crown Records

The sophomore full-length from Deer Tick is titled Born On Flag Day. The album is slated for a June 23rd release via Partisan Records. The album is the follow-up to the band’s 2007 critically acclaimed debut War Elephant. The effort will feature three new members who were recruited by John J. McCauley III - Andy Tobiassen, Dennis Ryan and Chris Ryan. The current incarnation of the band will be on the road in support of Born On Flag Day sharing the stage with Elvis Perkins (April) and Jenny Lewis (May).

Tracklisting
1. Easy
2. Little White Lies
3. Smith Hill
4. Song About A Man
5. Houston, TX
6. Straight Into A Storm
7. Friday XIII
8. The Ghost
9. Hell On Earth
10. Stung

Bay Area dark ambient collective AMBER ASYLUM has completed work on its new album entitled Bitter River. The record will see a June 23 release date via Profound Lore Records.

Tracklist
1. Twilight
2. Bitter River
3. Bounding Man
4. Winter Winds
5. Auger Of Thrall
6. Thee Apothecary
7. Fear And Doubt In The Frozen Dawn
8. Mountain Haze
9. Nocturne
10. Haze Reprise

Old Crows Young Cardinals is the forthcoming album from post-hardcore band, Alexisonfire. The album's title was announced through Chart Attack, and is expected for release on 23 June 2009. The album was originally referred to by the shortened title of Young Cardinals, until the name change was announced on April 1, 2009.

Track listing
1. "Old Crows" - 4:17
2. "Young Cardinals" – 3:37
3. "Sons of Privilege" - 3:21
4. "Born and Raised" - 4:00
5. "No Rest" - 3:35
6. "The Northern" - 4:28
7. "Midnight Regulations" - 4:11
8. "Emerald Street" - 3:15
9. "Heading for the Sun" - 3:45
10. "Accept Crime" - 3:13
11. "Burial" - 4:18

Released June 23, 2009
Recorded February – March 2009
Genre Post-hardcore