Brandon's Buzz

Another low-key week on tap, although with a new Patty Griffin record due at the end of the month, take heed: the new release wall won’t be this slow and dull forever. Dive in:

• Remixes of recent radio smashes from Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, David Guetta, and others highlight Total Club Hits, Vol. 4,
  the latest from those canny geniuses at Thrive Records.

 

• Contra, the second record from rising cult band Vampire Weekend.

 

• Those DIY wunderkinds OK Go are back with their latest effort,
  Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

 

• Acclaimed singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston returns with
  Rain on the City, his first album in nearly a decade.

 

• Rain or Shine, a four-disc live collection from A’s favorite road dogs O.A.R.

 

• And finally, Sherry Ann’s reason for living this week: a new Jason Mraz track has somehow or other found its way onto the original motion picture soundtrack for the new Josh Duhamel flick When in Rome.