New Music Releases – August 2011

August is notoriously a slow month for new rock releases, but there are a few gems set to drop this year. Perhaps the most anticipated August release is Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album, 'I'm With You,' but there are also some interesting reissues and limited editions of classic albums on their way.

While we wait for the release of a bevy of high-profile September discs -- including new albums by Chickenfoot and Jane's Addiction, as well as the special releases from Pink Floyd and Nirvana -- August brings us a few noteworthy discs.

In addition to the Chili Peppers' new album, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen's band Manraze will drop their second disc, 'Punkfunkrootsrock' on Aug. 2, while Slash appears on the soundtrack to the animated movie 'Phineas & Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension.'

Check out our list of August rock releases below.

August 2011 New Music Release Schedule:

August 2
Manraze, 'Punkfunkrootsrock'
Slash and other acts, 'Phineas & Ferb Across 1st and 2nd Dimensions'
Patti Smith, 'Best of Patti Smith'
Heart, 'Heart: Live' (DVD)

August 9
Neil Young, 'Live On Air/The Lost Tapes'
UFO, 'Chrysalis Years 1973-1979'
Leon Russell, 'Live in Japan'
Michael Schenker, 'By Invitation Only'
Bob Seger, 'Live Bullet' (original remastered)
Bob Seger, 'Nine Tonight' (original remastered)
Styx, 'The Grand Illusion' (limited-edition vinyl)
Yes, 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' (limited-edition vinyl)

August 23
Robert Plant, 'Robert Plant's Blue Note' (DVD)
Emerson Lake & Palmer, '40th Anniversary Reunion Concert' (DVD)

August 30
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'I'm With You'