JAN. 29, 2013
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Air Review (Dallas quintet) | “Low Wishes [MP3]” (Hear here; See here) | (Velvet Blue Music / Spune, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Australian Voices (a national choir of Australian singers directed by Gordon Hamilton) | “The Australian Voices” (Hear here) | (Warner Classics, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Justin Bieber | “Believe Acoustic” (Hear here; MP3) | (Schoolboy / RBMG / Island, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Blaudzun | “Heavy Flowers” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Krian Music Group, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Bleeding Rainbow | “Yeah Right” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Kanine, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Blue Sky Riders (Kenny Loggins with Georgia Middleman and Gary Burr) | “Finally Home” (Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Sky Riders/Warner, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Andrea Bocelli | “Passione [CD/DVD]” (Hear here; MP3) | (Universal Latino, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Eric Burdon | ” ‘Til Your River Runs Dry” (first single: “Memorial Day”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ABKCO, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Terri Clark | “Classic” (country covers; guests: Reba McEntire, Dierks Bentley, Jann Arden, Tanya Tucker, Dean Brody; Hear here; MP3) | (BareTrack, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Cult of Luna (Swedish post-metal band) | “Vertikal” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Earache, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| dead prez | “Information Age” (first single: “A New Beginning”; Hear here; MP3) | (Krian Music Group, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Diamond Version | “EP 3 [MP3]” (three songs; Hear here; See here) | (Mute, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Colton Dixon (finished seventh on season 11 of “American Idol”) | “A Messenger” (first single: “You Are”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sparrow, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Ducktails (Matt Mondanile of Real Estate) | “The Flower Lane” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Domino, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| essence goldman (singer-songwriter) | “A Dog Named Moo and His Friend Roo” (her first children’s album; Hear here; MP3) | (myKaZoo Music/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Rose Falcon | “19th Avenue: The EP Volume 2 [MP3]” (five songs Hear here) | (Show Dog/Universal, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Fiction Family | “Fiction Family Reunion” (first single: “Up Against the Wall”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rock Ridge Music, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Glee Cast | “I Don’t Know How to Love Him [MP3],” “I Only Have Eyes For You [MP3],” “Locked Out of Heaven [MP3],” “No Scrubs [MP3],” “Tell Him [MP3]” | (Columbia, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Adam Green & Binki Shapiro | “Adam Green & Binki Shapiro” (first single: “Here I Am”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rounder, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite | “Get Up! [CD/DVD]” (producer: Harper; Hear here; MP3) | (Stax, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Hatebreed | “The Divinity of Purpose” (producers: Hatebreed, Zeuss, Josh Wilbur; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Razor & Tie, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Heyerdahl (Norwegian quartet) | “ØEN [MP3]” (first single: “Mirage”; Hear here; Read here) | (Red Eye Transit, Jan. 28, 2013) |
| Hey Ocean! (Vancouver-based trio) | “IS [MP3]” (with four bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; CD) | (Nettwerk, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Indians (aka Danish singer/songwriter Søren Løkke Juul) | “Somewhere Else” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (4AD, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Scott James (Southern California singer-songwriter) | “Destinesia [MP3]” (six-song EP; producer: Joe DiBlasi; first single: “Garden”; Hear here; See here) | (Scott James, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Kris Kristofferson | “Feeling Mortal” (producer: Don Was; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (KK, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| La Big Vic | “Cold War [MP3]” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Underwater Peoples, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Local Natives | “Hummingbird” (first single: “Breakers”; Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Frenchkiss, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Lisa Loeb | “No Fairy Tale” (her first rock album in eight years; two songs written with Tegan and Sara; producers: Loeb, New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert; Hear here; MP3) | (429, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Matisyahu | “Spark Seeker: Acoustic Sessions [MP3]” (six-song live EP) | (Fallen Sparks/Thirty Tigers, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Freddie McGregor | “Di Captain” (Hear here; MP3) | (VP/Big Ship, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Nicole Moudaber (“Queen of Techno”) | “Roar [MP3]” (two-song EP; Hear here) | (Intec Digital, Jan. 28, 2013) |
| The Neighbourhood | “I’m Sorry… [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (the [r]evolve group, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| ON AN ON | “Give In” (producer: Dave Newfeld; Hear here; MP3) | (Roll Call, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Jeffrey Osborne | “A Time For Love” (producer: George Duke; guests: Chaka Khan, Paul Jackson Jr., Christian McBride, John Roberts; Hear here; MP3) | (Saguaro Road, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Cassadee Pope (season 3 winner of “The Voice”) | “The Complete Season 3 Collection” (Hear here; MP3) | (Republic Nashville, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Rock Candy Funk Party (supergroup led by Joe Bonamassa) | “We Want Groove [CD/DVD]” (Hear here; Read here) | (J&R Adventures, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Lucy Rose (English singer-songwriter) | “Middle of the Bed EP [MP3]” (four songs; Hear here) | (Columbia, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Emmy Rossum (actress-singer stars on Showtime’s “Shameless”) | “Sentimental Journey” (producer: Stuart Brawley; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Warner, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Ruby Suns (New Zealand indie pop group) | “Christopher” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sub Pop, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Elin Ruth (Swedish singer-songwriter) | “Elin Ruth [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Divers Avenue Music, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Saturdays | “Chasing the Saturdays [MP3]” (five-song EP; English-Irish girl group stars in U.S. reality-based TV series on E!; Hear here) | (Mercury, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Sharon Needles (winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 4) | “PG-13 [MP3]” (guests: RuPaul, Scissor Sisters’ Ana Matronic, Jayne County, Thunderfuck; first single: “This Club Is a Haunted House”; Hear here) | (Sharon Needles, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Tegan and Sara | “Heartthrob” (producer: Greg Kurstin; first single: “Closer”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition, containing bonus tracks “Guilty as Charged” and “I Run Empty” and the “Closer” music video; MP3) | (Warner, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Tomahawk (supergroup led by Mike Patton) | “Oddfellows” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ipecac Recordings, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Total Warr (French duo) | “Loisy EP [MP3]” (three songs; Hear here) | (Total Warr, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Various artists | “Boss: Original Television Soundtrack” (Starz series starring Kelsey Grammer; feat. tracks by Brian Reitzell & Jim James, Wilco, Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis, Robert Plant & The Band of Joy, etc.; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Lakeshore, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Various artists | “WOW Gospel 2013” (two CDs, 30 songs; DVD; MP3) | (Verity, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Wake Owl | “Wild Country [MP3]” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (Vagrant, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Dale Watson and His Lonestars | “El Rancho Azul” (Hear here; MP3) | (Red House, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Western Medication (Nashville post-punk band) | “The Painted World [MP3]” (four-song EP; producer: Jeremy Ferguson; Hear here) | (Jeffery Drag, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Charlie Wilson | “Love, Charlie” (producers: Wilson, Wirlie “Optimas Pryme” Morris, Gregg Pagani, Emile Ghantous, Erik Nelson, Charlie “Phantom” Singleton; first single: “My Love Is All I Have”; Hear here; MP3) | (RCA, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Charlie Winston (English singer-songwriter) | “Running Still” (producer: Tony Berg; first single: “Hello Alone”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Real World, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Aardvarks | “Sinker Line & Hook: The Anthology 1989-1999” | (U.K. – Cherry Red, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Accept | “Playlist: The Very Best of Accept” | (Epic/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Roy Ayers Ubiquity | “Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival [MP3]” (1972 album) | (Verve, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Azteca | “Azteca” (1972 album; remastered), “Pyramid of the Moon” (1973 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| The Blue Aeroplanes | “Beatsongs” (1991 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| The Box Tops | “Playlist: The Very Best of The Box Tops” | (RCA/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Miles Davis Quintet | “Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 [CD/DVD]” (with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette; three CDs, one DVD; Track list; MP3) | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Tyrone Davis | “In the Mood With Tyrone Davis” (1979 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Deep Purple | “Paris 1975” (“The Official Deep Purple [Overseas] Live Series”; the group in 1975 featured Richie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord and Ian Paice; two CDs; remastered; Hear here; MP3) | (Eagle Rock, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Brett Dennen | “The Definitive Collection” (12 songs; MP3) | (Dualtone, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Cathy Dennis | “Into the Skyline [MP3]” (1992 album) | (Polydor/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Depeche Mode | “Remixes 81>04 (Special Edition) [MP3]” (37 tracks), “Depeche Mode – Singles Box 6 [MP3]” (53 tracks) | (Reprise/Mute, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Destiny’s Child | “Love Songs” (14-song collection includes “Nuclear,” the vocal group’s first new song in eight years; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Doobie Brothers | “Playlist: The Very Best of The Doobie Brothers Live” | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Sara Evans | “Playlist: The Very Best of Sara Evans” | (RCA/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Marianne Faithfull | “Broken English: Deluxe Edition” (1979 album; remastered, with a second CD of 13 tracks; Track list) | (U.K. – Island/Universal, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Five Star | “Five Star” (1990 album; remastered; two CDs), “Shine” (1991 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Rumours (Expanded Edition)” (1977 album; remastered, with two extra CDs, “Live 1977” and “Recording Sessions, Roughs & Outtakes”; Read here; Deluxe box set, with DVD and LP; MP3; MP3 Super Deluxe) | (Warner/Rhino, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac [MP3]” (2002 compilation; 38 songs) | (Warner/Rhino, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Georgia Gibbs | “The Best of Georgia Gibbs: The Mercury Years [MP3]” (1996 compilation; 25 songs) | (Mercury/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Highwaymen | “Playlist: The Very Best of The Highwaymen” | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Dick Jensen | “Dick Jensen” (1973 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Eddie Kendricks | “People … Hold On [MP3]” (1972 album) | (Motown/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Ronnie Laws | “Mr. Nice Guy / Classic Masters” (1982, 1984 albums on one CD; remastered) | (U.K. – Soulmusic.com, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | “Playlist: The Very Best of Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun Sessions)” | (RCA/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| G. Love & Special Sauce | “Playlist: The Very Best of G. Love & Special Sauce” (MP3) | (Epic/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Mandrill | “We Are One” (1978 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| The Marvelettes | “Greatest Hits [MP3]” (1987 compilation; 12 tracks) | (Motown/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Carmen McRae | “I Am Music” (1975 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Mountain | “Playlist: The Very Best of Mountain” | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Nas | “Playlist: The Very Best of Nas” | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Harry Nilsson | “Playlist: The Very Best of Harry Nilsson” | (RCA/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Billy Paul | “Going East” (1971 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 28, 2012) |
| Carl Perkins | “Playlist: The Very Best of Carl Perkins (Sun Sessions)” | (RCA/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Platters | “Golden Hits [MP3]” (1986 compilation; 18 songs) | (Universal/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Procol Harum | “Shine On Brightly [MP3]” (1968 album; with 11 bonus tracks) | (A&M/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Smokey Robinson | “Love, Smokey [MP3]” (1990 album) | (Motown/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Seeds | “A Web of Sound” (1966 album; remastered, with stereo and mono versions; two CDs) | (U.K. – Big Beat, Jan. 28, 2013) |
| Matthew Shipp | “Greatest Hits” | (Thirsty Ear, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Soul For Real | “For Life … [MP3]” (1996 album) | (Motown/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Al Stewart | “Year of the Cat/Modern Times [Vinyl]” (1976, 1975 albums; remastered) | (Friday Music, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Swing Out Sister | “Point of View” (2010 album, with bonus tracks; Hear here; MP3) | (Union Square Music, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Tears For Fears | “Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) [MP3]” (1992 compilation; 12 songs) | (Mercury/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| The Temptations | “Solid Rock [MP3]” (1972 album) | (Motown/UMe, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Various artists | “Classic Love Songs of the ’60s: Sealed With a Kiss” (two CDs, 32 songs) | (Time Life, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | “Texas Flood: 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition” (two CDs; 1982 album; remastered; includes the bonus track “Tin Pan Alley [aka Roughest Place in Town],” plus the previously unreleased “Live at Ripley’s Music Hall, Philadelphia, October 20, 1983”; Track list) | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Andy Williams | “Playlist: The Very Best of Andy Williams” | (Columbia/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Johnny Winter | “Live At the Fillmore East 10/3/1970” | (Relayer, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Yanni | “Playlist: The Very Best of Yanni” | (Windham Hill/Legacy, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Pink Floyd | “Pink Floyd: Reflections and Echoes [DVD/Book]” (four discs, 116-page book covering the group’s work on stage, record and film) | (Abstract Sounds Book, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Various artists | “Hotel Transylvania [DVD]” (2012 film; See here; Blu-ray/DVD) | (Sony Pictures, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Bruce Willis | “Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Collection [DVD]” (five-disc box set contains “Die Hard,” “Die Hard 2: Die Harder,” “Die Hard with a Vengeance,” “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Decoding Die Hard”; Blu-ray) | (Fox, Jan. 29, 2013) |
MUSIC BOOKS
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Michael Bolton | “The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Center Street, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Bob Dylan | “Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968-2010 [Paperback]” (author: Greil Marcus; Kindle) | (PublicAffairs, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Peter Guralnick | “Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll [Kindle],” “Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley [Kindle],” “Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians [Kindle],” “Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom [Kindle]” | (Little, Brown and Company, Feb. 1, 2013) |
| Peter Hook | “Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (It Books, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Cissy Houston | “Remembering Whitney [Hardcover]” (subtitled “A Mother’s Story of Life, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped”; Kindle) | (Harper, Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Elton John | “Tin Pan Alley: The Rise of Elton John [Paperback]” (authors: Keith Hayward, Nigel Goodall) | (Soundcheck Books LLP, Jan. 31, 2013) |
| Maceo Parker | “98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music [Hardcover]” | (Chicago Review Press, Feb. 1, 2013) |
| Elvis Presley | “Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley [Kindle]” (author: Peter Guralnick) | (Chicago Review Press, Feb. 1, 2013) |
| The Who | “The Who: The Illustrated Biography [Hardcover]” (a collection of 200 classic, rare and unseen photos) | (Trans Atlantic Press, Jan. 31, 2013) |