New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Matt Andersen (bluesy singer from New Brunswick, Canada) | “Weightless” (producer: Steve Berlin; Hear/read here; MP3) | (True North) |
| Austrian Death Machine (Arnold Schwarzenegger-themed tribute metal project, founded by As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis) | “Triple Brutal” (Hear here; MP3) | (Artery Recordings) |
| The Bamboos (funk-soul band from Melbourne, Australia, featuring vocalist Kylie Auldist) | “Fever in the Road” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| Jeff Black | “Folklore” (Hear here; MP3) | (Lotos Nile Music) |
| Nick Cannon | “White People Party Music” (the actor/singer-rapper/TV host’s first album in 11 years; new single: “Looking for a Dream”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (N’Credible Entertainment) |
| S. Carey (Bon Iver drummer/backup vocalist) | “Range of Light” (first single: “Crown the Pines”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Chevelle | “La Gárgola” (producer: Joe Barresi; first single: “Take Out the Gunman”; Hear here; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Chiodos | “Devil” (producer: David Bottrill; Hear here; MP3) | (drk/lght records / Razor & Tie) |
| Cloud Nothings (Cleveland indie-rock band) | “Here & Nowhere Else” (producer: John Congleton; first single: “I’m Not Part of Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Carpark / Mom+Pop) |
| Combichrist | “We Love You” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Out of Line / Metropolis) |
| The Robert Cray Band | “In My Soul” (producer: Steve Jordan; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mascot / Provogue) |
| Dan Croll (British singer-songwriter) | “Sweet Disarray” (producer: Joe Wills; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| Dan + Shay (ACM Award nominees Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) | “Where It All Began” (producers: Smyers, Scott Hendricks, Danny Orton; first single: “19 You + Me”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| The Charlie Daniels Band | “Off the Grid — Doin’ It Dylan” (his first album since 2007; producers: Daniels, Casey Wood; Hear/read here) | (Blue Hat) |
| Mac DeMarco | “Salad Days” (first single: “Passing Out Pieces”; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Mike Dillon | “Band of Outsiders” (first single: “All Walks of Life”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
| A.J. Ellis (of Five O’Clock Heroes) | “Bury the Devil” (producer: George Riley; Hear here; MP3) | (Glaze) |
| The Holmes Brothers | “Brotherhood” (producers: Glenn Patscha, Chris Bruce, Hector Castillo; Hear here; MP3) | (Alligator) |
| The Infamous Stringdusters | “Let It Go” (first single: “I’ll Get Away”; Hear here; MP3) | (High Country Recordings) |
| Ibibio Sound Machine (fronted by British-Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams) | “Ibibio Sound Machine” (first single: “Let’s Dance”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Soundway) |
| Kaiser Chiefs | “Education, Education, Education & War” (producer: Ben H. Allen III; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fiction / Universal) |
| Will Kimbrough | “Sideshow Love” (Hear here; MP3) | (Daphne Music / MRI) |
| Lacuna Coil | “Broken Crown Halo” (producer: Jay Baumgardner; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Century Media) |
| Jon Langford and Skull Orchard | “Here Be Monsters” (first single: “Mars”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (In De Goot Recordings) |
| Manchester Orchestra | “Cope” (producers: Manchester Orchestra, Dan Hannon; first single: “Top Notch”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Loma Vista Recordings / Favorite Gentlemen Recordings) |
| MKTO (pop duo) | “MKTO” (guests: Ne-Yo, Jessica Ashley; single: “Classic”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Nickel Creek | “A Dotted Line” (their first album since 2007; producer: Eric Valentine; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Mike Oldfield | “Man on the Rocks” (producers: Oldfield, Stephen Lipson; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Virgin) |
| Christina Perri | “Head or Heart” (producers: Martin Johnson, Jake Gosling, John Hill, Butch Walker; first single: “Human”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| RAC | “Strangers” (guests: Tegan and Sara, Penguin Prison, Body Language, Tokyo Police Club, St. Lucia, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cherrytree / Interscope) |
| Leon Russell | “Life Journey” (producer: Tommy LiPuma; Hear here; MP3) | (Leon Russell / UMe) |
| Josh Thompson | “Turn It Up” (producers: Mark Wright, Cliff Audretch III; first single: “Cold Beer With Your Name on It”; Hear here; MP3) | (Show Dog / Universal Music) |
| The Used | “Imaginary Enemy” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
| Various artists | “Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne” (two CDs; contributors: Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley, Indigo Girls, Ben Harper, Joan Osborne, Lyle Lovett, Karla Bonoff, Lucinda Williams, Sara Watkins, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Music Road) |
| Various artists | “This Is Your Life” (covers of Ronnie James Dio songs by Anthrax, Halestorm, Rob Halford, Metallica, Motörhead, Scorpions, Corey Taylor, Tenacious D, etc.; benefits the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund; producer: Wendy Dio; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Weaves (Toronto quartet) | “Weaves” (producer: David Newfeld; Hear here) | (Buzz) |
| White Hinterland (aka Casey Dienel) | “Baby” (first single: “Ring the Bell”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dead Oceans) |
More Releases for the Week of April 1, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Adanowsky (French musician-actor Adan Jodorowsky) | “ADA [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Everloving) |
| Architecture In Helsinki | “NOW + 4EVA [MP3]” (first single: “Echo”; Hear here; Import CD) | (Casual Workout) |
| Difference United (Nashville pop-rock band) | “New Day [MP3]” (six-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Difference United, April 2) |
| Sadie Fleming | “‘Til the End [MP3]” (producer: Fleming; guests: James Paton, Katie Stone-Lonergan, Jakk Tunnicliffe, Katharine Williams; first single: “‘Til the End”; Hear here) | (Sadie Fleming, March 31) |
| Walther Gallay (rock singer from Volx, France) | “Stigmates [MP3]” (six-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Rock Revolution, March 31) |
| Bruce Matthews (Grand Rapids, Mich.-based singer-songwriter) | “So Far … [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Painted Trillium Music) |
| A Pony Named Olga (German psychobilly band) | “The Black Album [MP3]” (Hear here) | (G-Records, April 4) |
| Porcelain Hill (Pomona, Calif.-based rock duo) | “Rock N Rolla [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Wright) |
| Pylo (British alt-rock band) | “The Woman EP [MP3]” (producers: Pylo; first single: “Young”; Hear here; See here) | (Naim Edge, March 30) |
| Rusty Boxx (U.K. indie folk quartet) | “Scattered Keeses [MP3]” (producer: Ross Ankers; first single: “Wall of Fans”; Hear here) | (Oh Mercy!, March 31) |
| Sarantos | “I Love to Love You Too [MP3]” (full-length debut album due in November 2014; ReverbNation) | (Sarantos, March 31) |
| Sunshine & Bullets (Tampa power trio) | “Triangulum Mechanism [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Melodic Revolution) |
| Terminatryx (female-fronted South African alt band) | “Shadow [MP3]” (Hear here; See here) | (Terminatryx, April 4) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Afrique | “Soul Makossa” (1973 album; remastered; Hear here) | (Japan – P-Vine, March 31) |
| Keith Allison (“Where the Action Is” cast member) | “In Action: The Complete Columbia Sides Plus!” (23 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Robbie Basho | “The Voice of the Eagle” (1972 album; remastered; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| John Cage | “Early Electronic and Tape Music” (recordings from 1952-1962; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Sub Rosa) |
| Tasha Cobbs | “Grace: Deluxe Edition” (2013 album, with bonus material; MP3) | (Motown Gospel) |
| Doris Day | “Sings Her Great Movie Hits” (24 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Deep Purple | “Live in California 74” (performed before 200,000 people as the headliner of the Cal Jam Festival; the band lineup included Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord and Ian Paice; See here; MP3) | (Eagle Rock) |
| The “5” Royales | “Soul & Swagger: The Complete ‘5’ Royales 1951-1967 [Box set]” (five CDs, 141 songs) | (RockBeat) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks Vol. 19 10/19/73 Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK” (three CDs, 23 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Hellion | “To Hellion and Back” (two CDs, 26 songs; includes fan favorites, rarities, previously unreleased tracks and two songs produced by the late Ronnie James Dio) | (U.K. – HNE / Cherry Red, March 31) |
| Eddie Kendricks | “Love Keys” (1981 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles | “The Complete Atlantic Sides” (two CDs, 39 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Cyndi Lauper | “She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration” (1983 album; remastered, with a second disc of demos, rehearsals, mixes and non-LP B-sides; Single CD, with three bonus tracks; MP3) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Vicki Lawrence | “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: The Complete Bell Recordings” (25 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Odyssey | “Hollywood Party Tonight” (1978 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, March 31) |
| Ohio Players | “Love Rollercoaster: Anthology 1967-1988” (20 songs; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| The Alan Parsons Project | “The Complete Albums Collection [Box set]” (all 10 APP albums, plus the unreleased instrumental album “Sicilian Defence”) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| The Slambovian Circus of Dreams | “A Box of Everything” (fan favorites, with two new tracks and a studio version of “Alligators”; Hear here) | (Slambovian Records / Red River Entertainment) |
| Otis Spann | “Sweet Giant of the Blues” (1970 album; remastered; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| Joe Turner | “The Real Boss of the Blues” (1969 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| Various artists | “The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1: 1964-67” (two CDs, 52 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| Various artists | “Come Spy With Us: The Secret Agent Songbook” (25 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| Various artists | “Let the Music Play: Black America Sings Bacharach & David” (24 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| Various artists | “Paul Murphy Presents The Return of Jazz Club: Dancefloor Classics From the Original Jazz Dance DJ” (15 tracks; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (U.K. – BGP / Ace, March 31) |
| Various artists | “The Rebel Kind: Girls With Guitars 3” (24 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| Various artists | “Swamp Pop by the Bayou” (28 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
| T-Bone Walker | “Every Day I Have the Blues” (1969 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 31) |
More Releases for the Week of April 1, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Roy Acuff | “The Essential Roy Acuff [MP3]” (40 songs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | “The Lonely Bull [MP3]” (1962 album), “South of the Border [MP3]” (1964 album), “!! Going Places !! [MP3]” (1965 album), “Whipped Cream & Other Delights [MP3]” (1965 album), “What Now My Love [MP3]” (1966 album), “S.R.O. [MP3]” (1966 album), “… Sounds Like … [MP3]” (1967 album), “Herb Alpert’s Ninth [MP3]” (1967 album), “The Beat of the Brass [MP3]” (1968 album), “Christmas Album [MP3]” (1968 album), “Rise [MP3]” (1979 album), “Lost Treasures [MP3]” (2005 compilation) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Lynn Anderson | “The Essential Lynn Anderson [MP3]” (40 songs) | (Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
| Jackson Browne | “The Very Best of Jackson Browne [MP3]” (2004 compilation; 32 songs) | (Rhino / Elektra) |
| Freddy Cannon | “Boom Boom Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Best of Freddy Cannon [MP3]” (2009 compilation; 24 tracks) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Jessi Colter | “Out of the Ashes [MP3]” (2006 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Bing Crosby | “Swingin’ With Bing! Bing Crosby’s Lost Radio Performances [MP3]” (2004 compilation; 75 tracks) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Flatt & Scruggs | “The Essential Flatt & Scruggs [MP3]” (40 songs) | (Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
| Don Gibson | “The Essential Don Gibson [MP3]” (40 songs) | (RLG / Legacy) |
| Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | “Greatest Hits [MP3]” (10 tracks) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Mickey Hart Planet Drum | “At the Edge [MP3]” (1990 album), “Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box [MP3]” (1996 album), “Supralingua [MP3]” (1998 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo | “Global Drum Project [MP3]” (2007 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Heart | “Legendary Albums Live: Dreamboat Annie [MP3]” (2007 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| John Lee Hooker | “Jealous [MP3]” (1986 album), “Boom Boom [MP3]” (1992 compilation), “Chill Out [MP3]” (1995 album; with two bonus tracks), “Don’t Look Back [MP3]” (1997 album, produced by Van Morrison; with two bonus tracks) | (Shout! Factory) |
| The Hot Club of Cowtown | “The Best of The Hot Club of Cowtown [MP3]” (2008 compilation; 20 tracks) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Thelma Houston | “A Woman’s Touch [MP3]” (2007 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Freedy Johnston | “Live At McCabe’s Guitar Shop [MP3]” (2006 album, recorded in 1998) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Jyl | “Jyl [MP3]” (1984 album) | (R.D.E.G., March 31) |
| Freddie King | “Live At The Electric Ballroom, 1974 [MP3]” (1974 recordings) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | “Street Survivors [MP3]” (1977 album) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| The Marshall Tucker Band | “The Marshall Tucker Band [MP3]” (1973 album), “A New Life [MP3]” (1974 album), “Where We All Belong [MP3]” (1974 album), “Searchin’ For a Rainbow [MP3]” (1975 album), “Long Hard Ride [MP3]” (1976 album), “Carolina Dreams [MP3]” (1977 album), “Running Like the Wind [MP3]” (1979 album), “Dedicated [MP3]” (1981 album), “Tuckerized [MP3]” (1982 album), “Just Us [MP3]” (1983 album), “Stompin’ Room Only: Greatest Hits Live 1974-76 [MP3]” (2003 compilation), “Beyond the Horizon [MP3]” (2004 album), “Carolina Christmas [MP3]” (2005 album), “Live On Long Island, 04-18-80 [MP3]” (2006 album; final recording of bassist and founding member Tommy Caldwell), “The Next Adventure [MP3]” (2007 album), “Carolina Dreams Tour ’77 [MP3]” (2007 album), “12 Great Hits [MP3]” (2008 compilation), “Love Songs [MP3]” (2009 compilation) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Maria Muldaur | “Louisiana Love Call [MP3]” (1992 album), “Meet Me At Midnite [MP3]” (1994 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Music For Pleasure | “Blacklands [MP3]” (1985 album) | (R.D.E.G., March 31) |
| Judy Nylon & Crucial | “Pal Judy [MP3]” (1982 album) | (R.D.E.G., March 31) |
| Tom Paxton | “Live At McCabe’s Guitar Shop (February 23rd, 1991) [MP3]” (2006 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Johnny Paycheck | “The Essential Johnny Paycheck [MP3]” (40 songs) | (Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
| Johnny Rivers | “Last Boogie In Paris: The Complete Concert [MP3]” (1974 album), “The Memphis Sun Recordings [MP3]” (1998 album), “Last Train to Memphis [MP3]” (1998 album), “Back At The Whisky [MP3]” (2001 album, recorded in late 1999), “Reinvention Highway [MP3]” (2004 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| William Shatner | “Has Been [MP3]” (2004 album, produced by Ben Folds) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Soft Cell | “The Twelve Inch Singles [MP3]” (28 tracks) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Van Stephenson | “Suspicious Heart [MP3]” (1986 album) | (R.D.E.G., March 31) |
| Steppenwolf | “Gold [MP3]” (31 songs) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Matthew Sweet | “Sunshine Lies (Deluxe Edition) [MP3]” (2008 album; with six bonus tracks) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs | “Under the Covers, Vol. 1 [MP3]” (2006 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Three Dog Night | “Greatest Hits Live [MP3]” (2008 compilation of previously unissued live 1972 and 1973 recordings) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Various artists | “Accepted [MP3]” (2006 soundtrack album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Various artists | “My Name Is Earl: The Album [MP3]” (2006 TV soundtrack album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Various artists | “The Simpsons: Testify [MP3]” (2007 TV soundtrack album, featuring songs from seasons 11-18) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Various artists | “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Classic Country [MP3]” (16 songs), “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Classic Rock [MP3]” (16 songs), “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary Country [MP3]” (16 songs), “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary Pop [MP3]” (16 songs), “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary R&B [MP3]” (16 songs), “Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary Rock [MP3]” (16 songs) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Billy Vera & The Beaters | “Hopeless Romantic: The Best of Billy Vera & The Beaters [MP3]” (2008 compilation) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Violent Femmes | “Viva Wisconsin [MP3]” (1999 live album; 21 tracks), “Freak Magnet [MP3]” (2000 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Johnny “Guitar” Watson | “Ain’t That a Bitch [MP3]” (1976 album), “A Real Mother For Ya [MP3]” (1977 album), “Funk Beyond the Call of Duty [MP3]” (1977 album), “Giant [MP3]” (1978 album; with two bonus tracks), “What the Hell Is This? [MP3]” (1979 album), “Love Jones [MP3]” (1980 album), “Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson and The Family Clone [MP3]” (1981 album), “The Funk Anthology [MP3]” (2005 compilation), “Bow Wow [MP3]” (1994 album), “Best of the Funk Years [MP3]” (2006 album), “Funkstrumentals [MP3]” (2008 album) | (Shout! Factory) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/studio: |
| Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, et al | “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues [DVD]” (2013 film; See here; Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD; Blu-ray + Jockey Briefs Set) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman | “Norma Rae: 35th Anniversary [Blu-ray]” (1979 film; See here) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Marcella Plunkett, et al | “Once [Blu-ray]” (Amazon-exclusive; 2007 Irish musical film; See here) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Brian May & Kerry Ellis | “The Candelight Concerts: Live At Montreux 2013 [Blu-ray]” (recorded at Stravinski Auditorium during the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2013; See here; CD) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Various artists | “A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young [DVD]” (filmed Jan. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles; feat. Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Keith Urban, John Fogerty, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, etc.; See here) | (Shout! Factory) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of April 1, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Elvis Costello | “Elvis Costello and Thatcherism: A Psycho-Social Exploration [Hardcover]” (authors: David Pilgrim, Richard Ormrod) | (Ashgate Publishing, March 30) |
| Nirvana | “Nirvana Chronicle: The Day-by-Day Story of the Band [Hardcover]” (author: Carrie Borzillo) | (Andre Deutsch) |
More Book Releases for the Week of April 1, 2014