April 17, 2012
New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Lurrie Bell (Chicago blues singer-guitarist) | “The Devil Ain’t Got No Music” (Hear here) | (Aria B.G., April 17, 2012) |
| Big Daddy Weave | “Love Comes to Life” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Fervent, April 17, 2012) |
| Chris Botti | “Impressions” (guests: Herbie Hancock, Andrea Bocelli, Vince Gill, Caroline Campbell, David Foster, Mark Knopfler; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, April 17, 2012) |
| Butterfly Boucher | “Butterfly Boucher” (producers: Jamie Kenney, Boucher; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Situation Operation, April 17, 2012) |
| Jon Cleary (English-born funk/R&B musician, based in New Orleans) | “Occapella” (includes covers of “Southern Nights” and “What Do You Want the Girl to Do”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (FHQ/Redeye, April 17, 2012) |
| DragonForce (new singer: Marc Hudson) | “The Power Within” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Roadrunner, April 17, 2012) |
| Dry the River (U.K. band) | “Shallow Bed” (producer: Peter Katis; Hear here; Vinyl) | (RCA, April 17, 2012) |
| Marvin Etzioni (multi-instrumentalist, co-founder of Lone Justice) | “Marvin Country!” (22 songs; guests: former bandmate Maria McKee, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, John Doe, The Dixie Hummingbirds; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Roadrunner, April 17, 2012) |
| Forecast, The (Peoria, Ill., indie rock band) | “Everybody Left” (producer: John Naclerio; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Clifton Motel/Redeye, April 17, 2012) |
| Forty Nineteens, The | “No Expiration Date [MP3 Download]” (producer: David Newton; guests: Newton, Kevin McCourt; first single: “Turn It Around”; Hear here) | (Heyday, April 17, 2012) |
| Future (American rapper) | “Pluto” (producers: K.E. On Tha Track, Will A Fool, Sonny Digital, Mike WiLL Made It, DJ Spinz, Southside On Tha Track, Lex Luger; guests: Drake, T.I., R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, etc.; new single: “Magic”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Epic, April 17, 2012) |
| Garrison Hawk with Sly & Robbie | “Survive” (producer: Bill Laswell; first single: “Wild”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (M.O.D. Technologies/Redeye, April 17, 2012) |
| High Strung, The | “?Posible o’ Imposible? [MP3 Download]” (first single: “On Your Way Up”; Hear here) | (Paper Thin, April 21, 2012) |
| Eric Hutchinson | “Moving Up Living Down” (producers: Mike Elizondo, Martin Terefe; first single: “Watching You Watch Him”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Warner, April 17, 2012) |
| Peter Karp & Sue Foley | “Beyond the Crossroads” (producers: Karp, Foley; Hear here) | (Blind Pig, April 17, 2012) |
| Lightships (led by Teenage Fanclub singer-bassist Gerard Love) | “Electric Cable” (first single: “Sweetness in Her Spark”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Domino, April 17, 2012) |
| Maps & Atlases | “Beware and Be Grateful” (producer: Jason Cupp; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Barsuk, April 17, 2012) |
| Molice (Japanese sci fi/alt-rockers) | “Neugravity [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; See here) | (Good Charamel, April 17, 2012) |
| Jason Mraz | “Love Is a Four Letter Word” (producer: Joe Chiccarelli; first single: “I Won’t Give Up”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Atlantic, April 17, 2012) |
| Neon Trees (alt-rock band from Provo, Utah) | “Picture Show” (producer: Justin Meldal-Johnsen; first single: “Everybody Talks”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Mercury, April 17, 2012) |
| Our Lady Peace | “Curve” (producers: Jason Lader, frontman Raine Maida; first single: “Heavyweight”; Hear here) | (Coalition Entertainment, April 17, 2012) |
| Spiritualized | “Sweet Heart Sweet Light” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Fat Possum/RED, April 17, 2012) |
| SWV | “I Missed Us” (female vocal trio’s first album in 14 years; producers: Bryan M. Cox, Jazze Pha; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (eOne Music, April 17, 2012) |
| John Tesh | “Big Band [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Garden City Music, April 17, 2012) |
| Thousand Foot Krutch | “The End Is Where We Begin” (producers: Aaron Sprinkle, Trevor McNevan; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (New Day, April 17, 2012) |
| Train | “California 37” (producers: Butch Walker, Espionage; first single: “Drive By”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Aware/Columbia, April 17, 2012) |
| Umbrella Tree | “To the Memory of a Once Great Man [MP3 Download]” (about the life and death of Napoleon Bonaparte; Hear here) | (Cephalopod, April 17, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Treme, Season 2: Music From the HBO Original Series” (18 songs, featuring Dr. John, Tom McDermott, David Torkanowsky, Galactic, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Subdudes, Iguanas, Juvenile, etc.; MP3 Download) | (Rounder, April 17, 2012) |
| Loudon Wainwright III | “Older Than My Old Man Now” (the 22nd studio album for the 65-year-old singer-songwriter; producer: Dick Connette; guests: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Dame Edna Everage, Chris Smither, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Suzzy Roche, John Scofield, Martha & Rufus Wainwright; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (2nd Story Sound, April 17, 2012) |
| Wave Pictures, The | “Long Black Cars” (first single: “Eskimo Kiss”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Moshi Moshi/Redeye, April 17, 2012) |
| Dar Williams | “In the Time of Gods” (producer: Kevin Killen; guests: Larry Campbell, Charley Drayton, Gerry Leonard, Rob Hyman; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Razor & Tie, April 17, 2012) |
| Hank Williams III | “Long Gone Daddy” (guest: Joey Allcorn; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Curb, April 17, 2012) |
| Yanni | “Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico [CD/DVD]” (recorded in December 2011; Hear here; DVD; MP3 Download) | (Sony Masterworks, April 17, 2012) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Dave Alvin | “Eleven Eleven Expanded [CD/DVD]” (2011 album, with bonus live tracks and three unreleased original songs from the sessions) | (Yep Roc, April 17, 2012) |
| Battles (NYC experimental rock group) | “Dross Glop” (reworked versions of songs from the 2011 album “Gloss Drop”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Warp, April 17, 2012) |
| William Bell | “Live in NYC” (MP3 Download) | (Wilbe, April 17, 2012) |
| Blue Öyster Cult | “The Essential Blue Öyster Cult” (two CDs, 31 songs; MP3 Download) | (Columbia/Legacy, April 17, 2012) |
| Brooks & Dunn | “The Essential Brooks & Dunn” (two CDs, 30 songs; MP3 Download) | (Arista Nashville/Legacy, April 17, 2012) |
| Climax Blues Band | “Shine On” (1978 album; remastered), “Real to Reel” (1979 album; remastered), “Flying the Flag” (1980 album, including “I Love You”; remastered), “Lucky For Some” (1981 album; remastered), “Sample and Hold” (1983 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Repertoire, April 16, 2012) |
| Cowboy Copas | “Complete Hit Singles A’s & B’s” (two CDs, 30 tracks; Read here) | (Real Gone Music, April 17, 2012) |
| Cowboy Junkies | “The Nomad Series [Box set]” (contains all four albums from the series, plus a fifth disc of previously unreleased material; MP3 Download) | (Blind Pig, April 17, 2012) |
| Donovan | “The Essential Donovan” (two CDs, 36 songs; Track list; MP3 Download) | (Epic/Legacy, April 17, 2012) |
| Flaming Lips, The | “The Soft Bulletin [MP3 Download]” (1999 album; Vinyl) | (Warner, April 17, 2012) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Fleetwood Mac: Deluxe Edition [Vinyl]” (1975 album) | (Warner, April 15, 2012) |
| Aretha Franklin | “Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Deluxe Edition” (1985 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks and a second disc of 13 bonus mixes) | (Funkytowngrooves, April 17, 2012) |
| Rodney Franklin | “Marathon” (1984 album; remastered) | (Funkytowngrooves, April 17, 2012) |
| Grand Funk Railroad | “Mark, Don & Mel 1969-71” (1972 album; remastered) | (Iconoclassic, April 17, 2012) |
| Burl Ives | “Sweet, Sad & Salty” (Nashville recordings from 1962-72) | (Omni Recording Corp., April 17, 2012) |
| Alan Jackson | “The Essential Alan Jackson” (two CDs, 37 songs; MP3 Download) | (Arista/Legacy, April 17, 2012) |
| Jack Johnson | “Jack Johnson & Friends: Best of Kokua Festival” (culled from six years of benefit concerts for the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation; guests: Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Dave Matthews, Ziggy Marley, G. Love, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, etc.; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Brushfire, April 17, 2012) |
| David Jones (Davy Jones of The Monkees) | “David Jones [MP3 Download]” (1965 album; 13 songs) | (Rhino, April 17, 2012) |
| Janis Joplin | “The Pearl Sessions” (1971 album; remastered; two CDs, featuring the original album and original mono singles and a second disc of outtakes, song demos and alternate takes; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Columbia/Legacy, April 17, 2012) |
| Johnny Kemp | “Secrets of Flying: Expanded Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Funkytowngrooves, April 17, 2012) |
| Lisa Lampanelli (comedian stars on the current season of “The Celebrity Apprentice”) | “Equal Opportunity Offender: The Best of Lisa Lampanelli” (14 tracks; MP3 Download) | (Warner, April 17, 2012) |
| Gordon Lightfoot | “All Live” (May 25, 2011, concert at Massey Hall in Toronto; MP3 Download) | (Rhino, April 17, 2012) |
| Little Richard | “Here’s Little Richard” (1957 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Concord, April 17, 2012) |
| Little Willie John | “Complete Hit Singles A’s & B’s” (two CDs, 32 tracks; Read here) | (Real Gone Music, April 17, 2012) |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | “Marley: The Original Soundtrack [Film soundtrack]” (documentary directed by Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald; in theaters and on demand April 20; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Tuff Gong/Island, April 17, 2012) |
| Hank Mobley | “Newark 1953” (two CDs, recorded live at the Picadilly in Newark, N.J.) | (Uptown Jazz, April 17, 2012) |
| Mtume | “You, Me and He: Expanded Edition” (1984 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Funkytowngrooves, April 17, 2012) |
| Pinetop Perkins | “Heaven” (previously unreleased studio recordings from 1986; MP3 Download) | (Blind Pig, April 17, 2012) |
| Priests, The | “Then Sing My Soul: The Best of The Priests” (1976 album) | (Sony Masterworks, April 17, 2012) |
| Mitch Ryder | “Never Kick a Sleeping Dog” (1983 album, produced by John Cougar Mellencamp; remastered) | (U.K. – Repertoire, April 16, 2012) |
| Pete Seeger | “The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960” (2 CDs, 35 songs; MP3 Download) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, April 17, 2012) |
| Sinbad | “Afros and Bellbottoms [MP3 Download]” (1993 album) | (Comedy Central/CodeBlack, April 17, 2012) |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra | “Beethoven’s Last Night [MP3 Download]” (2000 album; deluxe, narrated version; 42 tracks) | (Rhino/Atlantic, April 17, 2012) |
| Luther Vandross | “Hidden Gems” (15 songs; MP3 Download) | (Epic/Legacy, April 17, 2012) |
| Various artists | “The Best of Perception & Today Records” (Read here; Vinyl) | (BBE, April 17, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Philadelphia International Records: The 40th Anniversary Box Set” (10 CDs; Read here) | (U.K. – Harmless, April 16, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Ragga Ragga Ragga 2012” (compilation features top hits from British emerging artists like Gappy Ranks, Stylo G and Lea Ann, as well as Jamaica’s leading dancehall stars, such as Popcaan, I-Octane and Mavado; See here; MP3 Download) | (Greensleeves, April 17, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Royal Grooves: Funk and Groovy Soul From the King Records Vaults” (23 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – BGP, April 16, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Sun Record Company 60th Anniversary” (two CDs, 60 songs; featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty, Carl Perkins, etc.) | (Curb, April 17, 2012) |
| Deniece Williams | “I’m So Proud: Expanded Edition” (1983 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), “Hot on the Trail: Expanded Edition” (1983 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Funkytowngrooves, April 17, 2012) |
| ZZ Top | “Tejas [MP3 Download]” (1976 album) | (Warner, April 17, 2012) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Grateful Dead | “Grateful Dead — All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection [DVD]” (14-disc set includes “The Grateful Dead Movie,” “The Closing of Winterland,” “Dead Ahead,” “So Far,” etc.; Read here) | (Shout! Factory, April 17, 2012) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Various artists | “American Idol: Where Are They Now? — Every Finalist From the First 10 Years! [Paperback]” (authors: editors of People Magazine) | (People, April 17, 2012) |
Next week: April 24, 2012
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