New stuff

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Theresa Andersson “Street Parade” (first single: “What Comes Next”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (Basin Street, April 24, 2012)
Anathema “Weather Systems” (producer: Christer-André Cederberg; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (The End, April 24, 2012)
Bad Veins (Cincinnati duo) “The Mess We’ve Made” (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Modern Outsider, April 24, 2012)
Brendan Benson “What Kind of World” (producer: Benson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Readymade, April 24, 2012)
Bereft (L.A. melodic doom band) “Leichenhaus” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (The End, April 24, 2012)
BRAD (Regan Hagar, Stone Gossard, Keith Lowe and Shawn Smith) “United We Stand” (the band’s catalog also will be reissued this year, in expanded form; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Razor & Tie, April 24, 2012)
Jeff Bradshaw “Bon Appétit, Vol. 1 — Main Course” (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Hidden Beach, April 24, 2012)
Lee Brice “Hard 2 Love” (producers: Brice, Jon Stone; first single: “A Woman Like You”; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Curb, April 24, 2012)
Busy Signal “Reggae Music Again” (guests: Robbie Lyn, Dean Fraser, Kirk Bennett; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (VP, April 24, 2012)
Dandy Warhols “This Machine” (producer: Jeremy Sherrer; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (The End, April 24, 2012)
Death Grips “The Money Store” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl) (Epic, April 24, 2012)
Deuce (former Hollywood Undead frontman) “Nine Lives” (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Eleven Seven Music, April 24, 2012)
Diamond Rugs (group includes members of Deer Tick, with Steve Berlin, etc.) “Diamond Rugs” (producers: Adam Landry, Justin Collins; first single: “Gimme a Beer”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Partisan, April 24, 2012)
Disfiguring the Goddess (producer-musician Cameron Argon’s alter-ego) “Sleeper [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) (Decomp, April 24, 2012)
Electric Guest (L.A.-based indie duo Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton) “Mondo” (producer: Danger Mouse; first single: “This Head I Hold”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Downtown/Across the Universe, April 24, 2012)
Eve 6 “Speak in Code” (band’s first album since 2003; producer: Don Gilmore; first single: “Victoria”; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Fearless, April 24, 2012)
Morten Harket (of a-ha) “Out of My Hands” (featuring the singles “Lightning” and “Scared of Heights”; Hear here; See here) (Europe – Universal, April 23, 2012)
Hudson Branch, The “World Kid [MP3 Download]” (producer: Neil Strauch; Hear here) (Dogs On Tour, April 24, 2012)
Sarah Jaffe (Denton, Texas, singer-songwriter) “The Body Wins” (producer: John Congleton; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Kirtland, April 24, 2012)
LAZYgunsBRISKY (female hard rock quartet from Tokyo) “LAZYgunsBRISKY [MP3 Download]” (first single: “B.O.Y.”; Hear here; See here) (Good Charamel, April 24, 2012)
LP (singer-songwriter Laura Pergolizzi) “Into the Wild: Live At EastWest Studios [CD/DVD]” (producers: Rob Cavallo, Mike Elizondo, Julian Raymond; Hear here) (Warner, April 24, 2012)
Magic Wands “Aloha Moon” (first single: “Black Magic”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Bright Antenna/ILG, April 24, 2012)
Leigh Marble “Where the Knives Meet Between the Rows” (guests: Erin McKeown, Jesse Emerson, Matt Harmon, Kali Giaritta, Rachel Taylor-Brown; Hear here; Read here) (Leigh Marble Music, April 24, 2012)
Kip Moore “Up All Night” (first single: “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) (MCA Nashville, April 24, 2012)
Nothing But Noise (Front 242 side project) “Not Bleeding Red” (two discs; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Future Noise Music, April 24, 2012)
Peasant “Bound for Glory [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) (Schnitzel, April 24, 2012)
Public Image Ltd. “One Drop [MP3 Download]” (four-song EP; Hear here) (PiL Official/Cargo UK Distribution, April 24, 2012)
Joe Satriani “Satchurated: Live in Montreal” (Read here; DVD; MP3 Download) (Epic, April 24, 2012)
Curtis Stigers “Let’s Go Out Tonight” (covers of pop, folk, country and soul songwriters, including Bob Dylan, Eddie Floyd, Richard Thompson, Jeff Tweedy, Hayes Carll, David Poe, etc.; producer: Larry Klein; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Concord, April 24, 2012)
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives “Nashville, Volume 1: Tear the Woodpile Down” (guests: Hank Williams III, Lorrie Carter Bennett ; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Sugar Hill, April 24, 2012)
Suckers “Candy Salad” (producer: Matt Boynton; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Frenchkiss, April 24, 2012)
Trixter “New Audio Machine” (band’s first album in 20 years; producer: Chuck Alzakian; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Frontiers, April 24, 2012)
Walter Trout “Blues For the Modern Daze” (the guitar legend’s 21st album; producers: Trout, Eric Corne; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Provogue, April 24, 2012)
Wanted, The “The EP” (seven songs; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Mercury, April 24, 2012)
Wanting (Vancouver singer-songwriter) “Everything in the World” (first single: “Life Is Like a Song”; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Nettwerk, April 24, 2012)
Jack White “Blunderbuss” (first single: “Love Interruption”; Read here; MP3 Download) (Third Man/Columbia, April 24, 2012)
Yuna (indie singer) “Yuna” (producers: Pharrell Williams, Chris Braide; first single: “Live Your Life”; Hear here; MP3 Download) (FADER Label, April 24, 2012)

 

Reissues

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
ABBA “The Visitors: Deluxe Edition [CD/DVD]” (1981 album; remastered, with bonus tracks, including the new song “From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel”; Read here) (Europe – Universal, April 23, 2012)
Bob-B-Soxx and the Blue Jeans “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah [MP3 Download]” (1962 album) (Phil Spector/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Paul Brady “Dancer in the Fire: A Paul Brady Anthology” (two CDs, 22 songs; See/read here) (U.K. – Proper, April 23, 2012)
Deborah Cox “Deborah Cox: Deluxe Edition” (1995 album; remastered, with a second of CD of 12 mixes) (New Skool Sounds, April 24, 2012)
Crystals, The “Twist Uptown [MP3 Download]” (1962 album), “He’s a Rebel [MP3 Download]” (1963 album), “The Crystals Sings the Greatest Hits, Volume 1 [MP3 Download]” (1963 album) (Phil Spector/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Deep Purple “Total Abandon: Australia ’99” (live album recorded during the band’s 1999 “A Band on World Tour”; MP3 Download) (Eagle, April 24, 2012)
Fireman, The (Paul McCartney and Youth) “Electric Arguments [MP3 Download]” (2008 album) (MPL/Hear Music, April 24, 2012)
Peter Gabriel “New Blood: Live in London” (two-CD set recorded at Hammersmith Apollo in March 2011; MP3 Download) (Eagle Rock, April 24, 2012)
Haste the Day “Best of the Best” (13 songs; MP3 Download) (Solid State, April 24, 2012)
Warren Haynes Band “Live at the Moody Theater [CD/DVD]” (MP3 Download) (Stax, April 24, 2012)
Keith Hudson “Rasta Communication: Deluxe Edition [MP3 Download]” (1978 album; with 17 bonus tracks) (Greensleeves, April 24, 2012)
Johnny Hates Jazz “The Very Best of Johnny Hates Jazz [MP3 Download]” (16 tracks) (EMI, April 24, 2012)
Davy Jones “The Bell Recordings 1971-72” (his 1971 “Davy Jones” album; remastered, with bonus tracks; see related Monkees reissue below) (Friday Music, April 24, 2012)
George Jones “The Great Lost Hits” (34 tracks; MP3 Download) (Time Life, April 24, 2012)
Carole King “The Legendary Demos” (demos from her Goffin/King output, such as “Natural Woman” and “Going Back”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Rockingale/Hear Music, April 24, 2012)
Little Feat “The Last Record Album” (1975 album) (RockBeat, April 24, 2012)
Roy D. Mercer (prank-call comedy from Tulsa, Okla., radio announcers Brent Douglas and Phil Stone) “Ultimate Fits: The Very Worst of Roy D. Mercer” (16 tracks; MP3 Download) (Capitol Nashville, April 24, 2012)
Monkees, The “Pool It! The Deluxe Edition [CD/DVD]” (1987 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks, and a DVD containing “Heart and Soul: The Official Monkees Videography”) (Friday Music, April 24, 2012)
Billie Piper “The Very Best of Billie Piper [MP3 Download]” (15 tracks) (EMI, April 24, 2012)
Ronettes, The “… presenting the fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica [MP3 Download]” (1964 album) (Phil Spector/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Seal “One Night to Remember [MP3 Download]” (2006 live album) (Warner, April 24, 2012)
Nina Simone “‘Nuff Said! [MP3 Download]” (1968 album), “Nina Simone and Piano [MP3 Download]” (1969 album), “To Love Somebody [MP3 Download]” (1969 album), “Black Gold [MP3 Download]” (1970 live album; Hear here; Read here), “Here Comes the Sun [MP3 Download]” (1971 album), “Emergency Ward [MP3 Download]” (1972 album), “It Is Finished [MP3 Download]” (1974 album) (RCA/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Phil Spector Wall of Sound Orchestra, The “Phil’s Flipsides [MP3 Download]” (1962 album) (Phil Spector/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Peter Tosh “Legalize It: Echodelic Remixes [MP3 Download]” (four versions of the 1976 track) (Columbia/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Various artists “The Best Chart Album in the World … Ever!” (18 songs; Hear here) (EMI, April 24, 2012)
Various artists “Lost Hits of the 60s, Vol. 2 [MP3 Download]” (20 original tracks) (Capitol, April 24, 2012)
Various artists “Philles Records Presents Today’s Hits [MP3 Download]” (1963 album) (Phil Spector/Legacy, April 24, 2012)
Various artists “Putumayo Presents African Blues” (MP3 Download) (Putumayo, April 24, 2012)

 


DVD/Blu-ray

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Beatles, The “Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records [DVD]” (documentary film) (Sexy Intellectual, April 24, 2012)
Various artists “The Story of Rock-N-Roll Comics [DVD]” (documentary film on Todd Loren, the San Diego-based owner of Revolutionary Comics; See here) (Sexy Intellectual, April 24, 2012)
Amy Winehouse “Amy Winehouse: Fallen Star [DVD]” (Blu-ray) (MVD, April 24, 2012)

Music Books

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Dean Budnick and Josh Baron “Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped [Paperback]” (Kindle) (Plume, April 24, 2012)
Simon Cowell “Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell [Hardcover]” (unauthorized biography; author: Tom Bower; Read here; Kindle) (Ballantine Books, April 24, 2012)

Next week: May 1, 2012

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