New stuff
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Black Water Rising | “Pissed and Driven” (first single: “Last Man Standing”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Metalville / eOne Music) |
Luke Bryan | “Crash My Party” (producer: Jeff Stevens; first single: “Crash My Party”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Capitol Nashville) |
Glen Campbell | “See You There” (a re-imagining of past hits, recorded during his “Ghost on the Canvas” sessions; producer: Julian Raymond; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Surfdog) |
Eros and the Eschaton (North Carolina duo) | “Home Address For Civil War” (first single: “Heaven Inside”; Hear here; MP3) | (Bar/None) |
Béla Fleck | “The Impostor” (with Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Brooklyn Rider; Hear here; MP3) | (Mercury Classics / Decca) |
Gogol Bordello (gypsy punk band) | “Pura Vida Conspiracy” (producer: Andrew Sheps; first single: “Malandrino”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (ATO / Casa Gogol) |
Jeff Golub with Brian Auger | “Train Keeps a Rolling” (guests: Christopher Cross, David Pack, Mindi Abair and two original members of Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express, Steve Ferrone and Alex Ligertwood; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
Mickey Hart Band | “Superorganism” (features lyrics from Hart’s longtime collaborator and Grateful Dead lyricist, Robert Hunter; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (360° Productions) |
I See Stars | “New Demons” (first single: “Violent Bounce [People Like You]”; Hear here) | (Sumerian) |
Valerie June (Memphis singer) | “Pushin’ Against a Stone” (producers: Kevin Augunas, Dan Auerbach, Peter Sabak; guest: Booker T. Jones; Hear here; MP3) | (Concord) |
Parachute (Charlottesville, Va., pop-rock band) | “Overnight” (first single: “Can’t Help,” co-written by Ryan Tedder; Hear here; MP3) | (Mercury) |
Sam Phillips | “Push Any Button” (her first album of new material since 2008; producer: Phillips; Hear here; MP3) | (Littlebox Recordings) |
Transitshop (Philadelphia indie-pop trio) | “Velocity” (producer: Matt Dalton; Hear here; MP3) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
Trevante (R&B singer) | “I Am Trevante” (Hear here) | (Imani / EMI) |
The Vaccines | “Melody Calling EP [MP3]” (four songs; producers: John Hill, Rich Costey; Hear here) | (Columbia) |
Various artists | “Mad Men On the Rocks [TV soundtrack]” (music composed by David Carbonara; MP3) | (Silva Screen) |
Washed Out (aka electronic musician Ernest Greene) | “Paracosm” (first single: “It Feels All Right”; Hear here; Read here; LP + MP3) | (Sub Pop) |
The Wild Feathers (Nashville rock band) | “The Wild Feathers” (producer: Jay Joyce; first single: “The Ceiling”; Hear here; See here) | (Warner) |
Yellowcard | “Ocean Avenue Acoustic” (newly arranged acoustic versions of tracks off their breakthrough 2003 album; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Hopeless / Universal) |
Christa Wells (Raleigh, N.C.-based singer-songwriter) | “Feed Your Souls [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Christa Wells) |
Reissues
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Tommy Bolin | “Whirlwind” (two CDs of rarities and unreleased recordings, including material from his jazz-rock band Energy, a 26-minute version of “Marching Powder,” retitled “Marching Bag,” and songs he was preparing for his third solo album before his untimely death in 1976; See here; Vinyl; Deluxe box edition; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
Johnny Cash | “LIFE Unheard” (12 rarities, including two previously unreleased tracks, “Ben Dewberry’s Final Run” and “Movin’ Up”; MP3) | (LIFE / Sony Music Entertainment) |
Patsy Cline | “Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1967 compilation; remastered) | (Analogue Productions) |
Crosby, Stills & Nash | “CSN [24 KT + Gold CD]” (1977 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
Crosby, Stills & Nash | “CSN [Box set]” (1991 compilation; four CDs, 77 songs; MP3) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
Nik Kershaw | “The Riddle: Remastered Expanded Edition” (1984 album; remastered; a second CD contains three mixes, two B-sides and six live tracks recorded at Lodnon’s Hammersmith Odeon on New Year’s Eve 1984; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Universal Music, Aug. 12) |
The Lennon Sisters | “The Lennon Sisters Sing Great Hits Including Sad Movies” (28 songs; MP3) | (Sepia Recordings) |
Harry Nilsson | “Flash Harry” (1980 album, and his final album; previously unreleased in the U.S.; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Vinyl; MP3) | (Varese Sarabande) |
Sonny & Cher | “Look At Us” (1965 album, featuring “I Got You Babe”; remastered), “In Case You’re in Love” (1967 album, includes “The Beat Goes On”; remastered) | (Japan – Warner) |
S.O.S. Band | “Just the Way You Like It: Expanded Edition” (1984 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Tabu / Demon, Aug. 12) |
James Taylor | “Gorilla [24 KT + Gold CD]” (1975 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
38 Special | “Special Delivery” (CD vinyl replica; 1978 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
Various artists | “The South Side of Soul Street: The Minaret Soul Singles 1967-1976” (two CDs; 40 A-sides and B-sides; Hear here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
Various artists | “Thank God It’s Friday” (CD vinyl replica; 1978 soundtrack album on two CDs; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers | “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore: The Best of Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers [MP3]” (21 tracks) | (Mercury / UMe) |
DVD / Blu-ray
Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Jennifer Beals | “Flashdance [Blu-ray]” (1983 film; with bonus material, including “The History of Flashdance”) | (Paramount) |
Death | “A Band Called Death [DVD]” (2012 rockumentary about the garage rock/protopunk demo band formed in Detroit in 1971; See here; Blu-ray) | (Image Entertainment) |
The Muppets | “The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition [DVD]” (1979 film; Blu-ray) | (Walt Disney) |
Carrie Underwood | “The Blown Away Tour: LIVE [DVD]” | (Sony Nashville) |