New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| A$AP Ferg | “Trap Lord” (guests: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad James, ScHoolboy Q, Waka Flocka Flame, B-Real, Onyx, Aston Matthews; new single: “Shabba”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (A$AP Worldwide / Polo Grounds Music / RCA) |
| Bad Cello (mutli-instrumentalist Zeno Pirratelli) | “Finna [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Double Double Whammy / Miscreant) |
| Andrew Belle | “Black Bear” (producer: Chad Copelin; Hear here; MP3) | (Elm City Music) |
| Blessthefall (Phoenix metalcore band) | “Hollow Bodies” (producer: Joey Sturgis; guests: Jesse Barnett, Jake Luhrs, Lights’ Valerie Anne Poxleitner; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Fearless) |
| Blue October | “Sway” (producers: singer Justin Furstenfeld, David Castell; first single: “Bleed Out”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Up/Down) |
| Kurt Braunohler (stand-up comic) | “How Do I Land?” (Hear here; MP3) | (Kill Rock Stars) |
| Buffalo Killers (Cincinnati rock trio) | “Ohio Grass” (six-cut Record Store Day release, with four bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Alive Naturalsound) |
| Jimmy Buffett | “Songs From St. Somewhere” (first single: “Too Drunk to Karaoke,” with Toby Keith; Hear here; MP3) | (Mailboat) |
| Crocodiles | “Crimes of Passion” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Frenchkiss) |
| Destruction Unit | “Deep Trip” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Lee DeWyze | “Frames” (first single: “Silver Lining”; Hear here; Vinyl; ; Deluxe edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Vanguard) |
| Tim Easton (Nashville-based singer/songwriter) | “Not Cool” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Camp Fire Propaganda) |
| The Goldberg Sisters (a.k.a. “Dazed and Confused” actor-musician Adam Goldberg) | “Stranger’s Morning” (Hear here; MP3) | (apologymusic) |
| The Greencards (progressive bluegrass trio) | “Sweetheart of the Sun” (producer: Gary Paczosa; guests: Beck, Sons of Fathers, Aoife O’Donovan, Jon Randall, Andrea Zonn; Hear here) | (Darling Street) |
| Julia Holter (L.A. singer-songwriter) | “Loud City Song” (Hear here; See/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Domino) |
| Pete Huttlinger | “McGuire’s Landing [MP3]” (producer: Huttlinger; Hear here) | (Instar) |
BTW: “I believe that I survived a major stroke and end-stage heart failure because I had to finish this project,” Huttlinger tells P&P. “It’s been several years in the making because of all the medical stops and starts and I feel incredibly grateful that I’ve been given the time to complete it.”
| Daniel Kirkpatrick and The Bayonets (Seattle trio) | “Alibis” (Hear here; MP3) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
| Kissaway Trail (Danish trio) | “Breach” (first single: “Nørrebro”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Rodrigo Leão | “Lee Daniels’ The Butler: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3]” (historical drama film starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey opens Aug. 16; Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz are also in the ensemble cast; See here) | (Verve) |
| Tracy Lawrence | “Headlights, Taillights and Radios” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Rocky Comfort / Lawrence Music Group) |
| Will Lee | “Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions [MP3]” (“Late Show” bassist’s first album in 20 years; guests: Billy Gibbons, Paul Shaffer, Steve Lukather, Pat Metheny, Steve Gadd, Narada Michael Walden, Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Allen Toussaint; Hear here) | (Sinning Saint Ltd.) |
| Kim Lenz & The Jaguars (roots-rockabilly band) | “Follow Me” (producer: Carl Sonny Leyland; guest: Dawn Shipley; Hear here; MP3) | (Riley) |
| Willy Mason | “Carry On” (producer: Dan Carey; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Communion) |
| John Mayer | “Paradise Valley” (producers: Mayer, Don Was; guests: Katy Perry, Frank Ocean; first single: “Paper Doll”; Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Anna Netrebko | “Verdi” (the Russian soprano’s first studio album in five years; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Sarah Neufeld (violinist-composer based in Montréal) | “Hero Brother” (producer: Nils Frahm; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Constellation) |
| No Age | “An Object” (producer: Brian Roettinger; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sub Pop) |
| 1 Girl Nation | “1 Girl Nation” (first single: “While We’re Young”; Hear here; MP3) | (Reunion) |
| Paper Lions (Canadian indie rockers) | “My Friends [MP3]” (producer: Howard Redekopp; first single: “Philadelphia”; Hear here) | (Fountain Pop) |
| Porcelain Raft | “Permanent Signal” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Secretly Canadian) |
| Ty Segall | “Sleeper” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Drag City) |
| Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby | “Cluck Ol’ Hen” (Hear/read here; MP3) | (Skaggs Family) |
| Ski Lodge (quartet led by songwriter Andrew Marr) | “Big Heart [MP3]” (producers: Lewis Pesacov, Kevin McMahon; first single: “Just to Be Like You”; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl) | (Dovecote) |
| SOiL | “Whole” (their first album with original frontman Ryan McCombs since 2004; producer: Ulrich Wild; guest: Staind guitarist Mike Mushok; first single: “Shine On”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Pavement Entertainment) |
| Superchunk | “I Hate Music” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Merge) |
| Earl Sweatshirt | “Doris” (producers: Pharelle, RZA, BADBADNOTGOOD, Tyler, The Creator; guests: Odd Future cohorts Frank Ocean, Domo Genesis, and Tyler, The Creator, plus Vince Staples, Casey Veggies, Mac Miller; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Tan Cressida / Columbia) |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | “Made Up Mind” (producers: Jim Scott, Trucks; first single: “Part of Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Terraplane Sun (Venice Beach, Calif., band) | “Ya Never Know” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Trauma2) |
| TGT (Tyrese, Ginuwine, Tank) | “3 Kings” (new single: “I Need”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Travis | “Where You Stand” (their first album of new material in five years; first single: “Where You Stand”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Red Telephone Box) |
| Typhoon (Portland, Ore.-based 12-piece indie-rock group) | “White Lighter” (producers: Typhoon, Paul Laxer; first single: “Young Fathers”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Roll Call) |
| Various artists | “The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons” (all-star lineup includes Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Duane Eddy, Willie Nelson, Raul Malo, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Music Producers Institute / Warner Music Nashville) |
| Various artists | “Kick-Ass 2 [Film soundtrack]” (sequel opens Aug. 16; Jim Carrey, one of the film’s stars, withdrew his support for the film because of its violent nature; See here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Various artists | “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones [Film soundtrack]” (action adventure fantasy film opens Aug. 21; includes tracks by Ariana Grande, AFI, Demi Lovato, Colbie Caillat, Jessie J, etc.; See here; MP3) | (Universal Republic) |
| Laura Veirs | “Warp and Weft” (producer: husband Tucker Martine; guests: Jim James, k.d. lang, Neko Case, Brian Blade, members of The Decemberists, etc.; first single: “Sun Song”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Raven Marching Band) |
| White Hills (NYC space rock trio) | “So You Are … So You’ll Be” (producer: Martin Bisi; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Thrill Jockey) |
| White Lies (U.K. post-punk band) | “Big TV” (producer: Ed Buller; first single: “There Goes Our Love Again”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Harvest / Universal) |
| Willie Sugarcapps (Grayson Capps, Will Kimbrough, Corky Hughes with the duo Sugarcane Jane) | “Willie Sugarcapps” (producer: Trina Shoemaker; first single: “Gypsy Train”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Browning Bryant | “Browning Bryant” (1974 album, produced by Allen Toussaint and backed by The Meters; remastered; Hear here) | (Japan – Warner, Aug. 19) |
| John Coltrane | “Afro Blue Impressions” (recorded live in 1963 and released on the Pablo label in 1977; two CDs; remastered, with six bonus tracks; MP3) | (Concord) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Then Play On: Deluxe Edition” (1969 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Track list), “Fleetwood Mac 1969 to 1972 [Vinyl box set]” (contains the albums “Then Play On,” “Kiln House,” “Future Games,” “Bare Trees” and “Oh Well”) | (Rhino) |
| Jimi Hendrix | “Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set” (four CDs, 60 songs; MP3) | (Experience Hendrix / Legacy) |
| The Innocents | “Classic Innocents: The Reprise, Decca, Warner Bros. and A&M recordings … plus more” (28 tracks, 12 of them previously unreleased) | (U.K. – Ace, Aug. 19) |
| The Lumineers | “The Lumineers (Deluxe Edition)” (2012 album, with five bonus tracks, plus a DVD containing more than 25 minutes of stage performance, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews; Hear here; See here) | (Dualtone) |
| Sarah McLachlan | “The Essential Sarah McLachlan” (36 songs; MP3) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| The Monkees | “Headquarters: The Deluxe Edition” (1967 album; remastered; two CDs, with 22 bonus tracks) | (Friday Music) |
| Nas | “The Essential Nas” (30 songs; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Pearl Jam | “Ten Redux [MP3]” (1991 album, remixed by producer Brendan O’Brien) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Richard Pryor | “The Warner Bros. Albums (1974-1983) [Box set]” (seven CDs, featuring “That Nigger’s Crazy,” “Is It Something I Said?,” “Bicentennial Nigger,” “Wanted/Richard Pryor – Live In Concert (Parts 1 & 2),” “Live On The Sunset Strip,” “Here and Now”; remastered) | (Rhino) |
| The Replacements | “The Complete Collection [MP3]” (97 songs) | (Rhino) |
| Todd Rundgren | “Hermit of Mink Hollow [Vinyl]” (1978 album; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Santana | “The Essential Santana” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Britney Spears | “The Essential Britney Spears” (32 songs; MP3) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| The Staple Singers featuring Mavis Staples | “This Time Around” (1981 album; remastered; first time on CD; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Stax / Ace, Aug. 19) |
| Various artists | “Black Smoke: Gems From the Starday Vaults 1961-1962” (two CDs, 40 songs; Read here) | (One Day) |
| Various artists | “Let’s Hear It For the Boy, Vol. 12” (two-CD, 24-song dance compilation; MP3) | (Atlantis) |
| The Velvet Underground | “Live MCMXCIII [MP3]” (1993 album; 23 tracks) | (Rhino) |
| Bill Withers | “The Essential Bill Withers” (34 songs; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Tammy Wynette | “The Essential Tammy Wynette” (two CDs, 40 songs; MP3) | (Epic / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Journey | “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey [DVD]” (2012 documentary follows the Cinderella story of Arnel Pineda, the Filipino singer who was picked to front the group; Read here; See here) | (Docudrama Films) |
| Meat Loaf | “Roadie [Blu-ray]” (1980 film; also starring Blondie, Alice Cooper and Don Cornelius, with cameos by Roy Orbison and Hank Williams Jr.; See here) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Santana & McLaughlin | “Invitation to Illumination: Live at Montreux 2011 [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| David Bowie | “Bowie: Album by Album [Hardcover]” (author: Paolo Hewitt) | (Insight Editions) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “Talk About a Dream: The Essential Interviews of Bruce Springsteen [Paperback]” (editors: Christopher Phillips, Louis P. Masur) | (Bloomsbury Press) |