One thing we’ve learned after doing this for more than a decade: There’s never a shortage of new releases. It’s hard to keep up with, so that’s why we like to swing back around and find other new stuff (and reissues) that has come out in the past week or so:
MAY 4-5, 2015
AMERICA
“Lost & Found” (previously unheard original songs by Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell; Hear here; MP3; America)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
“Nocturama” (MP3; 2003 album), “Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus” (MP3; 2004 album), “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” (MP3; 2008 album; Mute)
COLD CHISEL
“The Live Tapes Vol. 1 (Live at the Hordern Pavilion)” (MP3), “The Live Tapes Vol. 2 (Live at Bombay Rock)” (MP3; Cold Chisel, May 1)
COMMODORES
“Movin’ On” (MP3; 1975 album), “Commodores 13,” Commodores (MP3; 1983 album; Motown / UMe)
HIATUS KAIYOTE (Grammy-nominated neo-soul quartet from Melbourne)
“Choose Your Weapon” (they were the first Australian band to be nominated for a Grammy in the R&B category; Hear here; MP3; Flying Buddha / Sony Masterworks)
IN THIS MOMENT
“Rise of the Blood Legion: The Best Of (Chapter 1),” In This Moment (MP3; Hear here; Century Media)
GRACE JONES
“Portfolio” (MP3; 1977 album), “Fame” (MP3; 1978 album), “Muse” (MP3; 1979 album; Island / UMe)
KINGS OF THE BRUSHWOOD THICKET (NYC folk outfit)
“The Lies You Leave Behind” (MP3; Hear here; Kings of the Brushwood Thicket)
WILLIE NELSON
“… And Then I Wrote” (MP3; 1962 album), “Here’s Willie Nelson” (MP3; 1963 album), “Country Willie” (MP3; 1975 album; Capitol Nashville)
LEONARD NIMOY
“Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space” (MP3; 1967 album), “Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy” (MP3; 1968 album), “The Way I Feel” (MP3; 1968 album), “The Touch of Leonard Nimoy” (MP3; 1969 album; Geffen / UMe)
PARLIAMENT
“Trombipulation” (MP3; 1980 album; Mercury / UMe)
DAVID PHELPS
“David Phelps: The Ultimate Collection” (MP3; 15 songs; Word)
MARK SCHULTZ
“Mark Schultz: The Ultimate Collection” (MP3; 15 songs; Word)
SIA
“1000 Forms of Fear (Deluxe Version)” (MP3; 2014 album, with eight bonus tracks; Monkey Puzzle / RCA)
ARMAND VAN HELDEN
“Armand Van Helden Greatest Hits” (MP3; 10 tracks; Henry Street Music)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“50 Classical Masterworks 2” (MP3; 50 tracks; Deutsche Grammophon)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
“Here She Comes: US Garage Pop Nuggets 1964-1967 From the President Jukebox” (MP3; 18 tracks; President)