New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Amazing (Swedish quintet) | “Picture You” (first single: “Picture You”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Partisan) |
| Carl Barât and The Jackals | “Let It Reign” (producer: Joby J. Ford; first single: “Glory Days”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Grand Jury) |
| Glen Campbell | “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me Soundtrack” (2014 documentary includes Campbell’s final song, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” plus tracks by The Band Perry and Campbell’s daughter Ashley; See here; MP3) | (Big Machine) |
| Raheem DeVaughn | “Love Sex Passion” (guests: Trombone Shorty, Boney James; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Steve Earle & The Dukes | “Terraplane” (producer: R.S. Field; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl + MP3; MP3) | (New West) |
| Estelle | “True Romance” (first single: “Conqueror”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Established 1980 Inc / BMG Rights Management) |
| BP Fallon | “Live in Texas” (recorded in October 2014 in Austin; Hear here) | (Saustex Media) |
| William Ryan Fritch | “Revisionist” (guests: Benoit Pioulard, Origamibiro, D.M. Stith, Esme Patterson; first single: “Heavy”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Lost Tribe Sound) |
| José González | “Vestiges & Claws” (his first album in seven years; producer: González; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Grooms | “Comb the Feelings Through Your Hair” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
| The Juliana Hatfield Three | “Whatever, My Love” (their first album in 21 years; producers: Hatfield, Tom Beaujour; first single: “If I Could”; Hear here) | (American Laundromat) |
| Colin Hay | “Next Year People” (producer: Hay; first single: “Trying to Get to You”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Compass) |
| Ibeyi (20-year-old twin sisters) | “Ibeyi” (producer: Richard Russell; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (XL Recordings) |
| Imagine Dragons | “Smoke + Mirrors” (producers: Imagine Dragons, Alex Da Kid; new single: “Gold”; Hear here; CD + Concert Ticket; MP3) | (KIDinaKORNER / Interscope) |
| Jorma Kaukonen | “Ain’t In No Hurry” (producer: Larry Campbell; guests: Jack Casady, Barry Mitterhoff, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Red House) |
| Elle King | “Love Stuff” (collaborators: Jeff Bhasker, Eg White, Jacknife Lee, Mark Ronson, Martin Johnson, Dave Bassett, etc.; first single: “Ex’s & Oh’s”; Hear here; Read here; MP3; iTunes) | (RCA) |
| Letts | “Hold Fast” (producer: Marcus Mumford; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Community Music / Vagrant) |
| The Mavericks | “Mono” (Hear here) | (The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine) |
| Mourn (quartet from Catalonia, Spain) | “Mourn” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Oh Land | “Earth Sick” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tusk or Tooth) |
| Kate Pierson (of The B-52’s) | “Guitars and Microphones” (her debut solo album; producer: Tim Anderson; executive producer: Sia, who co-wrote some of the songs; first single: “Mister Sister”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Lazy Meadow Music / Kobalt Label Services) |
| A Place to Bury Strangers (Brooklyn noise-rock trio) | “Transfixiation” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dead Oceans) |
| The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band | “So Delicious!” (producer: Rev. Peyton; Hear here; MP3) | (Yazoo / Shanachie) |
| Brian Simpson | “Out of a Dream” (guests: Norman Brown, Najee, Dave Koz, Maysa; first single: “Sky Watcher”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Pops Staples | “Don’t Lose This” (his previously unreleased final recordings from 1990; mixed by Jeff Tweedy; Staples died in 2000; Vinyl; MP3) | (ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Sylvan (Hamburg prog-rock group) | “Home” (Hear here; See/read here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Gentle Art of Music) |
| Texas | “Texas 25” (re-recorded greatest hits, reworked with NYC soul outfit Truth & Soul, along with four new songs, plus a second disc of their original hits; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
| 36 Crazyfists | “Time and Trauma” (Hear here; MP3) | (Spinefarm) |
| Aaron Watson | “The Underdog” (producer: Keith Stegall; Hear here; MP3) | (BIG Label / Thirty Tigers) |
More Releases for the Week of Feb. 17, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Book Club (indie-folk collective) | “One-Way Moon” (producer: Matt Goldman; Hear here; See here) | (Cottage Recording Co. / Bear Kids Recordings) |
| decker. (Tucson-based indie folk artist Brandon Decker) | “Patsy” (Hear here) | (decker.) |
| Drake | “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” (Hear/read here) | (Cash Money / Motown, Feb. 13) |
| Glee Cast | “Glee: The Music, Transitioning” (six songs) | (Columbia) |
| Poynte (Atlanta-based rock quintet) | “Discreet Enemy” (first single: “Take Control”; Hear here) | (THC : Music) |
| Susanne Sundfør | “Ten Love Songs” (producer: Sundfør; guests: Anthony Gonzalez of M83, Svein and Torbjorn from Röyksopp, Lars Horntveth of Jaga Jazzist, the Trondheimsolistene Chamber Ensemble; Hear here) | (Sonnet Sound) |
| Jacob Whitesides (17-year-old singer-songwriter from Knoxville, Tenn.) | “A Piece of Me” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (JW) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Feb. 17, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Jeff Beck | “The Early Years” | (Blueline) |
| The Box Tops | “The Original Albums 1967-1969” (two CDs, 51 tracks; featuring their first four original albums, with seven bonus tracks, including the mono singles versions of “The Letter” and “Cry Like a Baby”; Read here) | (Raven, Feb. 16) |
| Bunny Lion | “Red” (1979 album; remastered; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fantasy Memory) |
| Thelma Houston | “Any Way You Like It (Expanded Edition)” (1977 album, including her No. 1 smash “Don’t Leave Me This Way”; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – SoulMusic.com / Cherry Red, Feb. 16) |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers | “Easy Skanking in Boston ’78” (See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tuff Gong / Island) |
| Joey Molland (of Badfinger) | “After the Pearl” (1983 album; remastered; Hear here) | (Gonzo Multimedia) |
| Art Pepper | “Neon Art: Volume One” (features two songs drawn from unissued performances at Parnell’s in Seattle, recorded on Jan. 28, 1981; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| The Pretenders | “Pretenders 1979-1999 [Box set]” (14-CD, eight-DVD collection, featuring all eight studio albums, with B-sides, live tracks, soundtrack songs, demos, rarities, promo videos and BBC TV appearances; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Edsel, Feb. 16) |
| The Sweet | “Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be (Expanded Edition)” (1971 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks and a second eight-song CD titled “The Early Years”; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, Feb. 16) |
| Various artists | “Java: Sundanese Folk Music,” “Java: Vocal Art” | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Various artists | “so80s (soEighties) 9” (three CDs, 31 remixes by Blank & Jones, featuring hits by Fleetwood Mac, Sade, Simply Red, The Cars, Duran Duran, Debbie Harry, Matthew Wilder, etc.; Track list) | (U.K. – Soundcolours, Feb. 16) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artists/Actors: | Title: | Studio/Label: |
| Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, et al | “Beach Blanket Bingo [DVD]” (1965 film; Blu-ray) | (Olive Films) |
| Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, et al | “Dumb and Dumber To [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Roger Ebert | “Life Itself [DVD]” (2014 documentary film; Blu-ray) | (Magnolia Home Entertainment) |
| James Franco, Seth Rogen, et al | “The Interview [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Jennifer Jones, Roddy McDowall, Lou Rawls, et al | “Cult of the Damned [DVD]” (1969 film, also titled “Angel, Angel, Down We Go”; Blu-ray) | (Kino Lorber) |
| Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, et al | “The Homesman [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate) |
| Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, et al | “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, et al | “St. Vincent [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Anchor Bay) |
| Dennis Quaid, Ringo Starr, et al | “Caveman [DVD]” (1981 film; Blu-ray) | (Olive Films) |
| Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, et al | “The Theory of Everything [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Various artists | “Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season [DVD]” (five discs; Blu-ray) | (HBO Studios) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Feb. 17, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Tony Dunsbee | “GATHERED FROM COINCIDENCE: A singular history of Sixties’ pop” (Kindle) | (M-Y Books Ltd., Feb. 20) |
| Clint Walker | “Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music” (Paperback; foreword by Paul Kelly) | (Verse Chorus Press) |
More Music Books for the Week of Feb. 17, 2015