New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Bayside | “Cult” (producers: Shep Goodman, Aaron Accetta; first single: “Pigsty”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
| Bear Hands (Brooklyn quartet) | “Distraction” (producer: guitarist Ted Feldman; first single: “Giants”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cantora) |
| Jonatha Brooke | “My Mother Has Four Noses” (her new musical play opens at The Duke on 42nd Street on Feb. 14; Hear here; MP3) | (Bad Dog) |
| Paul Byrom (former Celtic Thunder member) | “Thinking of Home” (Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Susan Clynes (Belgian singer-pianist) | “Life Is” (producer: Clynes; Hear here; MP3) | (MoonJune) |
| André Cymone (Prince’s original touring bassist) | “The Stones” (Hear here; MP3; see related reissues below) | (Blindtango) |
| Embrace | “Refugees EP [Vinyl]” (producer: guitarist Richard McNamara; Hear here) | (U.K. – Cooking Vinyl, Feb. 17) |
| The Feeling (British rock band) | “Boy Cried Wolf” (released in the U.K. last fall; producers: The Feeling; first single: “Rescue”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| William Fitzsimmons | “Lions” (producer: Chris Walla; first single: “Fortune”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| Candice Glover (2013 winner of “American Idol”) | “Music Speaks” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (19 Recordings / Interscope) |
| David Grissom (Austin guitarist-songwriter) | “How It Feels to Fly” (includes covers of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Jessica” and ZZ Top’s “Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings”; Hear here; MP3) | (Wide Load) |
| Guided By Voices | “Motivational Jumpsuit” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Guided by Voices Inc.) |
| Home Free (Minnesota-based country vocal band won the fourth season of NBC’s “The Sing-Off”) | “Crazy Life” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Talib Kweli | “Gravitas” (initially released through his website in December 2013; producers: 6th Sense, J Dilla, Khrysis, Lord Quest, Oh No, Rich Kidd, Statik Selektah, Thaddeus Dixon; guests: Mike Posner, Big K.R.I.T., Gary Clark Jr., Raekwon, Abby Dobson, Black Thought, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Javotti Media) |
| Lake Street Dive | “Bad Self Portraits” (first single: “Rental Love”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Signature Sounds Recordings) |
| Dawn Landes (Brooklyn-based songwriter) | “Bluebird” (producer: Thomas Bartlett; guests: Norah Jones, Tony Scherr, Rob Moose; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Lydia Loveless (alt-country singer from Columbus, Ohio) | “Somewhere Else” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Bloodshot) |
| Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition | “Dark Soul of the Night” (Hear here; ReverbNation; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fat Possum) |
| Nine Times Blue (Atlanta alt-rock quartet) | “Matter of Time” (six-song EP; ReverbNation; MP3) | (Renegade Recordings) |
| NO | “El Prado” (producers: NO; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| Angel Olsen | “Burn Your Fire for No Witness” (producer: John Congleton; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Sean Paul | “Full Frequency” (producers: Stargate, The Cataracs, Chef Tone, Benny Blanco, Giorgio Tuinfort; guests: Damian Jr. “Gong” Marley, Juicy J, 2 Chainz, Nicki Minaj, Konshens, Prince Royce, etc.; new single: “Entertainment”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Phantogram (NYC synth-pop duo) | “Voices” (first single: “Fall in Love”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Republic) |
| The Presidents of the United States of America | “Kudos to You!” (funded by fans via PledgeMusic; Hear here; MP3) | (PUSACORP / Burnside Distribution) |
| St. Paul & The Broken Bones (Birmingham, Ala.-based sextet) | “Half the City” (producer: Ben Tanner of Alabama Shakes; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Single Lock / Thirty Tigers) |
| Matt Schofield (British blues guitarist) | “Far As I Can See” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| Skindred | “Kill the Power” (several songs written with Russ Ballard; first single: “Kill the Power”; Hear here; MP3) | (Red River Entertainment / RED) |
| Solids (Montreal guitar and drum duo) | “Blame Confusion” (producer: Adrian Popovich; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fat Possum) |
| Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II | “Side by Side” (a collection of 14 new and traditional songs; Hear here; MP3) | (Rebel) |
| Cole Swindell | “Cole Swindell” (first single: “Chillin’ It”; Hear here; CD + Amazon-exclusive medium T-shirt; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Benmont Tench (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) | “You Should Be So Lucky” (producer: Glyn Johns; guests: Ringo Starr, Petty, Ryan Adams, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings; Vinyl; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
| Suzanne Vega | “Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles” (producer: Garry Leonard; Hear here; MP3) | (12th Street) |
| We Are The In Crowd | “Weird Kids” (first single: “The Best Thing [That Never Happened]”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
| Ron White | “A Little Unprofessional” (direct-to-fan comedy special; Hear/read here) | (Westwood Entertainment) |
| Zucchero | “La Sesión Cubana” (the Italian blues-rock singer recorded the album in Havana; producers: Zucchero, Don Was; guests: Bebe, Djavan; Hear here; Dual Disc; Deluxe edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Manhattan) |
More Releases for the Week of Feb. 18, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Falls (Australian duo) | “Into the Fire [MP3]” (first single: “Home”; Hear here; See here; CD) | (Verve) |
| God Module | “False Face [MP3]” (Hear here; See here) | (Metropolis) |
| Lies of Nazca (Italian progressive metal band) | “Aleph [MP3]” (described as “a concept album telling a narrative of the journey of a man who attempts to overturn the unrelenting mechanisms of the universe”; Hear here) | (Rogue Records America) |
| Marwan Maurice (Columbus, Ohio-based singer-songwriter) | “Worth Waiting For [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Marwan Maurice, Feb. 14) |
| Next Door But One | “Brighter Days (Stonedove Dub) [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Chemiztri Recordings, Feb. 21) |
| The Raskins | “We Had It All [MP3]” (ReverbNation; See here) | (Miral) |
| Ricky Rebel (aka Ricky Godinez, formerly of No Authority) | “I Adore You [MP3]” (guest: Jayk Gallagher; ReverbNation) | (Rebel) |
| Ashley Riley | “All the Pretty Things [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Riled Up) |
| Sawtooth | “Snacks [MP3]” (producer: Sawtooth; guests: ThornBrain, Ninja Spice, Jacob Russell, King Rust; first single: “Feast”; Hear here) | (Nice Dad Music) |
| Seventrain (San Diego-based hard rockers) | “Seventrain [MP3]” (producer: former 24-7 Spyz drummer Joel Maitoza; ReverbNation) | (So Cal / Alliance Entertainment, Feb. 14) |
| LiV Warfield (a touring member of Prince’s New Power Generation) | “The Unexpected [MP3]” (producer: Warfield; executive producer: Prince; first single: “Your Show,” co-written with Prince; Hear here) | (1860 Property, LLC / Kobalt) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Yolanda Adams | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Verity / Legacy) |
| The Afters | “I Wish We All Could Win” (2005 album) | (Fair Trade Services) |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Boston Common 8-17-71” (recorded less than three months before guitarist Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident; MP3), “Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theater 1992” (Read here; MP3; see related DVD and book below) | (Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) |
| Atlantic Starr | “Brilliance” (1982 album; remastered; Read here) | (U.K. – SoulMusic, Feb. 17) |
| Bobby Charles | “Old No. 1 [180 Gram Vinyl]” (1972 album; remastered) | (Light in the Attic) |
| Cheap Trick | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Kenny Chesney | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (BNA / Legacy) |
| Chicago | “Chicago VI [Hybrid SACD]” (1973 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| Guy Clark | “Old No. 1 [180 Gram Vinyl]” (1975 album; remastered) | (4 Men With Beards) |
| Perry Como | “The Best of the War Years” (20 tracks) | (Stardust / Cleopatra) |
| Creative Source | “Creative Source” (1974 album; remastered) | (Solaris) |
| Bob Dylan | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Sara Evans | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Terry Huff and Special Delivery | “The Lonely One” (1976 album; remastered) | (Solaris) |
| Incredible Bongo Band | “Bongo Rock [Vinyl]” (40th anniverary edition; 1973 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Mr. Bongo, Feb. 17) |
| Garland Jeffreys | “True Confessions: The Epic Sessions” (two-CD, 34-song set includes the early 1980s albums “Escape Artist,” “Rock & Roll Adult” and “Guts for Love”) | (Raven) |
| Billy Joel | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Ocean Colour Scene | “Marchin’ Already: Deluxe Edition [CD/DVD]” (1997 album; remastered; three CDs and one DVD; the second CD features B-sides, radio sessions and previously unreleased demos, and the third disc contains their Feb. 22, 1998, show at the Manchester Apollo; the DVD is “Travellers Tunes: Live at Stirling Castle”; Read here) | (U.K. – Universal, Feb. 17) |
| The O’Jays | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Philadelphia International / Legacy) |
| Teddy Pendergrass | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (Philadelphia International / Legacy) |
| Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth | “All Souled Out: Deluxe Edition” (1991 EP; remastered, with six bonus tracks; See here) | (Traffic Entertainment) |
| John Sebastian | “John B. Sebastian + The Four of Us + Tarzana Kid + Welcome Back” (all four Reprise solo albums on two CDs, plus a DVD of a solo concert broadcast from a BBC TV studio in October 1970) | (U.K. – Demon Music Group, Feb. 17) |
| Allan Sherman | “There Is Nothing Like a Lox: The Lost Song Parodies of Allan Sherman” (Hear here; MP3) | (RockBeat) |
| Rick Springfield | “Original Album Classics” (five full albums) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “The Art of the 12″, Volume Three” (two CDs, 29 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – ZTT / Salvo, Feb. 17) |
| Various artists | “Putumayo Presents Native America” (MP3) | (Putumayo) |
More Releases for the Week of Feb. 18, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| André Cymone | “Livin’ in the New Wave [MP3]” (1982 album), “Survivin’ in the 80’s [MP3]” (1983 album; with four bonus tracks), “A.C. [MP3]” (1985 album; with 20 bonus tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Guster | “One Man Wrecking Machine [MP3]” (five-song EP from 2006; See here) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Melba Moore | “Peach Melba [MP3]” (1975 album), “This Is It [MP3]” (1976 album; with two bonus tracks), “A Portrait of Melba [MP3]” (1977 album; with two bonus tracks), “Burn [MP3]” (1979 album; with three bonus tracks), “Closer [MP3]” (1980 album; with four bonus tracks) | (Buddah / Legacy) |
| Táta Vega | “Totally Táta [MP3]” (1977 album; Hear here) | (Motown / UMe) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Live at Great Woods, Sept. 6, 1991 [DVD]” | (Epic / Legacy) |
| George Clooney, Meryl Streep | “Fantastic Mr. Fox (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray/DVD]” (2009 stop-motion animated film from Wes Anderson) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Joel McCrea | “Foreign Correspondent (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray/DVD]” (1940 film; See here; Read here) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Various artists | “Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season [DVD]” (five discs; Blu-ray/DVD) | (HBO Studios) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Feb. 18, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band [Hardcover]” (author: Alan Paul; Kindle) | (St. Martin’s Press) |
| Robert Gottlieb | “Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now [Kindle]” (Read here) | (Vintage / Random House, Feb. 19) |
| Richard Hell | “I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography [Paperback]” (Kindle) | (Ecco) |
| Mark Vail | “The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument [Paperback]” (Kindle) | (Oxford University Press, USA, Feb. 19) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Feb. 18, 2014