This Week’s Releases: Feb. 24, 2015
New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Airborne Toxic Event | “Dope Machines” (producer: lead singer Mikel Jollett; new single: “Chains”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Alien Ant Farm | “Always and Forever” (producer: Johnny K; Hear here; MP3) | (Executive Music Group / The End) |
| All That Remains | “The Order of Things” (producer: Josh Wilbur; first single: “No Knock”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Big Sean | “Dark Sky Paradise” (guests: Drake, John Legend, Kanye West, Jhené Aiko, E-40, Lil Wayne, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (G.O.O.D. Music / Def Jam) |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | “Live in Paris” (CD/DVD set; also available on vinyl and bundles; Hear here) | (Vagrant) |
| Black Star Riders (led by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham) | “The Killer Instinct” (producer: Nick Raskulinecz; first single: “The Killer Instinct”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Anouar Brahem | “Souvenance” (music for oud, quartet and string orchestra; Hear here) | (ECM) |
| Chris Brown & Tyga | “Fan of a Fan: The Album” (producers: DJ Mustard, Drumma Boy, Jess Jackson, P-Lo, Nic Nac, etc.; guests: Ty Dolla $ign, 50 Cent, Pusha T, Wale, T.I., Boosie Badazz, Fat Trel; first single: “Ayo”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (RCA / Young Money Entertainment / Cash Money) |
| Dan Deacon | “Gliss Riffer” (first single: “Feel the Lightning”; Hear here; See here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Domino) |
| DRKWAV (John Medeski, Adam Deitch and Skerik) | “The Purge” (producers: DRKWAV, Randall Dunn; Vinyl; MP3) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
| The Electric Peanut Butter Company | “Trans-Atlantic Psych Classics Vol. 1” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ubiquity) |
| Eternal Death (Swedish duo) | “Eternal Death” (first single: “Cry”; Hear here; MP3) | (Labrador) |
| Ewert and the Two Dragons (indie band from Estonia) | “Circles” (producer: Ryan Hadlock; first single: “Pictures”; Hear here; See here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Sire / Warner) |
| Falling in Reverse | “Just Like You” (producers: singer Ronnie Radke, Michael “Elvis” Baskette; first single: “God, If You Are Above …”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition) | (Epitaph) |
| Fashawn (West Coast rapper) | “The Ecology” (guests: Nas, Aloe Blacc, Dom Kennedy; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mass Appeal) |
| Future Brown | “Future Brown” (guests: Tink, Shawnna, DJ Victoriouz, Sicko Mobb, Timberlee, Maluca; first single: “Talkin Bandz”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Gang of Four | “What Happens Next” (featuring collaborations with The Kills’ Alison Mosshart, Robbie Furze from The Big Pink, Gail Ann Dorsey, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hotei; producer: guitarist Andy Gill; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| JJ Grey & Mofro | “Ol’ Glory” (guests: Derek Trucks, Luther Dickinson; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| Emile Haynie (songwriter/producer) | “We Fall” (guests: Brian Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Newman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Colin Blunstone, Father John Misty, etc.; first single: “Falling Apart”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Interscope) |
| Mat Kearney | “Just Kids” (first single: “Heartbeat”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Aware / Republic) |
| Kid Rock | “First Kiss” (producers: Kid Rock, Dann Huff; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Top Dog / Warner) |
| Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders | “Playmates” (producer: Kim Moyes of The Presets; guest: Sharon Van Etten; first single: “Come On Back This Way”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Fat Possum) |
| Parker McCollum | “The Limestone Kid” (Hear here; MP3) | (PYM Music) |
| James McMurtry | “Complicated Game” (first single: “How’m I Gonna Find You Now”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Complicated Game) |
| Elvis Perkins | “I Aubade” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (MIR) |
| Quiet Company | “Transgressor” (producer: Matt Noveskey; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Modern Outsider) |
| Revolution Saints (Jack Blades, Deen Castronovo and Doug Aldrich) | “Revolution Saints” (producer: Alessandro Del Vecchio; guests: Neal Schon, Arnel Pineda; Hear/see here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Sanguine Hum (prog-rock band from Oxford, U.K.) | “Now We Have Light” (double CD concept album; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Esoteric Antenna / Cherry Red, Feb. 23) |
| Scorpions | “Return to Forever” (first single: “We Built This House”; Hear here) | (Europe – Sony, Feb. 23) |
| Screaming Females (N.J. punk trio) | “Rose Mountain” (producer: Matt Bayles; first single: “Wishing Well”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Simian Ghost (Swedish indie rock/dream pop band) | “The Veil” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Playground Music) |
| Rick Springfield | “Stripped Down” (CD/DVD; highlights from his recent “Stripped Down” acoustic tour; Hear here; MP3) | (Loud & Proud) |
| Tempest | “The Tracks We Leave” (Hear here; MP3) | (Magna Carta) |
| Torche | “Restarter” (producer: bassist Jonathan Nuñez; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3, with two bonus tracks) | (Relapse) |
| Various artists | “Side Show (Original 2014 Broadway Cast Recording)” (directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon, starring Erin Davie and Emily Padgett; Hear/read here) | (Broadway) |
| Various artists | “Songs of Anarchy: Vol. 4 (Music from Sons of Anarchy)” (includes Forest Rangers cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia) |
| Rob Zombie | “Spookshow International Live” (Vinyl; MP3) | (Zodiac Swan / T-Boy / UMe) |
More Releases for the Week of Feb. 24, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The American Spirit (Austin indie-folk trio) | “Season of Violence or Mourning, Protest, & the Birth of Bishop Killborne” (first single: “Waiting For the Night”; Hear here) | (The American Spirit) |
| Nicole Andrews (New Zealand pianist-singer) | “In the Shallows” (producer: Andrews; Hear here) | (Nicole Andrews, Feb. 27) |
| The Black Cadillacs (blue-based indie rockers from Tennessee) | “The Black Cadillacs” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Red Bull Sound Select) |
| DeadStar Assembly (industrial gothic rockers) | “Blame It on the Devil” (first single: “Amulet”; Hear here) | (Standby) |
| Drug Cabin (ex-Ambulance LTD frontman Marcus Congleton and former Pretty Girls Make Graves guitarist Nathan Thelen) | “Yard Work” (Hear here) | (401K Music) |
| Gal Pals (Austin-based duo) | “Velvet Rut” (first single: “Ex-Marionette”; Hear here) | (PaperCup Music) |
| Andy Kim | “It’s Decided” (producers: Kim, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew; first single: “Shoot ‘Em Up, Baby”; Hear here; Read here) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| KNTRLR (electronic rockers) | “The Great Filter” (first single: “Halogen”; Hear here) | (Goodnight) |
| Len Sander (Swiss band) | “Phantom Garden” (producer: Len Sander; Hear here) | (Len Sander / Broken Silence) |
| Scout Paré-Phillips | “Heed the Call” (Hear here; See here) | (Dais) |
| Radical Dads | “Universal Coolers” (first single: “Cassette Brain”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Old Flame) |
| Trespassers | “Rival Glass” (five-song EP; first single: “Thereafter”; Hear here) | (Spartan) |
| Voli (pop/hip-hop star) | “The Wall” (new single: “DNA”; Hear here) | (Nouveau Classique) |
| The Zoltars | “The Zoltars” (first single: “Sincere”; Hear here) | (Happenin) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Feb. 24, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Eric Burdon & The Animals | “Winds of Change” (1967 album, including “San Franciscan Nights”; remastered; Vinyl), “The Twain Shall Meet” (1968 album, including “Monterey” and “Sky Pilot”; remastered; Vinyl) | (Sundazed Music) |
| Cactus | “Long Island New York, 1971” | (Klondike) |
| Camper Van Beethoven | “New Roman Times” (2004 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Read here; Vinyl) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Chicago | “Live in ’75” (two-CD set was originally released by Rhino Handmade in 2011; recorded June 24-26 at the Capital Centre in Largo, Md.; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Curiosity Killed the Cat | “Down to Earth: The Collection” (18 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Spectrum, Feb. 23) |
| Dr. Feelgood | “I’m a Man: The Best of the Wilko Johnson Years 1974-1977” (16 tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Ernie K Doe | “You Got to Love Me: The Greatest Hits Collection” (21 tracks) | (Airline) |
| Joe Ely | “Live Chicago 1987” (featuring Bobby Keys; MP3) | (South Central Music) |
| Bobbie Gentry | “Bobbie Gentry: I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – The Collection” (See here) | (U.K. – Universal, Feb. 23) |
| Peppermint Harris | “Bad Bad Whiskey: The Jewel Records Sessions” (21 tracks) | (Airline) |
| Iron and Wine | “Archive Series Volume No. 1” (unreleased home recordings, covers, live sets, etc.; Vinyl; MP3) | (Black Cricket Recordings Co.) |
| Bob James | “The Very Best of Bob James” (two CDs, 28 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Metro Select, Feb. 23) |
| Lead Belly | “Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection” (five-CD, 108-song box set, housed in a 140-page book; MP3) | (Smithsonian Folkways) |
| Led Zeppelin | “Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition)” (1975 album; remastered, with bonus material; Vinyl; Super Deluxe Edition; MP3; Read here) | (Swan Song / Atlantic) |
| The Manhattans | “With These Hands / A Million to One” (1970, 1972 albums on one CD; remastered), “There’s No Me Without You” (1973 album; remastered), “That’s How Much I Love You” (1974 album; remastered), “Too Hot to Stop It” (1985 album; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Melanie | “Candles in the Rain” (1970 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Talking Elephant, Feb. 23) |
| Maurizio Pollini | “Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas” (eight-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Kenny Rogers | “Lucille: The Collection” (20 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Spectrum, Feb. 23) |
| Saxon | “Heavy Metal Thunder – Bloodstock Edition” (2002 greatest-hits with a bonus “Live At Bloodstock” CD; see related DVD below) | (UDR Music) |
| Soul II Soul | “Back to Life: The Collection” (16 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Spectrum, Feb. 23) |
| Vanity Fare | “I Live for the Sun: Complete Recordings 1968-74” (two CDs, 47 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – RPM / Cherry Red, Feb. 23) |
| Various artists | “Viet Nam: Ca Tru & Quan Ho – Traditional Music” | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Ultra Dance 16” (two CDs, 24 songs; MP3) | (Ultra) |
| White Plains | “The Deram Records Singles Collection” (25-song compilation includes their international hit “My Baby Loves Lovin'”; Read here) | (U.K. – 7T’s / Cherry Red, Feb. 23) |
More Releases for the Week of Feb. 24, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Melanie De Biasio | “No Deal Remixed” (remixed version of her 2014 album, curated by BBC radio personality and DJ Gilles Peterson; remixers include EELS, Jonwayne, Hex and The Cinematic Orchestra; Hear here) | (PIAS America) |
| The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell | “Aspects” (1976 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| The Glitch Mob | “Love Death Immortality Remixes” (18-song collection of covers, remixes and remakes of original songs from their 2014 album “Love Death Immortality”; Hear here) | (Glass Air) |
| Albert Hammond | “99 Miles From L.A.” (1975 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Hubert Laws | “The San Francisco Concert” (1977 album) | (CTI / Legacy) |
| Mtume | “In Search of the Rainbow Seekers” (1980 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| T.G. Sheppard | “Livin’ on the Edge” (1985 album), “One for the Money” (1987 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| 10cc | “The Original Soundtrack” (1975 album, featuring “I’m Not in Love”) | (Mercury / UMe) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Feb. 24, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, et al | “Horrible Bosses 2 [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video) |
| The J. Geils Band | “House Party: Live in Germany [DVD]” (filmed at the Grugahalle in Essen on April 21, 1979, for the German TV series “Rockpalast”; See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, et al | “Sons of Anarchy: The Final Season [DVD]” (five discs; Blu-ray; Complete Series Gift Set) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, et al | “Big Hero 6 [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Walt Disney Studios) |
| Saxon | “The Saxon Chronicles [DVD]” (two-disc set, featuring its 2001 Wacken performance, with a bonus CD titled “Rock ‘n’ Roll Gypsies 1989 Live”) | (UDR Music) |
| J.K. Simmons, Miles Teller, et al | “Whiplash [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| The Who | “Live: Calgary Alberta CA 10/05/06 [DVD],” “Live: Holmdel NJ 09/21/06 [DVD],” “Live: London ON CA 09/30/06 [DVD],” “Live: Vancouver CA 10/08/06 [DVD]” | (Encore Series) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Feb. 24, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band” (Paperback; author: Alan Paul) | (St. Martin’s Griffin) |
| Louis Armstrong | “Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism” (Paperback; author: Thomas Brothers) | (W.W. Norton & Company) |
| Alex Chilton | “A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man” (Paperback; author: Holly George-Warren) | (Penguin Books) |
| Robert Christgau | “Going into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man – A Memoir” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Dey Street Books) |
| Kim Gordon | “Girl in a Band: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Dey Street Books) |
| Ryan C. Williams, Mike Levine | “iPad & iPhone For Musicians For Dummies” (Paperback; Kindle) | (For Dummies Series) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Feb. 24, 2015
Next week: March 3, 2015
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