New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Big Ups | “Eighteen Hours of Static” (new single: “Wool”; Hear here) | (Dead Labour) |
| David Broza | “East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem” (Palestinian and Israeli musicians recorded this album in the Palestinian side of Jerusalem; producers: Steve Earle, Steve Greenberg; guests: Earle, Wyclef Jean, Jerusalem Youth Choir; first single: “[What’s So Funny ‘Bout] Peace, Love, and Understanding”; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (S-Curve) |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | “Songs From the Movie” (Hear here; MP3) | (Zoë / Rounder) |
| Rosanne Cash | “The River & The Thread” (songs about the American South; producer: husband John Leventhal; guests: Kris Kristofferson, Tony Joe White, Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Derek Trucks, Cory Chisel, Allison Moorer, John Paul White, Amy Helm, Gabe Witcher; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition, with three bonus tracks; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
| The Crystal Method | “The Crystal Method” (their first album since 2009; first single: “Over It,” feat. Dia Frampton; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tiny e Records) |
| De La Tierra (featuring members of Sepultura and Maná) | “De La Tierra” (producers: De La Tierra; first single: “Maldita Historia”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Roadrunner) |
| Dave Edmunds | “… Again” (his first album of new material in two decades; See here; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – RPM / Cherry Red, Jan. 13) |
| Tinsley Ellis | “Midnight Blue” (Hear here; MP3) | (Heartfixer Music) |
| Ed Harcourt | “Time of Dust” (28-minute long mini-album; first single: “The Saddest Orchestra [It Only Plays For You]”; Hear here; MP3) | (U.K. – CCCLX Music, Jan. 13) |
| Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | “Give the People What They Want” (first single: “Retreat!”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Daptone) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop 25” (19 tracks; Hear here; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| James Vincent McMorrow | “Post Tropical” (producer: McMorrow; first single: “Cavalier”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vagrant) |
| Mindless Self Indulgence | “Fuck Machine!” (Hear here; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland) | “That Girl” (includes a remake of Bob Seger’s “Like a Rock”; producer: Rick Rubin; first single: “That Girl”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Painted Palms | “Forever” (first single: “Spinning Signs”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Jon Pardi (country singer) | “Write You a Song” (producers: Pardi, Bart Butler; Hear here; MP3) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Railroad Earth (newgrass band from Stillwater, N.J.) | “Last of the Outlaws” (first single: “Chasin’ a Rainbow”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Black Bear) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “High Hopes” (first single: “High Hopes”; guest: Tom Morello; Read here; Vinyl; CD/DVD; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Supersuckers | “Get the Hell” (their first studio album in five years also marks their 25th anniversary; Hear here) | (Acetate) |
| Switchfoot | “Fading West” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Atlantic / Word) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 14, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Johnny Beauford | “A Pig Eating Past Love [MP3]” (seven-song EP; Hear here) | (St. Cait) |
| Club America (sibling synth-pop duo from Brazil) | “To Get There [MP3]” (first single: “Girls”; Hear here; See here) | (Sonovibe) |
| Charlie Farley (hick-hop artist) | “Hog Heaven [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Average Joes Entertainment / BackRoad) |
| Katey Laurel | “Periscope [MP3]” (producer: Warren Huart; first single: “Hurricane”; Hear here) | (Roaring Twenties) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Blasters | “The Slash Recordings” (two CDs) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Lynda Carter (TV’s “Wonder Woman”) | “Portrait” (1978 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; See here) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Crazy Horse | “Scratchy: The Complete Reprise Recordings” (2005 compilation; two CDs, 33 songs) | (Rhino Handmade) |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | “Bayou Country [Vinyl]” (1969 album; remastered), “Cosmo’s Factory [Vinyl]” (1970 album; remastered) | (Fantasy) |
| Howe Gelb | “Little Sand Box” (eight CDs, containing six solo albums and bonus material; Read here) | (Bronzerat) |
| Buddy Guy & Junior Wells | “Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues” (1970 album; remastered; two discs) | (Friday Music) |
| Dan Hartman | “Relight My Fire” (1979 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Hot Shot / Big Break, Jan. 13) |
| Kick Axe | “Vices” (1984 album; remastered), “Welcome to the Club” (1985 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Mark Lanegan | “Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011” (two CDs, including 12 previously unreleased tracks; Vinyl; MP3) | (Light in the Attic) |
| Hubert Laws | “Carnegie Hall” (1973 live album, featuring Bob James, Ron Carter and Billy Cobham; remastered), “The Chicago Theme” (1975 album; remastered), “Say It With Silence” (1978 album; remastered), “How to Beat the High Cost of Living” (1980 soundtrack album, with Earl Klugh; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Lone Justice | “This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983” (12 songs recorded live in 1983, including nine previously unissued performances; recorded directly to 2-track tape by engineer David Vaught, with no overdubs; Vinyl, with the first pressing on translucent red vinyl; MP3) | (Omnivore Recordings / UMe) |
| Long John Baldry | “Boogie Woogie: The Warner Bros. Recordings” (two CDs; his two Warner albums, with 10 bonus tracks) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Taj Mahal | “Sing a Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings” (2005 compilation; 33 tracks) | (Rhino Handmade) |
| Midnight Oil | “Diesel and Dust” (1988 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD), “Blue Sky Mining” (1990 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD) | (Culture Factory USA) |
| Danny O’Keefe | “Classics” (22 tracks) | (Rhino Handmade) |
| Billy Paul | “Feelin’ Good At The Cadillac Club” (1968 album; remastered, Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 13) |
| Point Blank | “Point Blank” (1976 album; remastered), “Second Season” (1977 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Iggy Pop | “New Values” (1979 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD), “Soldier” (1980 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD), “Party” (1981 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD) | (Culture Factory USA) |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph (original Broadway cast member of “Dreamgirls”) | “In the Evening” (1984 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 13) |
| Doug Sahm | “Genuine Texas Groover: Complete Atlantic Recordings” (two CDs) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Peter Schilling | “Error in the System / Fehler Im System” (English and German versions of his 1983 album, which includes his Top 20 hit “Major Tom [Coming Home]”; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| John Sebastian | “Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings” (three CDs, 70 songs) | (Rhino Handmade) |
| Self | “Subliminal Plastic Motives” (1995 album; remastered; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fat Possum) |
| Tangerine Dream | “Thief” (1981 soundtrack album; remastered; see related DVD/Blu-ray below) | (Perseverance) |
| 38 Special | “38 Special” (1977 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD), “Special Delivery” (1978 album; paper sleeve, vinyl replica CD) | (Culture Factory USA) |
| Various artists | “Penthouse Records 25 Years: The Journey Continues [CD/DVD]” (the two CDs include past hits, new tracks from its current roster and two unreleased tracks from Garnett Silk; the DVD is a label retrospective, hosted by founder Donovan Germain) | (VP) |
| Alan White | “Ramshackled” (Yes drummer’s debut solo album from 1976; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Lucinda Williams | “Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album; remastered; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Lucinda Williams Music) |
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Eric Andersen | “Be True to You [MP3]” (1974 album) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Leroy Carr | “The Essential Leroy Carr [MP3]” (40 tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Desmond Dekker | “Black and Dekker [MP3]” (1980 album) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Blind Willie Johnson | “The Essential Blind Willie Johnson [MP3]” (30 tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| George Jones | “George Jones [MP3]” (1972 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Mint Juleps | “One Time [MP3]” (1985 album) | (Razor & Tie) |
| The Plasmatics | “New Hope for the Wretched [MP3]” (1980 album; with seven bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| The Romantics | “In Heat [MP3]” (1983 album; includes “One in a Million” and “Talking in Your Sleep”) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Bessie Smith | “The Essential Bessie Smith [MP3]” (36 tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “Richard O’Brien’s The New Rocky Horror Show – 25 Years Young [MP3]” (1998 live recordings, which includes Jason Donovan as Frank N Furter) | (Razor & Tie) |
| ZZ Top | “Greatest Hits [MP3]” (1992 compilation; 18 tracks) | (Warner) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 14, 2014
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Tony Bennett | “For Once in My Life [DVD]” (recorded live for television in the 1970s) | (IMV / Blueline Productions) |
| James Caan, et al | “Thief (Criterion Collection [Blu-ray/DVD]” (1981 film, directed by Michael Mann) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Michael Douglas, et al | “A Chorus Line [Blu-ray]” (1985 film, directed by Richard Attenborough; music by Marvin Hamlisch) | (MGM) |
| Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, et al | “Fruitvale Station [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (Anchor Bay) |
| Various artists | “20 Feet From Stardom [DVD]” (2013 documentary film; See here; Blu-ray) | (Starz / Anchor Bay) |
| Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, et al | “Lee Daniels’ The Butler [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (Weinstein Company / Anchor Bay) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Jan. 14, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Aretha Franklin | “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece [Kindle]” (author: Matt Dobkin) | (St. Martin’s Press) |
| Phish | “The Phish Companion: 3rd Edition [Paperback]” | (Backbeat Books) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Jan. 14, 2014