New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Against Me! | “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Total Treble / RED) |
| Bad Suns | “Transpose EP” (four songs; Hear here; MP3) | (Vagrant) |
| Bad Things (pro boarder Shaun White plays lead guitar) | “Bad Things” (producer: Rob Schnapf; first single: “Anybody”; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Warner) |
| The Black and White Years (Austin-based fantasy quintet) | “Strange Figurines” (producer: Danny Reisch; first single: “Little One”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Modern Outsider) |
| Bruce Bouillet (instrumental guitarist) | “The Order of Control” (Hear here; MP3) | (Music Theories / Mascot Label Group) |
| Billy Branch and The Sons of Blues | “Blues Shock” (their first studio album in nearly 15 years; Read here; MP3) | (Blind Pig) |
| Bill Callahan (aka Smog) | “Have Fun With God” (a dub version of his 2013 album “Dream River”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Drag City) |
| Tommy Castro and the Painkillers | “The Devil You Know” (producers: Castro, Bonnie Hayes; Hear here; Read here; Red Vinyl + MP3; MP3) | (Alligator) |
| Chrome Division (Norwegian heavy metal band) | “Infernal Rock Eternal” (Hear here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast America) |
| Graham Colton (Oklahoma City-based singer-songwriter) | “Lonely Ones” (Hear here; MP3) | (Graham Colton Recordings / United For Opportunity) |
| Cowboy Junkies | “The Kennedy Suite” (producer: Michael Timmins; written by Scott Garbe; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Latent Recordings / Razor & Tie) |
| Culted (death metal band) | “Oblique to All Paths” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Relapse) |
| Elizabeth & The Catapult | “Like It Never Happened” (producers: Danny Molad, Pete Lalish; Hear here; MP3) | (Thirty Tigers) |
| Sophie Ellis-Bextor | “Wanderlust” (co-written, produced and arranged by Ed Harcourt; first single: “Young Blood”; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – Douglas Valentine Ltd. / EBGB’s, Jan. 20) |
| Nir Felder (guitarist) | “Golden Age” (Hear here; MP3) | (OKeh / Sony Masterworks) |
| Damon Fowler | “Sounds of Home” (producer: Tab Benoit; guests: Benoit, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Blind Pig) |
| A Great Big World | “Is There Anybody Out There?” (first single: “Say Something,” feat. Christina Aguilera; Hear here; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Hard Working Americans (Todd Snider with Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools, plus Neil Casal, Chad Staehly and Duane Trucks) | “Hard Working Americans” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Thirty Tigers) |
| Jennifer Holliday | “The Song Is You” (her first album of new material in 22 years; pop and jazz standards; guests: Joe Gransden & The JG Big Band; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Iced Earth | “Plagues of Babylon” (guests: Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen, Symphony X/Adrenaline Mob singer Russell Allen, Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kürsch; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Century Media) |
| Jeremy Jay | “Abandoned Apartments” (first single: “Sentimental Expressway”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (K Records) |
| Damien Jurado (Seattle indie-rock singer-songwriter) | “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son” (two CDs, 18 songs; producer: Richard Swift; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Secretly Canadian) |
| Los Lonely Boys | “Revelation” (producer: Don Gehman; first single: “Blame It On Love”; Hear here; MP3) | (Lonely Tone / Playing In Traffic) |
| Wayne Marshall (Jamaican reggae artist) | “Tru Colors” (producer: Damian Marley; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Ghetto Youths International / Thirty Tigers) |
| Mogwai | “Rave Tapes” (producer: Paul Savage; first single: “Remurdered”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sub Pop) |
| Nine Lashes | “From Water to War” (first single: “Break the World”; Hear here; MP3) | (Tooth & Nail) |
| Doug Paisley | “Strong Feelings” (Hear here; MP3) | (No Quarter) |
| Reverend Horton Heat | “Rev” (first single: “Let Me Teach You How to Eat”; Hear here; MP3) | (Victory) |
| Scorpions | “MTV Unplugged” (new acoustic versions of their hits, plus five new songs; recorded Sept. 11-12, 2013, at Lycabettus Theatre in Athens, Greece; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sony International) |
| Abram Shook | “Sun Marquee” (first single: “Coastal”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3, with two bonus tracks) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Throwdown | “Intolerance” (producer: Davey Warsop; Hear here; Read here) | (eOne Music) |
| together PANGEA (L.A. rock band) | “Badillac” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Harvest) |
| Ty Dolla $ign | “Beach House EP” (seven songs; new single: “Or Nah”; Hear here; MP3) | (Taylor Gang / Atlantic) |
| Various artists | “2014 Grammy Nominees” (18 tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Various artists | “Ultra Dance 15” (two CDs, 24 songs; MP3) | (Ultra) |
| Warpaint (L.A. indie-psych band) | “Warpaint” (producer: Flood; first single: “Love Is to Die”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rough Trade) |
| Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski | “Gathering Call” (Hear here; MP3) | (Palmetto) |
| Young The Giant | “Mind Over Matter” (producer: Justin Meldal-Johnsen; first single: “It’s About Time”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fueled By Ramen) |
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Benjy Davis | “Benjy Davis [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Benjy Davis) |
| Dietrich (Aaron Poehler and Ryan Tully-Doyle) | “The Key [MP3]” (producer: Poehler; Hear here) | (kreaton.ch, Jan. 24) |
| The Hidden Cameras | “AGE [MP3]” (first single: “Gay Goth Scene”; Hear here; See here) | (Evil Evil / Motor Music) |
| Marcelo Paganini (French-Brazilian guitarist) | “2012 Space Traffic Jam [MP3]” (guests: Eumir Deodato, Gary Husband, Tony Kaye, Billy Sherwood; Hear here; See here) | (Marcelo Paganini, Jan. 25) |
| Woodkid (aka Yoann Lemoine, French music video director and singer-songwriter) | “Iron EP [MP3]” (six songs; Hear here) | (Green United Music / Interscope) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 21, 2014
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Ron Banks | “Truly Bad” (1983 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| The Beatles | “The U.S. Albums [Box set]” (13 CDs; See here; Read here), “Meet The Beatles!” (1964 album; remastered), “The Beatles’ Second Album” (1964 album; remastered), “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964 album; remastered), “Something New” (1964 album; remastered), “Beatles ’65” (1964 album; remastered), “The Early Beatles” (1965 album; remastered), “Beatles VI” (1965 album; remastered), “Help!” (1965 album; remastered), “Rubber Soul” (1965 album; remastered), “Yesterday and Today” (1966 album; remastered), “Revolver” (1966 album; remastered), “Hey Jude” (1970 album; remastered) | (Apple Corps Ltd. / Capitol) |
| Bloodstone | “Party” (1984 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan | “Johnny Cash vs. Bob Dylan: The Singer and the Song” (two CDs, 50 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Charo and the Salsoul Orchestra | “Cuchi Cuchi” (1978 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 20) |
| Nick Drake | “The Tuck Box [Box set]” (contains “Five Leaves Left,” “Bryter Layter,” “Pink Moon,” “Made to Love Magic” and “Family Tree”) | (Island / UMe) |
| Richard “Dimples” Fields | “Dimples” (1981 album; remastered) | (Solaris) |
| Ella Fitzgerald | “The Verve Recordings 1956-1959” (three CDs, 60 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Full Force | “Full Force” (1985 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Major Harris | “How Do You Take Your Love” (1978 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Nona Hendryx | “The Heat” (1985 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Billie Holiday | “The Essential Brunswick Recordings” (three CDs, 66 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Loleatta Holloway | “Queen of the Night” (1978 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 20) |
| Israel & New Breed | “Playlist: The Very Best of Israel & New Breed” (MP3) | (Integrity / Legacy) |
| Chuck Jackson | “Any Day Now” (1962 album; remastered) | (Hallmark, Jan. 20) |
| Jermaine Jackson | “Playlist: The Very Best of Jermaine Jackson” | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Jethro Tull | “Living With The Past / Nothing Is Easy Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970” (three discs) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Margie Joseph | “Knockout!” (1983 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Journey | “Playlist: Journey Greatest Hits Live” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Evelyn “Champagne” King | “Call Me” (1980 album; remastered), “So Romantic” (1984 album; remastered), “A Long Time Coming (A Change Is Gonna Come)” (1985 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Ladytron | “Gravity the Seducer Remixed” (originally released on Record Store Day, this is a remix compilation of tracks from their last studio album from 2011; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| Dean Martin | “Playlist: The Very Best of Dean Martin” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Paul McCartney | “Off the Ground” (1993 album; remastered) | (MPL / Hear Music) |
| Sarah McLachlan | “Playlist: The Very Best of Sarah McLachlan” | (Arista / Legacy) |
| J Moss | “The Very Best of J Moss” (15 songs; MP3) | (GospoCentric / RCA) |
| Ohio Players | “Everybody Up” (1979 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (FunkyTownGrooves) |
| Ray Parker Jr. | “Playlist: The Very Best of Ray Parker Jr.” | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Gene Pitney | “The Collection 1959-1962” (two CDs, 37 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Ray Price | “Playlist: The Very Best of Ray Price” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Cliff Richard | “Greatest Hits 1958-1962” (two CDs, 50 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Boz Scaggs | “Live at the Fillmore West 30th June 1971” (two CDs; guests included Rita Coolidge, Elvin Bishop and Taj Mahal; Hear here) | (Keyhole) |
| Simon & Garfunkel | “Playlist: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Small Faces | “Greatest Hits: The Immediate Years 1967-1969” | (Snapper Classics) |
| Ronnie Spector | “Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Spector” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Sponge | “Playlist: The Very Best of Sponge” | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Stabbing Westward | “Playlist: The Very Best of Stabbing Westward” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Three 6 Mafia | “Playlist: The Very Best of Three 6 Mafia” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Ike & Tina Turner | “The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner” (three CDs, 60 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Various artists | “Blast Off: The Felsted Records Story 1958-1962” (two CDs, 50 songs) | (One Day) |
| Various artists | “I Have a Dream: 10 Inspirational Songs of Hope and Triumph” | (Motown Gospel) |
| Various artists | “Just For a Day: The Apollo Records Story” (three CDs, 75 songs) | (One Day) |
| Various artists | “Lights Out: The Doré Records Story 1958-1962” (three CDs, 60 songs) | (One Day) |
| Various artists | “Midnight Shift: The Festival Records Story 1958-1960” (two CDs, 50 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Country Ballads 2” (18 songs; MP3) | (UMG Recordings / Sony) |
| Various artists | “The Songs of Mann & Weil” (three CDs, 60 songs), “The Songs of Pomus & Shuman” (three CDs, 75 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Various artists | “The Soul Fire Box Set (Rare Sides From The Soul Fire Catalog)” (two CDs, 35 songs) | (Truth & Soul) |
| The Verve Pipe | “Playlist: The Very Best of The Verve Pipe” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Vex | “Sanctuary: The Complete Discography [Vinyl]” (Hear here) | (Sacred Bones) |
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Black Sabbath | “Complete Studio Albums 1970-1978 [MP3]” (eight full albums) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| The Jam | “Classic Album Selection [MP3]” (six complete albums, 1977-1982) | (Polydor / UMe) |
| The J. Geils Band | “Showtime! [MP3]” (1982 album) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Billy Joel | “The Complete Albums Collection [MP3]” (15 complete albums) | (Columbia / Legacy, Jan. 20) |
| The Rolling Stones | “Live 1965: Music From Charlie Is My Darling [MP3]” (Hear here; Read here) | (ABKCO) |
| The Style Council | “The Style Council in Concert [MP3]” (1997 album) | (Polydor) |
| Various artists | “Killed By Deathrock Vol. 1 [MP3]” (11 tracks; Hear here) | (Sacred Bones) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 21, 2014
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, et al | “Blue Jasmine [DVD]” (2013 film, written and directed by Woody Allen; See here; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Daniel Craig | “Casino Royale [Blu-ray]” (2006 film; See here) | (MGM) |
| The Doors | “R-Evolution [DVD]” (combining early TV appearances with The Doors’ own music films, with bonus features; See here; Read here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, et al | “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray/DVD]” (1963 film; two Blu-rays and three DVDs; restored 4K digital film transfer of the general release version of the film, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray and many other extras; See here; Read here) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Tom Hanks | “Captain Phillips [DVD]” (2013 film; See here; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell | “Cat People (Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1982 film; Read/see here) | (Shout! Factory) |
| P!nk | “The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne [Blu-ray]” (2013 film; See here) | (RCA) |
| Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson | “White Men Can’t Jump [Blu-ray]” (1992 film; See here) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Robert Townsend, et al | “The Five Heartbeats [Blu-ray]” (1991 film; See here) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Dick Van Dyke | “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Blu-ray]” (1968 film; See here) | (20th Century Fox) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Jan. 21, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Daft Punk | “Daft Punk: A Trip Inside the Pyramid [Hardcover]” (author: Dina Santorelli) | (St. Martin’s Press) |
| Keith Moon | “Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend [Paperback]” (author: Tony Fletcher) | (It Books) |
| Simon Parkes | “Live at the Brixton Academy [Paperback]” (co-author: JS Rafaeli) | (Serpent’s Tail, Jan. 23) |
| Mavis Staples | “I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom’s Highway [Hardcover]” (author: Greg Kot; Kindle) | (Scribner) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Jan. 21, 2014