New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jimmy Barnes | “Hindsight” (the Australian legend’s 15th studio album since leaving Cold Chisel 30 years ago; producer: Kevin Shirley; guests: Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, The Living End, Tina Arena, Steven Van Zandt, Joe Bonamassa, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| T. Graham Brown | “Forever Changed” (producers: Brown, Mark L. Carman; guests: Leon Russell, The Oak Ridge Boys, Vince Gill, Sonya Isaacs, Steve Cropper, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Provident / Mansion Entertainment / Sony RED) |
| The Charlatans | “Modern Nature” (their first album since the death of drummer Jon Brookes; New Order’s Stephen Morris, Factory Floor’s Gabe Gurnsey and The Verve’s Pete Salisbury were used in his place; producers: The Charlatans, Jim Spencer; new single: “So Oh”; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – BMG Chrysalis, Jan. 26) |
| Jamie Cullum | “Interlude” (producer: Benedic Lamdin; guests: Laura Mvula, Gregory Porter; first single: “Good Morning Heartache”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
| Corey Dargel | “OK It’s Not OK” (guests: Cornelius Dufallo, James Moore, Eleonore Oppenheim, Wil Smith; first single: “There’s Nothing There”; Hear here; MP3) | (New Amsterdam) |
| Dengue Fever | “The Deepest Lake” (their first album since 2011; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (TUK TUK) |
| Doomtree (Minneapolis hip-hop collective) | “All Hands” (first single: “Gray Duck”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Doomtree) |
| Engel (Swedish metal group) | “Raven Kings” (producer: In Flames’ Niclas Engelin; first single: “Salvation”; Hear here; MP3) | (Gain Music / MRI) |
| George Ezra | “Wanted on Voyage” (released in his native Britain in June 2014; producer: Cam Blackwood; Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Hey Rosetta! (Canadian seven-piece indie rock band led by Tim Baker) | “Second Sight” (first single: “Kintsukuroi”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sonic / ATO) |
| Howlin’ Rain (San Francisco blues-rock group) | “Mansion Songs” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Easy Sound) |
| Invisible Familiars | “Disturbing Wildlife” (producers: Michael Leonhart, Invisible Familiars; new single: “Heavenly All”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Other Music Recording Co.) |
| Paul Kelly | “Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions” (guests: Clairy Browne, Vika Bull, Linda Bull, Dan Sultan, Kira Puru; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Gawd Aggie Recordings) |
| Kenny G | “Brazilian Nights” (Hear here; MP3) | (Concord) |
| Bettye LaVette | “Worthy” (producer: Joe Henry; Hear here; MP3) | (Cherry Red) |
| The Lone Bellow | “Then Came the Morning” (producer: The National’s Aaron Dessner; first single: “Fake Roses”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Descendant) |
| Tony Lucca | “Tony Lucca” (first single: “Delilah”; Hear here; MP3) | (Off The Record Music) |
| Menace Beach (Leeds indie-rock group) | “Ratworld” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Memphis Industries) |
| Milo Greene | “Control” (producer: Jesse Shatkin; guest: Joey Waronker; first single: “White Lies”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Elektra / Chop Shop) |
| Ne-Yo | “Non-Fiction” (guests: Juicy J, Pitbull, David Guetta, Jeezy, Charisse Mills, Schoolboy Q, T.I., Candice; first single: “She Knows”; Hear here; MP3) | (Motown / Compound Entertainment) |
| Papa Roach | “F.E.A.R.” (producers: Kane Churko, Kevin Churko; guests: Royce da 5’9″, Maria Brink; first single: “Face Everything and Rise”; Hear here; MP3) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
| Natalie Prass (Richmond, Va.-based country-soul singer-songwriter) | “Natalie Prass” (first single: “Bird of Prey”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Spacebomb / Columbia) |
| Punch Brothers | “The Phosphorescent Blues” (producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Sweet & Lynch (Michael Sweet and George Lynch) | “Only to Rise” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Pat Travers Band | “Live at the Iridium NYC” (Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| 2Cellos | “Celloverse” (with a bonus DVD containing seven music videos; guest: Lang Lang; Hear here; MP3) | (Portrait / Sony Masterworks) |
| Jim White vs The Packway Handle Band (Athens roots-grass outfit) | “Take It Like a Man” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Charlie Wilson | “Forever Charlie” (guests: Shaggy, Snoop Dogg; first single: “Touched By an Angel”; Hear here; MP3) | (RCA) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 27, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Alan G. | “The Legend of Little Bro Billy” (the next album in his “Billy Saga,” a country album which tells the stories of young gay hero Billy Brennan; producers: Alan G., Gary Tharp, George Reich, Larry Beaird; guest: Roy Samuelson; first single: “Tell Your Story”; Hear here) | (NAPA FunLand) |
| Bengal Blue | “CollecTion” (six-song EP; producers: Bengal Blue, Alex Lockwood; first single: “Famous & Fine”; Hear here) | (Bengal Blue) |
| Dodos (San Francisco duo) | “Individ” (first single: “Competition”; Hear here) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Glee Cast | “Glee: The Music – The Hurt Locker” (four songs) | (Columbia) |
| Pond (offshoot of Tame Impala) | “Man It Feels Like Space Again” (producer: Kevin Parker; new single: “Zond”; Hear here; See here) | (Modular Recordings) |
| Purple (Beaumont, Texas, party rock band) | “409” (producer: Chris “Frenchie” Smith; Hear here) | (PIAS America) |
| Mandy Rain | “Riot EP” (seven songs; first single: “Riot”; Hear here) | (Mandyland / Empire) |
| Suburban Living (aka Philadelphia-based Wesley Bunch) | “Suburban Living” (first single: “New Strings”; Hear here) | (PaperCup Music) |
| Various artists | “From Cover to Cover: 30 Years at Nettwerk” (covers compilation celebrates the label’s 30th anniversary; Read here) | (Nettwerk) |
| Various artists | “Music from The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” (featuring three songs by N.E.R.D.) | (Columbia) |
| The Well Pennies | “Endings” (first single: “Drive”; Hear here) | (The Well Pennies) |
| Jamie Woodfin Jr. | “Tha Jams’ Rock” (Hear here) | (Jamie Woodfin Jr.) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Jan. 27, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Gov’t Mule featuring John Scofield | “Sco-Mule” (two-disc set spotlighting a pair of 1999 shows; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Evil Teen) |
| Al Hudson and the Soul Partners | “The Atco Years” | (U.K. – Passion Music, Jan. 26) |
| The Hues Corporation | “Rockin’ Soul / Love Corporation” (1974, 1975 albums on one CD; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Johnny Mathis | “You Light Up My Life / Mathis Magic” (1978, 1979 albums on one CD; includes “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late,” his No. 1 duet with Deniece Williams; remastered), “The Best Days of My Life (Expanded Edition)” (1979 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Milli Vanilli | “Girl You Know It’s True: The Best of Milli Vanilli” (budget-priced 16-song collection) | (Arista / Sony) |
| Ron Nagle | “Bad Rice” (1970 album, co-produced by Jack Nitzsche, Tom “Big Daddy” Donahue and Nagle; remastered, with alternative mixes and outtakes and a second disc of period demos) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Billy Ocean | “Billy Ocean (Expanded Edition)” (1976 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Elvis Presley | “Elvis Love Songs” (three-CD, 75-song collection) | (Not Now Music) |
| Primitives | “Galore (Deluxe Edition)” (1991 album; remastered, with a second CD of B-sides and rarities; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, Jan. 26) |
| The Shadows of Knight | “Live 1966” (16-song set recorded at The Cellar in Chicago; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Sundazed Music) |
| Joe Simon | “The Chokin’ Kind: The Sound Stage 7 Collection” (two CDs, 36 songs) | (Airline) |
| The Soul Stirrers | “Joy in My Soul: The Complete SAR Recordings” (two CDs, 33 tracks; MP3) | (ABKCO) |
| The Standells | “Live on Tour – 1966!” (recorded at the University of Michigan; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Sundazed Music) |
| The Valentinos | “Lookin’ For a Love: The Complete SAR Recordings” (23 tracks; MP3) | (ABKCO) |
| Various artists | “Aka Pygmy Music,” “Cameroon: Baka Pygmy Music” | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Johnny Winter | “Gangster of Love: The Essential Early Years” (two CDs, 36 songs) | (Airline) |
| Wynd Chymes | “Pretty Girls, Everywhere (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album, produced by Larry Graham; remastered, with two bonus 12-inch versions) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 27, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Aretha Franklin | “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics: Dance Remixes” | (RCA) |
| Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra | “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” (featuring their 1965 and 1966 albums of theme music) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Billy Joe Royal | “The Best of Billy Joe Royal” | (Legacy Recordings) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Jan. 27, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith, et al | “Downton Abbey Season 5 [DVD]” (three discs; Blu-ray) | (PBS) |
| Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, et al | “The Judge [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, et al | “Before I Go to Sleep [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, et al | “My Old Lady [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, et al | “The Book of Life [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Brad Pitt | “Fury [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Jan. 27, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Marion Jacobson | “Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America” (Paperback) | (University of Illinois Press, Jan. 30) |
| Pat Morgan | “Motown Artist By Artist” (a compilation of 100 Motown artists; Hardcover) | (G2 Entertainment, Jan. 26) |
| Lou Reed | “Lou Reed: The Last Interview and Other Conversations” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Melville House) |
| Randy Weston | “African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston “ (Paperback) | (Duke University Press Books, Jan. 30) |
| Deborah Voigt (operatic soprano) | “Call Me Debbie: True Confessions of a Down-To-Earth Diva” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Harper) |
More Music Books for the Week of Jan. 27, 2015