New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Autumn Defense (Wilco’s Patrick Sansone and John Stirratt) | “Fifth” (producers: Josh Shapera, The Autumn Defense; first single: “None of This Will Matter”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Laura Cantrell | “No Way There From Here” (producers: Cantrell, Mark Nevers; guests: Jim Lauderdale, Kenny Vaughan, Michael Cerveris, Caitlin Rose, William Tyler, Paul Niehaus, Paul Burch; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Thrift Shop Recordings / Redeye) |
| Casting Crowns | “Thrive” (producer: Mark A. Miller; Hear here; MP3) | (Beach Street / Reunion) |
| Latice Crawford (finalist on BET’s “Sunday Best”) | “Latice Crawford” (first single: “Joshua’s Anthem”; MP3) | (RCA Inspiration) |
| David Crosby | “Croz” (his first studio album in more than 20 years; guests: Wynton Marsalis, Mark Knopfler, Leland Sklar, Steve Tavaglione; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Blue Castle / ADA) |
| Dum Dum Girls | “Too True” (producers: Richard Gottehrer, The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner; first single: “Lost Boys & Girls Club”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sub Pop) |
| Ebone East | “F**k You” (producer: DJ Battle Cat; guest: Young Truth; first single: “F**k You”; Hear here) | (Table) |
| Albert Hammond Jr. (of The Strokes) | “AHJ [Vinyl]” (four-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Cult) |
| Angélique Kidjo | “Eve” (producer: Patrick Dillett; guests: ASA, Dr. John, Kronos Quartet, Rostam Batmanglij, Trio Teriba, Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Yvonne Kidjo; first single: “Eva”; Hear here; MP3) | (429) |
| The Lawrence Arms | “Metropole” (the Chicago punk band’s first album in eight years; producers: The Lawrence Arms, Matt Allison; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Epitaph) |
| Eleni Mandell (of The Living Sisters) | “Let’s Fly a Kite” (recorded with Nick Lowe’s band; producer: Neil Brockbank; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Iain Matthews | “The Art of Obscurity” (his first domestic U.S. release in more than 15 years, and he says it will likely be his last; producer: Bradley Kopp; Hear here; MP3) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| The New Mendicants (Joe Pernice with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and The Sadies’ Mike Belisky) | “Into the Lime” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ashmont) |
| Of Mice & Men | “Restoring Force” (producer: David Bendeth; first single: “You’re Not Alone”; Hear here; Read here; LP + CD; MP3) | (Rise) |
| Tara Jane O’Neil | “Where Shine New Lights” (first single: “Wordless in Woods”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Kranky / Carrot Top) |
| The Pack A.D. (Canadian garage rock duo) | “Do Not Engage” (first single: “Big Shot”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| Quilt | “Held in Splendor” (producer: Jarvis Taveniere; first single: “Arctic Shark”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mexican Summer) |
| Amy Ray (of Indigo Girls) | “Goodnight Tender” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Daemon) |
| Red Dragon Cartel (led by former Ozzy Osbourne and Badlands guitarist Jake E. Lee) | “Red Dragon Cartel” (producer: R. Bernard Mann; guests: Robin Zander, Paul Di’Anno, Rex Brown, Todd Kearns, Brent Fitz, Scott Reeder, Maria Brink, Jeremy Spencer; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers / Universal) |
| Sleepy Sun (Northern California psych-rock band) | “Maui Tears” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Dine Alone) |
| Helen Sung (Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance grad) | “Anthem for a New Day” (guests: Regina Carter, Paquito D Rivera; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Concord Jazz) |
| Transatlantic (prog-rock supergroup: Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas) | “Kaleidoscope” (Hear here) | (Inside Out Music) |
| Rhonda Vincent | “Only Me” (guests: Willie Nelson, Daryle Singletary; Hear here; MP3) | (Upper Management Music) |
| Leif Vollebekk (Montreal songwriter) | “North Americana” (Hear here; MP3) | (Missing Piece) |
| You Me At Six | “Cavalier Youth” (producer: Neal Avron; Hear here; MP3) | (Astralwerks) |
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Jon Alkalay | “Jon Alkalay [MP3]” (producer: Alkalay; first single: “Putting Myself First”; Hear here) | (Jon Alkalay) |
| Dave Barnes | “Golden Days [MP3]” (first single: “Good”; Hear here) | (50 Year Plan) |
| Erica Blinn | “Lovers in the Dust [MP3]” (producer: Mike Landolt; guest: Devon Allman; first single: “Whiskey Kisses”; Hear here; See here) | (Curry House) |
| Cities Aviv | “Come to Life [MP3]” (producers: RPLD GHSTS, Alexander O’Dell, B_L_A_C_K_I_E_, Cities Aviv; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Young One) |
| Living Deäd Lights (L.A.-based multicultural alt-rockers) | “Black Letters [MP3]” (first single: “This Is Our Evolution”; Hear here) | (GB Sound Label, Jan. 27) |
| The Noise FM | “Attraction [MP3]” (first single: “Every Other Word”; Hear here) | (The Record Machine) |
| Thulium (alt-rock band from London) | “Sixty Nine [MP3]” (Hear here; See here) | (Record Union, Feb. 1) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 28, 2014
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Alabama | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Tony Bennett | “The Classics (Deluxe Edition)” (two CDs, 30 songs; Single CD; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Blue Öyster Cult | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Johnny Cash | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Cheap Trick | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Miles Davis | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| John Denver | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Dan Fogelberg | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| The Gaslight Anthem | “The B-Sides” (Vinyl; MP3) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Merle Haggard | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Hard-Fi | “Best of 2003-2014” (19 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Rhino, Jan. 27) |
| Leon Haywood | “Naturally” (1980 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 27) |
| The Isley Brothers | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Jefferson Airplane | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Waylon Jennings | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| George Jones | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Judas Priest | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Kansas | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Kenny G | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Buddha / Legacy) |
| Kool & The Gang | “The Force” (1977 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Read here), “Everybody’s Dancin'” (1978 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, Jan. 27) |
| KoRn | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Barry Manilow | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| The Marshall Tucker Band | “Live at Raceway Park 9/3/77” | (Ramblin’ / Shout! Factory) |
| Dean Martin | “Essential Love Songs” (16 songs; MP3) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| The Mills Brothers | “Cab Driver: The Dot & Paramount Years 1958-1972” (27 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Poker / Cherry Red, Jan. 27) |
| Ronnie Milsap | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Willie Nelson | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Roy Orbison | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Dolly Parton | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Teddy Pendergrass | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Paul Potts | “The Greatest Hits” (16 songs; MP3) | (Syco Music / Columbia) |
| Elvis Presley | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Run-D.M.C. | “The Box Set Series” (four CDs) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Frank Sinatra | “Sinatra, With Love” (16 songs) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Rachel Sweet | “B-A-B-Y: The Complete Stiff Recordings 1978-1980” (two CDs, 31 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – RPM, Jan. 27) |
| Uncle Tupelo | “No Depression: Legacy Edition” (1990 album; remastered; two CDs, with 22 bonus tracks; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “The Joy of Christmas” (four CDs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Dionne Warwick | “Presenting Dionne Warwick / Anyone Who Had a Heart / Make Way For Dionne Warwick / The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick” (1963, 1964, 1965 albums on two CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks), “Here I Am / Live in Paris / Here Where There Is Love / On Stage and In the Movies” (1965, 1966, 1967 albums on two CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks), , “The Windows of the World / Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls / Promises, Promises / Soulful … Plus” (1967, 1968, 1969 albums on two CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks), “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again / Very Dionne / Dionne / Just Being Myself” (1970, 1972, 1973 albums on two CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Edsel, Jan. 27) |
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Brick | “Good High [MP3]” (1976 album; includes “Dazz”), “Brick [MP3]” (1977 album; includes “Dusic”), “Stoneheart [MP3]” (1979 album), “Waiting On You [MP3]” (1980 album), “Summer Heat [MP3]” (1981 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Elton John | “Elton John (Deluxe Edition) [MP3]” (1970 album; with 20 bonus tracks; reissued on CD in 2008) | (Island Mercury / UMe) |
| Billy Joe Shaver | “The Complete Columbia Recordings (’81-’87) [MP3]” (31 tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| The Style Council | “Café Bleu [MP3]” (1984 album) | (Polydor) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 28, 2014
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| James Cromwell | “Babe [Blu-ray + Digital UltraViolet]” (1995 film; See here) | (Universal Studios) |
| Tom Cruise | “Born on the Fourth of July [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (1989 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, et al | “Spartacus [Blu-ray + Digital UltraViolet]” (1960 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, et al | “An American Werewolf in London [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (1981 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Bill Hader, Anna Faris, et al | “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 [DVD]” (2013 animated film; See here; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, et al | “Apollo 13 [Blu-ray + Digital UltraViolet]” (1995 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, et al | “Les Misérables [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (2012 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Johnny Knoxville | “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa [DVD]” (2013 film; See here; Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | (Paramount) |
| Metallica | “Metallica: Through the Never [DVD]” (2013 thriller concert film; See here; Blu-ray) | (Blackened Records) |
| Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, et al | “Jaws [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (1975 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, et al | “Snow White & the Huntsman [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (2012 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, et al | “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (1982 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Various artists | “Classic Archive: Collector’s Edition 1 – STRINGS [Blu-ray]” (more than 20 hours of performances from great violinists and cellists of the past, including Henryk Szeryng, Isaac Stern, Nathan Milstein, Christian Ferras, etc.; Read here) | (EuroArts) |
| Various cast | “Treme: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]” (15 discs; HBO series premiered on April 11, 2010, and concluded on Dec. 29, 2013) | (HBO Studios) |
| Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis | “Ted (Unrated Version) [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital UltraViolet]” (2012 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Naomi Watts, Jack Black, et al | “King Kong [Blu-ray + Digital UltraViolet]” (2005 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, et al | “Bridesmaids [Blu-ray + Digital UltraViolet]” (2011 film) | (Universal Studios) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Jan. 28, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Louis Armstrong | “Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism [Kindle]” (author: Thomas Brothers) | (W.W. Norton & Company, Jan. 27) |
| Deep Purple | “Wait for the Ricochet: The Story of the Band’s Classic Album [Paperback]” (authors: Simon Robinson, Stephen Clare) | (Easy on the Eye Books) |
| Pat Morgan | “Motown Artist by Artist: A Compilation of the Top 100 Motown Artists [Hardcover]” | (G2 Entertainment, Feb. 1) |
| UFO | “High Stakes & Dangerous Men: The UFO Story [Paperback]” (author: Neil Daniels) | (Soundcheck Books, Feb. 1) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Jan. 28, 2014