New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Philip Anselmo & The Illegals | “Walk Through Exits Only” (producers: Anselmo, Michael Thompson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Housecore Records / MRI / Megaforce) |
| Sara Bareilles | “The Blessed Unrest” (first single: “Brave”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Cherry Poppin’ Daddies | “White Teeth, Black Thoughts [MP3]” (guests: Buckwheat Zydeco, Zoot Horn Rollo; first single: “I Love American Music”; Hear here; See here) | (Space Age Bachelor Pad) |
| Court Yard Hounds (Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks) | “Amelita” (producer: Jim Scott; first single: “Sunshine”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| George Duke | “DreamWeaver” (includes “Ball & Chain,” a duet with Teena Marie, one of the last tracks she recorded before her death in 2010; guests: Christian McBride, Rachelle Ferrell; Hear here; MP3) | (Heads Up / Concord) |
| Ezra Furman (Chicago rock musician) | “The Year of No Returning” (producer: Tim Sandusky; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Bar/None) |
| Evan Gibb | “Out of Here [MP3]” (producer: Josh Cobb; guest: Jon Levy; first single: “Slow Down”; Hear here; See here) | (Evan Gibb) |
| Kara Grainger (Australian singer-guitarist) | “Shiver & Sigh” (producer: David Z; Hear here; MP3) | (Eclecto Groove) |
| Grand Resort | “Memory Loss [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Grand Resort) |
| Clive Gregson | “This Is Now” (first single: “My Kind of Girl”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Gregsongs Music) |
| Mayer Hawthorne | “Where Does This Door Go” (producers: Hawthorne, Pharrell Williams; guests: Kendrick Lamar, Jessie Ware; first single: “Her Favorite Song”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) | (Universal Republic) |
| The Icarus Line | “Slave Vows [MP3]” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Agitated) |
| Ronald Isley | “This Song Is For You” (guests: Kem, Trey Songz; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Joey+Rory | “Joey+Rory Inspired” (their first album of gospel songs; Hear here; DVD; MP3) | (Sugar Hill / Vanguard) |
| David Lynch | “The Big Dream” (11 of the 12 tracks were written by the acclaimed director; includes a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Ballad of Hollis Brown”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Sarah Miles | “One” (producer: Dave Pittenger; Hear here; MP3) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
| Matt Nathanson | “Last of the Great Pretenders” (first single: “Mission Bells”; Hear here; MP3) | (Vanguard) |
| Pet Shop Boys | “Electric” (producer: Stuart Price; first single: “Axis”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (x2 / Kobalt Label Services) |
| Robert Randolph & The Family Band | “Lickety Split” (producer: Randolph; engineered by Eddie Kramer; guests: Carlos Santana, Trombone Shorty; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
| Lawson Rollins | “Full Circle” (producer: Dominic Camardella; first single: “Momentum”; Hear here; MP3) | (Infinita) |
| Seven Witches (metal band) | “Rebirth” (producer: founder/guitarist Jack Frost; Hear here; MP3) | (FrostByte Media) |
| Sick Puppies (Australian rock trio) | “Connect” (producers: Rock Mafia; first single: “There’s No Going Back”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Capitol / Drilldown Entertainment) |
| Cody Simpson (Australian pop singer) | “Surfers Paradise” (guests: Ziggy Marley, Asher Roth; first single: “Pretty Brown Eyes”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Smallpools (indie pop band) | “Smallpools [MP3]” (four-song EP; producer: Captain Cuts; Hear here; See here) | (RCA) |
| Soft Metals (synth-pop duo) | “Lenses” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Sons of Hippies (Sarasota, Fla.-based psych-space trio) | “Griffons at the Gates of Heaven” (producer: Pro-Pain guitarist Tom Klimchuck; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Patrick Sweany (blues rocker) | “Close to the Floor” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nine Mile) |
| Various artists | “Teen Beach Movie [TV soundtrack]” (Disney Channel original movie starring Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell airs July 19; See here; MP3) | (Disney) |
| The Verve Pipe | “Are We There Yet?” (children’s album; Hear here; MP3) | (LMNO Pop) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Frank Black | “Oddballs” (rarities from 1994-1997; MP3) | (The Bureau) |
| Blank & Jones | “Relax: The Best of a Decade 2003-2013” (two CDs, 32 songs) | (U.K. – Soundcolours) |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | “Child Is Father to the Man [24K Gold CD]” (1968 album; remastered) | (Impex) |
| Blue Öyster Cult | “Blue Öyster Cult” (1972 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Tyranny and Mutation” (1973 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Secret Treaties” (1974 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “On Your Feet or On Your Knees” (1975 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Agents of Fortune” (1976 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Some Enchanted Evening” (1978 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Mirrors” (1979 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Cultösaurus Erectus” (1980 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Fire of Unknown Origin” (1981 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| David Bowie | “Life On Mars? [40th Anniversary 7 Picture Disc]” (1972 single, with live track) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Tom Browne | “Rockin’ Radio (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Funkytowngrooves USA) |
| Jeremy Camp | “ICON” (best-of) | (Sparrow / UMe) |
| Chance (aka Alamo Jones, who worked and toured for eight years with his friend and mentor Johnny Cash) | “In Search” (1981 album; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Paradise of Bachelors) |
| The Chi-Lites | “Steppin’ Out (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Funkytowngrooves USA) |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | “CSN [MP3]” (1991 box set; 77 songs) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| The Cult | “Electric Peace” (1987 album, “Electric,” paired with the abandoned “Peace”; remastered; two CDs; Read here; Vinyl) | (Beggars Archive) |
| Bernard Edwards | “Glad to Be Here [MP3]” (1983 album) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Donna Fargo | “Winners [MP3]” (1986 album) | (Mercury Nashville / UMe) |
| Leon Fleisher | “Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection [Box set]” (23-CD collection celebrates the pianist’s 85th birthday, spanning his 55 years of recording for the Columbia/Epic and Sony Classical labels from 1954-2009) | (Sony Classical) |
| Russ Giguere (of The Association) | “Hexagram 16” (1971 album; remastered; Hear here) | (Real Gone Music) |
| The Girls | “Girl Talk (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album, produced by Andre Cymone; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Funkytowngrooves USA) |
| The Goodmans | “ICON” (best-of) | (Sparrow / UMe) |
| Vern Gosdin | “Till the End [MP3]” (1977 album) | (Rhino / Elektra) |
| James Govan | “Wanted: The Fame Recordings” (16 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 15) |
| Keith Green | “The Best of the Ministry Years,” “ICON” (best-of) | (Sparrow / UMe) |
| The House of Love | “Babe Rainbow [MP3]” (1992 album) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Thelma Houston | “Breakwater Cat / Never Gonna Be Another One” (1980, 1981 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Funkytowngrooves USA) |
| Andy Kaufman | “Andy and His Grandmother” (previously unreleased recordings the comedian made on microcassette from 1977-79; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Drag City) |
| Love | “Found Love: The Lost ’71 Sessions [MP3]” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Nektar | “A Tab in the Ocean (1972 album; remastered, with a bonus CD containing an official bootleg live material) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Aaron Neville | “ICON: Aaron Neville Gospel” (best-of) | (EMI Gospel) |
| Nichole Nordeman | “ICON” (best-of) | (Sparrow / UMe) |
| Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio | “A Woman Needs Love: Expanded Edition” (1981 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Funkytowngrooves USA) |
| Tawatha | “Welcome to My Dream: Expanded Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Funkytowngrooves USA) |
| Vangelis | “Blade Runner [Hybrid SACD]” (1982 soundtrack album; remastered; Hear here) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Various artists | “Going Wild! Music City Rock ‘n’ Roll” (24-track compilation of songs from the Music City label; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 15) |
| Various artists | “A Road Leading Home: Songs By Dan Penn” (24 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 15) |
| Various artists | “That Lovin’ Feelin’: Best of Blue-Eyed Soul” (14-song collection, feat. Boz Scaggs, Hall & Oates, The Doobie Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, Simply Red, etc.) | (Spring Hill / UMe) |
| Various artists | “Verve Remixed: The First Ladies” (remixes from Kaskade, Bassnectar, Toro Y Moi, Pretty Lights, Zeds Dead, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Verve) |
| Sarah Vaughan | “The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. 4, 1963-1967 [MP3]” (124 songs) | (Verve) |
| Doc Watson | “The Definitive Doc Watson” (two CDs, 34 songs, covering the years 1962-2005) | (Sugar Hill) |
| Yamantaka // Sonic Titan (performance artists Alaska B and Ruby Kato Attwood) | “YT//ST” (2011 album, originally released via Psychic Handshake Recordings; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Suicide Squeeze) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin | “Lord of the Flies (Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (1963 film; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, et al | “42 [DVD]” (2013 film, subtitled “The Jackie Robinson Story”; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Christopher Cross | “A Night in Paris [DVD/CD]” (two CDs and one DVD; 90-minute show filmed at the Theatre Le Trianon in April 2012; See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| George Lopez | “George Lopez: The Complete 3rd Season [DVD]” (ABC series, 2003-04 season) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Rick Springfield | “An Affair of the Heart [DVD]” (2012 documentary; See here; Blu-ray) | (Breaking Glass Pictures) |
| Various cast | “Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons [DVD]” (40 episodes of the Cartoon Network series; Blu-ray) | (Cartoon Network) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| The Monkees | “Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band [Paperback]” (revised 2013 edition; author: Eric Lefcowitz) | (Retrofuture Products, July 15) |
| Nilsson | “Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter [Hardcover]” (first full-length biography of Nilsson, drawing on interviews with family, friends and associates, plus material from his unfinished autobiography; author: Alyn Shipton) | (Oxford University Press, July 18) |
| Corey Taylor (of Slipknot and Stone Sour) | “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven: (Or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process) [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Da Capo Press) |