New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Aristocrats (rock/fusion power trio) | “Culture Clash” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Boing! Music) |
| Backstreet Boys | “In a World Like This” (producer: Martin Terefe; first single: “Permanent Stain”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Chimaira | “Crown of Phantoms” (new single: “No Mercy”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Ebone East | “Get Low, Get Nasty [MP3]” (producer: Ebone Leroy East; first single: “Shake what cha momma gave ya”; Hear here) | (Table) |
| Emblem3 (Sequim, Wash., alt-hip-hop/pop trio finished fourth on the second season of “The X Factor USA”) | “Nothing to Lose” (producer: Savan Kotecha; first single: “Chloe [You’re the One I Want]”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Syco Music / Columbia) |
| Five Finger Death Punch | “The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Volume 1” (first single: “Lift Me Up,” feat. Rob Halford; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Prospect Park) |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | “All People” (guests: K’Naan, Gina René, Ethan Tucker; first single: “I’m Alive [Life Sounds Like]”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| David Garrett (German classical crossover violinist) | “Music” (guests: David Foster, Arturo Sandoval, Syd Duran, The European Community Choir; Hear here; MP3) | (Verve) |
| Gas House Gorillas (jump blues band) | “Punk Americana” (Hear here; MP3) | (Lanark) |
| Vince Gill & Paul Franklin | “Bakersfield” (a tribute to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard; Hear here; MP3) | (MCA Nashville) |
| Buddy Guy | “Rhythm & Blues” (two CDs; producer: Tom Hambridge; guests: Kid Rock, Keith Urban, Gary Clark Jr., Beth Hart and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Heaven (Brooklyn-based dream pop outfit) | “Telepathic Love” (first single: “Colors in the White of Your Eyes”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Goodnight) |
| The Heavy Blinkers (Canadian orchestrated-pop group) | “Health [MP3]” (their first recordings since 2005; 16 songs; Hear here) | (Zunior) |
| Jennifer Holliday | “Love Me By Name” (her first album in 19 years is a fully orchestrated set of pop and jazz standards) | (Shanachie) |
| Russell Howard (Charlotte, N.C.-based singer-songwriter) | “City Heart +” (an expanded edition of his EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
| Ethan Johns (British musician-producer) | “If Not Now Then When?” (producer: Johns; his father, legendary producer Glyn Johns, mixed the record at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles; first single: “Don’t Reach Too Far”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Three Crows) |
| Earl Klugh | “HandPicked” (guests: Vince Gill, Bill Frisell, Jake Shimabukuro; Hear here; MP3) | (Heads Up) |
| Chanté Moore | “Moore Is More” (producers: Midi Mafia, Antwanne Frost, Chris “Big Dog” Davis; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Moreland & Arbuckle | “7 Cities” (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here; MP3) | (Telarc) |
| Kendra Morris | “Mockingbird” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Wax Poetics) |
| T. Hardy Morris (Athens, Ga., musician is frontman of Dead Confederate) | “Audition Tapes” (producers: Justin Collins, Adam Landry; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dangerbird) |
| Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk | “Dirty Word” (guests: Art Neville, Trombone Shorty, Ani DiFranco, Flea, Rebirth Brass Band, Skerik; Hear here; MP3) | (Louisiana Red Hot) |
| The Oak Ridge Boys | “40th Anniversary: Celebrating Faith, Family & Freedom” (Hear here) | (Gaither Music) |
| Roomful of Blues | “45 Live” (live album to mark their 45th anniversary; Hear here; MP3) | (Alligator) |
| Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants | “All Hat and No Cattle” (classic honky-tonk covers and one original; Hear here; MP3) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Darden Smith | “Love Calling” (producers: Jon Randall Stewart, Gary Paczosa; Hear here; MP3) | (Compass) |
| Soft Swells (L.A. indie-pop band) | “Lifeboats [MP3]” (five-song EP, including a cover of T. Rex’s “Children of the Revolution”; producer: Dave Lynch; Hear here) | (Modern Outsider) |
| Tech N9ne | “Something Else” (guests: T. Pain, Serj Tankian, Kendrick Lamar, Game, Wiz Khalifa, B.o.B., Cee Lo Green, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Strange Music) |
| Robin Thicke | “Blurred Lines” (guests: T.I., Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar; first single: “Blurred Lines”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Star Trak / Interscope) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 85” (two CDs, 39 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Universal, July 29) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Blues Traveler | “ICON” (best-of) | (A&M / UMe) |
| Boogie Down Productions | “Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop” (1989 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Bobby Brown | “ICON” (best-of) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Tyrone Brunson | “Sticky Situation” (1983 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | “Murder Ballads [MP3]” (2011 compilation) | (Mute, Aug. 1) |
| Stanley Clarke | “Time Exposure” (1984 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Natalie Cole | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Nat King Cole | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Eydie Gorme | “Blame It On the Bossa Nova” (1963 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Great White | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Honey Ltd. | “The Complete LHI Recordings” (their 1968 debut album, with three bonus tracks; remastered; Vinyl; MP3) | (Light in the Attic) |
| The Human League | “Octopus [MP3]” (1995 album) | (Rhino) |
| Billy Idol | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Freddie Jackson | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Millie Jackson | “An Imitation of Love” (1986 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Al Jarreau | “We Got By / Glow” (1975, 1976 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| George Jones | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol Nashville / UMe) |
| Johnny Kemp | “Johnny Kemp” (1986 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Steve Lawrence | “Sings of Love and Sad Young Men / Portrait of Steve” (1967, 1972 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | “Cozy / A Man and a Woman” (1961, 1970 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Cheryl Lynn | “In Love” (1979 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Maze featuring Frankie Beverly | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. | “The Two of Us” (1977 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), “Marilyn & Billy” (1978 album; remastered, with a bonus 12-inch single mix of “Shine On Silver Moon”) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Nilsson | “The RCA Albums Collection [Box set]” (17-disc set; 14 original albums, expanded with 65 bonus tracks, including 26 previously unreleased songs, plus three CDs of 58 tracks, 29 of them previously unreleased; P&P Feature) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Peaches & Herb | “Remember” (1983 album; remastered) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Ponderosa Twins Plus One | “2+2+1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One [MP3]” (1971 album) | (Rhino) |
| Q-Tips (Paul Young was a member of this U.K. soul-rock band) | “Q-Tips” (1980 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – RPM, July 29) |
| Sly & The Family Stone | “There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Gold Edition” (1971 album; 24k audiophile gold disc with a 48-page hard cover book filled with photos and liner notes; Hear/read here) | (Get On Down) |
| Al Stewart | “Zero She Flies / Orange” (1970, 1972 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| George Thorogood and the Destroyers | “George Thorogood and the Destroyers” (1977 album; remastered), “Move It On Over” (1978 album; remastered) | (Rounder) |
| Three Dog Night | “Suitable For Framing [MP3]” (1969 album), “Around the World With Three Dog Night [MP3]” (1973 album), “Coming Down Your Way [MP3]” (1975 album), “American Pastime [MP3]” (1976 album) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Tonto’s Expanding Head Band | “Zero Time” (1971 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Various artists | “Goody Goody Gems from the Reprise Vaults 1961-1962” (three CDs, 60 songs; Read here) | (Not Now Music) |
| Various artists | “Looking Good: 75 Femme Mod Soul Nuggets” (three CDs, 75 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – RPM, July 29) |
| Various artists | “Putumayo Presents World Reggae” (Hear here) | (Putumayo) |
| Various artists | “Putumayo Kids Presents Reggae Playground” (Hear here) | (Putumayo Kids) |
| Various artists | “The Songs of Burt Bacharach” (three CDs, 60 songs; Track list) | (Not Now Music) |
| Dionne Warwick | “The Complete Warner Bros. Singles” (21 tracks), “We Need to Go Back: The Unissued Warner Bros. Masters” (19 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Steve Winwood | “ICON” (best-of) | (Island / UMe) |
| Bobby Womack | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / UMe) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bee Gees | “One Night Only [Blu-ray]” (concert filmed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Nov. 14, 1997; See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell | “Teen Beach Movie [DVD]” (Disney Channel original movie, with behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage; See here) | (Disney) |
| Scorpions | “Moment of Glory: Berliner Philharmoniker Live [Blu-ray]” (recorded in 2000 as part of Berlin’s millennium celebrations; See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| The Beatles | “When They Were Boys: The True Story of the Beatles’ Rise to the Top [Hardcover]” (author: Larry Kane; Kindle) | (Running Press) |
| Grateful Dead | “Grateful Dead: A 16-Month 2014 Calendar [Calendar]” | (Day Dream / Rhino Entertainment, Aug. 1) |
| Kennedy (1990s-era MTV VJ) | “The Kennedy Chronicles: The Golden Age of MTV Through Rose-Colored Glasses [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Thomas Dunne Books) |
| The Ramones | “Gabba Gabba Hey! The Graphic Story of the Ramones [Paperback]” (illustrators: Jim McCarthy, Brian Williamson) | (Omnibus Press, Aug. 1) |
| Neil Young | “Waging Heavy Peace [Paperback]” | (Plume) |