New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Blackberry Smoke (Southern-rock quintet) | “Leave a Scar: Live in North Carolina” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Legged) |
| Blackhawk | “Brothers of the Southland” (their first album in 12 years is a tribute to fallen Southern-rock heroes, including members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Duane Allman, Toy Caldwell, etc.; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Loud & Proud) |
| Braid | “No Coast” (the indie-rock band’s first album in 16 years; producer: Will Yip; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Topshelf) |
| Rick Braun | “Can You Feel It” (guests: Dave Koz, Brian Culbertson, Euge Groove, Jeff Lorber, Philippe Saise, Elliott Yamin; Hear here; MP3) | (Artistry Music) |
| Chelsea Grin (Salt Lake City-based metal band) | “Ashes to Ashes” (producers: Chelsea Grin, Diego Farias; first single: “Angels Shall Sin, Demons Shall Pray”; Hear here; MP3) | (Artery Recordings / Razor & Tie) |
| Chicago | “‘NOW’ Chicago XXXVI” (producers: Chicago; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Dirty Heads | “Sound of Change” (producers: Supa Dups, Buddah Shampoo, Niles, David Bassett, LD, Rome; guests: B Real, Tech N9ne, Ward 21; first single: “My Sweet Summer”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Five Seven Music) |
| Everything Goes Cold | “Black Out the Sun” (Hear here; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| French Style Furs | “Is Exotic Bait” (producer: Nick Launay; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Frenchkiss) |
| Gene the Southern Child | “Southern Meridian [Vinyl]” (music by Parallel Thought; with two bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Adult Swim) |
| Honeyblood | “Honeyblood” (producer: Peter Katis; new single: “Killer Bangs”; Hear here) | (FatCat) |
| Leela James | “Fall For You” (producer: James; guest: Anthony Hamilton; new single: “Fall For You”; Hear here; MP3) | (J&T / BMG / RED Distribution) |
| Judas Priest | “Redeemer of Souls” (first single: “March of the Damned”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Magic Man (Boston synth-rock band) | “Before the Waves” (producer: Alex Aldi; first single: “It All Starts Here”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Neon Gold / Columbia) |
| Manic Street Preachers | “Futurology” (first single: “Walk Me to the Bridge”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Manic Street Preachers Official Store ) | (U.K. – Columbia, July 7) |
| Richard Marx | “Beautiful Goodbye” (his first album of all-new material in 10 years; producers: Marx, Walter Afanasieff; first single: “Whatever We Started”; Hear here; MP3) | (Zanzibar, LLC / Kobalt Label Services) |
| The Mastersons | “Good Luck Charm” (producer: Jim Scott; Hear here; Vinyl + MP3; MP3) | (New West) |
| Mary Sarah (18-year-old country singer) | “Bridges” (guests: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, the late Ray Price, Merle Haggard, Lynn Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Vince Gill, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ronnie Milsap, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Eugene McGuinness (British singer-songwriter) | “Chroma” (producer: Dan Carey; first single: “Godiva”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Domino) |
| Marco Minnemann | “Eeps” (with three bonus tracks; Minnemann played all the instruments; producers: Scott Schorr, Minnemann; See here) | (Lazy Bones Recordings, July 9) |
| Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott | “The Fault In Our Stars: Score From The Motion Picture” (31 tracks; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Ted Nugent | “Shutup&Jam!” (his first album in seven years; guest: Sammy Hagar; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Icarus Peel & Mordecai Smyth | “Barnburner” (producers: Peel, Smyth; guest: Crystal Jacqueline; Hear here) | (Mega Dodo, July 7) |
| Maxi Priest | “Easy to Love” (producers: Colin “Bulby” York, Handel Tucker, Red Boyz, Andre “GC” Fennell, Livingstone Brown; guests: Sly & Robbie, Shabba Ranks, Beres Hammond; first single: “Easy to Love”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (VP) |
| Roxanna | “Exotica” (producer: Mark Portmann; first single: “Close Your Eyes”; Hear/read here; MP3) | (RoXart Inc. / CEN) |
| Sia | “1000 Forms of Fear” (producer: Greg Kurstin; first single: “Chandelier”; Hear here; MP3) | (RCA / Monkey Puzzle) |
| Sonic Syndicate (Anglo-Swedish modern metal quartet) | “Sonic Syndicate” (Hear here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Starset (Columbus, Ohio, rock band fronted by former Downplay singer Dustin Bates) | “Transmissions” (producer: Rob Graves; first single: “My Demons”; Hear here; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Lewis Watson | “The Morning” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Warner) |
More Releases for the Week of July 8, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Adam’s Attic (pop-rock quartet from Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) | “Can Anybody Hear Me [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Adam’s Attic) |
| Lena Fayre (L.A. indie singer-songwriter) | “I Am Not a Man [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Semper Augustus) |
| Ryan McKenzie (alt pop-rock singer from Oviedo, Fla.) | “In Light & Desperation [MP3]” (five-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Ryan McKenzie, July 11) |
| The Relapse Symphony (Washington, D.C., rockers) | “Shadows [MP3]” (producers: John Kendall Royston, Dan Mineart; first single: “We Are the Broken”; Hear here) | (Standby) |
| Isaac Smeele | “Nightmares For Relaxation [MP3]” (producer: Smeele; first single: “Abandon Hope”; Hear here) | (Alias) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Vanessa Bell Armstrong | “ICON” (best-of) | (Motown Gospel / UMe) |
| Syd Barrett | “The Madcap Laughs [180-gram vinyl]” (1970 album; remastered), “Barrett [180-gram vinyl]” (1970 album; remastered), “Opel [180-gram vinyl]” (1988 compilation; remastered) | (Rhino / Parlophone) |
| The Blow Monkeys | “She Was Only a Grocer’s Daughter: Deluxe Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with a second CD of non-album B-sides and alternate mixes; See here; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, July 7) |
| Jackson Browne | “Late For the Sky (Remastered 40th Anniversary Edition)” (1974 album; remastered, in eco-digipak; MP3) | (Inside Recordings) |
| Michael Card | “ICON” (best-of) | (Sparrow / UMe) |
| Ray Charles | “Ray Charles in the 1950s” (three CDs, 84 songs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Climax featuring Sonny Geraci | “The Best of Climax: Precious and Few (Deluxe Expanded Edition)” | (Varese Sarabande) |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | “CSNY 1974 [Box set]” (three-CD, one-DVD set includes 40 previously tracks from their 1974 tour, as well as an 188-page booklet; Read here; Blu-ray Audio; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition, with video) | (Rhino) |
| Neil Diamond | “All-Time Greatest Hits” (23 tracks, including a rare solo version of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”; MP3) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Dream Theater | “The Studio Albums 1992-2011 [Box set]” (11 CDs) | (Roadrunner) |
| Steve Earle | “Live in Nashville 1995” (MP3) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Ricky Gervais | “The Ricky Gervais Guide to …: The Complete First Series, Volumes 1-5” (five-CD of the audio podcasts) | (Redbush Entertainment) |
| Steve Hackett | “Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall” (three discs; MP3) | (Inside Out U.S.) |
| Wynonie Harris | “The Wynonie Harris Collection 1944-47” (two CDs, 44 songs; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| John Hartford | “Life, Love & Music: 5 Essential Albums 1966-1969” (two-CD set includes “John Hartford Looks at Life” [1966], “Earthwords & Music” [1967], “The Love Album” [1967], “Housing Project” [1968] and ‘John Hartford” [1969]; remastered) | (Raven) |
| Hawk Nelson | “ICON” (best-of) | (BEC Recordings / UMe) |
| Loleatta Holloway | “Dreamin’: The Loleatta Holloway Anthology 1976-1982” (two CDs, 23 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red, July 7) |
| Marc Jordan | “Mannequin” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1978 album; remastered), “Blue Desert” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1979 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory USA) |
| Kansas | “The Best of Kansas [1980-gram vinyl]” (1984 compilation; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| KJ-52 | “ICON” (best-of) | (BEC Recordings / UMe) |
| Steve Lawrence | “Steve Lawrence Conquers Broadway” (26 showtunes) | (Sepia Recordings) |
| Brenda Lee | “The Complete US & UK Singles As & Bs 1956-62” (two CDs, 44 songs; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| John Mellencamp | “John Mellencamp Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall” (July 31, 2003, concert in New York City; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| The Mills Brothers | “The Mills Brothers Collection 1931-52” (two CDs, 54 songs; MP3) | (Fabulous / Acrobat) |
| Ministry | “Last Tangle in Paris: Live 2012” (CD/DVD package documents the band’s 2012 “DeFiBriLaTour”; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (UDR Music / 13th Planet Records, Inc.) |
| The O.C. Supertones | “ICON” (best-of) | (BEC Recordings / UMe) |
| Beth Orton | “Central Reservation: Expanded Edition” (1999 album; with a second CD of B-sides, unreleased live recordings and demos; Read here) | (3 Loop Music / MVD Entertainment Group) |
| Skyy | “Skyyhigh: The Skyy Anthology 1979-1984” (two CDs, 26 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red, July 7) |
| Cecil Taylor | “The Complete Collection 1956-1962” (nine original albums on five CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Toto | “Toto” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1978 album; remastered), “Hydra” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1979 album; remastered), “Turn Back” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1981 album; remastered), “Toto IV” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1982 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory USA) |
| Various artists | “Keb Darge & Little Edith’s Legendary Rockers 4” (rare rockabilly and surf music from the 1950s and ’60s) | (U.K. – Republic of Music, July 7) |
| Dale Watson | “The Truckin’ Sessions Trilogy” (three discs, 42 songs; MP3) | (Red River Entertainment) |
| Wet Willie | “The Wetter the Better / Left Coast Live” (1976, 1977 albums on one CD; remastered) | (BGO) |
More Releases for the Week of July 8, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Eddie Condon | “The Eddie Condon Collection 1927-61 [MP3]” (46 songs; Read here; CD) | (Acrobat, July 7) |
| Donny Hathaway | “Everything Is Everything [MP3]” (1970 album) | (Rhino / Atlantic, July 7) |
| Chaka Khan | “The Studio Album Collection: 1978 – 1992 [MP3]” (nine complete albums) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Neil Sedaka | “The Complete Singles and EPs As & Bs 1956-62 [MP3]” (47 songs) | (Acrobat, July 7) |
| Various artists | “100 Rock ‘n’ Roll Workout Music [MP3]” (100 hits from the 1950s and ’60s) | (Workout Music Service, July 11) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Rupert Hine | “Rupert Hine: Live in Sweden [DVD/CD]” (Read here) | (eOne Music) |
| Linda Ronstadt | “Blue Bayou: Live 1977 [DVD]” | (Laser Media) |
| The Who | “Quadrophenia [Blu-ray Pure Audio]” (1973 album; remastered) | (Geffen / UMe) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of July 8, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| David Ellefson | “My Life with Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll [Paperback]” (co-author: Joel McIver) | (Howard Books) |
| Rick James | “Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James [Hardcover]” (co-author: David Ritz; Kindle) | (Atria Books) |
| Amanda Petrusich | “Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78rpm Records [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Scribner) |
| Bob Stanley | “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé [Kindle]” | (W.W. Norton & Company) |
| Walter Trout | “Rescued From Reality: The Life and Times of Walter Trout [Paperback]” (co-author: Henry Yates) | (Mascot Records) |
More Book Releases for the Week of July 8, 2014
Next week: July 15, 2014
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