This Week’s Releases: June 10, 2014
New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Amatorski (Belgian band) | “from clay to figures” (Hear here; MP3) | (Crammed Discs) |
The Amity Affliction | “Let the Ocean Take Me” (producer: Will Putney; Hear here; MP3) | (Roadrunner) |
Arch Enemy (new vocalist: Alissa White-Gluz) | “War Eternal” (producers: Arch Enemy; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Century Media) |
Beartooth (Columbus, Ohio, hardcore outfit) | “Disgusting” (Hear here; MP3) | (Red Bull) |
Selwyn Birchwood (Tampa-based singer-guitarist won International Blues Challenge in 2013) | “Don’t Call No Ambulance” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Alligator) |
Candy Hearts | “All the Ways You Let Me Down” (producer: Chad Gilbert; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Bridge Nine / Violently Happy) |
Hollie Cook (reggae vocalist from London) | “Twice” (guests: Dennis Bovell, Omar, George Dekker, Winston Francis; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mr. Bongo) |
Cowboy Mouth | “Go!” (producer: Don Miggs; first single: “Do You Wanna Do It Right Now”; Hear here; MP3) | (Elm City / Universal) |
Craft Spells (aka Justin Vallesteros) | “Nausea” (producer: Dylan Wall; new single: “Komorebi”; Hear here; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
Spencer Day | “Daybreak” (Hear here; MP3) | (Spencer Day Music) |
Equilibrium (German metal pioneers) | “Erdentempel” (producer: guitarist René Berthiaume; Hear here; See here) | (Nuclear Blast) |
First Aid Kit | “Stay Gold” (producer: Mike Mogis; guests: Omaha Symphony Orchestra; first single: “My Silver Lining”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; Collector’s Bundle |
(Columbia) |
Michael C. Ford (Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-nominated American poet and audio journalist) | “Look Each Other in the Ears” (features the last recordings made with all three surviving Doors members Ray Manzarek, who died in 2013, Robby Krieger and John Densmore; producer: Harlan Steinberger; other guests: Angelo Moore, Tommy Jordan; Hear here; MP3) | (Hen House Studios) |
The Fresh & Onlys | “House of Spirits” (producer: Phil Manly; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mexican Summer) |
Mary Gauthier | “Trouble & Love” (producers: Gauthier, Patrick Granado; guests: Darrell Scott, Victor Krauss, Guthrie Trapp, The McCrary Sisters, Ashley Cleveland; Hear here; MP3) | (In The Black) |
Paul Hardcastle | “The Jazzmasters VII” (guests: Cindy Bradley, daughter Maxine Hardcastle and son Paul Hardcastle Jr.; first single: “Unlimited Love”; Hear here) | (Trippin’ & Rhythm) |
Hellyeah | “Blood for Blood” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
Chrissie Hynde | “Stockholm” (her debut solo album; first single: “Dark Sunglasses”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Caroline) |
José James | “While You Were Sleeping” (producers: James, Brian Bender; guests: Becca Stevens, Takuya Kuroda; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
Lust For Youth (Danish synth duo) | “International” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott (of Bright Eyes) | “The Fault In Our Stars: Score From The Motion Picture” (Hear here) | (Atlantic) |
Night Ranger | “High Road” (producers: Night Ranger; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
O.A.R. | “The Rockville LP” (first single: “Peace”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vanguard) |
Passenger (U.K. folk-roots singer Mike Rosenberg) | “Whispers” (producer: Chris Vallejo; first single: “Scare Away the Dark”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Nettwerk) |
Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses | “Blow” (recorded at Capitol Records in Studio B, where Louis Prima Sr. recorded his hits in the 1950s and ’60s; includes a virtual duet with his father on “That’s My Home” and a cover of Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes”; guest: Leslie Spencer; Hear here; MP3) | (Warrior / Universal Music Distribution) |
Quantic | “Magnetica” (guests: Alice Russell, Shinehead, Nidia Gongora, Dereb The Ambassador, Thalma De Freitas, Anibal Velásquez; first single: “Duvido,” feat. Pongo Love; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tru Thoughts) |
Rebelution | “Count Me In” (producers: Rebelution; guests: Collie Buddz, Don Carlos; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (87 Music / Easy Star) |
The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman | “Fountain of Youth” (their 20th album; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
Royal Southern Brotherhood | “HeartSoulBlood” (band includes Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooton and Yonrico Scott; Hear here) | (Ruf) |
Say Anything | “Hebrews” (producer: frontman Max Bemis; first single: “Six Six Six”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Equal Vision) |
Diane Schuur | “I Remember You (With Love to Stan and Frank)” (a tribute to the music of Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra; Hear here; MP3) | (Jazzheads) |
Stagnant Pools | “Geist” (first single: “Intentions”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Polyvinyl) |
Tesla | “Simplicity” (producer: Tom Zutaut; Hear here; MP3) | (Tesla Electric Company Recording) |
Third World | “Under the Magic Sun” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
Tiny Victories (Brooklyn-based duo) | “Haunts” (producer: Alex Aldi; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (The Sleepover Party) |
Walter Trout (the bluesman has a life-threatening liver disease) | “The Blues Came Callin’ “ (Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
Umphrey’s McGee | “Similar Skin” (hardcover book with CD and two 180-gram LPs; Hear here; MP3) | (Nothing Too Fancy Music) |
Unicycle Loves You | “The Dead Age” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Highwheel) |
Uriah Heep | “Outsider” (their 24th studio album; producer: Mike Paxman; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
Various artists | “Bullets Over Broadway (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (new musical comedy written by Woody Allen, based on his 1994 film; stars Zach Braff, Vincent Pastore, Brooks Ashmanskas, Nick Cordero, Marin Mazzie, etc.; producer: Doug Besterman; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Masterworks Broadway) |
Various artists | “Vans Warped Tour ’14” (50-song compilation; MP3) | (SideOneDummy) |
Seth Walker | “Sky Still Blue” (producer: Oliver Wood; first single: “Trouble [Don’t Want No]”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
Jack White | “Lazaretto” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Third Man / Columbia) |
More Releases for the Week of June 10, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Brendan Apollo (NYC-based singer-songwriter) | “Clouds [MP3]” (four-song EP; producer: Apollo; ReverbNation) | (Young Swaggazar Entertainment, June 9) |
Beast Patrol (Brooklyn alt-rock quartet) | “Unarm Yourself [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here; See here) | (Space Camp Radio) |
Colbie Caillat | “Gypsy Heart Side A [MP3]” (five-song EP; first single: “Try”; Hear here) | (Universal Republic, June 9) |
Craft Spells (aka Justin Vellesteros) | “Nausea [MP3]” (producer: Dylan Wall; Hear here) | (Captured Tracks) |
Glass Animals | “Zaba [MP3]” (producer: frontman Dave Bayley; executive producer: Paul Epworth; first single: “Gooey”; Hear here; See here; CD; Vinyl) | (Harvest) |
House of Hats | “This Love [MP3]” (producer: Pete Smith; first single: “This Love”; Hear here) | (Willow Walk) |
Infected Mushroom | “Unarm Yourself [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Dim Mak) |
Old Monk (NYC trio) | “Posing As Love [MP3]” (first single: “Alta Rush”; Hear here) | (Eenie Meenie) |
Tokyo Taboo | “Porn Star [MP3]” (five-song EP; producer: Jim Lowe; Hear here) | (TT) |
Various artists | “Punkalicious Volume Five [MP3]” (20 tracks; Hear here) | (Punkalicious, June 13) |
Tom Vek | “Luck [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Moshi Moshi) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Louis Armstrong | “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” (1970 album; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Boplicity / Ace, June 9) |
Richard Berry | “Louie Louie [Vinyl]” (14-song compilation; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 9) |
Johnny Bristol | “Hang On in There Baby” (1974 album; remastered; See here) | (Japan – Universal, June 9) |
Clifford Brown | “Brownie Speaks: The Complete Blue Note Recordings” (three discs) | (Blue Note) |
Elvis Costello | “Mighty Like a Rose” (1991 album) | (Rhino / Warner, June 9) |
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra | “Viva Cugat! The Best of Cugat” (30 songs) | (Sepia Recordings) |
Wardell Gray | “Way Out Wardell” (1955 album; Hear/read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Ace, June 9) |
Joni James | “In the Mood For Romance and Swinging” (her 1961 albums, “In the Mood for Romance” and “In the Mood of Swinging,” on one CD; Read here) | (U.K. – Jasmine Music, June 12) |
Toby Keith | “5 Rounds” (five-disc set includes the albums “That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy,” “American Ride,” “Bullets in the Gun,” “Clancy’s Tavern” and “Hope on the Rocks”) | (Show Dog / Universal) |
Harold Land | “Choma (Burn)” (1971 album; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 9) |
Guy Mitchell | “20 Greatest Hits” | (Hallmark) |
Arthur Prysock | “Too Late Baby: The Old Town Singles 1958-66” (24 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 9) |
Janos Starker | “Janos Starker: The Mercury Living Presence Recordings” (10 discs; Hear/read here) | (Decca Classics) |
The Superbs | “The Best of The Superbs” (24 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace, June 9) |
Toots and the Maytals | “Pressure Drop: The Golden Tracks” (14 songs) | (Goldenlane / Cleopatra) |
Various artists | “Chicago Hit Factory – The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1966 [Box set]” (10 CDs, 269 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Charly, June 9) |
Various artists | “Colour My World: The Songs of Tony Hatch” (25-song collection features Petula Clark, The Vogues, Chris Montez, Sarah Vaughan, Connie Francis, Scott Walker, The Searchers, etc.; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 9) |
Various artists | “Mod Jazz and Then Some!” (24 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace, June 9) |
Reissues (MP3s)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Eddy Arnold | “The Complete US Chart Singles 1945-62, Vol.1 [MP3]” (51 tracks) | (Acrobat, June 9) |
Electric Light Orchestra | “The Classic Albums Collection [MP3]” (10 complete albums) | (Epic / Legacy) |
The Emotions | “Flowers [MP3]” (1976 album; with one bonus track), “Rejoice [MP3]” (1977 album; includes the No. 1 hit “Best of My Love”) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
The Intruders | “Cowboys to Girls [MP3]” (1968 album) | (Legacy Recordings) |
The Jacksons | “Number 1’s: The Jacksons Story [MP3]” (20 tracks) | (Motown / UMe) |
Willie Nelson | “The Classic Albums Collection [MP3]” (10 complete albums) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
The Selecter | “Indie Singles Collection 1991-96 [MP3]” (38 tracks) | (Badfish / Cherry Red) |
Various artists | “Fiji: Songs of Love and Homeland: String Band Music [MP3]” | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO) |
Various artists | “Indonesia: Music from West Java [MP3]” | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO) |
Various artists | “21 Classic Rock Favorites [MP3]” | (Epic / Legacy) |
Various artists | “21 Sweet 90s Hits [MP3]” | (Columbia / Epic / Legacy) |
More Releases for the Week of June 10, 2014
DVD / Blu-ray
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson | “True Detective [DVD]” (three discs; HBO series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto; music by T Bone Burnett; Blu-ray) | (HBO Home Video) |
Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, et al | “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Paramount) |
The Rolling Stones | “The Rolling Stones: A Golden Age [DVD]” (documentary directed by Tom O’Dell) | (13 Amp) |
Neil Degrasse Tyson | “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey [DVD]” (four discs; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
The Who | “Quadrophenia: Live in London [DVD]” (40th anniversary concert filmed on July 8, 2013, at Wembley Arena; See here; Read here; Blu-ray; Collector’s Edition Metal Box; CD; MP3) | (UMe) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of June 10, 2014
Music books
Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
T. Mike Childs | “The Rocklopedia Fakebandica [Kindle]” (illustrated encyclopedia of fictional musical groups and musicians, as seen in movies and television; Read here) | (St. Martin’s Press) |
John Lydon | “Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs [Kindle]” (co-authors: Keith and Kent Zimmerman) | (Picador) |
Randall D. Wixen | “The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing [Hardcover]” (third edition; subtitled “What You Need to Know About Protecting and Profiting from Music Copyrights”) | (Hal Leonard Books) |
Lee Wilson | “Making it in the Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers [Kindle]” | (Open Road Media) |
More Book Releases for the Week of June 10, 2014