New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Marc Almond | “The Dancing Marquis” (producers: Tony Visconti, Tris Penna, Jason Buckle; guests: Jarvis Cocker, Martin McCarrick, Danielz; Hear here; MP3) | (U.K. – SFE, June 16) |
| The Antlers | “Familiars” (first single: “Palace”; Hear here; See here; LP + CD; MP3) | (ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Mary J. Blige | “Think Like a Man Too [Film soundtrack]” (sequel in theaters June 20; guests: Pharrell Williams, The-Dream; See here; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Cerebral Ballzy (Brooklyn punk band) | “Jaded & Faded” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cult – Julian Casablancas’ label) |
| Death Has No Dominion (Danish duo) | “Death Has No Dominion” (Hear here; MP3) | (SQE Music) |
| Lana Del Rey | “Ultraviolence” (producer: Dan Auerbach; first single: “West Coast”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Interscope / Polydor) |
| The Felice Brothers | “Favorite Waitress” (first single: “Cherry Licorice”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dualtone) |
| Ben Fields (John Lennon Songwriter Award winner) | “Extraordinary Light” (producer: JC Hopkins; guests: Jolie Holland, Warren Smith; first single: “Extraordinary Light”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Sire) |
| Ghost Town | “The After Party” (producers: keyboardist Evan Pearce, Mike Green; first single: “I’m Weird”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fueled By Ramen / Haunted Youth) |
| Glass Towers | “Halcyon Days” (released in their native Australia in 2013; first single: “Griffin”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Hub / Dine Alone) |
| David Gray | “Mutineers” (producer: Andy Barlow; first single: “Gulls”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition) | (IHT / Kobalt Label Services) |
| Hiromi | “Alive” (with contrabass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips; Hear here; MP3) | (Telarc / Concord) |
| Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden | “Last Dance” (producer: Manfred Eicher; Hear here; MP3) | (ECM) |
| Linkin Park | “The Hunting Party” (producers: bandmates Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson; first single: “Guilty All the Same,” feat. Rakim; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Jennifer Lopez | “A.K.A.” (guests: Maxwell, French Montana, Tyga, Big Sean; new single: “First Love”; Hear here; Read here; MP3; Deluxe Fan Bundle ) | (Capitol) |
| Ian McLagan & The Bump Band | “United States” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Yep Roc) |
| Dennis Miller | “Dennis Miller: America 180°” (recorded at the Barclay Theatre in Irvine, Calif.; See here; Read here; MP3) | (New Wave Dynamics) |
| Miniature Tigers | “Cruel Runnings” (producer: Chris Zane; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (YEBO Music) |
| Nazareth | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Telephone” (the band’s last album with singer Dan McCafferty, whose health problems forced him to retire; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Conveyor / Union Square Music) |
| Willie Nelson | “Band of Brothers” (his first album of predominately new original material in nearly two decades; producer: Buddy Cannon; guest: Jamey Johnson; first single: “The Wall”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| NRBQ | “Brass Tacks” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Clang!) |
| Radio Moscow | “Magical Dirt” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Alive Naturalsound) |
| Joshua Redman | “Trios Live” (recorded at New York City’s Jazz Standard and Washington, D.C.’s Blues Alley; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Shudder | “Inside My Head” (producer: Joe Allen; first single: “Inside My Head”; Hear here) | (Shudder, June 21) |
| Sam Smith (British soul singer) | “In the Lonely Hour” (producers: Jimmy Napes, Steve Fitzmaurice, Fraser T Smith, Two Inch Punch, Eg White; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| Tiësto | “A Town Called Paradise” (the EDM star’s first album since 2009; guests: Icona Pop, Krewella, Hardwell, Matthew Koma; new single: “Wasted”; Hear here) | (Casablanca) |
| Trummors (Woodstock, N.Y.-based duo) | “Moorish Highway” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Various artists | “Aladdin (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (the Disney production, starring Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed, received five Tony Award nominations; producers: Alan Menken, Michael Kosarin, Frank Filipetti, Chris Montan; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Walt Disney) |
| Various artists | “Heathers the Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording)” (Off Broadway musical based on the 1980s cult classic film; Hear here; Read here) | (Yellow Sound Label) |
| Various artists | “Playing for Change 3: Songs Around the World [CD/DVD]” (contributors: Keith Richards, Sara Bareilles, Andres Calamaro, Toots Hibbert, Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Palm) |
| Various artists | “Red Hot + Bach” (contributors: Chris Thile, Gabriel Kahane, Ron Carter, King Britt, Kronos Quartet, etc.; Read here) | (Sony Music Masterworks) |
| The Verve Pipe | “Overboard” (their first album in 13 years; title track co-written by actor Jeff Daniels; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (LMNO Pop) |
More Releases for the Week of June 17, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Nina Baker (British singer-songwriter) | “Quite Frankly [MP3]” (first single: “Single Bed”; ReverbNation; See here) | (Resplendent, June 16) |
| Jeff Brown | “Happily Ever After [MP3]” (producer: Ellis Clark; guest: Christine Knodle-Albarran; Hear here) | (CAUDog) |
| Carter | “A Ghost Running Through Shadows [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Autumn + Colour, June 16) |
| Chronotos (alt-pop/rock artist from Bear, Del.) | “Clockwork [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Tate Music Group) |
| Dead By Wednesday (Connecticut hard rock band) | “Death of the Rockstar [MP3]” (five-song EP; producer: Nicholas T. Rage of Toxic Holocaust; Hear here) | (Ear One Productions) |
| Michael John Hall | “Midnight Whispers: Songs in the Key of Sleep [MP3]” (producer: Hall; first single: “We Are the Champions”; Hear here) | (MichaelJohnHallMusic, June 20) |
| Matt Henshaw (soul-pop singer from Leichester, U.K.) | “Always in the Way [MP3]” (four-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Matt Henshaw, June 16) |
| Lovelorn Dolls (electro-rock duo from Brussels) | “The Thrill [MP3]” (five-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Alfa Matrix, June 20) |
| Tony Memmel | “I Know We’ll Get There [MP3]” (producer: Memmel; guest: Lesleigh Memmel; ReverbNation) | (Tony Memmel, June 18) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| China Crisis | “Wishful Thinking: The Very Best of China Crisis” (17 tracks) | (U.K. – Spectrum Audio / Universal, June 16) |
| Long John Baldry | “The Best of the Stony Plain Years” (MP3) | (Stony Plain) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “Spirit (Expanded Edition)” (1976 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks, including a 12-inch promo mix of “Getaway”) | (U.K. – Big Break, June 16) |
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | “The Original Recordings That Inspired the Broadway Hit ‘After Midnight’ “ (15 tracks; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Clemens Krauss / Richard Strauss | “The Complete Decca Recordings” (five discs) | (Decca Classics) |
| Dave Matthews Band | “Remember Two Things” (1993 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; 180-gram deluxe LP) | (Bama Rags / RCA / Legacy) |
| Willie Nelson | “It Will Come To Pass: The Metaphysical Worlds and Poetic Introspections of Willie Nelson” (1960s-early ’70s recordings on RCA, including previously unreleased tracks) | (Omni Recording Corp.) |
| Nightmares on Wax | “N.O.W Is the Time” (two-CD, 28-track retrospective; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | “Trio [Vinyl]” (1987 album; remastered) | (Warner) |
| Eddie Rambeau | “Come Closer: The Complete Early Recordings 1961-1966” (32 songs; Track list) | (Dynamic Voice) |
| Sade | “Stronger Than Pride [Vinyl]” (1988 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Saint Etienne | “Tiger Bay [180-gram vinyl]” (1994 album; remastered) | (Plain) |
| Various artists | “Psychedelic States: Maryland in the 60s” (two CDs, 54 songs) | (Gear Fab) |
| Various artists | “The Ronn Records Story” (two CDs) | (Varese Sarabande) |
| Joe Louis Walker | “The Best of the Stony Plain Years” (MP3) | (Stony Plain) |
More Releases for the Week of June 17, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Wendy James (former Transvision Vamp singer) | “Now Ain’t the Time for Your Tears [MP3]” (1993 album; Elvis Costello composed all the songs) | (R.D.E.G., June 16) |
| Waylon Jennings | “Music Man [MP3]” (1980 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Melissa Manchester | “Mathematics [MP3]” (1985 album; produced by Quincy Jones) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. | “Marilyn & Billy (Expanded Edition) [MP3]” (1978 album; with a bonus 12-inch mix of “Shine On Silver Moon”; Hear here) | (Legacy Recordings) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, et al | “Joe [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate) |
| Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, et al | “The Grand Budapest Hotel [DVD]” (2014 film, written and directed by Wes Anderson; See here; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Jimi Hendrix | “Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight [Blu-ray]” (filmed in August 1970; See here) | (Experience Hendrix / Legacy) |
| B.B. King | “B.B. King: The Life of Riley [Blu-ray]” (2012 documentary film by Jon Brewer, narrated by Morgan Freeman; featuring Bono, Bill Cosby, Eric Clapton, Bill Cosby, Dr. John, Bruce Willis, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, President Obama, etc.; See here; DVD; MP3) | (MVD Visual) |
| Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, et al | “The LEGO Movie [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD; Everything Is Awesome Edition, with Blu-ray, DVD, Vitruvius minifigure, collectible 3D Emmet photo and bonus 3D movie) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Sinbad | “Make Me Wanna Holler [DVD]” (See here) | (Comedy Central) |
| Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Claire Underwood, et al | “House of Cards: The Complete Second Season [DVD]” (four discs; the Netflix drama won a Peabody Award for excellence this year, and Robin Wright won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of June 17, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Steve Cushing | “Pioneers of the Blues Revival [Hardcover]” (author: Tom Doyle; Kindle) | (University of Illinois Press, June 15) |
| Dave Hunter | “The Gibson Les Paul: The Illustrated Story of the Guitar That Changed Rock [Hardcover]” | (Voyageur Press, June 15) |
| Paul McCartney | “Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s [Hardcover]” (author: Tom Doyle; Kindle) | (Ballantine Books) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “Counting Down Bruce Springsteen: His 100 Finest Songs [Hardcover]” (author: Jim Beviglia; Kindle) | (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, June 16) |
More Book Releases for the Week of June 17, 2014