This Week’s Releases: March 4, 2014
New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| American Authors (Brooklyn indie-rock quartet) | “Oh, What a Life” (first single: “Best Day of My Life”; See here; MP3) | (Island, March 3) |
| Anne | “Pulling Chain” (first single: “Blonde Men”; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Run For Cover) |
| Ashanti | “BraveHeart” (producers: Ashanti, LT Hutton, Theron Feemster aka Neff-U, Cool & Dre, Warryn Campbell, Carvin & Ivan, Darkchild, Tank, Shama “Sak Pase” Joseph; guests: R. Kelly, Busta Rhymes; Hear here; MP3) | (Written Entertainment / eOne) |
| Ava Luna | “Electric Balloon” (producers: Carlos Hernandez, Julian Fader; first single: “Daydream”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Axxas/Abraxas (23-year-old Atlanta native Ben Asbury) | “Axxas/Abraxas” (first single: “I Almost Fell”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Regina Carter (jazz violinist) | “Southern Comfort” (Hear here; Read here) | (Sony Masterworks, March 3) |
| Drive-By Truckers | “English Oceans” (producer: David Barbe; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ATO, March 3) |
| Each Other (Canadian trio) | “Being Elastic” (new single: “Your Ceiling Is My Floor”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Lefse / Fat Possum, March 3) |
| Eagulls (Leeds-based post punk band) | “Eagulls” (first single: “Tough Luck”; Hear here; MP3) | (Partisan) |
| Fenster (Berlin/NYC quartet) | “The Pink Caves” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Morr Music) |
| Fuel | “Puppet Strings” (producer: Eddie Wohl; new single: “Soul To Preach To”; See here; MP3) | (Megaforce, March 3) |
| Ghost Beach (Brooklyn synth-pop duo) | “Blonde” (first single: “Miracle”; Hear here; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs | “All Her Fault” (Hear here; MP3) | (Transdreamer, March 3) |
| John Gorka | “Bright Side of Down” (guests: Eliza Gilkyson, Claudia Schmidt, Lucy Kaplansky, Michael Johnson; Hear here; MP3) | (Red House) |
| Stone Jack Jones (Nashville-based ambient folk musician) | “Ancestor” (producer: Roger Moutenot; guests: Patty Griffin, Lambchop, Courtney Tidwell; first single: “State I’m In”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Junkie XL | “300: Rise of an Empire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (sequel opens March 7; See here; MP3) | (WaterTower Music, March 3) |
| Laibach | “Spectre” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Donnie McClurkin | “Duets” (first single: “We Are Victorious,” feat. Tye Tribbett; Hear here) | (RCA Inspiration, March 3) |
| The Men (Brooklyn punk rockers) | “Tomorrow’s Hits” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Lea Michele (of “Glee”) | “Louder” (producers: Stargate, The Monsters & Strangerz, Matt Rad, Chris Braide; first single: “Cannonball”; Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia, March 3) |
| Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio | “Missing in Action” (their first album of new material since 1986; producer: Billy Sherwood; Vinyl) | (Cleopatra) |
| David Nail | “I’m a Fire” (guests: Little Big Town, Lee Ann Womack; first single: “Whatever She’s Got”; See here; See here; MP3) | (MCA Nashville, March 3) |
| Nothing (Philly-based band) | “Guilty of Everything” (new single: “Bent Nail”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Relapse, March 3) |
| Real Estate (Ridgewood, N.J., pop-rock group) | “Atlas” (producer: Tom Schick; first single: “Talking Backwards”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Domino) |
| Rick Ross | “Mastermind” (producers: J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, D. Rich, K.E. on the Track, Scott Storch; new single: “The Devil Is a Lie”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Maybach Music Group / Slip-N-Slide / Def Jam, March 3) |
| Sally Seltmann (Australian songwriter) | “Hey Daydreamer” (producers: Seltmann, husband Darren Seltmann; first single: “Billy”; Hear here; MP3) | (Arts & Crafts, March 3) |
| Chris Standring | “Don’t Talk, Dance!” (first single: “Sneakin’ Out the Front Door”; Hear here; MP3) | (Ultimate Vibe Recordings) |
| Susan Toney (Americana artist) | “Love Is the Cure: The Essential Collection” (producer: David Z; first single: “The Trail of Light and Dark”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Strange Child Recordings, March 3) |
| Ume (Austin rock band) | “Monuments” (producer: Adam Kasper; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dangerbird, March 3) |
| Various artists | “The Great Budapest Hotel [Film soundtrack]” (written and directed by Wes Anderson, starring Ralph Fiennes; opens March 7; See here; MP3; Paperback) | (ABKCO, March 3) |
| Various artists | “A Psych Tribute to The Doors” (featuring The Black Angels, The Raveonettes, Clinic, Psychic Ills, Sons Of Hippies, Elephant Stone, Dead Skeletons, etc.; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Wake Owl | “The Private World of Paradise” (first single: “Candy”; Hear here) | (Vagrant, March 3) |
| Chris Wallace (former lead singer of White Tie Affair) | “Push Rewind” (new single: “Keep Me Crazy”; Hear here) | (ThinkSay Records / Caroline, March 3) |
| Nick Waterhouse | “Holly” (producers: Waterhouse, Kevin Augunas; first single: “This Is a Game”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Innovative Leisure) |
| We Are Scientists | “TV en Français” (producer: Chris Coady; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dine Alone Music) |
| Pharrell Williams | “G I R L” (first single: “Happy”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia, March 3) |
| Eli Young Band | “10,000 Towns” (producers: Eli Young Band, Justin Niebank, Frank Liddell; first single: “Drunk Last Night”; Hear here; MP3) | (Republic Nashville, March 3) |
More Releases for the Week of March 4, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Katie Cole (Australian-born singer based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., sang backup on Glen Campbell’s “Ghost on the Canvas”) | “Lay It All Down [MP3]” (producer: Howard Willing; guest: Kris Kristofferson; new single: “(We Started A) Fire”; ReverbNation; See here; Read here) | (Katie Cole, March 3) |
“The best work I’ve done so far,” Cole tells P&P. “With A-list musicians and co-writers and a guest appearance by song/screen icon Kris Kristofferson, I can’t wait for everyone to hear this.”
| Anna Danes (jazz singer) | “Longing [MP3]” (producer: Larry B. White; Hear here) | (DLG Recordings) |
| Djazel (Canadian pop singer/songwriter) | “Djazel [MP3]” (guests: MC Gemini, JP; ReverbNation) | (Clarke Records / Island Def Jam Digital / Djaz Produkshunz) |
| The Gentlemen’s Brawl | “Animal Instincts [MP3]” (six-song EP) | (Gentlemen’s Brawl, March 1) |
| Glee Cast | “Brave [MP3],” “Breakaway [MP3],” “Don’t Rain on My Parade [MP3],” “Every Breath You Take [MP3],” “I Believe in a Thing Called Love [MP3],” “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) [MP3],” “Whenever I Call You Friend [MP3]” | (Columbia) |
| Erik Hassle (Swedish soul-pop singer/songwriter) | “Somebody’s Party EP [MP3]” (five songs; guests: Vic Mensa, Tinashe; Hear here) | (Ten Records / RCA, March 3) |
| Matt Henshaw (soul-pop singer from Leichester, U.K.) | “It Ain’t Easy [MP3]” (four-song EP; here) | (Ilsonowl, March 5) |
| Moby | “Innocents: Live at the Fonda, LA [MP3]” (12 songs; Hear here) | (Mute) |
| Monster Cat (Singapore rock trio) | “The Violet Hour [MP3]” (producer: Tim Carr; first single: “Take Me to Love”; Hear here) | (KittyWu, March 3) |
| Nikki G | “heART [MP3]” (producers: Nikki G, Doran Danoff, Jason Hiller; guests: Doran Danoff, Pamela Grant, Paul Cartwright; Hear here) | (Urbivor, March 1) |
“Originality is the key and the more knowledge you have, the more you’ll have to give,” Nikki G tells P&P. “In my debut, ‘heART,’ I was able to create with no holds barred and truly allow anything and everything to come to the musical surface. I hold a belief that music has the largest fatality rate and every note that plays quickly dies; so every single note was carefully crafted, layered, and harmonized to musically illustrate the emotion behind the stories of my life. Music is a language that can be used for the betterment of everything around us, so I speak wisely maintaining my integrity and responsibility as an artist to maintain the integral part of the cohesion within us all, the music.”
| No Cigar (Montana rock quartet) | “Four Way Stop [MP3]” (five-song EP; ReverbNation) | (No Cigar, March 6) |
| Stargroves | “Westfjords [MP3]” (feat. Abigail Breslin; producer: Jeremy Sklarsky; ReverbNation) | (DigSin, LLC) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Dr. John | “Gris-Gris (Remastered Edition)” (1968 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| Ral Donner | “Burned! The Ral Donner Anthology” (two CDs; includes singles, album tracks, stereo cuts and rarities; Read here) | (U.K. – GVC, March 3) |
| Eydie Gorme | “Gorme Country Style” (1964 album; remastered; 15 tracks; Hear here) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| The Grass Roots | “The Complete Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles” (24 songs) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| Heart | “Magazine [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1977 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Little Feat | “Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-to-1990 [Box set]” (13-disc set includes an expanded edition of “Waiting For Columbus”; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Marilyn McCoo | “Solid Gold (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with one bonus track) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| Loreena McKennitt | “The Journey So Far – The Best of Loreena McKennitt” (Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Quinlan Road / UMe) |
| Odyssey | “I Got the Melody: Expanded Edition” (1981 album; remastered, with bonus tracks), “Happy Together: Expanded Edition” (1982 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, March 3) |
| Peter, Paul and Mary | “Peter, Paul and Mary [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1962 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Charley Pride | “The Gospel Collection” (20 songs) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| Professor Longhair | “The Last Mardis Gras” (recorded live at the Tipitina Club in New Orleans on Feb. 3-4, 1978; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| The Revivalists | “City of Sound” (2012 album; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Wind-up, March 3) |
| David Ruffin | “My Whole World Ended / Feelin’ Good” (1969 albums; remastered; 24 songs), “David Ruffin / Me ‘N Rock ‘N Roll Are Here to Stay” (1973, 1974 albums; remastered; 18 songs) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| Irma Thomas | “Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album” (previously unreleased recordings from 1971-72) | (Real Gone Music, March 3) |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex (later T. Rex) | “A Beard of Stars: Deluxe Edition” (1970 album; remastered, with a bonus disc of outtakes, many previously unreleased; Read here), “T. Rex: Deluxe Edition” (1970 album; remastered, with a bonus disc of outtakes) | (U.K. – Universal, March 3) |
| Unit 4 + 2 | “Concrete & Clay: The Complete Recordings” (two CDs, 44 tracks) | (U.K. – RPM, March 3) |
| Rufus Wainwright | “Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright” (Deluxe edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition), “Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den” (Blu-ray) | (Geffen / UMe, March 3) |
More Releases for the Week of March 4, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Blue Nile | “Peace At Last [MP3]” (1996 album; with six bonus tracks) | (Virgin, March 3) |
| Johnny Cash | “ICON [MP3]” (12 tracks) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Cinderella | “ICON [MP3]” (11 tracks) | (Mercury) |
| Billy Currington | “Best of Billy Currington [MP3]” (11 tracks) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Miles Davis | “Compact Jazz: Miles Davis [MP3]” (18 tracks) | (Verve, March 3) |
| Deep Purple | “Best of Deep Purple [MP3]” (11 tracks) | (Mercury) |
| The Dickies | “The Punk Singles Collection [MP3]” (18 tracks) | (Spectrum Music) |
| Kenny Garrett | “Happy People [MP3]” (2002 album) | (Warner) |
| Rickie Lee Jones | “Rickie Lee Jones [MP3]” (1979 album; featuring “Chuck E’s in Love”) | (Warner) |
| KISS | “Best of KISS [MP3]” (12 tracks) | (Mercury) |
| Earl Klugh | “Soda Fountain Shuffle [MP3]” (1985 album) | (Warner) |
| Mark Lindsay | “Arizona [MP3]” (1969 album), “The Complete Columbia Singles [MP3]” (24 tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Morrissey | “Viva Hate (Remastered) [MP3]” (1988 album), “Kill Uncle [MP3]” (1991 album), “Bona Drag (Remastered) [MP3]” (1992 album; 20 tracks), “The Best of Morrissey [MP3]” (2001 compilation; 21 tracks) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Pure Prairie League | “Pure Prairie League [MP3]” (1972 album), “If the Shoe Fits [MP3]” (1976 album) | (R.D.E.G., March 3) |
| Various artists | “21 Totally 80s Hits [MP3]” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Hit Collection from 50’s & 60’s [MP3]” (77 songs) | (White Mountain, March 5) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, et al | “Garden State [Blu-ray]” (2004 film) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Divine, Jerry Stiller, Sonny Bono, Ricki Lake, Debbie Harry, et al | “Hairspray [Blu-ray]” (1988 film; See here) | (New Line Home Video) |
| Bob Dylan | “The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Deluxe Edition) [DVD]” (all-star show at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 16, 1992, with bonus material; See here; Blu-ray) | (Columbia / Legacy, March 3) |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, et al | “12 Years a Slave [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, et al | “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Lionsgate, March 7) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of March 4, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Duane Allman | “Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman [Hardcover]” (author: Galadrielle Allman; Kindle) | (Spiegel & Grau) |
| Gerry House (WSIX-FM radio host and writer) | “Country Music Broke My Brain: A Behind-the-Microphone Peek at Nashville’s Famous and Fabulous Stars [Hardcover]” (foreword by Reba McEntire; Kindle) | (BenBella Books) |
| The Jesus Lizard | “The Jesus Lizard Book [Hardcover]” | (Akashic Books) |
| John McLaughlin | “Bathed in Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond [Paperback]” (author: Colin Harper) | (Jawbone Press) |
| Victoria Williamson | “You Are the Music: How Music Reveals What It Means to Be Human [Kindle]” | (Icon Books) |
More Book Releases for the Week of March 4, 2014
Next week: March 11, 2014
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