May 14, 2013
New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Trace Adkins | “Love Will …” (producers: Tony Brown, Mark Wright, Frank Rogers, Kenny Beard, Mickey Cones; Hear here; MP3) | (Show Dog / Universal Music) |
| ADULT. | “The Way Things Fall” (first single: “Idle [Second Thoughts]”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ghostly International) |
| American Fangs (Houston quintet) | “American Fangs” (producers: Mike Watts, American Fangs; first single: “Pomona”; Hear here; MP3) | (In De Goot / RED) |
| Bibio | “Silver Wilkinson” (first single: “À tout à l’heure”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| The Blank Tapes (L.A. beach party trio) | “Vacation” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Antenna Farm) |
| The Boxer Rebellion (London-based indie rock quartet) | “Promises” (producers: The Boxer Rebellion, Billy Bush; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Absentee Recordings) |
| The Del-Lords | “Elvis Club” (their first full-length album since 1990; producer: singer-guitarist Eric Ambel; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) | (GB Music / RED) |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan | “One of Us Is the Killer” (producers: Steve Evetts, guitarist Ben Weinman; Hear here; MP3) | (Party Smasher, Inc. / Sumerian) |
| Dungeonesse (Baltimore pop duo) | “Dungeonesse” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Secretly Canadian) |
| Eluvium (multi-instrumentalist composer Matthew Cooper) | “Nightmare Ending” (double album; Hear here; MP3) | (Temporary Residence) |
| Escape the Fate | “Ungrateful” (producers: John Feldman, Monte Money, Brandon Saller; first single: “Ungrateful”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
| Eve | “Lip Lock” (guests: Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, Chrisette Michele, Dawn Richard, Miss Kitty, Pusha T, Juicy J, Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship; Hear here; MP3) | (From The Rib Music) |
| Agnetha Fältskog | “A” (the former ABBA singer’s first English-language album since 2004 and her first album of new material since 1987; producers: Jörgen Elofsson, Peter Nordahl; first single: “When You Really Loved Someone”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Verve) |
| The Features (indie rock band from Sparta, Tenn.) | “The Features” (first single: “This Disorder”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Serpents and Snakes / BMG Rights Management) |
| Glee Cast | “All or Nothing [MP3],” “To Love You More [MP3]” | (Columbia) |
| Gold & Youth (Canadian indie quartet) | “Beyond Wilderness” (producers: Colin Stewart, Gold & Youth; Hear here; MP3) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| Amy Grant | “How Mercy Looks From Here” (her first album of new material in 10 years; producer: Marshall Altman; guests: husband Vince Gill, James Taylor, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Will Hoge, Eric Pasley; first single: “Don’t Try So Hard”; Hear here; MP3) | (EMI Christian Music Group / Sparrow) |
| John Grant | “Pale Green Ghosts” (first single: “Black Belt”; Hear here; See here) | (Partisan) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop Party Hits” (Hear here; MP3) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Ben Lee | “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ten Fingers) |
| Demi Lovato | “Demi” (producers: TheSUSPEX, Priscilla Renea, Ryan Tedder, Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Ali Tamposi, The Monsters & Strangerz, Jonas Jeberg, Anne Preven, Matt Rad; new single: “Heart Attack”; Hear here; MP3) | (Hollywood) |
| Marianas Trench (Canadian pop-rock band) | “Face the Music” (singer Josh Ramsay co-wrote Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”; four-song EP; first single: “Desperate Measures”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Cherrytree / Interscope) |
| Bobby McFerrin | “spirityouall” (a soulful reimagining of African-American spirituals; honors the legacy of Bobby’s father, opera singer Robert McFerrin Sr., the first African-American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera Company; guest: Esperanza Spalding; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Midnite (St. Croix, Virgin Islands, reggae band) | “Be Strong [MP3]” (Hear here; CD) | (Fifth Son / VP) |
| Mindless Self Indulgence | “How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence” (Hear here; MP3) | (UCR / Metropolis) |
| MS MR (NYC-based, indie-pop duo) | “Second Hand Rapture” (first single: “Hurricane”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Laura Mvula (U.K. singer-songwriter) | “Sing to the Moon” (producer: Steve Brown; new single: “That’s Alright”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Angel Olsen | “Half Way Home” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Primal Scream | “More Light” (producer: David Holmes; guests: Robert Plant, Mark Stewart; Hear here) | (U.K. – 1st International, May 13) |
| Pure X (Austin-based trio) | “Crawling Up the Stairs” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Acéphale) |
| Red Line Chemistry | “Tug of War” (producer: Nick Raskulinecz; first single: “Paralyzed”; Hear here; MP3) | (Bulldog Productions) |
| Smash Cast | “The Last Goodbye [MP3]” | (Columbia) |
| Standish/Carlyon (futurist dub pop duo) | “Deleted Scenes” (first single: “Nono/Yoyo”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (felte) |
| George Strait | “Love Is Everything” (his 40th studio album; producers: Strait, Tony Brown; Hear here; MP3) | (MCA Nashville) |
| Tea Leaf Green (San Francisco jam band) | “In the Wake” (Hear here) | (Greenhouse / Thirty Tigers) |
| Marques Toliver | “Land of CanAan” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Bella Union) |
| Steve Tyrell (Grammy-winning vocalist) | “It’s Magic: The Songs of Sammy Cahn” (Hear here; MP3) | (Concord) |
| Vampire Weekend | “Modern Vampires of the City” (producer: Ariel Rechtshaid, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (XL Recordings) |
| Vår (Danish band) | “No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Wampire | “Curiosity” (first single: “The Hearse”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Polyvinyl) |
| The Wonder Years | “The Greatest Generation” (producer: Steve Evetts; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Shades of Two Worlds [MP3]” (1991 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Ashanti | “ICON” (best-of) | (Def Jam / Universal Music Group) |
| Blues Traveler | “1,000,000 People Can’t Be Wrong [MP3]” (1995 live album) | (A&M / UMe) |
| Deana Carter | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol Nashville / Universal Music Group) |
| Jimmy Cliff | “ICON” (best-of) | (Island / Universal Music Group) |
| Culture Club | “ICON” (best-of) | (Virgin / Universal Music Group) |
| D’Angelo | “ICON” (best-of) | (Virgin / Universal Music Group) |
| Devo | “New Traditionalists: Live in Seattle 1981” (initially released on Record Store Day via Club Devo) | (Club Devo / Redeye) |
| The Doors | “Infinite [Box set]” (deluxe, limited-edition, audiophile box set all six studio albums, remastered in multichannel for hybrid SACD by Doug Sax and The Doors’ original engineer, Bruce Botnick) | (Analogue Productions) |
| The Everly Brothers | “A Date With the Everly Brothers + The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers” (1961, 1960 albums; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Hoo Doo, May 13) |
| Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson | “Strictly Instrumental [MP3]” (1967 album) | (Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
| Gotye | “Like Drawing Blood” (1996 album) | (Universal Republic) |
| Grand Funk Railroad | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Merle Haggard | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol Nashville / Universal Music Group) |
| Happy Mondays | “Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches (Collector’s Edition) [MP3]” (1990 album, with five bonus tracks), “… Yes Please! [MP3]” (1992 album) | (Rhino) |
| Heart | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Tommy James | “Christian of the World [MP3]” (1971 album; includes “Draggin’ the Line”) | (Rhino) |
| Waylon Jennings | “Good Hearted Woman [MP3]” (1972 album) | (RLG / Legacy) |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain | “The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities (Digital Version) [MP3]” (2008 compilation; 82 tracks) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Kings of Leon | “The Collection Box” (six-disc features all five KoL albums, with bonus tracks previously only available internationally, plus 2009’s “Live at The O2 London, England” DVD) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Chris LeDoux | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol Nashville / Universal Music Group) |
| Huey Lewis & The News | “Sports: 30th Anniversary Edition” (1983 album; remastered, with a second CD of live versions; Read here; MP3) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Trini Lopez | “Trini Lopez Live At Basin St. East [MP3]” (1964 album), “Trini Lopez in London [MP3]” (1967 album), “The Whole Enchilada [MP3]” (1969 album), “The Trini Lopez Show: Original TV Special Soundtrack [MP3]” (1969 album) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Master P | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Anne Murray | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Willie Nile | “Willie Nile [MP3]” (1980 album) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Elvis Presley | “Moody Blue [Vinyl]” (1977 album; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Queensrÿche | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | “ICON” (best-of) | (Universal Music Group) |
| R.E.M. | “Green: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (1988 album; remastered; two CDs; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Jimmy Ruffin | “Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten [MP3]” (1967 album; includes “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”) | (Motown / UMe) |
| Simple Minds | “ICON” (best-of) | (Virgin / Universal Music Group) |
| The S.O.S. Band | “S.O.S.” (1980 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Tabu / Edsel) |
| Billy Squier | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| George Thorogood & The Destroyers | “ICON” (best-of) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| The Ventures | “The Colorful Ventures [MP3]” (1961 album), “The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull [MP3]” (1963 album), ” ‘Surfing’ [MP3]” (1963 album), “Knock Me Out! [MP3]” (1965 album), “Play the Batman Theme [MP3]” (1966 album), “$1,000,000.00 Weekend [MP3]” (1967 album), “Guitar Freakout [MP3]” (1967 album) | (Capitol / Universal Music Group) |
| Tom Verlaine | “Dreamtime [MP3]” (1982 album), “Words From the Front [MP3]” (1982 album) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Bobby Vinton | “Roses Are Red and Other Songs for the Young and Sentimental / The Big Ones” (1962 albums; 27 tracks; MP3) | (Sepia Recordings) |
| The Wild Swans | “Bringing Home the Ashes [MP3]” (1988 album), “Space Flower [MP3]” (1990 album) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Tammy Wynette | “The Ways to Love a Man [MP3]” (1970 album) | (Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Charlie Sheen, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman | “A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III [DVD]” (2012 film, written and directed by Roman Coppola; See here; Blu-ray; original score by Liam Hayes, CD; MP3) | (Lions Gate) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Cannonball Adderley | “Walk Tall: The Music & Life of Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley [Paperback]” (author: Cary Ginell) | (Hal Leonard Books) |
| Burt Bacharach | “Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music [Kindle]” (co-author: Robert Greenfield; Hardcover) | (Harper) |
| Sparks | “Sparks-Tastic: Twenty-One Nights with Sparks in London [Hardcover]” (author: Tosh Berman) | (A Barnacle Book) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “Springsteen: Saint In The City: 1949-1974 [Paperback]” (author: Craig Statham) | (Soundcheck Books LLP, May 15) |
Next week: May 21
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