New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Black Stone Cherry | “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” (producer: Howard Benson; first single: “White Trash Millionaire”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Roadrunner, May 31, 2011) |
| Audie Blaylock and Redline | “I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky” (subtitled “A Bill Monroe Celebration”; producer: Blaylock; guests: Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Bobby Osborne, Lou Reid, Carl Jackson, Glen Duncan, Jason Carter; first single: “Mighty Dark to Travel”; MP3 Download) | (Rural Rhythm, May 31, 2011) |
| Kate Bush | “Director’s Cut” (she revisits tracks from her albums “The Sensual World” and “The Red Shoes”; first single: “Deeper Understanding”; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Fish People/EMI, May 31, 2011) |
| Nick Cannon | “Mr. Showbiz” (live comedy album; See here; MP3 Download) | (INgrooves, May 31, 2011) |
| Death Cab For Cutie | “Codes and Keys” (Hear here; Full stream; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Atlantic, May 31, 2011) |
| Eliane Elias | “Light My Fire” (includes covers of “Light My Fire,” “My Cherie Amour” and “Take Five”; guests: Marc Johnson, Gilberto Gil, Amanda Brecker; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Concord Picante, May 31, 2011) |
| Flogging Molly | “Speed of Darkness” (first single: “Don’t Shut ‘Em Down”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (SideOneDummy, May 31, 2011) |
| FM Belfast (Icelandic electro-pop group) | “Don’t Want to Sleep [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Morr Music, June 1, 2011) |
| Matthew Good | “Lights of Endangered Species” (producer: Warne Livesey; first single: “In a Place of Lesser Men”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Cobraside, May 31, 2011) |
| Jakko Jakszyk, Robert Fripp and Mel Collins | “A Scarcity of Miracles: A King Crimson ProjeKct” (featuring a rhythm section of Tony Levin and Gavin Harrison; See here; Vinyl; CD/DVD) | (Discipline Global Mobile, May 31, 2011) |
| Cosmo Jarvis (British singer-songwriter) | “Sure As Hell Not Jesus [MP3 Download]” (four-song EP; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (Shamrock Solutions, May 29, 2011) |
| Jordan Knight (of New Kids on the Block) | “Unfinished” (first single: “Let’s Go Higher”; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) | (JK Music/Mass Appeal Entertainment/eOne Music, May 31, 2011) |
| Dave Matthews Band | “Live at Wrigley Field” (20 songs; MP3 Download) | (Bama Rags/RCA, May 31, 2011) |
| Melvins, The | “Sugar Daddy Live” (recorded at The Busta-Guts Club in Downey, Calif.; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Ipecac Recordings, May 31, 2011) |
| My Morning Jacket | “Circuital” (producers: frontman Jim James, Tucker Martine; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (ATO, May 31, 2011) |
| The Orphan, The Poet (Dayton indie-rock quartet) | “Translating [MP3 Download]” (producer: Kris Crummett; Hear here) | (The Orphan, The Poet, May 31, 2011) |
| Robert Pollard (of Guided By Voices) | “Lord of the Birdcage” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Guided By Voices, Inc., May 31, 2011) |
| Research Turtles (Louisiana indie-rock band) | “Mankiller: Part 1 of 2 [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Bugs in a Jar”; Hear here) | (Normanium, May 31, 2011) |
| Sennen (British post-rockers) | “Age of Denial [MP3 Download]” (producer: Pat Collier; Hear here) | (Minty Fresh, May 31, 2011) |
| Alina Simone (Ukrainian-born singer) | “Make Your Own Danger” (producer: Steve Revitte; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Virtual Label, May 31, 2011) |
| JD Souther | “Natural History” (producer: Fred Mollin; guests: Jerry Douglas, Rod McGaha, John Hobbs; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (E1 Music, May 31, 2011) |
| Stewboss (L.A. rock/Americana quartet) | “Pilgrims & Runaways [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Stewsongs, May 31, 2011) |
| Trin-i-tee 5:7 (now a duo) | “Angel & Chanelle” (producer: P.J. Morton; first single: “Over and Over”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Music World Entertainment, May 31, 2011) |
| Vaccines, The | “What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, May 31, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Playing For Change: Songs Around the World, Part 2 [CD/DVD]” | (Hear Music, May 31, 2011) |
| Eddie Vedder | “Ukulele Songs” (producer: Vedder; guests: Cat Power’s Chan Marshall, Glen Hansard of the Frames and the Swell Season; Read here; MP3 Download; see related DVD below) | (Monkey Wrench, May 31, 2011) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Amboy Dukes, The | “Migration” (1968 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Repertoire, May 30, 2011) |
| Blasters, The | “Live 1986” (Read here; MP3 Download) | (S’more Entertainment, May 31, 2011) |
| BT | “These Re-Imagined Machines” (new version of 2010’s “These Hopeful Machines”; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Nettwerk/Black Hole, May 31, 2011) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Black Magic: The Best of the Early Years” (20 tracks) | (U.K. – Spectrum Audio, May 30, 2011) |
| Guess Who, The | “Flavours” (1975 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) | (Iconoclassic, May 31, 2011) |
| Linda Lewis | “Woman Overboard” (1977 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (U.K. – BBR, May 30, 2011) |
| Linx | “Intuition” (1981 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks) | (U.K. – BBR, May 30, 2011) |
| Jon Lucien | “Song For My Lady” (1975 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (U.K. – BBR, May 30, 2011) |
| O’Jays, The | “Back Stabbers” (1972 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (U.K. – BBR, May 30, 2011) |
| Ozzy Osbourne | “Blizzard of Ozz (Legacy Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; MP3 Download), “Diary of a Mad Man (Legacy Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with a second disc containing the unreleased “Ozzy Live”; MP3 Download) | (Epic/Legacy, May 31, 2011) |
| Mica Paris | “So Good: The Deluxe Edition” (1988 album, including “My One Temptation”; remastered, with 13 bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, May 30, 2011) |
| People’s Choice | “People’s Choice: The Casablanca Sessions” (1980 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Shout!, May 30, 2011) |
| David Sylvian | “Died in the Wool” (variations on his 2009 release “Manafon”; 2 CDs; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Samadhi Sound, May 31, 2011) |
| James Taylor | “JT [Hybrid SACD/DSD]” (1977 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity Koch, May 31, 2011) |
| Twisted Sister | “Under the Blade [CD/DVD]” (1982 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks and a DVD of their performance at the 1982 Reading Festival; See here; MP3 Download) | (Eagle, May 31, 2011) |
| Billy Vera | “The Billy Vera Story” (16 tracks; MP3 Download) | (S’more Entertainment, May 31, 2011) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Joshua Bell | “Nobel Prize Concert: Joshua Bell [DVD]” (with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Blu-ray) | (Accentus, May 31, 2011) |
| David Byrne | “David Byrne: Ride, Rise, Roar (A Live Concert Film) [DVD]” (from his 2008-09 tour; Blu-ray) | (Eagle, May 31, 2011) |
| Death Cab For Cutie | “Live at the Mt. Baker Theatre [DVD]” | (Atlantic, May 31, 2011) |
| Primal Scream | “Screamadelica Live [Blu-ray]” | (Eagle, May 31, 2011) |
| Various artists | “American Graffiti (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1973 film; Blu-ray) | (Universal, May 31, 2011) |
| Various artists | “A Clockwork Orange (Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1971 film, with music by Wendy Carlos; 2 discs) | (Warner, May 31, 2011) |
| Various artists | “A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young [DVD]” (January 2010 event featuring Elvis Costello, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Ben Harper, Elton John, Norah Jones, Lady Antebellum, Dave Matthews, James Taylor, Keith Urban, etc.; See here; Blu-ray) | (Shout! Factory, May 31, 2011) |
| Eddie Vedder | “Water on the Road: Eddie Vedder Live [DVD]” (includes a live performance of “You’re True” from “Ukulele Songs,” as well as a mix of Pearl Jam catalog, covers and songs from his “Into the Wild” album) | (Universal, May 31, 2011) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| David Browne | “Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970 [Hardcover]” | (Da Capo Press, May 31, 2011) |
| David “Lefty” Frizzell | “I Love You a Thousand Ways: The Lefty Frizzell Story [Hardcover]” (foreword by Merle Haggard) | (Santa Monica Press, June 1, 2011) |
| Linda McCartney | “Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs [Hardcover]” (retrospective volume, produced in close collaboration with Paul McCartney and their children; Read here) | (Taschen, June 1, 2011) |
| Moby | “Moby: Destroyed [Hardcover]” (a visual companion to his album of the same name) | (Damiani, May 31, 2011) |
| Frank Sinatra | “Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank Sinatra [Hardcover]” (author: Barbara Sinatra; Kindle) | (Crown Archetype, May 31, 2011) |