New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Lily Allen | “Sheezus” (producers: Greg Kurstin, DJ Dahi, Shellback; Hear here; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3, with five bonus tracks) | (Warner) |
| Anastacia | “Resurrection” (her first album of original songs since 2008’s “Heavy Rotation”; producers: John Fields, Steve Diamond, Teddy Scott, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, Michael Biancaniello; first single: “Stupid Little Things”; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – BMG Rights Management, May 5) |
| Andrew Jackson Jihad | “Christmas Island” (Hear here; MP3) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Atmosphere (Minneapolis hip-hop duo) | “Southsiders” (first single: “Bitter”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rhymesayers) |
| Black Stone Cherry | “Magic Mountain” (producer: Joe Barresi; first single: “Me and Mary Jane”; Hear here; MP3) | (Roadrunner) |
| Luka Bloom | “Head & Heart” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Compass) |
| crash | “Hardly Criminal” (producer: Ed Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros lead guitarist Mark Noseworthy; guests: members of Zeros, Dawes, Bright Eyes, etc.; first single: “Motion Animal”; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Community Music) |
| Kat Edmonson | “Way Down Low” (producer: Edmonson; guest: Lyle Lovett; Hear here; MP3) | (OKeh) |
| Eno • Hyde (Brian Eno and Karl Hyde) | “Someday World” (producers: Eno, Fred Gibson; guests: Tessa Angus, Nell Catchpole, Marianna Champion, Will Champion, Kasia Daszykowska, Don E., Darla Eno, Georgia Gibson, Andy Mackay, John Reynolds, Chris Vatalaro; Hear here; Vinyl; Special Edition) | (Warp) |
| Liam Finn (son of Neil Finn) | “The Nihilist” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Roddy Frame | “Seven Dials” (the former Aztec Camera frontman’s first solo album since 2006; producers: Frame, Sebastian Lewsley; first single: “Forty Days of Rain”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (U.K. – AED, May 5) |
| Kina Grannis | “Elements” (first single: “The Fire”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (One Haven Music) |
| Ben & Ellen Harper (son and mother) | “Childhood Home” (first single: “A House Is a Home”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Prestige Folklore) |
| Hunter Hayes | “Storyline” (producers: Hayes, Dann Huff; first single: “Invisible”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic Nashville) |
| The Horrors | “Luminous” (the British band’s first album since 2011; producers: The Horrors, Craig Silvey; first single: “I See You”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (XL Recordings) |
| Nikki Lane | “All or Nothin'” (producer: Dan Auerbach; Hear here; Vinyl + MP3; MP3) | (New West) |
| Lykke Li (Swedish pop singer) | “I Never Learn” (producers: Björn Yttling, Li, Greg Kurstin; new single: “No Rest For the Wicked”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (LL Recordings / Atlantic) |
| Matrimony (alt-folk troupe) | “Montibello Memories” (producer: Jay Joyce; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Maxïmo Park | “Too Much Information” (producers: Maxïmo Park; first single: “Brain Cells”; Hear here; MP3) | (Daylighting / [PIAS] America) |
| Sarah McLachlan | “Shine On” (producer: Pierre Marchand; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Verve) |
| Natalie Merchant | “Natalie Merchant” (producer: Merchant; guests: John Medeski, Simi Stone, Elizabeth Mitchell, Corliss Stafford, Shawn Pelton, Clark Gayton, Uri Sharlin, Jesse Murphy, Erik Della Penna, Gabriel Gordon; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Tim LeVan Miller | “Boredom Longs For Fear” (producer: Miller; first single: “Darlin”; ReverbNation) | (Tim LeVan Miller) |
| Morning Parade | “Pure Adulterated Joy” (first single: “Alienation”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (So Recordings / Caroline) |
| The Kelly Richey Band | “The Kelly Richey Band Live at The Blue Wisp” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Sweet Lucy) |
| Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) | “American Interior” (13 songs inspired by 18th-century Welsh explorer John Evans’ original journey across America; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – Turnstile, May 5) |
| Santana | “Corazón” (producer: Lester Mendez; collaborators: ChocQuibTown, Lila Downs, Gloria Estefan, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Juanes, Ziggy Marley, Miguel, Niña Pastori, Diego Torres, Samuel Rosa of Skank, Cindy Blackman Santana, Romeo Santos, Soledad, Wayne Shorter; new single: “Saideira”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Sony Latin Iberia / RCA) |
| Michael Stanley | “The Job” (mixed by legendary producer/engineer Bill Szymczyk; Hear here) | (Line Level Music) |
| Michael Sweet (of Stryper) | “I’m Not Your Suicide” (Hear here; MP3; see related book below) | (Big3) |
| tUnE-yArDs | “Nikki Nack” (first single: “Water Fountain”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (4AD) |
| Various artists | “All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman [CD/DVD]” (all-star tribute recorded at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre on Jan. 10, 2014, featuring Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, Eric Church, Zac Brown, Derek Trucks, John Hiatt, Widespread Panic, etc.; Hear here; Read here) | (Rounder) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 50” (21 tracks; MP3; Deluxe Edition, with a second CD of 14 past hits; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (NOW Music) |
| Willie Watson (formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show) | “Folk Singer Vol. 1” (producer: David Rawlings; Hear here) | (Acony) |
More Releases for the Week of May 6, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Max Collins (frontman of Eve 6) | “Honey From the Icebox [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Max Collins / Frozen Motion) |
| Coy Kids (N.J. indie-rock trio) | “Youthful Days [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Texiera / The Orchard) |
| Dar.Ra (U.K. songwriter-musician) | “Battle Hymns [MP3]” (producer: Darragh J. Brady; first single: “Kenetic”; Hear here) | (Kusha Deep Music, May 4) |
| Thomas Dybdahl (Norwegian singer-songwriter) | “What’s Left Is Forever [MP3]” (producer: Larry Klein; first single: “This Love Is Here To Stay”; Hear here; See here) | (Strange Cargo / Manhattan) |
| Brett Gleason (Brooklyn singer-songwriter) | “Brett Gleason [MP3]” (first single: “Calculated”; Hear here) | (Brett Gleason) |
| Cyndi Harvell | “Heartache & Revolution [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (Cyndi Harvell) |
| Les Big Byrd (Swedish duo) | “They Worshipped Cats [MP3]” (Joakim Åhlund was a member of Caesars and Teddybears and Frans Johansson was in Fireside; Hear here; See here) | (A Recordings, May 5) |
| MaryJaneDaniels (Nashville alt-country band) | “Cinco de Drinko [MP3]” (first single: “Beer”; ReverbNation) | (Doublewide Penthouse Music, May 5) |
| Johnny Orr Band | “Down South [MP3]” (producer: Orr; first single: “We’ll Get By [The Autism Song]”; Hear here) | (John + John Entertainment, May 5) |
“A friend of mine asked me to write (‘We’ll Get By’) in 2012,” Orr tells P&P. “Candi Spitz and I became friends on Facebook, and she has twin sons who are autistic. It actually took a little over a year before anything came to me, but I woke up one morning with the first couple of lines just dancing in my head.”
| SomethingALaMode (Parisian electro-pop duo) | “Endless Stairs [MP3]” (guests: DWNTWN, Dan Black, Lola, Adam Joseph, Rinko Kikuchi; Hear here; See here) | (SALM, May 5) |
| Stand Up And Say No | “Assuming Loyal [MP3]” (four-song EP; first single: “Can You Feel”; Hear here) | (9218-1924 Quebec Inc.) |
| Strange Anthem (Melbourne, Australia-based singer-songwriter Daniel Laverack) | “Volume 1 [MP3]” (three-song EP; ReverbNation) | (MondoTunes, May 4) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Big Country | “Steeltown: Deluxe Edition” (1984 album; remastered, with a second CD of B-sides, radio edits, demos and other rarities; Read here) | (U.K. – Universal, May 5) |
| Blue Magic | “Message From the Magic” (1977 album; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Eric Clapton | “Journeyman [Hybrid SACD]” (1989 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| John Coltrane | “The Complete Ray Draper Quintet Sessions 1957-58” (MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| A Firm Handshake (lead singer Zach Sobiech died last year after a bout with cancer) | “Fix Me Up (Deluxe Edition) [CD/DVD]” (their debut 2013 EP contains the song “Clouds,” which became a YouTube sensation before Sobiech’s death in May 2013; 100 percent of all net proceeds from “Clouds” go to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund; See here; MP3; see related book below) | (Rock the Cause) |
| The Flying Burrito Brothers | “Devils In Disguise: 1971 Live Broadcast” (18 tracks) | (Smokin’) |
| Connie Francis | “The Complete US & UK Singles A’s & B’s, 1958-62” (four CDs; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Jellyfish | “Bellybutton: Deluxe Edition” (1990 album; remastered, with a second disc of bonus material), “Spilt Milk: Deluxe Edition” (1993 album; remastered, with a second disc of bonus material; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Ramsey Lewis | “Complete Recordings 1960-1962 [Box set]” (eight full albums on four CDs; Read here) | (Enlightenment) |
| Kirsty MacColl | “All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology” (two-CD, 43-song collection of hits, album cuts, rare B-sides, live sessions, etc.) | (U.K. – Salvo, May 5) |
| The Move | “Live at Fillmore 1969” (two CDs; Read here) | (Right Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Ragga Ragga Ragga 2014” (14-song dancehall compilation; See here; MP3) | (Greensleeves / VP) |
| Various artists | “Top 40: 80s Essentials” (two CDs, 40 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Crimson / Demon Music Group, May 5) |
| Muddy Waters | “The Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles As & Bs 1947-62” (four CDs, 49 songs; Read here; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
More Releases for the Week of May 6, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Kings Road | “Heaven and Earth [MP3]” (1997 album) | (R.D.E.G., May 5) |
| Rustic Overtones | “¡Viva Nueva! [MP3]” (2001 album) | (Rhino) |
| Todd Rundgren’s Utopia | “Live At Hammersmith Odeon ’75 [MP3]” | (Shout! Factory) |
| Cal Tjader | “Black Orchid [MP3]” (1993 compilation; 30 songs) | (Mood Indigo) |
| The Trash Can Sinatras | “I’ve Seen Everything [MP3]” (1993 album; includes “Hayfever”) | (R.D.E.G., May 5) |
| Various artists | “Every Child Deserves a Lifetime: Songs From The For Our Children Series [MP3]” (2007 compilation features tracks from Sting, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, Faith Hill, Babyface, etc.; benefits the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) | (Shout! Factoe22ry) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Kristen Bell | “Veronica Mars [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd | “The Blues Brothers [Blu-ray + DVD]” (1980 film; featuring theatrical and extended versions; See here) | (Universal Studios) |
| Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Robert Picardo, Concetta Tomei, et al | “China Beach: Season 3 [DVD]” (See here) | (StarVista / Time Life) |
| Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep | “The Bridges of Madison County [Blu-ray]” (1995 film; See here) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman | “Blazing Saddles: 40th Anniversary [Blu-ray]” (1974 film, directed by Mel Brooks; See here) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Public Enemy | “Welcome to the Terrordome: 20 years of Rap, Rock and Revolution [DVD]” (2010 documentary film; See here) | (Eastlink) |
| Various artists | “A Celebration of Blues and Soul: The 1989 Presidential Inaugural Concert [DVD]” (Jan. 21, 1989, show featuring never-before-seen performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Carla Thomas, etc.; Read here) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Suzanne Vega | “Solitude Standing [DVD]” (filmed at the Rome Auditorium in July 2003; See here) | (Wienerworld / MVD) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of May 6, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Alexandra Crockett | “Metal Cats [Paperback]” (hardcore-metal musicians and their cats) | (powerHouse Books) |
| Jessye Norman | “Stand Up Straight and Sing! [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |
| Joe Satriani | “Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (BenBella Books) |
| Laura Sobiech (mother of the late Zach Sobiech) | “Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way [Hardcover]” (Paperback; Kindle) | (Thomas Nelson) |
| Rick Springfield | “Magnificent Vibration: A Novel [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Touchstone) |
| Michael Sweet | “Honestly: My Life and Stryper Revealed [Hardcover]” (co-authors: Dave Rose, Doug Van Pelt) | (Big3) |
More Book Releases for the Week of May 6, 2014