New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Black Light White Light (Danish psychedelic rock group) | “Gold Into Dreams” (producer: Chris “Frenchie” Smith; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Target) |
| California X | “Nights in the Dark” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Kat Dahlia | “My Garden” (producers: Frankie Storm, Glass John, J. Dens, Missy Elliott, Naughty Boy, Salaam Remi, Step, Rico Love, Timbaland, Tricky Stewart; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Vested in Culture / Epic) |
| DMX | “Redemption of the Beast” (guests: Rampage, Freeway, Jannyce; MP3) | (Seven Arts Entertainment) |
| Justin Townes Earle | “Absent Fathers” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Vagrant) |
| The Expendables | “Sand in the Sky” (first single: “Starry Night; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Controlled Substance Recordings) |
| Guster | “Evermotion” (producer: Richard Swift; first single: “Never Coming Down”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Ocho Mule / Nettwerk) |
| Ella Henderson (sixth-place on “X Factor” in the U.K. in 2012) | “Chapter One” (her first album debuted at No. 1 in the U.K. in October 2014; producers: Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Toby Smith, Ryan Tedder, TMS, Dapo Torimiro, Noel Zancanella; first single: “Ghost”; Hear here; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Syco Music / Columbia) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop 27” (MP3; iTunes) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Alison Moyet | “minutes and seconds – live” (13-song live album; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Cooking Vinyl / Metropolis) |
| Donny Osmond | “The Soundtrack of My Life” (Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; iTunes) | (Verve) |
| Palisades (electronic hardcore band) | “Mind Games” (producer: Erik Ron; guests: blackbear, Champs, Garret Rapp; See here; iTunes) | (Rise) |
| Panda Bear (of Animal Collective) | “Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper” (first single: “Mr. Noah”; See here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; iTunes) | (Domino) |
| Chris Potter Underground Orchestra | “Imaginary Cities” (producer: Manfred Eicher; Hear here) | (ECM) |
| Mark Ronson | “Uptown Special” (producers: Ronson, Jeff Bhasker; guests: Bruno Mars, Mystikal; first single: “Uptown Funk”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (RCA) |
| Jonathan Rundman (Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter) | “Look Up” (producer: Matt Patrick; guests: Dr. Daniel Levitin, Parthenon Huxley, Brent Bourgeois, Walter Salas-Humara; first single: “Prioritize Us”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Salt Lady) |
| Jazmine Sullivan | “Reality Show” (producers: Key Wane, Salaam Remi, Da Internz, Joe Gallagher, etc.; guest: Meek Mill; first single: “Dumb”; Hear here; Read here; MP3; iTunes) | (RCA) |
| Meghan Trainor | “Title” (producer: Kevin Kadish; new single: “Lips Are Movin”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes) | (Epic) |
| Various artists | “Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis'” (34 tracks, featuring Elvis Costello, Jack White, Marcus Mumford, Joan Baez, The Avett Brothers, Punch Brothers, etc.; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Nonesuch) |
| Various artists | “Boardwalk Empire Volume Three: Music From the HBO Original Series” (MP3) | (ABKCO) |
| Various artists | “Full Court Press, Vol. 1” (project celebrating the start of the 2014-15 NBA season features new music from T-Pain, Future, Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy, Maino, etc., sharing the mic with NBA stars Lamar Odom, Shawn “Matrix” Marion, Carlos Boozer, Iman Shumpert, etc.; Hear here; See here) | (The Cherry Party) |
| Various artists | “Honeymoon in Vegas: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (stars Rob McClure, Brynn O’Malley and Tony Danza; producers: Jason Robert Brown, Jeffrey Lesser; Hear here; MP3) | (Universal Music Enterprises) |
| Various artists | “Paddington (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (music by Nick Urata; MP3) | (Decca) |
| Sonya Yoncheva | “Paris, mon amour” (rising Bulgarian soprano star’s debut album; Hear here; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Sony Classical) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 13, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Borgore | “The Buygore Album” (collaborations with artists signed to the rapper-singer-producer’s label; first single: “Lindsay Lohan”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Buygore) |
| Brian Culbertson | “Brian Culbertson Live – 20th Anniversary Tour” (recorded at Yoshi’s in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 11-14, 2014; producer: Culbertson; Hear here; iTunes) | (BCM Entertainment, Inc., Jan. 12) |
| Glee Cast | “Glee: The Music – Homecoming” (five songs; iTunes) | (Columbia) |
| Nate Green | “Road Map” (seven-song EP; Hear here; iTunes) | (Conway / GMV Nashville) |
| Kryptic (Melbourne, Australia, hip-hop artist Jackson Wright) | “The Soundtrack” (guests: Kassidy Wright, Flip Simmons, Copywrite, DJ Jai K, Diktion One, Jordan Creely; Hear here) | (Kryptic) |
| Marios Papalexis | “Love Paths” (producer: Papalexis; first single: “Let Me Be With You”; Hear here) | (Marios Papalexis, Jan. 17) |
| The Veitch Boys | “The Veitch Boys E.P.” (producers: Michael Veitch, Julie Last; guests: Jerry Marotta, Pete Levin, Steve Holley, Eric Parker, Kyle Esposito, Mark Dann, Mike Lindauer, Madeline Veitch; first single: “August Nights”; Hear here) | (Burt Street) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Jan. 13, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mose Allison | “The Mose Allison Collection 1956-62 [Box set]” (four CDs; iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| Clifford Brown | “13 Classic Albums: 1954-1960 [Box set]” (six CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Neal Hefti | “The Neal Hefti Collection 1944-62 [Box set]” (four CDs; iTunes) | (Acrobat) |
| It’s a Beautiful Day | “Workin’ the Goldmine: Live 2000” (with four bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Classic Music Vault) |
| Jefferson Airplane | “Last Stand At Winterland: 1970 Radio Broadcast” | (Leftfield Media) |
| Level 42 | “Something About You: The Collection” | (U.K. – Spectrum Audio, Jan. 12) |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | “The Complete US & UK Singles As & Bs, EPs & LPs 1956-62” (two CDs, 56 songs; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Little Feat | “Hellzapoppin’: The 1975 Halloween Broadcast” | (All Access) |
| The Moody Blues | “The Magnificent Moodies” (50th anniversary remastered and expanded version; 1965 album; with a second CD containing 15 bonus tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Esoteric Antenna / Cherry Red) |
| Lou Reed | “Hassled In April: Live in Chicago 1978” | (Smokin’) |
| Sonny Rollins | “The Prestige Years [Box set]” (nine complete albums on five CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees | “Spellbound: The Collection” | (U.K. – Spectrum Audio, Jan. 12) |
| Various artists | “Billboard #1 Gospel Hits” (two CDs, 20 songs; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Various artists | “Essential Radio Hits of the 60s Volume 5” (15 songs; Track list) | (ClassicMusicCo.com) |
| Various artists | “The Legacy Collection: Fantasia” | (Walt Disney) |
| Johnny Winter | “Remembrance Volume 1” (three-CD set features “Live Bootleg Series,” “Live Bootleg Special Edition” and “Live Rarities”) | (Friday Music) |
More Releases for the Week of Jan. 13, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ace of Base | “Happy Nation” (their 1992 debut album; remastered, with one bonus track) | (Playground Music, Jan. 16) |
| Woody Allen | “The Stand-Up Years 1964-1968” (31 tracks) | (Razor & Tie) |
| James Cotton | “The Best of James Cotton: The Alligator Records Years” (17 tracks) | (Alligator, Jan. 14) |
| Tinsley Ellis | “The Best of Tinsley Ellis” (16 tracks) | (Alligator, Jan. 14) |
| Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials | “The Best of Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials” (20 tracks) | (Alligator, Jan. 14) |
| Eric Lindell | “The Best of Eric Lindell” (20 tracks) | (Alligator, Jan. 14) |
| Lonnie Mack | “The Best of Lonnie Mack: The Alligator Records Years” (15 tracks) | (Alligator, Jan. 14) |
| Coco Montoya | “The Best of Coco Montoya: The Alligator Records Years” (17 tracks) | (Alligator, Jan. 14) |
| Carl Smith | “The Essential Carl Smith” (40 tracks) | (Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
| Gary Stewart | “The Essential Gary Stewart” (40 tracks) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “The First US Hot 100 August 1958, Vol. 1” (50 tracks), “The First US Hot 100 August 1958, Vol. 2” (50 tracks) | (Acrobat, Jan. 12) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of Jan. 13, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Trace Adkins | “Live Country! [DVD]” | (Eagle Rock) |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | “So It Goes: The Story of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) [DVD]” (told through interviews, live clips and more) | (Laser Media) |
| Deep Purple | “Deep Purple: Into the Fire [DVD]” (two-disc book set collectors limited edition) | (eOne Music) |
| Genesis | “Sum of the Parts [DVD]” (career-spanning documentary, directed by John Edginton, features contributions from Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips; includes previously unseen archive material and rare performance footage; See here; iTunes) | (Eagle Vision) |
| Guided By Voices | “The Electrifying Conclusion [DVD]” (New Year’s Eve 2004 concert in Chicago) | (MVD Visual) |
| Charlotte Rae, Nancy McKeon, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, et al | “The Facts of Life: The Complete Series [DVD]” (26 discs) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Rye Coalition | “The Story of the Hard Luck 5 [DVD]” | (Matzorific) |
| Clark Terry, Justin Kauflin | “Keep on Keepin’ On [DVD]” (2014 documentary; See here) | (Anchor Bay) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Jan. 13, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Marky Ramone | “Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone [Hardcover]” (co-author: Richard Herschlag; Kindle; iTunes) | (Touchstone) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Jan. 13, 2015