New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ancient Ocean (aka J.R. Bohannon) | “Blood Moon” (four-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Beyond Beyond is Beyond) |
| Aranda (OKC rock band led by brothers Dameon and Gabe Aranda) | “Not the Same” (first single: “Don’t Wake Me”; Hear here; MP3) | (Wind-up) |
| August Burns Red | “Found in Far Away Places” (guest: Jeremy McKinnon; first single: “The Wake”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fearless) |
| Being As An Ocean | “Being As An Ocean” (producer: Matthew McClellan; first single: “Little Richie”; Hear here; MP3) | (InVogue) |
| Bilal | “In Another Life” (producer: Adrian Younge; first single: “Satellites”; Hear here; MP3) | (Purpose Music Group / eOne Music) |
| Bitter End | “Illusions of Dominance” (first single: “Power and Control”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Deathwish) |
| Easton Corbin | “About to Get Real” (producer: Carson Chamberlain; first single: “Baby Be My Love Song”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Ecstatic Vision (Philly rock group) | “Sonic Praise” (first single: “Don’t Kill the Vibe”; Hear here; MP3) | (Relapse, June 29) |
| Failure | “The Heart Is a Monster” (the alt-rock band’s first album since 1996; 18 tracks; first single: “Hot Traveler”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (INresidence) |
| Goblin Rebirth (members of Italian film score figureheads Goblin) | “Goblin Rebirth” (Hear here; MP3) | (Relapse) |
| Good Old War | “Broken into Better Shape” (producer: Jason Lehning; first single: “Tell Me What You Want From Me”; Hear here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| Fraser A. Gorman (Australian singer-songwriter) | “Slow Gum” (guest: Courtney Barnett; new single: “Broken Hands”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Anxiety / Marathon Artists) |
| The Internet (Odd Future affiliate led by Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians) | “Ego Death” (producers: The Internet, Jimmy Douglass; guests: Janelle Monáe, Kaytranada, Vic Mensa, Tyler, the Creator, etc.; first single: “Special Affair”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Odd Future, June 29) |
| JOBS (experimental noise collective) | “killer BOB sings” (producer: Shannon Fields; first single: “Patient Angel”; Hear here; MP3) | (New Amsterdam) |
| Jungle Rot (death-metal quartet) | “Order Shall Prevail” (guest: Max Cavalera; Hear here; MP3) | (Victory) |
| Love Amongst Ruin (fronted by former Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt) | “Lose Your Way” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ancient B) |
| Main Attrakionz | “808s and Dark Grapes III” (guests: Shady Blaze, Robbie Rob, Dope G., Lo Da Kid; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Vapor, June 29) |
| Man Overboard (N.J. pop-punk band) | “Heavy Love” (producer: Bill Stevenson; first single: “Borderline”; Hear here; LP + CD; MP3) | (Rise, June 29) |
| Ky-Mani Marley (son of Bob Marley) | “Maestro” (guests: Damian Marley, Matisyahu, Gentleman, Kreesha Turner; first single: “All the Way”; Hear here; MP3) | (Konfrontation Muzic) |
| Matt Pond PA | “The State of Gold” (guests: Laura Burhenn of The Mynabirds, Matt Iwanusa of Caveman; first single: “More No More”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Doghouse) |
| Miguel | “Wildheart” (guests: Kurupt, Lenny Kravitz; first single: “Coffee (F***ing),” feat. Wale; Hear here; MP3) | (ByStorm Entertainment / RCA, June 29) |
| Popof (aka Alexandre Paounov) | “Love Somebody” (new single: “Words Gone,” feat. Arno Joey; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Hot Creations) |
| Trevor Rabin | “Max (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (the MGM film about a military working dog traumatized by his handler’s death opened June 26; See here; MP3) | (Sony Classical) |
| Refused | “Freedom” (the punk group’s first album in 17 years; producers: Nick Launay, Shellback; first single: “Elektra”; Hear here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Epitaph / Burning Heart, June 29) |
| Senses Fail | “Pull the Thorns From Your Heart” (producer: Shaun Lopez; first single: “The Importance of the Moment of Death”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Pure Noise) |
| Slightly Stoopid | “Meanwhile … Back at the Lab” (producers: Slightly Stoopid, Michael “Miguel” Happoldt, Marshall “Ras MG” Goodman; first single: “Life Rolls On”; Hear here; MP3) | (Stoopid) |
| Richard Smallwood with Vision | “Anthology Live” (two CDs; MP3) | (RCA Inspiration) |
| Vince Staples | “Summertime ’06” (producers: No I.D., DJ Dahi, Clams Casino and Christian Rich; guests: Daley, DJ Dahi, Joey Fatts, Kilo Fish, etc.; Hear here; See here; NPR First Listen; MP3) | (Def Jam) |
| Twin Danger (bluesy noir jazz duo of Vanessa Bley and longtime Sade member Stuart Matthewman) | “Twin Danger” (producer: Twin Danger; first single: “Coldest Kind of Heart”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Decca) |
| Various artists | “Magic Mike XXL: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (sequel opens in theaters July 1; See here; MP3) | (WaterTower Music) |
| The Velvet Teen (Sonoma Country, Calif.-based indie-rock band) | “All Is Illusory” (producers: Steve Choi, Roger Camero; Hear here; MP3) | (Topshelf) |
| Joy Williams (formerly of The Civil Wars) | “Venus” (first single: “Woman [Oh Mama]”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3; Clear Vinyl + Signed Lithograph) | (Sensibility Music / Columbia, June 29) |
| X Ambassadors (alt-rock quartet from Ithaca, N.Y.) | “VHS” (producer: Alex Da Kid; first single: “Renegades”; Hear here; MP3) | (KIDinaKORNER / Interscope) |
| Neil Young + Promise of the Real | “The Monsanto Years” (CD/DVD; with the band Promise of the Real, featuring Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Michah; Hear here; MP3) | (Reprise, June 29) |
More Releases for the Week of June 30, 2015
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Dianca Denay (Euro Canadian singer-songwriter) | “Halo The Painkiller No. 2” (producers: Denay, Panther Records; first single: “I’m Not That Girl”; Hear here) | (Panther, July 1) |
| Josh Flagg | “Lights Out” (three-song EP; producer: Kieran Kelly; first single: “Lights Out”; Hear here) | (Residential) |
| Joacim Henning | “Bliss EP” (six songs; producer: dna|ao; first single: “My Girl Likes Girls (#MGLG)”; Hear here) | (DNA|AO LLC) |
| Mocky (songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Dominic “Mocky” Salole) | “Key Change” (producer: Mocky; first single: “Whistlin'”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Heavy Sheet) |
| Old Best Friend (aka Brooklyn singer-songwriter Mike Comite) | “Living Alone” (producers: Comite, Steve Sopchak; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (DistroKid.com) |
| Voice Coils (Brooklyn experimental art-pop quintet) | “Heaven’s Sense” (four-song EP; first single: “An Atrium”; Hear here) | (Shatter Your Leaves) |
| Sean Webb (aka The Basement Tapes, an electronic producer/songwriter from Auckland) | “Loving Me” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Ralenteer / Marquis, July 1) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of June 30, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Anathema | “Fine Days 1999-2004” (box set includes the remastered albums “Judgement,” “A Fine Day To Exit” and “A Natural Disaster,” with the “Where You There?” DVD) | (The End) |
| Banana and the Bunch | “Mid-Mountain-Ranch” (1972 album, the sole disc from The Youngbloods’ multi-instrumentalist Banana, aka Lowell Levinger; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, June 29) |
| Harry Chapin | “The Bottom Line Archive: Live 1981”(MP3) | (The Bottom Line Record Company) |
| Joe Cocker | “With a Little Help From My Friends [Hybrid SACD]” (1969 album; remastered; Read here) | (Audio Fidelity, June 29) |
| The Doors | “The Best of the Doors [Hybrid SACD]” (1973 album; remastered; Read here) | (Audio Fidelity, June 29) |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | “Trilogy (Deluxe Edition)” (1972 album; remastered, with an alternative-mixes disc and a surround sound DVD Audio disc; MP3) | (Razor & Tie, June 29) |
| Fanny | “Fanny Hill (Expanded Edition)” (1972 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music, June 29) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks Volume Five: Oakland Auditorium Arena 12/26/79” (three CDs, 25 tracks) | (Real Gone Music, June 29) |
| Janis Ian | “The Bottom Line Archive: Live 1980”(MP3) | (The Bottom Line Record Company) |
| KC & The Sunshine Band | “All in a Night’s Work” (1982 album, featuring “Give It Up”; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Karin Krog | “Don’t Just Sing / An Anthology: 1963-1999” (16 tracks) | (Light in the Attic) |
| The Lovin’ Spoonful | “Do You Believe in Magic” (1965 album; remastered), “Daydream” (1966 album; remastered), “Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful” (1966 album; remastered) | (Sundazed Music, June 29) |
| Billy Ocean | “City Limit” (1980 album; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Eugene Record (of The Chi-Lites) | “Welcome to My Fantasy” (1979 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Hear here) | (U.K. – Expansion, June 29) |
| Ronny and the Daytonas | “The Complete Recordings” (two CDs, 48 tracks; 44 Mala, Amy and RCA sides, plus four unreleased tracks) | (Real Gone Music, June 29) |
| 311 | “311 – Archive” (four-disc, 81-track box set, with 60-page book; featuring unreleased songs, B-sides, bonus tracks, pre-production recordings, alternate versions and demos; MP3) | (Volcano Entertainment / Legacy, June 29) |
| Pete Townshend | “Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend” (17 tracks, including two new songs; first single: “Guantanamo”; Hear/read here; MP3; iTunes) | (Universal Music Enterprises) |
| Tina Turner | “Private Dancer: 30th Anniversary Edition” (1984 album; remastered, with a second CD containing remixes, B-sides, non-album singles and a live track; Read here; MP3) | (Warner / Rhino, June 29) |
| Various artists | “The Bottom Line Archive: In Their Own Words, Volume 1” (MP3), “The Bottom Line Archive: In Their Own Words, Volume 2” (MP3) | (The Bottom Line Record Company, June 29) |
| Various artists | “Guys on 45: 1961-1965” (26 songs; Track list) | (Teensville) |
| Various artists | “The Jewel/Paula Rock Story” (two CDs, 36 songs; Track list) | (Airline) |
| The Viscounts | “Harlem Nocturne” (1965 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, June 29) |
More Releases for the Week of June 30, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart | “Get Hard [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, et al | “Five Easy Pieces (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (1970 film; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman | “Last Knights [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Lionsgate) |
| Luciano Pavarotti | “Pavarotti Plus: Live From the Royal Albert Hall [DVD]” (1995 gala concert includes a duet with Dolora Zajick from Verdi’s “Aida” and the final scene from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Nuccia Focile and Dwayne Croft; See here; Blu-ray) | (Decca) |
| Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, et al | “While We’re Young [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate) |
| Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliott, et al | “Road House [Blu-ray]” (1989 film) | (MGM) |
| Various artists | “The Decline of Western Civilization Collection [DVD]” (four-disc music documentary trilogy box set, containing Penelope Spheeris’ “The Decline of Western Civilization” [1980], “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years” [1988] and “The Decline of Western Civilization Part III” [1998], a 40-page book with an essay written by rock historian Domenic Priore, rare stills, and bonus features; Blu-ray) | (Shout! Factory) |
| John Williams | “A John Williams Celebration [DVD]” (the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2014/15 Opening Night Concert and Gala pays tribute to the Oscar-winning composer; Blu-ray) | (C Major Entertainment) |
| The Who | “Live At Shea Stadium 1982 [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| “Weird Al” Yankovic | “UHF (25th Anniversary Edition) [DVD]” (1989 film; Blu-ray) | (Shout! Factory) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of June 30, 2015
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| The Cramps | “Journey to the Centre of the Cramps” (Paperback; author: Dick Porter) | (Omnibus Press, July 1) |
| Dave Grohl | “Dave Grohl – Times Like His: Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Other Misadventures” (Paperback; author: Martin James) | (Music Press Books, July 2) |
| Noddy Holder (of Slade) | “The World According To Noddy: Life Lessons Learned In and Out of Rock & Roll” (Paperback) | (Little, Brown Book Group, July 1) |
| Zayn Malik | “Zayn: A New Direction” (Hardcover; author: Sarah Oliver) | (John Blake Publishing Ltd., July 2) |
| Loren Weisman | “Music Business For Dummies” (Paperback) | (For Dummies, June 29) |
| Charlie Wilson | “I Am Charlie Wilson” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Atria Books / 37 Ink) |
More Book Releases for the Week of June 30, 2015
Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Innovative Technology | “ITVS-750B Nostalgic Aviator 7-in-1 Turntable Wooden Entertainment Center with Bluetooth” (record vinyl and cassettes to CD; Bluetooth capability streams music wirelessly up to 33 feet away) | (June 29) |
| Philips | “M1MKIIBK/27 Fidelio M1 MKII Headphones with Mic” | (June 30) |
| ZAZZ | “ZAZZ Handy Kindle/iPadTablet Stand” | (June 30) |