New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Adelitas Ways | “Deserve This” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Wild Wild West) |
| The Answer (Northern Irish rockers) | “Raise a Little Hell” (producer: Will Maya; Hear here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Napalm) |
| Ólafur Arnalds & Alice Sara Ott | “The Chopin Project” (guest: Mari Samuelsen; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Mercury Classics) |
| Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield | “Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ramseur) |
| AWOLNATION | “Run” (producer: frontman Aaron Bruno; first single: “Hollow Moon [Bad Wolf]”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Red Bull) |
| The Bunny Hop | “Hair Helmet EP” (producers: Andy Ziats, Andrea Tarka, John White; first single: “How Does That Sound?”; Hear here) | (The Bunny Hop) |
| Marc Cary (electro-acoustic keyboard wizard) | “Rhodes Ahead Vol. 2” (Hear here; MP3) | (Motéma Music) |
| Glen Hansard | “It Was Triumph We Once Proposed … Songs of Jason Molina” (proceeds go to the estate of Jason Molina, the Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. member who died in 2013; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Overcoat Recordings) |
| Hawk Nelson | “Diamonds” (first single: “Drops in the Ocean”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fair Trade Services) |
| Houndmouth | “Little Neon Limelight” (producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Rough Trade) |
| Tobias Jesso Jr. | “Goon” (producers: Chet White, Patrick Carney, Ariel Rechtshaid; first single: “Hollywood”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (True Panther Sounds) |
| Stone Jack Jones | “Love & Torture” (guest: Patty Griffin; first single: “Shine”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Mark Knopfler | “Tracker” (producers: Knopfler, Guy Fletcher; first single: “Beryl”; Hear here; Box set; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Verve) |
| Liz Longley | “Liz Longley” (producer: Gus Berry; guests: Michael Rhodes, Nir Zidkyahu, Tom Bukovac, Danny Rader, John Hobbs, JT Corenflos, Marco Giovino; Hear here; MP3) | (Sugar Hill) |
| Lunden Reign (prog ensemble) | “American Stranger” (producer: Luis Maldonado; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Matt Maher | “Saints and Sinners” (producers: Maher, Paul Moak; first single: “Because He Lives [Amen]”; Hear here; MP3) | (Essential) |
| Marina and the Diamonds | “FROOT” (producers: Marina Diamandis, David Kosten; first single: “Froot”; Hear here; See here) | (Neon Gold / Atlantic, March 16) |
| Marcus Miller | “Afrodeezia” (Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
| Modest Mouse | “Strangers to Ourselves” (their first album since 2007; first single: “Lampshades on Fire”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Glacial Pace / Epic) |
| Allison Moorer | “Down to Believing” (producer: Kenny Greenberg; first single: “Like It Used To Be”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Nashville) |
| Papa Mali (New Orleans-based singer-guitarist) | “Music Is Love” (producer: John Chelew; Hear here; MP3) | (429) |
| The Pine Hill Project (Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell) | “Tomorrow You’re Going” (producer: Larry Campbell; first single: a cover of Nick Lowe’s “I Live on a Battlefield”; Hear here; MP3) | (Signature Sounds) |
| Ranger (Finnish speed metal band) | “Where Evil Dwells” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Spinefarm) |
| Xavier Rudd & The United Nations (Aussie singer-songwriter with multicultural ensemble) | “Nanna” (mixed by Errol Brown at Tuff Gong Studios; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nettwerk) |
| San Cisco (Australian indie pop band) | “Gracetown” (first single: “Run”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Island City) |
| Sasha’s Bloc (jazz-swing collective) | “Heart on Fire” (guests: Jane Monheit, Patrick Tuzzolino, Octavia Pace, Glynis Leflore, Princess Fortier, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Sasha’s Bloc) |
| Sleeping With Sirens | “Madness” (producers: John Feldmann, Sleeping With Sirens; first single: “Kick Me”; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition, with two bonus tracks) | (Epitaph) |
| Twin Shadow | “Eclipse” (first single: “Turn Me Up”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Various artists | “Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (featuring tracks from Iggy Azalea, Flo Rida, T.I., Prince Royce, David Guetta, DJ Shadow, Juicy J, etc.; opens in theaters on April 3; See here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Various artists | “On the Town (New Broadway Cast Recording)” (revival of the classic musical comedy by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Hear here) | (PS Classics) |
More Releases for the Week of March 17, 2015
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Antigone Rising | “Whiskey & Wine Vol. II” (Hear here) | (Rising Shine) |
| Paul Carrack | “Paul Carrack Live at the London Palladium” (See here) | (Carrack UK, March 16) |
| Club America (Brazilian alt-rock quartet) | “Let’s Go Outside” (Hear here) | (Sonovibe) |
| earlyRise (L.A. melodic rock group) | “Colors” (first single: “Safer In Here”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (earlyRise, March 20) |
| The Electric West | “Verdugo” (four-song EP; producer: Joseph Calleiro, RA Sound; first single: “Portland”; Hear here) | (Future Force, March 21) |
| Glee Cast | “Glee: The Music – We Built This Glee Club” (six songs) | (Columbia) |
| Nic Hessler | “Soft Connections” (first single: “Hearts, Repeating”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; CD) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Kendrick Lamar | “To Pimp a Butterfly” (producers: Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dre, etc.; new single: “The Blacker The Berry”; Hear here; CD; iTunes) | (Aftermath / Interscope, March 16) |
| Special Request featuring Rey T | “Down and Out” (producers: R. Thomas, C J Thomas; guest: Korrosive; first single: “Down and Out”; Hear here; See here) | (MRE Entertainment / Prime USA / InGrooves) |
| Swiss Lips (dance-electro-pop band from Manchester, U.K.) | “Swiss Lips” (first single: “Books”; Hear/read here) | (Foreverever, March 16) |
| Roch Voisine | “Movin’ on Maybe” (Hear here; CD) | (RV International Inc., March 16) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of March 17, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Basia | “London Warsaw New York (Deluxe Edition)” (1989 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus remixes, B-sides and rarities; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, March 16) |
| Dread Zeppelin | “Re-Led-ed: The Best Of” (13 tracks; Vinyl) | (Cleopatra) |
| Jefferson Airplane | “Bark” (1971 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Iconoclassic) |
| L.A. Guns | “Toronto 1990” (MP3) | (Deadline Music / Cleopatra) |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | “Lynyrd Skynyrd [Vinyl box set]” (six LPs) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Britt Nicole | “The Remixes” (12 tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Capitol Christian Music Group) |
| The Pretty Things | “Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky [Box set]” (16-disc collection, celebrating their 50th anniversary, includes 11 studio albums, 42 bonus tracks, two DVDs, etc.; Read here; See here) | (Snapper Classics) |
| Rockwell | “Somebody’s Watching Me” (1984 album; remastered) | (Japan – Motown / Universal, March 16) |
| Rush | “2112 [Vinyl]” (1976 album; remastered, on 200-gram, heavyweight vinyl), “All the World’s a Stage [Vinyl]” (1976 double album; remastered, on 200-gram, heavyweight vinyl) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Simple Minds | “Sparkle in the Rain (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with bonus single edits, B-sides and extended mixes; Read here; MP3) | (Virgin) |
| Randy Stonehill | “Welcome to Paradise” (1976 album; remastered) | (Solid Rock) |
| Donna Summer | “The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles” | (U.K. – Spectrum, March 16) |
| The Untouchables | “Free Yourself: Ska Hits” (13 tracks; See here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
More Releases for the Week of March 17, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Crystal Method | “The Crystal Method Remixed” (remixes of four songs from their 2014 “The Crystal Method” album; Hear here) | (Tiny e) |
| Gareth Emery | “Drive: Refueled” (A-list producers and DJs were enlisted to pump the 12 tracks from last year’s “Drive” with new energy; Hear here) | (Garuda) |
| Tom Jones | “Delilah” (1968 album; See here) | (Decca) |
| Various artists | “Canada: Music of the Inuit – The Copper Eskimo Tradition” | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/studio: |
| Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Conrad Bain, et al | “Maude: The Complete Series [DVD]” (19 discs) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Christian Bale, John Turturro, et al | “Exodus: Gods and Kings [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, et al | “Penguins of Madagascar [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (20th Century Fox) |
| David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, et al | “Song of the Sea [DVD]” (Oscar-nominated animated film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson | “Top Five [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Paramount) |
| Shuggie Otis | “Shuggie Otis: Live In Williamsburg [DVD]” (filmed April 19, 2013, at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.; See here; CD) | (Cleopatra) |
| Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, et al | “Annie [DVD]” (2014 film; bonus features include five sing-along tracks, a deleted song, bloopers, rrivia, outtakes with Sandy, a music video, etc.; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Sony Pictures) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of March 17, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Tony Barrell | “Born to Drum: The Truth About the World’s Greatest Drummers–from John Bonham and Keith Moon to Sheila E. and Dave Grohl” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Dey Street Books) |
| Ja Rule | “Unruly: The Highs and Lows of Becoming a Man” (Paperback) | (Amistad) |
More Book Releases for the Week of March 17, 2015