New Releases: May 12, 2015
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Abandon Kansas | “Alligator” (producers: Dustin Burnett, J. Hall; Hear here; MP3) | (BC Music) |
| Joey Alexander (jazz pianist from Bali) | “My Favorite Things” (producer: Jason Olaine; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Motema Music) |
| Steve Aoki | “Neon Future II” (collaborators: Moxie, Linkin Park, Matthew Koma, Snoop Dogg, Rivers Cuomo, NERVO, etc.; first single: “I Love It When You Cry”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Dim Mak / Ultra Music) |
| Banditos | “Banditos” (producer: Andrija Tokic; Hear here; MP3) | (Bloodshot) |
| Tyondai Braxton (experimental rock musician) | “HIVE1” (first single: “Scout1”; Hear here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Chappo (Brooklyn-based psych-rock band) | “Future Former Self” (Hear here; MP3) | (Votiv Music) |
| Civil War (Swedish heavy metal band) | “Gods & Generals” (Hear here; MP3) | (Napalm) |
| Leonard Cohen | “Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour” (rarities recorded on his recent “Old Ideas” tour, including two new originals, “Never Gave Nobody Trouble” and “Got a Little Secret”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Crocodiles | “Boys” (producer: Martin Thulin; first single: “Crybaby Demon”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Zoo Music) |
| Della Mae (Nashville-based Americana band) | “Della Mae” (producer: Jacquire King; Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| David Duchovny (“The X-Files” actor) | “Hell or Highwater” (first single: “Hell or Highwater”; See here; Read here; MP3) | (ThinkSay Music) |
| The Early November | “Imbue” (first single: “Narrow Mouth”; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Rise) |
| Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell | “The Traveling Kind” (producer: Joe Henry; Hear here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Hinder (new singer: Marshal Dutton) | “When the Smoke Clears” (producers: Cody Hanson, Dutton; first single: “Rather Hate Than Hurt”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (The End) |
| Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) | “Mad Max: Fury Road – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Hear here; MP3) | (WaterTower Music) |
| The Holydrug Couple | “Moonlust” (first single: “Dreamy”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Incubus | “Trust Fall (Side A)” (four-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Island) |
| Keith Jarrett | “Creation” (from his improvised solo concerts recorded in 2014 in Japan, Canada, and Europe; producer: Jarrett; Hear here; MP3; see related reissue below) | (ECM) |
| Rhett Miller (of Old 97’s) | “The Traveler” (recorded with the bluegrass group Black Prairie; first single: “Most in the Summertime,” feat. Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Róisín Murphy | “Hairless Toys” (the Irish singer-songwriter’s first album in eight years; first single: “Gone Fishing”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
| Novella | “Land” (first single: “Land Gone”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sinderlyn) |
| Pfarmers (featuring members of The National and Menomena) | “Gunnera” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jurassic Pop) |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | “Power in the Blood” (her 16th album is her first in more than six years; producers: Michael Wojewoda, Chris Birkett, Jon Levine; first single: “It’s My Way”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3) | (True North) |
| Sirenia | “The Seventh Life Path” (Hear here; MP3) | (Napalm) |
| Snoop Dogg | “Bush” (first single: “Peaches N Cream,” feat. Charlie Wilson; Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| J.D. Souther | “Dance Real Slow” (producer: Larry Klein; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Steve ‘n’ Seagulls (Finnish band) | “Farm Machine” (first single: “You Shook Me All Night Long”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Spinefarm) |
| Surfer Blood | “1000 Palms” (new single: “Dorian”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish folk singer Kristian Matsson) | “Dark Bird Is Home” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dead Oceans) |
| Urban Cone (Swedish electro-pop band) | “Polaroid Memories” (first single: “Sadness Disease”; Hear here; MP3) | (Astralwerks) |
| Various artists | “Orange Is The New Black: Music From the Original Series” (music composed by Gwendolyn Sanford, Brandon Jay and Scott Doherty) | (Varese Sarabande) |
| Various artists | “Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited” (two CDs, 37 songs; producer: Carl Jackson; contributors: Dolly Parton, Ashley Monroe, Brad Paisley, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Keb’ Mo’, Marty Stuart, Sheryl Crow, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, etc.; See here; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Pitch Perfect 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (sequel starring Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp and Brittany Snow opens May 15; first single: “Flashlight” by Jessie J; See here; MP3) | (UMe / Republic) |
| Veil of Maya (Chicago metal quartet) | “Matriarch” (first single: “Mikasa”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Sumerian) |
| VNV Nation | “Resonance” (recorded with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra at their historic studios in Potsdam, next to the stage where legendary movies like Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” were filmed; Hear here; MP3) | (Anachron America) |
| Warm Soda (power-pop quartet) | “Symbolic Dream” (Hear here; MP3) | (Castle Face) |
| Patrick Watson (Canadian indie rocker) | “Love Songs For Robots” (first single: “Places You Will Go”; Hear here; MP3) | (Domino) |
| Juan Wauters | “Who Me?” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| The Weather Station (Toronto folk artist Tamara Lindeman) | “Loyalty” (first single: “Way It Is, Way It Could Be”; Hear here; MP3) | (Paradise of Bachelors) |
More Releases for the Week of May 12, 2015
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Keith Anderson | “I’ll Bring the Music” (six-song EP; his first release since 2008; Hear here) | (Keith Anderson) |
| Eskimeaux (aka songwriter-producer Gabrielle Smith) | “O.K.” (producers: Smith, Jack Greenleaf of Sharpless; guests: her former bandmates in The Epoch, plus Henry Crawford and LVL UP’s Nick Corbo; Hear here; CD) | (Double Double Whammy) |
| Thea Gilmore | “Ghosts & Graffiti” (part new album, part retrospective, featuring four new songs and six newly recorded versions of old tracks; guests: The Waterboys, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, John Cooper Clarke, Joan As Policewoman, King Creosote, I Am Kloot; Hear here; CD) | (Fullfill LLC, May 11) |
| Honey Barbara (San Antonio rock band) | “Wave Grass” (Hear here) | (Gifted Amateur Recordings, May 11) |
| A Light Divided | “Mirrors” (first single: “I Am the One Who Knocks”; Hear here) | (A Light Divided) |
| Pat McGee | “Pat McGee” (guests: John Popper, Paul Barrerre, Pat Monahan, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Watchel, Danny Kortchmar, Jeff Pevar; first single: “Overboard”; Hear here) | (Noble Steed Music) |
| Queen Latifah, et al | “Bessie (Music from the HBO Film)” (premieres May 16 on HBO; includes seven new Queen Latifah performances, in the lead role; See here; CD, due June 2) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Bebe Rexha | “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” (five-song EP; new single: “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy”; Hear here) | (Warner) |
| Bunny Sigler | “Bundino” (producers: Sigler, Noisette Saint Man St. Jr., Raymond Earl; first single: “When I Think of You”; Hear here) | (BunZ Music) |
| Trinity River Band | “Heartstrings” (producers: Mike Harris, Sarah Harris, Joshua Harris; guests: Marty Raybon, Mark Johnson; first single: “Heartstrings”; Hear here) | (Orange Blossom) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of May 12, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mike Bloomfield | “Bottom Line Cabaret 31.3.74” (two CDs, 13 songs) | (Klondike) |
| Bob and Ray | “The Two and Only” (1970 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Lenny Breau | “The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Live!” (1969 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Canned Heat | “Stockholm 1973” (Vinyl; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Johnny Cash | “Wheeling West Virginia October 2 1976” (his appearance on the Jamboree USA show, broadcast on WWVA; Hear here) | (Hotspur) |
| Georgie Fame | “Yeh Yeh: The Georgie Fame Collection” (20 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Spectrum Music / UMG, May 11) |
| Michael Fennelly | “Lane Changer” (1973 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Andrew Gold | “The Late Show – Live 1978” (previously unreleased concert at West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Jamison Road | “Jamison Road” (2012 album, initially independently on CDBaby; producers: Larry Beaird, Brent J. Duersch, Frank J. Larry; Hear here; MP3) | (Sojourn) |
| Keith Jarrett | “Barber / Bartók” (piano concerto recordings from 1984 and 1985; MP3) | (ECM) |
| B.B. King | “United Western Recorders Hollywood LA, October 1 1972” (75-minute radio broadcast; 14 songs; Hear/read here) | (Hi Hat) |
| Henry Mancini | “This Is Henry Mancini” (1970 album; remastered; 20 songs on one CD) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Vince Matthews and Jim Casey | “The Kingston Springs Suite” (lost 1972 album produced by Shel Silverstein, with help from Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Cowboy Jack Clement; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Delmore Recording Society) |
| Wes Montgomery | “In the Beginning” (two CDs, containing 26 live and studio recordings from 1949-1958; MP3) | (Resonance) |
| Nashville Pussy | “Ten Years of Pussy” (two-CD set includes a 16-track best-of and a bonus “Live in Nottingham”; MP3) | (Steamhammer / SPV) |
| Willie Nelson | “Live Dallas Texas KAFM-FM Radio Show” (two CDs; Read here) | (Hotspur) |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | “Choice Cuts” (1972 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Queen | “Queen Forever [Vinyl box set]” (four-LP version of the 36-track two-CD release, with a bonus 12-inch single featuring William Orbit’s mix of “Let Me In Your Heart Again”) | (Hollywood) |
| Return to Forever | “Electric Lady Studio, NYC, June 1975” | (Hi Hat) |
| The Smoke | “My Friend Jack Eats Sugar Lumps: An Anthology” (three CDs, 55 songs; See here; MP3) | (U.K. – Secret, May 11) |
| Cecil Taylor | “Michigan State University, April 15th 1976” (recorded at the Power Center for WCBN-FM’s “Jazz Alive” program; Hear/read here) | (Hi Hat) |
| Various artists | “Body Language Vol. XVI” (compiled and mixed by Luxembourg classical and experimental pianist and composer Francesco Tristano; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Get Physical Music) |
| Various artists | “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll” (soundtrack to the 2014 documentary film; See here) | (Dust to Digital) |
| Various artists | “Keb Darge & Little Edith’s Legendary Wild Rockers Volume 5” (21 tracks; Vinyl; MP3) | (U.K. – BBE, May 11) |
| Various artists | “Occult Box” (limited-edition, 666 copies; includes five CDs, bonus 7-inch vinyl, 12-page full-color booklet, postcards, collectible pendant and chaintracks; featuring tracks from The Soft Moon, VOWWS, Bestial Mouths, Magic Wands, Nico, Christian Death, Peter Murphy, Tangerine Dream, Joy Division, Laibach, etc.; See here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Various artists | “The Super Rare Doo Wop Box” (five CDs; MP3) | (Rockbeat) |
| Various artists | “Ultimate 80s” (four CDs, 72 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Sony, May 11) |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | “Spectrum, Philadelphia 23rd May 1988” | (Echoes) |
| Miroslav Vitouš (founding member of Weather Report) | “Majesty Music” (1976 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Weather Report | “The Agora, Columbus, Ohio, October 17th 1972” (recorded for FM broadcast; two CDs, 14 songs; Hear/read here) | (Hi Hat) |
| Johnny Winter | “Raisin’ Cain” (1980 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird) |
More Releases for the Week of May 12, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Nate Dogg | “The Prodigal Son” (2000 album; remastered) | (Conscious Manifesto / Essential Media Group) |
| INXS | “Need You Tonight and Other Hits!” (10 songs) | (Sunset Special Markets) |
| Rainbow | “Denver 1979” (Down To Earth tour; Vinyl) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Bessie Smith | “The Best of Bessie Smith” (20 songs) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Rick Wakeman | “Voyage: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman” (1996 compilation; 21 tracks) | (A&M / UMe) |
More Digital Releases for the Week of May 12, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Robert Conrad, Martin Ross | “The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series [DVD]” (26 discs) | (Paramount) |
| Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregory, et al | “Mortdecai [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Clint Eastwood | “Rawhide: The Complete Collection [DVD]” (59 discs) | (Paramount) |
| Charlton Heston, Katharine Ross, et al | “The Colbys: The Complete Collection [DVD]” (12 discs) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Kent McCord, Richard Hatch, et al | “Battlestar Galactica: The Remastered Collection [Blu-ray]” (eight discs) | (Universal Studios) |
| Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, et al | “Still Alice [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, et al | “Jurassic Park Collection [DVD]” (three discs; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Chuck Norris | “Walker Texas Ranger: The Complete Collection [DVD]” (52 discs) | (Paramount) |
| Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, et al | “They Call Me Mister Tibbs! [Blu-ray]” (1970 film) | (Kino Lorber) |
| Various artists | “The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show: Unforgettable Performances [DVD]” (hosted by Carol Burnett; featuring Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Barbra Streisand, Bobby Darin, etc.) | (Time Life) |
| Various artists | “The Midnight Special [DVD]” (three discs of highlights from the 1970s music series) | (Time Life) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of May 12, 2015
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Rick Buckler (former drummer of The Jam) | “That’s Entertainment: My Life in The Jam” (Paperback; co-author: Ian Snowball; Kindle) | (Omnibus Press, May 11) |
| Bobby Hart | “Psychedelic Bubble Gum: Boyce & Hart, The Monkees, and Turning Mayhem into Miracles” (Hardcover; co-author: Glenn Ballantyne) | (SelectBooks) |
| Jessica Hopper | “The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic” (Paperback) | (Featherproof Books) |
| Duff McKagan | “How to Be a Man (and other illusions)” (Hardcover; three-song EP) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Dolly Parton | “Smart Blonde: The Life of Dolly Parton” (Paperback; author: Stephen Miller; Kindle) | (Omnibus Press, May 11) |
| Questlove | “Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove” (Paperback; co-author: Ben Greenman) | (Grand Central Publishing) |
More Book Releases for the Week of May 12, 2015
Now See Here:
“Dorian,” Surfer Blood
Next week: May 19, 2015
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