New Releases: April 21, 2023
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Angel | “Once Upon a Time” (new single: “It’s Alright”; Hear here; Clear Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW  |
(Cleopatra) |
| As Everything Unfolds | “Ultraviolet” (British rock band’s second album; new single: “Ultraviolet”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Long Branch) |
| Benny Sings | “Young Hearts” (producer: Kenny Beats; new single: “Pyjamas,” feat. Remi Wolf; See here; Vinyl; Download released on March 24; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Stones Throw) |
| Cinder Well | “Cadence” (first single: “Two Heads, Grey Mare”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Free Dirt) |
| Easy Star All-Stars | “Ziggy Stardub” (re-imagined rendition of David Bowie’s classic “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars”; producer: multi-instrumentalist Michael Goldwasser; guests: Maxi Priest, Macy Gray, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Alex Lifeson, Vernon Reid, The Skints, et al; new single: “Starman”; Hear here; Royal Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Easy Star) |
| Everything But the Girl | “Fuse” (their first new studio album in more than 24 years; producer: Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn; new single: “Nothing Left to Lose”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Buzzin’ Fly / Verve) |
| Ian Hunter | “Defiance Part 1” (guests: Ringo Starr, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, Billy F Gibbons, Taylor Hawkins, Joe Elliott, Jeff Tweedy, Mike Campbell, Slash, Robert Trujillo, Brad Whitford, Duff McKagan, et al; new single: “Bed of Roses”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sun) |
| Jethro Tull | “RökFlöte” (their 23rd album, based on the characters and roles of some of the principle gods of the old Norse paganism; first single: “Ginnungagap”; See here; Special Edition, three-disc box set; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| Lead Into Gold (longtime Ministry member Paul Ion Barker) | “The Eternal Present” (producer: Barker; new single: “She Lies Beyond”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Artoffact) |
| The Mars Volta | “Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon” (acoustic version of their 2022 self-titled album; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Clouds Hill) |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela | “In Between Thoughts…A New World” (first single: “Descending To Nowhere”; See here; Bone Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ATO) |
| Esther Rose | “Safe to Run” (Santa Fe-based country-folk artist’s fourth album; producer: Ross Farbe; new single: “Safe to Run,” feat. Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| Rose City Band | “Garden Party” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Thrill Jockey) |
| St. Paul & The Broken Bones | “Angels In Science Fiction” (producer: Matt Ross-Spang; recorded at the Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis; new single: “Sea Star”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ATO) |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | “12” (written and recorded in Tokyo during his fight with cancer throughout 2021-2022, each song numbered for its recording date; Vinyl; Download released on Jan. 17) » BUY NOW |
(Milan) |
| The 69 Eyes | “Death of Darkness” (producer: Erno Laitinen; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Atomic Fire) |
| Texas Hippie Coalition | “The Name Lives On” (first single: “Hell Hounds”; Hear here; White Marble Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(MNRK Heavy) |
| Tiësto | “DRIVE” (guests: Charli XCX, Black Eyed Peas, Ava Max, Tate McRae, Karol G, et al; new single: “10:35”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Musical Freedom Label / Atlantic) |
| Trapper Schoepp (Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter) | “Siren Songs” (producers: John Jackson, Patrick Sansone; recorded at Johnny Cash’s historic Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, TN; new single: “Cliffs of Dover”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Grand Phony) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Brutal Youth | “Rebuilding Year” (new single: “Moonstones”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Stomp) |
| Hunter Hayes | “Red Sky” (new singles: “Normal” and “Lonely Loves Me”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(LP Entertainment / DASHGO) |
| The Heavy | “AMEN” (producer: Tchad Blake; new single: “Hurricane Coming”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Bad Son Recordings) |
| Morgan Heritage | “The Homeland” (guests: Shaggy, Beenie Man, Popcaan, Shatta Wale, Ice Queen Cleo, Youssou N’Dour, Mádé Kuti, Alpha Blondy, Otile Brown, Eddy Kenzo, Busy Signal, Capleton, et al; new single: “Who Deh Like U”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(CTBC Music Group) |
| Pearl & The Oysters | “Coast 2 Coast” (guest: Lætitia Sadier; new single: “Paraiso”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Stones Throw) |
| Sound Cipher | “Cadence” (electronic trio of Tim Alexander, Skerik and Timm Mason; producer: Randall Dunn; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Royal Potato Family) |
| Billy Tibbals | “Stay Teenage” (L.A. rocker’s debut EP; producer: Chris Robinson; new single: “Best Day I Ever Had”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Silver Arrow) |
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Philip Bailey | “State of the Heart: The Columbia Recordings (1983-1988)” (three-CD set features three solo albums and eight bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | “What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? – Original Soundtrack” (previously unheard performances from the 1970 Iron Curtain Tour, featured in the upcoming documentary of the same name; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Lloyd Charmers | “Moody & Blue: The Best of Lloyd Charmers 1973-1979” (1974 album, paired with 26 bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Doctor Bird / Cherry Red) |
| Joe Gibbs & The Professionals | “The 1970s Dub Albums Collection” (four-CD box set; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Doctor Bird / Cherry Red) |
| Eddie Money | “The Covers” (eight covers he recorded in 2009 and released on EPs; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
| Murphy’s Law | “Murphy’s Law” (1986 album; with one bonus track; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Astor Place) |
| Charlie Parker | “The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-CuBop Recordings” (two CDs, 18 songs, captured in the late 1940s and early ’50s at such storied venues as Carnegie Hall and Birdland in New York, The Jubilee in Los Angeles, and the Portland Civic Auditorium, with guests Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Art Blakey, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Red Rodney, et al; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(RockBeat / Liberation Hall) |
| Romeo Void | “Live From Mabuhay Gardens: November 14, 1980” (11-song set; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
| Shirley Scott | “Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank” (“The Queen Of The Hammond B-3” with George Coleman, Bobby Durham and Ernie Andrews at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore on Aug. 20, 1972; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Reel to Real / La Reserve Records) |
| Sir Douglas Quintet | “Texas Tornado Live: Doug Weston’s Troubadour, 1971” (eight songs; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
| Small Faces | “Greatest Hits: The Immediate Years 1967-1969” (20 tracks; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Charly) |
| Sublime | “$5.00 At The Door (Live At Tressel Tavern, 1994)” (heavily bootlegged show gets an official release; recorded in Everett, WA; 26 tracks digitally restored and remastered; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Surfdog) |
| Various artists | “Bossa Nova At Carnegie Hall” (recorded Nov. 21, 1962, this 15-song live set features Sérgio Mendes, Carmen Costa, Bola Sete, José Paulo, Luiz Bonfá, João Gilberto, Oscar Castro-Neves, and others; See here) » BUY NOW | (Liberation Hall) |
| Various artists | “Classic Country Collection” (10 CDs, 154 songs) » BUY NOW | (Time Life) |
| Muddy Waters | “Hollywood Blues Summit: Live at The Ash Grove July 30, 1971” (previously unreleased eight-song set recorded at the Los Angeles venue; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
Next Week: April 28, 2023
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