New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| A$AP Ferg | “Always Strive And Prosper” (guests: Future, Big Sean, ScHoolboy Q; new single: “World Is Mine”; Hear here; MP3) | (A$AP Worldwide / Polo Grounds Music) |
| Nik Bartsch’s Mobile | “Continuum” (producer: Manfred Eicher; Hear here; MP3) | (ECM) |
| Blue Man Group | “Three” (14 instrumental tracks; first single: “Giacometti”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Blue October | “Home” (producers: frontman Justin Furstenfeld, Tim Palmer; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Up Down / Brando) |
| BWB (jazz trio of Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown) | “BWB” (first single: “BWB”; Hear here; MP3) | (Artistry Music / Mack Avenue) |
| Candlebox | “Disappearing in Airports” (producers: Carson Slovak, Grant McFarland; first single: “Vexatious”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Pavement Entertainment / MRI) |
| Jordan Feliz (Christian soul-influenced pop artist) | “The River” (producers: Joshua Silverberg, Colby Wedgeworth; Hear here; MP3) | (Centricity Music) |
| Fruition (Portland, Ore.-based quintet) | “Labor of Love” (Hear here; MP3) | (Randm) |
| Good Tiger | “A Head Full of Moonlight” (Hear here; MP3) | (Metal Blade) |
| Guided By Voices | “Please Be Honest” (first single: “My Zodiac Companion”; Hear/read here; MP3) | (GBV Inc.) |
| Incite | “Oppression” (producer: Steve Avetts; guests: Connor Garritty, Jose Mangin; Hear here; MP3) | (Minus Head) |
| Josh Kelley (singer-songwriter is married to Katherine Heigl) | “New Lane Road” (first single: “It’s Your Move”; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Sugar Hill) |
| The Legendary Pink Dots | “Pages of Aquarius” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| Luka 120 (South African hip-hop artist) | “Masakona” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (World Movement, April 21) |
| The Maxies (humorous power pop-punk band based in Riverside, Calif.) | “Nuuk ‘Em All!” (producer: Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish; Hear here) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
| Mean Jeans (Portland party-punk trio) | “Tight New Dimension” (producer: Andrew Schubert; Hear here; MP3) | (Fat Wreck Chords) |
| Michael Martin Murphey | “High Stakes: Cowboy Songs VII” (Hear here; MP3) | (Murphey Kinship Recordings) |
| NF (Christian hip-hop artist) | “Therapy Session” (guests: Jonathan Thulin, Marty of Social Club; new single: “I Just Wanna Know”; Hear here; MP3)  | (Capitol CMG Label Group) |
| Roots of Creation | “Livin Free” (guests: Pato Banton, Yeti Beats, Ras MG, Rubblebucket Horns, etc.; Hear/read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Bomb Shelter / ILS / Caroline / Universal Music Group) |
| The Roosevelts (indie-rock duo) | “The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn” (guest: Patricia Lynn; first single: “Peaches”; Hear here; MP3) | (The Roosevelts) |
| V. Rose (Christian pop artist) | “Young Dangerous Heart” (producers: Spec, Broken City; guests: Trip Lee, Derek Minor, Angie Rose, Flame; Hear here; MP3) | (Inpop / Capitol CMG) |
| Secret Arcade (Portland indie-pop project from fiction author Babak Govan) | “Quarter Century” (new single: “Fall for Me”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (The Babak Govan Creative Company, LLC, April 26) |
| The 69 Eyes (Finnish gothic metallers) | “Universal Monsters” (producer: Johnny Lee Michaels; first single: “Jet Fighter Plane”; Hear here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| SKOLD (multi-instrumentalist Tim Sköld) | “The Undoing” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| The Strumbellas (Juno Award-winning rootsy band from Toronto) | “Hope” (producer: Dave Schiffman; first single: “Shovels & Dirt”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Glassnote) |
| Texas Hippie Coalition | “Dark Side of Black” (producer: Sterling Winfield; first single: “Come Get It”; Hear here; MP3) | (Carved) |
| Daniel Tosh | “People Pleaser” (his third comedy album was recorded in Los Angeles at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre; See here; MP3) | (Comedy Central) |
| Various artists | “An American Victory: A New Musical (Studio Cast Recording)” (features 21 songs written by composer Louis R. Bucalo; cast: Ashley Brown, Adam Jacobs, Jeremy Hays, Samantha Hill, Ramin Karimloo, Hugh Panaro, etc.; Hear here) | (Broadway) |
| Rufus Wainwright | “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets” (guests: Florence Welch, Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner; Hear here; MP3) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| We Are Messengers | “We Are Messengers” (first single: “Everything Comes Alive”; See here; MP3) | (Word) |
| We Are Scientists | “Helter Seltzer” (first single: “Buckle”; Hear here; See here) | (100%) |
| Wire | “Nocturnal Koreans” (eight-song mini-album made up of leftover from 2015’s “Wire” sessions; Hear here; MP3) | (pinkflag) |
| Keke Wyatt | “Rated Love” (new single: “Love Me”; Hear here; MP3) | (Aratek Entertainment) |
| Yellowjackets | “Cohearance” (Hear here; MP3) | (Mack Avenue) |
| Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble | “Sing Me Home” (a companion album to “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble,” a documentary feature film from Oscar- and Emmy-winning director Morgan Neville, to be released theatrically nationwide in June and airing on HBO in the fall; producers: Johnny Gandelsman, Kevin Killen; guests: Rhiannon Giddens, Sarah Jarosz, Abigail Washburn, Gregory Porter, Lisa Fischer, Bill Frisell, etc.; Hear here) | (Sony Masterworks) |
More Releases for April 22, 2016
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Corrado Saija (Italian electronica/ambient artist) | “Le Masque” (Hear here) | (Tales From The Inside) |
| Greys | “Outer Heaven” (producer: Mike Rocha; first single: “No Star”; Hear here) | (Buzz / Carpark) |
| Katy B | “Honey” (guests: Major Lazer, Craig David, J Hus, Wilkinson, Jamie Jones, Sasha Keable, Chris Lorenzo, Novelist, MssingNo, etc.; first single: “Calm Down”; Hear here; See here) | (Rinse / Virgin) |
| Robert Kidney (frontman of The Numbers Band, aka 15-60-75) | “Jackleg” (first single: “Big Paradise”; See here) | (Exit Stencil Recordings) |
| Michael Kroll (NYC-based singer-songwriter) | “Clamorous” (producer: Andy Green; Hear here) | (Kroldor) |
| Justin Martin (dance producer) | “Hello Clouds” (guests: FEMME, Charlotte OC, Lena Cullen, Kill Frenzy, Ardalan, Will Clarke; Hear here) | (Dirtybid, April 20) |
| Matthew and the Atlas | “Temple” (producers: Brian Holl and Eric Hillman, aka Foreign Fields; first single: “Elijah”; Hear here; Read here; CD, out May 6) | (Communion Music) |
| Max Raptor (U.K. punk-rock quartet) | “Max Raptor” (first single: “Old Romantics”; See here; See here) | (Hassle) |
| Night Argent (Washington state alt-pop/rock quintet) | “Night Argent” (six-song EP; first single: “Kamikaze”; Hear here) | (Night Argent) |
| Nudie (country troubadour) | “Everything’s Different in the Night” (producers: Nudie, James McKenty; guests: Sylvie Smith, Ryan Weber, Chris Altmann, Melissa Payne; first single: “That’s All That I’ve Got”; Hear here) | (Nudie Music) |
| Jon O’Bergh | “Future World” (producer: O’Bergh; first single: “Do Androids Dream [Tropo-Electro Mix]”; Hear here) | (Timescape, April 18) |
| PJ | “Rare” (first single: “Gangster”; Hear here) | (Atlantic) |
| Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir (humor-gospel-punk outfit) | “The Earth Wants YOU” (Hear/read here) | (Creative Commons) |
| Sharks in the Deep End (Austin new-wave outfit) | “Killin Machine” (producer: Dan Drohan; Hear here; See here) | (Sharks in the Deep End Music) |
| Sh?m (21-year-old London-based producer) | “Mob Boss” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Kapsize) |
| Summernightbrand Record Sales Office | “Goldcurl” (producer: Pierre Rausch; Hear here) | (Summernightbrand Record Sales Office) |
| Chase Walker Band (teen power-rock trio) | “Not Quite Legal” (Hear here; See here) | (Revved Up) |
More Digital Releases for April 22, 2016
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| James Bay | “Chaos and the Calm (Deluxe Edition)” (2015 album; a second CD containing 10 bonus tracks) | (Republic) |
| Brick | “Good High / Brick: Deluxe Edition” (1976, 1977 albums, featuring the hits “Dazz” and “Dusic”; remastered) | (U.K. – Robinsongs) |
| Dennis Brown | “The Best of Dennis Brown” (two CDs, 37 songs) | (U.K. – Trojan) |
| Eric Carmen | “Eric Carmen” (1984 album; remastered, with a bonus single mix of his Top 40 hit “I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips”; See here) | (Varèse Sarabande) |
| Doris Day | “The Love Album” (1967 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Varèse Sarabande) |
| Dazz Band | “Joystick / Jukebox” (1983, 1984 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Sandy Denny | “I’ve Always Kept a Unicorn – The Acoustic Sandy Denny” (two CDs, 40 songs; stripped-down arrangements of songs with Strawbs, Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, The Bunch and her four solo albums; Read here) | (U.K. – Island / UMC) |
| The Drifters | “The Best of The Drifters” (three CDs, 60 songs) | (Not Now Music) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “Head to the Sky [Hybrid SACD]” (1973 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Bill Evans | “Some Other Time: The Lost Session from The Black Forest” (recorded on June 20, 1968, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette; two CDs, 21 songs; MP3) | (Resonance) |
| Steve Forbert | “Early On: The Best of the Mississippi Recordings” (20 songs recorded between 1972-1976), “Alive on Arrival” (1978 album; remastered) “Jackrabbit Slim” (1979 album, featuring “Romeo’s Tune”; remastered, with a bonus CD of session outtakes and live tracks) “Little Stevie Orbit” (1980 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks and a second CD containing a live show recorded Nov. 27, 1980 in Denver), “Steve Forbert” (1982 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks), “Down in Flames” (unreleased album from 1983, with a second CD of previously unreleased studio demos from 1984-85), “Young, Guitar Days” (2001 compilation of outtakes from his early albums), “Don’t Look Down” (live recordings from 2010-11), “Get Your Motor Running!” (recorded live in Meridian, Miss., on Sept. 2, 2011) | (Rolling Tide) |
| Philip Glass | “Philip Glass: The Symphonies” (11-CD box set) | (Orange Mountain Music) |
| The Impressions | “The Best of The Impressions: The Curtom Years” | (Varèse Sarabande) |
| Jethro Tull | “Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Adapted Edition” (1971 album; two-CD, two-DVD set remixed and remastered by Steven Wilson) | (Parlophone / Rhino) |
| King Tubby | “The Best of King Tubby” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (U.K. – Trojan) |
| Johnny Mathis | “The Best Days of My Life” (1979 album; remastered, with six bonus tracks; See here) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Robert Palmer | “5 Classic Albums” (five-disc set features “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley,” “Pressure Drop,” “Secrets,” “Clues” and “Riptide”) | (U.K. – Spectrum Audio) |
| Lee Ritenour | “The Vinyl LP Collection” (five-LP box set) | (Concord) |
| Diana Ross | “Silk Electric (Expanded Edition)” (1982 album, featuring “Muscles”; remastered, with four bonus tracks), “Swept Away (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album, featuring “Missing You”; remastered, with a second CD containing nine bonus mixes and instrumentals), “Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (Expanded Edition)” (1987 album; remastered, with a second CD containing 10 bonus mixes and instrumentals) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Scorpions | “Return To Forever (Tour Edition)” (2015 album; two-CD, one-DVD, featuring performances from Hellfest in France and a show in Brooklyn last year; MP3) | (Century Media) |
| The Third Power | “Believe” (1969 album; remastered, with 11 extra tracks; Hear/read here) | (Future Days Recordings) |
| Big Joe Turner | “The Very Best of Big Joe Turner” (two CDs, 50 songs; Read here) | (Not Now Music) |
| Rick Wakeman | “Starship Trooper” (13-song compilation, featuring two previously unreleased tracks; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Johnny Winter with Dr. John | “Live In Sweden 1987” (recorded at Sonet Studios in Stockholm; Hear here; Vinyl; DVD) | (MVD) |
More Releases for April 22, 2016
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Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Canned Heat | “Vintage” (1970 album; remastered) | (Essential Media Group) |
| Floyd Cramer | “Class of ’68” (1968 album), “Class of ’69” (1969 album), “Class of ’70” (1970 album), “Class of ’71” (1971 album), “Dallas” (1980 album), “The Best of the West” (1981 compilation) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “Electric Universe (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album, with four extra tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Marvin Gaye | “The Prince of Soul Live” (17 performances from 1981 and 1983) | (Wagram Music) |
| Isley-Jasper-Isley | “Caravan of Love (Expanded Version)” (1985 album, with two extra songs; See here) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Flaco Jiménez | “The Arista Sessions” (20 songs) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Krystol | “Gettin’ Ready (Bonus Track Version)” (1984 album, with four extra songs; Hear here) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Rita Lynch | “Story to Tell (Anthology 1988-2011)” (22 tracks) | (Bristol Archive) |
| Juice Newton | “Emotion” (1987 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Ronnie and the Daytonas | “The Complete Recordings (1964-1968)” (48 songs) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “Dr. Seuss Presents Fox In Sox, Horton Hatches the Egg & Other Stories” | (Buddah / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “90’s Rarities – Volume 2” (12-song collection features Radiohead, Belly, EMF, Madder Rose, James, Slowdive, the The, etc.) | (Enterprise Music and Distribution, April 25) |
More Digital Releases for April 22, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Ice Cube, Kevin Hart | “Ride Along 2 [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Rainbow | “Monsters of Rock Live at Donington 1980 [DVD + CD]” (See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Various artists | “Pride and Joy: The Story of Alligator Records [Blu-ray]” (1991 film, directed by Robert Mugge; See here) | (Mug-Shot Productions / MVD Visual) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
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Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| David Bowie | “Bowie” (Hardcover; photographer: Steve Schapiro) | (powerHouse Books) |
| Ray Davies | “Ray Davies: A Complicated Life” (Paperback; author: Johnny Rogan; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Random House) |
| John Doe | “Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk” (Hardcover; co-author: Tom DeSavia; Kindle) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Bob Dylan | “Who Is That Man? In Search of the Real Bob Dylan” (Paperback; author: David Dalton; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Hachette Books) |
| Grateful Dead | “So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead” (Paperback; author: David Browne) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Michael Ruffino (of Unband) | “Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman’s Progress Through Rock and Roll” (Kindle) | (ABEcco) |
| Stephen Sorrell & Damon Murray | “The Music Library: Revised and Expanded Edition” (Hardcover) | (Fuel Publishing) |
| Barbra Streisand | “Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power “ (Hardcover; author: Neal Gabler) | (Yale University Press) |
| Thin Lizzy | “From Dublin to Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy 1969-76” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff) | (Wymer Publishing) |