New Releases: April 23, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Big|Brave (ambient metal outfit) | “Vital” (first single: “Half Breed”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Southern Lord Recordings) |
California Music (featuring Beach Boys members and related artists) | “California Music Presents Add Some Music” (10-song collection will benefit Feeding America; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW | (Omnivore Recordings) |
Eric Church | “Soul” (the final release of his three-part project called “Heart & Soul”; “Heart” was issued on April 16 and a vinyl EP titled “&” is available to fan club members on April 20; producer: Jay Joyce; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(EMI Nashville) |
Steve Cropper | “Fire It Up” (the guitar and Stax legend’s first solo album since 1969; producers: Cropper, Jon Tiven; first single: “Far Away”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
Dinosaur Jr. | “Sweep It Into Space” (producers: Kurt Vile, frontman J. Mascis; first single: “I Ran Away”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Jagjaguwar) |
Dirty Honey | “Dirty Honey” (producer: Nick DiDia; new single: “California Dreamin'”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Dirt) |
Dumpstaphunk | “Where Do We Go From Here” (the New Orleans band’s first full-length album in seven years; new single: “Where Do We Go From Here”; See here; Bronze Gold Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(The Funk Garage / Mascot Label Group) |
Field Music | “Flat White Moon” (new single: “No Pressure”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Memphis Industries) |
Peter Frampton | “Frampton Forgets the Words” (instrumental covers album, featuring versions of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It a Pity,” Radiohead’s “Reckoner,” David Bowie’s “Loving the Alien,” etc.; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(UMe) |
Fury in the Slaughterhouse | “NOW” (new single: “Sometimes [Stop to Call]”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Starwatch Entertainment / Sony) |
Tom Jones | “Surrounded By Time” (all-covers album; producers: Ethan Johns, Mark Woodward; new single: a cover of Radiohead’s “No Hole in My Head”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(S-Curve / BMG Rights Management) |
Lilith Czar (the artist formerly known as Juliet Simms) | “Created From Filth and Dust” (See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Sumerian) |
Imelda May | “11 Past the Hour” (guests: Ronnie Wood, Noel Gallagher, Miles Kane, Gina Martin, Niall McNamee, Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu; new single: “Just One Kiss”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Decca) |
Sir Sly | “The Rise & Fall of Loverboy” (guest: Gary Clark Jr.; new single: “Loverboy”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Cherrytree / Kierszenbaum / Interscope) |
Todd Snider | “First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder” (first single: “Sail On, My Friend”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Aimless / Thirty Tigers) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Art d’Ecco | “In Standard Definition” (new single: “I Am the Dance Floor”; See here; CD and Vinyl out May 28; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Paper Bag) |
Blood Lemon (Boise-based post-riot grrrl trio) | “Blood Lemon” (producers: Blood Lemon, Z.V. House; new single: “Black-Capped Cry”; See here) » BUY NOW | (Blood Lemon) |
Rachel Chinouriri | “Four° In Winter” (eight-song EP; guests: Sam Dotia, Louis Culture; new single: “Through the Eye”; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Atlas Artists / Parlophone UK) |
Citizen Cope | “The Pull of Niagara Falls” (new single: “A Time Comes Around”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Rainwater Recordings) |
Communions (Danish rockers) | “Pure Fabrication” (new single: “Bird of Passage”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Tambourhinoceros) |
The Immediate Family (Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell) | “Can’t Stop Progress” (five-song EP; new single: “Can’t Stop Progress”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Quarto Valley) |
Tracy Lawrence | “Hindsight 2020 – Vol 1: Stairway to Heaven Highway to Hell” (to celebrate his 30th year in country music, Lawrence is releasing three volumes of new material, collaborations and his favorite hits; new single: “Struggle Struggle”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Lawrence Music Group) |
Moneybagg Yo | “A GANGSTA’S PAIN” (guests: Future, BIG30; new single: “GO!”; See here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(N-Less Entertainment / Interscope) |
Justin Moore | “Straight Outta the Country” (new single: “We Didn’t Have Much”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine) |
Pærish (Danish rockers) | “Fixed It All” (producer: Will Yip; first single: “Mike + Susan”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(SideOneDummy) |
Vanessa Peters | “Modern Age” (producer: husband Rip Rowan; first single: “Crazymaker”; Hear here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Idol) |
Rag’n’Bone Man (British singer-songwriter) | “Life By Misadventure” (new single: “All You Ever Wanted”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Best Laid Plans / Columbia) |
Porter Robinson | “Nurture” (new single: “Look at the Sky”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out May 28; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
The Rose Petals (L.A. post-Americana band) | “American Grenadine” (first single: “Chesapeake Leopard”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Envoy) |
Rudimentary Peni | “Great War” (U.K. anarcho-punk/deathrock band’s first full-length album in 26 years; Hear/Read here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Sealed) |
Tashaki Miyaki (L.A. trio) | “Castaway” (producer: singer-drummer Paige Stark; new single: “Gone”; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Metropolis) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Bad Brains | “Bad Brains” (1981 debut album; mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering; Vinyl; Cassette; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Org Music) |
Dr. Hook | “Pleasure & Pain / Sometimes You Win” (1978 and 1979 albums on one CD, featuring “Sharing the Night Together” and “Better Love Next Time”; remastered) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(BGO) |
Gang of Four | “Entertainment!” (1979 album, featuring “At Home He’s a Tourist,” “Natural’s Not In It” and “Damaged Goods”; remastered from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road, with supervision by founding member Jon King; Vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Solid Gold” (1981 album; remastered from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road, with supervision by founding member Jon King; Vinyl; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Matador) |
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Collection)” (1970 album; newly remixed from the original multi-tracks at Abbey Road Studios by Paul Hicks, overseen by Yoko Ono Lennon; with a second CD of Ultimate Mixes of the original album + singles “Give Peace a Chance,” “Cold Turkey” and “Instant Karma! [We All Shine On]”; See/Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, 159 tracks, 87 of which have never been released, across six CDs and two Blu-ray HD audio discs; Standard CD; Vinyl; Download; Download Deluxe Edition; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Capitol / UMe) |
Motörhead | “Louder Than Noise … Live in Berlin” (Dec. 5, 2012, show at the Berlin Velodrom; See here; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Motörhead Music) |
André Previn | “The Warner Edition: Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings” (96-CD box set) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Warner Classics) |
Spiritualized | “Lazer Guided Melodies” (1992 album; remastered; Read here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Fat Possum) |
38 Special | “Strength In Numbers / Rock & Roll Strategy” (1986 and 1988 albums on one CD, featuring “Second Chance” and “Like No Other Night”; remastered) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(BGO) |
Various artists | “The New Stravinsky Complete Edition” (30-CD box set; Hear here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
Various artists | “Riding the Rock Machine: British Seventies Classic Rock” (three CDs, 59 songs; Read here) » BUY NOW | (Grapefruit / Cherry Red) |
Various artists | “Rocksteady Got Soul” (18-song collection; Track List) » BUY NOW | (Soul Jazz / Studio One) |
The Who | “The Who Sell Out (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1967 album; five-CD box set, with two 7-inch singles, full-album mono and stereo versions, bonus tracks featuring 14 previously unheard Pete Townshend demos, studio sessions, outtakes, unheard jingles, plus nine posters, replica ephemera, and an 80-page hardbound book with rare photos and new liner notes by Townshend; See here; Read here; Double CD; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Geffen / UMe) |
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