New Releases: April 26, 2019
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| AJR | “Neotheater” (new single: “Birthday Party”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(S-Curve) |
| Belzebubs (Kvlt cartoon band) | “Pantheon of the Nightside Gods” (guests: Desibelius, ICS Vortex, Skvllcraft; new single: “Cathedrals of Mourning”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Century Media) |
| George Benson | “Walking to New Orleans” (the jazz guitar legend’s tribute to Fats Domino and Chuck Berry; first single: “Nadine [Is It You]”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| JJ Cale | “Stay Around” (this posthumous album is his first in 10 years, featuring 15 previously unreleased songs; new single: “Stay Around”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Because Music) |
| The Cranberries | “In the End” (their eighth and final album, completed nearly a year after lead singer Dolores O’Riordan’s death; the sounds were built around her vocals from the original demos; producer: Stephen Street; first single: “All Over Now”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Danko Jones | “A Rock Supreme” (producer: Garth “GGGarth” Richardson; new single: “Lipstick City”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(M-Theory Audio) |
| Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres | “Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres” (first single: “Who’s Been Having You Over”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Strap Originals) |
| Dub Trio | “The Shape of Dub To Come” (first single: “World of Inconvenience”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(New Damage) |
| Ezra Collective (London quintet) | “You Can’t Steal My Joy” (guests: Jorja Smith, Loyle Carner, KOKOROKO; first single: “Quest for Coin”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Enter the Jungle) |
| Craig Finn | “I Need a New War” (first single: “Blankets”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Partisan) |
| Foxygen | “Seeing Other People” (producers: Foxygen; first single: “Livin’ a Lie”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes) |
(Jagjaguwar) |
| The Get Ahead | “Deepest Light” (first single: “Deepest Light”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Jullian) |
| Guided By Voices | “Warp and Woof” (first single: “Angelic Weirdness”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(GBV Inc) |
| Hembree | “House on Fire” (first single: “Culture”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (OREAD / Thirty Tigers) |
| Hillsong UNITED | “People” (recorded live in Sydney, featuring three new songs: “As You Find Me,” “Good Grace” and “Whole Heart”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Hillsong) |
| Jack Ingram | “Ridin’ High … again” (includes covers of Guy Clark’s ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train,” Kris Kristofferson’s “Jesus Was a Capricorn” and Willie Nelson’s “Gotta Get Drunk”; first single: “Where’s There’s a Willie”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Beat Up Ford) |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Australian psych rockers) | “Fishing for Fishies” (first single: “Cyboogie”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Flightless / ATO) |
| Lamb (U.K. electronic duo) | “The Secret of Letting Go” (new single: “Moonshine”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Local Natives | “Violet Street” (producer: Shawn Everett; new single: “When Am I Gonna Lose You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Middle Kids) |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| Nils Lofgren | “Blue With Lou” (the E Street Band member’s first new studio album since 2011; his tribute to Lou Reed includes five songs co-written with Reed; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
(Cattle Track Road) |
| Lonely Robot | “Under Stars” (new single: “How Bright Is the Sun?”; See here; Vinyl; Download, with three extra songs; iTunes) |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| MARINA | “LOVE + FEAR” (16-song double album is her first album in four years; new single: “Handmade Heaven”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Atlantic) |
| The Mountain Goats | “In League with Dragons” (first single: “Younger”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Merge) |
| Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky | “Droneflower” (first single: “For the Sun”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sacred Bones) |
| New Years Day | “Unbreakable” (producers: New Years Day, Erik Ron; first single: “Skeletons”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Century Media) |
| Alan Parsons | “The Secret” (guest vocalists: Lou Gramm, Jason Mraz, PJ Olsson, Jordan Huffman, Jared Mahone, Mark Mikel, Todd Cooper; first single: “Miracle”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| P!nk | “Hurts 2B Human” (guests: Khalid, Chris Stapleton, Wrabel, Cash Cash; first single: “Walk Me Home”; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with large T-shirt; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(RCA) |
| Josh Ritter | “Fever Breaks” (producer: Jason Isbell; first single: “Old Black Magic”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Pytheas Recordings / Thirty Tigers) |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela (Mexican acoustic guitar duo) | “Mettavolution” (includes a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Echoes”; producer: Dave Sardy; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ATO) |
| Randy Rogers Band | “Hellbent” (producer: Dave Cobb; first single: “Crazy People”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Tommy Jackson / Thirty Tigers) |
| Leo Sayer (who turns 70 on May 21) | “Selfie” (producer: Sayer; his 14th studio album features 14 original songs plus a cover of The Beatles’ “It’s Only Love”; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Edsel / Demon Music Group) |
| ScHoolboy Q | “CrasH Talk” (new single: “CHopstix,” feat. Travis Scott; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Top Dawg Entertainment / Interscope) |
| Dylan Scott | “Nothing To Do Town” (six-song EP; first single: “Nothing to Do Town”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Curb) |
| Rick Springfield | “Orchestrating My Life” (his hits are re-recorded with a mix of rock and orchestral arrangements, plus a new song, “Irreplaceable,” dedicated to his mother who died recently; producers: Springfield, John Bryan, Sare Havlicek; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(August Day Recordings) |
| Starflyer 59 | “Young In My Head” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Tooth & Nail) |
| Sunn O))) | “Life Metal” (recorded with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Southern Lord) |
| Kiefer Sutherland | “Reckless & Me” (producer: Jude Cole; new single: “This Is How It’s Done”; Hear/read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Rob Thomas | “Chip Tooth Smile” (first single: “One Less Day [Dying Young]”; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Atlantic) |
| UNKLE | “The Road: Part II / Lost Highway” (double album; new single: “Ar.Mour”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) |
(Songs for the Def) |
| Various artists | “For the Throne: Music Inspired By The HBO Series Game of Thrones” (includes Maren Morris’ “Kingdom of One” and The Lumineeers’ “Nightshade”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; Merch) | (Columbia) |
| Various artists | “UglyDolls (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (animated film, which opens May 3, features the voices of Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monáe, Nick Jonas, Blake Shelton, Charli XCX, Bebe Rexha, Lizzo and Pitbull; See here; Download; iTunes; Fandango) | (Atlantic) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Amo Amo (L.A. psych dream pop band) | “Amo Amo” (producer: Jim James; new single: “When I Look At You”; See here; On Tour) | (Amo Amo) |
| Bridge 19 (Kentucky-based Americana outfit) | “In the Afterglow” (first single: “The One”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Bridge 19) |
| The Brookses (Atlanta father-daughter Americana duo) | “Lucky Charm” (producer: Damon Moon; new single: “Lucky Charm”; Hear here) |
(Brookses Music LLC) |
| Chelou | “Out of Sight” (guest: Grace Lightman; See here; iTunes) |
(Concrete Dog) |
| Sean Della Croce (Nashville native) | “Illuminations” (producer: Alan Deremo; guests: Vince Gill, Greg Leisz; first single: “Rebecca Henry”; Hear here; iTunes; Spotify) |
(Instar) |
Philosophy is a rich field for me as a songwriter because it explores the questions that I think the best music asks; what is the human condition and how can we survive it?” Della Croce tells P&P. “There’s a lot of questioning on this record. All of the music and lyrics are original.
| The Frost Duo | “Spring” (Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(The Frost Duo) |
| Matthew Garrod (Australian singer-songwriter was a finalist in the 2018 International Songwriting Competition) | “Canyons” (six-song EP; first single: “This Town”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Matthew Garrod) |
| Nick Murphy (aka Chet Faker) | “Run Fast Sleep Naked” (producers: Murphy, Dave Harrington; first single: “Sanity”; See here; CD, out June 21; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Downtown) |
| Youssou N’Dour | “History” (guests: Seinabo Sey, Babatunde Olatunji; first single: “Habib Faye”; See here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Naïve) |
| Pure Bathing Culture (Portland indie-pop duo) | “Night Pass” (producer: Tucker Martine; first single: “Devotion”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Infinite Companion) |
| Amon Tobin | “Fear in a Handful of Dust” (the electronic music pioneer’s first album in eight years; first single: “On a Hilltop Sat the Moon”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes) |
(Nomark) |
More Digital Releases for April 26, 2019 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Cheap Trick | “The Epic Archive Vol. 3 (1984-1992)” (16-song collection of rarities; Download; Merch) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Dead Kennedys | “DK 40” (three-CD live collection featuring “Paradiso in Amsterdam 1982,” “Alabama Halle in Munich 1982” and “The Farm in San Francisco 1985”; Download) |
(Manifesto) |
| Bill Evans | “Evans in England” (18 unreleased set of recordings with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell recorded at Ronnie Scott’s celebrated jazz club in December 1969; See here; Download) |
(Resonance) |
| Marvin Gaye | “You’re the Man” (his lost follow-up to “What’s Going On” was shelved in 1972; first single: “My Last Chance [SalaAM ReMi Remix]”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl, released on March 29; Download; Merch) |
(Motown / UMe) |
| Generation X (Billy Idol’s first band) | “Generation X (Deluxe Edition)” (1978 album; remastered, with 11 previously unreleased outtakes, a single mix and several mixes made by engineer Alan Winstanley; See here; Vinyl; Merch) |
(Chrysalis) |
| Wes Montgomery | “Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings” (22 previously unreleased recordings from 1957-59; See here; Download) |
(Resonance) |
| Prince | “Ultimate Rave” (three-disc set includes 1999’s “Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic” and its 2001 remix, along with a DVD containing the full-length performance of Prince’s 1999 on-demand New Year’s Eve party, “Prince In Concert: Rave Un2 the Year 2000”; Read here; Vinyl; Merch) |
(NPG / Legacy Recordings) |
| Pure Prairie League | “Pure Prairie League / Bustin’ Out / Two Lane Highway / Dance” (1972, ’75 and ’76 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) |
(BGO) |
| Various artists | “Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1956-62: 29 Amazing Stereo Hits” (25 of the 29 tracks make their stereo debuts; Hear/read here), “Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1963-64: 29 Amazing Stereo Hits” (29 original stereo hits on one CDC, including 10 tracks from the U.K.; Hear/read here) |
(Hit Parade / Eric) |
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