New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Aethere (Bay Area metal band) | “Adrift” (producer: Zach Ohren; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour)  | (Tragic Hero) |
| All That Remains | “Madness” (their eighth studio album is the first with new bassist Aaron Patrick; producer: Howard Benson; MP3; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Razor & Tie) |
| Ayreon | “The Source” (guest singers include Dream Theater’s James LaBrie, Epica’s Simone Simons, Nightwish’s Floor Jansen, Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kürsch, etc.; See here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; iTunes; Merch) | (Mascot Label Group / Music Theories Recordings) |
| Between the Buried and Me | “Coma Ecliptic Live” (filmed and recorded at The Observatory North Park in San Diego in October 2016; See here; Vinyl; MP3; On Tour; Merch) | (Metal Blade) |
| Mary J. Blige | “Strength of a Woman” (guests: Missy Elliott, Kanye West, DJ Khaled, Quavo, Prince Charlez, KATRANADA; Hear here; MP3; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra tracks; eBay; On Tour)  | (Capitol) |
| Anna Coogan | “The Lonely Cry of Space & Time” (first single: “Burn for You”; Hear here; MP3) | (Anna Coogan) |
| The Cranberries | “Something Else” (their first album since 2012; “unplugged” versions of their past hits, plus three new songs, all featuring a string quartet from the Irish Chamber Orchestra; Hear here; MP3; On Tour) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm | “Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm” (producer: Steve Jordan; Hear here; On Tour; Sheet Music) | (Jay-Vee) |
| Jonathan Coulton | “Solid State” (producer: Christian Cassan; first single: “All This Time”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (SuperEgo) |
| Feist | “Pleasure” (her first album since 2011; producers: Feist, Mocky, Renaud Letang; first single: “Pleasure”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Interscope) |
| Gorillaz | “Humanz” (guests: Carly Simon, Mavis Staples, De La Soul, Grace Jones, Vince Staples, Danny Brown, Kelela, D.R.A.M., Popcaan, Peven Everett, Anthony Hamilton, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; Vinyl Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Warner / Parlophone) |
| Garland Jeffreys | “14 Steps to Harlem” (producer: James Maddock; first single: “14 Steps to Harlem”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Luna Park / Rough Trade) |
| Kasabian | “For Crying Out Loud” (producer: guitarist Serge Pizzorno; first single: “You’re in Love With a Psycho”; Hear here; On Tour; eBay; Merch) | (Columbia) |
| Mark Lanegan Band | “Gargoyle” (guests: Josh Homme, Greg Dulli, Duke Garwood; first single: “Nocturne”; Hear here; Read here) | (Heavenly Recordings) |
| Les Amazones d’Afrique | “République Amazone” (all-female collective of West African musicians, campaigning for gender equality, includes Angélique Kidjo, Nneka, Rokia Koné, Mamani Keita, Massan Coulibaly, Kandia Kouyaté, Madiaré Dramé and Madina N’Diaye; See here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Real World) |
| Life of Agony | “A Place Where There’s No More Pain” (producers: Matt Brown, Life of Agony; first single: “A Place Where There’s No More Pain”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Napalm) |
| Mammoth Mammoth (Australian dirt rockers) | “Mount the Mountain” (See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Napalm) |
| John Mellencamp featuring Carlene Carter | “Sad Clowns & Hillbillies” (new single: “Grandview,” with Martina McBride; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; MP3; Target-Exclusive CD, with two bonus tracks; On Tour; Merch; Sheet Music) | (Republic) |
| Mew | “Visuals” (first single: “Carry Me to Safety”; Hear here; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
| Lea Michele (former “Glee” star) | “Places” (producers: John Shanks, Toby Gad, Xandy Barry, etc.; first single: “Love Is Alive”; Hear here; MP3; Read here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Columbia) |
| Marie Miller | “Letterbox” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Curb) |
| Willie Nelson | “God’s Problem Child” (guests: the late Leon Russell, Tony Joe White, Jamey Johnson; NPR First Listen; Read here; MP3; see related reissue below; On Tour; Merch; Sheet Music) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| New Found Glory | “Makes Me Sick” (first single: “Happy Being Miserable”; Hear here; On Tour; Merch) | (Hopeless) |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | “50 Years of Blonde on Blonde” (live cover of Bob Dylan’s classic album, recorded at the historic Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville last May; MP3; On Tour) | (Old Crow Medicine Show / Columbia Nashville) |
| Amilia K Spicer (Americana/folk singer-songwriter) | “Wow and Flutter” (producers: Spicer, Steve McCormick; guests: Jimmy LaFave, Gurf Morlix, Daryl Johnson, Tony Gilkyson; second single: “Lightning”; See here; MP3) | (Free Range) |
| Colin Stetson (saxophonist-multireedist) | “All This I Do for Glory” (first single: “Spindrift”; See here; NPR First Listen; On Tour) | (52Hz / Kartel Music Group) |
| Sylvan Esso (electro-pop duo) | “What Now” (new single: “Die Young”; See here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Loma Vista Recordings) |
| Trombone Shorty | “Parking Lot Symphony” (producer: Chris Seefried; first single: “Here Come the Girls”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Blue Note) |
| Various artists | “Free Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (British action-comedy film opened in the U.S. on April 21; See here; Fandango) | (Lakeshore) |
| Various artists | “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2” (superhero sequel opens May 5; See here; MP3; iTunes Fandango; Merch) | (Hollywood) |
| The Whistles and the Bells (aka Nashville-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bryan Simpson) | “Modern Plagues” (producers: Eddie Spear, Simpson; first single: “Harry Potter”; See here; MP3) | (New West) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| BNQT | “Volume 1” (indie supergroup features Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Fran Healy of Travis, and various Midlake members; first single: “Restart”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Dualtone) |
| Fast Romantics (Toronto-based indie rockers) | “American Love” (producers: Gus Van Go, Werner F; new single: “Everybody’s Trying To Steal Your Heart”; Hear here; On Tour) | (Light Organ / Postwar Recordings) |
| Forever (London-based producer) | “Hymn EP” (five songs; first single: “Swamped”; Hear here) | (Coyote) |
| Jupiter Owls (U.K. folk-pop quartet) | “The Fallow Cry of the Jupiter Owls” (producers: John Libert, Ryan Steele; first single: “Cape Cornwall”; Hear here) | (Cupboard Under The Stairs) |
| Mammothor (Boston rock/metal band) | “Devotion Lost” (first single: “Faith Healer”; See here) | (Mammothor) |
| Thurston Moore | “Rock n Roll Consciousness” (producer: Paul Epworth; first single: “Smoke of Dreams”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Ecstatic Peace Library / Caroline) |
| Mark Mulcahy | “The Possum in the Driveway” (his first album in four years; producer: Scott Amore; Hear here) | (Mezzotint) |
| Bob Pepek (Connecticut singer-songwriter) | “Pratfalls and Curtain Calls” (Hear here) | (Bob Pepek) |
| Remington Super 60 (Norwegian indie band) | “Indie pop for kids vol. 1” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Cafe Superstar Recordings, May 2) |
| R.Ring (The Breeders’ Kelley Deal and Ampline’s Mike Montgomery) | “Ignite the Rest” (See here) | (SofaBurn) |
| The Rude Mechanicals Band | “Exit, Pursued by a Bear” (producer: Drew Coleman; first single: “Come Away Death”; Hear here) | (Silvery, April 25) |
| Max Subar (Chicago singer-songwriter) | “In a Dream” (five-song EP; new single: “Balcony”; Hear here) | (Max Subar) |
| Thrillers (L.A.-based electro-pop duo) | “Break Free” (features collaborations with Twin Shadow and producer duo Back Talk; first single: “Can’t Get Enough”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Lights & Music Collective) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Hell & High Water: The Best of the Arista Years” (11-song compilation; Sheet Music) | (Floating World) |
| Atlanta Rhythm Section | “Truth in a Structured Form” (1989 album; remastered; On Tour; Sheet Music) | (Floating World) |
| Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg | “Birkin/Gainsbourg: le symphonique” (21 new symphony versions, arranged by Japanese composer Nobuyuki Nakajima, recorded by Gainsbourg producer Philippe Lerichomme, with new symphonic arrangements performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes; eBay) | (Parlophone / Warner Music France) |
| John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band | “Eddie and the Cruisers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Hybrid SACD]” (1983 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Cheap Trick | “The Epic Archive Vol. 1 (1975-1979)” (remastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in New York; On Tour; Merch; Sheet Music) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Paul Collins’ Beat | “Long Time Gone / To Beat or Not To Beat” (long-lost EPs from 1983 and 1985; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Lolipop) |
| The Creation | “Creation Theory” (Amazon UK-exclusive CD-DVD box; Read here) | (Edsel) |
| Bobby Hatfield | “The Other Brother: A Solo Anthology 1965-1970” (24-song collection; Read here) | (U.K. – Ace) |
| Alan Jackson | “Precious Memories Collection” (two-CD set, originally available only at Walmart last fall, includes 2012’s “Precious Memories” and 2013’s “Precious Memories Volume II,” with two new songs, “It’s All About Him” and “That’s the Way”) | (Capitol Nashville / UMe) |
| Elton John | “Elton John [Vinyl]” (1970 album), “17-11-70 [Vinyl]” (1971 album), “Madman Across the Water [Vinyl]” (1971 album), “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy [Vinyl]” (1975 album), “Too Low for Zero [Vinyl]” (1983 album), “Songs From the West Coast [Vinyl]” (2001 album; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Island / UMe) |
| Van Morrison | “Van Morrison – The Authorized Bang Collection” (three CDs, 63 songs, featuring original mixes of the master recordings, plus the much-bootlegged “Contractual Obligation Session”; Read here; MP3; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Willie Nelson & Leon Russell | “One For the Road” (1979 album; remastered; Sheet Music) | (Floating World) |
| Buck Owens | “The Warner Bros. Recordings” (two CDs, 42 songs) | (Wounded Bird) |
| The Alan Price Set | “Twice the Price: The Decca Recordings” (three CDs, 44 songs; Read here) | (Edsel) |
| Shocking Blue | “The Blue Box” (13-CD box set includes two compilations of unreleased tracks and a 56-page history of the band; Track list) | (Europe – Red Bullet) |
| The Supremes | “The Supremes A’ Go-Go (Expanded Edition)” (1966 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus material; eBay; Sheet Music) | (Motown / UMe) |
| U2 | “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” (2004 album; On Tour; Merch) | (Island / UMe) |
| Various artists | “Monkey Business: The 7″ Vinyl Box Set” (10 7-inch singles, featuring Desmond Dekker & The Aces, The Upsetters, The Maytals, Bob & Marcia, Dave & Ansil Collins, etc.; Hear here; Read here) | (Trojan) |
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