New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Aesop Rock | “The Impossible Kid” (first single: “Rings”; Hear here; See here; MP3; Instrumental Version) | (Rhymesayers Entertainment) |
| American Hi-Fi | “American Hi-Fi Acoustic” (all-acoustic version of their 2001 debut album; Hear here; MP3) | (Rude) |
| The Bo-Keys | “Heartaches By The Number” (original songs with covers of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Swamp Dogg and Ray Price;; guests: Don Bryant, The Masqueraders; Hear here; MP3) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| The Boxer Rebellion | “Ocean By Ocean” (new guitarist: Andrew Smith; first single: “Keep Me Close”; Hear here; MP3) | (Absentee Recordings) |
| Cilver | “Not the End of the World” (producer: guitarist Leon Lyazidi; executive producer: Johnny K; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Ferry Corsten | “>Hello>World” (Hear here) | (Flashover Recordings) |
| Kyle Craft | “Dolls of Highland” (first single: “Lady of the Ark”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sub Pop) |
| Mike Dillon | “Functioning Broke” (reimagines six Elliott Smith compositions, including “Behind the Bars,” “Christian Brothers” and “Independence Day,” Neil Young’s “The Needle & The Damage Done,” Martin Denny’s “The Enchanted Sea,” plus four originals; first single: “Between the Bars”; Hear here; MP3) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
| John Doe | “The Westerner” (producer: Howe Gelb; guests: Debbie Harry, Chan Marshall of Cat Power, Cindy Wasserman, Tom Brosseau; first single: “Get on Board”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Cool Rock / Thirty Tigers) |
| Brian Eno | “The Ship” (includes a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Set Free”; Hear here; MP3)  |
(Warp) |
| Fallujah | “Dreamless” (producer: Zack Ohren; Hear here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Greyhounds (Austin psych-soul duo) | “Change of Pace” (first single: “Devil’s Eyes”; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Ardent Music) |
| Petra Haden | “Seemed Like a Good Idea: Petra Haden Sings Jesse Harris” (Hear here; MP3) | (Sunnyside) |
| Haken | “Affinity” (the British progressive metal band’s fourth album; producer: Jens Bogren; second single: “The Endless Knot”; Hear here; MP3) | (Inside Out Music) |
| The Jayhawks | “Paging Mr. Proust” (producers: Peter Buck, Tucker Martine, Gary Louris; guest: Mike Mills; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Sham / Thirty Tigers) |
| Mo Kenney (Canadian singer-songwriter) | “In My Dreams” (producer: Joel Plaskett; new single: “Take Me Outside”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mo Kenney Music) |
| Levitation Room (L.A. pysch-rock group) | “Ethos” (first single: “Crystal Ball”; Hear here; MP3) | (Burger) |
| Lonestar | “Never Enders” (first single: “Never Enders”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Martina McBride | “Reckless” (first single: “Reckless”; Hear here; MP3) | (Nash Icon) |
| Museum Mouth (North Carolina punk trio) | “Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig” (Hear/read here; MP3) | (Equal Vision) |
| New Madrid (Athens, Ga., quartet) | “magnetkingmagnetqueen” (new single: “Knots”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Normaltown) |
| Pepper (Kona dub rock trio) | “Ohana” (Hear here; MP3) | (Law) |
| Britta Phillips (bass guitarist for Luna) | “Luck or Magic” (five original songs and five covers, including The Cars’ “Drive” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide”; new single: “Daydream”; Hear here; MP3) | (Double Feature) |
| Pity Sex | “White Hot Moon” (producer: Will Yip; new single: “Burden You”; Hear here; Vinyl, with download card; Cassette, with download card; MP3) | (Run For Cover) |
| Plants and Animals (Montreal trio) | “Waltzed In From the Rumbling” (first single: “Stay”; Hear here; MP3) | (Secret City) |
| Purson (U.K. act led by vocalist-guitarist Rosalie Cunningham) | “Desire’s Magic Theatre” (first single: “Electric Landlady”; Hear here; MP3) | (Spinefarm / Machine Elf) |
| Rogue Wave | “Delusions of Grand Fur” (first single: “What Is Left To Solve”; Hear here; MP3) | (Easy Sound Recording Company) |
| Shenandoah | “Good News Travels Fast” (the band’s first gospel album, featuring original lead singer Marty Raybon; producer: Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus; guest: Karen Peck; Hear here; MP3) | (New Day / Daywind Roots) |
| Sixx:A.M. | “Prayers For The Damned” (first single: “Rise”; Hear here; MP3) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
| Snarky Puppy | “Culcha Vulcha” (first single: “Tarova”; See here; NPR First Listen; MP3) | (GroundUp Music) |
| Stimming (Hamburg-based musician) | “Alpe Lusia” (Hear here; MP3) | (Diynamic) |
| Sugar Blue | “Voyage” (the Grammy Award-Winning harmonica virtuoso’s first studio album in more than five years; includes a cover of Ray Charles’ “Mary Ann”; Hear here) | (M.C.) |
| Travis | “Everything At Once” (producer: Michael Ilbert; guest: Josephine Oniyama; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Red Telephone Box) |
| Tremonti (led by Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti, with Wolfgang Van Halen on bass) | “Dust” (producer: Michael “Elvis” Baskette; Hear here; MP3) |
(FRET12) |
| Various artists | “An American Victory (Studio Cast Recording)” (cast includes Ashley Brown, Adam Jacobs, Jeremy Hayes, Samantha Hill, Ramin Karimloo, Hugh Panaro, Aaron Tveit; MP3) | (Broadway) |
| Various artists | “Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2 Volume 2” (20 tracks; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 58” (16 hits, plus six “NOW What’s Next” bonus tracks; MP3) |
(NOW / UMG Recordings) |
| Various artists | “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (stars Ana Villafañe and Josh Segarra; directed by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo, based on an original book by Academy Award winner Alexander Dinelaris; Hear/see here; MP3) | (Masterworks Broadway) |
| Various artists | “Sing Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (comedy-drama film from writer-director John Carney, set in 1980s Dublin, opened April 15; See here; MP3) | (Decca) |
| Victoria+Jean (Swedish-Belgian avant-pop duo) | “Divine Love” (sound engineers: John Parish, Ian Caple, Christoffer Berg, Rob Kirwan, Mandy Parnell; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Cadence Music) |
| Rob Zombie | “The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser” (producer: Zeuss; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(UMe / T-Boy) |
More Releases for April 29, 2016
Upcoming Vinyl Releases … Upcoming Music Books … ReadyRide Bikes from Diamondback
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Baby in Vain (Copenhagen trio) | “For the Kids” (five-song EP; first single: “Martha’s View”; Hear here; See here) | (Partisan) |
| Jaye Bartell (Asheville, N.C.-based singer-songwriter) | “Light Enough” (first single: “Tuesdays”; Hear here; CD, out May 6) | (Sinderlyn) |
| Better Enemies (U.K. pop-rock quartet) | “Better Enemies” (first single: “Get Me Out”; See here) | (Better Enemies, May 1) |
| Beyoncé | “Lemonade” (includes short film; producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Kevin Garrett, Diplo Ezra Koenig, Piero Scaruffi, Jack White, Wynter Gordon, Kevin Cossom, MeLo-X, Kyle Cox, etc.; guests: Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Jack White, James Blake; first single: “Formation”; Hear here; CD/DVD, out May 6) |
(Parkwood Entertainment, April 25) |
| Cave States (St. Louis quartet) | “True Life” (includes a cover of Badfinger’s “Take It All”; new single: “No Words”; Hear here) | (Cave States) |
| Margaret Cho | “American Myth” (the comedian’s first new music in more than six years; Hear here) | (Clownery) |
| Devil’s Gun | “Dirty ‘N’ Damned” (producer: Tony “Täde” Carlsson; Hear here; See here) | (Black Lodge) |
| Drake | “Views” (producers: 40, Boi-1da, Cubeatz, Brian Bennett; new singles: “One Dance,” “Pop Style”; Hear here) | (OVO / Young Money / Republic / BBK) |
| Linda Draper (Brooklyn-based folk-rock artist) | “Modern Day Decay” (Hear here) | (Linda Draper) |
| Greaver (Durham, N.C., post-hardcore quintet) | “The Faun” (Hear here) | (Cardigan) |
| James Holt | “Sanguine on the Rocks” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (James Holt) |
| Hot Rumour (L.A. alt-rock trio) | “MMXVI” (six-song debut EP; Hear here) | (Hot Rumour) |
| Ross Jack (South African rapper) | “Self Medicated” (producer: Pete Martin; guests: B.K., Hydro, Lula Beggs; Hear here; See here) | (Columbia) |
| Orbit’s Tears | “Orbit’s Tears” (producers: Nigel Gray, Dan O’Brien, Rebecca Pointe; first single: “Seven”; Hear here) | (Pointe Productions) |
| Painted Wives (Southern California hard-rock quintet) | “Obsessed with the End” (remixed version of their 2014 DIY album; Hear here) | (Century Media) |
| Peach Kelli Pop | “Halloween Mask” (three-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Lauren) |
| Haley Reinhart (finished third on season 10 of “American Idol”) | “Better” (first single: “Better”; Hear here) | (ole) |
| Davy Sage | “Waiting For You” (six-song EP; producer: Prince Caleb Banks; guest: PCB; first single: “Waiting For You”; Hear here) | (Be Major Music, May 3) |
| Various artists | “Voices of an Angel Vol. 2” (indie-gospel compilation; first single: “God Been Good To Me,” Gloria Russell; Hear here) | (Musgrove Distribution) |
| The Wilding Incident (NYC hardcore band) | “Prey for the Wolfpack” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Reaper, April 27) |
More Digital Releases for April 29, 2016
We’re Jammin’: Featured Bob Marley Albums … “The Very Best of Prince” … $3.99 Albums: Tegan and Sara, etc. … Amazon Fire TV Stick … The Headphones Store … Chromebooks … $0.69 Songs
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bad Company | “Live in Concert 1977 & 1979” (two CDs, 30 songs; Hear here) |
(Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, et al | “Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along” (only available archival recording of the 1921 all-black musical comedy; coincides with a new Broadway revival of “Shuffle Along,” starring Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell and opening this month; Read here; MP3) | (Harbinger) |
| Cheap Trick | “One On One & Next Position Please” (1982, 1983 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | “Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen / Tales From Ozone / We’ve Got a Live One Here!” (three Warner Bros. albums from 1975-76 on two CDs; remastered; Read here) | (BGO) |
| Cream | “Classic Album Selection” | (U.K. – Universal) |
| Divine | “Shoot Your Shot: Divine Anthology” (two CDs, 27 songs; Read here) | (Hot Shot / Cherry Red) |
| Enchantment | “Once Upon a Dream” (1978 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Hear here) | (Cherry Red) |
| Firefall | “Firefall / Luna Sea / Elan” (1976, 1977, 1978 albums; remastered; Read here) | (BGO) |
| Buddy Guy / Otis Clay | “Live in Chicago 88” | (Klondike) |
| Bernard Herrmann | “Taxi Driver (Original Soundtrack Recording) [Vinyl]” (1976 album; 180-gram taxi cab yellow vinyl) | (Waxworks) |
| Judith Hill | “Back in Time” (2015 album, recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park Studios; producers: Prince, Hill; Prince plays guitar, bass and drums and provides background vocals; See here) | (NPG) |
| The Independents | “Just As Long: The Complete Wand Recordings 1972-74” (23 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace) |
| Jefferson Airplane | “Volunteers [Vinyl]” (1969 album; 180-gram 45rpm two-LP set) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| George Jones | “When My Heart Hurts No More” (30-song collection covering his UA-Mercury years, 1954-1963) | (Southern Routes) |
| Kool & The Gang | “Emergency (Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks and a second CD of remixes, special mixes, a medley and other versions; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Less Than Jake | “Live From Astoria” (recorded at the London venue in April 2001; MP3) | (Rude) |
| The Move | “Move (Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition)” (featuring the mono mix of the 1968 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Read here), “Shazam (Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition)” (1970 album; remastered, with 37 bonus tracks; Read here) | (Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Pere Ubu | “The Hearpen Singles 1975-1977” (Read here), “The Art of Walking” (1980 album; remastered) | (Fire) |
| Prince | “HITnRUN Phase Two” (2015 album) |
(NPG) |
| Linda Ronstadt | “Canciones de mi Padre” (1987 album; remastered), “Mas Canciones” (1991 album; remastered), “Frenesi” (1992 album; remastered) | (Elektra) |
| Leon Russell | “Leon Russell [Hybrid SACD]” (1970 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Boz Scaggs | “Other Roads: The Deluxe Edition” (1988 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Friday Music) |
| Starship | “No Protection / Love Among the Cannibals” (1987, 1989 albums; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Touch of Class (brothers Gerald and Pete Jackson wrote “Turn the Beat Around”) | “Touch of Class” (1979 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “Great Moments at Carnegie Hall” (43-CD box set; MP3) |
(Sony Classical) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Broadway” (18-song collection, featuring hits from “Cats,” “Chicago,” “A Chorus Line,” “The Lion King,” “Wicked,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” etc.; Read here; MP3) |
(NOW Music) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Fitness” (three-CD, 62-song set of workout songs; See here) | (NOW Music) |
| Various artists | “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Volume 1 [Vinyl]” (best-of from 1993 through 2009, including the 2004 all-star jam between Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison and Prince on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”; See here) | (Time Life) |
| Various artists | “Scratch My Back! Pye Beat Girls 1963-1968” (24 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Ace) |
More Releases for April 29, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Elvis Presley | “Elvis Presley Sings Leiber & Stoller” (24-song compilation) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Raydio | “Raydio (Expanded Edition)” (1978 album, with two bonus tracks), “Rock On (Expanded Edition)” (1979 album; with two bonus tracks) | (Arista / Legacy) |
| Paul Williams | “A Little on the Windy Side (Expanded Edition)” (1979 album; with four bonus tracks) | (Epic / Legacy) |
More Digital Releases for April 29, 2016
Deals in Movies & TV … “Game of Thrones” Store … The Criterion Collection
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Glen Campbell | “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Country Special [DVD]” (guests: Johnny Cash, June Carter, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Minnie Pearl) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Daniel Craig | “007: The Daniel Craig Collection [DVD]” (four films on four discs; Blu-ray) | (MGM) |
| Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, et al | “Top Gun: Thirtieth Anniversary [Blu-ray]” (1986 film; two-disc set) | (Paramount) |
| Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, et al | “Easy Rider (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (1969 film; Read here; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, et al | “Joy [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Jennifer Nettles, Ricky Schroder, Gerald McRaney, et al | “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors [DVD]” (2015 TV biopic about Parton’s upbringing, set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955; See here) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Tony Revolori, Talitha Bateman, et al | “The 5th Wave [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray; 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
| Will Smith, Bill Pullman, et al | “Independence Day (20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1996 film; two-disc set includes the theatrical and extended cuts) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Wishbone Ash | “Live In Paris 2015 [DVD]” (filmed at Le Triton Theatre; See here) | (+FE Music / Hard Boiled) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Best Books of the Month … 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Shaun Adams | “The Singer-Songwriter’s Guide to Recording in the Home Studio” (Paperback) | (Berklee Press) |
| Carmen Appice | “Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Hardcover; co-author: Ian Gittins; foreword by Rod Stewart) | (Chicago Review Press) |
| The Beatles | “The Beatles and the Historians: An Analysis of Writings About the Fab Four” (Paperback; author: Erin Torkelson Weber) | (McFarland & Company) |
| James Brown | “Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me” (Paperback; author: Yamma Brown; co-author: Robin Gaby Fisher; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Chicago Review Press) |
| Eric Clapton | “Clapton: The Ultimate Illustrated History – Updated Edition” (Paperback; author: Chris Welch) | (Voyageur Press) |
| Bing Crosby | “18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons from Dad” (Hardcover; authors: Nathaniel Crosby, John Strege; Kindle) | (Dey Street Books) |
| Bob Dylan | “Seeing the Real You at Last: Life and Love on the Road with Bob Dylan” (Paperback; author: Britta Lee Shain) | (Jawbone Press) |
| Vicky Edwards | “Musical Wit: Quips and Quotes for Musicians and Music Lovers” (Hardcover) | (Summersdale) |
| Jon Fine | “Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear)” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) |
(Penguin Books) |
| Philip Glass | “Words Without Music: A Memoir” (Paperback) | (Liveright) |
| Caroline Gnagy | “Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History” (Paperback) | (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Billy J. Kramer | “Do You Want to Know a Secret? The Autobiography of Billy J. Kramer” (Paperback; co-author: Alyn Shipton) | (Equinox Publishing) |
| Lecrae | “Unashamed” (Hardcover; Kindle) |
(B&H Books) |
| Love | “My Little Red Book: Love Day-By-Day 1945-1971” (Paperback; author: Bruno Ceriotti) | (Soundcheck Books) |
| Johnny Marr | “Johnny Marr: The Smiths & the Art of Gun-Slinging” (Paperback; author: Richard Carman) | (John Blake) |
| Paul McCartney | “Paul McCartney: The Life” (Hardcover; author: Philip Norman; Kindle) |
(Little, Brown and Company) |
| Scotty McCreery | “Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream” (Hardcover; co-author: Travis Thrasher; Kindle) |
(Zondervan) |
| Maceo Parker | “98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music” (Paperback) | (Chicago Review Press) |
| Derek Ridgers (photographer) | “Punk London 1977.” (Paperback) | (Carpet Bombing Culture) |
| Michael Ruffino (of Unband) | “Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman’s Progress Through Rock and Roll” (Kindle) | (ABEcco) |
| Brix Smith Start (formerly of The Fall and The Adult Net) | “The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise” (Kindle) | (Faber & Faber) |
| Tracey Thorn (of Everything But the Girl) | “Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Virago) |
| Yes | “Time and a Word: The Yes Story” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Soundcheck Books) |
Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Audio Technica | “Audio Technica AT-LP120BK-USB Direct-Drive Professional Turntable (USB & Analog), Black” (Turntable w/ USB LP to DIG Recording Piano Black With RCA Turntable Cleaning System) | (May 1) |
| Audio Technica | “Audio Technica AT-LP60BK Fully Automatic Belt-Drive Stereo Turntable, Black” | (May 1) |
| Audio Technica | “Audio Technica AT-LP60WH-BT Fully Automatic Bluetooth Wireless Belt-Drive Stereo Turntable, White” (Stereo Turntable, Navy) | (May 1) |
| 2K Games | “Battleborn [PlayStation 4]” (also available for Xbox One and PC) | (May 3) |
