New Releases: April 8, 2016
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| All Saints | “Red Flag” (their first album in a decade; first single: “One Strike”; Hear here; MP3) | (U.K. – London) |
| Daniel Ash | “Stripped” (stripped-down versions of his favorite songs; guests: John Fryer, Adam Bravin, Matt Mitchell, Christopher The Minister; Hear here; MP3) |
(Mainman) |
| Be | “You” (producer: frontman David Hawkins; guest: Ken Stringfellow; first single: “Golden Cup”; Hear here) | (Be) |
| Black Peaks | “Statues” (first single: “Saviour”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Easy Life / Sony RED) |
| Hayes Carll | “Lovers and Leavers” (producer: Joe Henry; first single: “The Love That We Need”; Hear here; MP3) | (Hwy 87 / Thirty Tigers) |
| The Dandy Warhols | “Distortland” (producer: Jim Lowe; first single: “You Are Killing Me”; Hear here; MP3) | (Dine Alone Music) |
| Deftones | “Gore” (producer: Matt Hyde; first single: “Prayers/Triangles”; Hear here; MP3)  |
(Reprise) |
| Gabe Dixon | “Turns to Gold” (producer: Paul Moak; guest: Natalie Prass; first single: “Holding Her Freedom”; Hear here; MP3) | (Tone Tree Music) |
| Eighth Blackbird (four-time Grammy-winning super-band) | “Hand Eye” (Hear here; MP3) | (Cedille) |
| Eliza and the Bear (London euphoric folk pop band) | “Eliza and the Bear” (third single: “It Gets Cold”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| Charlie Farley | “All I’ve Been Through” (Hear here; MP3) | (Backroad / Average Joes Entertainment) |
| Filter | “Crazy Eyes” (first single: “Take Me To Heaven”; Hear here; MP3) | (Wind-up) |
| Former Belle (led by singer-songwriter and CRUISR guitarist Bruno Catrambone) | “Foreign Bed” (six-song EP; first single: “Dryld”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Randm) |
| Frightened Rabbit | “Painting of a Panic Attack” (producer: The National’s Aaron Dessner; first single: “Death Dream”; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition, with three extra tracks) | (Canvasback / Atlantic) |
| Great American Canyon Band (Baltimore indie-folk duo) | “Only You Remain” (first single: “Crash”; Hear here; MP3) | (Six Degrees) |
| Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals | “Call It What It Is” (their first studio album in more than eight years; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Stax / Concord) |
| Mayer Hawthorne | “Man About Town” (new single: “Love Like That”; Hear here; MP3) | (Vagrant / BMG Rights Management) |
| Tim Hecker | “Love Streams” (guests: Kara-Lis Coverdale, Grímur Helgason, Icelandic Choir Ensemble; Hear here; MP3) | (4AD) |
| Krizz Kaliko | “Go” (guests: Tech N9ne, Ces Cru, Rittz, Stevie Stone, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Strange Music) |
| Lights (Canadian electro-pop singer) | “Midnight Machines” (new acoustic version of her 2014 album, “Little Machines”; first single: “Meteorites”; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| The Lumineers | “Cleopatra” (first single: “Ophelia”; Hear here; Read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition, with four bonus tracks) |
(Dualtone) |
| Javina Magness | “Love Wins Again” (producer: Dave Darling; Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Élan) |
| Mallory | “Sonora RF Part I” (producer: Dooweet; first single: “On the Shelf”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Lalouline) |
| M83 | “Junk” (guests: Beck, Mai Lan, Susanne Sundfør, Jordan Lawlor; first single: “Do It, Try It”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom | “Otis Was a Polar Bear” (guests: Jenny Scheinman, Kirk Knuffke, Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose, Myra Melford; Hear here; MP3) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
| Jane Monheit | “The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald” (producer: Nicholas Payton; Hear here; MP3) | (Emerald City) |
| Moving Units (L.A. dance-punk veterans) | “Damage With Care” (Hear here; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| Operators (led by Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner) | “Blue Wave” (producer: Graham Walsh; Hear here; MP3) | (Last Gang) |
| Parquet Courts | “Human Performance” (producer: Austin Brown; first single: “Dust”; See here; MP3) | (Rough Trade) |
| Pearly Clouds (led by former Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band member Gary Lucas) | “Pearly Clouds” (Hear here; MP3) | (Acrobat / MVD) |
| The Ready Set | “I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love” (producer: frontman Jordan Witzigreuter; guest: Ansley Newman; first single: “Good Enough”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
| Curtis Salgado | “The Beautiful Lowdown” (producers: Salgado, Marlon McClain, Tony Braunagel; Hear here; MP3) | (Alligator) |
| Samiyam | “Animals Have Feelings” (guests: Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, Jeremiah Jae, Oliver the 2nd; Hear here; MP3) | (Stones Throw) |
| Sleeping With Sirens | “Sleeping with Sirens: Live and Unplugged” (MP3) | (Epitaph) |
| Ronnie Spector | “English Heart” (her tribute to 1960s British hits; producer: Scott Jacoby; first single: “I’d Much Rather Be With the Girls”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (429 / Savoy Label Group) |
| Colin Stetson (American saxophonist and multireedist) | “Sorrow: A Reimagining of Górecki’s 3rd Symphony” (guests: Sarah Neufeld, Rebecca Foon; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(52Hz / Kartel Music Group) |
| Sourvein (sludge metal veterans) | “Aquatic Occult” (producer: Mike Dean; guests: Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, Amebix’s Stig Miller, Corrosion of Conformity’s Reed Mullin, etc.; first single: “Ocypuss”; Hear here; MP3) | (Metal Blade) |
| Throw the Fight (Minneapolis rock group) | “Transmissions” (producers: Carson Slovak, Grant McFarland; first single: “Drown With Me”; Hear here; MP3) | (Bullet Tooth) |
| Various artists | “Everybody Wants Some!! (Music From the Motion Picture)” (the Richard Linklater-directed film, a “spiritual sequel” to “Dazed and Confused” set in the world of 1980s college life, opens April 1; See here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Ben Watt | “Fever Dream” (first single: “Gradually”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) |
(Unmade Road / Caroline) |
| JJ Weeks Band | “As Long As We Can Breathe” (producer: Jonathan Smith; first single: “Alive In Me”; Hear here; MP3) | (Centricity Music) |
| Peter Wolf | “A Cure for Loneliness” (nine of the 12 songs are new originals, four co-written with Will Jennings, plus a bluegrass version of “Love Stinks”; Hear here) | (Concord) |
| Woods | “City Sun Eater in the River of Light” (first single: “Sun City Creeps”; Hear here; MP3) | (Woodsist) |
| Zakk Wylde | “Book of Shadows II” (his first solo release in 20 years; first single: “Sleeping Dogs”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
More Releases for April 8, 2016
Amazon Echo … “Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House” [Hardcover], Kathleen Grissom … Band T-Shirts … Bluetooth & Wireless Speakers … Classic Collections on DVD / Blu-ray
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| All Hail the Yeti | “Screams From a Black Wilderness” (producer: Matt Hyde; first single: “Before the Flames”; See here; CD, out May 6) | (Minus Head) |
| Before You Exit (Orlando sibling pop-rock trio) | “All the Lights” (six-song EP; second single: “When I’m Gone”; Hear here) | (RCA) |
| Gavin Chappell-Bates (indie-pop-rock artist from Cambridge, England) | “We Are the Ones” (first single: “Refugee”; Hear here; See here) | (R*E*P*E*A*T) |
| Mark Erelli (Boston songwriter and sideman) | “For a Song” (guest: Paula Cole; first single: “For a Song”; Hear here) |
(Mark Erelli) |
| Foxtails Brigade | “Foxtails Brigade” (first single: “We Are Not Ourselves”; Hear here) | (Wind-up) |
| The Gray Havens (includes David Radford, a Top 20 “American Idol” finalist in season 5) | “Ghost of a King” (Hear here; Read here) | (Artist Garden Entertainment) |
| Ihsahn | “Arktis.” (guests: Einar Solberg, Matt Heafy, Jorgen Munkeby, Tobias Ornes Andersen, Hans Herbjornsrud; Hear here) | (Candlelight) |
| Me Like Bees (Joplin, Mo., indie rock quartet) | “There Will Be Time” (four-song EP; producer: John Feldmann; first single: “Tundraland”; Hear here; See here) | (Me Like Bees) |
| The Movement | “Golden” (guests: Collie Buddz, Bobby Hustle, Leilani Wolfgramm, Elliot Martin, Mr. Williamz; Hear here) | (Rootfire Cooperative) |
| Ashley Riley | “Through the Thin” (Hear here) | (Riled Up) |
| Maggie Rose | “The Variety Show, Volume I” (five-song EP; Hear here; See here) | (Play It Again) |
| Shy Shape | “Out at Night” (four-song EP; first single: “River City”; Hear here) | (Noisy Poet / The Orchard / Sony) |
| Sizzy Rocket (electro-pop artist) | “Thrills” (Hear here; See here) | (Yebo Music) |
| The Stolen (New Jersey pop-rockers) | “I’m So Dead” (five-song EP; producers: Rob Chiarappa, Mike Oettinger; Hear here) | (The Stolen) |
| Summer Flake (aka Adelaide, Australia’s Stephanie Crase) | “Hello Friends” (new single: “Wine Won’t Wash Away”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Rice Is Nice) |
| Tokyo Police Club | “Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness (Part One)” (five-song EP; second single: “PCH”; Hear here) | (Mean Beard Recordings) |
| Troller (Austin darkwave trio) | “Graphic” (first single: “Dryld”; See here) | (Holodeck) |
| Various artists | “Barbershop: The Next Cut (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) “ (the comedy sequel, which opens April 15, stars Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, et al, with cameos by Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Common, Eve; See here; CD, out May 6) | (Atlantic) |
| E.N Young | “Call On Me” (Hear here) | (Roots Musician) |
| Youth Code | “Commitment to Complications” (producer: Rhys Fulber; first single: “The Dust of Fallen Rome”; Hear here) | (Dais) |
More Digital Releases for April 8, 2016
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” [w/Bonus Features] … Remembering Merle Haggard: A Country Legend’s Discography … Celebrating 40 Years of Rush … Best Sellers in CD / Vinyl … $0.69 Songs
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Steve Alaimo | “I’ve Got It! Greatest Recordings 1958-1962” (27 songs) | (Jasmine) |
| Paul Anka | “The Complete US & UK Singles As & Bs 1956-62” (two CDs, 60 songs; Read here; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Associates | “The Very Best of Associates” (two CDs, 26 songs) | (U.K. – Metro Select) |
| Bachman-Turner Overdrive | “Box Set” (eight-CD collection includes the albums “Bachman-Turner Overdrive,” “Bachman-Turner Overdrive 2,” “Not Fragile,” “Four Wheel Drive,” “Head On,” “Freeways,” “Street Action” and “Rock and Roll Nights”) | (Caroline) |
| The Band | “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: Radio Broadcast 1970” (lineup: Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Allen Toussaint, Howard Johnson, Snooky Young, Joe Farrell) | (All Access) |
| Leonard Bernstein | “The Leonard Bernstein Collection – Volume Two” (64-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Larry Carlton | “My Father’s Place, New York 1978” | (Iconography) |
| Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup | “The Definitive Collection 1941-62” (four CDs, 94 tracks; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Deep Purple | “Stormbringer (35th Anniversary Edition)” (1974 album; double CD features the 2009 remastered version, the Glenn Hughes Remix and Quadrophonic Mix, 5.1 DTS 48/24), “Come Taste the Band (35th Anniversary Edition)” (1975 album; double CD features the 2010 remastered version and 2010 Kevin Shirley Remix) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Floyd Dixon | “Hey Bartender! His Very Best 1949-1959” (28 tracks) | (Jasmine) |
| The Four Tops | “Still Waters Run Deep” (1970 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Elemental Music) |
| Glenn Frey | “Take It To The Limit: Radio Broadcast 1986” | (IMV) |
| Guns N’ Roses | “In the Empire of the Sun: Tokyo Broadcast 1988” | (Sonic Boom) |
| Emmylou Harris with Ricky Skaggs | “Hickory Wind: The 1978 Solar Cal Benefit, The Catalyst, Santa Cruz” | (Zip City) |
| Coleman Hawkins | “Intimate: Duo, Trio, Quartet & Quintet Recordings 1934-38” (27 tracks; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Joni James | “The Very Best of Joni James 1951-62: All The Hits & More” (two CDs, 54 songs; Read here; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Kings of Convenience | “Quiet Is the New Loud” (2001 album), “Versus” (2001 album of remakes, remixes, and collaborations), “Riot on an Empty Street” (2004 album; all printed on limited-edition colored vinyl) | (Astralwerks) |
| Nicolette Larsen | “Nicolette/In the Nick of Time/Radioland” (1978, 1979 and 1981 albums on two CDs; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | “Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin’nérd & Second Helping – Live From Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre” (released on DVD and Blu-ray in October 2015; See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Herbie Mann | “The Complete Recordings: Part One 1955-1957” (eight complete albums on four CDs), “The Complete Recordings: Part Two 1957-1958” (eight complete albums on four CDs), “The Complete Recordings: Part Three 1959-1962” (eight complete albums on four CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Roy Milton & His Solid Senders | “The Greatest Hits 1946-1961” (29 tracks) | (Jasmine) |
| John Prine | “The 1970 Broadcasts” (two full radio shows on one CD; 28 songs) | (Golden Rain) |
| Fela Ransome-Kuti & His Koola Lobitos | “Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)” (three-CD, 39-song compilation; Hear here; MP3) | (Knitting Factory) |
| R.E.M. | “Dreaming In Paradise: 1983 Live Radio Broadcast” | (Iconography) |
| Rush | “Ohio 1975” (live broadcast from the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland on April 7, 1975) | (Good Ship Funke) |
| Shakatak | “Da Makani & Niteflite” (two CDs; 1988 and 1989 albums, previously only available in Japan; MP3) | (Secret) |
| Soundgarden | “Hands All Over: Radio Broadcast 1990” | (All Access) |
| Sweet | “The Very Best of Sweet” (two CDs, 36 songs) | (U.K. – Metro Select) |
| Thompson Twins | “Hold Me Now: The Very Best of Thompson Twins” (two CDs, 34 songs) | (U.K. – Metro Select) |
| Tiny Tim | “The Complete Singles Collection (1966-1970)” (22 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Now Sounds / Cherry Red) |
| Ernest Tubb | “The Complete US Hits 1941-62” (three CDs, 71 songs; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “The Other Side of the 80s: The Alternative Soundtrack of the Decade” (two CDs, 40 songs; featuring tracks by Duran Duran, New Order, Spandau Ballet, The Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, The Dream Academy, etc.) | (U.K. – Rhino) |
| Various artists | “Ultimate 80s” (four CDs, 71 songs) | (U.K. – Sony) |
| Carl Wilson | “Too Early to Tell: Live at the Bottom Line, New York City 1981” | (Hobo) |
| Warren Zevon | “Simple Man, Simple Dream: Radio Broadcast, 1982” | (Laser Media) |
More Releases for April 8, 2016
ALL THINGS BEATLES: CD and Vinyl … DVD and Blu-ray … Books … Digital Music … Fashion
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Beatles | “Anthology 1” (1995 compilation, featuring “Free As a Bird”; 60 songs), “Anthology 2” (1996 compilation, featuring “Real Love”; 45 songs), “Anthology 3” (1996 compilation, 50 songs), “Anthology Highlights” (23 songs) |
(Apple / Capitol, April 4) |
| The Browns | “The Complete As & Bs and More 1954-62” (two CDs, 62 songs) | (Enlightment) |
| Bo Diddley | “The Bo Diddley Collection 1955-62, Vol. 1” (55 songs), “The Bo Diddley Collection 1955-62, Vol. 2” (29 songs) | (Acrobat) |
| Mike Douglas | “Dear Mike, Please Sing …” (1966 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Percy Faith and His Orchestra | “The Oscar (The Original Sound Track Recording)” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Sergio Franchi | “La Dolce Italy” (1966 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Placebo | “Meds. B-Sides” (2006 album; 13 tracks) | (Elevator Lady Ltd) |
| Ray Price | “Another Bridge to Burn” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| R.E.M. | “Green (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1989 album, with the 21-song “Live in Greensboro, 1989”) | (Concord) |
| Dusty Springfield | “Blue For You” (14-song collection; Hear here) | (SRI) |
| Jerry Vale | “Jerry Vale Sings Everybody Loves Somebody and Other Hits” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “The History of Baroque Era Music” (100 songs for 99 cents) | (Dream Collection) |
| Rufus Wainwright | “Want (Deluxe Version)” (2005 album, with 14 bonus tracks) | (UMG Recordings) |
| Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks | “Movie-Time Polkas” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
More Digital Releases for April 8, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Antibalas | “Antibalas – Live From the House of Soul [DVD]” (recorded at Daptone Records’ backyard in Bushwick, Brooklyn) |
(Daptone) |
| Little Feat | “Little Feat Live in Concert 1977: Old Folks Boogie [DVD]” |
(MVD) |
| Motörhead | “Hellfire: Recorded In Rio De Janeiro 2011 [DVD]” |
(Showtime) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Bob Boilen (host and creator of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” and “Tiny Desk Concerts”) | “Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (William Morrow) |
| Rikki Ercoli | “Legends of Punk: Photos from the Vault” (Paperback) | (Manic D Press, Inc.) |
| Rick Hall | “The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) |
(Heritage Builders) |
| Ian McGillis | “Higher Ground: One Person’s Lifelong Relationship with Soul, Reggae and Rap” (Paperback) | (Biblioasis) |
| NOFX | “NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories” (Paperback; co-author: Jeff Alulis; Kindle) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Questlove | “Somethingtofoodabout” (Hardcover; conversations with 10 innovative chefs in America; co-author: Ben Greenman; photographer: Kyoko Hamada; foreword by Anthony Bourdain; Kindle) |
(Clarkson Potter) |
| Ray Robertson | “Lives of the Poets With Guitars: Thirteen Outsiders Who Changed Rock & Roll” (Paperback) | (Biblioasis) |
| Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers | “The Complete Singer-Songwriter: A Troubadour’s Guide to Writing, Performing, Recording, and Business (Second Edition)” (Paperback; Kindle) | (Backbeat Books) |
| The Rolling Stones | “Breaking Stones: 1963-1965 – A Band on the Brink of Superstardom” (Hardcover; photographs by Terry O’Neill and Gered Mankowitz) | (Antique Collectors Club Dist.) |
| Rush | “2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush” (Paperback; contains stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Z. Williamson, David Mack, David Farland, Dayton Ward, Mercedes Lackey; award winners Fritz Leiber, Steven Savile, Brad R. Torgersen, Ron Collins, David Niall Wilson, etc.; Kindle) | (ECW Press) |
| Katherine Spielmann | “Now Is the Time to Invent: Reports from the Indie-Rock Revolution, 1985-2000” (Paperback) | (Verse Chorus Press) |
| Eric Spitznagel | “OLD RECORDS NEVER DIE: One Man’s Quest for His Vinyl and His Past” (Paperback; Kindle) | (Plume Books) |
Next Week: April 15, 2016
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