New Releases: Aug. 13, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Joan Armatrading | “Consequences” (first single: “Already There”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download, released on June 18; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(BMG Rights Management) |
Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson | “Refuge” (new collaborative ambient album; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Dead Oceans) |
Jade Bird | “Different Kinds of Light” (producer: Dave Cobb; new single: “Different Kinds of Light”; See here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Translucent Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Glassnote) |
Sheryl Crow | “Live From the Ryman and More” (27-song album recorded over five nights in 2019; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine) |
Cruzados | “She’s Automatic” (their first album in more than 30 years; guests: John Doe, Dave Alvin, David Hidalgo, Steve Berlin, Melanie Vannem; Hear/Read here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Scamco) |
Dan + Shay | “Good Things” (producer: Dan Smyers; guest: Justin Bieber; new single: “Good Things”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Warner Music Nashville) |
Sally Decker (fka Multa Nox) | “In the Tender Dream” (guests: Emily Cardwell, Briana Marela; new single: “The Loss”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(NNA Tapes) |
El Michels Affair meets Liam Bailey | “Ekundayo Inversions” (guest: Lee “Scratch” Perry; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Big Crown) |
Jeremy Garrett (of The Infamous Stringdusters) | “Wanderer’s Compass” (Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Organic) |
Jennifer Hudson | “RESPECT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Aretha Franklin biopic opens Aug. 13, co-starring Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald and Marc Maron; also, Mary J. Blige portrays Dinah Washington and Heather Headley plays Clara Ward; Trailer; Target-Exclusive CD, with alternate cover and photobook; Vinyl; Trailer; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate cover and photobook) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Epic) |
Luke Hemmings | “When Facing the Things We Turn Away From” (the 5 Seconds of Summer member’s debut album; first single: “Starting Line”; See here; Read here; Vinyl, out Nov. 12; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Arista) |
Jungle (British electro soul duo) | “Loving in Stereo” (guests: Bas, Priya Ragu; new single: “Keep Moving”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Caiola / AWAL Recordings) |
The Killers | “Pressure Machine” (producers: The Killers, Shawn Everett, Jonathan Rado; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Island) |
Tom Kitt & The Collective | “Reflect” (debut album from the Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Pulitzer-winning composer; collaborators: Adrienne Warren, Mandy Gonzalez, Michael McElroy, Jenn Colella, Danny Burstein, Javier Muňoz, Lauren Patten, Jerry Dixon, Elizabeth Stanley, Heidi Blickenstaff, etc.; new single: “Breathe”; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Sony Masterworks) |
Tracy Lawrence | “Hindsight 2020, Vol 2: Price of Fame” (guests: Tracy Byrd, Eddie Montgomery; Download) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Lawrence Music Group) |
Willie Nile | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (producer: Stewart Lerman; new single: “Blood on Your Hands,” feat. Steve Earle; See/Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(River House) |
Joy Orbison (the artist name of DJ/producer Peter O’Grady) | “still slipping vol. 1” (14-song mixtape; guests: Herron, James Massiah, Bathe, Léa Sen, Goya Gumbani, Tyson, etc.; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(XL Recordings) |
Ben Platt (Tony Award winner for “Dear Evan Hansen”) | “Reverie” (new single: “happy to be sad”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Atlantic) |
Pop Smoke | “FAITH” (the rapper’s second posthumous album; 17 songs; Hear/Read here; Download, released on July 16) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Victor Victor Worldwide / Republic) |
Rainbow Kitten Surprise | “RKS! Live From Athens Georgia” (recorded over two nights in October 2019 at The Georgia Theatre; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Elektra) |
Sepultura | “SepulQuarta” (live sessions with guests Devin Townsend, Scott Ian, Danko Jones, David Ellefson, Matt Heafy, etc.; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Nuclear Blast) |
Watchhouse (fka Mandolin Orange) | “Watchhouse” (producers: frontman Andrew Marlin, Josh Kaufman; new single: “New Star”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Tiptoe Tiger Music / Thirty Tigers) |
More Releases for Aug. 13, 2021 »
Other Notable Releases
Slaughter to Prevail | Destruction | Foxing |
Snoh Aalegra | $uicideboy$ | Marta Gabriel |
Hookers & Blow | Brandee Younger | The Ugly Kings |
Glasvegas | Curtis Grimes | Jeremy Stephens |
Cara Dillon | Anna Tivel | Joey Cape |
New Releases (Downloads)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Iggy Azalea | “The End of an Era” (new single: “Sex on the Beach”; Hear here) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Bad Dreams / EMPIRE) |
Blacktop Mojo | “Blacktop Mojo” (producer: Phil Mosley; new single: “Tail Lights”; See here; CD out Aug. 27; Vinyl out Sept. 10; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Sand Hill) |
A Certain Ratio | “ACR:EPR” (final release in a trilogy of EPs; new single: “$ouls in the City Part 2”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Mute) |
The Cold Stares | “Heavy Shoes” (new single: “In the Night Time”; See here; CD out Aug. 27; Gold Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Mascot) |
Pi Jacobs | “Live From Memphis” (new single: “First Thing Tomorrow”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Blackbird Record Label) |
Junior Mesa | “Cirque Du Freak” (five-song EP; new single: “Paranoia Dreams”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Nice Life Recording Company) |
Oscar Lang | “Chew the Scenery” (producer: Rich Turvey; first single: “Stuck”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Dirty Hit) |
Jan Lisiecki | “Frédéric Chopin: Complete Nocturnes” (two CDs, 22 songs; recorded last October at Berlin’s historic Meistersaal; Hear here; CD out Aug. 27; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
Lorna Shore | “… And I Return to Nothingness” (three-song EP; producer: Josh Schroeder; new single: “To the Hellfire”; See here; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Century Media) |
M.A.G.S. (multi-instrumentalist and producer Elliott Douglas) | “Say Things That Matter” (new single: “Wait”; Hear here; CD; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(ONErpm / Take This To Heart Records) |
Elijah Ocean | “Born Blue” (new single: “Thirty-Five”; Hear here; On Tour) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Elijah Ocean) |
Quicksand | “Distant Populations” (producer: Will Yip; new single: “Missile Command”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Sept. 24; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Epitaph) |
Various artists | “Modern Love: Season 2 (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack)” (22 songs; Prime Video) » BUY NOW | (Decca) |
Matthew Whitaker (20-year-old jazz pianist) | “Connections” (producer: Derrick Hodge; guests: Jon Bastite, Regina Carter; new single: “Stop Fighting”; Hear here; CD out Aug. 20; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Resilience Music Alliance) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 13, 2021 »
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Joe Diffie | “Life’s So Funny / Twice Upon A Time / A Night To Remember / In Another World” (1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001 albums on two CDs; remastered) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(BGO) |
Randy Edelman | “Ghostbusters II (Original Motion Picture Score)” (1989 album; Vinyl, out Oct. 15; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Glow in the Dark Vinyl) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Sony Masterworks) |
Nicki Minaj | “Beam Me Up Scotty” (2009 mixtape; with a new cover and three new songs; Download, released on May 14) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Cash Money) |
Scritti Politti | “Cupid & Psyche 85” (1985 album, featuring “Perfect Way,” “The Word Girl,” “Wood Beez [Pray Like Aretha Franklin]” and “Absolute”; remastered; See here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Anomie & Bonhomie” (1999 album, featuring “Tinseltown to the Boogiedown”; remastered; See here; Vinyl, making its debut on vinyl) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Rough Trade) |
Nina Simone | “Little Girl Blue” (1959 debut album; remastered; Vinyl out Sept. 3) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(BMG Rights Management) |
Various artists | “Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records” (18-track compilation marking the label’s 75th anniversary, featuring Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price, Roy Milton, etc.; liner notes by Billy Vera; Vinyl) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
More Releases for Aug. 13, 2021 »
Reissues (Downloads)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Trisha Yearwood | “Every Girl (Deluxe)” (2019 album; with three previously unreleased tracks, including a 30th anniversary acoustic version of “She’s in Love With the Boy”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW ![]() |
(BMG Rights Management) |
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