New Releases: Aug. 19, 2016
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ages and Ages | “Something to Ruin” (first single: “They Want More”; Hear here; MP3)  |
(Partisan) |
| Jonathan Antoine (“Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up in 2012 with then-duet partner Charlotte Jaconelli) | “Believe” (producers: Chris Broom, Clarissa Farran; guest: James Cleverton; first single: “Hallelujah”; See here; MP3) |
(Cavendish) |
| Bad Omens (L.A. alt-rock/metal group) | “Bad Omens” (producer: Will Putney; See here; MP3) | (Sumerian) |
| Band Aparte (gravepunk duo) | “Memory on Trial” (first single: “Cherry Chapstick”; Hear here; MP3) | (Manifesto) |
| Moe Bandy | “Lucky Me” (his first album in 10 years; guests: The Oak Ridge Boys, Ricky Skaggs, Riders in the Sky; Hear here; MP3) |
(Bandy Productions) |
| Bayside | “Vacancy” (producer: Tim O’Heir; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Hopeless) |
| Big Eyes (Brooklyn-based quartet led by Kait Eldridge) | “Take My Claim” (first single: “Stake My Claim”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Black Foxxes (U.K. rock trio) | “I’m Not Well” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Search and Destroy / Spinefarm) |
| Blood Orange (aka songwriter-producer Dev Hynes) | “Freetown Sound” (producer: Hynes; Hear/see here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Domino) |
| Peter Broderick | “Partners” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Erased Tapes) |
| Carl Broemel (of My Morning Jacket) | “4th of July” (producers: Broemel, Teddy Morgan; guests: bandmates Bo Koster and Tom Blankenship, Neko Case, Laura Veirs, Russ Pollard, Shelly Colvin, Richard Medek, Jordan Caress; first single: “Sleepy Lagoon”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Stocks In Asia / Thirty Tigers) |
| Rhea Butcher | “Butcher” (her debut comedy album, recorded live in Portland, Ore.; See here; MP3) | (Kill Rock Stars) |
| Will Calhoun (Living Colour drummer) | “Celebrating Elvin Jones” (guests: Jan Hammer, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, Christian McBride, Antoine Roney, Keyon Harrold; See here; Read here; MP3) |
(Motéma Music) |
| Alex Cameron (Sydney electro-pop artist) | “Jumping the Shark” (producers: Cameron, Fanny V; first single: “She’s Mine”; See here; MP3) | (Secretly Canadian) |
| Cool Ghouls (San Francisco rock quartet) | “Animal Races” (first single: “Sundial”; Hear here; MP3) | (Empty Cellar) |
| Cosmonauts | “A-OK!” (Hear here; MP3) | (Burger) |
| Crystal Castles | “Amnesty (I)” (first single: “Char”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Casablanca / Republic) |
| Casey Donahew | “All Night Party” (producer: Josh Leo; Hear here; MP3) |
(Almost Country) |
| Carol Duboc (singer-pianist) | “Open the Curtains” (seven of the 10 songs are originals penned by Duboc; guests: Sheila E, Patrice Rushen, Mindi Abair, Bibi McGill, Jennifer Batten, etc.; Hear here; MP3) |
(Gold Note Music) |
| Eros and the Eschaton (N.C.-based band) | “Weight of Matter” (new single: “Cry”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Bar/None) |
| Exploded View (led by Berlin-based political-journalist-turned-musician Anika) | “Exploded View” (first single: “No More Parties in the Attic”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Sacred Bones) |
| Factory Floor | “25 25” (first single: “Dial Me In”; Hear here; MP3) | (DFA) |
| Flaw | “Divided We Fall” (producer: Rick Lander; first single: “Live and Breathe”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Pavement Music) |
| Gemini Syndrome | “Memento Mori” (producers: Kane and Kevin Churko; first single: “Anonymous”; See here; MP3) |
(Another Century) |
| Aaron Gillespie | “Out of the Badlands” (reworked songs from Underoath and The Almost, two cover songs and three original tracks; producer: Gillespie; Hear here; MP3) |
(Tooth & Nail) |
| The Daniel Green Show (Israeli blues rockers) | “Between Two Worlds” (guitar virtuoso Marc Ford plays on three songs; first single: “Here Comes the Silence”; Hear here) | (Green Drinks and Productions) |
| Lisa Hannigan | “At Swim” (producer: The National’s Aaron Dessner; first single: “Prayer for the Dying”; Hear here; MP3) |
(ATO) |
| Ed Harcourt | “Furnaces” (producer: Flood; Hear here; MP3) |
(U.K. – Polydor) |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | “Miss Sharon Jones! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple’s documentary of the soul queen; first single: “I’m Still Here”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Daptone) |
| Tory Lanez (Canadian rapper-singer) | “I Told You” (producers: Cashmere Cat, Benny Blanco, Pop Wansel, Toro; new single: “Flex”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mad Love / Interscope) |
| Amos Lee | “Spirit” (first single: “Vaporize”; Hear here; MP3)  |
(John Varvatos / Republic) |
| Benjamin Francis Leftwich | “After the Rain” (producer: Charlie Andrew; first single: “Tilikum”; Hear here; MP3) | (Vagrant / Dirty Hit) |
| Eddie Levert (of The O’Jays) | “Did I Make You Go Ooh” (See here; MP3) |
(Blakbyrd Entertainment) |
| Lydia Loveless | “Real” (first single: “Longer”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Bloodshot) |
| Donnie McClurkin | “The Journey” (Hear here) |
(RCA Inspiration) |
| Meshiaak (Australian metal band) | “Alliance of Thieves” (See here; MP3) | (Mascot Label Group) |
| The Minus 5 | “Of Monkees and Men” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Yep Roc) |
| MYRKUR (Danish composer Amalie Bruun) | “Mausoleum” (guests: Norwegian Girls Choir, Håvard; Hear here; MP3) |
(Relapose) |
| One Less Reason | “The Memories Uninvited” (first single: “Where Were You?”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Tattooed Millionaire) |
| Dolly Parton | “Pure & Simple” (producer: Parton; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Dolly / RCA Nashville) |
| Portable (South African composer-singer Alan Abrahams) | “Alan Abrahams” (guests: Kinoo, Aletchko, Johannes Schön, Knox Chandler, L_cio; first single: “Say It’s Going To Change”; Hear here; MP3) | (!K7) |
| Powerwolf | “The Metal Mass Live” (16 songs; See here; MP3; DVD + CD; Blu-ray + CD) | (Napalm) |
| Colin Quinn | “Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional” (comedy special originally aired on Netflix; See here; MP3) | (Comedy Dynamics) |
| Ritual Howls | “Into the Water” (first single: “Scatter the Scars”; Hear here; MP3) | (felte) |
| Roosevelt (aka Marius Lauber) | “Roosevelt” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Greco-Roman / City Slang) |
| Sabaton | “The Last Stand” (producer: Peter Tägtgren; first single: “The Lost Battalion”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| Slow Club | “One Day All of This Won’t Matter Any More” (producer: Matthew E. White; first single: “Ancient Rolling Sea”; See here; MP3) |
(Moshi Moshi) |
| Soilwork | “Death Resonance” (Hear here) |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| Chris Staples | “Golden Age” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Barsuk) |
| Lindsey Stirling | “Brave Enough” (guests: Rivers Cuomo, Lecrae, ZZ Ward, Christina Perri, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Dan + Shay, Carah Faye, Raja Kumari, Rooty; first single: “The Arena”; Hear here) |
(Lindseystomp) |
| The Stray Birds | “Magic Fire” (producer: Larry Campbell; first single: “Shining in the Distance”; Hear here) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Kiefer Sutherland | “Down in a Hole” (first single: “Not Enough Whiskey”; Hear here) | (Warner Music Nashville) |
| Tall Heights (Boston progressive folk duo) | “Neptune” (new single: “River Wider”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Sony Music Masterworks) |
| TOBACCO (Pennsylvania-based electronic musician) | “Sweatbox Dynasty” (first single: “Gods in Heat”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Ghostly International) |
| Trapt | “DNA” (first single: “Human [Like the Rest of Us]”; Hear here) |
(Crash Collide) |
| Various artists | “The Get Down (Original Soundtrack From The Netflix Original Series)” (24 tracks; iTunes) | (RCA) |
| Ryley Walker | “Golden Sings That Have Been Sung” (producer: LeRoy Bach; first single: “The Halfwit in Me”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Dead Oceans) |
| Watsky | “x Infinity” (producers: Watsky, Kush Mody, Anderson.Paak, with contributions from twenty one pilots drummer Josh Dun; first single: “Talking to Myself”; See here; MP3) | (Steel Wool / Obe) |
| Dale Watson | “Live at the Big T Roadhouse, Chicken S#!+ Bingo Sunday” (Read here) |
(Red House / Ameripolitan) |
| Drake White | “Spark” (producers: Ross Copperman, Jeremy Stover; first single: “Livin’ the Dream”; Hear here; MP3) | (Dot) |
| John Paul White (formerly one-half of The Civil Wars) | “Beulah” (guests: The Secret Sisters; first single: “The Martyr”; Hear/read here; MP3) |
(Single Lock) |
More Releases for Aug. 19, 2016
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Arc Iris (New England-based group led by Jocie Adams, formerly of The Low Anthem) | “Moon Saloon” (producers: Arc Iris; first single: “Kaleidoscope”; Hear here) | (Bella Union) |
| Coquin Migale (U.K. alt-rock quartet) | “Munro” (Hear here) | (Fierce Panda) |
| Dumb Numbers | “Dumb Numbers II” (first single: “Girl on the Screen”; Hear here) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| EDEN (Irish electronic artist) | “i think you think too much of me” (first single: “sex”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Cassette) | (Astralwerks) |
| Ezra Furman | “Big Fugitive Life” (six-song EP; first single: “Teddy I’m Ready”; Hear here) |
(PIAS America) |
| Thom Sonny Green (Alt-J drummer) | “High Anxiety” (first single: “Vienna”; Hear here; Read here) | (Canvasback / Infectious / Sudden) |
| JT Habersaat | “Misanthrope” (one-hour comedy special; See here; Read here) | (Stand Up!, Aug. 18) |
| Jane in Space (NYC electronic rock/industrial trio) | “Jane in Space” (producer: Jesse Jensen; first single: “Feel it Alive”; Hear here; See here) | (Aion) |
| Sarah Potenza (Nashville soulstress and former “The Voice” contestant) | “Monster” (Hear here) | (Snax) |
| Project Grand Slam (jazz-fusion group led by bassist/composer Robert Miller) | “The Queen’s Carnival” (new single: “The Rescue”; Hear here) |
(CEN / RED) |
| Jordan Raf | “Double Negative” (producer: John War; new single: “Frame”; Hear here) | (POW Recordings) |
| The Rifles | “Big Life” (first single: “Numero Uno”; Hear here) |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 19, 2016
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tex Beneke | “The Complete Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Part Six (1946-1950)” (17 songs) |
(Sounds of Yesteryear) |
| The Brotherhood of Lizards | “Lizardland: The Complete Works” (1989 album; with nine bonus tracks; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Chad & Jeremy | “Yesterday’s Gone: The Complete Ember / World Artists Recordings” (two-CD set includes the albums “Yesterday’s Gone” and “Chad & Jeremy Sing For You,” plus outtakes, alternative takes and stereo versions of non-LP tracks; Read here; MP3) |
(U.K. – Cherry Red) |
| The Chills | “Kaleidoscope World” (1986 singles compilation; remastered, with six bonus B-sides, demos and live tracks; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) |
(Flying Nun) |
| The Spencer Davis Group | “Taking Time Out: Complete Recordings 1967-1969” (three CDs; Read here; MP3) |
(U.K. – RPM / Cherry Red) |
| Delaney & Bonnie | “Accept No Substitute” (1969 album, also titled “The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends”) |
(Man in the Moon) |
| Faith No More | “We Care a Lot (Deluxe Band Edition)” (1985 album; remastered, with three remixes, three live tracks and three demos; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Koolarrow / PIAS America) |
| Jerry Garcia Band | “GarciaLive Volume Seven: November 8th 1976, Sophie’s, Palo Alto” (two CDs) |
(ATO) |
| The Heaters | “American Dream: The Portastudio Recordings” (Hear here; Read here) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| The La’s | “The La’s [Vinyl]” (1990 album; sky blue vinyl) |
(U.K. – Universal) |
| Steve Lawrence | “Walking Proud: The Teen/Pop Sides – 1959-1966 with Eydie Gorme” (33 tracks; Hear/read here) |
(Teensville) |
| New Barbarians | “Wanted Dead or Alive: Live From Madison Square Garden 5/7/79” (MP3) |
(Feelin’ Tall Productions / MRI) |
| Sex Pistols | “Live ’76” (four-CD box set: Disc 1, 4th June, Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester; Disc 2: 29th August, Screen on the Green, Islington; Disc 3, 17th September, HM Prison, Chelmsford; Disc 4: 25th September, 76 Club, Burton on Trent; Vinyl) |
(U.K. – UMC) |
| The Turtles | “All the Singles” (two CDs, 48 songs; MP3), “The Complete Original Album Collection” (six-CD box set, featuring albums recorded from 1965 to 1970; Read here; MP3) |
(FloEdCo / Manifesto) |
| Twizted | “The Green Book” (2003 album; MP3) |
(Majik Ninja Entertainment) |
| Various artists | “Classic Punk” (three CDs, 62 songs; featuring New York Dolls, Television, The Damned, The Jam, Blondie, etc.; Track list) | (U.K. – UMC) |
| Various artists | “Curiosity Shop: A Rare Collection of Aural Antiquities and Objets d’Art – Volume Four 1966-1969” (20-track compilation, featuring Tony Hazzard, The Candlelight, The Stoics, Opal Butterfly, Barry Benson, Zion De Gallier, Bruno, David And Jonathan, Jon Ledingham, Bill Kenwright, Mick Softley, Art Nouveaux, etc.; Hear/read here) | (Particles) |
| Various artists | “Dustin E Presents … Cornflake Zoo: Episode Three” (20-track compilation, featuring Zen, Petards, The Jet Stars, The Elements, The Fourmyula, The Motions, Ronnie Bird, The Ro-D-Ys, The Kingsmen, Annaabee-Nox, After Tea, The Shoes, Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, etc.; Hear/read here) | (Particles) |
More Releases for Aug. 19, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Lynn Anderson | “The Christmas Album (Expanded Edition)” (1971 album; with four bonus tracks) |
(Columbia Nashville / Legacy) |
| Camel | “Nude” (1981 album; remastered) |
(Decca) |
| Tyrone Davis | “In the Mood with Tyrone Davis (Expanded Edition)” (1979 album; with two bonus tracks) |
(Columbia / Legacy) |
| J Dilla | “The Shining (The 10th Anniversary Collection)” (2006 album; with nine bonus instrumentals; Hear/read here; Vinyl) |
(BBE Music) |
| Hubert Laws | “Romeo & Juliet” (1977 album) |
(Columbia / Legacy) |
| Dolly Parton | “The Golden Streets of Glory” (1971 album), “My Tennessee Mountain Home” (1973 album) |
(RCA Nashville / Legacy) |
| Greg Phillinganes | “Pulse (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album; with five bonus tracks) |
(RCA / Legacy) |
| Tammy Wynette | “Christmas With Tammy” (1970 album) |
(Epic / Legacy) |
| Yello | “Pocket Universe” (1997 album) |
(Polydor) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 19, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, et al | “The Nice Guys [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, et al | “Midnight Run (Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1988 film) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, et al | “Lucifer: The Complete First Season [DVD]” (three discs) | (Warner Home Video) |
| America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, et al | “Superstore: Season One [DVD]” (two discs) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
| Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, et al | “Castle: The Complete Eighth and Final Season [DVD]” | (Walt Disney Studios) |
| Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, et al | “NCIS: The Thirteenth Season [DVD]” (six discs) | (Paramount) |
| Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, et al | “The Huntsman: Winter’s War – Extended Edition [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD; 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
| Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, et al | “The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season [DVD]” (Blu-ray) |
(Starz / Anchor Bay) |
| Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, et al | “Elementary: The Fourth Season [DVD]” (six discs) | (Paramount) |
| Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, et al | “Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season Three [DVD]” (three discs) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
| Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, et al | “The Wonder Years: The Complete Series [DVD]” (22-disc box set) | (Time Life) |
| Kerry Washington, Scott Foley, Darby Stanchfield, et al | “Scandal: The Complete Fifth Season [DVD]” | (Walt Disney Studios) |
| Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, et al | “Roots [DVD]” (three discs; 2016 History Channel miniseries) | (Lionsgate) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Katie Baron | “Fashion + Music: Fashion Creatives Shaping Pop Culture” (Hardcover) | (Laurence King Publishing) |
| Steve Dahl (Chicago DJ legend) | “Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died” (Hardcover; co-author: Dave Hoekstra; photographer: Paul Natkin) | (Curbside Splendor Publishing) |
| Costas I. Karageorghis | “Applying Music in Exercise and Sport” (Paperback) | (Human Kinetics) |
| James Braxton Peterson | “Hip Hop Headphones: A Scholar’s Critical Playlist” (Paperback) | (Bloomsbury Academic) |
| Patti Smith | “M Train” (Paperback; Free Preview) |
(Vintage) |
| Jon Stebbins | “Vinyl FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Vinyl Records and Collecting Them” (Paperback) | (Backbeat Books) |
| Steely Dan | “Steely Dan: Reelin’ in the Years” (Paperback; author: Brian Sweet; Kindle; Free Preview) |
(The Overlook Press) |
| Linda Thompson | “A Little Thing Called Life: On Loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and Songs in Between” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Dey Street Books) |
Next Week: Aug. 26, 2016
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