New Releases: Aug. 27, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Trace Adkins | “The Way I Wanna Go (25th Anniversary Album)” (two-CD, 25-song set celebrates his 25th year in music; producers: Mickey Jack Cones, Derek George, Kenny Beard, Jon Coleman; guests: Blake Shelton, Stevie Wonder, Luke Bryan, Pitbull, Melissa Etheridge, Keb’ Mo’, Snoop Dogg; new single: “Where the Country Girls At”; See here; On Tour) » BUY NOW  |
(Verge Records Nashville) |
| Marisa Anderson / William Tyler | “Lost Futures” (producers: Anderson, Tucker Martine, Tyler; Hear here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Thrill Jockey) |
| Big Red Machine (The National’s Aaron Dessener and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon) | “How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?” (guests: Taylor Swift, Sharon Van Etten, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Anaïs Mitchell, Ben Howard, Lisa Hannigan, Naeem, Shara Nova, This Is the Kit, Ilsey; new single: “Renegade”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Jagjaguwar) |
| The Bronx | “Bronx IV” (producer: Joe Barresi; first single: “White Shadow”; Hear here; Orange Crush Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| The Bug | “Fire” (guests: Moor Mother, Flowdan, Logan, Nazamba, Manga Saint Hilare, etc.; new single: “Clash”; Hear here; Light Gray Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ninja Tune) |
| Chvrches | “Screen Violence” (new single: “How Not to Drown,” feat. Robert Smith; Hear here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Clear Green Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Glassnote) |
| Chubby and the Gang (West London quintet) | “The Mutt’s Nuts” (producer: Jonah Falco; new single: “Coming Up Tough”; See here; Translucent Orange Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Partisan) |
| Danko Jones | “Power Trio” (producer: Eric Ratz; first single: “I Want Out”; See here; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Sonic Unyon) |
| Madi Diaz | “History of a Feeling” (new single: “Resentment”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| DMX (legendary rapper died on April 9) | “Exodus” (producer: Swizz Beatz; guests: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Usher, Lil Wayne, Swizz Beatz, etc.; new single: “Hood Blues”; Hear here; Read here; Download, released on May 28; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Ruff Ryders / Def Jam) |
| Dean Friedman | “American Lullaby” (first single: “American Lullaby”) » BUY NOW |
(Real Life Records) |
| Halsey | “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power” (producers: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; Read here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive White Vinyl, with one extra track and poster; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Red Transparent Vinyl, with alternate cover; Walmart-Exclusive Grey Vinyl, with one extra track; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Capitol) |
| Indigo De Souza | “Any Shape You Take” (producers: De Souza, Brad Cook; new single: “Kill Me”; See here; Opaque Yellow Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Saddle Creek) |
| The Faux Paws | “The Faux Paws” (first single: “Southport”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl, out Oct. 29; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Great Bear) |
| Alejandro Escovedo | “La Cruzada” (Spanish version of his 2018 album “The Crossing”; new single: “Algo Azul”; Hear here; Bone White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Yep Roc) |
| Robben Ford | “Pure” (his first all-instrumental album since 1997; new single: “White Rock Beer … 8 cents”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(earMUSIC) |
| Steve Gunn | “Other You” (producer: Rob Schnapf; guests: Mary Lattimore, Bridget St. John, Juliana Barwick, Jeff Parker, Bill MacKay, Ben Bertrand, Ryan Sawyer, etc.; new singles: “Other You / Reflection”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Matador) |
| Evann McIntosh | “Character Development” (new single: “Nobody Else”; See here; Light Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
| Niko Moon | “GOOD TIME” (new single: “SMALL TOWN STATE OF MIND”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Music Nashville) |
| Mouse Rat | “Mouse Rat: The Awesome Album” (debut album from the fictional “Parks and Recreation” band led by Andy Dwyer, a.k.a. Chris Pratt; new single: “5,000 Candles in the Wind”; See here; Read here; Vinyl, out Oct. 29; Cassette; Download) » BUY NOW | (Entertainment 720 / Dualtone) |
| Lindsay Munroe with Raffi | “Frogs and Birds (Songs of Kindness and Caring)” (producer: Raffi; new single: “Frogs and Birds”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Troubadour Music / Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Nite Jewel | “No Sun” (new single: “This Time”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Gloriette) |
| NMB (Neal Morse Band) | “Innocence & Danger” (double album; Download) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| OneRepublic | “Human” (See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with five extra songs; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Mosley Music / Interscope) |
| Bob Schneider | “In a Roomful of Blood with a Sleeping Tiger” (new single: “Lord of the Flies”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Soundly Music) |
| Brian Setzer | “Gotta Have the Rumble” (his first solo album in seven years; producer: Julian Raymond; first single: “Checkered Flag”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Surfdog) |
| Southern Avenue | “Be the Love You Want” (producer: Steve Berlin; new single: “Push Now”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Renew / BMG Rights Management) |
| Teenage Bottlerocket | “Sick Sesh!” (producer: Andrew Berlin; new single: “Ghost Story”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Wreck Chords) |
| Yann Tiersen | “Kerber” (new single: “Ker al Loch”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Toad the Wet Sprocket | “Starting Now” (their first studio album in eight years; See here; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(SoNo Recording Group) |
| Toyah | “Posh Pop” (her first album since 2008; producer: Simon Darlow; new single: “Levitate”; Hear here; Space Grey Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Edsel) |
| Diane Warren | “Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1” (the veteran hit songwriter’s debut album; guests: Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, John Legend, Darius Rucker, G-Eazy, Rita Ora, Jon Batiste, Pentatonix, James Arthur, Ty Dolla $ign, etc.; new single: “Times Like This”; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| BLK ODYSSY | “BLK VINTAGE” (new single: “FUNKENTOLOGY”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Hassle) |
| Sadie Campbell | “Darkroom” (three-song EP; first single: “Fade”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Glory War) |
| Mike Donehey (founding member and frontman of Tenth Avenue North) | “Flourish” (new single: “Glory I Couldn’t See”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mike Donehey LLC) |
| Jason Eady | “To the Passage of Time” (producer: Band of Heathens’ Gordy Quist; new single: “Saturday Night”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Old Guitar) |
| Eyedress | “Mulholland Drive” (guests: King Krule, DāM-FunK, Vex Ruffin, Dent May, Triathalon, etc.; new single: “Prada”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Lex) |
| Gloo | “How Not to Be Happy” (new single: “Ride”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Hassle) |
| Seth James | “Different Hat” (producer: Kevin McKendree; new single: “Raisin’ Kane,” an original J.J. Cale song that has never been cut or released, featuring Lee Roy Parnell on slide guitar; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Tiny Ass) |
| Marisol La Brava & A Flor de Piel (Chicago-based Latin fusion band) | “GIRLHOOD, it’s complicado” (five-song EP; new single: “Mi Primer Amor”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(LaBrava) |
| L’FREAQ (L.A.-based dark-synth pop artist) | “Showgirl” (five-song EP; new single: “Gimmick”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Positive Music) |
| OhGeesy | “GEEZYWORLD” (guests: DaBaby, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Central Cee, YG, BlueBucksClan, Moe Faygoo; new single: “Big Bad Wolf”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Atlantic) |
| Robert Ellis Orrall | “467 Surf and Gun Club” (new single: “Here in Our Backyard”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Fixation Records / Infinity Cat Recordings) |
| Smash Into Pieces | “A New Horizon” (new single: “Broken Parts”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Smash Into Pieces / The Orchard) |
| Kat Von D | “Love Made Me Do It” (new single: “I Am Nothing”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Kat Von D / Kartel Music Group) |
| Web Web | “WEB MAX” (the Munich quartet is accompanied by rapper/producer Max Herre; guests: Yusef Lateef, Brandee Younger, Charles Tolliver; new single: “Akinuba / The Heart”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Compost) |
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Marian Anderson | “Marian Anderson – Beyond the Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings” (15-CD box set; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Classical) |
| Aztec Camera | “Backwards and Forwards: The WEA Recordings 1984-1995” (nine-CD, 112-song box set includes five full albums, singles, B-sides, live tracks, remixes and other rarities; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| The Beach Boys | “Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971” (See here; 5-CD Box Set, featuring 135 tracks, including 108 previously unreleased tracks, live recordings, radio promos, alternate versions, alternate mixes, isolated backing tracks and a cappella versions, culled from the album sessions; Vinyl; 4-LP Box Set; Digital Super Deluxe Edition; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Capitol / UMe) |
| Marshall Crenshaw | “The Wild, Exciting Sounds of Marshall Crenshaw: Live in the 20th and 21st Century” (two CDs of previously unreleased live recordings, as far back as 1983 and through the past 25 years) » BUY NOW |
(Sunset Blvd.) |
| The Kooks | “Inside In / Inside Out (15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (2006 album, featuring “Eddie’s Gun,” “Sofa Song,” “You Don’t Love Me,” “Naïve,” “She Moves in Her Own Way” and “Ooh La”; remastered, with a second CD containing 13 previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Astralwerks) |
| Lynch Mob | “The Elektra Years 1990-1992” (two albums on two CDs, with three bonus tracks; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(HNE / Cherry Red) |
| Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | “I Wouldn’t Live In New York City” (1970 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “The Kansas City Song” (1970 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Your Mother’s Prayer” (1970 album; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Madeleine Peyroux | “Careless Love (Deluxe Edition)” (2004 album; remastered, with a previously unreleased live performance at 2005’s Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl, three-LP set; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Supergrass | “In It for the Money (Deluxe Expanded Edition)” (1997 album, featuring “Sun Hits the Sky,” “Going Out” and “Late in the Day”; three-CD set, remastered from the original analog tapes, featuring two discs of alternate versions, demos, studio outtakes and live recordings, compiled by the band; Vinyl, 180-gram black LP, with 140-gram 12-inch white LP single of “Sun Hits the Sky”; See here; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Echo / BMG) |
| Vandenberg | “The Complete Atco Recordings 1982-2004” (four-CD set features three full albums, plus rarities and live tracks; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(HNE / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call 12″ 80s: Extended” (four-CD, 45-song collection of extended mixes; Track List; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Music / EMI) |
| Vinegar Joe (featuring Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer on vocals) | “The Island Recordings 1972-1973” (three-CD clamshell box set of newly remastered albums and non-album singles; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Lydia Lunch | “Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over [DVD]” (2019 documentary, directed by Beth B; Trailer) » BUY NOW |
(Kino Lorber, Aug. 31) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: Sept. 3, 2021
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