New Releases: Aug. 4, 2017
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Accept | “The Rise of Chaos” (producer: Andy Sneap; first single: “The Rise of Chaos”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch)  |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| Summer Brooke and The Mountain Faith Band | “Small Town Life” (first single: “Umbrella”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Mountain Fever) |
| Caroline Says (Austin-based Caroline Sallee) | “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong” (originally released on cassette only; Hear here; Download) |
(Western Vinyl) |
| Tyler Childers | “Purgatory” (producers: Sturgill Simpson, David Ferguson; first single: “Lady May”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Hickman Holler / Thirty Tigers) |
| Dead Cross (hardcore supergroup led by Faith No More’s Mike Patton and ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo) | “Dead Cross” (producer: Ross Robinson; first single: “Grave Slave”; Hear here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(Ipecac Recordings) |
| Eagles of Death Metal | “I Love You All the Time: Live at the Olympia In Paris” (full Feb. 16, 2016, concert, four months after gunmen killed 89 people at the band’s concert at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris; DVD) |
(Eagle Rock) |
| Brett Eldredge | “Brett Eldredge” (first single: “Somethin’ I’m Good At”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Atlantic Nashville) |
| Danny Elfman | “Tulip Fever (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (historical drama, starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan and Zach Galifianakis, opens in theaters Aug. 25; Download; In Theaters) |
(Sony Classical) |
| Michael Giacchino | “War for the Planet of the Apes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (opened in theaters July 14; Download; In Theaters) |
(Sony Classical) |
| Deitrick Haddon & Hill City Worship Camp | “Live” (guests: Pastor Guy Reeves, Tammi Haddon, Jyon Gray, Daniel Johnson, Michael Spann, Gerald Haddon; Download) |
(DH Visions / eOne Music) |
| Hard Working Americans (led by Todd Snider and Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools and Duane Trucks) | “We’re All In This Together” (13-song live album, most of which was recorded last summer at Iron City in Birmingham, Ala.; producer: Schools; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Melvin / RED) |
| Nick Heyward | “Woodland Echoes” (his first album since 2006; Hear here) |
(Gladsome Hawk) |
| Mystery Skulls (artist, producer and singer Luis Dubuc) | “One of Us” (new single: “Losing My Mind”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Warner) |
| Randy Newman | “Dark Matter” (his first album since 2008; producers: Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker, David Boucher; first single: “Putin”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Elijah Ocean | “Elijah Ocean” (first single: “Barricade”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) |
(New Wheel Music) |
| PVRIS (Mass. rock trio, pronounced “Paris”) | “All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell” (first single: “Heaven”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Rise) |
| Quiet Riot | “Road Rage” (new lead singer is “American Idol” alum James Durbin; Hear here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Russkaja | “Kosmopoliturbo” (Hear here; Download) |
(Napalm) |
| Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | “Lay It On Down” (producers: Shepherd, Marshall Altman; first single: “Baby Got Gone”; See here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
(Concord) |
| Third Day | “Revival” (producer: Monroe Jones; Hear here; Deluxe Edition, with five extra tracks) |
(Essential) |
| George Thorogood | “Party of One” (his first solo album; producer: Jim Gaines; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Rounder) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 63” (22 songs; Download) |
(Legacy Recordings) |
| Wage War (Florida metalcore band) | “Deadweight” (producers: A Day to Remember singer Jeremy McKinnon, Andrew Wade; first single: “Stitch”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Fearless) |
| Wanna One (Kpop group formed via the South Korean boy band survival reality show “Produce 101 Season 2”) | “1×1=1 (TO BE ONE)” (Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Merch) | (CJ E&M, Aug. 7) |
| Dan Wilson (Grammy-winning songwriter) | “Re-Covered” (reinterpretations of songs he has written for and with other artists, including “Someone Like You,” “Not Ready to Make Nice,” “When the Stars Come Out” and “Closing Time”; guests: Kronos Quartet; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Big Deal Music) |
| Daniel Wylie’s Cosmic Rough Riders | “Scenery for Dreamers” (Hear here) |
(You Are the Cosmos) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Emily Anderson (Fairbanks, Alaska, singer-songwriter) | “Simple Things” (Hear here; Read here; On Tour) |
(Emily Anderson) |
| Walter Ego | “Seven Star Ball” (three-song EP; Hear here) |
(Bad Taste) |
| Matt Lande (Portland-based alt-pop rocker) | “Boxes” (first single: “Underground”; Hear here) |
(Matt Lande) |
| Lavender Lush (Toronto electronic duo) | “Inner Gods” (producers: Andre Akinyele, Jon O’Bergh; first single: “Inner Gods”; Hear here) | (Orange River) |
| Miss Eaves | “Feminasty” (guest: MC Frontalot; See here; NPR First Listen) | (Riot Rrrap) |
| Moon King | “Hamtramck ’16” (six-song EP; second single: “Ordinary Lover”; Hear here) | (Arbutus) |
| Jon O’Bergh | “LoveStar” (producer: O’Bergh; first single: “Robots in Love [Circuit Overload Mix]”; Hear here) |
(Timescape) |
| Ryan Wong (of Cool Ghouls) | “More Milk” (six-song EP; first single: “Good Lovin'”; Hear here) |
(Empty Cellar) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 4, 2017 »
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Def Leppard | “Hysteria (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1987 album; remastered, with two CDs of bonus material; Standard CD; Super Deluxe Edition, seven-disc box set; Vinyl, two LPs + poster; Target-Exclusive CD, with four guitar picks; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Universal Music Enterprises) |
| Don Felder | “Airborne” (1983 album; original recording master) |
(Friday Music) |
| Gipsy Kings | “The Very Best of Gipsy Kings” (20 songs; On Tour) |
(U.K. – Sony) |
| Grant Green | “The Classic Albums Collection” (eight albums on four CDs) |
(Enlightenment) |
| Judy Henske | “The Elektra Albums” (24 songs; Hear/read here) |
(Ace) |
| Etta James | “The Complete Singles As & Bs 1955-62” (two CDs, 52 songs) |
(Acrobat) |
| The Bernie Leadon-Michael Georgiades Band | “Natural Progressions” (1977 album; original recording master) |
(Friday Music) |
| Julie London | “The Julie London Collection 1955-62” (two CDs, 58 songs) |
(Acrobat) |
| Lords of Acid | “Voodoo-U (Special Remastered Band Edition)” (1994 album; remastered, with bonus B-sides; Vinyl; On Tour) |
(Metropolis) |
| Randy Meisner | “Randy Meisner” (1978 album; original recording master) |
(Friday Music) |
| Blue Mitchell | “The Classic Albums Collection 1958-1963” (eight albums on four CDs) |
(Enlightenment) |
| Lloyd Price | “The Complete Singles As & Bs 1952-62” (three CDs, 78 songs, including “Stagger Lee,” “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality,” etc.) |
(Acrobat) |
| The Rain Parade | “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip / Explosions in the Glass Palace” (1983 album and 1984 EP on one CD; remastered) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Jimmy Reed | “Mr. Luck: Complete Vee-Jay Singles” (three CDs) |
(Craft Recordings) |
| Various artists | “DG 111 – The Conductors” (40-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Tailgate Anthems” (18 songs; Download) |
(Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Walt Disney Records – The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood” (1973 film; two-CD, 41 song set featuring the original songs and score, plus previously unreleased demos and bonus tracks; DVD / Blu-ray) | (Walt Disney) |
| Porter Wagoner | “The Singles Collection 1952-62” (two CDs, 60 songs) |
(Acrobat) |
| Lester Young | “The Classic Albums Collection 1955-1958” (four-CD set) |
(Enlightenment) |
More Releases for Aug. 4, 2017 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Marco Collins | “The Glamour & The Squalor [DVD]” (documentary of the Seattle rock DJ; original score by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready; See here) | (MVD Visual, Aug. 8) |
| Jane’s Addiction | “Jane’s Addiction – Alive At Twenty-Five (2016 Silver Spoon Anniversary Tour) [Blu-ray/DVD/CD]” (DVD + CD) |
(Cleopatra) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
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