New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| American Young (country duo) | “AY” (producer: Paul Worley; Hear here) | (Curb) |
| Arkells (Canadian rock quintet) | “Morning Report” (producers: Joe Chiccarelli, Tony Hoffer, Gus van Go; first single: “Private School”; Hear here; MP3)  | (Last Gang / eOne Music) |
| Blackfoot (all-new lineup) | “Southern Native” (includes a cover of CSNY’s “Ohio”; producer: Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and Blackfoot founder Rickey Medlocke; Hear here; MP3) | (Loud & Proud) |
| Blossoms (English indie-pop band) | “Blossoms” (producer: The Coral’s James Skelly; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Virgin) |
| Blue Pills (Swedish rock quartet) | “Lady in Gold” (producer: Don Alsterberg; first single: “High Class Woman”; See here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Haley Bonar (Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter) | “Impossible Dream” (first single: “I Can Change”; Hear here; MP3) | (GNDwire / Thirty Tigers) |
| The Cadillac Three | “Bury Me In My Boots” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Big Machine) |
| Carnifex | “Slow Death” (producers: Carnifex, Mick Kenney; See here; MP3)  | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Jekalyn Carr | “The Life Project” (guests: Stephen Brown, Gmbscm Youth Choir, Nariah Smith; Hear here; MP3) | (Lunjeal Music Group / eOne Music) |
| Cheena (NYC rock quintet) | “Spend the Night With…” (first single: “Car”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Chinx | “Legends Never Die” (the second posthumous release from hip-hop artist, who was murdered in May 2015; first single: “For the Love”; Hear here) | (eOne Music) |
| Nels Cline (Wilco guitarist) | “Lovers” (arranged and orchestra conducted by Michael Leonhart; producer: David Breskin; first single: “Beautiful Love”; Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Note) |
| The Dead Daisies (rock supergroup featuring former members of Mötley Crüe, Whitesnake, etc.) | “Make Some Noise” (10 originals and covers of The Who’s “Join Together” and CCR’s “Fortunate Son”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Spitfire Music) |
| Kat Deluna | “Loading” (first single: “What a Night,” feat. Jeremih; See here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Dinosaur Jr. | “Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| DJ Snake (French producer) | “Encore” (guests: Justin Bieber, Skrillex, Swizz Beatz, Travi$ Scott, Mr Hudson, Young Thug, etc.; See here; MP3) | (DJ Snake Music / Interscope) |
| Health&Beauty | “No Scare” (guest: Aaron Swartz; first single: “Wartime”; Hear here; MP3) | (Wichita Recordings) |
| Islander | “Power Under Control” (producer: Cameron Webb; guest: Bad Brains frontman HR; first single: “Darkness”; Hear here; MP3) | (Victory) |
| Jackyl | “ROWYCO” (new single: “Rally”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mighty Loud) |
| Jeremy & The Harlequins | “Into the Night” (first single: “Into the Night”; Hear here; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Cody Johnson | “Gotta Be Me” (producer: Trent Willmon; guests: Carl and Sheila Johnson; first single: “With You I Am”; Hear here) | (COJO Music) |
| The Lacs & Hard Target Present Racket County | “Welcome to Dodge City” (Hear here; MP3) | (Barn Burner / Average Joes Entertainment) |
| Chris Lane | “Girl Problems” (producer: Joey Moi; new single: “Let Me Love You”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Big Loud) |
| Andrew Leahey & The Homestead | “Skyline in Central Time” (producer: Wilco’s Ken Coomer; See here; MP3) | (Skyline Music) |
| Kieko Matsui | “Journey to the Heart” (first single: “Moving On”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Neal McCoy | “You Don’t Know Me” (producer: Steve Tyrell; See here; MP3) | (New Design / DMI Soundtracks) |
| Moke (Dutch indie-rock band) | “The Time Has Come” (producer: Joeri Saal; See here; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
| Moose Blood (Canterbury, U.K., quartet) | “Blush” (producer: Beau Burchell of Saosin; first single: “Honey”; See here; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
| The Neal Morse Band | “Alive Again” (two-CD, one-DVD set capturing their March 2015 performance in the Netherlands; Blu-ray) | (Metal Blade) |
| My Iron Lung | “Learn to Leave” (first single: “The Same House”; Hear here; MP3) | (Pure Noise) |
| O.A.R. | “XX” (career-spanning collection of their biggest hits and live shows plus new studio material; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Vanguard) |
| O’Connor Band with Mark O’Connor | “Coming Home” (producer: Gregg Field; Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Russian Circles (Chicago instrumental rock outfit) | “Guidance” (producer: Kurt Ballou; Hear here; MP3) | (Sargent House) |
| Skillet | “Unleashed” (producers: Brian Howes, Kevin Churko, Neal Avron, Seth Mosley; first single: “Feel Invincible”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Slim Thug | “Hogg Life Vol. 4: American King” (guests: Boosie Badazz, XO, Nikki Lactson; Hear here; MP3) | (Hogg Life) |
| Angie Stone | “Covered in Soul” (covers of “These Eyes,” “Smiling Faces Sometimes,” “In the Air Tonight,” “It’s Too Late,” etc., plus new versions of her hits “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” “Baby” and “Brotha!”) | (Goldenlane) |
| Tarja (Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen) | “The Shadow Self” (includes a cover of Muse’s “Supremacy”; producer: Turunen; guest: Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz; first single: “Innocence”; See here; MP3) | (earMUSIC) |
| Jonah Tolchin | “Thousand Mile Night” (recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio; See here; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Armin van Buuren | “Oldskool (Mini Album)” (Hear here; MP3) | (Armada Music Bundles) |
| Various artists | “Bad Moms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Various artists | “Narcos Volume 1 (More Music From The Netflix Original Series)” (Hear here), “Narcos Volume 2 (More Music From The Netflix Original Series)” | (Lakeshore) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 59” (16 hits, plus six bonus “NOW What’s Next!” tracks; MP3) | (NOW / Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Suicide Squad: The Album” (soundtrack to the superhero film; featuring tracks by Skrillex & Rick Ross, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons, Skylar Grey, twenty one pilots, Grimes, Creedence Clearwater Revival, War, Kehlani, Action Bronson & Dan Auerbach, etc.; the film, starring Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and Will Smith, opens Aug. 5; See here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| V² (twin 13-year-old virtuosos, guitarist/vocalist Vittorio and drummer/vocalist Vincenzo) | “V²: The Beginning” (producer: Ron Nevison; Hear here; See here) | (Audio Fidelity / RED) |
| Wild Beasts | “Boy King” (first single: “Get My Bang”; See here; MP3) | (Domino) |
| Wye Oak | “Tween” (first single: “Watching the Waiting”; See here; MP3) | (Merge) |
More Releases for Aug. 5, 2016
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Wyatt Blair | “Point of No Return” (second single: “In the Name of Love”; Hear here) | (Burger / Lolipop) |
| The Brevet (Southern California-based band) | “Embers” (five-song EP; first single: “Be Your Man”; See here) | (The Brevet) |
| Corbu (NYC space-age pop band) | “Crayon Soul” (producers: Corbu; mixed by Dave Fridmann; new single: “Better Better Off”; Hear here) | (Big Picnic) |
| DJ Khaled | “Major Key” (guests: Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Jay Z, Future, Betty Wright, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, Big Sean, Chris Brown, etc.; new single: “Holy Key”; Hear here; CD, out Aug. 12) | (We the Best Music Group / Epic) |
| Delroy Edwards (L.A.-based producer) | “Hangin’ At The Beach” (30 songs; first single: “Born Rebels”; Hear here) | (L.A. Club Resource) |
| Elijah (Brooklyn-based artist) | “How’s Annie” (four-song EP; second single: “Wild Child”; Hear here) | (Old Flame) |
| Gypsy & The Cat (electro-pop duo) | “Virtual Islands” (new single: “Life”; See here) | (Alsatian) |
| Heaters (Grand Rapids, Mich., psych/garage rock band) | “Baptistina” (first single: “Centennial”; Hear here) | (Beyond Beyond is Beyond) |
| Izzy True (upstate New York emotive punk band) | “Nope” (first single: “Total Body Erasure”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Don Giovanni) |
| Kllo (Melbourne duo) | “Well Worn” (five-song EP; second single: “Walls to Build”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Ghostly International) |
| Dario Marianelli | “Kubo and the Two Strings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (epic action-adventure film from the animation studio LAIKA hits theaters nationwide on Aug. 19; the soundtrack includes Regina Spektor’s cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”; See here) | (Warner) |
| Noisia | “Outer Edges” (the Dutch electronic music trio’s first album in six years; See here; Read here) | (Vision Recordings) |
| Tom Odell | “Wrong Crowd (East 1st Street Piano Tapes)” | (ITNO / Columbia) |
| Prinze George (Maryland indie-pop trio) | “Illiterate Synth Pop” (first single: “Freeze”; Hear here; See here) | (Sounds Expensive LLC) |
| Sara Rachele & The Skintights | “Motel Fire” (producer: Chris Unck; guest: wWaylon; Hear here) | (Angrygal) |
| Jon Reynolds (of the Oklahoma-based band The Waymires) | “Generation, Love EP” (four songs; producer: Josh Reynolds; Hear here) | (Jon Reynolds) |
| Chelle Rose | “Blue Ridge Blood” (producer: George Reiff; guest: Buddy Miller; new single: “Paintsville Table”; Hear here) | (Lil’ Damsel) |
| Sir. O | “Forever + a Day” (producer: Yogev Samina; first single: “Please Stop Talking”; Hear here) | (MishMish, Aug. 8) |
| Mark Stoermer (The Killers bassist) | “Dark Arts” (first single: “Spare the Ones That Weep”; See here) | (St. August) |
| Storm the Sky (Melbourne rock group) | “Sin Will Find You” (first single: “Lilac”; See here) | (UNFD) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 5, 2016
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Gregory Abbott | “Shake You Down” (1986 album; remastered, with a bonus 12-inch extended club mix of “Shake You Down”) | (Friday Music) |
| The B-52’s | “Live! 8.24.1979” | (Real Gone Music) |
| Black Sabbath | “Black Sabbath” (1970 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Paranoid” (1970 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Master of Reality” (1971 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Vol. 4” (1972 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (1973 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Sabotage” (1975 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Technical Ecstasy” (1976 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Never Say Die!” (1978 album; remastered; Vinyl) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Eric Burdon & The Animals | “Every One of Us” (1968 album; remastered) | (U.K. – UMC) |
| Canned Heat | “Internal Combustion” (1994 album; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Judy Collins | “In My Life / Wildflowers / Whales & Nightingales” (1966, 1967 and 1970 albums; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Ry Cooder & David Lindley | “If Walls Could Talk: Live on Air 1979” | (Laser Media) |
| Paul Davis | “Singer of Songs – Teller of Tales” (1978 album; remastered), “Paul Davis” (1980 album; remastered), “Cool Night” (1982 album; remastered) | (Japan – SMJ) |
| Diamond Rio | “The Definitive Hits Collection” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Fanny | “Mother’s Pride (Expanded Edition)” (1973 album, produced by Todd Rundgren; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Dan Fogelberg | “Exiles” (1987 album; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Gov’t Mule | “The Tel-Star Sessions” (Vinyl; MP3) | (Evil Teen) |
| GQ | “Standing Ovation: The Story of GQ and the Rhythm Makers (1974-1982)” (two CDs; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Heart | “Little Queen [Vinyl]” (1977 album; 180-gram audiophile translucent gold vinyl, gatefold cover) | (Friday Music) |
| Al Jarreau | “High Crime” (1984 album; remastered) | (Friday Music) |
| Little Richard | “The Rill Thing / The King of Rock & Roll / The Second Coming” (1970, 1971 and 1972 albums; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Little River Band | “Little River Band [Vinyl]” (1975 debut album, featuring “It’s a Long Way There”) | (U.K. – Music on Vinyl) |
| Barry Manilow | “Even Now” (1978 album; remastered), “Barry” (1980 album; remastered) | (Japan – SMJ) |
| Mitch Miller | “The Definitive Collection” (two CDs, 38 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| The New Christy Minstrels | “Ramblin’ Featuring Green, Green (Expanded Edition)” (1963 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Wilson Pickett | “Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1” (22 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Elvis Presley | “Way Down in the Jungle Room” (two-CD, 33-song collection of The King’s final studio recordings from February and October 1976; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | “Live Across America 1967-1977” (five-CD box set; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Carly Simon | “Hotcakes [Hybrid SACD]” (1974 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| Various artists | “Celestial Blues: Cosmic, Political and Spiritual Jazz 1970 to 1974” (Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (U.K. – BGP / Ace) |
| Various artists | “I’m a Freak Baby … A Journey Through British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72” (three CDs, 48 songs, with a 36-page booklet; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Party Anthems 3” (18 songs; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Rhythm ‘n’ Bluesin’ By the Bayou: Nights of Sin, Dirty Deals and Love Sick Souls” (28 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace) |
| Various artists | “111 The Violin – Legendary Recordings” (42-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
More Releases for Aug. 5, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Eddie Albert | “The Eddie Albert Album” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Doris Day | “You’re My Thrill” (1949 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| José Feliciano | “Fantastic Feliciano” (1966 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Alan Jackson | “Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story” (59-song compilation) | (Arista Nashville / Legacy) |
| Waylon Jennings | “Nashville Rebel” (1966 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Tony Lucca | “Tony Lucca – Sessions Volume 2: Muscle Shoals” (three songs recorded 10 years ago, including a cover of “Still Crazy After All These Years”; Hear here) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
| Orleans | “Forever” (1979 album), “Orleans” (1980 album), “One of a Kind” (1982 album), “Analog Men” (1994 album) | (Sunset Blvd.) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 5, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, et al | “NCIS: New Orleans: The Second Season [DVD]” (six discs) | (Paramount) |
| Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, et al | “McCabe & Mrs. Miller (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (1971 film, directed by Robert Altman; Read here; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, et al | “Supergirl: The Complete First Season [DVD]” (five discs; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Raymond Burr | “Perry Mason: The Complete Movie Collection [DVD]” (15-disc box set) | (Paramount) |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | “2015-16 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Champions [DVD + Blu-ray]” | (NBA Entertainment) |
| James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones, et al | “11.22.63 [DVD]” (2016 film, from Stephen King and J.J. Abrams; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzman, et al | “Code Black: Season 1 [DVD]” (five discs) | (Paramount) |
| Various artists | “The Beatles and World War II [DVD]” (an updated, retitled version of the 1976 film “All This and World War II,” featuring covers of Beatles songs by Elton John, Tina Turner, Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons, Bee Gees, Bryan Ferry, Rod Stewart, David Essex, Leo Sayer, Keith Moon, Helen Reddy, Jeff Lynne, etc., with new WWII footage; Read here) | (Gonzo Multimedia) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| David Bowie | “The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a World of Difference” (Hardcover; author: Paul Morley; Kindle) | (Gallery Books) |
| The Doors | “Jim Morrison and the Doors – Ride the Snake: 50 Years of Classic Writing” (Paperback; editor: Jerry Hopkins) | (Plexus Publishing) |
| Chrissie Hynde | “Reckless: My Life as a Pretender” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Anchor) |
| John Lennon | “John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History” (Hardcover; author: Leon Wildes) | (American Bar Association) |
| Legs McNeil / Gillian McCain | “Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Grove Press) |
| James Andrew Miller | “Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Custom House) |
| Manic Street Preachers | “Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of the Manic Street Preachers” (Hardcover; photos: Kevin Cummins, the NME’s chief photographer for more than a decade) | (Faber & Faber) |
| Elvis Presley | “Good Rockin’ Tonight: Twenty Years on the Road and on the Town with Elvis” (Paperback; author: former Presley road manager Joe Esposito; co-author: Elena Oumano) | (Simon & Schuster) |
Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Numark | “Numark Party Mix Starter DJ Controller” (with Sound Card, Light Show and Virtual DJ LE Software) | (Aug. 7) |