New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Biters (Atlanta rock quartet) | “Electric Blood” (first single: “Restless Hearts”; Hear here; MP3) | (Earache) |
| Luke Bryan | “Kill the Lights” (producers: Jeff Stevens, Jody Stevens; guest: Karen Fairchild; first single: “Kick the Dust Up”; Hear here; MP3) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Luzmila Carpio (known as the “Voice of the Andes”) | “Yuyay Jap’ina Tapes” (Hear here; MP3) | (Squirrel Thing Recordings) |
| The Delta Saints (Nashville rock band) | “Bones” (producer: Eddie Spear; Hear here; MP3) | (Loud & Proud) |
| Mac DeMarco (Canadian indie-rock singer-songwriter) | “Another One” (eight-song EP; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Iris DeMent | “The Trackless Woods” (with original music and melodies, DeMent bring 18 poems by 20th century Russian poet Anna Akhmatova to life; producers: DeMent, Richard Bennett; Hear here; MP3) | (FlariElla) |
| Dr. Dre | “Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre” (the rap mogul’s first album in nearly 16 years will accompany “Straight Outta Compton,” a film on his former band N.W.A.; guests: Eminem, Ice Cube, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, etc.) | (Aftermath / Interscope) |
| The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers | “Heavenly Fire” (producer: Matt Wignall; Hear here; MP3) | (Ba Da Bing) |
| Fear Factory | “Genexus” (producer: Rhys Fulber; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Jack + Eliza (NYC duo) | “Gentle Warnings” (producer: Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor; first single: “Diamonds”; Hear here; MP3) | (Yebo Music) |
| Langhorne Slim & The Law | “The Spirit Moves” (producer: Andrija Tokic; first single: “Strangers”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Dualtone Music) |
| Bobby Long (British singer-songwriter-guitarist) | “Ode to Thinking” (producer: Mark Hallman; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Compass) |
| Miss May I | “Deathless” (producer: Joey Sturgis; first single: “I.H.E.”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rise) |
| Teedra Moses | “Cognac & Conversation” (guests: Rick Ross, Anthony Hamilton; first single: “That One”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| The Mynabirds | “Lovers Know” (producer: Bradley Hanan Carter of Black English; first single: “Semantics”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3) | (Saddle Creek) |
| Never Shout Never | “Black Cat” (producer: Dennis Herring; first single: “Hey! We OK”; Hear here; MP3) | (Loveway / Warner) |
| Night Beds (aka Winston Yellen) | “Ivywild” (first single: “Tide Teeth”; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dead Oceans) |
| Lindi Ortega (Canadian country singer) | “Faded Gloryville” (producers: Dave Cobb, Colin Linden, Ben Tanner, John Paul White; first single: “Ashes”; Hear here; MP3) | (Grand Tour / Last Gang) |
| Leroy Powell and the Messengers (former Shooter Jennings guitarist and cast member of A&E’s “Crazy Hearts: Nashville”) | “The Overlords of the Cosmic Revelation” (Hear here; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Michael Ray (winner of “The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep”) | “Michael Ray” (producer: Scott Hendricks; first single: “Kiss You in the Morning”; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner Bros. Nashville) |
| Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique | “Love Is Free” (five-song mini album; first single: “Love Is Free”; Hear here) | (Konichiwa / Cherrytree / Interscope) |
| Small Feet (Swedish trio) | “From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean” (Hear here; MP3) | (Barsuk) |
| Michael Stasis | “RIP III” (Hear here) | (Arbutus) |
| Stone Foundation (U.K. soul-rock band) | “A Life Unlimited” (guests: Graham Parker, Nolan Porter, The Four Perfections, The Blow Monkeys’ Dr. Robert; first single: “Beverley”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (The Turning Point Recording Organisation / Republic of Music) |
| Terror (L.A. hardcore band) | “The Twenty Fifth Hour” (Hear here; MP3) | (Victory) |
| TobyMac | “This Is Not a Test” (first single: “Beyond Me”; Hear here; See here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Forefront) |
| Obie Trice | “The Hangover” (guests: Estelle, Young Zeether, Young Buck, Tone Tone, P8tience, J-Nutty, Drey Skonie; first single: “Good Girls”; Hear here; MP3) | (Black Market Entertainment) |
| Ultimate Painting (London band) | “Green Lanes” (first single: “Break the Chain”; Hear here; MP3) | (Trouble in Mind) |
| Various artists | “Doctor Zhivago (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (the Des McAnuff-helmed production opened at the Broadway Theatre on April 21 and closed on May 10 after 26 preview and 23 regular performances; the cast included Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt, Paul Nolan and Lora Lee Gayer; Read here) | (Broadway) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 55” (21 tracks, featuring Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Jason Derulo, Tove Lo, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “The Scottsboro Boys (Original London Cast)” (the final collaboration between composing duo John Kander and Fred Ebb of “Cabaret” and “Chicago” fame; cast includes Brandon Victor Dixon, Colman Domingo, Forrest McClendon, James T. Lane; Hear here) | (Jay) |
| Various artists | “Shaun the Sheep Movie” (film opens Aug. 5; music composed by Ilan Eshkeri; includes songs by Ash’s Tim Wheeler, Eliza Doolittle and Rizzle Kicks, who do a remix of the theme song “Life’s a Treat”; See here; MP3) | (Silva Screen) |
| Astrid Williamson | “We Go to Dream” (Hear here) | (U.K. – One Little Indian, Aug. 6) |
| Chelsea Wolfe | “Abyss” (producer: John Congleton; first single: “Iron Moon”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sargent House) |
| Worriers | “Imaginary Life” (producer: Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!; first single: “Plans”; Hear here; MP3) | (Don Giovanni) |
More Releases for Aug. 7, 2015
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tracy Bonham | “Wax & Gold” (her first full-length album since 2010; producer: Kevin Salem; Hear here; CD, out Aug. 21) | (A Woody Hollow) |
| Gonzales (Colorado singer-songwriter) | “Gonzales” (five-song EP; first single: “Time Will Be Your Doctor,” feat. Chris Stills, Disreputable Few and Steve Taylor; Hear here) | (Colonel Recordings) |
| Vivian Green | “Vivid” (producer: Kwame; guests: Raheem DeVaughn, Jordan Green, Treena Ferebee; first single: “Get Right Back to My Baby”; Hear here) | (Make Noise, LLC) |
| Harbour (Cincinnati indie pop-rock quartet) | “With Love” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (The Counter Rhythm Group / Old Flame, Aug. 4) |
| Mark Kraus (formerly of Jr. Cordoury) | “The Story of Everything” (Hear here) | (Slow Fi Music, Aug. 8) |
| LeonDee (Moscow singer-songwriter) | “Stay” (guest: Nola; Hear here; iTunes) | (LeonDee, Aug. 9) |
| Luna Aura (Phoenix electronic singer-songwriter/producer) | “Supernova” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Luna Aura, Aug. 4) |
| Secret Eyes (Pennsylvania alt-prog rock band) | “Comatose” (guests: Jonny Craig, Craig Mabbitt, Michael Jagmin; first single: “Oh Dear”; Hear here) | (Tragic Hero) |
| Sharkmuffin (Brooklyn-based garage rock trio) | “Chartreuse” (new single: “Mondays”; Hear here) | (State Capital / Little Dickman) |
| State Shirt (aka electronic artist Ethan Tufts) | “Lost Hills” (Hear here; See here) | (Los Fucking Angeles, Aug. 11) |
| Frank Turner | “Positive Songs For Negative People” (first single: “Get Better”; Hear here; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Xtra Mile / Interscope) |
| Urilia (L.A. extreme metal band feat. members of Dawn of Ashes, As Summer Dies and Demona Mortiss) | The Adversarial Light (five-song EP; Hear here; See here) | (Urilia, Aug. 11) |
| Various artists | “Ricki and the Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (the comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Diablo Cody, opens Aug. 7; it stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Streep’s daughter Mamie Gummer, Rick Springfield, etc.; See here) | (Universal) |
| Connor Zwetsch (Tampa-based indie folk singer-songwriter) | “What Comes After” (five-song EP; producer: Ryan Hadlock; first single: “Wasting Water”; Hear here) | (Jealous Entertainment / Noble Steed Music) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 7, 2015
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tony Banks | “A Chord Too Far” (four-CD, 48-song box set, including four previously unreleased tracks, drawn from his seven solo albums; Read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Mike Bloomfield & Nick Gravenites | “Steelyard Blues: Original Sound Track from the Motion Picture” (1972 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Chris Botti | “Let’s Fall in Love” (15-song compilation) | (Platinum Legends) |
| Canned Heat | “Illinois Blues 1973” (MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Miles Davis | “Live in Tokyo 1975” (two CDs; taken from a soundboard recording for post-FM broadcast at Shinjuku Kohseinenkin Hall; Hear here) | (Hi Hat) |
| Bonnie Dobson | “Dear Companion” (1960 album; remastered; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Big Beat / Ace) |
| Georgie Fame | “Georgie Does His Thing With Strings / Knock on Wood E.P. / The CBS A’s & B’s” (1970 album, 1967 EP on one CD and bonus tracks, including “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde”; remastered; Read here) | (BGO) |
| Jackson C. Frank | “Jackson C. Frank: The Complete Recordings” (three CDs, 67 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (Ba Da Bing) |
| Herbie Hancock Septet | “Live at the Boston Jazz Workshop” (recorded March 22, 1973, for broadcast on WBCN-FM; Hear here) | (Hi Hat) |
| Ben E. King | “The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles Vol. 1: 1960-1966” (two CDs, 50 songs; Track list) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Greg Lake | “London ’81” (Vinyl; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Don McLean | “Live in New York 1971” (broadcast live by WPLJ-FM during the final week of 1971) | (All Access) |
| Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | “A Million Dreams Ago” (three CDs, 80 songs; Read here) | (Sepia Recordings) |
| Pavement | “The Secret History, Vol. 1 [Vinyl]” (30-song double LP rarities compilation; NPR First Listen) | (Matador) |
| Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham | “The Complete Duo Recordings: Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham Live” (includes the 1999 CD “Moments From This Theatre” and a DVD capturing their London tour in 2006; Read here) | (Proper) |
| David Porter (Isaac Hayes’ longtime songwriting partner) | “… Into a Real Thing” (1970 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Stax / Ace) |
| Elvis Presley | “Today (Legacy Edition)” (1975 album; remastered, with bonus unreleased, undubbed session mixes and a bonus disc containing rare live performances recorded in May-June 1975) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Robbie Robertson | “Carny: Sound Track from the Motion Picture” (1980 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Tom Rush | “Tom Rush / Take a Little Walk With Me” (1965, 1966 albums on one CD; remastered) | (BGO) |
| Saga | “Best of Saga – Now & Then: The Collection 1979-Infinity” (two CDs, 21 songs; MP3) | (earMUSIC) |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | “Many a Mile” (1965 album, including “Until It’s Time For You To Go”; remastered; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Vanguard / Ace) |
| Simon & Garfunkel | “The Concert in Central Park (CD/DVD Deluxe Edition)” (1982 album; remastered; PBS will air the full-length film, originally broadcast on HBO in 1982, during its August Pledge Week; check local listings for times), “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Vinyl box set]” (six-LP set includes their five studio albums, from 1964-1970, plus the 1972 “Greatest Hits” album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | “Visions of a New World” (1975 album; remastered; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – BGP / Ace) |
| Dusty Springfield | “Come for a Dream: The U.K. Sessions 1970-1971” (17 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Swamp Dogg | “I’m Not Selling Out / I’m Buying In!” (1981 album, issued on CD for the first time and featuring Esther Phillips on “The Love We Got Ain’t Worth Two Dead Flies”; remastered; Read here) | (U.K. – Takoma / Ace) |
| Various artists | “Golden Records: The Early Songwriting Genius of Joe South 1961-1966” (32 tracks, featuring songs by Billy Joe Royal, The Classics, Ray Stevens, The Tams, etc.; Read here; MP3) | (Rare Rockin’) |
| Various artists | “Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II” (20 songs, from the original master tapes; Track list) | (Eric) |
| Various artists | “Ian Levine’s Solid Stax Sensations” (25 songs; featuring The Dramatics, Barbara Lewis, Major Lance, Margie Joseph, William Bell, etc.; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call New Wave 80s” (18 tracks, featuring INXS, The Human League, Billy Idol, Adam Ant, Tears For Fears, R.E.M., etc.; also available in a 40-song, digital-only deluxe edition; Read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition, with 22 more tracks) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Unlock the Lock: The Kent Records Story Volume 1, 1958-1962” (two CDs, 48 songs; featuring B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Jesse Belvin, Hadda Brooks, etc.; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace) |
| White Lion | “Pride” (1987 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks, including an extended remix of “Wait”), “Big Game” (1989 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Rock Candy) |
More Releases for Aug. 7, 2015
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Elvis Presley | “The Complete ’60s Albums Collection, Vol. 2” (12 full albums) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Carly Simon | “This Kind of Love” (2008 album) | (C’est Music) |
| Willie and the Poor Boys | “The Complete Willie and the Poor Boys” (24 songs) | (Edsel) |
More Digital Releases for Aug. 7, 2015
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Gregg Allman | “Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA, January 14, 2014 [DVD]” (Blu-ray; CD + Blu-ray; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Lindsey Stirling | “Lindsey Stirling: Live From London [DVD]” (filmed at the Forum Theater in 2014; See here) | (Lindseystomp Music) |
| Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, et al | “The Divergent Series: Insurgent [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate, Aug. 4) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Aug. 4, 2015
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| AC/DC | “The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC” (Hardcover; Paperback; Kindle; author: Jesse Fink) | (Black and White Publishing, Aug. 5) |
| Alice in Chains | “Alice in Chains: The Untold Story” (Hardcover; author: David de Sola; Kindle) | (Thomas Dunne Books, Aug. 4) |
| Luke Campbell | “The Book of Luke: My Fight for Truth, Justice, and Liberty City” (Hardcover; co-author: Tanner Colby; Kindle) | (Amistad, Aug. 4) |
| Frank W. Hoffmann | “WABC Weekly Music Charts: 1970-1977” (Paperback) | (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Aug. 2) |
| Jewel | “Angel Standing By: The Story of Jewel” (Kindle; author: P.J. McFarland) | (St. Martin’s Griffin, Aug. 4) |
| Ed Piskor | “Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: 1983-1984” (Paperback graphic novel series) | (Fantagraphics, Aug. 8) |
| Boots Riley (lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club) | “Boots Riley: Tell Homeland Security – We Are the Bomb” (Paperback) | (Haymarket Books, Aug. 4) |
| Sonny Rollins | “Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation” (Kindle; author: Eric Nisenson) | (St. Martin’s Press, Aug. 4) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Aug. 7, 2015