New Releases: Feb. 25, 2022
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ricardo Arjona | “Blanco y Negro” (two-CD set includes his albums “Blanco” and “Negro,” along with a 217-page book; On Tour) » BUY NOW  |
(Sony U.S. Latin) |
| Bernard Allison | “Highs & Lows” (producer: Jim Gaines; Vinyl out June 10; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Ruf) |
| The Band of Heathens | “Remote Transmissions, Volume One” (includes a cover of “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” with Ray Wylie Hubbard; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Midnight Sky Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(BOH Records) |
| Bad Omens | “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND” (new single: “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND”; Hear here; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Sumerian) |
| Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard | “Backhand Deals” (new single: “Yourself”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Missing Piece Records / Communion) |
| caroline (eight-piece band from London) | “caroline” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Rough Trade Recordings) |
| Richard Clayderman | “Forever Love” (Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Union Square) |
| Judy Collins | “Spellbound” (her first album of all self-penned songs; producers: Collins, Alan Silverman, Ari Hest; Hear/Read here; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cleopatra) |
| Dashboard Confessional | “All the Truth That I Can Tell” (new single: “Here’s to Moving On”; Hear here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Jimmy Eat World) » BUY NOW |
(Hidden Note / AWAL) |
| Spencer Day | “Broadway By Day” (producers: Day, Alex Frank; guests: Jane Monheit, Dave Koz; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Club44) |
| Gang of Youths | “angel in realtime.” (new single: “tend the garden”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl out March 18; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Warner) |
| Robert Glasper | “Black Radio III” (guests: Common, Jennifer Hudson, Gregory Porter, H.E.R., Q-Tip, India.Arie, Esperanza Spalding, Ty Dolla $ign, Killer Mike, Big K.R.I.T., BJ The Chicago Kid, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| Paul Hardcastle | “Hardcastle X (The Eclipse)” (new single: “Wavelength”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Trippin N Rhythm) |
| Beth Hart | “A Tribute To Led Zeppelin” (producer: Rob Cavallo; first single: “Good Times Bad Times”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| The HawThorns | “Tarot Cards and Shooting Stars” (new single: “All the Right Reasons”; Download) » BUY NOW | (Mule Kick) |
| Duquette Johnston (founding member of Verbena) | “The Social Animals” (his first album in nine years; producer: John Agnello; new single: “Tonight”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Single Lock) |
| King Hannah | “I’m Not Sorry, I Was Just Being Me” (new single: “Big Big Baby”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(City Slang) |
| Avril Lavigne | “Love Sux” (guests: Machine Gun Kelly, blackbear, Mark Hoppus; new single: “Love It When You Hate Me”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(DTA / Atlantic) |
| Bob Lind | “Something Worse Than Loneliness” (producer: Jamie Hoover; new single: “My Satellite”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Ace) |
Pause & Play: You’ve done many fine albums, so what makes this one stand out and/or more special to you?
Maybe an artist has to feel that his newer work is better than work that has gone before (preferable to concluding that he’s over the hill). But I don’t think it’s just wishful subjectivity,” Lind tells Pause & Play. “My heart is in my last two albums too, but it seems like the natural course of things that we improve with age. In this case, I believe the songs on ‘Something Worse Than Loneliness’ are stronger than the ones on my earlier albums. I’m singing better. And, this being our third project together, Jamie [Hoover] and I have worked out a way to operate together. His production suits the songs to a T. Plus, there’s a close-knit intimacy in this one. The entire album was put together by just the four of us: I’m supported by the fabulous George Wurzbach on keyboards, Elena Rogers singing her unique and creative back-up vocals and Jamie’s dazzling musicianship. All three of them ‘get’ my music and each of them has the chops to deliver the goods. It’s a group effort and I’m not embarrassed to say I’m proud of it.
| Johnny Marr | “Fever Dreams, Pts. 1-4” (16 songs; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour, with The Killers) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| MICHELLE (NYC-based collective) | “AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS” (guest: Isa Reyes; new single: “SYNCOPATE”; Hear here; Cassette; Download released on Jan. 28; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Canvasback Music / Atlantic) |
| Dan Patlansky | “Shelter of Bones” (South African blues rock guitarist’s 10th studio album; new single: “Hounds Loose”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Dan Patlansky Music) |
| SASAMI (Sasami Ashworth) | “Squeeze” (new singles: “The Greatest” and “Skin a Rat”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Domino) |
| Scorpions | “Rock Believer” (producer: Hans-Martin Buff; first single: “Peacemaker”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition, with five extra songs; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with bonus slip mat; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Spinefarm) |
| Spiritualized | “Everything Was Beautiful” (new single: “Always Together With You”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
| Curtis Stigers | “This Life” (the saxophonist revisits and reinterprets songs from his 30+-year career; new single: “Keep Me From the Cold”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Pademic Poodle) |
| Superchunk | “Wild Loneliness” (guests: Mike Mills, Sharon Van Etten, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, Wye Oak’s Andy Stack, Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell, etc.; new single: “Endless Summer”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Merge) |
| Swamp Dogg | “I Need a Job … So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune” (guest: Willie Clayton; new single: “Soul to Blessed Soul”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Don Giovanni) |
| Tears For Fears | “The Tipping Point” (their first album in 17 years; new single: “The Tipping Point”; Hear here; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Red Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Sky Blue Vinyl, with two extra songs on bonus 7-inch; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Concord) |
| Pierce Turner | “Terrible Good” (recorded with Bowie guitarist Gerry Leonard and Rolling Thunder Review alumnus David Mansfield; new single: “Where It Should Be”; See here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(StorySound) |
| Yonder Mountain String Band | “Get Yourself Outside” (new single: “Into the Fire”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Frog Pad) |
| Youn Sun Nah | “Waking World” (the South Korean jazz vocalist wrote all 11 songs; new single: “Don’t Get Me Wrong”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Arts Music / Warner Music Group) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Binker & Moses | “Feeding the Machine” (free jazz duo of Moses Boyd and Binker Golding; producer: Hugh Padgham; guest: Max Luthert on loops and electronics; new single: “Accelerometer Overdose”; Read here; CD and Vinyl out March 25; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Gearbox) |
| Bitter Branches | “Your Neighbors Are Failures” (new single: “Plastic Tongues”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl out May 20; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rude / Equal Vision) |
| Blue Lab Beats (jazztronica duo) | “Motherland Journey” (guests: Fela Kuti, NK-OK, Mr DM, Ghetto Boy, Tiana Major9, KillBeatz, etc.; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out March 4; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Note) |
| Keeley Forsyth | “Limbs” (new single: “Bring Me Water”; See here; CD and Vinyl out April 29; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(The Leaf Label) |
| Alyssa Gengos | “Mechanical Sweetness” (new single: “Cheerleader of the Universe”; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Egghunt) |
| Michael Giacchino | “The Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (superhero film, opening March 1, stars Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano; Trailer; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(WaterTower Music) |
| Kodak Black | “Back for Everything” (new single: “Grinding All Season”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Atlantic) |
| Kyle Morgan (Queens-based singer-songwriter) | “Younger at Most Everything” (producer: Ryan Dieringer; new single: “Ransom the Captive Heart”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Team Love) |
| Ouri (Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and producer) | “bt002: self hypnosis tape” (seven-song EP; new single: “figure profane”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Born Twice / Lighter Than Air) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Joan Baez | “From Every Stage” (1976 live album; her version of “Blowin’ in the Wind” from this album was included on the “Forrest Gump” soundtrack album; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(BGO) |
| Bronski Beat | “The Age of Consent” (1984 debut album, featuring “Smalltown Boy,” “Why?” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So”; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(London) |
| John Denver | “His Ultimate Collection [Vinyl]” (Transparent Green Vinyl; 15 songs; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(RCA / Sony Music) |
| Sheena Easton | “A Private Heaven (Expanded Edition)” (1984 album, featuring “Strut” and “Sugar Walls”; remastered, with 21 bonus tracks; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Faster Pussycat | “Babylon: The Elektra Years 1987-1992” (four-CD set includes three full albums, bonus tracks and the 1990 EP “Live and Rare”; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(HNE Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Chris Isaak | “Silvertone” (1985 debut album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Chris Isaak” (1986 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Heart Shaped World” (1989 album, featuring his Top 10 hit “Wicked Game”; See here; remastered) » BUY NOW, “San Francisco Days” (1993 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Forever Blue” (1995 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Baja Sessions” (1996 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Speak of the Devil” (1998 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Always Got Tonight” (2002 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Best of Chris Isaak” (18-song collection from 2006 includes “Wicked Game” and “Somebody’s Crying”; remastered; Download) » BUY NOW, “Mr. Lucky” (2009 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Live at the Fillmore” (2010 album; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Chris Isaak) |
| The Left Banke | “Strangers on a Train” (recorded in 1978 but released in 1986; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Ronnie Spector | “The Solo Years” (two albums on two CDs, with 15 bonus cuts) » BUY NOW |
(Classics France) |
| Various artists | “I Love To See You Strut: More 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets” (three CDs, 85 songs; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW | (Strawberry / Cherry Red) |
| The Vibrators | “The Albums 1985-1990” (five-CD, 63-track clamshell box set; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Captain Oi / Cherry Red) |
More Releases for Feb. 25, 2022 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mdou Moctar | “Afrique Victime (Deluxe Edition)” (2021 album; with nine bonus live and demo tracks; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Matador) |
More Digital Releases for Feb. 25, 2022 »
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