New Releases: Feb. 28, 2020
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Caribou | “Suddenly” (new single: “You and I”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour)  |
(Merge) |
| The Crabb Family | “20/20” (producers: Jason Crabb, Scott Godsey; new single: “I See Revival”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target) |
(Daywind) |
| Robert Cray Band | “That’s What I Heard” (producer: Steve Jordan; recorded at Capitol Records studios; guests: Steve Perry, Ray Parker Jr.; first single: “Anything You Want”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Nozzle / Thirty Tigers) |
| Daniel Davies (co-composer of the “Halloween” soundtrack) | “Signals” (guest: John Carpenter; first single: “Phantom Waltz”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) |
(Sacred Bones) |
| Five Finger Death Punch | “F8” (producer: Kevin Churko; first single: “Inside Out”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Better Noise Music) |
| Sierra Hull | “25 Trips” (producer: Shani Ghandi; guests: Katie Pruitt, Mindy Smith, Angel Snow, Molly Tuttle; new single: “Escape”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Rounder) |
| Juiceboxxx | “It’s Easy to Feel Like a Nobody When You’re Living in the City” (producers: Juiceboxxx, Joel Hamilton; new singles: “Coinstar Song,” “Running So Deep” and “Kids Are Looking”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour, with YACHT) |
(Dangerbird) |
| Avi Kaplan | “I’ll Get By” (seven-song EP; producer: Mike Mogis; Vinyl; Download; Target; On Tour) |
(Fantasy / Concord) |
| Lil Baby (Grammy-nominated rapper) | “My Turn” (guests: Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Gunna, 42 Dugg, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug, Rylo Rodriguez, etc.; new single: “Sum 2 Prove”; See here; Download; Target) |
(Quality Control Music / Motown) |
| Lisa Loeb | “A Simple Trick To Happiness” (new single: “This Is My Life”; Hear here; Apple Music, released on Aug. 21; Target; On Tour) |
(Furious Rose Productions) |
| Sérgio Mendes | “In the Key of Joy” (guests: Common, Hermeto Pascoal, Joe Pizzulo [of “Never Gonna Let You Go” and “Alibis” fame], Cali y El Dandee, Buddy, Sugar Joans, João Donato, Sheléa, Mendes’ wife Gracinha Leporace; first single: “In the Key of Joy”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, with a second CD of his biggest hits; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Concord) |
| The Night Flight Orchestra | “Aeromantic” (new single: “Transmissions”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| Outlaws | “Dixie Highway” (their first album in eight years; first single: “Rattlesnake Road”; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Steamhammer / SPV) |
| Real Estate | “The Main Thing” (first single: “Paper Cup,” feat. Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Domino) |
| The Revivalists | “Made In Muscle Shoals” (seven-song EP includes a cover of Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Target; On Tour) |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| The Secret Sisters | “Saturn Return” (producers: Brandi Carlile, The Secret Sisters; recorded at Carlile’s home studio in Washington state; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(New West) |
| Raye Simmons (16-year-old indie electronic artist from Houston) | “Elliptical Escapade” (new single: “Peek”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) |
(Yellow Recordings) |
| Soccer Mommy (aka Nashville indie rocker Sophie Allison) | “color theory” (first single: “circle the drain”; See here; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| James Taylor | “American Standard” (producers: Taylor, Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli; first single: “Teach Me Tonight”; Hear here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with two extra songs and download card; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Metallic Gold Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne; Merch)  |
(Fantasy / Concord) |
| Today Is the Day | “No Good to Anyone” (new single: “Burn in Hell”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) |
(The End / BMG Rights Management) |
| Tycho | “Simulcast” (instrumental companion to his Grammy-nominated “Weather”; new single: “Outer Sunset”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Target; On Tour) |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
| Wishbone Ash | “Coat of Arms” (their first album since 2014; new single: “Back in the Day”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Target; On Tour; Merch) |
(Steamhammer / SPV) |
More Releases for Feb. 28, 2020 »
Other Notable Releases
“Fearmonger,” Beneath the Massacre (Century Media)
“Cheer Up,” Black Books (Shifting Sounds)
“Patterns in the Static,” The Classic Crime (Criminal)
“Spectres from the Old World,” Dark Fortress (Century Media)
“Brain Pain,” Four Year Strong (Pure Noise)
“Moving Walls,” Matthew Good (Warner Canada)
“2020,” Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI Fidelity)
“Fluid Existential Inversions,” Intronaut (Metal Blade)
“East London,” Jeffrey James (Jeffrey James)
“A Brighter Day,” Grant Earl Lavalley (Exit Stencil Recordings)
“Myriad,” The Lovetones (Cleopatra)
“Breathe and Let Go,” Mihali (11E1even)
“Errol,” Haleek Maul (Lex)
“Stages,” Jade Novah (Let There Be Art)
“Overnight Lows,” Sunny Ozell (Chitin)
“Das Verderben,” Schattenfall (Redefining Darkness)
“Mad World,” SHAKRA (AFM)
“If,” Swim Mountain (Monday)
“Monarchy of Shadows,” Tombs (Season of Mist)
“SHARK MUSCLE,” Tony or Tony (Quiet Time Tapes)
“Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari,” Toundra (BMG Rights Management)
“The Dream,” Hailey Whitters (Pigasus)
“Reincarnation,” Warren Wolf (Mack Avenue)
“Anyways,” Young Nudy (Young Nudy, LLC / SamePlate / RCA)
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Christine and the Queens | “La vita nuova” (six-song EP, surprise-released on Feb. 28; CD and vinyl versions will be released April 10; producers: Christine and the Queens, Ash Workman; See here; Apple Music) |
(Because Music) |
| Will Downing | “Romantique (Part Two)” (six-song EP) |
(Sophisticated Soul) |
| Empty Friend | “Falter” (six-song EP; producer: Tom Hill) |
(Civil War London, Feb. 29) |
| Midland | “Live From the Palomino” (10 songs) |
(Big Machine) |
More Digital Releases for Feb. 28, 2020 »
Amazon Fresh » … Gift Cards » … Computers, Tablets & Accessories »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection” (five-CD, career-spanning box set, featuring their classics, rarities and live tracks; Vinyl, 10-LP box set; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Target; Merch) |
(Mercury / UMe) |
| Wilhelm Backhaus | “Wilhelm Backhaus: The Complete Decca Recordings” (39-CD box set) |
(Decca) |
| Harry Chapin | “Some More Stories (Live at Radio Bremen 1977” (15 songs; Amazon UK; Download) |
(Made in Germany Music) |
| Dom Flemons (of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops) | “Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus” (two-CD, expanded reissue of his 2014 third solo album, with his 2015 EP and 12 bonus tracks; Hear/read here; Target) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | “Gold” (three CDs, 51 songs; Hear here; Track list; Amazon UK; Gold Vinyl) |
(Crimson Productions / Demon Music Group) |
| Metal Church | “The Elektra Years 1984-1989” (three albums on three CDs, with bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Merch) |
(HNE Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Charlie Parker | “The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection [Vinyl]” (four-LP deluxe box set celebrating his 100th birthday on March 12; See here; Download; Apple Music; Merch) |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Robert Plant | “Digging Deep [Vinyl]” (7-inch singles box set, featuring 16 A-sides and rare B-sides spanning three decades; See here; Target; On Tour) |
(Rhino / EsParanza / Atlantic) |
| Republica | “Republica (Deluxe Edition)” (1996 album, featuring “Ready to Go” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous”; remastered; triple-disc set contains 32 bonus tracks, with a 20-page booklet with new sleeve notes written by lead singer Saffron; See here; Read here) |
(90/9 / Cherry Red) |
| Randy Travis | “Precious Memories: Hymns & Gospel Favorites” (12 songs) |
(Gaither Music Group) |
| Various artists | “Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters, Volume 1: Instrumental Collection” (1995 compilation; 11 songs; Download), “Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection, Volume 2” (1999 compilation; 16 songs; Download) | (Valley) |
| Various artists | “Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears of Technology” (20-song collection of 1980s synth-pop, compiled by Saint Etienne members Stanley and Wiggs; Read here; Vinyl) | (Ace) |
| Dionne Warwick | “Déjà Vu: The Arista Recordings (1979-1994)” (12-CD box set featuring all 12 albums for the label, with 29 bonus tracks, and a 64-page booklet; See here; Read here; On Tour) |
(SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
More Reissues for Feb. 28, 2020 »
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Talking Heads | “Stop Making Sense [Blu-ray]” (1984 concert film; See here; Merch) |
(Palm Pictures) |
| Various artists | “CMA Awards Live – Greatest Moments 2008-2015 [Blu-ray]” (featuring performances by Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Brooks and Dunn, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, etc.) | (Time Life) |
| ZZ Top | “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas [Blu-ray + DVD]” (90-minute documentary includes 35 minutes of live performances and a mix of recent Gruene Hall and archival footage; See here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Eagle Rock) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: March 6, 2020
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