New Releases: Feb. 5, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Angelus Apatrida (Spanish thrash metal band) | “Angelus Apatrida” (new single: “The Age of Disinformation”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW  |
(Century Media) |
| The Besnard Lakes | “The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings” (written, produced and composed by band members Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas; first single: “Raindrops”; See here; Vinyl and Download released on Jan. 29; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(FatCat) |
| Black Country, New Road (seven-member U.K. band) | “For the first time” (producer: Andy Savours; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ninja Tune) |
| Paul Cardall | “The Broken Miracle” (guests: David Archuleta, Thompson Square, Ty Herndon, Rachael Yamagata, Matt Hammitt, Tyler Glenn, Trevor Price, Akelee, Jordan Bratton; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Anthem) |
| John Carpenter | “Lost Themes III: Alive After Death” (Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Sacred Bones) |
| Sarah Mary Chadwick | “Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby” (new single: “Every Loser Needs a Mother”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ba Da Bing!) |
| Common | “A Beautiful Revolution Pt 1” (guests: Lenny Kravitz, Black Thought, PJ; new single: “Say Peace”; See here; <Vinyl; Download, released on Oct. 30; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| A.J. Croce | “By Request” (his first album since losing his wife of 24 years, Marlo Croce, in 2018 after a sudden heart ailment; all-covers album; first single: “Ooh Child”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Compass) |
| Downes Braide Association (Geoff Downes and Chris Braide) | “Halcyon Hymns” (new single: “Your Heart Will Find the Way”; See here; Read here; White Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Fleet Foxes | “Shore” (accompanied by a 55-minute Super 16mm film, directed by Kersti Jan Werdal; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download, released on Sept. 22, 2020; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Foo Fighters | “Medicine at Midnight” (producers: Greg Kurstin, Foo Fighters; first single: “Shame Shame”; Hear here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate embossed cover art and band photo; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(RCA) |
| Hounds | “Cattle in the Sky” (first single: “Shake Me Up”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Danny Kroha (founding member of The Gories) | “Detroit Blues” (new single: “Poor Howard”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Third Man) |
| Puma Blue (aka U.K. artist Jacob Allen) | “In Praise of Shadows” (new single: “Opiate”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Flowers) |
| Sarin (Toronto-based post-metal quartet) | “You Can’t Go Back” (producer: Simon Larochette; new single: “Reckoner”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Prosthetic) |
| Smith & Burrows | “Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough” (producer: Jacquire King; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(PIAS America) |
| The Staves | “Good Woman” (producer: John Congleton; new single: “Good Woman”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Nonesuch) |
| Aaron Lee Tasjan | “Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!” (See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| The Telescopes | “Songs of Love and Revolution” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Tapete) |
| Transatlantic (Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas) | “The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)” (new single: “Looking for the Light”; See here; Abridged Version; Vinyl; The Ultimate Super Deluxe Edition, box set containing five LPs, three CDs and one Blu-ray disc); Download) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| TV Priest | “Uppers” (new single: “This Island”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Hand In Hive) |
| Aaron Watson | “American Soul” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download, released on Jan. 8) » BUY NOW |
(Big Label) |
| The Weather Station | “Ignorance” (new single: “Tried to Tell You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
| John Williams (who turns 89 on Feb. 8) | “John Williams In Vienna (Live Edition)” (expanded edition of “John Williams In Vienna,” the best-selling orchestral album of 2020, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic; with six bonus tracks, including a selection of Williams’ new arrangements for guest violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
More Releases for Feb. 5, 2021 »
Other Notable Releases
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| CNCO | “Déjà Vu” (first single: “Tan Enamorados”; See here; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Music Latin) |
| Deacon Blue | “Riding on the Tide of Love” (lockdown-recorded companion piece to their “City of Love” album from earlier this year; CD, out March 5; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(earMUSIC) |
| Donna Lewis | “Told You So” (five-song EP; guest: David Baron; new single: “I Told You So”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Peruzzi Music LLC) |
| Odette (Sydney-based pop artist) | “Herald” (producer: Damian Taylor; new single: “Amends”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(EMI Music Australia) |
| Shovels & Rope | “Busted Juicebox, Volume 3” (10 kid-friendly covers; guests: Sharon Van Etten, The War and Treaty, M. Ward, Deer Tick, The Felice Brothers, John Paul White, T. Hardy Morris, The Secret Sisters, Shrimp Records Family Band; first single: “In My Room”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out April 30) » BUY NOW |
(Dualtone) |
More Digital Releases for Feb. 5, 2021 »
$3.99 Albums » … $5 Albums » … $6.99 Albums » … $0.69 Song Store » … Band T-Shirts »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Arcade Fire | “Reflektor” (2013 album; remastered; Vinyl; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Legacy) |
| Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown | “Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown – Rocks” (29 tracks on one CD, with 36-page booklet; Hear/read here) » BUY NOW |
(Bear Family) |
| Michael Chapman | “The Decca Years 1974 to 1977” (with previously unreleased bonus tracks) » BUY NOW |
(Secret) |
| Curved Air | “The Albums 1970-1973” (four-CD clamshell box set; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Fine Young Cannibals | “Fine Young Cannibals (Expanded Edition)” (1985 album, featuring “Johnny Come Home” and “Suspicious Minds”; remastered, with 29 bonus tracks, including B-sides, remixes, BBC sessions, etc.; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW, “The Raw & The Cooked (Expanded Edition)” (1989 album, featuring “She Drives Me Crazy,” “Good Thing” and “I’m Not the Man I Used to Be”; remastered, with 22 bonus tracks; Read here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(London) |
| Eddie Fisher | “Songs From Stage & Screen” (28 songs; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Sepia) |
| Femi Kuti & Made Kuti | “Legacy +” (double CD featuring Femi Kuti’s album “Stop the Hate” and Made Kuti’s album “For(e)ward”; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Partisan) |
| Bob Marley | “Songs of Freedom: The Island Years” (three-CD box set features 12-inch mixes, B-sides, Jamaican singles and alternates, plus a 20-page booklet; first time on vinyl outside Jamaica and on vinyl anywhere in nearly 30 years; Read here; Vinyl Box Set, six LPs; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Tuff Gong / Island / UMe) |
| Charlie Parker | “His Finest Recordings” (eight albums on four CDs; remastered; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Enlightenment) |
| Ram Jam | “Ram Jam” (1977 album, featuring “Black Betty”; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Music on CD) |
| Dusty Springfield | “The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971” (24 songs on one CD; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Norma Tanega | “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog (Expanded Edition)” (1966 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Various artists | “NOW 70s Glam Pop” (four CDs, 80 songs; Track list) » BUY NOW |
(NOW / Sony Music) |
| The Weeknd | “The Highlights” (18-song greatest hits collection; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(XO / Republic) |
More Releases for Feb. 5, 2021 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Longstocking | “Once Upon a Time Called Now” (1997 album, available digitally and on vinyl for the first time; See here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Singles and Demos: 1994-1998” (19-song compilation) » BUY NOW |
(Jealous Butcher) |
| Nancy Sinatra | “Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin’ 1965-1976” (23-song compilation celebrating her 80th birthday; CD, out March 12; Vinyl, out Feb. 12; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Boots Enterprises, Inc. / Light in the Attic) |
More Digital Releases for Feb. 5, 2021 »
New & Future Releases » … Prime Video » … Fandango » … Roku » … Turner Classic Movies »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Billie Holiday | “Billie [DVD]” (2020 documentary film, directed by James Erskine; See here; Read here; Prime Video) » BUY NOW |
(Greenwich Entertainment, Feb. 9) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: Feb. 12, 2021
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