New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Accept | “Restless and Live” (two-CD, one-DVD set includes entire show at Bang Your Head!!! Festival 2015; See here; MP3)  | (Nuclear Blast) |
| The Band of Heathens | “Duende” (first single: “Trouble Came Early”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (BOH) |
| Bonobo | “Migration” (guests: Nick Murphy, Innov Gnawa, Rhye, Nicole Miglis; first single: “Kerala”; See here; MP3) | (Ninja Tune) |
| Ray Cardwell | “Tennessee Moon” (producer: Pat Flynn; guests: John Cowan, Claire Lynch, Ronnie Bowman, Danny Roberts, Jesse McReynolds, Rob Ickes, Andy Leftwich, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Pinecastle) |
| Tom Chaplin (of Keane) | “The Wave” (producer: Matt Hales; first single: “Hardened Heart”; See here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| Jake Clemons (E Street Band saxophonist and nephew of Clarence Clemons) | “Fear & Love” (producers: Clemons, Ryan Swinehart; first single: “A Little Bit Sweet”; Hear here; MP3) | (BMG Soundstage) |
| Colony House (Franklin, Tenn., indie-rock quartet) | “Only the Lonely” (first single: “You Know It”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Descendant / RCA) |
| The Flaming Lips | “Oczy Mlody” (broken Polish for “eyes of the young”; first single: “The Castle”; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Renée Fleming | “Distant Light” (her exploration of Scandinavian music, recorded with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Hear here; MP3) | (Decca) |
| Danny Gokey | “Rise” (guests: Jordin Sparks, Kiki Sheard; Hear here; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Half Japanese | “Hear the Lions Roar” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3) | (Fire) |
| The Infamous Stringdusters | “Laws of Gravity” (producers: The Infamous Stringdusters, Billy Hume; first single: “This Ol’ Building”; Hear here; MP3) | (Compass) |
| Madness | “Can’t Touch Us Now” (first single: “Mr. Apples”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes; Merch) | (UMe) |
| The Molochs | “America’s Velvet Glory” (first single: “No More Cryin'”; Hear here; MP3) | (Innovative Leisure) |
| Nonstop to Cairo (Long Island ska, hip-hop and funk band) | “Dabble Heavy” (Hear here; MP3) | (Marigold) |
| The Regrettes (L.A. punk rockers) | “Feel Your Feelings, Fool!” (new single: “Hot”; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Run the Jewels | “Run the Jewels 3” (guests: Joi Gilliam, Danny Brown, Tunde Adebimpe, Trina, Kamasi Washington; Hear here; MP3) | (Run the Jewels, Inc.) |
| Jeannie Seely | “Written in Song” (the first album from “Miss Country Soul” since 2011; guests: Jessi Colter, Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, Kenny and Tess Sears, Jan Howard; Hear here; MP3) | (Cheyenne / Smith Music Group) |
| Sepultura | “Machine Messiah” (producers: Sepultura, Jens Bogren; Hear/read here; MP3; Merch) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Systema Solar (Colombian/Afro-Caribbean electronic collective) | “Rumbo A Tierra” (first single: “Rumbera”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3) | (Nacional) |
| The xx | “I See You” (first single: “On Hold”; Hear here; MP3)  | (Young Turks Recordings) |
| You Me At Six | “Night People” (producer: Jacquire King; first single: “Night People”; Hear here; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management) |
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Chavez | “Cockfighters” (three-song EP; their first recordings in 20 years; producer: John Agnello; first single: “The Bully Boys”; Hear here) | (Matador) |
| Chrysalis | “Reminder” (first single: “My Eternity”; See here) | (Chrysalis Music) |
| Gidge (Swedish electronic duo) | “LNLNN” (seven-song EP; Hear here) | (Atomnation) |
| Griff’s Room Band (Richmond, Va., pop-rock band) | “Heartbreak / Desire” (producer: Rob Evans; Hear here) | (Griff’s Room Band) |
| Natalie Hemby | “Puxico” (debut album from the country songwriter, who has penned songs for Lee Ann Womack, Eli Young Band, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Sunny Sweeney and Little Big Town; producer: producer-husband Mike Wrucke; first single: “Return”; NPR First Listen) | (GetWrucke Productions) |
| MC Kean (rapper/hip-hop producer) | “Voodoo Reincarnation” (producer: Michael McKean; guests: Rakaa Iriscience, Sareem Poems, Michelle Martinez, Mr Ruckman, Nick Knowledge, Zoe Lester, Nikky A; first single: “Off the Richter”; Hear here) | (Enthusiastic Entertainment) |
| Miss Tara (Canadian house music DJ/producer Tara Mobayen) | “Let’s Live!” (34 tracks; guests: Jean, Melky, Eric Carter, Sonu Nigam; Hear here) | (Bonnies, Jan. 16) |
| Moonsville Collective (Americana/folk outfit) | “Moonsville, Vol. I” (five-song EP; first installment of four-EP series; Hear here) | (Moonsville) |
| Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White | “Gentlewoman, Ruby Man” (covers of Leonard Cohen, the Velvet Underground, Frankie Valli, Frank Ocean, James Blake, etc.; first single: “Look At What the Light Did Now”; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (Glassnote) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Chet Baker | “The Pacific Jazz Collection” (eight complete albums, from 1953-1958, on four CDs; remastered) | (Enlightenment) |
| The Band | “The Last Waltz (40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)” (four-CD, two-Blu-ray box set, with a replication of director Martin Scorsese’s original shooting script) | (Rhino) |
| Dennis Coffey | “Hot Coffey in the D: Burnin’ At Morey Baker’s Showplace Lounge” (unreleased live recordings from 1968; Read here; MP3) | (Resonance) |
| England Dan & John Ford Coley | “All-Time Greatest Hits” | (Varѐse Sarabande) |
| The Four Aces | “The Hits Collection 1951-59” (two CDs, 52 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Serge Gainsbourg | “The Serge Gainsbourg Collection / 1958-62” (two CDs, 53 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| The Tubby Hayes Quartet | “Invitation: Live At The Top Alex 1973” (Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Frankie Laine | “The Hits Collection 1947-61” (three CDs, 79 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers | “The Joe Liggins Collection 1944-57” (three CDs, 77 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| The Manhattans | “I Kinda Miss You – The Anthology: Columbia Records 1973-87” (two CDs, 35 songs; Read here; On Tour) | (SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| Jackie McLean | “The Complete Albums Collection 1955-58” (four CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Gerry Rafferty | “The Very Best of Gerry Rafferty” | (Varѐse Sarabande) |
| Various artists | “The Hit Songs of Felice & Boudleaux Bryant 1949-62” (two CDs, 54 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “Phase 4 Stereo Spectacular” (40-CD box set; Hear here) | (Decca) |
| Various artists | “Twelve Inch Eighties: Hold Me Now” (three CDs, 30 extended mixes; Track list), “Twelve Inch 80s: When the Going Gets Tough” (three CDs, 30 mixes; Track list) | (U.K. – Crimson / Demon Music Group) |
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Kelly Bowlin and the Orphans | “Are You Listening?” (18-song compilation; Hear here) | (Kelly Bowlin and the Orphans) |
| Melissa Manchester | “Bright Eyes” (1974 album; On Tour) | (Arista / Legacy) |