New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Anvil | “Pounding the Pavement” (producers: Martin “Mattes” Pfeiffer, Anvil; first single: “Bitch in the Box”; Vinyl; Download)  |
(Steamhammer / SPV) |
| Arkona | “Khram” (the album title is Russian for temple; Hear here; Download; On Tour) |
(Napalm) |
| Bahamas (Juno Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen) | “Earthtones” (first single: “No Wrong”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Brushfire / Republic) |
| Sterling Ball, John Ferraro and Jim Cox | “The Mutual Admiration Society” (producers: Ball, Ferraro, Cox; guests: Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Albert Lee, Jay Graydon; Hear here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Mascot Label Group) |
| Belle Adair (Alabama rock quartet) | “Tuscumbia” (producer: Tom Schick; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
(Single Lock) |
| Black Label Society | “Grimmest Hits” (first single: “Room of Nightmares”; Hear here; Vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(eOne Music) |
| Cane Hill | “Too Far Gone” (new single: “Lord of Flies”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl, with download card; Download; On Tour) |
(Rise) |
| The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band | “Chinese Butterfly” (double album; On Tour) |
(Concord Jazz) |
| Kristy Cox (Australian bluegrass artist based in Nashville) | “Ricochet” (producer: Jerry Salley; first single: “Ricochet”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Mountain Fever) |
| Devin Dawson (Nashville-based country singer-songwriter) | “Dark Horse” (Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Atlantic / Warner Music Nashville) |
| De Lux (L.A. electro-pop duo) | “More Disco Songs About Love” (guests: Sal P, Mark Stewart; new single: “Keyboards Cause We’re Black and White”; Hear here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Innovative Leisure) |
| DiNOLA (New Orleans rock quartet) | “Up High” (five-song EP, includes four originals and a cover of “I Put a Spell on You”; producer: Dave Catching; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Saustex) |
| Jon Durant (instrumental guitarist) | “Parting Is” (Hear here; Download) |
(Alchemy, Jan. 18) |
| Earth Caller (Melbourne, Australia, hardcore band) | “Crystal Death” (first single: “Fall,” feat. Sophie Jest; See here; Download) |
(Lifeblood, Inc. / eOne Music) |
| EDEN (Dublin-based singer-producer and multi-instrumentalist Jonathon Ng) | “vertigo” (first single: “gold”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Astralwerks) |
| Tommy Emmanuel | “Accomplice Once” (producer: Emmanuel; guests: Jason Isbell, Mark Knopfler, Rodney Crowell, Jerry Douglas, Amanda Shires, Ricky Skaggs, J.D. Simo, David Grisman, Bryan Sutton, Suzy Bogguss, etc.; See/read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(CGP Sounds / Thirty Tigers) |
| Fall Out Boy | “M A N I A” (first single: “Young and Menace”; See here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(DCD2 / Island) |
| First Aid Kit | “Ruins” (producer: Tucker Martine; first single: “It’s a Shame”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Columbia) |
| Ron Gallo | “Really Nice Guys” (producers: Joe Bisirri, Gallo; first single: “Really Nice Guys”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(New West) |
| John Gorka | “True in Time” (producer: Rob Genadek; Download; iTunes) |
(Red House) |
| The Go! Team (U.K. indie pop outfit) | “Semicircle” (first single: “Semicircle Song”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes) |
(Memphis Industries) |
| Glen Hansard | “Between Two Shores” (first single: “Time Will Be the Healer”; Hear here; Vinyl, with download card; Download; On Tour) |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| KIDZ BOP Kids | “KIDZ BOP 37” (Target-Exclusive CD, with four extra songs; eBay; Merch) |
(KIDZ BOP) |
| LANco (country-rock quintet) | “Hallelujah Nights” (producer: Jay Joyce; first single: “Greatest Love Story”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Arista Nashville) |
| Magnum (legendary British rockers) | “Lost On The Road To Eternity” (first single: “Without Love”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) |
(Steamhammer / SPV) |
| Meat Beat Manifesto | “Impossible Star” (Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; eBay) |
(Flexidisc / Virtual Label Group) |
| Moon Taxi | “Let the Record Play” (new single: “Two High”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(RCA) |
| Of Mice & Men | “Defy” (producer: Howard Benson; mixed by Chris Lord-Alge; new single: “Warzone”; Hear here; Vinyl, with download card; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Rise) |
| Joe Perry | “Sweetzerland Manifesto” (producers: Perry, Bruce Witkin, Jack Douglas; guests: Robin Zander, Johnny Depp on drums, Terry Reid, Zak Starkey, David Johansen; Vinyl; Download; eBay) |
(Roman / AMPED Distribution) |
| Phillip Phillips | “Collateral” (first single: “Magnetic”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) |
(19 Recordings / Interscope) |
| Planet Asia (Fresno-based MC) | “The Golden Buddha” (producer: izznyce; guests: AZ, Hus Kingpin, Turbin, Marvelous Mag, Killa Kali, TriState, Xiomara, The Architect; first single: “Hood Legends”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) |
(Brick) |
| Porches | “The House” (new single: “Find Me”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Domino) |
| Rend Collective (Northern Irish Christian experimental, folk rock, worship band) | “Good News” (Hear here; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Rend Family / Sparrow / Capitol Christian Music Group) |
| The Shins | “The Worms Heart” (a complete reworking of the group’s 2017 album, “Heartworms,” in which slow songs were re-recorded as fast songs and vice versa; producers: Yuuki Matthews, Jon Sortland, James Mercer; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Aural Apothecary / Columbia) |
| Shopping | “The Official Body” (producer: Edwyn Collins; first single: “The Hype”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(FatCat) |
| Super Whatevr (Orange County, Calif., rock quartet) | “Never Nothing” (first single: “For You”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Hopeless) |
| Terror Universal (masked metal group) | “Make Them Bleed” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (minus HEAD) |
| They Might Be Giants | “I Like Fun” (producers: They Might Be Giants, Patrick Dillett; first single: “I Left My Body”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Idlewild Recordings) |
| Toto Bona Lokua (Afro-jazz supergroup) | “Bondeko” (the title is Congelese for “friendship”; new single: “Ma Mama”; Hear here; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Nø Førmat!) |
| Tune-Yards | “I can feel you creep into my private life” (producer: Nate Brenner; first single: “Look at Your Hands”; See here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(4AD) |
| The Vibrators | “Past Present, and Into the Future” (features contributions from former and current members of the legendary British punk band; producer: original bassist Pat Collier; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Cleopatra) |
| Walking Papers (led by Duff McKagan) | “WP2” (Hear here; Vinyl, 150 gram, yellow-colored) |
(Loud & Proud) |
| WhoMadeWho (Copenhagen trio) | “Through the Walls” (producers: WhoMadeWho, Kenton Slash Demon; new single: “Dynasty”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Embassy of Music) |
| Van William | “Countries” (producers: William, Brian Phillips; guests: First Aid Kit, Dawes drummer Griffin Goldsmith, POP ETC bassist Chris Chu, keyboardist Tam Visher; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Fantasy) |
| The XCERTS (U.K. rock trio) | “Hold on to Your Heart” (producer: Gary Clark; new single: “Hold on to Your Heart”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Raygun) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Auramancer (Belgian songwriter Blaede) | “The only way to fail…” (five-song EP; first single: “7seconds”; Hear here; See here) |
(Karma, Jan. 18) |
| Rodrigo Baggio & Juan María Solare | “Meeting Point” (four-song EP; producer: Solare; first single: “Beartiz & Jonás”; Hear here) |
(Janus Music & Sound) |
| Belle and Sebastian | “How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 2)” (five-song EP; Part 3 is due Feb. 16; the EP trilogy will be compiled for a CD and a limited edition vinyl box set later; Hear here; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Matador) |
| R. Finn (folk/Americana singer-songwriter aka Chris Rondinella) | “Collecting Trip” (producers: Finn, Jim Keltner; guests: Benmont Tench, Nickel Creek’s Sean and Sara Watkins, Reeve and Zane Carney, Madison Cunningham, Anna Nalick; first single: “Quiet House”; Hear here; iTunes) | (The Heritage Recording Co.) |
| Inara George | “Dearest Everybody” (first single: “Young Adult”; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Release Me) |
| Grace Basement (rock side project of St. Louis folk musician Kevin Buckley) | “Mississippi Nights” (Hear here) |
(Avonmore) |
| HYVMINE (L.A. band led by guitar virtuoso Al Joseph) | “Earthquake” (first single: “Shogun”; Hear here) | (Seek & Strike) |
| Mass Anthem | “Through People Like Me” (producers: Mass Anthem, Zach Kranz, Jordan Sapp, Micah Kuiper; first single: “Through People Like Me”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(DREAM) |
| MILCK (L.A.-based pop singer-songwriter Connie Lim) | “This Is Not the End” (Hear here; See here; NPR First Listen; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Atlantic) |
| Mudhoney | “LiE” (recorded live during their 2016 European tour; first single: “Judgement, Rage, Retribution and Thyme”; Hear here; Vinyl; eBay) |
(Sub Pop) |
| the noises we make when no-one is around (U.K. artist) | “Grief Thief” (four-song EP) | (the noises we make when no-one is around, Jan. 17) |
| Justine Skye | “ULTRAVIOLET” (guests: PARTYNEXTDOOR, Wizkid, Jeremih; new single: “Heaven”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Roc Nation / Republic) |
| Mason Summit | “Summer Cold” (producer: Summit; guests: Jeff Frantom, Jarren Heidelberg; first single: “Stick It Out”; Exclusive Pauseandplay.com Song Premiere) |
(Mason Summit) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Big Wreck | “In Loving Memory Of … 20th Anniversary Special Edition” (1997 album; remastered; See here; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Vinyl; On Tour) |
(Linus) |
| Book of Love | “The Sire Years: 1985-1993” (See here) |
(Notefornote Music) |
| Harry Chapin | “The Bottom Line Archive (Live 1981)” |
(The Bottom Line Record Company) |
| Booker Ervin | “The Good Book: The Early Years 1960-62” (four CDs; Read here) |
(Acrobat) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)” (1975 album; remastered, with rare and unreleased studio and live recordings, featuring 5.1 surround sound and high-resolution 24/96 stereo audio mixes of the original album and single mixes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| The Fontane Sisters | “The Singles Collection 1946-60” (two CDs, 60 songs; Read here) |
(Acrobat) |
| Lefty Frizzell | “The Singles Collection 1950-62” (two CDs, 55 songs; Read here) |
(Acrobat) |
| Hilary Hahn | “Retrospective” (two-CD collection; Vinyl; Download; eBay; On Tour) |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Bill Haley | “The Singles Collection 1948-60” (two CDs, 57 songs; Read here; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Robert Nighthawk | “The Robert Nighthawk Collection 1937-52” (two CDs, 48 songs; Read here) |
(Acrobat) |
| Django Reinhardt | “Essential Electric” (14 songs) |
(Rockbeat) |
| Lawson Rollins | “Airwaves: The Greatest Hits” (18-song collection; Hear here; Download); iTunes) |
(Infinita) |
| The Ronettes | “Everything You Wanted To Know About The Ronettees … But Were Afraid To Ask” (27-song collection of hits and rarities; Track list; Amazon UK; eBay) |
(For Collectors Only) |
| Lalo Schifrin | “The Early Years” (10 albums on four CDs; remastered) |
(Enlightenment) |
| Jo Stafford | “The Centenary Hits Collection 1944-59” (four CDs, 106 songs; Read here; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Leopold Stokowski | “Leopold Stokowski: Complete Decca Recordings” (23-CD box set; Amazon UK) |
(Decca) |
| Ten Years After | “Ten Years After 1967-1974” (50th anniversary 10-CD box set, including the previously unreleased “The Cap Ferrat Sessions,” newly mixed by producer Chris Kimsey; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay) |
(Chrysalis) |
| Cal Tjader | “The Classic Fantasy Collection 1953-1962” (nine complete albums on four CDs) |
(Enlightenment) |
| Various artists | “Something Got a Hold On Me: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume One: 1963-1964” (28 songs; Read here), “Get Right: The Ru-Jac Records Story, Volume Two: 1964-1966” (22-song compilation; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Doc Watson | “Sittin’ On Top of the World” (March 1964 live recordings at Purdue University and the University of Illinois) |
(Rockbeat) |
| Whitesnake | “The Purple Tour (Live)” (2015 tour highlights; Read here; Amazon UK; CD + DVD; CD + Blu-ray; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Rhino) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| U.K. Subs | “Complete Punk Singles Collection” (38 songs) |
(Captain Oi!) |
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