New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Regina Belle | “The Day Life Began” (producers: The Heavyweights; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| The Besnard Lakes | “A Coliseum Complex Museum” (first single: “Golden Lion”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Cait Brennan (Phoenix singer-songwriter) | “Debutante” (producers: Brennan, Fernando Perdomo; Hear here; Vinyl) | (President Badass / ADA) |
| The Cactus Blossoms (roots music duo) | “You’re Dreaming” (producer: JD McPherson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Red House) |
| The Casualties | “Chaos Sound” (first single: “Running Through the Night”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl) | (Season of Mist) |
| Eleanor Friedberger | “New View” (first single: “He Didn’t Mention His Mother”; Hear here; MP3) | (Frenchkiss) |
| Green River Ordinance | “Fifteen” (producers: Paul Moak, Rick Beato, Jordan Critz; Hear here; MP3) | (Residence Music) |
| Half Japanese | “Perfect” (first single: “That Is That”; Hear here; MP3) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| The High Llamas | “Here Come the Rattling Trees” (producer: Ryan Key; first single: “Skeletons”; Hear here; MP3) | (Drag City) |
| Charlie Hilton (frontwoman of Blouse) | “Palana” (producer: Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait; first single: “Pony”; Hear here; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Lisa Hilton (jazz pianist-composer) | “Nocturnal” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ruby Slippers Productions) |
| The I Don’t Cares (Paul Westerberg & Juliana Hatfield) | “Wild Stab” (first single: “Born For Me”; Hear here; MP3) | (Dry Wood) |
| Jazz Funk Soul (Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp and Jeff Lorber) | “More Serious Business” (first single: “You’ll Know When You Know”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| King Charles | “Gamble for a Rose” (producer: Marcus Mumford; first single: “Loose Change for the Boatman”; Hear here; MP3) | (Buffalo Gang) |
| Sonya Kitchell | “We Come Apart” (her first full-length album since 2008; guests: Dap-Kings horn section, Nate Walcott, Gyda Valtysdottir of MUM, Neal Evans, Findlay Brown, Shahzad Ismaily, etc.; first single: “Mexico”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rockwood Music Hall Recordings / Thirty Tigers) |
| Like Torches (Stockholm rock quartet) | “Shelter” (producer: Ryan Key; first single: “Skeletons”; See here; MP3) | (Rude) |
| Megadeth | “Dystopia” (first single: “Fatal Illusion”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (T-Boy / UMe) |
| Daniela Mercury (Brazilian singer-songwriter) | “Virtual Vinyl” (Hear here; MP3) | (DRG) |
| Mystery Jets | “Curve of the Earth” (producer: Mystery Jets; first single: “Telomere”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Caroline) |
| Aoife O’Donovan | “In the Magic Hour” (producer: Tucker Martine; first single: “Magic Hour”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Axel Rudi Pell (German guitar virtuouso) | “Game of Sins” (Hear here; MP3) | (Steamhammer / SPV) |
| Popa Chubby | “Big, Bad and Beautiful Live” (double live album, recorded at three venus in France; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra Blues) |
| Pop. 1280 | “Paradise” (first single: “Pyramids on Mars”; Hear here) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Promise & The Monster (Stockholm band) | “Feed the Fire” (producer: Love Martinsen; first single: “Time of the Season”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Bella Union) |
| ROAM (U.K. pop punk band) | “Backbone” (producer: Drew Lawson; first single: “Deadweight”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Hopeless) |
| Savages | “Adore Life” (producer: Johnny Hostile; first single: “The Answer”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Matador) |
| Ty Segall | “Emotional Mugger” (Hear here; MP3) | (Drag City) |
| Shearwater | “Jet Plane and Oxbow” (producer: Danny Reisch; first single: “Quiet Americans”; Hear here; LP + MP3; MP3) | (Sub Pop) |
| Eliot Sumner (Sting’s daughter) | “Information” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Island) |
| Sweet Honey in the Rock | “#LoveInEvolution” (first single: “IDK [But I’m LOL!]”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Appleseed Recordings) |
| Tank | “Sex Love & Pain II” (guests: Wale, Chris Brown, Shawn Stockman, Siya, Sage The Gemini, Rich Homie Quan; new single: “You Don’t Know”; Hear here; MP3) | (R&B Money / Atlantic) |
| Tindersticks | “The Waiting Room” (first single: “We Are Dreamers!,” feat. Savages’ Jehnny Beth; Hear here; See here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (City Slang) |
| Tortoise | “The Catastrophist” (their first album since 2009; first single: “Gesceap”; Hear here) | (Thrill Jockey) |
| Various artists | “The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Studio Cast Recording)” (score by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; See/read here) | (Razor & Tie / Ghostlight) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Rock” (18 hits by current rock artists, plus three NOW “What’s Next” artists; MP3) | (Universal Music Group / Sony Music Entertainment) |
| Various artists | “2016 GRAMMY Nominees” (21 songs; Grammy nominations list; MP3) | (Republic) |
| Steven Wilson | “4 ½” (producer: Wilson; Hear here; MP3; Blu-ray) | (Kscope) |
| Hans Zimmer | “Kung Fu Panda 3 (Music From the Motion Picture)” (MP3) | (Sony Classical) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| drop.kick.pop | “Plastic Hallway” (producer: dkp; guests: Sami Stevens, Tyger MacNeal; first single: “deephau5”; Hear here) | (Skeet Skeet, Jan. 26) |
| Feral Conservatives (mandolin-based indie rock) | “Here’s to Almost” (producer: Mark Padgett; first single: “Last Light”; Hear here; See here) | (EggHunt) |
| Angela Perley and The Howlin’ Moons | “Homemade Vision” (first single: “Electric Flame”; See here; Read here) | (Vital Music USA) |
| Sci-Fi Romance (L.A.-based alt-rock/Americana trio) | “Dust Among the Stars” (first single: “If I Fell”; Hear here; See here) | (Broken Image Entertainment, Jan. 26) |
| Skilled Mechanics (Tricky with DJ Milo and Luke Harris) | “Skilled Mechanics” (new single: “Diving Away”; Hear here) | (False Idols) |
| Alex Smoke | “Love Over Will” (first single: “Dire Need”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (R&S) |
| Alper Tuzcu (Turkish guitarist producer/songwriter based in Boston) | “Between 12 Waters” (featuring seven vocalists from different parts of the world, including Pia Salvia, Ganavya Doraiswamy and Olivia Mok; Hear here) | (Palma, Jan. 20) |
| Vox Vocis | “In the Arms of the Sun” (producer: Stephen Adwell of AMR Studios; first single: “This Hardened Heart”; Hear here) | (Vox Vocis) |
More Digital Releases for Jan. 22, 2016
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| America | “Hearts [Hybrid SACD]” (1975 album, featuring “Daisy Jane,” “Sister Golden Hair” and “Woman Tonight”; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Ashford & Simpson | “Gimme Something Real (Expanded Edition)” (1973 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Black Sabbath | “Black Sabbath (Deluxe Edition)” (1970 album; remastered, with a second disc of outtakes previously unreleased in North America), “Paranoid (Deluxe Edition)” (1970 album; remastered, with a second disc of outtakes previously unreleased in North America; Vinyl), “Master of Reality (Deluxe Edition)” (1971 album; remastered, with a second disc of outtakes previously unreleased in North America), “Past Lives (Deluxe Edition)” (1970-1975 live recordings, released in 2002; remastered; Vinyl) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Brinsley Schwartz (pub-rock group included Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm) | “Despite It All” (1970 album; remastered), “Nervous On the Road” (1972 album; remastered), “Please Don’t Ever Change” (1973 album; remastered), “The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz” (1974 album, produced by Dave Edmunds; remastered) | (U.K. – Parlophone) |
| Larry Coryell | “Acoustic Reflections” (taped for broadcast on WCUW-FM in Worcester, Mass., at Clark University’s Little Center on June 23, 1976; Hear here) | (Hi Hat) |
| Loggins & Messina | “Sittin’ In [Hybrid SACD]” (1971 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Lush | “Chorus” (five-CD, 105-track box set, with hardbound book; features their three studio albums, plus unreleased demos, radio sessions, remixes and rarities) | (U.K. – 4AD) |
| Rose Royce | “Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom (Expanded Edition)” (1977 album, featuring “Wishing On a Star”; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Saga | “Pleasure & The Pain” (1997 album; remastered, with two bonus live tracks; MP3) | (earMUSIC) |
| Streetwalkers | “I’m Walkin’ – Complete Streetwalkers 1974-1977” (15-CD box set; Hear/see here; Read here) | (Snapper Music) |
| Chip Taylor | “Last Chance / Some of Us” (1973, 1974 albums on one CD; remastered; Read here) | (U.K. – Morello / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968” (nine-CD box set) | (Atlantic, Jan. 19) |
| Various artists | “Disco Love Vol. 4: More More More Disco & Soul Uncovered!” (two CDs; 15 songs; Track list; Hear here) | (BBE) |
More Releases for Jan. 22, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tommy Castro | “The Very Best of Tommy Castro” (14 tracks) | (Blind Pig) |
More Digital Releases for Jan. 22, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist/cast: | Title: | Label/studio: |
| Ritchie Blackmore | “The Ritchie Blackmore Story [DVD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Vision) |
| Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley, Jake Gyllenhaal, et al | “Everest [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray 3D + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Jeremy Irvine, Johnathan Rhys Meyers, et al | “Stonewall [DVD + Digital]” (2015 film) | (Lionsgate) |
| Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, T Bone Burnett | “Inside Llewyn Davis (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (2013 film; Read here; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection) |
| O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti | “Straight Outta Compton [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| The Jam | “About the Young Idea [DVD]” (two-disc doc with bonus features; See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, et al | “Jem and the Holograms [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios) |
| Various artists | “All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records [DVD]” (2015 historic musical documentary directed by Colin Hanks, featuring interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, etc.; See here; Blu-ray) | (FilmRise, Jan. 19) |
Complete List of Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Adele | “Adele: The Biography” (Paperback, updated and revised; author: Chas Newkey-Burden) | (The Overlook Press) |
| Kurt Cobain | “Cobain on Cobain: Interviews and Encounters” (Hardcover; edited by Nick Soulsby) | (Chicago Review Press) |
| John Fahey | “Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958-1965” (Hardcover; authors: Claudio Guerrieri, Glenn Jones, Malcolm Kirton) | (Dust to Digital) |
| Howard Massey | “Roadie” (Hardcover) | (Coral Press) |
| Spencer Leigh | “The Cavern Club: The Rise of the Beatles and Merseybeat” (Paperback; foreword by Paul McCartney) | (McNidder & Grace) |
| Rashod Ollison | “Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl” (Hardcover) | (Beacon Press) |
| Victoria Micklish Pasmore | “Stars of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway” (Paperback) | (Plum Street Publishers) |
| Ruth Pointer | “Still So Excited! My Life in the Pointer Sisters” (Hardcover; co-author: Marshall Terrill; foreword by Natalie Cole) | (Triumph Books) |
| The Residents | “Never Known Questions: Five Decades of The Residents” (Paperback; author: Ian Shirley) | (Cherry Red Books) |
| Barbra Streisand | “Streisand: It Only Happens Once” (Paperback; author: Anne Edwards) | (Taylor Trade Publishing) |
| Deborah Voight | “Call Me Debbie: True Confessions of a Down-to-Earth Diva” (Paperback) | (Harper Paperbacks) |