New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Backstreet Boys | “DNA” (their first full-length album in five years; new single: “Chances,” co-written by Shawn Mendes and Ryan Tedder; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with T-shirt; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch)  | (RCA) |
| Balthazar | “Fever” (new single: “I’m Never Gonna Let You Down Again”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (PIAS America) |
| The Beat Feat. Ranking Roger | “Public Confidential” (first single: “Maniac”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (DMF) |
| Bring Me the Horizon | “amo” (producers: singer Oli Sykes, keyboardist Jordan Fish; first single: “Mantra”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (RCA) |
| The Dandy Warhols | “Why You So Crazy” (new single: “Be Alright”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Dine Alone Music) |
| DAWN (former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard) | “New Breed” (guests: Hudson Mohawke, Cole M.G.N., Kaveh Rastegar; new single: “new breed”; NPR First Listen; See here; Vinyl; iTunes) | (Local Action / Our Dawn Entertainment) |
| FIDLAR | “Almost Free” (producer: Ricky Reed; guest: K. Flay; new single: “Can’t You See”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Mom+Pop Music) |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | “Stay Human Vol. II” (producers: Franti, Ben Simonetti, Niko Moon, Kevin Bard, etc.; first single: “Just to Say I Love You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (Boo Boo Wax / Thirty Tigers) |
| Steve Hackett | “At the Edge of Light” (See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (InsideOutMusic) |
| Trevor Horn | “Trevor Horn Reimagines the Eighties – Feat. The Sarm Orchestra” (guests: Simple Minds, Robbie Williams, Seal, Steve Hogarth, Rumer, Tony Hadley, All Saints, etc.; first single: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”; See here; Download; iTunes) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Jazz Funk Soul (Everette Harp, Paul Jackson Jr., Jeff Lorber) | “Life and Times” (Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Shanachie) |
| Keuning | “Prismism” (The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning’s debut solo album; new single: “Boat Accident”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Pretty Faithful / Thirty Tigers) |
| Lula Wiles (American folk trio) | “What Will We Do” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Leyla McCalla (New Orleans-based singer and multi-instrumentalist) | “The Capitalist Blues” (producer: Jimmy Horn; guest: Rhiannon Giddens; new single: “Lavi Vye Neg”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Jazz Village) |
| Addie McDaniel | “After the News” (producer: Marco Giovino; first single: “Are You Serious”; Download) | (Sylvan Songs) |
| Puppy (U.K. trio) | “The Goat” (producers: Neil Kennedy, Tom Dalgety; first single: “Black Hole”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Spinefarm) |
| Rival Sons | “Feral Roots” (producer: Dave Cobb; recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Low Country Sound / Atlantic) |
| Royal Canoe | “Waver” (new single: “Peep This”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Paper Bag) |
| Rudimental | “Toast to Our Differences” (guests: Macklemore, Jess Glynne, Dan Caplen, James Arthur, Maleek Berry, Raye, Raphaella, Maverick Sabre, Kojey Radical, Yebba, Kevin Garret; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with three extra songs; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Atlantic) |
| Hunt Sales Memorial | “Get Your Shit Together” (debut album from new band led by the former Bowie/Iggy/Rundgren/Tin Machine drummer and son of comedian Soupy Sales; he played the famous intro on Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life”; producer: Sales, Bruce Watson; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Big Legal Mess / Fat Possum) |
| Santana | “In Search of Mona Lisa” (five-song EP; producers: Narada Michael Walden, Carlos Santana; full-length album coming this summer, produced by Rick Rubin; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Concord) |
| Say Anything | “Oliver Appropriate” (frontman Max Bemis says this is the band’s final album; first single: “Daze”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) | (Dine Alone Music) |
| Sneaks (aka Eva Moolchan) | “Highway Hypnosis” (producers: Carlos Hernandez, Tony Seltzer, Moolchan, Jacknife Lee; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Merge) |
| Swervedriver | “Future Ruins” (first single: “Mary Winter”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) | (Dangerbird) |
| Walter Trout | “Survivor Blues” (producer: Eric Corne; guests: Robby Krieger, Sugaray Rayford; first single: “Me, My Guitar and the Blues”; Hear here; Vinyl + MP3; Limited-Edition Orange Vinyl + MP3; Download; iTunes) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| William Tyler | “Goes West” (new single: “Call Me When I’m Breathing Again”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Merge) |
| Vangelis | “Nocturne (The Piano Album)” (11 solo piano pieces, including some new versions of his best-known work, like the title theme from “Chariots of Fire” and the love theme from “Blade Runner”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) | (Decca) |
| Various artists | “2019 GRAMMY® Nominees” (a portion of album proceeds benefit the year-round work of the GRAMMY Museum® and MusiCares®; 22 songs; Download; iTunes) | (Republic) |
| Watermelon Slim | “Church of the Blues” (producers: Watermelon Slim, Chris Hardwick; guests: Bob Margolin, John Nemeth, Nick Schnebelen, Albert Castiglia, Joe Louis Walker, Sherman Holmes; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (NorthernBlues Music) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| deadmau5 | “Polar (Music from the Netflix Film)” (Hear here; iTunes) | (mau5trap Recordings) |
| Dreezy | “Big Dreez” (guests: Jeremih, Offset, Kash Doll, Jacquees, Derez Deshon; new single: “RIP Aretha”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Interscope) |
| Focus | “Focus 11” (the Dutch prog legends’ first album in six years; CD and Vinyl out Feb. 1; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (In and Out of Focus / Cherry Red) |
| Austin Giorgio (jazz-pop artist from Rochester, N.Y., competed on season 14 of “The Voice”) | “Crooner” (producer: Giorgio; iTunes; On Tour) | (RetroGio Productions, LLC, Jan. 30) |
| iLLism | “iLLuminate” (producers: Yanni Davis, iLLism, Tone Jonez, DopeBoys, Blu Magic, Dreamlife; first single: “Bet”; Hear here; iTunes) | (iLLism, Jan. 31) |
| Kid Koala | “Music To Draw To: Io” (featuring Trixie Whitley, who sings on six of the album’s 18 tracks; new single: “All For You”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| Michael McArthur (Lakeland, Fla.-based singer-songwriter) | “Ever Green, Ever Rain” (producer: Ryan Freeland; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Dark River) |
| Twig Pigeon (New Zealand-based musician and producer Ricky Simmonds) | “Beyonds” (six-song EP; guests: Martine, Adam Page, Vanessa Stacey, Rachel Fraser, Rogue; first single: “Phantom”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Twig Pigeon) |
| Chase Walker Band | “Live at the Woodshed” (five-song EP; On Tour) | (Chase Walker Band) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Buzzcocks | “Another Music In A Different Kitchen” (1978 album; remastered; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) , “Love Bites” (1978 album, including “Ever Fallen in Love [With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve]”; remastered; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Domino) |
| Eric Dolphy | “Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions” (three-CD set of unreleased recordings featuring saxophonist Sonny Simmons, trumpeter Woody Shaw, bassist Richard Davis and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson; with 96-page book; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) | (Resonance) |
| The Ides of March | “Friendly Strangers: The Warner Bros. Recordings” (two CDs, 26 songs; 2004 compilation, originally released by Rhino Handmade) | (Wounded Bird) |
| KISS | “KISSWORLD: The Best of KISS” (20-song collection; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; End of the Road World Tour; Merch) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| The Manhattan Transfer | “The Very Best of The Manhattan Transfer” (1994 compilation; 16 songs; eBay; On Tour) | (Concord) |
| Henry Paul Band | “The Complete Atlantic Recordings” (three complete albums on two CDs, with five bonus tracks) | (Wounded Bird) |
| Paul Young | “The CBS Singles Collection 1982-1994” (19 CDs, 108 tracks, with a DVD of music videos; On Tour) | (Edsel) |
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DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Heart | “Heart: Live in Atlantic City [DVD]” (first aired on “VH1 Decades Rock Live!” in 2006; See here; Blu-ray; CD; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) | (earMUSIC) |
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