New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jeff Beck | “Loud Hailer” (Hear here; Read here; MP3; see related book below)  |
(Rhino) |
| Blood Red Throne | “Union of Flesh and Machine” (Hear here; MP3) | (Candlelight / Spinefarm) |
| Bright Light Bright Light | “Choreography” (guests: Elton John, Jake Shears, Ana Matronic, Alan Cumming, Mykal Kilgore; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Self Raising / MRI) |
| Clams Casino | “32 Levels” (guests: Vince Staples, A$AP Rocky, Lil B, etc.; first single: “Blast”; Hear here; See here) | (Columbia) |
| Steve Cole | “Turn It Up” (producer: David Mann; first single: “Mirage”; Hear here; MP3) | (Artistry Music) |
| Jacob Collier (British jazz prodigy) | “In My Room” (managed by Quincy Jones; producer: Collier; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Membran) |
| Confederate Railroad | “Lucky to Be Alive” (their first album in nine years; producers: Blue Miller, Danny Shirley; guests: Willie Nelson, John Anderson, Colt Ford, Dan Tyminski; Hear here; MP3) | (BFD) |
| Dirty Heads | “Dirty Heads” (producers: Justin Gray, Da Internz, Drew Pearson, David Kahne, Jimmy Harry; first single: “That’s All I Need”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Five Seven Music) |
| The Earls of Leicester (bluegrass supergroup led by Jerry Douglas) | “Rattle & Roar” (producer: Douglas; first single: “The Train That Carried My Girl From Town”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Good Charlotte | “Youth Authority” (guests: Simon Neil, Kellin Quinn; first single: “40 oz. Dream”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (MDDN / Kobalt Label Services) |
| Heliotropes (Brooklyn psych-rock quartet) | “Over There That Way” (new single: “Normandy”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (The End) |
| Hillsong United | “Of Dirt and Grace – Live From The Land” (CD/DVD combo; acoustic version of their 2015 album “Empires,” recorded in Jerusalem; MP3) | (Hillsong / Capitol CMG) |
| Joy (Raleigh hardcore metal band) | “Of Nothing” (producer: Kris Hilbert; Hear here; MP3) | (Blood & Ink) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop 32” (MP3) |
(Razor & Tie) |
| Michael Kiwanuka | “Love & Hate” (producers: Danger Mouse, Inflo; first single: “Black Man in a White World”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Interscope) |
| Levin Minnemann Rudess (Tony Levin, Marco Minnemann and Jordan Rudess) | “From the Law Offices of Levin Minnemann Rudess” (Hear here) | (Lazy Bones Recordings) |
| Neal McCoy | “You Don’t Know Me” (producer: Steve Tyrell; Hear here) | (DMI Soundtracks) |
| David Nail | “Fighter” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (MCA Nashville) |
| NEEDTOBREATHE | “H A R D L O V E” (first single: “Happiness”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Aaron Neville | “Apache” (producers: Neville, Eric Krasno; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Tell It) |
| Salt Ashes (electronic artist) | “Salt Ashes” (See here; MP3) | (Radikal) |
| Theodore Shapiro | “Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Score)” (Hear here; see related soundtrack below) | (Sony Classical) |
| Snoop Dogg | “Coolaid” (producers: Snoop Dogg, Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Hi-Tek, Nottz, Kanye West, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Dr. Dre, etc.; guests: Wiz Khalifa, Swizz Beatz, Jeremih, Too Short, E-40, Jazze Pha, etc.; first single: “Kush Ups”; See here; MP3) | (Doggy Style / eOne Music) |
| The Temperance Movement | “White Bear” (Hear here; MP3) | (Fantasy) |
| Steven Tyler | “We’re All Somebody From Somewhere” (producers: Tyler, T Bone Burnett, Dann Huff, Jaren Johnston, Marti Frederikson; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Big Machine) |
| Various artists | “Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2016 reboot opens July 15, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones; Fall Out Boy collaborates with Missy Elliott on a new version of Ray Parker Jr.’s theme song; other acts on the soundtrack: 5 Seconds of Summer, G-Eazy feat. Jeremih, Pentatonix, WALK THE MOON, Wolf Alice; Hear here; See here; first single: Elle King’s “Good Girls”; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Various artists | “Tuck Everlasting (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (starring Carolee Carmello and Andrew Keenan-Bolger, the musical is based on Natalie Babbitt’s best-selling 1975 novel of the same name, with music by Chris Miller and lyrics by Nathan Tysen; MP3) | (DMI Soundtracks) |
| Gary Wilson (alt-funk artist) | “It’s Friday Night With Gary Wilson” (MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Lucy Woodward | “Til They Bang on the Door” (producers: Henry Hey, Michael League; Hear here; MP3) | (GroundUP / Universal) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Alphabetic (South London quartet) | “Touch” (first single: “French Boyfriend”; Hear here; See here) | (Bibliotheque) |
| Angie and The Deserters | “Blood Like Wine” (six-song EP; producer: Jeff Huskins; first single: “Country Radio”; Hear here; Read here) | (Topanga Canyon) |
| Blacklighter (aka Jonny Shemz) | “Blacklighter” (five-song EP; producers: Shemz, Asi Spector; Hear here) | (Blacklightmusic, July 19) |
| Black Square | “Silent City” (guests: Sarah Hezen, Eliza Shaddad, Grace Tither, MC Conrad, Ben Verse, recent Nile Rogers collaborator Joe Killington; first single: “Archive”; See here) | (Crunch Recordings) |
| deVience (London hard-rockers) | “deVience” (first single: “Move”; Hear here; See here) | (Broken Road) |
| Minister Marion Hall (formerly Lady Saw) | “When God Speaks” (producers: Bobby Digital, Sly and Robbie; first single: “Cup of Blessings”; Hear here) | (Marion Hall Ministry / VPAL Music) |
| Samm Henshaw (22-year-old soulful singer-songwriter from London) | “The Sound Experiment 2” (five-song EP; first single: “Our Love”; Hear here; See here) | (Columbia) |
| In Dynamics (Sussez alt-rock trio) | “Everything I See” (Hear/read here) | (In Dynamics, July 18) |
| Joseph Israel | “Paradise” (guests: Tarrus Riley, Gentleman, Leon Mobley; Hear here) | (Lions of Israel, Inc.) |
| Kosha Dillz (L.A.-based triphop artist) | “What I Do All Day & Pickle” (producer: Ski Beatz; guests: Matisyahu, Flex Mathews, Flynt Flossey of Turquoise Jeep, Ida Hawk, Nina Dioz, Mickey Shiloh; first single: “Half a World Away”; Hear here; See here) | (Oy Vey!) |
| Last Hologram (Toronto indie band) | “Brave New Universe” (Hear here) | (Last Hologram, July 18) |
| Maisy Kay (U.K.-born, L.A-based singer-pianist) | “Disguises” (Hear/read here) | (ROLA) |
| Jack & Amanda Palmer (father and daughter) | “You Got Me Singing” (Hear here) | (8ft. Records) |
| Polarheart (Sydney electro-pop duo) | “Polarheart” (seven-song EP; Hear here) | (Marshmallow Pavement) |
| Omar Rodríguez-López | “Sworn Virgins” (the first of a series of solo albums this year from At the Drive-In and the Mars Volta member; first single: “To Kill a Chi Chi”; Hear here; Read here) | (Ipecac Recordings) |
| Juliet Simms (former member of Automatic Loveletter and runner-up on season 2 of “The Voice”) | “From the Grave” (eight-song EP; Hear here; See here) | (Ju Ju Productions) |
| Talons’ | “Rustic Bullshit” (Hear here) | (Broken Circle) |
| Venus and the Moon (L.A. duo) | “Brother, Son” (six-song EP; producer: Rain Phoenix; Hear here) | (Mother May I) |
More Digital Releases for July 15
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tex Beneke Orchestra | “The Complete Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra Part Five (1946-1950)” (20 songs) | (Sounds of Yesteryear) |
| William S. Burroughs | “Let Me Hang You” (previously unreleased audio portions of “Naked Lunch,” produced by A.A. Khan, James Grauerholz and Hal Willner; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Emerson String Quartet | “Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon” (52-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Maynard Ferguson | “Complete High Voltage” (1987’s “High Voltage” and “High Voltage 2” on two CDs, with two previously unreleased bonus tracks; remastered; Hear here; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Peter Gabriel | “So [Vinyl]” (1986 album; two-LP 45rpm Half Speed Remaster), “Us [Vinyl]” (1992 album; two-LP 45rpm Half Speed Remaster), “Up [Vinyl]” (2002 album; three-LP 45rpm Half Speed Remaster) | (Real World) |
| Jascha Heifetz | “Jascha Heifetz – The Complete Stereo Collection” (24-CD box set) | (Sony Classical) |
| Little Richard | “Mono Box: Complete Specialty/Vee-Jay Albums [Vinyl]” (five-LP box set) | (Specialty) |
| Dave Matthews Band | “Crash Anniversary Edition [Vinyl]” (1996 album; two-LP 150-gram splatter color vinyl) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Dave Matthews Band | “DMB Live Trax Vol. 38: 6.8.96 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center” (two-CD, 16-song set; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Modern English | “After the Snow” (1982 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks, including a 7-inch mix of “I Melt With You”; Vinyl) | (Silver Saucer) |
| Diana Ross | “Diana Ross [Vinyl]” (1976 album; 40th anniversary edition) | (Motown / UMe) |
| Nina Simone | “The Philips Years [Vinyl]” (seven-LP box set) | (Verve) |
| Sonny & Cher | “Good Times (Original Film Soundtrack)” (1967 album; remastered in its original mono form) | (Varѐse Sarabande) |
| Various artists | “Blank & Jones Present So80s (So Eighties) 10” (three CDs, 32 mixes and extended versions of ’80s hits; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – Soundcolours) |
| Various artists | “Classic Folk Songs for Kids from Smithsonian Folkways” (25-song collection, featuring Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Suni Paz, Tom Glazer, Lord Invader, etc.; Hear/read here) | (Smithsonian Folkways) |
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jessica Andrews | “Greatest Hits: More Than Miles” (18 songs) | (Jessica Andrews Music) |
| Ann-Margret | “The Essential Ann-Margret” (30 songs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Big Star | “Complete Columbia: Big Star Live at University of Missouri 4/25/93” (1993 album; with five previously unreleased performances; issued on Vinyl on Record Store Day 2016) | (Volcano / Legacy) |
| Cowboy Mouth | “The Name of the Band Is … Cowboy Mouth: Best Of (… So Far!)” (12 tracks) | (THE NAME OF THE BAND IS CM, LLC) |
| Thelma Houston | “Never Gonna Be Another One” (1981 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| The Hues Corporation | “Freedom for the Stallion” (1973 album, with bonus single versions of the title track and “Rock the Boat”) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| D.J. Rogers | “Love, Music & Life” (1977 album; with a bonus 7-inch version of “Saved by Love”) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Schoolly D | “Schoolly D” (1986 album) | (Jive / Legacy) |
| The Tymes | “Turning Point” (1976 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
More Digital Releases for July 15
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, et al | “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD; 4K Ultra HD; 3D-Blu-Ray) |
(Warner Home Video) |
| Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker, et al | “Person of Interest: The Fifth and Final Season [DVD]” (three discs), “Person of Interest: The Complete Series [DVD]” (Read here) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor | “Miles Ahead [DVD]” (2016 biopic on Miles Davis; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
| Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, et al | “Royal Pains: Season Eight [DVD]” (two discs) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
| Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, et al | “Orphan Black: Season Four [DVD]” (three discs; Blu-ray) | (BBC Home Entertainment) |
| Thom Mathews, Clu Gulager, John Philbin, et al | “The Return of the Living Dead (Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]” (1985 film) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, et al | “Elvis & Nixon [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
| Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Bob Morley, et al | “The 100: The Complete Third Season [DVD]” (four discs; Blu-ray) | (Warner Home Video) |
More Upcoming DVD/Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Jeff Beck | “BECK01: Hot Rods and Rock & Roll” (Hardcover) | (Genesis Publications, July 12) |
| Daniel Johnston | “The Incantations of Daniel Johnston” (Paperback; artist: Ricardo Cavolo; author: Scott McClanahan) | (Two Dollar Radio) |
| Prince | “Prince: A Thief in the Temple” (Paperback; author: Brian Morton; Free Preview) | (Canongate UK) |
| Pet Shop Boys | “Smile If You Dare: Politics and Pointy Hats With The Pet Shop Boys” (Paperback; author: Ramzy Alwakeel; Kindle) | (Repeater) |
