New Releases: July 16, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Acid Dad (Brooklyn garage-psych trio) | “Take It From The Dead” (new single: “RC Driver”; See here; Transparent Yellow Vinyl; Download; Target) » BUY NOW  |
(Greenway / The Reverberation Appreciation Society) |
| Rodrigo Amarante (a member of Little Joy and the composer of the theme for Netflix’s “Narcos”) | “Drama” (first single: “Maré”; See here; Clear Olive Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Polyvinyl) |
| Barenaked Ladies | “Detour de Force” (producers: Eric Ratz, Mark Howard; new single: “New Disaster”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Raisin’ Records) |
| Nicola Benedetti | “Baroque” (featuring the Benedetti Baroque Orchestra; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Decca) |
| Cautious Clay | “Deadpan Love” (new single: “Karma & Friends”; See here; Vinyl; Download, released on June 25; Apple Music; On Tour; Target) » BUY NOW |
(Cautious Clay / The Orchard) |
| Chet Faker (aka singer-producer Nick Murphy) | “Hotel Surrender” (new single: “Whatever Tomorrow”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Target; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Detail / BMG Rights Management) |
| Clairo | “Sling” (producers: Clairo, Jack Antonoff; new single: “Blouse”; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(FADER Label / Republic) |
| J. Cole | “The Off-Season” (guests: 21 Savage, Morray, Bas, Lil Baby, 6LACK, etc.; Vinyl, out Aug. 27; Download released on May 14; Target; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Dreamville / Roc Nation / Interscope) |
| Charlie Daniels & Friends | “Duets” (Walmart-exclusive CD, featuring duets with Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Vince Gill, etc.; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Hat) |
| Chloe Flower | “Chloe Flower” (three acts — I. Innocence, II. Suffering and III. Hope — recorded in the pianist’s NYC apartment during the lockdown, featuring a cover of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy”; guest: Deepak Chopra; new single: “Tamie”; See here; Download; Apple Music; Target) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Masterworks) |
| Ida Mae | “Click Click Domino” (guests: Marcus King, Ethan Johns, Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Vow Road / Thirty Tigers) |
| Il Divo | “For Once In My Life: A Celebration of Motown” (guests: Smokey Robinson, Boyz II Men; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Decca Gold) |
| Gary Kemp | “INSOLO” (the Spandau Ballet guitarist’s second solo album; recorded at RAK Studios and Metropolis Studios and mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios; producers: Kemp, Toby Chapman; new single: “Ahead of the Game”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia) |
| KSI | “All Over the Place” (guests: Future, YUNGBLUD, 21 Savage, Polo G, Anne-Marie, Digital Farm Animals, Lil Durk, JAY1, Deno, GRACEY, Bugzy Malone, etc.; new single: “Patience”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| LoneLady (aka Julia Campbell) | “Former Things” (her first album in six years; new single: “Fear Colours”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Warp) |
| John Mayer | “Sob Rock” (producers: Mayer, Don Was; first single: “Last Train Home”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia) |
| John McLaughlin | “Liberation Time” (See/Read here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Abstract Logix) |
| Dave McMurray | “Grateful Deadication” (the saxophonist covers Grateful Dead songs; guests: Bob Weir, Bettye LaVette, Herschel Boone; new single: “Franklin’s Tower”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Note) |
| Paradise Lost | “At The Mill” (16-track live album recorded near the band’s hometown in England; Orange Marble Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| Nathaniel Rateliff | “Red Rocks 2020” (playing to 175 people in the 10,000-seat amphitheater during the pandemic; guests: Kevin Morby, Katie Crutchfield, The Night Sweats, and a string section; See here; Read here; Black Ice Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Stax) |
| Marc Ribler | “The Whole World Awaits You” (producers: Stevie Van Zandt, Ribler; See here; Download; Target; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Wicked Cool / The Orchard) |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | “Layla Revisited (Live At LOCKN’)” (a one-off live recording of the Derek & The Dominos album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,” performed in its entirety with special guest Trey Anastasio on Aug. 24, 2019, at the LOCKN’ Festival in Arrington, Va., plus a studio version of “Thorn Tree In The Garden”; new single: “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?”; See here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Violet Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Fantasy / Concord) |
| Times of Grace (side project of Killswitch Engage members Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach) | “Songs of Loss and Separation” (the heavy metal band’s first album since its 2011 debut; first single: “The Burden of Belief”; Hear here; White Vinyl, out Aug. 20; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Wicked Good) |
| Tones and I (grand prize winner in the 2019 International Songwriting Competition) | “Welcome to the Madhouse” (the Australian singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “Cloud Day”; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Elektra) |
| U-Roy | “Solid Gold” (posthumous album, featuring reggae covers with guests Ziggy Marley, Santigold, Shaggy, Tarrus Riley, Sly & Robbie, Mick Jones, Jesse Royal, etc.; the Jamaican pioneer of toasting died on Feb. 17, 2021, at age 78; first single: “Man Next Door”; See here; Read here; Vinyl, out Dec. 17; Download; Apple Music; Target) » BUY NOW |
(Trojan Jamaica / BMG Rights Management) |
| Various artists | “Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack” (executive produced by Tyler Bates; featuring tracks by Mastodon, Rise Against, Chelsea Wolfe, Grey Daze, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Blue Vinyl, with trading card and poster; Walmart-Exclusive Orange Vinyl, with Batman trading card and bonus poster; Download, released on June 18; Target; Merch) » BUY NOW | (Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| Various artists | “JEM Records Celebrates Brian Wilson” (tribute album features covers by Richard Barone, Johnathan Pushkar, Lisa Mychols & Super 8, The Midnight Callers, etc.; Download; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW | (JEM) |
| Various artists | “Space Jam: A New Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (LeBron James film opens in theaters and on HBO Max on July 16; Trailer; Target-Exclusive CD, with alternate cover; Walmart-Exclusive CD, with alternate cover; Download, released on July 9) » BUY NOW | (Republic) |
| Wavves | “Hideaway” (producer: Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio; new single: “Help is on the Way”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
| WILLOW | “lately I feel EVERYTHING” (guests: Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, Cherry Glazerr, Ayla Tesler-Mabe, Tierra Whack; new single: “Lipstick”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with collectible poster; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Walmart; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(MSFTSMusic / Roc Nation) |
| Mike Zito | “Resurrection” (producer: David Z; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; Target) » BUY NOW |
(SoNo Recording Group) |
More Releases for July 16, 2021 »
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | “Expansions” (new single: “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Big Crown) |
| BROS (side project of Ewan and Shamus Currie of The Sheepdogs) | “Vol. 2” (See here; Vinyl, out July 30; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Dine Alone Music) |
| Nigel Hall | “Spiritual” (the Lettuce member’s first solo album since his 2015 debut; guests: Patrice Rushen, Marcus King, Jeff Coffin, Ryan Zoidis; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Regime Music Group) |
| Phoebe Katis | “Sweet Reunion” (new single: “Never Be a Cool Girl”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Phoebe Katis Music) |
| Midland | “The Last Resort” (five-song EP; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Big Machine) |
| My Autumn Amor (L.A.-based songwriter Thomas Monroe) | “Quiet Girl” (five-song EP; Hear/Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Tenma) |
| Pop Smoke | “FAITH” (the rapper’s second posthumous album; 17 songs; Hear/Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Victor Victor Worldwide / Republic) |
| Lawrence Rothman | “Good Morning America” (producers: Yves Rothman, Justin Raisen; guests: Lucinda Williams, Amanda Shires, Caroline Rose, Katie Pruitt, Girlpool, Mary Lattimore; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(KRO) |
| Umphrey’s McGee | “You Walked Up Shaking in Your Boots But You Stood Tall and Left a Raging Bull” (new single: “Leave Me Las Vegas”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; Target; Walmart; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Hanging Brains Music / The Orchard) |
| Kate Vargas | “Rumpumpo” (first single: “Rumpumpo”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Bandaloop) |
| Velvet Insane | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Glitter Suit” (producer: Sulo Karlsson; new single: “Sound of Sirens”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Wild Kingdom) |
| Your Grandparents | “Thru My Window” (new single: “Sunlight”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Your Grandparents / The Orchard) |
More Digital Releases for July 16, 2021 »
$3.99 Albums » … $5 Albums » … $6.99 Albums » … $0.69 Song Store » … Band T-Shirts »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3 & 5, 1970” (two-CD set, originally released in 2003; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) |
| Alice Coltrane | “Kirtan: Turiya Sings” (originally released in 1982 on cassette as a collection of devotional songs including vocals, organ, strings and synthesizers available only at Coltrane’s Sai Anantam Ashram; See/Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Impulse! / UMe) |
| Dirty Heads | “The Best of Dirty Heads” (13 songs; Download; On Tour, with Sublime With Rome) » BUY NOW |
(Better Noise Music) |
| The Flaming Lips | “The Soft Bulletin Companion” (unreleased songs from 1999, plus outtakes and early mixes, B-sides, international bonus tracks and stereo versions of Zaireeka tracks; originally a handmade promo-only disc given to the media and radio; Hear here; Vinyl; Target; Walmart; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Warner) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Live (Deluxe Edition)” (remastered double album from 1980, with a third CD of unreleased live music recorded between 1977 and 1982; Vinyl; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| Waylon Jennings | “Singer of Sad Songs + The Taker/Tulsa + Good Hearted Woman + Ladies Love Outlaws” (1970, 1971 and 1972 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Morello) |
| Le Flex | “… To Be Continued” (36-track compilation; Clear Vinyl; Download; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Edsel) |
| Laura Nyro | “Trees of the Ages: Laura Nyro Live in Japan” (21-song set, 16 tracks recorded at Kintetsu Hall and five recorded at On Air West; originally issued only in Japan as “Live in Japan” in 2003; Download; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Joseph Spence (Bahamian guitarist and singer, 1910-84) | “Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing” (13 songs, recorded by recording engineer, documentarian and producer Peter Siegel in 1965 in New York City and the Bahamas; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Tina Turner | “Foreign Affair (Deluxe Edition)” (1989 album; remastered, with a second CD of B-sides, remixes and an unreleased demo; See here; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, four-CD, one-DVD box set containing a live show from Barcelona in 1990 and six music videos; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Target; Walmart) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Parlophone) |
More Releases for July 16, 2021 »
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