New Releases: July 24, 2020
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Acacia Strain | “Slow Decay” (guests: Courtney LaPlante, Aaron Heard, Jess Nyx, Zach Hatfield; Vinyl) » BUY NOW  |
(Rise) |
| Courtney Marie Andrews | “Old Flowers” (producer: Andrew Sarlo; first single: “If I Told”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
| Jonatha Brooke | “The Sweetwater Sessions” (old material that she re-recorded and rearranged with producer Mark Hornsby; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Bad Dog / PRA) |
| Cinder Well (aka Irish singer-songwriter Amelia Baker) | “No Summer” (producer: Nich Wilbur; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Free Dirt) |
| Jesse Dayton | “The Gulf Coast Sessions” (six-song EP; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Élan) |
| Jim Gaffigan | “The Pale Tourist” (his second Amazon-exclusive stand-up special, premiering on Prime Video on July 24; filmed in Ontario and Barcelona; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Comedy Dynamics) |
| Haken | “Virus” (new single: “Invasion”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| Paul Hardcastle | “Hardcastle 9” (first single: “Latitude”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Trippin N’ Rhymin) |
| Jon Hassell | “Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two)” (a companion piece to 2018’s “Listening To Pictures”; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ndeya) |
| Ronan Keating | “Twenty Twenty” (guests: Shania Twain, Robbie Williams, Alison Krauss, Emeli Sandé, Nina Nesbitt, Clare Bowen; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Decca) |
| Louisiana’s LeRoux | “One of Those Days” (their first album since 2002; producer: Jeff Glixman; new single: “Lucy Anna”; Hear here; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Gulf Coast) |
| Lori McKenna | “The Balladeer” (producer: Dave Cobb; guests: Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman; first single: “When You’re My Age”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(CN / Thirty Tigers) |
| Morse / Portnoy / George (Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George) | “Cov3r to Cov3r” (all-covers album; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; see related reissues below) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| The Naked and Famous | “Recover” (their first full-length as a duo, now comprising founding members Alisa Xayalith and Thom Powers; new single: “Bury Me”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Somewhat Damaged Ltd.) |
| Neck Deep | “All Distortions Are Intentional” (producer: Matt Squire; new single: “Lowlife”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs and alternative cover; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Hopeless) |
| Pop Smoke | “Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon” (guests: 50 Cent, Future, Quavo, Roddy Ricch, Tyga, Swae Lee, Lil Baby, DaBaby, etc.; See here; Download, released on July 3; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Victor Victor Worldwide / Republic) |
| Primal Fear | “Metal Commando” (the German heavy metal band’s 13th studio album; producer: bassist Mat Sinner; new single: “I Am Alive”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| The Residents | “Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin’ Dog” (a tribute to lost bluesman Alvin Snow, aka Dyin’ Dog, along with new compositions inspired by him; new single: “Bury My Bone”; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Cryptic Corporation) |
| Thin Lear (Queens-based singer-songwriter Matt Longo) | “Wooden Cave” (producers: Aady Pandit, Longo; new single: “Death in a Field”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(EggHunt) |
| X | “ALPHABETLAND” (their first album in 27 years and the first with their original line-up since 1985; The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger plays on “All the Time in the World”; producer: Rob Schnapf; See here; Vinyl; Download, first released on Bandcamp on April 22 and other digital platforms on May 1; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
More Releases for July 24, 2020 »
Other Notable Releases
“Two Lives EP,” Bombay Bicycle Club (Mmm…Records)
“Spider On The Wall,” Clan of Xymox (Metropolis)
“1,” Luke Jenner (Manono)
“Down in the Den,” Ted Russell Kamp (Ted Russell Kemp)
“Trampoline in a Ditch,” Kyle Kinane (800 Pound Gorilla)
“The Answer,” Luciano (Oneness)
“Love & Peace,” Seasick Steve (Contagious)
“Fear,” Valkyrie (Relapse)
“After Silence,” Voces8 (Voces8)
“Wu Hen,” Kamaal Williams (Black Focus)
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
$3.99 Albums » … $5 Albums » … $6.99 Albums » … $0.69 Song Store » … Band T-Shirts »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Roberto Aussel + Juan María Solare | “Elogio de la telaraña” (producer: Solare; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Janus Music & Sound) |
| Angel Baribeau (singer-songwriter from the Cree Nation of Mistissini, Northern Quebec) | “For Those I Love(d)” (six-song EP; new single: “Wish We Were Older”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Angel Baribeau) |
| Nicolas Bougaïeff (Berlin-based producer and artist) | “The Upward Spiral” (first single: “Thalassophobia”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Eliot Bronson | “Empty Spaces” (producers: Bronson, Will Robertson; first single: “Empty Spaces”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(New Pain) |
| Cub Sport (Australian queer art-pop quartet) | “Like Nirvana” (new single: “I Feel Like I Am Changin'”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Cub Sport / Believe) |
| Katie Dey | “Mydata” (new single: “Dancing”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Run for Cover) |
| Lupe Fiasco + Kaelin Ellis | “HOUSE” (five-song EP; guests: Virgil Abloh, Crystal Torres, Graham Burris; new single: “SHOES”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(First & 15th / Thirty Tigers) |
| Logic | “No Pressure” (the rapper/singer says this is his final album) » BUY NOW |
(Def Jam) |
| Neon Trees | “I Can Feel You Forgetting Me” (new single: “New Best Friend”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Thrill Forever, LLC) |
| Zoë Nutt (Nashville-based newcomer) | “How Does It Feel” (guests: Brandy Clark, Jaren Johnson, Neil Mason; new single: “If That’s What It Takes”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Zoë Nutt) |
| rOZZ (Belgium-based singer-songwriter) | “Yess Sire!” (24 tracks) » BUY NOW | (Nub Music) |
| Taylor Swift | “Folklore” (released at midnight July 23; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| Art Wilde (jazz guitarist) | “Learn to Swim” (new single: “Happy Song”; See here) » BUY NOW | (Mad Honey) |
More Digital Releases for July 24, 2020 »
Amazon Fresh » … Gift Cards » … Computers, Tablets & Accessories »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| ABBA | “The Studio Albums [Vinyl]” (eight-LP box set; each vinyl is a different color; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Capitol / UMe) |
| Doris Day | “Gold” (60 songs on three CDs, including “Que Sera Sera [Whatever Will Be, Will Be]”; Track list) » BUY NOW |
(Crimson Productions / Demon Music Group) |
| The Five Keys | “The Five Keys Collection 1951-58” (three CDs, 85 songs; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| Jerry Garcia & John Kahn | “GarciaLive Volume 14: January 27th, 1986 The Ritz” (12 songs; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(ATO) |
| Andrew Gold | “Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology” (six-CD, one-DVD box set includes four remastered original albums, plus outtakes and rarities from the album sessions, an 18-track live show recorded at L.A.’s Universal Amphitheater in 1977, a BBC TV concert from November 1976, six promo videos, etc.; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| The J.B.’s | “These Are the J.B.’s” (1970 album; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Now Again) |
| Bill Kirchen (founding member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen) | “The Proper Years” (two CDs, 38 songs; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(The Last Music Company) |
| Bob Marley | “Legend [Vinyl Picture Disc]” (1984 compilation; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Tuff Gong / Island / UMe) |
| William Masselos | “The Complete RCA & Columbia Album Collection” (seven-CD box set) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Classical) |
| Diana Ross | “Supertonic: Mixes” (new remix album, produced by Ross, features Eric Kupper mixes of nine dance classics; Hear here; Vinyl; Download, released on May 29) » BUY NOW |
(Motown / UMe) |
| Straitjacket Fits | “Hail” (1988 debut album; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Flying Nun) |
| Big Mama Thornton | “The Singles Collection 1951-61” (28 songs; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| The Turtles | “The Turtles ’66 [Vinyl]” (“lost album” from 1966; original mono mixes, remastered from the original tapes by Bill Inglot, pressed on 180-gram green vinyl; Read here) » BUY NOW, “Golden Hits [Vinyl]” (1967 compilation; 12 songs in mono; remastered from the original tapes by Bill Inglot, pressed on 180-gram gold vinyl; Read here) » BUY NOW, “More Golden Hits [Vinyl]” (1970 compilation; stereo mixes, remastered from the original tapes by Bill Inglot, pressed on 180-gram gold vinyl; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Demon) |
| Various artists | “Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid” (1985 album; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW | (UMe) |
More Releases for July 24, 2020 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Morse / Portnoy / George (Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George) | “Cover to Cover” (2006 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Cover 2 Cover” (2012 album; remastered) » BUY NOW, “Cover To Cover Anthology (Vol. 1-3) [CD]” (three-disc digipak in slipcase) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| Nelly | “Country Grammar (Deluxe Edition)” (2000 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks) » BUY NOW |
(Motown / UMe) |
More Digital Releases for July 24, 2020 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| George Harrison, Richard E. Grant, Bob Hoskins, John Cleese, et al | “An Accidental Studio [DVD]” (2018 film charting the early years of HandMade Films; See here; Blu-ray) » BUY NOW | (Image Entertainment, July 28) |
| Various artists | “InstaBAND [DVD]” (documentary about today’s music artists and their hustle to try and achieve music stardom in a streaming world that no longer buys music; See here; Blu-ray) » BUY NOW | (Gravitas Ventures, July 28) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: July 31, 2020
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