New Releases: July 30, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bleachers | “Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night” (new single: “Stop Making This Hurt”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW  |
(RCA) |
| Blues Traveler | “Traveler’s Blues” (a collection of re-imagined and recharged classics from the American blues songbook; producer: Matt Rollings; guests: Keb’ Mo’, Warren Haynes, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Rita Wilson, John Scofield, Wendy Moten; new singles: “Funky Bitch” and “Ball & Chain”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Round Hill Music) |
| Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! (French post-hardcore band) | “Gone Are the Good Days” (new single: “Gone Are the Good Days”; See here; Translucent Tiger’s Eye Vinyl, out Aug. 13; Download; Apple Music; Target) » BUY NOW |
(Fearless) |
| Billie Eilish | “Happier Than Ever” (featuring “my future” and “Therefore I Am”; producer: FINNEAS; new single: “Your Power”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD Box Set, in a pink color variant, with a light blue scarf, printed Prime Day poster and a 20-page Amazon Prime Day Show Book; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Green Vinyl; Target-Exclusive CD, with poster; Target-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl, with poster; Walmart-Exclusive Pale Yellow Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Darkroom / Interscope) |
| Erasure | “The Neon Remixed” (re-workings of their 2020 album from producers like Octo Octa, OMD’s Paul Humphreys, and Gareth Jones, along with a new song, “Secrets”; Hear here; Amber and Yellow Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Naia Izumi (winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2018) | “A Residency in the Los Angeles Area” (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer’s major label debut album; producer: Tony Berg; first single: “Voodoo”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Masterworks) |
| Leela James | “See Me” (producer: Rex Rideout, Jairus “JMo” Mozee; guest: Mumu Fresh; new single: “Put It On Me”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Durand Jones & The Indications | “Private Space” (first single: “Witchoo”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Dead Oceans / Colemine) |
| Jim Lauderdale | “Hope” (his 34th studio album; new single: “The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Yep Roc) |
| Los Lobos | “Native Sons” (L.A.-themed covers album; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| LUMP (Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of Tunng) | “Animal” (first single: “Animal”; See here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Partisan / Chrysalis) |
| Parker McCollum | “Gold Chain Cowboy” (his major-label, full-length debut; songs co-written with Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley, Randy Rogers, Rhett Akins, Wade Bowen, etc.; guest: Danielle Bradbery; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(MCA Nashville) |
| NEEDTOBREATHE | “Into the Mystery” (guests: Carrie Underwood, Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman, Natalie Hemby; new single: “I Wanna Remember”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Elektra) |
| Nobody’s Girl | “Nobody’s Girl” (producer: Michael Ramos; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Lucky Hound) |
| Pageants | “Sun and Settled Days” (first single: “It Might Be Crazy”; Hear here; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Eye Dull) |
| Patrick Paige II (producer, multi-instrumentalist and The Internet bassist) | “If I Fail Are We Still Cool?” (guests: Steve Lacy, Allen Love, Durand Bernarr, Westside Mcfly, Ohana Bam, etc.; new single: “Whisper [Want My Luv]”; See here; Vinyl; Download, released on May 21; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
| Charlie Parr | “Last of the Better Days Ahead” (producers: Parr, Brad Cook; first single: “Last of the Better Days Ahead”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Smithsonian Folkways) |
| Ric Robertson | “Carolina Child” (producer: Dan Molad of Lucius; guests: Lucius, Logan Ledger, Oliver Wood, Dori Freeman, etc.; new single: “I Don’t Mind”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Free Dirt) |
| Dee Snider | “Leave a Scar” (producers: Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta, drummer Nick Bellmore; new single: “I Gotta Rock [Again]”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Napalm) |
| Son Lux | “Tomorrows” (multi-album project; the first two were released last year as a download, and the third installment, “Tomorrows III,” is out on April 16; Hear here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(City Slang) |
| Son Volt | “Electro Melodier” (first single: “Reverie”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Transmit Sound / Thirty Tigers) |
| TORRES | “Thirstier” (new single: “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Merge) |
| Clay Walker | “Texas to Tennessee” (producers: Michael Knox, Jaron Boyer; See here; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Show Dog Nashville) |
| Yola | “Stand for Myself” (producer: Dan Auerbach; new single: “Diamond Studded Shoes”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Easy Eye Sound) |
More Releases for July 30, 2021 »
Other Notable Releases
| Seether | Big Big Train | Andy Partridge |
| Axel Rudi Pell | King Woman | Ingested |
| Amaro Freitas | Jesse Daniel | Will Sumner |
| Low Roar | Electric Six | Cristina Vane |
| Rodrigo Amado | Alan Vega | Tony Saunders |
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ryan Caraveo | “Northend Sweetheart” (first single: “Daisies”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Paradise Forever, LLC) |
| GrandEvolution (Worcester, MA-based alt-rock group) | “Glow” (See here) » BUY NOW |
(iamspyder) |
| Lakes | “Start Again” (first single: “Start Again”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Know Hope) |
| Parmalee | “For You” (guests: Fitz, Avery Anna, Blanco Brown; new single: “Take My Name”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(This Is Hit / Stoney Creek) |
| Isaiah Rashad | “The House Is Burning” (producers: Devin Malik, Kal Banx, Hollywood Cole, J. LBS, Amaire Johnson, Rory Behr, Kenny Beats, Free P, Tiggi, Crooklin, Pete [Scum] Nebula; guests: SZA, Lil Uzi Vert, Duke Deuce, Amindi, Jay Rock, Jay Worth, Doechii, Kal Banx, YGTUT, 6LACK; new single: “Wat U Sed”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(TDE / Warner) |
| Somi (Grammy-nominated vocalist and songwriter) | “Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba” (guests: Gregory Porter, Angélique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Msaki, Seun Kuti, Thandiswa Mazwai, Nduduzo Makhathini; new single: “Pata Pata”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Salon Africana, Inc.) |
| Jeremy Squires | “Unravel” (new single: “Fade”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Blackbird Record Label) |
More Digital Releases for July 30, 2021 »
$3.99 Albums » … $5 Albums » … $6.99 Albums » … $0.69 Song Store » … Band T-Shirts »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Cindytalk | “The Wind Is Strong …” (1990 album; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW, “Wappinschaw” (1995 album; with three bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Dais) |
| Aretha Franklin | “ARETHA” (four-CD box set, with 81 newly remastered tracks; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Phyllis Hyman | “Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998” (nine-CD, 113-song box set; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| Level 42 | “The Complete Polydor Years, Volume Two 1985-1989” (10-CD box set includes all four albums during that period, plus four discs of B-sides, 7-inch mixes, remixes and rare versions; Read here; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Robinsongs / Cherry Red) |
| London Boys | “Requiem: The London Boys Story” (five-CD box set features three albums, with bonus material; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Pop) |
| Prince | “Welcome 2 America” (unreleased album from 2010; first single: “Welcome 2 America”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, two-LP and one-CD versions of the album with a never-before-released Blu-ray of Prince’s full April 28, 2011 performance at the Forum, part of the Welcome 2 America Tour’s historic 21 Nite Stand in Los Angeles; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Clear Vinyl; Walmart; Download; Apple Music; Deezer; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(NPG / Legacy Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Separate Paths Together: An Anthology of British Male Singer / Songwriters 1965-1975” (three-CD clamshell box set; Read here) » BUY NOW | (Grapefruit / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “Taking Some Time On: Underground Sounds of 1970” (four-CD clamshell box set; Read here) » BUY NOW | (Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
More Releases for July 30, 2021 »
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