New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Anderson / Stolt (Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt) | “Invention of Knowledge” (guests: Daniel Gildenlöw, Nad Sylvan, Anja Obermayer, Maria Rerych, Kristina Westas; Hear here; MP3) | (InsideOut Music) |
| Another Lost Year (Charlotte alt-rock band) | “Alien Architect” (Hear here; iTunes) | (Mirage M’hal / EMP / eOne Music) |
| Aphex Twin | “Cheetah” (seven-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Warp) |
| The Avalanches | “Wildflower” (the Australian electronic group’s first album since 2000; first single: “Frankie Sinatra”; Hear here; Read here; MP3)  | (Astralwerks) |
| Bernz | “See You On the Other Side” (guests: Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Ces Cru, Stige, Thirstin Howl III, Wrekonize, A.G. Lyonz, Kiddo, Helen Tess, Jareen Benton; first single: “Outta My Brain”; Hear here; MP3) | (Strange Music) |
| Biffy Clyro | “Ellipsis” (producer: Rich Coste; first single: “Wolves of Winter”; Hear here; See here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes) | (Warner / 14th Floor Recordings) |
| Big Business | “Command Your Weather” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Gold Metal / Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Dayna Caddell (urban inspirational singer-songwriter) | “Push” (Hear here; iTunes) | (eOne Music) |
| Larry Carlton / Steve Lukather | “At Blue Note Tokyo” (Hear here) | (335) |
| Car Seat Headrest | “Teens of Denial” (producer: Steve Fisk; new single: “Fill in the Blank”; Hear here; released on MP3 on May 20; iTunes) | (Matador) |
| Mark Chesnutt | “Tradition Lives” (his first album of all-new music since 2008; producer: Jimmy Ritchey; Hear here; iTunes) | (Row Entertainment) |
| Chevelle | “The North Corridor” (producer: Joe Barresi; first single: “Joyride [Omen]”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Epic) |
| CIRCA: (prog-rock supergroup led by Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood) | “Valley of the Windmill” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Frontiers Music s.r.l) |
| Ian William Craig (Vancouver-based singer-composer) | “Centres” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (130701 / FatCat) |
| Deadlock | “Hybris” (includes a moment of silence for founder and drummer Tobias Graf, who died in 2014; CD/DVD set with two bonus tracks and documentary; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Napalm) |
| Will Downing | “Black Pearls” (producers: Barry Eastmond, Chris “Big Dog” Davis; guests: Kirk Whalum, Najee; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Dust Bolt (German thrashers) | “Mass Confusion” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Napalm) |
| Nils Frahm / Woodkid | “Ellis” (a folktronica concept album with an accompanying short film about Ellis Island, with Robert De Niro portraying an immigrant; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Erased Tapes) |
| Frameworks (Gainesville hardcore band) | “Smother” (producer: Matt McClellan; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Deathwish) |
| Eric Gales | “A Night on the Sunset Strip” (CD/DVD set, recorded live last year at the Viper Room; guest: Raphael Saadiq; See here; MP3) | (Cleopatra Blues) |
| Kenny Garrett (Grammy-nominated alto saxophonist) | “Do Your Dance!” (Hear here; Read here; iTunes) | (Mack Avenue) |
| Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle | “Aim High” (first single: “Aim High”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rural Rhythm) |
| Kree Harrison (runner-up on season 12 of “American Idol”) | “This Old Thing” (first single: “This Old Thing”; Hear here; MP3) | (Plaid Flag) |
| Heart | “Beautiful Broken” (string arrangements on four songs done by arranger Paul Buckmaster; producers: Nancy Wilson, bassist Dan Rothchild; first single: “Beautiful Broken,” feat. Metallica’s James Hetfield; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Concord) |
| Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley | “The Country Blues” (guests: Vince Gill, Ron Block, Aubrey Haynie, Carl Jackson, Shawn Lane, Andy Leftwich, Robinella, John Randall Stewart; Hear here; MP3) | (Compass) |
| The Impossible Gentlemen (Anglo-American jazz supergroup) | “Let’s Get Deluxe” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Basho) |
| Inter Arma (Richmond, Va.-based experimental metal band) | “Paradise Gallows” (producer: Mikey Allred; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Relapse) |
| Buck Johnson (country artist and keyboardist for Aerosmith) | “Enjoying the Ride” (Hear here) | (Spectra Music Group) |
| The Julie Ruin (led by ex-Bikini Kill member Kathleen Hanna) | “Hit Reset” (first single: “I Decide”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Hardly Art) |
| Kutiman (Israeli producer) | “6am” (guests: Adam Scheflan, Karolina; first single: “Shine Again”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Siyal Music) |
| Frankie Lee (Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter) | “American Dreamer” (first single: “Where Do We Belong?”; Hear here; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Loose Music / Thirty Tigers) |
| Lovely Little Girls (Chicago nine-piece art-prog band) | “Glistening Vivid Splash” (producer: Greg Norman; first single: “Purify”; See here; MP3) | (SKiN GRAFT) |
| Sean McConnell | “Sean McConnell” (producers: Ian Fitchuk, Jason Lehning; first single: “Holy Days”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Wymond Miles (of The Fresh & Onlys) | “Call By Night” (first single: “Divided in Two”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Miss Tess | “Baby, We All Know” (first single: “Little Lola”; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Rights) |
| The Motet (Colorado-based funk rock band) | “Totem” (producers: Lettuce and Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno, The Motet; first single: “Damn!”; Hear here) | (The Motet) |
| Róisín Murphy | “Take Her Up to Monto” (first single: “Mastermind”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (PIAS America) |
| Nonpoint | “The Poison Red” (producer: Rob Ruccia; first single: “Generation Idiot”; Hear here; MP3) | (Spinefarm) |
| Q5 | “New World Order” (first single: “The Right Way”; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Radio Moscow (psych-rock power trio) | “Live! In California” (double album recorded over two nights at The Satellite club in Los Angeles in December 2015; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Alive Naturalsound) |
| ScHoolboy Q | “Blank Face” (guests: Kanye West, Vince Staples, Jadakiss, E-40, Anderson .Paak, Miguel, etc.; first single: “THat Part”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Top Dawg / Interscope) |
| Shura (British singer) | “Nothing’s Real” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Interscope) |
| Sugar Candy Mountain (Joshua Tree-based indie-pop duo) | “666” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (People In A Position To Know) |
| Switchfoot | “Where the Light Shines Through” (producers: Switchfoot, John Fields; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl) | (Vanguard) |
| Third Ion (feat. former members of The Devin Townsend Band, Into Eternity and Annihilator) | “Biolith” (Hear here) | (Glasstone) |
| Trick or Treat | “Rabbits’ Hill Pt. 2” (producer: Simone Mularoni; guests: Tony Kakko, Sara Squadrani, Tim Ripper Owen; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Vanna | “All Hell” (producer: Will Putney; first single: “Pretty Grim”; See here; iTunes) | (Pure Noise) |
| Various artists | “Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles; MP3; iTunes) | (DMI Soundtracks) |
| Emily Jane White | “They Moved In Shadow All Together” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Talitres) |
More Releases for July 8, 2016
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| BADBADNOTGOOD | “IV” (guests: Samuel T. Herring, Mick Jenkins, Colin Stetson, Kaytranada, Charlotte Day Wilson; first single: “Time Moves Slow”; Hear here) | (Innovative Leisure) |
| Blackout Balter (Boston indie-rock outfit) | “Twist and Bend” (six-song EP; producer: Robert Root; first single: “Heavy Hand,” feat. Dave Keuning of The Killers; Hear here) | (Blackout Balter) |
| Canary | “I Am Lion” (producers: Canary; first single: “Fickle Heart”; Hear here) | (Canary) |
| Eric Copeland (of Black Dice) | “Black Bubblegum” (first single: “On”; Hear/read here) | (DFA) |
| Bill Eberle (folk-roots rocker) | “Matter & Time” (producer: Dave Coleman; first single: “Too Late to Take It Back”; Hear here) | (Twin Lawn) |
| Haux (24-year-old singer/songwriter/producer Woodson Black) | “All We’ve Known” (five-song EP; new single: “Seaside“; Hear here) | (Color Study) |
| Juvicsa (Peruvian-Swedish indie pop/rock singer-songwriter, soon to be based in L.A.) | “Eyes to Land” (five-song EP; producer: Federico Angel; first single: “Waiting”; Hear here) | (Juvicsa, July 5) |
| Eric Krasno (co-founder of Soulive and Lettuce) | “Blood from a Stone” (guests: Derek Trucks, Alecia Chakour; first single: “Waiting on Your Love”; See here; Vinyl) | (Feel Music / Round Hill) |
| Pathos, Pathos | “Pet Names” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Pathos, Pathos) |
| Ben Trickey (Atlanta-based indie-folk artis) | “Choke & Croon” (new single: “Monster”; Hear here) | (Anthem Breath) |
More Digital Releases for July 8, 2016
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| AC/DC | “Cleveland Rocks: Agora Ballroom Broadcast 1977” | (Good Ship Funke) |
| Bryan Adams | “Live At The Palladium, L.A. 1985: The Classic FM Broadcast” | (Zip City) |
| Aerosmith | “Boston Club 1980” | (Sonic Boom) |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “Austin City Limits 1995: The Classic Texas Broadcast” | (Go Faster) |
| The Beach Boys | “Ringing the Liberty Bell: Independence Day 1985, Philadelphia, PA” (19 songs) | (Gossip) |
| Big Maybelle | “The Complete King, Okeh & Savoy Releases 1947-61” (two CDs, 53 songs) | (Acrobat) |
| Bon Jovi | “Melbourne Melodies: Australia Broadcast 1993” | (Sonic Boom) |
| David Bowie | “1. Outside” (1995 album; remastered), “Earthling” (1997 album; remastered), “Hours” (1999 album; remastered) | (Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Freddy Cannon | “The Complete Releases 1959-62” (two CDs, 55 songs) | (Acrobat) |
| Chicago | “Terry’s Last Stand: Nassau Coliseum Broadcast, Uniondale, NY, 1977” (two CDs, 27 songs) | (Left Field Media) |
| John Coltrane | “The Atlantic Years In Mono” (six-CD box set featuring 1960’s “Giant Steps” to 1966’s “The Avant Garde” with Don Cherry; Vinyl, with a 7-inch single replica of the original “My Favorite Things Part I & II”; MP3) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Bob Dylan | “Bob Dylan: Constructing The Legend – His First LP & The Songs It Was Built On” (his 1962 debut album, paired with original versions by other artists) | (BDA) |
| Eagles | “Beacon Theatre, New York 1974” (featuring Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne) | (Zip City) |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | “Nothing Lasts Forever” (CD/DVD set, recorded live at Shepherds Bush Empire on Nov. 1, 2005) | (Secret) |
| Eruption | “Eruption Featuring Precious Wilson” (1977 album, featuring “I Can’t Stand the Rain”; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Life Becoming a Landslide: Passaic New Jersey Broadcast 1975” | (Zip City) |
| Foo Fighters | “Down in Toronto: The Classic 1996 Broadcast” | (Sonic Boom) |
| Al Green | “Love and Happiness: Legendary Radio Broadcast 1973” | (Smokin’) |
| George Jones | “The Complete Collection 1960-1962” (four CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| KISS | “The Ritz On Fire: 1988 Live Radio Broadcast” | (Goldfish) |
| Left Lane Cruiser | “Beck in Black” (originally released on Record Store Day; retrospective of early material with drummer Brenn Beck; remastered, with three previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; MP3) | (Alive Naturalsound) |
| Alanis Morissette | “The Lost Broadcast 1996” | (Good Ship Funke) |
| Mystic Eyes | “Mysterious” (1979 roots-reggae album; remastered; Vinyl) | (Burning Sounds) |
| Nirvana | “Feels Like the First Time: Broadcasts 1992-1993” | (Smokin’) |
| Pearl Jam | “Aladdin, Las Vegas: 1993 Radio Broadcast” | (Left Field Media) |
| Prince | “Prince & Friends: Legendary FM Broadcast” (featuring The Bangles, Miles Davis, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Mavis Staples, etc.) | (Laser Media) |
| Bonnie Raitt | “I Thought I Was a Child: Live in the Studio, Hollywood 1976” | (Left Field Media) |
| The Rave-Ups | “Town + Country” (1985 album; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| R.E.M. | “Right On Target: 1984 Live Broadcast” | (Smokin’) |
| LeAnn Rimes | “Blue [Vinyl]” (20th anniversary edition of her 1996 debut; blue-colored 12-inch vinyl with digital download) | (Curb) |
| Peter Schilling | “Error in the System” (1983 album, including “Major Tom [Coming Home]”; remastered) | (Japan – WEA) |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | “Radio Chicago 1976” | (All Access) |
| Patti Smith | “Wicked Messenger: The 1996 Broadcast” | (Zip City) |
| Clark Terry | “The Complete Albums Collection 1961-1963” (four CDs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Twisted Sister | “What You Don’t Know: Classic Radio Broadcast 1980” | (MVD Audio) |
| Various artists | “Best of Rockpalast” (two-CD, 31-song set includes live performances by Johnny Winter, Joe Jackson, Mitch Ryder, Ian Hunter, Stray Cats, UFO, etc.) | (Made In Germany Music) |
| Various artists | “DJ Spinna Presents the Wonder of Stevie Volume 3” (19-song tribute to Stevie Wonder; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (BBE) |
| Various artists | “More Petty’s Peculiar Picks: The Best of Tom Petty’s Buried Treasures Volume 2” (30 selections from his SiriusXM show, featuring tracks by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, The Ventures, Dale Hawkins, Ernie K. Doe, etc.) | (Chrome Dreams) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Summer Hits” (three CDs, 63 songs) | (U.K. – NOW) |
| Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | “The Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Collection 1935-50” (two CDs, 53 songs; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
More Releases for July 8, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Patti Austin | “End of a Rainbow” (1976 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| George Benson | “Benson Burner” (1976 compilation of 27 Columbia tracks from 1966-67) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| BlackHawk | “BlackHawk” (1994 album), “Strong Enough” (1995 album; with a bonus extended remix of “Big Guitar”) | (Arista Nashville / Legacy) |
| Jerry Byrd | “Potpourri” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Perry Como | “Perry Como In Italy” (1966 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Damita Jo | “Midnight Session (Live at Basin Street East)” (1966 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Jimmy Dean | “The Big Ones” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Forecast | “Forecast I” (1982 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Neal Hefti | “Batman Theme and 11 Hefti Bat Songs” (1966 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Allan Holdsworth | “Sand” (1987 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Kui Lee | “The Extraordinary Kui Lee” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| The Manhattans | “There’s No Me Without You (Expanded Edition)” (1973 album; with two bonus tracks), “Love Talk” (1979 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| The New Christy Minstrels | “In Italy … In Italian” (1966 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Norma Jean | “The Best of Norma Jean (1964-1973)” (30 songs) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Charley Pride | “Did You Think to Pray” (1971 album; with one bonus track), “Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs” (1971 Grammy Award-winning album, including “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'”) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| George Beverly Shea | “Southland Songs That Lift the Heart” (1966 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Esther Williams | “Inside of Me” (1981 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
More Digital Releases for July 8, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman, et al | “Everybody Wants Some!! [DVD]” (2016 film, written and directed by Richard Linklater; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Paramount) |
| Eric Clapton | “The Glory Years: The First 2 Decades [DVD]” | (Laser Media) |
| Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, et al | “Miracles from Heaven [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
| Prince | “Prince – Maverick [DVD]” (two-disc collector’s set) | (Pride) |
| Weather Report | “Morning Lake: T.V. Broadcast 1972 [DVD]” | (Laser Media) |
| The Who | “Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who / Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones [DVD]” (two discs, with bonus material, “The Scrapbook” and “The High Numbers at The Railway Hotel”) | (Universal Studios) |
| Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, et al | “The Divergent Series: Allegiant [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD; 4K Ultra HD) | (Lionsgate) |
| Warren Zevon | “The Overdraft: T.V. Broadcast 1982 [DVD]” | (Laser Media) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Carl Allen | “London Gig Venues” (Paperback) | (Amberley) |
| Jeff Beck | “BECK01” (Hardcover) | (Genesis Publications) |
| D. Randall Blythe (Lamb of God vocalist) | “Dark Days: A Memoir” (Paperback; Free Preview) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Sandy Denny | “I’ve Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Faber & Faber) |
| Frank Yandolino | “Frank & Charli: Woodstock, True Love, and the Sixties” (Hardcover) | (Skyhorse Publishing) |