New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
John Luther Adams | “Become Desert” (continuous, 40-minute piece with the Seattle Symphony, conducted by Ludovic Morlot; NPR First Listen; Download) ![]() | (Cantaloupe Music) |
Bad Books (Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra) | “Bad Books III” (first singles: “Lake House” and “I Love You, I’m Sorry, Please Help Me, Thank You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
Baroness | “Gold & Grey” (their first album to feature guitarist Gina Gleason; first single: “Borderlines”; NPR First Listen; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Deafheaven) ![]() | (Abraxan Hymns) |
Bastille | “Doom Days” (producers: Mark Crew, Dan Smith; new single: “Joy”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) ![]() | (Virgin) |
Calexico / Iron & Wine | “Years to Burn” (producer: Matt Ross-Spang; first single: “Father Mountain”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) ![]() | (Sub Pop) |
Bill Callahan | “Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest” (20-song double album; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; On Tour) ![]() | (Drag City) |
Roger Daltrey | “The Who’s Tommy Orchestral” (2018 tour with members of The Who Band and Orchestra; featuring The Budapest Scoring Orchestra, conducted by Keith Levenson from new orchestrations by David Campbell; producers: Daltrey, Levenson; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) ![]() | (Polydor / UMe) |
Dressy Bessy (Denver-based indie rock band) | “Fast Faster Disaster” (producers: bandmates Tammy Ealom, John McDowell Hill; first single: “Stay True”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Yep Roc) |
Renée Fleming | “Lieder: Brahms · Schumann · Mahler” (with Christian Thielemann and Hartmut Höll; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Decca) |
Jamestown Revival | “San Isabel” (new single: “Crazy World [Judgement Day]”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Jamestown Revival Recordings / Thirty Tigers) |
Noah Kahan | “Busyhead” (guest: Julia Michaels; first single: “Mess”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Republic) |
Keb’ Mo’ | “Oklahoma” (his first solo album in five years; guests: Rosanne Cash, Robbie Brooks Moore; new single: “This Is My Home”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Concord) |
Madonna | “Madame X” (producer: Mirwais; guests: Maluma, Quavo, Swae Lee, Anitta; first single: “Medellín”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with two extra songs; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) ![]() ![]() | (Boy Toy / Live Nation Worldwide / Interscope) |
Mattiel (Atlanta-based band fronted by singer Mattiel Brown) | “Satis Factory” (producers: Randy Michael, Jonah Swilley; new single: “Je Ne Me Connais Pas”; See here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) ![]() | (ATO) |
Dave Matthews Band | “Rhino’s Choice” (Target-exclusive CD and vinyl collection of 2018 summer tour highlights; Translucent Rosé Wine Color Vinyl; On Tour; Merch) ![]() | (Bama Rags Recordings / RCA) |
Mike Adams At His Honest Weight | “There Is No Feeling Better” (first single: “Wonderful to Love”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) ![]() | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | “Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)” (guests: Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Kesha, Micah Nelson, Shooter Jennings, Randy Houser, Lucius, etc.; first single: “Bad Case”; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Zac Brown Band and Outlaw Music Festival) ![]() | (Fantasy / Concord) |
The Northern Pikes | “Forest of Love” (the Canadian band’s first album in 16 years; original members Jay Semko, Don Schmid and Bryan Potvin are joined by former Grapes of Wrath guitarist Kevin Kane; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) ![]() | (Universal Canada) |
Jordan Rakei (London-based modern soul singer-songwriter) | “Origin” (new single: “Say Something”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Ninja Tune) |
Chris Robinson Neighborhood | “Servants of the Sun” (first single: “Comin’ Round the Mountain”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Silver Arrow) |
Julia Shapiro (frontwoman of Seattle alt-rock band Chastity Belt) | “Perfect Vision” (new single: “Shape”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes) | (Hardly Art) |
Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters guitarist) | “Hard Lessons” (producer: Dave Cobb; guests: Elizabeth Cook, Laur “Little Joe” Joamets, Kristen Rogers, Michael Webb, Chris Powell; first single: “Welcome to Your First Heartache”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (East Beach Records & Tapes / Thirty Tigers) |
Bruce Springsteen | “Western Stars” (his first studio album in five years; producers: Ron Aniello, Springsteen; mixed by Tom Elmhirst; guests: wife Patti Scialfa, Jon Brion, Soozie Tyrell, David Sancious; first single: “Hello Sunshine”; Read here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, clear with blue smoke color; Download; iTunes; Merch) ![]() ![]() | (Columbia) |
Sweet Oblivion Feat. Geoff Tate | “Sweet Oblivion Feat. Geoff Tate” (producer: Simone Mularoni; new single: “Sweet Oblivion”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) ![]() | (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
Kate Tempest (British spoken word artist, rapper, poet) | “The Book of Traps and Lessons” (producers: Rick Rubin, Dan Carey; first single: “Firesmoke”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (American Recordings / Republic) |
X Ambassadors | “ORION” (producers: Ricky Reed, X Ambassadors; new single: “HEY CHILD”; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with one extra song; Download; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (KIDinaKORNER / Interscope) |
[su_spoiler title=”Other Notable Releases”]“Cola,” A Beacon School (Grind Select)
“Me You They We,” Ages and Ages (Needles and Threads)
“Til the Morning,” The Catenary Wires (Tapete)
“Hunters Trance,” Cat Clyde (Cinematic Music Group)
“City of Skin and Bone,” Convey (Revival Recordings)
“Mother Nature,” Dangerous Summer (Hopeless)
“The Maze,” Ariana Gillis (Ariana Gillis)
“Rambling Stranger,” Lucy Isabel (Lucy Isabel)
“Jeanines,” Jeanines (Slumberland)
“Broke,” Scott Lavene (Funnel Music)
“Easy Money,” Old Man Luedecke (True North)
“Cut & Stitch,” Petrol Girls (Full Time Hobby)
“Turkey Dinner,” Pinky Pinky (Innovative Leisure)
“30 Years Live!,” Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys (Valcour)
“As I Drink from the Infinite Well of Inebriation,” Serpent of Gnosis (1126)
“The End of Radio,” Shellac (Touch & Go)
“Black Castle,” Sound of Urchin (Steven)
“Return to Eden,” Timo Tolkki’s Avalon (Frontiers Music s.r.l.)
“Putumayo Presents World Peace,” various artists (Putumayo)
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New Releases (Downloads)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
The Dirty Diamond (L.A.-based band includes musician-producer Fernando Perdomo and former Slow Motion Reign singer Sam Babayan) | “From the Stars” (new single: “Going Through Changes,” feat. Andra Day; See here; On Tour) ![]() | (The Dirty Diamond) |
Daniel Puente Encina (Chilean singer-songwriter) | “Sangre y Sal” (title translation: “Blood and Salt”; guests: Carlos Corona, Trigo Santana, Laura Robles, Daniel “Topo” Gioia, Matteo Bowinkelmann, Jörg Bücheler, Han Sato; first single: “Love Is the Only Sound”; Hear here; See here; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (POLVOROSA) |
Richard X. Heyman | “Pop Circles” (producer: Heyman; guests: Rasputina cellist Julia Kent and Chris Jenkins on viola; On Tour) ![]() | (Turn-Up Records) |
Caleb Johnson & The Ramblin Saints (“American Idol” season 13 winner) | “Born From Southern Ground” (producers: Johnson, Bryan Sutton; new single: “Solid Gold”; See here; Read here; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Big Johnson) |
Lettuce | “Elevate” (producers: Lettuce; recorded with engineer Russ Elevado; guest: Marcus King; new single: a cover of Tears For Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”; Hear here; See here; CD, out Aug. 2; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Lettuce) |
Marwa Loud | “My Life” (guests: Alonzo, Silex, La Guardia, Doré S; See here; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (Purple Money / Because Music) |
Tusks (aka English electronic artist Emily Underhill) | “Avalanche” (first single: “Peachy Keen”; Hear here; Vinyl; CD, out Aug. 9; iTunes; On Tour) ![]() | (One Little Indian) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
Artist: | Title: | Label: |
Angelo Badalamenti | “Twin Peaks: Season Two Music and More” (TV soundtrack went unreleased until 2007, when David Lynch issued it on his own label for a limited time; Vinyl) ![]() | (Rhino) |
Buzzcocks | “Singles Going Steady” (1979 compilation; See here; Vinyl; Download), “A Different Kind of Tension” (1979 album; remastered; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) ![]() | (Domino) |
Stan Getz | “Getz at the Gate: The Stan Getz Quartet Live at The Village Gate, November 26, 1961” (previously unreleased concert recording; Read here; Vinyl) ![]() | (Verve / UMe) |
Grateful Dead | “Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 – Fillmore East 5-15-70” (originally released in 2010 exclusively to Dead fans online to mark the 40th anniversary celebration of the album “Workingman’s Dead”; Merch) ![]() | (Real Gone Music) |
Isaac Hayes | “Shaft (Music from the Soundtrack)” (1971 album; remastered two-CD collection includes the original soundtrack plus the film score) ![]() | (Craft Recordings) |
Carole King | “Live at Montreux 1973” (previously unreleased performance from July 15, 1973; See here; DVD + CD; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) ![]() | (Eagle Rock) |
Bob Marley and the Wailers | “Legend [Vinyl]” (35th anniversary edition of the 1984 compilation, which is the biggest-selling reggae album of all time, with sales of an estimated 28 million copies worldwide; two-LP, 180-gram release; remastered, with two bonus tracks that were originally issued on U.K. cassettes only; Merch) ![]() | (Tuff Gong) |
Johnny Mathis | “Killing Me Softly with Her Song / When Will I See You Again” (1973, 1975 albums; remastered), “The Heart of a Woman / Feelings (Expanded Edition)” (1974, 1975 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks; Read here) ![]() | (Second Disc / Real Gone Music) |
K.T. Oslin | “80’s Ladies / This Woman / Love in a Small Town” (1987, 1988 and 1990 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) ![]() | (BGO) |
Tangerine Dream | “In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979” (16-CD, two-Blu-ray box set; the Blu-rays feature the 5.1 mixes of “Phaedra,” “Oedipus Tyrannus” and “Ricochet,” along with a 1976 German TV performance and BBC “Old Grey Whistle Test” at Coventry Cathedral; Amazon UK; Download) ![]() | (Virgin / UMe) |
Nino Tempo & April Stevens | “The Best of Nino Tempo & April Stevens” (two CDs, 40 songs; Amazon UK) ![]() | (Not Now Music) |
Various artists | “Ska for Life” (three CDs, 57 songs, featuring Madness, The Specials, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Toots & The Maytals, Dave & Ansil Collins, The Beat, etc.; Track list; Amazon UK) | (UMC) |
Don Williams | “Especially For You / Listen to the Radio / Yellow Moon” (1981, 1982 and 1983 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) ![]() | (BGO) |
Hank Williams Sr. | “The Complete Health & Happiness Recordings” (two-CD, 47-song set; October 1949 radio recordings, transferred, restored and mastered from the original 16″ transcription discs by Grammy Award winner Michael Graves; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) ![]() | (BMG Rights Management) |
ZZ Top | “Goin’ 50” (18-song collection marking their 50th anniversary; deluxe CD and vinyl editions out Aug. 16; See here; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; On Tour; Merch) ![]() | (Rhino / Warner) |
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DVD / Blu-ray
Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
The Avett Brothers | “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers [DVD]” (2017 documentary, directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio; See here; Blu-ray; On Tour; Merch) ![]() | (Oscilloscope Laboratories, June 18) |
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