New Releases: June 14, 2019
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) |
More Releases for June 14, 2019 »
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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) |
More Digital Releases for June 14, 2019 »
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) |
More Releases for June 14, 2019 »
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … FYE Exclusives »
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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