New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | “Louie Louie Louie” (celebrating the music of Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan and Louie Prima; Hear here; Download; Merch)  | (Savoy Jazz) |
| Big Boi | “BOOMIVERSE” (guests: Adam Levine, Snoop Dogg, Killer Mike, LunchMoney Lewis, Gucci Mane, Curren$y, Kurupt, etc.; See here; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Cassette Tape; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Epic) |
| Sammy Brue (15-year-old Americana singer-songwriter from Ogden, Utah) | “I Am Nice” (producers: Ben Tanner, John Paul White; Hear here; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (New West) |
| Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | “On the Echoing Green” (first single: “A Song of Summer”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Mexican Summer) |
| Cheap Trick | “We’re All Alright!” (producer: Julian Raymond; first single: “Long Time Coming”; Read here; Deluxe Edition; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Big Machine) |
| CKY | “The Phoenix” (the alt-metal band’s first album since 2009; first single: “Days of Self Destruction,” feat. Mastodon’s Brent Hinds; See here; On Tour) | (eOne Music) |
| Color Film | “Living Arrangements” (first single: “52 Minds”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Epitaph) |
| Beth Ditto (former Gossip frontwoman) | “Fake Sugar” (producer: Jennifer Decilveo; first single: “Fire”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Myra’s Child / Virgin) |
| The Drums | “Abysmal Thoughts” (producer: frontman Jonny Pierce; first single: “Blood Under My Belt”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| The Dustbowl Revival | “The Dustbowl Revival” (producer: Ted Hutt; first single: “Busted”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Signature Sounds) |
| Steve Earle & The Dukes | “So You Wanna Be an Outlaw” (guests: Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert, Johnny Bush; first single: “Lookin’ for a Woman”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; Merch) | (Warner) |
| Fleet Foxes | “Crack-Up” (first single: “Third of May / Ōdaigahara”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Nonesuch) |
| Goldie | “The Journey Man” (guests: José James, Terri Walker, Swindle; first single: “I Adore You”; Hear here; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with 12 bonus instrumental tracks) | (Metalheadz / Cooking Vinyl) |
| Hey Violet | “from the outside” (producers: Hey Violet, Julian Bunetta; first single: “Break My Heart”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with three extra songs; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Marble-Colored Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Hi or Hey / Capitol) |
| Iced Earth | “Incorruptible” (Hear here; Download) | (Century Media) |
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | “The Nashville Sound” (producer: Dave Cobb; first single: “Hope the High Road”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Southeastern) |
| Lorde | “Melodrama” (first single: “Green Light”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Lava Music / Republic) |
| Los Angeles Percussion Quartet | “Beyond” (two CDs and one Blu-ray surround-sound audio disc; producer: Dan Merceruio; Hear here) | (Sono Luminus) |
| Jason Loewenstein (of lo-fi pioneers Sebadoh) | “Spooky Action” (his first solo album in 15 years; second single: “Machinery”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Major and the Monbacks | “Moonlight Anthems” (producer: Matthew E. White; first single: “We Are Doing Fine”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Yep Roc) |
| Lauren Mitchell | “Desire” (producer: Tony Braunagel; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Lauren Mitchell) |
| Kevin Morby | “City Music” (first single: “Come to Me Now”; Hear here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Dead Oceans) |
| Alison Moyet | “Other” (producer: Guy Sigsworth; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Nickelback | “Feed the Machine” (producers: Nickelback, Chris Baseford; first single: “Feed the Machine”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Palehound | “A Place I’ll Always Go” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Peaking Lights | “The Fifth State of Consciousness” (producer: Aaron Coyes; first single: “I’ll Be in the Sky”; Hear here) | (Two Flower) |
| Portugal. The Man | “Woodstock” (producers: Beastie Boys’ Mike D, Danger Mouse, John Hill; new single: “Number One”; See here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Atlantic) |
| Ride | “Weather Diaries” (the band’s first album in more than 20 years; producer: Erol Alkan; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Wichita Recordings) |
| Royal Blood (British rock duo) | “How Did We Get So Dark?” (producers: Joylon Thomas, Tom Dalgety; first single: “Lights Out”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Warner) |
| Royal Trux | “Platinum Tips + Ice Cream” (recorded live during 2015 reunion shows in L.A. and NYC; Hear here; NPR First Listen; On Tour) | (Drag City) |
| Single Mothers | “Our Pleasure” (first single: “Undercover”; Hear here) | (Dine Alone) |
| Styx | “The Mission” (concept album is the band’s first LP in 14 years; first single: “Gone Gone Gone”; Hear/read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Alpha Dog 2T / UMe) |
| Matthew Sweet | “Tomorrow Forever” (first single: “Trick of the Light”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (S. Matthew Sweet) |
| Tindersticks | “Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith” (contemporary score to the film tribute, directed by Stuart A. Staples of Tindersticks; Hear here; Vinyl) | (City Slang) |
| Various artists | “Cars 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (film opens June 16; featuring songs by Dan Auerbach, Brad Paisley, James Bay, ZZ Ward, etc.; Download), “Cars 3 (Original Score)” (composed and conducted by Randy Newman, featuring a 101-piece orchestra; Download; In Theaters; Merch) | (Walt Disney) |
| Various artists | “Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records” (proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; producers: Tamara Saviano, Luther Dickinson; contributors: Valerie June, Bobby Rush, Luther Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, CMT’s Million Dollar Quartet, Chuck Mead, etc.; Hear here; Download) | (Americana Music Society) |
| Various artists | “Vans Warped Tour ’17” (Target-Exclusive CD, with one bonus track, Andy Black’s “Beyond My Reach”; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Gretchen Wilson | “Ready to Get Rowdy” (producer: Blake Chancey; guest: Kid Rock; Hear here; Download) | (Redneck) |
| Eli Young Band | “Fingerprints” (producers: Ross Copperman, Jeremy Stover; first single: “Skin & Bones”; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (The Valory Music Co.) |
| Zoot Woman (U.K. electronic music group) | “Absence” (guest: Kylie Minogue; Hear here; Download) | (ZWR) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bernice (led by Toronto-based vocalist/songwriter Robin Dann) | “Puff” (five-song EP; producers: Shawn Everett, Matt Smith; first single: “St Lucia”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| Com Truise | “Iteration” (synthwave producer Seth Haley’s first album in six years; first single: “Memory”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Ghostly International) |
| Deltawerk (Amsterdam-based electronic duo) | “Passages” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Atomnation) |
| Early Riser | “Currents” (first single: “Find Me For the Waltz”; Hear here) | (Anchorless) |
| Luke Faas (23-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist) | “Apathy” (seven-song EP; producer: Nicolay Tangen Svennæs; new single: “Why Bother”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Easy) |
| The Lunar Year (Philly indie folk band) | “Herodias” (producers: Zach McCaw, Katie Burke; first single: “Porcelain”; Hear here; On Tour) | (The Lunar Year) |
| Rudy Stone | “The Blinking Light / Peace on Earth” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (Moderate Fidelity) |
| Victim of Illusion | “Invisible Light” (producer: Peter Hamer; first single: “A new beginning”; Hear here) | (Peter Hamer Productions, June 20) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Big Star | “The Best of Big Star” (Vinyl) | (Stax) |
| Blue Cheer | “Vincebus Eruptum [Hybrid SACD]” (1968 album, featuring “Summertime Blues”; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| David Bowie | “Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles ’74)” (Hear here; eBay; Merch) | (Rhino) |
| John Browning | “John Browning: The Complete RCA Album Collection” (12-CD box set) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| CAN | “CAN – The Singles” (23-song collection, including the 1971 rarity “Turtles Have Short Legs”; Hear here; Download) | (Mute) |
| André Cluytens | “André Cluytens: The Complete Orchestral & Concerto Recordings” (65-CD box set) | (Warner Classics / Parlophone) |
| Jet | “Get Born (Deluxe Edition)” (2003 album; remastered, with an 11-song second CD containing rarities and B-sides) | (Rhino / Elektra) |
| King Crimson | “The Elements Tour Box 2017” (two-CD set features rehearsals, new live recordings, elements from studio recordings, full tracks, alternate takes and finished recordings from 1969-2016; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (DGM) |
| LAU | “Decade: The Best of Lau (2007-2017)” (13 songs; Download) | (Lau Scotland Ltd.) |
| John Mulaney (standup comic and former “SNL” writer) | “The Comeback Kid” (performed and recorded for Netflix at The Chicago Theater in 2015; See/read here; Download; On Tour) | (Drag City) |
| Steve Roden | “A Thousand Breathing Forms” (seven-CD box set of rare recordings from the pioneer of Lowercase music, circa 1988 and 2003) | (Sonoris) |
| The Rolling Stones | “Some Girls: Live In Texas ’78” (previously released on DVD; eBay; Merch) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Rosebud (Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, et al) | “Rosebud” (1971 album; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Spirit | “Spirit [Hybrid SACD]” (1968 album, featuring “Fresh Garbage” and “Taurus”; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Various artists | “Lost in Space: 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection” (two CDs) | (La-La Land) |
| Muddy Waters / The Rolling Stones | “Checkerboard Lounge: Live In Chicago 1981” (previously released on DVD; eBay; Merch) | (Eagle Rock) |
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DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/Label: |
| Sandi Patty | “Forever Grateful: Live from the Farewell Tour [DVD]” (See here; CD) | (Gaither Music Group / Universal) |
| Simple Minds | “Simple Minds: Acoustic in Concert [DVD/CD]” (filmed in November 2016 at The Hackney Empire in London for BBC Radio 2’s “In Concert” series; See here) | (Eagle Vision) |
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