New Releases: June 16, 2023
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Alarm | “Forwards” (producer: George Williams; new single: “Forwards”; Hear here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW  |
(Twenty First Century Recording Company) |
| AVKRVST | “The Approbation” (Norwegian progressive rock group’s debut album; new single: “Arcane Clouds”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| Balmorhea | “Pendant World” (producer: Jonathan Low; new single: “Step Step Step”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| James Bishop | “BODYBOUND” (California singer-songwriter’s debut album; producer: Bishop; new single: “Wrecking My Body”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music ) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Élan) |
| Bonny Doon | “Let There Be Music” (Detroit alt-country trio’s third album; producers: Bonny Doon, Brian Fox; guest: Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield; new single: “Let There Be Music”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Deer Tick | “Emotional Contracts” (producer: Dave Fridmann; guests: Steve Berlin, Courtney Marie Andrews, Vanessa Carlton, Kam Franklin, Angela Miller, Sheree Smith; new single: “Forgiving Ties”; See here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ATO) |
| Django Django | “Off Planet” (guests: Self Esteem, Refound*, Isabelle Woodhouse, et al; new single: “Complete Me”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Because Music) |
| Far From Saints | “Far From Saints” (cross-genre debut album from Kelly Jones of Stereophonics with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker; new single: “Take It Through the Night”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ignition) |
| Gov’t Mule | “Peace … Like a River” (guests: Billy F Gibbons, Ivan Neville, Ruthie Foster, Billy Bob Thornton, Celisse; Deluxe Edition, with the bonus EP “Time of the Signs”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Fantasy / Concord) |
| Ben Howard | “Is It?” (English singer-songwriter’s fifth album; new single: “Couldn’t Make It Up”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Island) |
| Chris Janson | “The Outlaw Side of Me” (new single: “21 Forever,” feat. Dolly Parton and Slash; Neon Orange Vinyl out Aug. 11; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Big Machine) |
| Kool Keith | “Black Elvis 2” (guests: Ice-T, Marc Live, Raaddrr Van, Dynamite, Agallah; Hear here; Electric Blue Vinyl out Sept. 1; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mello Music Group) |
| Bettye LaVette | “LaVette!” (producer: Steve Jordan; guests: Steve Winwood, John Mayer, Ray Parker Jr., Jon Batiste, Anthony Hamilton, Pedrito Martinez, Rev. Charles Hodges; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Jay-Vee) |
| Brennen Leigh | “Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet” (guests: Rodney Crowell, Marty Stuart; new single: “Running Out of Hope, Arkansas”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Signature Sounds) |
| Kiana Ledé | “Grudges” (producers: Boston, Cardiak, Mike Woods, Nija, Patrick McManus, Rice N’ Peas, VRon, WU10; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(The Heavy Group / Republic) |
| Steve Lukather | “Bridges” (Toto co-founder’s ninth solo album; guests: nearly all the members of Toto; new single: “When Will I See You Again”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) » BUY NOW |
(The Players Club / Mascot Label Group) |
| MAN ON MAN | “Provincetown” (guest: J Mascis; new single: “Showgirls”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Polyvinyl) |
| John Mellencamp | “Orpheus Descending” (his 25th album; producer: Mellencamp; new single: “Hey God”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| Pat Metheny | “Dream Box” (new single: “From the Mountains”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Modern Recordings / BMG Rights Management) |
| Meshell Ndegeocello | “The Omnichord Real Book” (guests: Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joel Ross, Jeff Parker, Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez, Mark Guiliana, Cory Henry, Joan As Police Woman, Thandiswa, et al; new single: “Vuma”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Note) |
| Maisie Peters | “The Good Witch” (new single: “Body Better”; See here; Read here; Snake Bite Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Gingerbread Man / Elektra) |
| Queens of the Stone Age | “In Times New Roman…” (their first album since 2017’s “Villains”; new single: “Emotion Sickness”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Matador) |
| The Teskey Brothers | “The Winding Way” (producer: Eric J. Dubowsky; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Glassnote) |
| Yusuf / Cat Stevens | “King of a Land” (producer: Paul Samwell-Smith; first single: “Take the World Apart”; See here; Read here; Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Dark Horse / BMG Rights Management) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Babe Rainbow (Aussie surf-psych rockers) | “Fresh As a Head of Lettuce” (producer: Timon Martin; new single: “Super Ego”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Eureka Music) |
| M. Byrd | “The Seed” (new single: “Only a Feeling”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Nettwerk) |
| Steven Feifke | “Catalyst” (new single: “Ali Dell’Angelo”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(La Reserve / Bandstand Presents) |
| Maggie Feldman | “Pass Me By” (24-year-old singer-songwriter’s debut EP; new single: “Meantime”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Maggie Feldman) |
| Steven Feifke | “Catalyst” (at the 2023 Grammy Awards, the bandleader-pianist became the youngest winner ever for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in the category’s six-decade existence; new single: “My Foolish Heart”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(La Reserve / Bandstand Presents) |
| Good Dear Good | “Arrival” (new single: “Coffee and Sunshine”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Lulo Music Group) |
| Home Is Where | “the whaler” (Palm Coast, FL quartet’s second album; producer: Jack Shirley; new single: “yes! yes! a thousand times yes!”; See here; Vinyl; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Wax Bodega) |
| Killer Mike | “MICHAEL” (his first solo album in more than a decade; new single: “MOTHERLESS”; See here; CD and Double Vinyl out Sept. 25; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | “PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation” (Australia band’s 24th album; new single: “Gila Monster”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(KGLW) |
| Monograms (NYC “Nuke Wave” artist Ian Jacobs) | “A Fine Commitment” (new single: “Carry the Weight”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(PaperCup Music) |
| Wild Up | “Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich” (third entry in the Grammy-nominated musical collective’s anthology celebrating the late composer, featuring Devonté Hynes and Adam Tendler; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(New Amsterdam) |
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bobby Brown | “Don’t Be Cruel (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1988 solo debut album, featuring “My Prerogative,” “Roni,” “Every Little Step” and “Rock Wit’cha”; remastered by Donald Cleveland, with 17 bonus tracks, including 7- and 12-inch remixes and the “Ghostbusters 2” soundtrack hit “On My Own”; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Iconoclassic) |
| Drive-By Truckers | “The Complete Dirty South” (a reimagining of their 2004 concept album, “The Dirty South,” with resequenced audio, three bonus tracks, four remixes and updated vocals; includes a bound book featuring liner notes from Patterson Hood, track-by-track descriptions from Mike Cooley and Jason Isbell as well as never-before-seen photos along with updated artwork from the late Wes Freed; Hear here; Reposado Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| Finger Eleven | “Greatest Hits” (12-track collection includes new single “Together Right” and a previously unreleased cover of Pink Floyd’s “Welcome to the Machine”; See here; Vinyl out Aug. 25; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Girls Aloud | “Sound of the Underground (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2003 debut album; three-CD deluxe edition includes B-sides, remixes, rarities and other bonus material; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Universal Music) |
| Pet Shop Boys | “Smash: The Singles 1985-2020” (three-CD, two-Blu-ray deluxe edition includes their music videos; Vinyl, six-LP box set; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Poco | “Legacy” (1989 album, featuring Top 40 hits “Call It Love” and “Nothin’ to Hide”; a reunion of all five original members: Jim Messina, Richie Furay, Rusty Young, Randy Meisner and George Grantham; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Élan) |
| Dee Snider | “Dee Does Broadway” (2012 album, produced by Snider, Patti LuPone and Bebe Neuwirth; Red & Black Swirl Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(BFD) |
| Seals & Crofts | “Takin’ It Easy” (1978 album, featuring “You’re the Love” and the title track; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Music on CD) |
| Texas | “The Very Best Of 1989 – 2023” (two CDs, 24 songs, including two new tracks: “After All” and “Keep on Talking”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(PIAS America) |
| Various artists | “England Swings: Lux and Ivy Dig That UK Sound” (28 tracks on one CD; remastered from the original sound sources; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW | (Righteous / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “NOW 80s Alternative” (four CDs, 80 songs; Track List; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW | (Sony Music / EMI) |
| Various artists | “Support Your Local Record Label (Best of Ed Banger Records)” (10-track compilation to celebrate the French electro label’s 20th anniversary; Vinyl; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Ed Banger) |
Next Week: June 23, 2023
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