New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Pepe Aguilar | “No Lo Había Dicho” (Hear here; MP3) | (Equinoccio) |
| All the Real Girls (Seattle band) | “Elk City” (producer: John Goodmanson; guests: Jason McGerr, Jim Roth, Steve Fisk, Eric Corson, Eric Howk, Shelby Earl; first single: “Elk City”; Hear here; MP3) | (All the Real Girls) |
| Rick Astley | “50” (the British singer’s first album since 2005; he turned 50 on Feb. 6; first single: “Keep Singing”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Bassnectar | “Unlimited” (Hear here; MP3) | (Amorphous Music) |
| Luke Bell (country troubadour) | “Luke Bell” (producer: Andrija Tokic; first single: “Sometimes”; Hear here; See here) | (Bill Hill Records / Thirty Tigers) |
| Big Deal (London quartet) | “Say Yes” (Hear here; MP3) | (FatCat) |
| James Blake | “The Colour in Anything” (released digitally on May 5; producers: Blake, Rick Rubin; guest: Justin Vernon; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (1-800 Dinosaur / Universal) |
| The Broadcast | “From the Horizon” (producer: Jim Scott; first single: “On the Edge”; Hear here; MP3) | (MRI) |
| Jake Bugg | “On My One” (producers: Bugg, Jacknife Lee; first single: “Gimme the Love”; Hear here; MP3) | (Island) |
| Will Butler (of Arcade Fire) | “Friday Night” (recorded live June 2015 at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall, with five songs from his “Policy” LP, two songs he recorded for The Guardian as part of a songwriting project, and five previously unreleased tracks; See here; MP3) | (Merge) |
| Caveman | “Otero War” (first single: “Human”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Cinematic Music Group) |
| Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs | “case/lang/veirs” (first single: “Atomic Number”; Hear here; MP3)  | (ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Elizabeth Cook | “Exodus of Venus” (the Nashville singer-songwriter’s first album since 2010; producer: Dexter Green; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Agent Love / Thirty Tigers) |
| Anthony D’Amato (folk rocker) | “Cold Snap” (producer: Mike Mogis; first single: “Rain On a Strange Roof”; Hear here; MP3) | (New West) |
| Emery | “Emery Acoustic: Live in Houston” (MP3) | (BC Music) |
| The Game | “Streets of Compton” (guests: Problem, Boogie, J3, Payso, Micah, AD, Av, etc.; first single: “Roped Off”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Keith & Kristyn Getty | “Facing a Task Unfinished” (guests: John Patitucci, Fernando Ortega, etc.; Hear here) | (Getty Music) |
| Margaret Glaspy | “Emotions and Math” (Hear here; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Gojira | “Magma” (producer: Joe Duplantier; See here; MP3) | (Roadrunner) |
| Jason Gray | “Where the Light Gets In” (producers: Jason Ingram, Ben Glover, Colby Wedgeworth, etc.; first single: “Sparrows”; Hear here; MP3) | (Centricity Music) |
| Alexa Green | “So Good” (Hear here; MP3) | (Broadway) |
| Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | “Rehab Reunion” (producer: Hornsby; guests: Mavis Staples, Justin Vernon; first single: “Over the Rise”; Hear here; MP3) | (429) |
| The Hot Sardines | “French Fries + Champagne” (producer: Eli Wolf; guest: Alan Cumming; See here; MP3) | (Universal Music Classics) |
| Derik Hultquist | “Southern Iron” (producer: Frank Liddell; Hear here; MP3) | (Carnival Music / Thirty Tigers) |
| I See Stars | “Treehouse” (Hear here; MP3) | (Sumerian) |
| Sarah Jarosz | “Undercurrents” (guests: Guster’s Luke Reynolds, Parker Millsap, Sara Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan; first single: “House of Mercy”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sugar Hill) |
| Irene Kelley | “These Hills” (first single: “Carolina Wind”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mountain Fever) |
| Deon Kipping (gospel singer-songwriter) | “Something to Talk About” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (RCA Inspiration) |
| Kris Kristofferson | “The Cedar Creek Sessions” (double album recorded over three days in the summer of 2014; producers: Tamara Saviano, Shawn Camp; guest: Sheryl Crow; Read here; MP3) | (KK / Legacy) |
| LoCash | “The Fighters” (producer: Lindsay Rimes; new single: “I Know Somebody”; Hear here; MP3) | (Reviver) |
| The Low Anthem | “eyeland” (Hear here; MP3) | (Washington Square Music / Razor & Tie) |
| Michael McDermott | “Willow Springs” (Hear here; MP3) | (Pauper Sky) |
| Misfits | “Friday the 13th” (four-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Misfits) |
| Mitski | “Puberty 2” (first single: “Your Best American Girl”; Hear here; MP3) | (Dead Oceans) |
| Mogwai | “Atomic” (soundtrack to the documentary “Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise”; producer: Tony Doogan; Hear here; MP3) | (Temporary Residence) |
| Mumford & Sons | “Johannesburg” (five-song EP, featuring Baaba Maal, The Very Best and Beatenberg; recorded in Studio 2 and the auditorium of the South African Broadcasting Corp.; producers: Mumford & Sons, The Very Best’s Johan Hugo; first single: “There Will Be Time”; Hear here; MP3) | (Glassnote) |
| Laura Mvula | “The Dreaming Room” (first single: “Overcome,” feat. Nile Rodgers; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Nails | “You Will Never Be One of Us” (producer: Kurt Ballou; See here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Noise (Icelandic rock band) | “Echoes” (producers: Einar Vilberg, Stefan Vilberg; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (HLJÓÐVERK, June 15) |
| Erik Norlander (California keyboardist) | “Surreal” (guest: Lana Lane; Hear here) | (Think Tank Media, June 21) |
| Odonis Odonis (Toronto underground staple) | “Post Plague” (first single: “Needs”; Hear here; MP3) | (felte) |
| Jon Pardi | “California Sunrise” (producer: Bart Butler; first single: “Head Over Boots”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Parlour | “Parlour” (the Louisville, Ky., experimental troupe’s first album in six years; first single: “New Syntax Preserves”; Hear here; MP3) | (Temporary Residence) |
| Radiohead | “A Moon Shaped Pool” (released on MP3 on May 8; producer: Nigel Godrich; first single: “Daydreaming”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl, two 180-gram LPs, with download card) | (XL Recordings) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | “The Getaway” (producer: Danger Mouse; first single: “Dark Necessities”; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | “Symphonic Queen – The Greatest Hits” (19-song tribute, conducted by Matthew Freeman) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Starflyer 59 | “SLOW” (producer: frontman Jason Martin; Hear here; MP3) | (Tooth & Nail) |
| Stitched Up Heart | “Never Alone” (See here; MP3) | (Another Century) |
| Swans | “The Glowing Man” (engineered by John Congleton; guests: Jennifer Gira, Okkyung Lee; Hear here; MP3) | (Young God) |
| Thousand Foot Krutch | “Exhale” (new single: “Running with Giants”; Hear here) | (TFK Music) |
| T.O.L.D. (The Order of Life and Death, aka Daniel James Smith) | “It’s Not About the Witches” (producer: Tom Biller; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (IAMSOUND) |
| The Tragically Hip | “Man Machine Poem” (lead singer-lyricist Gord Downie has announced he has terminal brain cancer; producers: Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene, Dave Hamelin of The Stills; first single: “In a World Possessed By the Human Mind”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Universal) |
| Walter Trout | “ALIVE In Amsterdam” (double album recorded last Nov. 25; Hear here; MP3) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| Twenty Two B | “In the Making” (producers: Machoudi Badarou, David William; first single: “Live Everyday Like Is Your Last”; Hear here) | (7Music Productions, June 15) |
| The Union of Sinners & Saints (feat. members of Petra and Whiteheart) | “The Union of Sinners & Saints” (producer: Billy Smiley; first single: “Independence Day”; See here; MP3) | (Suite 28) |
| Unlocking the Truth (teen metal trio) | “Chaos” (producer: Johnny K; Hear here) | (Tunecore) |
| Various artists | “Finding Dory (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (sequel to “Finding Nemo” opens June 17; See here; MP3) | (Walt Disney) |
| Weaves (Toronto art-pop quartet) | “Weaves” (producer: Leon Taheny; first single: “One More”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Kanine) |
| With Confidence (Australian pop-punk quartet) | “Better Weather” (first single: “Keeper”; See here) | (Hopeless) |
| YG | “Still Brazy” (guests: Drake, Lil Wayne, Kamaiyah, Nipsey Hussle, Slim 400, etc.; new single: “Why You Always Hatin”; Hear here; MP3) | (Def Jam) |
More Releases for June 17 • More Classical Releases for June 17
Stream “Mr. Robot: Season 1” (New Season, July 13 at 10/9C USA) … “iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris” (DVD/Blu-ray), U2 … Segway miniPRO … Your Vinyl Store … Turntables
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jonathan Cavier | “Premier” (producer: Cavier; second single: “Pearl”; Hear here) | (Peach Candle Flame) |
| Drunk Couples (Charleston, S.C., punk-rock trio) | “Blasted!” (first single: “Wrecked”; See here) | (Bob) |
| Jus Now (percussionist/Trinidadian producer LAZAbeam and British DJ/producer Sam Interface) | “Alone” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Feel Up) |
| Merely (Swedish producer and singer) | “Uncanny Valley” (new single: “Yang”; Hear here; See here) | (Sincerely Yours) |
| Not Blood Paint (Brooklyn rock quartet) | “Believing Is Believing” (Hear/read here) | (Lou’s Tooth Unlimited) |
| Palmistry (London-based musician Benjy Keating) | “PAGAN” (first single: “Club Aso”; Hear here; See here) | (Mixpak) |
| PAWS (Scottish rock trio) | “No Grace” (producer: Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus; first single: “No Grace”; Hear here; See here) | (FatCat) |
| RLYR (post-rock trio) | “Delayer” (four-song EP; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Magic Bullet) |
| Anna Rose (bluesy rock singer) | “Strays in the Cut” (six-song EP; second single: “Bury Me Deep”; Hear here) | (Noble Steed Music) |
| George Sarah (electronic composer) | “Min and Elsa” (three-song EP; producer: Sarah; first single: “Min and Elsa”; See here; Vinyl) | (Flat Field) |
| Son Lux | “Stranger Forms” (six-song EP; guests: Olga Bell, Hanna Benn; first single: “Cage of Bones”; Hear here) | (Glassnote) |
| Surviving the Era | “Parallax” (five-song EP; producer: Dryw Owens; Hear here) | (Surviving the Era, June 18) |
| Todd Terje & The Olsens | “The Big Cover-Up” (eight-song EP, featuring disco covers of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Martin Denny, Martin Circus, Boney M and Vangelis, with remixes from Daniel Maloso, Dan Tyler, Prins Thomas and Øyvind Morken; Hear here) | (Olsen) |
| Told Slant | “Going By” (first single: “Low Hymnal”; See here) | (Double Double Whammy) |
| KT Tunstall | “Golden State EP” (four songs; new album due in September; producer: Tony Hoffer; Hear here) | (Caroline, June 16) |
More Digital Releases for June 17, 2016
Box Sets (Prince, Queen, Elton John & more) … $0.69 Song Store … Band T-Shirts … $5 Albums
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Answer | “Rise (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2006 album; with 13 bonus tracks; MP3) | (TAP Music Ltd.) |
| The Blow Monkeys | “The Very Best of the Blow Monkeys” (two CDs, 36 songs, with 8-page booklet) | (U.K. – Metro Select) |
| Ken Boothe | “The Best of Ken Boothe” (two CDs) | (U.K. – Trojan) |
| Toni Braxton | “Toni Braxton (Deluxe Edition)” (1993 album; remastered, with 21 bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves, June 21) |
| Chicago | “Chicago Quadio Box” (quadraphonic and stereo mixes in high resolution 192/24 DTS-HD Master Audio on nine Blu-ray Audio discs, featuring eight studio albums and “Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits”) | (Rhino) |
| Converge | “You Fail Me Redux” (2004 album, remixed by guitarist Kurt Ballou, with the bonus track “Wolves At My Door”; MP3) | (Epitaph) |
| Heart | “Dreamboat Annie [Vinyl]” (1976 album; with download card) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| John Holt | “The Best of John Holt” (two CDs) | (U.K. – Trojan) |
| Grace Jones | “Warm Leatherette (Deluxe Edition)” (1980 album; remastered, with six long versions and a second CD of long versions, single versions and remixes; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl) | (U.K. – Island / UMC) |
| The Kingbees | “The Big Rock” (1981 album; remastered; MP3) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Madonna | “Madonna [Vinyl]” (1983 album), “Like a Virgin [Vinyl]” (1984 album) | (Rhino / Warner, June 21) |
| Matt Bianco | “Whose Side Are You On (Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album, featuring Basia on lead vocals; remastered and expanded, with the 10-song album and 23 bonus tracks, including single versions, B-sides, remixes and alternate versions, plus six demos and a 2015 rerecording of “Half a Minute”; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop) |
| Mickey and Sylvia | “New Sounds” (1957 album; remastered, with 12 bonus tracks, including “Love Is Strange”; Hear here; Track list) | (U.K. – Hoodoo) |
| Laura Nyro | “Eli and the Thirteenth Confession [Hybrid SACD]” (1968 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker | “The Sound of Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker” (three CDs, 26 tracks) | (Warner Classics / Parlophone) |
| Sonic Youth | “Spinhead Sessions 1986” (demos made for the 1987 film “Made in U.S.A.”; remastered; Hear here; MP3) | (Goofin) |
| UK | “Ultimate Collectors’ Edition” (12-CD, four-Blu-ray box set) | (Global Music Media) |
| Various artists | “Classic Pop: Synthpop” (two CDs, 38 songs), “Classic Pop: 12 Inch” (three CDs, 30 ’80s hit remixes) | (U.K. – Rhino) |
| Various artists | “40 Most Beautiful Classical Pieces” (two CDs), “20 Most Beautiful Classical Pieces” | (Rhino / Warner Classics) |
| Various artists | “Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 15: 80s Essentials,” “Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 16: More 80s” | (Eric) |
| We the Kings | “So Far” (14-song best-of; MP3) | (S-Curve) |
| The Who | “Volume 4: The Polydor Singles 1975-2015” (15 7-inch singles) | (Geffen / UMe) |
More Releases for June 17 • More Classical Releases for June 17
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Clarence Clemons | “Rescue” (1983 album; with one bonus track), “Hero” (1985 album, featuring “You’re a Friend of Mine”; with one bonus track), “A Night With Mr. C” (1989 album; with one bonus track) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Space Needle | “The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle” (1997 album; with three bonus tracks) | (Tractor Beam) |
| Various artists | “Marc Bolan Presents The Soul Sessions” (28 songs) | (Easy Action) |
| Waxahatchee | “Early Recordings” (five-song EP) | (Merge) |
More Digital Releases for June 17, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Viola Davis, Billy Brown, et al | “How to Get Away With Murder: The Complete Second Season [DVD]” | (Walt Disney Studios) |
| Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, et al | “The Brothers Grimsby [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
| Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Sylvie Lenoi, et al | “Fantastic Planet (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]” (1973 film; Read here) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, et al | “Stagecoach [DVD]” (1986 made-for-TV film; Blu-ray) | (Olive Films) |
| Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Rita Wilson, et al | “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Best Books of June … “End of Watch: A Novel,” Stephen King … “The Magnolia Story,” Chip and Joanna Gaines … The New York Times Best Sellers … 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Grace Jones | “I’ll Never Write My Memoirs” (Paperback; Free Preview) | (Simon & Schuster) |
| LCD Soundsystem | “LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Ryan Leas) | (Bloomsbury Academic) |
| Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell | “Guitar For Dummies (4th Edition)” (Paperback; Kindle; Free Preview) | (Hal Leonard) |
| Warren Zevon | “Warren Zevon: Desperado of Los Angeles” (Hardcover; author: George Plasketes) | (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) |
Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Hello Games / Sony | “No Man’s Sky” (PlayStation 4; Limited Edition) | (June 21) |
| Nintendo | “Minecraft: Wii U Edition” (Xbox One Edition, includes Favorites Pack) | (June 17-21) |
| Schecter | “C-1 SGR Electric Guitar, Midnight Satin Black” (Electric Blue; Walnut Satin) | (June 21) |