New Releases: June 3, 2016
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Amber Arcades (Dutch-born musician Annelotte de Graaf) | “Fading Lines” (producer: Ben Greenberg; Hear here; MP3) | (PIAS America) |
| Joseph Arthur | “The Family” (Hear here; MP3) | (Real World) |
| Banta (L.A. indie-rock quintet) | “Dark Charms” (new single: “Three Feet From Gold”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music / Fast Plastic) |
| Beartooth (Columbus, Ohio, hardcore band) | “Aggressive” (first single: “Aggressive”; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Red Bull) |
| William Bell | “This Is Where I Live” (the soul legend’s first album in nearly four decades; producer: John Leventhal; writing collaborators: Marc Cohn, Rosanne Cash, Cory Chisel, Scott Bomar; first single: “The Three of Me”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Stax) |
| John Berry | “What I Love the Most” (his first album since 2008; Hear here; MP3) | (JB Music / RED) |
| Shirley Caesar | “Fill This House” (first single: “It’s Alright, It’s OK”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| Cage9 | “Illuminator” (producer: frontman Evan Rodaniche; first single: “Everything You Love Will Someday Die”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (EMP Label Group / eOne) |
| Cameron Carpenter (American organist) | “All You Need Is Bach” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Sony Classical) |
| The Claypool Lennon Delirium (Les Claypool and Sean Lennon) | “Monolith of Phobos” (Hear here; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Sam Cohen (formerly of Apollo Sunshine and Yellowbirds) | “Cool It” (producer: Cohen; first single: “Let the Mountain Come to You”; See here; MP3) | (30th Century / Columbia) |
| Judy Collins & Ari Hest | “Silver Skies Blue” (Hear here; MP3) | (Wildflower / Cleopatra) |
| Dan + Shay | “Obsessed” (first single: “From the Ground Up”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) | (Warner Music Nashville) |
| Da’ T.R.U.T.H. | “It’s Complicated” (first single: “Religion”; Hear here; MP3) | (Next Music) |
| Nik Day (Christian singer-songwriter) | “Miracle” (seven-song EP) | (Shadow Mountain) |
| Dexys | “Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul” (first single: “Women of Ireland”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Robert Ellis | “Robert Ellis” (producer: Ellis; first single: “Drivin'”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; MP3) | (New West) |
| Tinsley Ellis | “Red Clay Soul” (producers: Ellis, keyboardist Kevin McKendree; guest: Oliver Wood; Hear here; MP3) | (Heartfixer Music) |
| Fear of Men (Brighton, U.K., trio) | “Fall Forever” (producers: Tom Morris, band member Daniel Falvey; first single: “Island”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Kanine) |
| Four By Fate | “Relentless” (Hear here; MP3) | (The End) |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | “Soulrocker” (producers: Franti, Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor, Dwayne “SupaDups” ChinQuee; first single: “Crazy For You”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fantasy) |
| Hellyeah | “Unden!able” (producer: Kevin Churko; first single: “Human”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Eleven Seven Music) |
| If These Trees Could Talk (instrumental post-rock band from Akron, Ohio) | “The Bones of a Dying World” (Hear here; MP3) | (Metal Blade) |
| Cheyenne Jackson (co-starred with Lady Gaga on “American Horror Story”) | “Renaissance” (with 22-piece orchestra; guest: Jane Krakowski; Hear/read here; MP3) | (PS Classics) |
| JORN | “Heavy Rock Radio” (all-covers album; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Max Jury (singer-songwriter from Des Moines, Iowa) | “Max Jury” (first single: “Numb”; Hear here; MP3) | (Marathon Artists) |
| Kansas Bible Company (Nashville brassy garage-psych band) | “Paper Moon” (producer: Skylar Wilson; Hear here; MP3) | (Hotel) |
| The Kills | “Ash & Ice” (their first album in five years; producers: guitarist Jamie Hince, John O’Mahony; first single: “Doing It to Death”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Domino) |
| Kino Kimino | “Bait Is For Sissies” (featuring Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth; producer: John Agnello; first single: “Passion”; Hear here; MP3) | (My Favourite Chords) |
| Ladyhawke | “Wild Things” (producer: Tommy English; first single: “A Love Song”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Johnny Lee | “You Ain’t Never Been to Texas” (his first studio album in 10 years; Hear here; MP3) | (Johnny Lee Productions / Smith Music Group) |
| Masta Ace | “The Falling Season” (producer: Kic Beats; guests: Chuck D, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Cormega, AG, Your Old Droog, Wordsworth, Stricklin, The World’s Famous Supreme Team, etc.; first single: “Me & AG”; Hear here; MP3) | (hhv.de) |
| Brad Mehldau Trio | “Blues and Ballads” (first single: “Little Person”; Hear here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| The Melvins | “Basses Loaded” (guests: Krist Novoselic, Redd Kross bassist Steve McDonald, Butthole Surfers bassist Jeff Pinkus, Fantômas’ Trevor Dunn, drummer Dale Crover; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ipecac Recordings) |
| Monkey House | “Left” (producer: frontman Don Breithupt; guests: Jay Graydon, guitar ace Elliott Randall, saxophonist Donnie McCaslin, Kim Mitchell, Drew Zingg, Michael Leonhart; first single: “My Top 10 List”; Hear here; MP3) | (Alma) |
| Craig Morgan | “A Whole Lot More To Me” (producers: Morgan, Byron Gallimore; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Black River Entertainment) |
| Maren Morris | “Hero” (producers: Morris, Mike Busbee; first single: “My Church”; Hear here; MP3) | (Columbia Nashville) |
| Minor Victories (U.K. alt-rock supergroup) | “Minor Victories” (the band features Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, Editors’ Justin Lockey, Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite and James Lockey of Hand Held Cine Club; first single: “A Hundred Ropes”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Fat Possum) |
| Mourn (Barcelona punk quartet) | “Ha, Ha, He.” (first single: “Evil Dead”; Hear here; MP3) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Pale Dian (Austin-based dream-pop trio) | “Narrow Birth” (first single: “In a Day”; Hear here; MP3) | (Manifesto) |
| Jim Peterik | “The Songs” (acoustic versions of his Ides of March and Survivor songs; Hear here) | (World Stage International) |
| Rebelution | “Falling Into Place” (guest: Protoje; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (87 Music / Easy Star) |
| Dan Reed Network | “Fight Another Day” (the rock band’s first album in 25 years; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen | “Watch This” (19-song live album, recorded at the House of Blues in Dallas and Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas; Read here; MP3) | (Lil’ Buddy Toons) |
| Xenia Rubinos | “Black Terry Cat” (producer: Marco Buccelli; first single: “Lonely Lover”; Hear here; MP3) | (ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Saqqara Mastabas (Fiery Furnaces’ Matthew Friedberger and Sebadoh’s Bob D’Amico) | “Libras” (first single: “Uto on the Upswing”; Hear here; MP3) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Paul Simon | “Stranger to Stranger” (producers: Simon, Roy Halee; first single: “Wristband”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition)  |
(Hear Music / Concord) |
| Still Parade (Berlin-based Niklas Kramer) | “Concrete Vision” (first single: “Walk in the Park”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Heist or Hit) |
| Jackson Taylor & The Sinners | “Which Way Is Up” (producers: Omar Vallejo, Taylor; first single: “Sad Bastard Music”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Sin House) |
| Tegan and Sara | “Love You to Death” (producer: Greg Kurstin; first single: “Boyfriend”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) |
(Warner) |
| 10,000 Maniacs | “Playing Favorites” (14-song, career-spanning live album; See/read here; MP3) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Train | “Train Does Led Zeppelin II” (first single: “What Is and What Should Never Be”; Hear here; MP3) | (Crush Music / Atlantic) |
| David Trull (St. Louis indie-folk singer-songwriter) | “Coin Toss” (first single: “Beautiful World”; Hear here) | (David Trull) |
| William Tyler | “Modern Country” (producers: Tyler, Brad Cook; See here; MP3) | (Merge) |
| Various artists | “Beating Heart – Malawi” (two-CDs, 21-song charity album; each 1,500 albums sold will provide food for a school of 500 children; Read here; MP3) | (Beating Heart) |
| Various artists | “Me Before You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (starring Emilia Clark and Sam Claflin, based on the best-selling book by Jojo Moyes; features songs by Imagine Dragons, X Ambassadors, Jack Garratt, Jessie Ware, Cloves, etc.; opens in theaters June 3; See here; MP3) | (Interscope) |
| Volbeat | “Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie” (guest: Danko Jones; first single: “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Universal) |
| Withem (Norwegian prog-metal band) | “The Unforgiving Road” (Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Yanni | “The Dream Concert – Live From The Great Pyramids of Egypt” (CD/DVD set; premiered on PBS on March 5; See here; Read here; Blu-ray; MP3, Amazon audio/video digital exclusive) | (Portrait / Sony Masterworks) |
| Nico Yaryan | “What a Tease” (producers: Yaryan, Kevin Agunas; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Partisan) |
| Young Moon (San Francisco-based artist Trevor Montgomery with a full band) | “Colt” (first single: “Fell On My Face”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
More Releases for June 3, 2016
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Andre Akinyele (funk-soul multi-instrumentalist) | “The Unauthorized Playlist” (producer: Akinyele; guests: MV, LoLo, Big Mike, Lil O, DJ Glo, GDP, FV; first single: “After Dark”; Hear here) | (Orange River) |
| Boudoir Noir | “Endless Dawn” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (Boudoir Noir) |
| Elk + Mammoth (Melbourne indie-rock quartet) | “Culprit EP” (four songs; producer: James Clark; first single: “Shiver”; Hear here) | (The A&R Department) |
| Otto Niklasson Elmerås | “Otto Niklasson Elmerås” (four-song EP; first single: “Johanna”; Hear here) | (Birds / X5 Music Group, June 8) |
| Faithless Town (Atlanta shoegaze-Americana band) | “Empires” (first single: “Waste Away”; Hear here) | (Faithless Town, June 2) |
| Ice Cream (Toronto post-punk duo) | “Love, Ice Cream” (producers: Young Guv, Tony Price; first single: “Veronica”; Hear here) | (Bad Actors Inc. / Last Gang) |
| Jay’e R. | “Like I Love You” (producers: Greg Pridgen, Keith Heard, Benie Encarnacion, Ray McCullough, Elliot Nichols, Kaylee, Michael J. Ward; first single: “Tonight’s Your Night”; Hear here) | (Tate Music Group, June 7) |
| John Keenan | “The Illusion of Logic” (Hear here) | (Full Circle Entertainment) |
| James Beng Lee (Australian acoustic pop/hip-hop artist) | “Hopes and Dreams” (producer: Sven Tydeman; Hear here; See here) | (The A&R Department) |
| Max Lisa | “Road to Heaven” (producer: Sefi Carmel; first single: “Taylor Swift [Smile]”; Hear here) | (Big Mac) |
| The Novelists (Reno indie group) | “Breaking the Script” (new single: “Soul Sucker”; Hear here) | (True Story) |
| Riot Ten | “Hype or Die: Headbangerz” (four-song EP; guests: Extra Terra, Born I Music, Bunji Garlin, Brewski; Hear here) | (Firepower) |
| Roxette | “Good Karma” (first single: “It Just Happens”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Warner Music Group) |
| Selah Sue (Belgian singer-songwriter) | “Reason” (released in Europe in March 2015; producers: Rhye’s Robin Hannibal, Ludwig Goransson, Matt Schwartz, Troy Taylor; guest: Childish Gambino; Hear here; See here) | (Because Music) |
| Speedy Ortiz | “Foiled Again” (four-song EP; two outtakes from the “Foil Deer” sessions, plus two remixes of “Puffer”; Hear here) | (Carpark) |
| The Strokes | “Future Present Past EP” (four-song set was released last week on the band’s website; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Cult) |
| Erin Tobey (Bloomington, Ind., singer-songwriter) | “Middlemaze” (third single: “All Over The World”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Let’s Pretend) |
| Volkova Sisters (London-based industrial pop trio) | “Blood Shapes This Faith” (Hear here) | (Giant Wolfe, June 2) |
| Zoon Politicon | “Black in White” (the German electro-pop band’s first album in 18 years; Hear here; See here) | (conzoom) |
More Digital Releases for June 3, 2016
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Adam and the Ants | “Kings of the Wild Frontier (Deluxe Edition)” (1980 album; remastered; two CDs, 49 songs; See here; Super Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Air Supply | “The Columbia & Arista Years: The Definitive Collection” (two CDs, 30 songs, from “Lost in Love” to “Making Love Out of Nothing at All”) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Budgie | “The MCA Albums 1973-1975” (three CDs) | (U.K. – UMC) |
| The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | “Got a Mind to Give Up Living – Live 1966” (recorded at Boston’s Unicorn Coffee House) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Laura Cantrell | “Laura Cantrell At The BBC: On Air Performances and Recordings 2000-2005” (15 tracks) | (Spit & Polish) |
| The Cars | “The Elektra Years, 1978-1987” (six-LP vinyl box set; each 180-gram LP is pressed on a different color vinyl; CD box set, released March 11) |
(Rhino, June 7) |
| Petula Clark | “Natural Love: The Scotti Brothers Recordings” (11 songs recorded in 1981-82) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Delaney & Bonnie | “To Bonnie From Delaney” (1970 album; guests included Little Richard, Duane Allman, King Curtis, Bobby Whitlock and Sneaky Pete Kleinow; Hear here) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| Fairport Convention | “Live in Finland 1971” (unreleased August 1971 concert) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Dan Fogelberg | “High Country Snows / Exiles” (1985, 1987 albums; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| The Happenings | “The Very Best of The Happenings (16 tracks) | (Varèse Sarabande) |
| Heatwave | “Always and Forever: Love Songs and Smooth Grooves” (17 tracks; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Iron Butterfly | “Fillmore East 1968” (two-CD set, originally released by Rhino Handmade) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| The Kinks | “Everybody’s in Show-Biz (Legacy Edition)” (1972 album; remastered; the original double album, along previously unissued studio sessions outtakes and live material, recorded March 2-3, 1972, at Carnegie Hall; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Nicolette Larsen | “Live at the Roxy” (1979 concert, originally released by Rhino Handmade) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| Lewis and Clark Expedition (band members included Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman) | “Lewis and Clark Expedition” (1968 album; Hear here) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| Gordon Lightfoot | “Dream Street Rose / Shadows / Salute” (1980, 1982 and 1983 albums on one CD; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Johnny Mathis | “You Light Up My Life / Mathis Magic” (1978, 1979 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves, June 7) |
| Melanie | “Born to Be” (1968 album, which was later repackaged and reissued as “My First Album” after her appearance at Woodstock in 1969; Hear here), “Melanie” (1969 album) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| Mac Miller | “Best Day Ever” (2011 mixtape; Vinyl) | (Rostrum) |
| Maria Muldaur | “Sweet Harmony / Southern Winds / Open Your Eyes” (1976, 1978 and 1979 albums on two CDs; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO) |
| Phil Ochs | “Live Again!” (recorded in East Lansing, Mich., in 1973; Vinyl) | (Rockbeat) |
| Pink Floyd | “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [Vinyl]” (1967 album) , “A Saucerful of Secrets [Vinyl]” (1968 album), “Soundtrack from the Film ‘More’ [Vinyl]” (1969 album), “Ummagumma [Vinyl]” (1970 album; Read here) |
(Pink Floyd / Warner / Columbia) |
| Sly & The Family Stone | “Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are | The Warner Bros. Recordings” (22-song compilation, originally released by Rhino Handmade) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| Thompson Twins | “Into the Gap (Collector’s Edition) [Vinyl]” (1984 album; remastered and pressed on blue vinyl) | (Weatherbox) |
| The Traveling Wilburys | “The Traveling Wilburys Collection” (two-CD, one-DVD combo; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl) | (Concord) |
| James Blood Ulmer | “Free Lancing” (1981 album; Hear here) | (Wounded Bird, June 7) |
| Various artists | “Magic Moments: The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection” (three CDs, 75 songs) | (U.K. – Rhino) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Rock Ballads” (three CDs, 57 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – NOW) |
| Various artists | “40 Years of Stony Plain” (three CDs, 47 songs) | (Stony Plain) |
| Loudon Wainwright III | “The Atlantic Recordings” (his first two albums, from 1970 and 1971, with a bonus track, “Drinking Song”) | (Real Gone Music) |
| André Watts | “The Complete Columbia Album Collection” (12-CD box set) | (Sony Classical) |
| White Zombie | “White Zombie: It Came from N.Y.C.” (three-CD box set of songs from its early underground noise-rock days, with a 108-page hardcover book; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Numero Group) |
| Edgar Winter | “The Definitive Collection” (two CDs, 30 songs, including “Free Ride” and “Frankenstein”) | (Real Gone Music) |
More Releases for June 3, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Slaid Cleaves | “Bonus Tracks Vol. 1” (demos, outtakes and alternate mixes from 2013’s “Still Fighting the War” sessions) | (Candy House Media) |
| Various artists | “Opera Gold – 100 Great Tracks” (Import Box Set, six CDs, 100 songs) | (Decca) |
More Digital Releases for June 3, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, et al | “Ghostbusters [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray]” (1984 film) | (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) |
| Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, et al | “Hail, Caesar! [DVD]” (two discs; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
| LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, John Amos, et al | “Roots: The Complete Original Series [Blu-ray]” | (Warner Home Video) |
| Bobby Cannavale, Paul Ben-Victor, Ray Romano, et al | “Vinyl: The Complete First Season [DVD]” (Blu-ray) | (HBO Home Video) |
| Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, et al | “Zootopia [Blu-ray + DVD]” (2016 film) |
(Walt Disney Studios) |
| Imagine Dragons | “Smoke + Mirrors Live [DVD / CD]” (filmed in July 2015 in Toronto; Blu-ray) |
(Eagle Rock) |
| The Rolling Stones | “Totally Stripped [DVD / CD]” (newly revised version of the documentary that was originally made to coincide with the release of The Rolling Stones Stripped album released in November 1995; Blu-ray / CD; Amazon-exclusive Deluxe 4 DVD + CD set and 4 Blu-ray + CD set) |
(Eagle Rock) |
| Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, et al | “Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series [Blu-ray]” | (Paramount) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Deep Purple | “The Deep Purple Family: Year by Year, Volume One (to 1979)” (Paperback; author: Martin Popoff) | (Wymer Publishing) |
| David Hepworth | “Never a Dull Moment: 1971 – The Year That Rock Exploded” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Henry Holt and Co.) |
| Clinton Heylin | “Anarchy in the Year Zero: The Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Class of ’76” (Hardcover) | (Route Publishing) |
| Jensen Karp (aka “Hot Karl”) | “Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a Jewish Rapper Who Almost Made It Big” (Hardcover; Kindle) | (Crown Archetype) |
| Dolly Parton | “Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton: A Biography” (Paperback; author: Stephen Miller) |
(The Overlook Press) |
Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Aksys Games / Arc System Works | “Guilty Gear Xrd – Revelator” (PlayStation 4; PlayStation 3) | (June 7) |
| Epic Games / Sony | “Paragon” (PlayStation 4) | (June 7) |
Next Week: June 10, 2016
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