New Releases: March 22, 2019
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| American Football | “American Football (LP3)” (producer: Jason Cupp; guests: Haley Williams, Elizabeth Powell, Rachel Goswell; first single: “Silhouettes”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(Polyvinyl) |
| Bad Suns | “Mystic Truth” (producer: Dave Sardy; first single: “Away We Go” and “Hold Your Fire”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Epitaph) |
| Andrew Bird | “My Finest Work Yet” (new single: “Sisyphus”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Loma Vista Recordings / Concord) |
| Dale Ann Bradley | “The Hard Way” (Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Pinecastle) |
| Steven Curtis Chapman | “Deeper Roots: Where the Bluegrass Grows” (guests: Ricky Skaggs, Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox, Herb Chapman Sr., Herb Chapman Jr., Jillian Edwards Chapman, Caleb Chapman; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(SCSEE Music / New Day) |
| Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon | “Solstice” (all-star collaboration features Amy Helm, Amy LaVere, Birds of Chicago, Sharde Thomas and the Como Mamas; producer: Dickinson; new single: “Hallelujah (I’m a Dreamer]”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(New West) |
| Ex Hex (DC power trio) | “It’s Real” (producer: Jonah Takagi; new single: “Rainbow Shiner”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Merge) |
| Ibibio Sound Machine | “Doko Mien” (first single: “Tell Me [Doko Mien]”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Merge) |
| Lambchop | “This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)” (first single: “The December-ish You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Merge) |
| Dean Lewis | “A Place We Knew” (Australian singer-songwriter’s big-label debut album; producers: Edd Holloway, Nick Atkinson, John Castle, Dann Hume, Dylan Nash; new single: “7 Minutes”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Island) |
| Jenny Lewis (former Rilo Kiley frontwoman) | “On the Line” (her first album since 2014; guests: Beck, Ringo Starr, Ryan Adams, Don Was, Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner; first single: “Red Bull & Hennessy”; Read here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Warner) |
| Bill MacKay | “Fountain Fire” (first single: “Pre-California”; See here; Vinyl; iTunes) |
(Drag City) |
| Mötley Crüe | “The Dirt Soundtrack” (Netflix biopic based on the band’s 2001 tell-all book of the same name; includes four new songs by the legendary rockers, produced by Bob Rock; first single: “The Dirt [Est. 1981],” feat. Machine Gun Kelly, who stars as Tommy Lee in the film; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Mötley Records / Eleven Seven Music) |
| Carrie Newcomer | “The Point of Arrival” (Hear here; On Tour) |
(Available Light) |
| Orville Peck (masked outlaw country crooner) | “Pony” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sub Pop) |
| The Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman | “Open Road” (Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Peak / eOne Music) |
| Lucy Rose | “No Words Left” (producer: Tim Bidwell; first single: “Conversation”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Arts & Crafts) |
| Adam Sandler | “100% Fresh” (Netflix comedy special; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Warner) |
| Jack Savoretti | “Singing to Strangers” (“Touchy Situation” was co-written by Bob Dylan, and Kylie Minogue co-wrote “Music’s Too Sad Without You”; producer: Cam Blackwood; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Sleeper | “The Modern Age” (the Britpop group’s first new album in 21 years; first single: “Look At You Now”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Gorsky) |
| Strand of Oaks | “Eraserland” (guests: Jason Isbell, Emma Ruth Rundle; first single: “Weird Ways”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Dead Oceans) |
| Robin Trower | “Coming Closer to the Day” (first single: “Tide of Confusion”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| Wallows (L.A. indie rock trio) | “Nothing Happens” (producer: John Congleton; new single: “Scrawny”; Hear here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Atlantic) |
| Nilüfer Yanya (London singer-songwriter) | “Miss Universe” (producer: John Congleton; new single: “Tears”; NPR First Listen; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ATO) |
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More Releases for March 22, 2019 »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan (of Superchunk) | “New Rain Duets” (first single: “III”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Three Lobed Recordings) |
| Tyson Meade (former Chainsaw Kittens and Defenestration frontman) | “Robbing the Nuclear Family” (guests: Camper Van Beethoven’s David Immerglück, The Flaming Lips’ Matt Duckworth; new single: “Tiniest of Guys [Troy’s Theme]”; See here; Vinyl; iTunes) |
(Shaking Shanghai) |
| Parting Gift (U.K. shoegaze pop/rock quartet) | “Ensom” (five-song EP; new single: “Without Sin”; See here; iTunes) |
(Fearless) |
| Taali | “I Am Here” (guest: José James; new single: “Star”; See here; Vinyl; iTunes) |
(Rainbow Blonde) |
More Digital Releases for March 22, 2019 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Kate Bush | “The Other Sides” (four-CD compilation of B-sides, including her cover of Elton John’s “Rocket Man”; See here) |
(Rhino) |
| Aretha Franklin | “Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel [Vinyl]” (recorded at the New Bethel Baptist Church in 1956 when she just 14 years old) |
(Geffen / UMe) |
| Aretha Franklin | “Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings [Vinyl]” (1999 compilation; four-LP box set) |
(Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Iron & Wine | “Our Endless Numbered Days (Deluxe Edition)” (2004 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sub Pop) |
| John Lennon & Yoko Ono | “Wedding Album” (1969 album, reissued to mark their 50th wedding anniversary on March 20; remastered; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Chimera / Secretly Canadian) |
| Megadeth | “Warheads On Foreheads” (three-CD, 35-song anthology; Read here; Vinyl, four-LP box set; Download; iTunes; On Tour, opening for Ozzy Osbourne; Merch) |
(Capitol / UMe) |
| Van Morrison | “The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition)” (1997 album; three-CD set featuring the original album with 34 rare and previously unreleased studio tracks, including duets with Carl Perkins and John Lee Hooker, and Morrison’s live set at the Montreux Jazz Festival; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Exile / Legacy Recordings) |
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More Releases for March 22, 2019 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Randy Bachman | “Bachman [DVD]” (documentary written and directed by John Barnard; See here; Blu-ray) |
(FilmRise Releasing) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: March 29, 2019
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