New Releases: March 27, 2020
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini | “Illusion of Time” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music)  |
(Mute / Phantasy) |
| Rory Block | “Prove It On Me” (the second installment in her “Power Women of the Blues” series; producers: Block, Rob Davis; new single: “In My Girlish Days”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) |
(Stony Plain) |
| Basia Bulat | “Are You in Love?” (producer: Jim James; new single: “Your Girl”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Secret City) |
| Vanessa Carlton | “Love Is an Art” (producer: Dave Fridmann; new single: “The Only Way to Love”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Dine Alone) |
| Clem Snide | “Forever Just Beyond” (their first album in five years; producer: Scott Avett; first single: “Roger Ebert”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
(Ramseur / Thirty Tigers) |
| Brian Fallon | “Local Honey” (producer: Peter Katis; new single: “You Have Stolen My Heart”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Lesser Known / Thirty Tigers) |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | “CALM” (producer: Andrew Watt; new single: “No Shame”; Hear here; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with three extra songs, alternative cover and poster; Download; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, transparent blue; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
(Interscope) |
| Dana Gavanski | “Yesterday Is Gone” (producers: Gavanski, Sam Gleason, Mike Lindsay; new single: “Small Favours”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Damien Jurado) |
(Flemish Eye) |
| The Grahams | “Kids Like Us” (producers: the late Richard Swift, Dan Molad; new single: “Searching the Milky Way,” dedicated to Swift, who died in 2018; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(3 Sirens Music Group / RED MUSIC / The Orchard) |
| Lilly Hiatt | “Walking Proof” (producer: Lincoln Parish; guests: father John Hiatt, Amanda Shires, Aaron Lee Tasjan; first single: “Brightest Star”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(New West) |
| In This Moment | “Mother” (producer: Kevin Churko; guests: Lzzy Hale, Maria Brink, Taylor Momsen, Joe Cotela; new single: “As Above, So Below”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
(Roadrunner / Atlantic) |
| KIDZ BOP Kids | “KIDZ BOP Party Playlist!” (15 songs; Target-Exclusive CD, with a bonus sticker sheet; Walmart-Exclusive CD, with glitter temporary tattoos) |
(KIDZ BOP) |
| Knxwledge | “1988” (first singles: “dont be afraid” and “[bc] tm’s not promised”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Stones Throw) |
| Jim Lauderdale | “When Carolina Comes Home Again” (new single: “Cackalacky”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Linda Lavin | “Love Notes” (first single: “Stars Would Fall”; Download; Apple Music) |
(Club 44) |
| Little Dragon | “New Me, Same Us” (first single: “Hold On”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Ninja Tune) |
| Dua Lipa | “Future Nostalgia” (new single: “Physical”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| Magic Sword | “Endless” (first single: “Depths of Power”; Hear here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Matthews Southern Comfort | “The New Mine” (includes a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Ethiopia”; Amazon UK; On Tour) |
(MiG Music) |
| Me and That Man (dark-folk project led by Behemoth frontman Nergal) | “New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 1” (guests: Corey Taylor, Ihsahn, Matt Heafy, Brent Hinds, etc.; new single: “Surrender”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
(Napalm) |
| Mustangs of the West | “Time” (producer: Mark Howard; new single: “I Blame Love”; See here; Download; Apple Music) |
(Blue Élan) |
| Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | “Naked Garden” (new album features tracks recorded during sessions for the band’s previous LP, “Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)”; first single: “Civilized Hell [Alternate Version]”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Fantasy / Concord) |
| The Orb | “Abolition of the Royal Familia” (contributors: Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, Gong’s Miquette Giraudy, etc.; first single: “Pervitin [Empire Culling & The Hemlock Stone Version]”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Parkway Drive | “Viva the Underdogs” (recorded live at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Epitaph) |
| Pearl Jam | “Gigaton” (producers: Josh Evans, Pearl Jam; new single: “Superblood Wolfmoon”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour; Merch)  |
(Monkeywrench / Republic) |
| Jessie Reyez (Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter) | “BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US” (new single: “LOVE IN THE DARK”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with three extra songs; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Root Beer Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
(FMLY / Island) |
| Kim Richey | “A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer” (new recordings of her critically lauded 1999 album; producer: Doug Lancio; first single: “Hello Old Friend”; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Kandace Springs | “The Women Who Raised Me” (producer: Larry Klein; guests: Norah Jones, David Sanborn, Chris Potter, Christian McBride, Avishai Cohen, Elena Pinderhughes; new single: “Solitude”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Blue Note) |
| Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams | “Aporia” (new single: “The Unlimited”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
(Asthmatic Kitty) |
| The Suicide Machines | “Revolution Spring” (the ska-punk group’s first album in 15 years; producer: Less Than Jake’s Roger Lima; first single: “Awkward Always”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
(Fat Wreck Chords) |
| Tesla | “Five Man London Band” (June 2019 performance recorded at Abbey Road Studios; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Target; On Tour; Merch) |
(UMG Recordings / UMe) |
| Watermelon Slim | “Traveling Man” (18-song live album; producer: Watermelon Slim, Chris Hardwick; first single: “Scalemaster Blues”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) |
(NorthernBlues Music) |
| Waxahatchee | “Saint Cloud” (first single: “Fire”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Merge) |
More Releases for March 27, 2020 »
Other Notable Releases
“Lady Like,” Ingrid Andress (Warner Music Nashville)
“Thirties,” Jill Andrews (Vulture Vulture)
“Whistleman EP,” BEDOUIN (Human By Default)
“Diamonds,” The Birthday Massacre (Metropolis)
“Rollin’ On,” Jesse Daniel (Die True / Soundly Music)
“Blindsided,” Mark Erelli (Mark Erelli)
“Forge,” Fassine (Trapped Animal)
“The Caretaker,” Half Waif (ANTI- / Epitaph)
“State of Being,” IMONOLITH (IMONOLITH Music)
“Event Horizon,” Matinée (Neon Tetra)
“100% YES,” Melt Yourself Down (Decca)
“Debussy – Rameau,” Víkingur Ólafsson (Deutsche Grammophon)
“CHOOSE TO WORSHIP,” Rend Collective (Rend Collective)
“The Cormorant I & II,” San Fermin (Sony Masterworks)
“Good to Me,” Rhett Walker (Provident Music Group)
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jessi Alexander (country singer-songwriter co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb”) | “Decatur County Red” (producers: Alexander, Jon Randall, Leslie Richter; guest: Randy Houser; new single: “Mama Drank”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
(Lost Creek Music) |
| Serge Bulat (NYC-based electronic artist) | “Wurmenai” (producer: Bulat; guests: Miriam Garcia, Rumbo Tumba, Nino Errera, Pavel Vit, OYME, Michael Rfdshir; first single: “Foundations”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
(Serge Bulat, March 31) |
| Anthony da Costa | “Feet on the Dashboard” (producer: Kenneth Pattengale; engineered by Matt Ross-Spang; new single: “Not Every Lover”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
(AntiFragile Music) |
| FERR by Ferry Corsten | “As Above So Below” (guest: Geronimo Snijtsheuvel; new single: “Dark Water”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
(Flashover Recordings) |
| Hundreds (German electro-pop band) | “The Current” (new single: “Body of Water”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Embassy of Music) |
| Inquire Within (rock act from Snohomish, Wash.) | “Meditation for the Devil” (producer: Brett Larsen; first single: “I Can Fix the Sky”; See here; Apple Music) |
(Inquire Within, March 28) |
| PARTYNEXTDOOR | “PARTYMOBILE” (new single: “SPLIT DECISION”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) |
(OVO Sound / Warner) |
| Harry Stafford with Guitar Shaped Hammers | “Gothic Urban Blues” (producers: Stafford, Ding Archer; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out May 1; Apple Music) |
(Black Lagoon) |
| Various artists | “Sing Street (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (musical based on John Carney’s 2016 indie film opens in mid-April; producers: Gary Clark, Martin Lowe; first single: “Up”; See here; Read here; CD, out April 17) |
(Sony Masterworks Broadway) |
More Digital Releases for March 27, 2020 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Duane Allman & Gregg Allman | “Duane & Gregg” (September 1968 recording session for Scott Boyer, David Brown and ABB drummer Butch Trucks’ band the 31st of February; these demo sessions for their second, unreleased album feature probably the earliest versions of Gregg’s hit “Melissa,” and would be released as “Duane & Gregg” in May 1972; Vinyl) |
(Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) |
| Allman Joys (featuring Duane and Gregg Allman | “Allman Joys” (1966 album; remastered; Vinyl) |
(Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | “The Best of the Columbia & RCA/Vik Years (1956-1959)” (two-CD, 17-track set) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Brecker Brothers | “Live and Unreleased” (Hamburg show on July 2, 1980; Vinyl) |
(Leopard) |
| Bros | “Gold” (three CDs, 45 songs, including “When Will I Be Famous?” and “I Owe You Nothing”; See here; Gold Vinyl; Amazon UK) |
(Crimson Productions / Demon Music Group) |
| Jim Capaldi | “Open Your Heart: The Island Recordings 1972-1976” (newly remastered four-disc clamshell box set contains three CDs and a DVD of his appearances on BBC’s “Old Grey Whistle Test”; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| The Everly Brothers | “Down in the Bottom: The Country Rock Sessions 1966-1968” (three-CD, 59-song set includes the albums “The Hit Sound,” “The Everly Brothers Sing” and “Roots,” with bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(RPM) |
| Béla Fleck | “Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions” (three-CD, one-DVD set includes the new collaborative album “The Ripple Effect” with kora master Toumani Diabaté; first single: “Nashville”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Grateful Dead | “Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 2: Austin 11-15-71” (two-CD, 25-song set; HDCD sound mastered by Jeffrey Norman; Amazon UK; Merch) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Hour Glass | “Hour Glass” (1967 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Power of Love” (1968 album; remastered; Vinyl) |
(Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) |
| The Idle Race (Jeff Lynne’s pre-ELO band) | “Birthday Party (Expanded Edition)” (1968 album; remastered, with bonus alternative versions, stand-alone singles and the mono version taken from the original masters; Read here) |
(Grapefruit / Cherry Red) |
| Mojo Nixon | “The Mojo Manifesto: The Original Album Collection” (10-CD box set, with a DVD containing his music videos; Download) |
(Manifesto) |
| Ratt | “The Atlantic Years 1984-1990” (five albums in a five-CD clamshell set, with bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch) |
(HNE Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| The Shoes | “Elektrafied: The Elektra Years 1979-1982” (four-CD clamshell box set featuring the band’s three Elektra albums, along with pre-album demos, lost songs, alternate version and live recordings, plus a 32-page booklet; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Cherry Red) |
| Carly Simon | “No Secrets [Vinyl]” (1972 album, featuring “You’re So Vain” and “The Right Thing to Do”; remastered; See here) |
(Speakers Corner) |
| Sopwith Camel | “The Miraculous Hump Returns from the Moon [Vinyl]” (1973 album; remastered; marbled smoke vinyl edition) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Cat Stevens | “Matthew & Son [Vinyl]” (1967 album), “New Masters [Vinyl]” (1967 album; both reissues feature restored artwork and newly “de-mixed” re-enhanced mixes; Read here) |
(Decca / UMe) |
| Donna Summer | “Encore” (33-CD box set includes 17 studio albums, from “Lady of the Night” to 2008’s “Crayons,” plus live material, 7-inch single versions, 12-inch single versions, remixes, non-studio album singles and extended mixes, as well as 40-page 12″ by 12″ hardback book; Amazon UK) |
(Driven By the Music / Demon Music Group) |
| James Taylor | “Greatest Hits” (1976 compilation; remastered) |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Country: Songs of Inspiration Volume 2” (16 songs; Vinyl; Download) |
(NOW Music) |
| Various artists | “Pacific Northwest Juke Box” (11 rare and unissued tracks from the Garland Records catalog; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(BeatRocket / Sundazed Music) |
| Martha Veléz | “Fiends & Angels [Vinyl]” (1969 album; remastered; purple vinyl edition; guests: Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Christine McVie, Mitch Mitchell, Brian Auger, Johnny Almond, Jim Capaldi, Paul Kossoff, Stan Webb, Chris Wood; Amazon UK) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Andy Williams | “Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-1972” (20-song compilation; mastered from the tapes by Mike Piacentini at Sony’s Battery Studios) |
(Real Gone Music) |
More Releases for March 27, 2020 »
This Week’s Vinyl Releases » … Exclusive Urban Outfitters Vinyl » … Barnes & Noble »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Michael Hutchence | “Mystify: Michael Hutchence [DVD]” (2019 documentary, directed by Richard Lowenstein; See here; Blu-ray) |
(Shout! Factory, March 31) |
More Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases »
Next Week: April 3, 2020
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