| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Marc Anthony | “OPUS” (his first new album in six years; producer: Sergio George; new single: “Parecen Viernes”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Magnus Media / Sony Latin Music) |
| Rodney Atkins | “Caught Up in the Country” (guests: wife Rose Falcon, Fisk Jubilee Singers; new single: “My Life”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Curb) |
| Bear Hands | “Fake Tunes” (producer: Christopher Chu of POP ETC; guest: Ursula Rose; new single: “Reptilians”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with twenty one pilots) |
(Spensive Sounds) |
| Charly Bliss | “Young Enough” (producer: Joe Chiccarelli; first single: “Capacity”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Barsuk) |
| A.A. Bondy | “Enderness” (the former Verbena lead singer’s first album in eight years; new single: “Fentanyl Freddy”; See here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Fat Possum) |
| Ciara | “Beauty Marks” (guests: Kelly Rowland, Macklemore, Tekno; new single: “Thinkin Bout You”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Beauty Marks Entertainment) |
| Clinic | “Wheeltappers and Shunters” (first single: “Rubber Bullets”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Domino) |
| Daddy Long Legs | “Lowdown Ways” (producer: Jimmy Sutton; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Mac DeMarco | “Here Comes the Cowboy” (first single: “Nobody”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Mac’s Record Label) |
| The Get Up Kids | “Problems” (their first album in eight years; producer: Peter Katis; first single: “Satellite”; See here; Vinyl, with download card; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Polyvinyl) |
| Sammy Hagar & The Circle | “Space Between” (band includes Hagar’s former Van Halen bandmate Michael Anthony; producers: Jaimeson Durr, Hagar, guitarist Vic Johnson; first single: “Trust Fund Baby”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Tim Hecker | “Anoyo” (a companion album to last year’s “Konoyo”; first single: “That world”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Kranky) |
| Howard Jones | “Transform” (his first studio album in nearly a decade includes three collaborations with BT; producer: Jones; first single: “Beating Mr. Neg”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(BFD / The Orchard) |
| The Last Poets | “Transcending Toxic Times” (first single: “For the Millions”; Hear here; Read here; Download; iTunes) |
(Ropeadope) |
| Rosie Lowe | “YU” (producer: Dave Okumu; guests: Jay Electronica, Henry Wu, The P Funk Choir, Jamie Woon, Jamie Lidell, Jordan Rakei, Kwabs; new single: “Birdsong”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Wolf Tone / Caroline International) |
| Maps | “Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.” (the Mercury Prize-nominated composer/producer’s first album since 2014; new single: “Both Sides”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Mute) |
| The Mystery Lights | “Too Much Tension!” (new single: “I’m So Tired (of Living in the City)”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Wick / Daptone) |
| Newsboys | “United” (producers: Peter Furler, Geoff Duncan; new single: “Only the Son [Yeshua]”; Hear here; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Fair Trade Services / Columbia) |
| Parachute | “Parachute” (producer: Jacquire King; new single: “Ocean”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Parachute Music / Thirty Tigers) |
| POW! | “Shift” (first single: “Disobey”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Castle Face) |
| The Shootouts (Akron, Ohio-based vintage honky-tonk band) | “Quick Draw” (producers: Luca Benedetti, Jim Campilongo; first single: “If I Could”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (MRI / Megaforce) |
| The Skints | “Swimming Lessons” (guests: Protoje, Runkus, Jesse Royal; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Easy Star / Penny Drop Recordings) |
| Southern Avenue (Memphis-based quintet) | “Keep On” (producer: Johnny Black; recorded at Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis; guests: William Bell, bassist Gage Markey and a horn section of Art Edmaiston and Marc Franklin; new single: “Whiskey Love”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Concord) |
| Dionne Warwick | “She’s Back” (includes a new version of “What the World Needs Now Is Love”; producer: son Damon Elliot; guests: Musiq Soulchild, Kenny Lattimore, Krayzie Bone; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Kind Music / eOne Music) |
| Whitesnake | “Flesh & Blood” (first single: “Shut Up & Kiss Me”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Jamila Woods | “LEGACY! LEGACY!” (song titles are named after influential figures like Eartha Kitt, James Baldwin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sun Ra, etc.; producers: oddCouple, Peter Cottontale, Slot-A; guests: Saba, Nico Segal, Nitty Scott, etc.; new single: “ZORA”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Jagjaguwar) |
| Chely Wright | “Revival” (five-song EP; producers: Wright, Jeremy Lister; first single: “Say the Word”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Painted Red Music Group / MRI) |
More Releases for May 10, 2019 »
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Alf Hale (singer-songwriter from Bath, U.K.) | “The Rainy Season” (Hear here; iTunes) |
(Alf Hale) |
| Holly Herndon | “PROTO” (created with an A.I. called “Spawn” she created on a “DIY souped-up gaming PC”; guests: Lily Anna Hayes, Jenna Sutela, Martine Syms, Jlin; first single: “Eternal”; See here; CD, out May 17; iTunes; On Tour) |
(4AD) |
| Logic | “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” (Read here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Visionary / Def Jam) |
| Rebekah Pulley | “The Sea of Everything” (Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Lucky Bird, May 15) |
| Shaggy | “Wah Gwaan?!” (guests: Rayvon, Alexander Stewart, Gene Noble, Noah Powa, Stacy Bartha, Shenseea, Nicky Jam, Nyanda; new single: “You”; See here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(The Cherrytree Music Company / Brooklyn Knights Entertainment / 300 Entertainment) |
More Digital Releases for May 10, 2019 »
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Cilla Black | “Cilla / In My Life” (1965 and 1974 albums on two CDs; remastered, with 27 bonus tracks), “Sher-oo! / Modern Priscilla” (1968 and 1967 albums on two CDs; remastered, with 21 bonus tracks) |
(SFE / Cherry Red) |
| Anita Bryant | “The Anita Bryant Collection 1958-62” (two CDs, 56 songs; Download) |
(Acrobat) |
| Sammy Kaye | “The Sammy Kaye Collection 1937-53” (three CDs, 72 songs; Download) |
(Acrobat) |
| The Ramsey Lewis Trio | “The Early Years 1956-59” (two CDs, 37 songs; Download) |
(Acrobat) |
| Frankie Newton | “The Frankie Newton Collection 1929-46” (three CDs, 69 songs; Download) |
(Acrobat) |
| Shirley and Lee | “The Complete Singles As & Bs 1952-62” (two CDs, 62 songs; Download) |
(Acrobat) |
| Esperanza Spalding | “12 Little Spells” (2018 album, first released digitally last October; now expanded with four bonus tracks; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
(Concord) |
| Leroy Van Dyke | “The Complete Releases 1956-62” (two CDs, 40 songs; Download) |
(Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “Holding Things Together: The Merle Haggard Songbook” (24-song compilation, featuring covers of Haggard songs by Jerry Lee Lewis, Grateful Dead, Tammy Wynette, Dean Martin, Bettye Swann, etc.; Hear/read here) |
(Ace) |
| Various artists | “Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival” (five-CD, 50-song box set; Read here; Download) | (Smithsonian Folkways) |
More Releases for May 10, 2019 »
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Michael Franti | “Stay Human [DVD]” (2018 documentary, directed by Franti; Prime Video; See here; On Tour) |
(Cinedigm) |
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