New Releases: May 12, 2017
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Zac Brown Band | “Welcome Home” (first single: “My Old Man”; Hear here; Read here; MP3; On Tour; Merch)   |
(Southern Ground / Atlantic) |
| Don Bryant (co-wrote “I Can’t Stand the Rain” with wife Ann Peebles) | “Don’t Give Up On Love” (the Memphis soul great/Hi Records alum’s first album in decades; producers: Scott Bomar of the Bo-Keys, Bruce Watson; first single: “How Do I Get There?”; Hear/read here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Fat Possum) |
| Dreamcar (No Doubt members Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young with AFI frontman Davey Havok) | “Dreamcar” (producer: Tim Pagnotta; first single: “Kill for Candy”; See here; MP3; On Tour) | (PLOF, LLC / Columbia) |
| Juanes | “Mis planes son amarte” (CD/DVD combo; See here; On Tour) |
(Universal Music Latino) |
| Kobra and the Lotus (Canadian hard rockers) | “Prevail I” (producer: Jacob Hansen; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Napalm) |
| Los Colognes (Nashville rock quintet) | “The Wave” (first single: “Flying Apart”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Big Deal Media / Thirty Tigers) |
| LeToya Luckett | “Back 2 Life” (the former Destiny’s Child member’s first album in eight years; guest: Ludacris; first single: “Back 2 Life”; See here) |
(eOne Music) |
| Machine Gun Kelly | “Bloom” (guests: Hailee Steinfeld, Camila Cabello, Ty Dolla $ign, James Arthur, Quavo, DubXX; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Bad Boy / Interscope) |
| Janiva Magness | “Blue Again” (six-song EP featuring covers of Bo Diddley, Freddie King, Etta James, Nina Simone, etc.; producer: Dave Darling; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) |
(Blue Élan / Fathead) |
| Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, et al | “Hello, Dolly! (The New Broadway Cast Recording)” (opens April 20 at Shubert Theatre; See here; NPR First Listen; MP3) |
(Masterworks Broadway) |
| Rick Monroe | “Gypsy Soul” (six-song EP; producer: Sean Giovanni; guests: Kristen Rogers, Peter Keys, Jerry Roe; first single: “This Side of You”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(MRG) |
| New Kids on the Block | “Thankful” (five-song EP; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with one bonus track, “We Were Here”; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(NKOTB Music, Llc) |
| Paramore | “After Laughter” (former drummer Zac Farro returns; producers: Justin Meldal-Johnsen, guitarist Taylor York; first single: “Hard Times”; See here; Read here; MP3; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Fueled By Ramen) |
| Passafire | “Longshot” (Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Easy Star) |
| PWR BTTM (punk duo) | “Pageant” (first single: “Big Beautiful Day”; See here; MP3; Cassette; iTunes) |
(Polyvinyl) |
| Todd Rundgren | “White Knight” (guests: Donald Fagen, Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, Joe Walsh, Bettye LaVette, Joe Satriani, Moe Berg, etc.; Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Cleopatra) |
| Seether | “Poison the Parish” (producer: frontman Shaun Morgan; first single: “Let You Down”; See here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Canine Riot / Concord Music Group) |
| Harry Styles | “Harry Styles” (producers: Alex Salibian, Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon; first single: “Sign of the Times”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Target-Exclusive CD, with 32-page booklet; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Columbia) |
| Various artists | “American Epic: The Soundtrack” (the PBS film series, on the roots of American music, premieres May 16; presented by T Bone Burnett, narrator Robert Redford and Jack White and directed by Bernard MacMahon; “American Epic: The Sessions,” in which contemporary artists use equipment from the 1920s to record music, is due June 9; Hear/see here; Vinyl; MP3; DVD; Blu-ray), “American Epic: The Collection” (box set) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “The Bob’s Burgers Music Album” (double album contains 112 songs from the first 107 episodes of the animated series; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Colored Vinyl, with autographed poster; Target-Exclusive CD, with six collectible character trading cards; MP3; iTunes) | (Sub Pop) |
| Various artists | “A Bronx Tale: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (featuring a score by Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater, with co-direction by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks, and choreography by Tony nominee Sergio Trujillo; cast includes Nick Cordero, Richard H. Blake, Bobby Conte Thornton, Ariana DeBose, etc.; Hear here; MP3; On Broadway) | (Ghostlight) |
| Various artists | “Dreamgirls (Original London Cast Recording)” (featuring “Listen,” a new song written for the 2006 film and added for this production; cast includes Amber Riley, Liisi LaFontaine and Adam J. Bernard; See here; On the West End) | (Sony Masterworks Broadway) |
| Various artists | “How to Be a Latin Lover (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (comedy film, which opens April 28, stars Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch, etc.; See here; Fandango) | (Nacional) |
| Warrant | “Louder Harder Faster” (producer: Jeff Pilson; See here; MP3; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Paul Weller | “A Kind Revolution” (producers: Jan “Stan” Kybert, Weller; guests: Boy George, PP Arnold, Madeleine Bell, Robert Wyatt, Josh McClorey; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Parlophone) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Natalie Bouloudis (U.K. singer-songwriter) | “Dead Sea Scripts” (six-song EP; second single: “Firebird”; Hear here) |
(Natalie Bouloudis) |
| Carnival Club (Manchester, U.K., rock quartet) | “Magdalena’s Cape” (five-song EP; producer: Kev Carroll; Hear here) | (Demolition Diner) |
| Jonathan Cavier (Phoenix-based pop-rock singer-songwriter) | “Blue Room” (first single: “When You Come Around”; Hear here) |
(Peah Candle Flame) |
| Febueder (English alt-pop trio) | “From an Album” (five-song EP; new single: “Shapeshifter”; Hear here; See here) |
(Febueder) |
| Gemmy | “Bamboozled” (four-song EP; Hear here) |
(World of Wonders) |
| Ingrid Michaelson | “Alter Egos” (five-song EP; guests: Sara Bareilles, Tegan and Sara, AJR, John Paul White, Lucius; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Cabin 24) |
| Marco Pavé | “Welcome to Grc Lnd” (guests: James Hatley, Idaly Maceano, Zandria F. Robinson, Dana Ashbury, Big Baby, Casher, Thank Aaron, Preauxx, Jason da Hater, Juju Bushman, Ralph Calhoun, Keedran “TNT” Franklin; NPR First Listen; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Radio Rahim Music, LLC) |
| Raging Fire | “These Teeth Are Sharp” (the Nashville-based alt-rockers’ first album since their 1986 debut; producer: Mike Purcell; Hear/read here) |
(Raging Fire) |
| Roadcase Royale (led by Nancy Wilson of Heart and former New Power Generation member Liv Warfield) | “Not Giving Up” (second single; at this time, the band has no plans for a full EP or album; Hear here) |
(Roadcase, LLC) |
| Smith & Thell (Swedish pop/folk duo) | “Soulprints” (guest: Andreas Moe; Hear here; See here; iTunes) |
(Playground Music) |
| Nico Wade (Atlanta hip-hop artist) | “Kingpin” (producer: Wade; guest: Kilo G; first single: “My Money”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Get N Money, May 16) |
More Digital Releases for May 12, 2017 »
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Allman Brothers Band | “The Fox Box” (eight-CD box set of their Sept. 24-26, 2004, shows at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta) |
(Peach) |
| Bobby Darin | “Things: The Bobby Darin Singles Collection 1956-1962” (two CDs, 64 songs; Read here) |
(Jasmine) |
| Dion | “Kickin’ Child: 1965 Columbia Recordings” (15-song folk-rock collection, never released in its intended form; producer: Tom Wilson; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Norton) |
| Dan Fogelberg | “Live at Carnegie Hall” (two CDs, 26 songs, recorded in 1979; Hear here; Read here; MP3; iTunes) |
(Nether Lands) |
| The Members | “The Virgin Years” (four-CD box set includes the albums “At the Chelsea Nightclub,” “1980 – The Choice Is Yours” and “The BBC Sessions” and 11 previously unreleased studio demos) |
(Caroline International) |
| Mormon Tabernacle Choir | “Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Friends” (an 11-song collection of past performances with Sting, James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, Amy Grant, David Foster, etc.) |
(Columbia) |
| Redbone | “Already Here / Wovoka / Beaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes” (1972, 1973 and 1974 albums on two CDs; remastered) |
(BGO) |
| Melvin Sparks | “Live At Nectar’s” (recorded at the Burlington, Vt., club on Dec. 30, 2010, just a few months before the soul-jazz guitarist’s death) |
(One Note) |
| Various artists | “Sing It High, Sing It Low: Tumbleweed Records 1971-1973” (10-song collection; Vinyl) | (Light in the Attic) |
More Releases for May 12, 2017 »
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