New Releases: May 19, 2017
New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Emily Barker | “Sweet Kind of Love” (recorded at the Memphis studio Sam Phillips Recording Service; producer: Matt Ross-Spang; first single: “Sister Goodbye”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(Everyone Sang / Kartel Music Group) |
| B Boys | “Dada” (first single: “Energy”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Captured Tracks) |
| Selwyn Birchwood (Tampa blues star) | “Pick Your Poison” (producer: Birchwood; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Alligator) |
| Blond Ambition (L.A.-based musician Brian Harding) | “Slow All Over” (See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Swoon City Music) |
| Chastity Brown (Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter) | “Silhouette of Sirens” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Red House) |
| The Builders and the Butchers (Portland, Ore.-based Americana band) | “The Spark” (first single: “Casket Lands”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; On Tour) |
(Badman Recording Co.) |
| Bullet Height (Berlin-based electronic-rock duo) | “No Atonement” (Hear here) |
(Superball Music) |
| !!! (Chk Chk Chk) | “Shake the Shudder” (producer: Patrick Ford; guests: Meah Pace, Nicole Fayu, Cameron Mesirow, Molly Schnick, Lea Lea; first single: “The One 2”; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Warp) |
| The Como Mamas (soul/gospel trio) | “Move Upstairs” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes) |
(Daptone) |
| DragonForce | “Reaching Into Infinity” (producer: Jens Bogren; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Metal Blade) |
| Scout Durwood (actress-comedian-singer) | “Take One Thing Off” (producer: Dave Darling; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Blue Élan) |
| Erasure | “World Be Gone” (producers: Erasure; Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Mute) |
| Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G. | “The King & I” (duets album featuring unreleased Biggie vocals with original productions by DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Stevie J, Salaam Remi, Chucky Thompson, Puff Daddy, etc.; guests: Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Styles P, Lil Cease, Sheek Louch, 112, Lil Kim; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Rhino) |
| Fastball | “Step Into Light” (their first album in six years; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; eBay) |
(33 1/3) |
| Gothic Tropic (L.A. indie rock band) | “Fast or Feast” (See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Old Flame) |
| Nick Hakim | “Green Twins” (first single: “Bet She Looks Like You”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ATO) |
| Honey West | “Bad Old World” ( (NYC guitar-rock band led by Foreigner/King Crimson co-founder Ian McDonald and Shakespearean thespian Ted Zurkowski of The Actors Studio; first single: “Dementia”; Hear here; See here; Download) | (Readout) |
| Jade Jackson | “Gilded” (producer: Mike Ness; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Jlin (Gary, Ind., electronic producer) | “Black Origami” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3) |
(Planet Mu) |
| Kaleido (Detroit rock quintet) | “Experience” (new single: “Die Tryin'”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Luxor) |
| Pokey LaFarge | “Manic Revelations” (Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Rounder) |
| Land of Talk | “Life After Youth” (the Montreal indie-pop band’s first album in seven years; guests: Sharon Van Etten, Steve Shelley, Sal Maida; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Saddle Creek) |
| Left Lane Cruiser | “Claw Machine Wizard” (new single: “Booga Chaka”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Alive Naturalsound) |
| Linkin Park | “One More Light” (new single: “Heavy”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| Little Steven | “Soulfire” (his first solo album in two decades; first single; “Saint Valentine’s Day”; Hear here; Download) |
(Wicked Cool / UMe) |
| Los Straitjackets | “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love & Los Straitjackets” (Hear here; Vinyl; Merch) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Low Cut Connie | “Dirty Pictures (part 1)” (first single: “Revolution Rock n Roll”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Contender / Redeye) |
| The Mastersons | “Transient Lullaby” (Hear here; On Tour) |
(Red House) |
| Matisyahu | “Undercurrent” (first single: “Step Out Into the Light”; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Fallen Sparks / Thirty Tigers) |
| MisterWives (NYC indie-pop band) | “Connect the Dots” (producer: Butch Walker; first single: “Machine”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Photo Finish / Republic) |
| The Mountain Goats | “Goths” (producer: Brandon Eggleston; first single: “Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Merge) |
| OhBree (Philly 8-piece indie troupe) | “Burn Bridges, Burn Pies” (Hear here; On Tour) |
(OhBree) |
| Papa Roach | “Crooked Teeth” (new single: “Help”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; On Tour; Merch) |
(Eleven Seven Music) |
| Chris Price | “Stop Talking” (producer: Price; Hear here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Rammstein | “Rammstein: Paris” (two-CD concert, recorded and filmed in March 2012; CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray; Vinyl/CD/Blu-ray; Download; See here; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Spinefarm) |
| Rascal Flatts | “Back to Us” (first single: “Yours If You Want It”; See here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Big Machine) |
| Deb Talan (of The Weepies) | “Lucky Girl” (first single: “Growing Up”; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Nettwerk) |
| Tigers Jaw | “spin” (first single: “Guardian”; See here; Read here; Turquoise Vinyl, with digital download; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Black Cement / Atlantic) |
| Various artists | “Dirty Dancing (Original Television Soundtrack)” (musical TV film adaptation of the 1987 film of the same name premieres on ABC on May 24; cast includes Abigail Breslin, Colt Prattes, Nicole Scherzinger, Bruce Greenwood, Debra Messing, etc.; 17-song collection includes songs by American Authors feat. Lindsey Stirling, Seal, Lady Antebellum, Greyson Chance, Karmin, Bea Miller, Calum Scott; first single: “Be My Baby” by Bea Miller; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Download; iTunes) | (Virgin) |
| Various artists | “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (a new musical adaptation of “War and Peace,” featuring Josh Groban and Denée Benton; Hear/see here; Download; iTunes; On Broadway)  |
(Reprise) |
| Wavves | “You’re Welcome” (first streaming songs: “Daisy” and “You’re Welcome”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Ghost Ramp) |
| Thomas Wynn and The Believers (Orlando rock group) | “Wade Waist Deep” (Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Mascot Label Group) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| David Archuleta (“American Idol” alum) | “Orion” (four-song EP; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Archie Music) |
| Bonzie (Chicago singer/multi-instrumentalist Nina Ferraro) | “Zone on Nine” (producers: Ferraro, Jonathan Wilson, Ali Chant; Hear here) |
(Beevine) |
| In Urgency (Southern California rock quartet) | “Painting Parallels” (producer: Daniel Wonacott; Hear here) |
(In Urgency, May 23) |
| PSY | “PSY 8th 4X2=8” (guests: Lee Sungkyoung, B.I & Bobby, G-Dragon, Tablo; Hear here) |
(YG Entertainment) |
| Snoop Dogg | “Neva Left” (producers: The Futuristics, Rick Rock, Battle Cat, Big Bub, K-Camp, Mars, Carlos, etc.; Hear here; Read here; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Doggy Style / eOne Music) |
| Vince Staples | “Big Fish” (Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Def Jam) |
More Digital Releases for May 19, 2017 »
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| William Bell | “Stax Classics” |
(Stax) |
| blink-182 | “California (Deluxe Edition)” (2016 album; remastered, with 11 new studio tracks and an acoustic version of “Bored To Death”; Vinyl Deluxe Edition; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Peter Cetera | “The Very Best of Peter Cetera” |
(Varèse Sarabande) |
| The Dramatics | “Stax Classics” |
(Stax) |
| Haircut One Hundred | “Paint and Paint (Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album, their first and only album after lead singer Nick Heyward left in early 1983; remastered; two-CD features with bonus tracks, nine development mixes and four BBC session tracks; Read here) |
(Cherry Red) |
| Rob Halford | “The Complete Albums Collection” (14-CD box set) |
(Epic / Legacy) |
| Isaac Hayes | “Stax Classics” |
(Stax) |
| Jethro Tull | “Songs From the Wood (40th Anniversary Edition) – The Country Set” (1977 album; remastered; three-CD, two-DVD box set, featuring the original album remixed to stereo and 5.1 surround by Steven Wilson; includes unreleased songs and alternative versions, plus a November 1977 U.S. concert; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Wynton Kelly Trio / Wes Montgomery | “Smokin’ In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse (Deluxe Edition)” (previously unreleased live sets from April 1966) |
(Resonance) |
| Albert King | “Stax Classics” |
(Stax) |
| The Kooks | “The Best Of … So Far” (19 tracks; new single: “Be Who You Are”; Hear/read here; Download; iTunes) |
(Astralwerks) |
| Lyle Lovett | “Greatest Hits” (15 songs; On Tour; Merch) |
(Curb) |
| Thelonious Monk | “Les liaisons dangereuses 1960” (previously unreleased soundtrack to Roger Vadim’s out-of-print 1960 French film; two CDs; Read here; eBay; Merch) |
(Resonance) |
| Odyssey | “Going Back To My Roots: The Best of Odyssey” (two CDs, 30 songs) |
(Music Club Deluxe) |
| Pointer Sisters | “Automatic: The Best of Pointer Sisters” (two CDs, 36 songs) |
(Music Club Deluxe) |
| Artur Schnabel | “Artur Schnabel – The RCA Victor Recordings” (two CDs, 15 songs) |
(Sony Classical) |
| The Staple Singers | “Stax Classics” |
(Stax) |
| Johnnie Taylor | “Stax Classics” |
(Stax) |
| The Three Degrees | “When Will I See You Again: The Best of The Three Degrees” (two CDs, 31 songs) |
(Music Club Deluxe) |
| Various artists | “Ambience: 63 Nuggets From The Cramps’ Record Vault” (Read here) | (U.K. – Righteous / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “Easy Listening Classics” (10-CD, 152-song box set; Track list) | (Time Life) |
| Various artists | “Singles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Deluxe Edition” (1992 album; remastered, with an 18-song second CD; Vinyl; Download) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “Spaced Out: The Story of Mushroom Records” (two CDs, 46 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Grapefruit / Cherry Red) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Shirelles | “Happy and in Love” (1971 album), “The Shirelles” (1972 album; with one bonus track) |
(RCA / Legacy) |
More Digital Releases for May 19, 2017 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Label/studio: |
| Frank Sinatra | “The Timex Shows Vol. 1 (The Frank Sinatra Timex Show / An Afternoon With Frank Sinatra) [DVD],” “The Timex Shows Vol. 2 (To The Ladies / Welcome Home Elvis) [DVD]” |
(Eagle Rock) |
| Wendy O. Williams & The Plasmatics | “Plasmatics Live! Rod Swenson’s Lost Tapes 1978-81 [DVD]” |
(Pandemonium) |
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