New Releases: May 21, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Sara Bareilles | “Amidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl” (recorded in November 2019; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW  |
(Epic) |
| Bill & the Belles | “Happy Again” (producer: Teddy Thompson; new single: “Blue So Blue”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ditty Boom / Free Dirt Service Co.) |
| CHAI (Japanese quartet of identical twins) | “WINK” (producers: Mndsgn, YMCK; new single: “ACTION”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sub Pop) |
| Paula Cole | “American Quilt” (producer: Cole; new single: “Wayfaring Stranger”; Hear here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Renew / BMG Rights Management) |
| The Devil Wears Prada | “ZII” (five-song EP; new single: “Termination”; See here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Solid State) |
| Micky Dolenz | “Dolenz Sings Nesmith” (Dolenz’s first solo studio album in nine years features 13 covers of Mike Nesmith-penned songs, including “Different Drum,” “Circle Sky” and “Tapioca Tundra”; the CD contains a bonus track, “Grand Ennui”; producer: Mike’s son Christian Nesmith; Turquoise Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(7a) |
| Robert Finley | “Sharecropper’s Son” (producer: Dan Auerbach; new single: “Souled Out On You”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Easy Eye Sound) |
| Nnenna Freelon | “Time Traveler” (covers album includes a medley of Marvin Gaye hits; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Origin) |
| John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | “Leftover Feelings” (first single: “All the Lilacs in Ohio”; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Autographed Black Splatter Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| Mat Kearney | “January Flower” (new single: “Powerless”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Tomorrow Music) |
| Lambchop | “Showtunes” (first single: “A Chef’s Kiss”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Merge) |
| Travis Linville (Oklahoma troubadour) | “I’m Still Here” (producer: JD McPherson; guests: Hayes Carll, John Fullbright, Jacob Tovar; first single: “I’m Still Here”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Black Mesa) |
| Lord Huron | “Long Lost” (new single: “Mine Forever”; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Whispering Pines Studios Inc. / Republic) |
| Mdou Moctar | “Afrique Victime” (producer: bassist Mikey Coltun; new single: “Tala Tannam”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Matador) |
| Monster Magnet | “A Better Dystopia” (an album of obscure psychedelic cover songs; See here; Vinyl; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Napalm) |
| Gary Numan | “Intruder” (a companion piece to his 2017 album “Savage [Songs From a Broken World]”; new single: “I Am Screaming”; See here; Read here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| P!nk | “All I Know So Far: Setlist” (live album recorded during her Beautiful Trauma World Tour in 2019, with 80-page zine; Download) » BUY NOW |
(RCA) |
| Reigning Sound | “A Little More Time with Reigning Sound” (the Memphis band’s first album since 2014; Hear/Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Merge) |
| Gruff Rhys | “Seeking New Gods” (new single: “Loan Your Loneliness”; See here; Green Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rough Trade) |
| Olivia Rodrigo | “SOUR” (featuring “drivers license” and “deja vu”; producer: Dan Nigro; Vinyl, out Aug. 20; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Geffen / Interscope) |
| Allison Russell (of Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago) | “Outside Child” (producer: Dan Nobler; guests: The McCrary Sisters, Yola, Erin Rae; new single: “Nightflyer”; See here; Orange Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Fantasy / Concord) |
| Blake Shelton | “Body Language” (his first studio album in nearly four years; guests: wife Gwen Stefani, The Swons; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Warner Nashville) |
| Sunroof (Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones) | “Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 1” (first single: “1.1 – 7.5.19”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(The Parallel Series / Mute) |
| Tooth and Claw | “Dream of Ascension” (metallic hardcore band’s debut album; first single: “Your Crucifixion”; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Good Fight Music) |
| Mike Tramp (ex-White Lion singer) | “Everything Is Alright” (new single: “Everything Is Alright”; See here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Target) |
| twenty one pilots | “Scaled and Icy” (new single: “Shy Away”; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; Deezer; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Fueled By Ramen) |
| Upper Lip (Maltese hard rock group) | “Deep Within” (producer: David Vella; new single: “Keep Going”; See here; Download) » BUY NOW | (Pride & Joy Music) |
| VOLA (Danish-Swedish quartet) | “Witness” (producers: VOLA; mixed by Jacob Hansen; new single: “Straight Lines”; See here; Glow in the Dark Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mascot) |
| Waterparks | “Greatest Hits” (17 songs; new single: “Snow Globe”; See here; Glow in the Dark Green Vinyl; Tangerine Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(300 Entertainment) |
| We Were Sharks | “New Low” (new single: “Problems”; See here; Cream Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Revival Recordings) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jon Allen | “… meanwhile” (new single: “Hold On”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(OK!Good) |
| August Burns Red | “Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition” (the band has re-recorded its 2011 album, with special guests, new guitar solos, alternate tunings, etc.; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(ABR Records) |
| Biig Piig | “The Sky Is Bleeding” (six-song EP; first single: “Lavender”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(RCA) |
| CLOVES (Australian-born, London-based artist Kaity Dunstan) | “Nightmare on Elmfield Road” (producers: Clarence “Coffee” Jr, Detonate, Hudson Mohawke, Jake Portrait; new single: “Nightmare”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Interscope) |
| Counting Crows | “Butter Miracle Suite One” (four-song EP; their first new material since 2014; new single: “Elevator Boots”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Erika de Casier | “Sensational” (new single: “Polite”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(4AD) |
| Disturbios (NYC art-rockers) | “Disturbios” (new singles: “Surf Gnossienne” and “Summer Loves”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Midnight Cruiser) |
| Dive Index | “Refolded: Waving At Airplanes Remixes” (guests: Natalie Walker, Merz; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Neutral Music) |
| Sinéad Harnett | “Ready Is Always Too Late” (guests: EARTHGANG, Masego, VanJess, Lucky Daye; new single: “Hard 4 Me 2 Love You”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Thairish Limited / The Orchard) |
| Chrissie Hynde | “Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan” (recorded last year during the lockdown with her Pretenders bandmate, James Walbourne; mixed by Tchad Blake; CD and Vinyl out Aug. 20; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Koo Koo Kanga Roo | “Slow Cap” (producer: Lazerbeak; guests: Murs, Mega Ran, Sims; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Uniroo) |
| Livingmore (L.A. alt-rock quartet) | “Take Me” (new single: “Got Me Feelin’ Like”; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Nomada Eel) |
| Bob Malone (keyboardist for John Fogerty since 2011) | “Good People” (new single: “My Friends and I”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Delta Moon) |
| Mannequin Pussy | “Perfect” (five-song EP; new single: “Perfect”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Epitaph) |
| Billie Marten | “Flora Fauna” (first single: “Garden of Eden”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(IMPERIAL Music / Fiction) |
| Audrey Nuna | “a liquid breakfast” (guests: Jack Harlow, Saba; new single: “Blossom”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Arista) |
| Patrick Paige II (producer, multi-instrumentalist and The Internet bassist) | “If I Fail Are We Still Cool?” (guests: Steve Lacy, Allen Love, Durand Bernarr, Westside Mcfly, Ohana Bam, etc.; new single: “Whisper [Want My Luv]”; See here; CD and Vinyl out July 30; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Fat Possum) |
| Pop Evil | “Versatile” (new single: “Set Me Free”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with five bonus songs; Ruby w/Opaque White Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(eOne Music) |
| STACEY (L.A.-based indie pop singer-songwriter) | “Saturn Return” (new single: “Strange [But I Like It]”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(STACEY) |
| Oliver Wood (co-founder of The Wood Brothers) | “Always Smilin'” (guests: Susan Tedeschi, Phil Cook, John Medeski, Phil Madeira, Tyler Greenwell, etc.; first single: “Fine Line”; Hear here; Vinyl, out July 9; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Honey Jar / Thirty Tigers) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Lefty Frizzell | “Saginaw Michigan / The Sad Side of Love / Puttin’ On” (1964, 1965 and 1967 albums on two CDs; remastered, with 16 bonus tracks) » BUY NOW |
(Morello) |
| My Bloody Valentine | “m b v” (2013 album; Vinyl; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(mbv / Domino) |
| The Palace Guard | “All Night Long: An Anthology 1965-1966” (12 songs) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Leo Sayer | “The Gold Collection” (three CDs, 54 songs; Hear here; Track List) » BUY NOW |
(Crimson / Demon Music Group) |
| Various artists | “A Revolution in Sound: Pop Culture and the Classical Avant-Garde” (four-CD capacity wallet box set; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(El / Cherry Red) |
More Releases for May 21, 2021 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Little Arrow | “Music. Masks & Poems (10 Year Anniversary)” (2011 album; with 18 bonus tracks; Hear here) » BUY NOW | (Bubblewrap Collective) |
| The Mavericks | “En Español (Edición Deluxe)” (2020 album; with three bonus tracks; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Mono Mundo Recordings) |
| The Tragically Hip | “Saskadelphia” (five previously unreleased tracks written in 1990 during the band’s “Road Apples” sessions in New Orleans, plus a live track, “Montreal [Live from The Molson Centre, Montreal, Dec 7th, 2000],” written at the same time, but for which the original recording has not been found; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Universal Music Canada / UMe) |
| Violent Femmes | “Add It Up (1981-1993)” (2006 compilation; 23 tracks; Vinyl; Merch; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
More Digital Releases for May 21, 2021 »
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