New Releases: May 21, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Pop Evil | “Versatile” (new single: “Set Me Free”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with five bonus songs; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(eOne Music) |
| 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; 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) » 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Erika de Casier | “Sensational” (new single: “Polite”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(4AD) |
| Bob Malone (keyboardist for John Fogerty since 2011) | “Good People” (new single: “My Friends and I”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Delta Moon) |
| Billie Marten | “Flora Fauna” (first single: “Garden of Eden”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(IMPERIAL Music / Fiction) |
| Monster Magnet | “A Better Dystopia” (covers album; first single: “Mr. Destroyer”; See here; Read here; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Napalm) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| 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) |
| 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) |
Next Week: May 28, 2021
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