New Releases: May 25, 2018
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Don Airey (Deep Purple keyboardist) | “One of a Kind” (Vinyl)  |
(earMUSIC) |
| Ari Roar (Dallas singer-songwriter Caleb Campbell) | “Calm Down” (first single: “Calm Down”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Bella Union) |
| J Balvin | “Vibras” (new singles: “Machika” and “Ahora”; See here; Read here; Download) |
(Universal Music Latino) |
| Biffy Clyro | “MTV Unplugged: Live At Roundhouse, London [CD/DVD]” (recorded on Nov. 8 last year; See here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| Rob Bonfiglio (a co-founding member of Wanderlust) | “Trouble Again” (On Tour) |
(Rob Bonfiglio) |
| Brownout (Austin-based band) | “Fear of a Brown Planet” (psych-funk covers of Public Enemy classics in instrumental form; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Fat Beats) |
| Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples | “Campfire” (producer: brother Nash Chambers; guest: Emmylou Harris; first single: “The Campfire Song”; See here; Download; On Tour) |
(Essence Music Group) |
| CHVRCHES (Scottish electro-pop trio) | “Love Is Dead” (producers: Greg Kurstin, Dave Stewart; first single: “Get Out”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Glassnote) |
| Jonathan Davis (KoRn frontman) | “Black Labyrinth” (first single: “What It Is”; See here) |
(Sumerian) |
| Lamont Dozier | “Reimagination” (the Motown songwriting legend covers his biggest hits, with guests Graham Nash, Todd Rundgren, Sir Cliff Richard, Gregory Porter, Rumer, Marc Cohn, Lee Ann Womack, Jo Harman; producer: Fred Mollin; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Goldenlane / Cleopatra) |
| Fortunate Ones (Canadian pop duo) | “Hold Fast” (producer: Daniel Ledwell; first single: “Northern Star”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Old Farm Pony) |
| Hoobastank | “Push Pull” (their first new music since 2012’s “Fight or Flight”; producer: Matt Wallace; first single: “More Beautiful”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Napalm) |
| Shawn Mendes | “Shawn Mendes” (guests: Julia Michaels, Khalid; first single: “In My Blood”; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Island) |
| Ian Moore | “Toronto” (Download; On Tour) |
(Last Chance) |
| The Nectars (New Jersey pop-punk quartet) | “Sci-Fi Television” (new single: “We Will Run”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(7Hz Productions) |
| Jeffrey Osborne | “Worth It All” (Osborne says the album, a return to his deep R&B roots, was inspired by the late great George Duke; producer: Osborne; Amazon UK; On Tour) |
(Artistry Music / Mack Avenue) |
| Otzeki (electronic duo) | “Binary Childhood” (new single: “Angry Fix”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Discophorus / Kobalt) |
| John Powell | “Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (score composed and adapted by Powell; Han Solo theme and original “Star Wars” music by John Williams; directed by Ron Howard, starring Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, etc.; See here; eBay; Merch; In Theaters, on May 25) |
(Walt Disney) |
| Xavier Rudd | “Storm Boy” (producer: Chris Bond; first single: “Walk Away”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; eBay; On Tour) |
(Nettwerk) |
| Shriekback | “Why Anything? Why This?” (first single: “And the Rain”; Hear here; eBay) |
(Shriek-Related Products) |
| Snow Patrol | “Wildness” (their first album of new material in seven years; producer: Jacknife Lee; first single: “Don’t Give In”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with five extra tracks; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Republic) |
| Spock’s Beard | “Noise Floor” (their 13th album marks the return of drummer Nick D’Virgilio, who originally left in 2011; Hear here; Download; eBay) |
(InsideOut Music) |
| Still Dreaming (Joshua Redman with Ron Miles, Scott Colley and Brian Blade) | “Still Dreaming” (the album is inspired by Redman’s father Dewey’s 1976–1987 band, Old and New Dreams; featuring six new compositions, plus a pair of songs composed by Old and New Dreams members Charlie Haden and Don Cherry; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Thunderpussy (Seattle all-female rock band) | “Thunderpussy” (new single: “Badlands”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Stardog / Republic) |
| Tracyanne & Danny (Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura and Crybaby’s Danny Coughlan) | “Tracyanne & Danny” (producers: Edwyn Collins, Tracyanne & Danny; first single: “Home & Dry”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Merge) |
| Jennifer Warnes | “Another Time, Another Place” (her first album since 2001; first single: “Just Breathe”; Amazon UK; Download) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Kamaal Williams | “The Return” (first single: “Salaam”; See here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download) |
(Black Focus) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Cheer-Accident (Chicago post-rock band) | “Fades” (first single: “Last But Not Lost”; Hear here; On Tour) |
(SKiN GRAFT / Redeye) |
| Corusco (Texas indie rockers) | “Wake” (producer: Aaron Gillespie; first single: “New Year”; See here; On Tour) |
(Corusco) |
| Andrew Duhon (New Orleans singer-songwriter) | “False River” (11-track album was inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self Reliance”; producer: Eric Masse; On Tour) |
(Andrew Duhon) |
| Fish Out of Water | “Married to the Music” (producers: Fish Out of Water; guests: J-Sneez, Conner Mills, Zachary Douglas, Rick Elliot, Kyle J. Moon, Dyllan Thieme, Stefanie Smerkers, Nick Romanelli, Chantil Dukart; first single: “Chicken & Blunts”; Hear here) | (Furious, May 26) |
| Robbie Gennet (multi-instrumentalist/prog rocker) | “Gleams” (producer: Fernando Perdomo; See here; iTunes) |
(Brown Earthling Music) |
| Gold Steps (Austin pop-punk quintet) | “Incandescent” (seven-song EP; producer: Rick King; first single: “Firestarter”; See here; iTunes) |
(Gold Steps) |
| Inner Tongue | “Favours” (first single: “Teeth”; See here) |
(Mount Silver) |
| Lean (L.A. indie rock duo) | “Years” (first single: “On the Fence”; Hear here) |
(Killphonic) |
| Parliament | “Medicaid Fraud Dogg” (the funk legends’ first album in 38 years; first single: “I’m Gon Make You Sick O’Me”; See here; iTunes; eBay; On Tour, George Clinton’s final tour; Merch) |
(C Kunspyruhzy Records Inc., May 22) |
| Phandrom (hard-rock band) | “Victims of the Sea” | (Rob Mules) |
| Juan María Solare & Cafe Tango Orchestra | “Barro sublevado” (finalist at the Tango Music Award 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany, released for the first time in 2018; producer: Solare; Hear here) |
(Janus Music & Sound) |
| Sudan Archives (violinist-singer) | “Sink” (first single: “Nont For Sale”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl) |
(Stones Throw) |
More Digital Releases for May 25, 2018 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Barclay James Harvest | “Barclay James Harvest (Remastered & Expanded Edition)” (1970 album; with nine bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
| Bow Wow Wow | “Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984” (three-CD box set includes singles, B-sides, mixes and rarities; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Cherry Red) |
| Ornette Coleman | “The Atlantic Years [Vinyl]” (10-LP box set) |
(Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate) | “Return of the Frog Queen (Expanded Edition)” (1996 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sub Pop) |
| The Fall | “Levitate (Expanded Edition)” (1997 album; remastered, with 14 bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Cherry Red) |
| Grant Green | “Funk in France: From Paris to Antibes (1969-1970)” (a two-CD set featuring recordings at the ORTF Studios in Paris on Oct. 26, 1969, plus full-concert recordings at the Antibes Jazz Festival on June 18 and 20, 1970), “Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry’s” (Sept. 5, 1975, live broadcast on CHQM-FM in Vancouver; See here) |
(Resonance) |
| Jet | “Get Born Live” (2004 concert at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne includes covers of The Monkees’ “Sweet Young Thing” and Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes, with two bonus tracks; On Tour) |
(Bloodlines) |
| Lakeside | “Shot of Love / Rough Riders / Fantastic Voyage” (1978, 1979 and 1980 albums on two CDs; remastered; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Robinsongs / Cherry Red) |
| Malo | “Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Bros. Singles” (14-song collection; Read here) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Pierre Monteux | “Pierre Monteux: Complete RCA Stereo Recordings” (eight-CD box set; eBay) |
(Sony Classical) |
| Prince | “Nothing Compares 2 U [Vinyl]” (7-inch single; this previously unreleased original version was recorded in 1984; Hear here; eBay; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| Pseudo Echo | “Love an Adventure (Expanded Edition)” (1987 album, including “Funky Town”, was originally released in their native Australia in 1985; remastered, with 18 bonus tracks; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(SFE / Cherry Red) |
| Sailor | “The Albums 1974-78” (five-CD, 59-track box set; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(7T’s / Cherry Red) |
| Secret Garden | “You Raise Me Up: The Collection” (eBay) |
(Decca) |
| Leonard Slatkin | “Leonard Slatkin: The American Collection” (13-CD box set; eBay) |
(Sony Classical) |
| The Smithereens | “Covers” (23-song compilation) |
(Sunset Blvd.) |
| Various artists | “LateNightTales: Agnes Obel” (21-song collection, curated by the Danish musician, of artists that have influenced her, from Can to Nina Simone; NPR’s All Songs Considered; Vinyl; Download) |
(Late Night Tales) |
| Various artists | “Oklahoma! (Original Cast Album) – 75th Anniversary Edition” (1943 album; remastered; Vinyl) | (Verve / UMe) |
| Various artists | “On the Soul Side: 26 Soul Grooves” (featuring songs by The O’Jays, Lou Rawls, Bobby Womack, Garnet Mimms, The Exciters, Timi Yuro, Merry Clayton, etc.; Hear/read here; Amazon UK) | (Kent / Ace) |
| The Vibrators | “The Albums 1979-85” (four-CD, 59-track box set; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(Capitol Oi! / Cherry Red) |
| Yo-Yo Ma | “Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach & Boccherini” (six-CD box set of recordings with harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; eBay; On Tour, with Silk Road Ensemble) |
(Sony Classical) |
More Releases for May 25, 2018 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| The Beatles | “The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles [DVD]” (20 performances on two discs)  |
(Sofa Entertainment) |
| Chrissie Hynde | “Alone With Chrissie Hynde [DVD]” (documentary originally aired on the BBC series “Arena” and includes a full-length concert performance by the original Pretenders from the Sartory-Säle in Cologne, Germany, filmed for the “Rockpalast” music TV series in July 1981; See here; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Eagle Rock) |
| Elvis Presley | “Just Elvis: All His Ed Sullivan Show Performances [DVD]” (13 performances) , “The 3 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring Elvis Presley [DVD]” (three complete episodes on two discs) |
(Sofa Entertainment) |
| The Supremes | “The Best of the Supremes on the Ed Sullivan Show [DVD]” (22 performances) |
(Sofa Entertainment) |
| The Temptations | “The Best of the Temptations on the Ed Sullivan Show [DVD]” |
(Sofa Entertainment) |
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