New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Todd Agnew | “From Grace to Glory: The Music of Todd Agnew” (guest: Rebecca St. James; new single: “Glory to Our Great Redeemer”; Hear here; Download; iTunes)  | (Ardent) |
| Alestorm (Scottish “pirate metal” band) | “No Grave But the Sea” (See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Napalm) |
| Bobby Bare | “Things Change” (producer: Max T. Barnes; guest: Chris Stapleton; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (BFD) |
| The Charlatans | “Different Days” (guests: Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, Anton Newcombe, Ian Rankin, Kurt Wagner, Sharon Horgan; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Danzig | “Black Laden Crown” (his first album since 2010; Hear/read here; Download; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Evilive / Nuclear Blast) |
| Justin Townes Earle | “Kids in the Street” (producer: Mike Mogis; first single: “Champagne Corolla”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (New West) |
| Louis Hayes | “Serenade for Horace” (the legendary jazz drummer’s tribute to his mentor and friend, the late Horace Silver; producers: Don Was, Dezron Douglas; first single: “Song for My Father,” feat. Gregory Porter; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Blue Note) |
| Kraftwerk | “3-D The Catalogue” (new live album and 3D concert film; See here; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Parlophone UK) |
| Lil Yachty | “Teenage Emotions” (producers: WondaGurl, Earl the Pearl, Burberry Perry, Digital Nas, K Swisha, Southside, 30 Roc, etc.; guests: Migos, Diplo, Grace, Sonyae Elise, YG, Stefflon Don, Evander Griim; third single: “Bring It Back”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Quality Control Music, LLC / Motown) |
| Maysa | “Love Is a Battlefield” (producers: Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Jason Miles, The Heavyweights; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Shanachie) |
| Patent Pending | “Other People’s Greatest Hits” (all-covers album, from “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” to “Shout Out to My Ex”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Rude) |
| Pieces of a Dream | “Just Funkin’ Around” (Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Shanachie) |
| Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte | “Loneliness Road” (Iggy Pop sings on three songs; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (RareNoise) |
| Shakira | “El Dorado” (producers: Shakira, Supa Dups, Luis Fernando Ochoa, Rude Boyz; guests: Prince Royce, MAGIC!, Maluma, Nicky Jam, Black M, Carlos Vives; new single: “Me Enamoré”; See here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch)  | (Sony Music Latin) |
| Mark Slaughter | “Halfway There” (Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (EMP Label Group) |
| Bryson Tiller | “True to Self” (first single: “Somethin Tells Me”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (TrapSoul / RCA) |
| Geoff Zanelli | “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (sequel opens May 26; See here; Fandango; Merch) | (Walt Disney) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| August Fields (New Zealand indie pop-rock band) | “August Fields” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (August Fields, May 25) |
| Lila Downs | “Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo” (guests: Carla Morrison, Andrés Calamaro, Banda Tierra Mojada, Mon Laferte, Diego “El Cigala”; Hear here; CD out June 2; iTunes; On Tour) | (RCA) |
| Bruce Mississippi Johnson | “The Deal Baby” (producers: Johan Daalgard, Bruce Lester Johnson; first single: “No Good”; See here) | (The Deal) |
| Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, et al | “War Paint (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (See here; CD version due July 14; iTunes; On Broadway) | (Sh-K-Boom / Ghostlight) |
| Mt. Wolf (London electronic-folk trio) | “Aetherlight” (producer: Ken Thomas; new single: “Heavenbound”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (CRC Music Group) |
| Ben Ottewell (of Gomez) | “A Man Apart” (Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sunday Best Recordings) |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt (finished fifth on season 6 of “The X Factor Australia”) | “Songs On My Sleeve” (first single: “My Breakup Anthem”; Hear here; iTunes) | (ABC Australia) |
| Syteria (U.K. rockers, led by Jackie Chambers of Girlschool and previously Blitzkrieg) | “Rant-O-Bot” (first single: “I’m All Woman”; See here) | (Syteria Productions, May 30) |
| The Unthanks (English folk group) | “Diversions, Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake” (songs and poems written by Molly Drake, the mother of Nick Drake, with recitations of Molly’s poems by her daughter Gabrielle Drake; producer: Adrian McNally; Hear here; iTunes), “The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake: Extras” (eight more tracks) | (Rabble Rouser Music) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bad Company | “Run With the Pack (Deluxe Edition)” (1976 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus material; Vinyl; Download), “Burnin’ Sky (Deluxe Edition)” (1977 album; remastered, with a 14-song bonus CD of early and alternative versions, a full version of “Too Bad” and the previously unreleased “Unfinished Story”; Vinyl; Download) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| The Beatles | “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1967 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks, “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane,” which were originally intended for the album but released as a double A-side single; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Standard CD; Super Deluxe Edition, six-CD box set; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) | (Apple / Capitol) |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | “Works” (1977 album; remastered in 24 bit / High Density format from the original tapes; Vinyl), “Works Volume 2” (1977 album; remastered in 24 bit / High Density format from the original tapes; Vinyl), “Love Beach” (1978; remastered; Vinyl) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Fandango featuring Joe Lynn Turner | “The Complete RCA Albums 1977-1980” (four-CD box set; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red) |
| Foreigner | “40 – 1977 • Hits From Forty Years • 2017” (two-CD, 40-song collection to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary; Track list; Vinyl; Download; On Tour; Merch) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| Grateful Dead | “Long Strange Trip” (Amazon-exclusive soundtrack to the six-part documentary series, premiering on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K. on May 26; director: Amir Bar-Lev; executive producer: Martin Scorsese; eBay; Merch) | (Rhino) |
| The Inmates | “The Albums 1979-82” (three CDs, 46 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red) |
| Dandy Livingstone | “The Best of Dandy Livingstone” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (Trojan) |
| Lulu | “Lulu + Heaven and Earth and the Stars” (1973, 1976 albums on one CD, the latter of which featured “The Man Who Sold the World” and was co-produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, and six of the songs were written by Kenny Nolan; remastered; See here; Read here; eBay; On Tour) | (U.K. – Edsel) |
| Midnight Oil | “The Overflow Tank” (12-disc retrospective box set includes B-sides, rarities and eight DVDs; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Jaco Pastorius | “Truth, Liberty & Soul – Live In NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording” (previously unreleased two-CD set, featuring a 22-piece big band, recorded on June 27, 1982, at Avery Fisher Hall during George Wein’s Kool Jazz Festival; players included Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Frank Wess, Lew Soloff, Howard Johnson, etc.) | (Resonance) |
| The Pioneers | “The Best of The Pioneers” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (Trojan) |
| Martin Stephenson and the Daintees | “Live in the 21st Century” (2001 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Barbaraville) |
| Various artists | “Making Time: A Shel Talmy Production” (25-song tribute to the 1960s producer includes tracks by The Who, The Kinks, Manfred Mann, The Easybeats, The Creation, The Fortunes, The Nashville Teens, etc.; Hear/read here) | (Ace) |
| Various artists | “Nothing But a Houseparty: The Birth of the Philly Sound 1967-71” (24-song collection includes tracks by Jerry Butler, The Delfonics, The Intruders, Peaches & Herb, Archie Bell & The Drells, Barbara Mason, Brenda & The Tabulations, etc.; Hear/read here) | (Kent / Ace) |
| Various artists | “Warner Soft Rock Nuggets Vol. 1 – Silver and Sunshine” (24 songs), “Warner Soft Rock Nuggets Vol. 2 – It’s a Happening World” (24 songs), “Warner Soft Rock Nuggets Vol. 3 – Birthday Morning” (24 songs), “Warner Soft Rock Nuggets Vol. 4 – Listen to Me” (24 songs) | (Japan – Warner) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| King’s X | “Ogre Tones” (2005 album), “XV” (2008 album, with two bonus tracks) | (Knife Fight Media / King’s X) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| The Rolling Stones | “Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America [DVD]” (2016 tour, with seven full-length performances; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
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