New Releases: May 28, 2021
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Art d’Ecco | “In Standard Definition” (new single: “I Am the Dance Floor”; See here; Vinyl; Download, released April 23; Apple Music) » BUY NOW  |
(Paper Bag) |
| black midi | “Cavalcade” (first single: “John L”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rough Trade) |
| Blackberry Smoke | “You Hear Georgia” (producer: Dave Cobb; guest: Jamey Johnson, Warren Hayes; first single: “You Hear Georgia”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(3 Legged) |
| Del Amitri | “Fatal Mistakes” (their first album since 2002; producer: Dan Austin; new single: “Close Your Eyes and Think of England”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Dispatch | “Break Our Fall” (the roots rock band’s eighth album; producers: Mike Sawitzke, John Dragonetti; mixed/mastered by Emily Lazar; guest: The White Buffalo; new single: “Pour Into You”; See here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Bomber / AWAL Recordings) |
| DMX (legendary rapper died on April 9) | “Exodus” (producer: Swizz Beatz; Read here) |
(Ruff Ryders / Def Jam) |
| Elder Island (Bristol-based electronic-pop trio) | “Swimming Static” (new single: “Purely Educational”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
| John Hall | “Reclaiming My Time” (guests: Steve Wariner, Dar Williams; new single: “Alone Too Long”) » BUY NOW |
(Sunset Blvd.) |
| Dave Holland | “Another Land” (with Kevin Eubanks on guitar and Obed Calvaire on drums; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Edition) |
| Miloš Karadaglić | “The Moon & The Forest” (featuring two original concertos written especially for him by Howard Shore and Joby Talbot; Hear here; Read here; Download, released on April 30; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Decca Classics) |
| k.d. lang | “makeover” (a new collection of classic dance remixes of her songs from 1992 to 2000; first single: “Miss Chatelaine [St. Tropez Mix]”; See here; Read here; Transparent Turquoise Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Nonesuch) |
| Ashley McBryde | “Never Will: Live From a Distance” (six-song live EP; first single: “First Thing I Reach For”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Warner Music Nashville) |
| Shannon McNally | “The Waylon Sessions” (covers of Waylon Jennings songs; guests: Jessi Colter, Buddy Miller, Rodney Crowell, Lukas Nelson; new single: “I Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This”; See/read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Compass) |
| Moby | “Reprise” (guests: Kris Kristofferson, Gregory Porter, Jim James, Mark Lanegan, Deitrick Haddon, Mindy Jones, Nataly Dawn, Skylar Grey, Víkingur Ólafsson, etc.; first single: “Porcelain”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Mustafa | “When Smoke Rises” (guest: Sampha; new single: “Ali”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Regent Park Songs) |
| Porter Robinson | “Nurture” (new single: “Look at the Sky”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download, released on April 23; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
| Texas | “Hi” (guests: Wu-Tang Clan; new single: “Hi”; See here; White Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Rhonda Vincent | “Music Is What I See” (new single: “What Ain’t To Be Just Might Happen”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Upper Management) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Allday | “Drinking With My Smoking Friends” (new single: “Void”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Allday Music) |
| Bachelor (Palehound’s Ellen Kempner and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte) | “Doomin’ Sun” (new single: “Stay in the Car”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Polyvinyl) |
| The Contraptionists (Paul Givant and Stephen Andrews of Rose’s Pawn Shop) | “Working Man’s Dread” (producer: Mike Vizcarra) » BUY NOW | (The Contraptionists) |
| easy life (U.K. indie-pop outfit) | “life’s a beach” (See here; CD and Vinyl out June 4; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Interscope) |
| Junaco | “Blue Room” (producer: James McAlister; new single: “Weight of the World”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Side Hustle, June 2) |
| Kandle (JUNO-nominated artist Kandle Osborne) | “Set the Fire” (new single: “No Good”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Kandle Music) |
| Kele (lead singer of Bloc Party) | “The Waves Pt. 1” (new single: “Smalltown Boy”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(KOLA / !K7) |
| N0V3L | “NON-FICTION” (producer: Bryce Cloghesy; new single: “NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Flemish Eye) |
| Of Mice & Men | “Bloom” (three-song EP; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(SharpTone) |
| Portico Quartet | “Terrain” (three-movement album; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Gondwana) |
| Gizelle Smith (daughter of the late Four Tops songwriter Joe Smith and vocalist for German funkers The Mighty Mocambos) | “Revealing” (new singles: “Better Remember / Miss World”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Jalapeno) |
| UV-TV (NYC trio) | “Always Something” (new single: “Distant Lullaby”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(PaperCup Music) |
| The Veronicas | “GODZILLA” (their first album since 2014; See here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Music Entertainment) |
| Christopher Ward (original MuchMusic VJ and co-writer of Alannah Myles’ 1990 hit “Black Velvet”) | “Same River Twice” (producers: Ward, Arun Chaturvedi, Luke McMaster; first single: his new version of “Black Velvet”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Wardworks Inc.) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Atlantic Starr | “Always: The Warner-Reprise Recordings (1987-1991)” (three-CD set features three complete albums, with bonus tracks; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| David Bowie | “The Width of a Circle” (two-CD, 21-track compilation features non-album singles, a BBC In Concert session, music for a TV play and further Tony Visconti remixes wrapping up Bowie’s recordings from 1970; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Can | “Can: Live in Stuttgart 1975” (Hear here; Orange Vinyl, limited edition) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Peter Cetera | “Love, Glory, Honor & Heart: The Complete Full Moon and Warner Bros. Recordings 1981-1992” (six-CD box set, including eight bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Lou Gramm | “Questions and Answers: The Atlantic Anthology 1987-1989” (three-CD set containing his two solo Atlantic albums, with a third disc of rarities; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(HNE / Cherry Red) |
| Etta James | “Etta James: The Montreux Years” (compilation of recordings at the Montreux Jazz Festival; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Rubettes | “Gold” (three CDs, 52 songs, including “Sugar Baby Love”; See here; Track List) » BUY NOW |
(Crimson Productions / Demon Music Group) |
| Nina Simone | “Nina Simone: The Montreux Years” (compilation of recordings at the Montreux Jazz Festival; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Carl Smith and the Natural Gas Company | “Burnin'” (1980 album; remastered; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download, released on May 14; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BBE Music) |
| Taylor Swift | “evermore [Vinyl]” (2020 album, featuring “Willow,” “No Body, No Crime” and “Coney Island”; producers: Aaron Dessner, Swift, Bryce Dessner, Jack Antonoff; double green vinyl, with two bonus tracks; Target-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| Toyah | “The Blue Meaning (Expanded Deluxe Edition)” (1980 album, featuring “Ieya”; remastered two-CD, one-DVD set featuring 27 bonus tracks, including single mixes, live tracks, rarities and unheard demos; See here; Read here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Sharon Van Etten | “epic Ten” (double album celebrating her 2010 LP, featuring the original record and a new disc of covers, with guests Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, Courtney Barnett, Justin Vernon, Aaron Dessner, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; Download, released on April 16; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Ba Da Bing!) |
| Various artists | “Beyond the Pale Horizon: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1972” (three-CD, 65-song collection; Read here) » BUY NOW | (Grapefruit / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “Get On Board The Soul Train: Philadelphia International Records Official 50th Anniversary – The Sound of Philadelphia International Records, Volume 1” (eight-CD box set with 48-page hardcover book, featuring the first eight studio albums released by the label from 1971-1973; Read here; Vinyl, one-LP compilation) » BUY NOW |
(Snapper Music-United Souls / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “Hurdy Gurdy Songs: Words & Music By Donovan 1965-1971” (24-track collection of covers of Donovan songs by such artists as Lou Rawls, Herman’s Hermits, The Standells, Bridget St John, Sandie Shaw, Deep Purple, Peggy Lipton, etc.; Hear/Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Ace) |
| Various artists | “Stop the War: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1965-1974” (23-song collection features The Impressions, Dionne Warwick, The Staple Singers, The Emotions, William Bell, Chairmen of the Board, R.B. Greaves, etc.; Hear/Read here) » BUY NOW | (Kent / Ace) |
Next Week: June 4, 2021
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