New Releases: May 3, 2019
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Amon Amarth | “Berserker” (producer: Jay Ruston; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Slayer; Merch)  |
(Metal Blade) |
| Bad Religion | “Age of Unreason” (first single: “Chaos from Within”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Epitaph) |
| Big Thief | “U.F.O.F.” (title stands for “Unidentified Flying Object Friend”; producer: Andrew Sarlo; first single: “UFOF”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(4AD) |
| Jesse Mac Cormack (Montreal singer-songwriter) | “Now” (first single: “No Love Go”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Secret City) |
| The Dream Syndicate | “These Times” (new single: “The Way In”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Jon Durant | “Alternate Landscapes” (Hear here; Download) |
(Alchemy) |
| The Felice Brothers | “Undress” (producer: Jeremy Backofen; first single: “Undress”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Gang of Four | “Happy Now” (new single: “Change the Locks”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Gillmusic LTD.) |
| Rhiannon Giddens | “there is no Other” (recorded with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi; producer: Joe Henry; first single: “I’m On My Way”; See here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Judah & The Lion (Nashville indie-rock trio) | “Pep Talks” (guests: Kacey Musgraves, Jon Bellion; new single: “Why Did You Run?”; Hear here; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs and a patch; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Judah and the Lion LLC / Cletus The Van / Caroline) |
| Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul | “Summer of Sorcery” (their first album of original material in 20 years; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Wicked Cool / UMe) |
| New Found Glory | “From the Screen To Your Stereo 3” (seven-song covers album, featuring versions of “Eye of the Tiger,” “The Power of Love” and “Let It Go”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Hopeless) |
| Oh Land (Danish composer Nanna Øland Fabricius) | “Family Tree” (first single: “Brief Moment”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Tusk or Tooth) |
| Pile | “Green and Gray” (producer: Kevin McMahon; new single: “Bruxist Grin”; Hear here; Vinyl; On Tour) |
(Exploding In Sound) |
| Rich the Kid | “The World Is Yours 2” (guests: Miguel, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Pump, Big Sean, Offset, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, etc.; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Interscope) |
| Joel Ross (Brooklyn-based jazz vibraphonist) | “KingMaker” (guest: Gretchen Parlato; new single: “Yana”; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Blue Note) |
| Lucy Spraggan | “Today Was a Good Day” (producer: Jon Maguire; guests: Scouting for Girls; new single: “End of the World”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Tacocat (Seattle alt-rock quartet) | “This Mess Is a Place” (producer: Erik Blood; new single: “Hologram”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sub Pop) |
| Tank and the Bangas (New Orleans quintet) | “Green Balloon” (guests: Robert Glasper, Alex Isley, Pell; See here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Verve Forecast) |
| Thrive Worship | “A Thousand More” (worship team, led by Corbin Phillips, Peter Burton and Charmaine Wells, for the multi-campus Bayside Church in Sacramento, Calif.; first single: “A Thousand More”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Integrity Music) |
| Vampire Weekend | “Father of the Bride” (first new material in six years; new singles: “Sunflower” and “Big Blue”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)  |
(Columbia) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 70” (Download), “NOW That’s What I Call Hits & Remixes 2019” |
(Legacy Recordings / UMG Recordings / Sony Music Entertainment) |
| Joy Williams (formerly of The Civil Wars) | “Front Porch” (producer: Kenneth Pattengale of The Milk Carton Kids; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sensibility Recordings / Thirty Tigers) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Corey Hart | “Dreaming Time Again” (his five-song EP is his first new material in more than 20 years; producer: Bob Ezrin; guest: Jim Cuddy; CD, out May 10; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Warner Music Canada) |
| Billy Jeter (Arkansas singer-songwriter) | “House on Fire” (producer: Jason Weinheimer; first single: “Sundown Town”; See here) | (Billy Jeter Music) |
| Ari Lennox (R&B singer) | “Shea Butter Baby” (guests: J. Cole, J.I.D.; new single: “Up Late”; See here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Dreamville / Interscope, May 7) |
| Little May (Australian indie-rock group is now a duo) | “Blame My Body” (new single: “Apples”; See here; iTunes) |
(Dew Process / Universal Music Australia) |
| Matt Surfin’ & Friends | “Matt Surfin’ & Friends” (new single: “Get Down”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Community Records / Muscle Beach) |
| Pheeyownah (Swedish/Ugandan singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist) | “Silver” (new single: “Gold”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Labrador) |
| Ashley Tisdale | “Symptoms” (her first full-length album in 10 years; Hear here; Read here) |
(Big Noise Music Group) |
| Various artists | “Be More Chill (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (inspired by the novel by Ned Vizzini and directed by Stephen Brackett; See here; Read here; On Broadway) | (Ghostlight) |
| Donovan Woods | “The Other Way” (acoustic version of his Juno Award-winning “Both Ways” album; producer: Todd Lombardo; guest: Tenille Townes; first single: “Truck Full of Money”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Meant Well / Fontana North) |
More Digital Releases for May 3, 2019 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Simon Bonney (founder of Crime and the City Solution) | “Past, Present, Future” (12-track compilation features cuts from his last two albums, 1992’s “Forever” and 1994’s “Everyman,” plus six new songs, including his cover of Scott Walker’s “Duchess”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Mark Lanegan) |
(Mute) |
| Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods | “’70s Classic Hits” (12 songs) |
(Sunset Blvd.) |
| Lamb of God | “Ashes of the Wake (15th Anniversary Edition) [Vinyl]” (2004 album; double vinyl with four non-LP tracks and a download card; Download; On Tour, with Slayer; Merch) |
(Epic / Sony) |
| Iain Matthews | “Orphans and Outcasts: A Collection of Demos, Outtakes & Live Performances” (four-CD box set; Read here) |
(Cherry Red) |
| Pete Seeger | “Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection” (six-CD box set, including 20 previously unreleased tracks, with a 200-page annotated and illustrated book; Download; iTunes) |
(Smithsonian Folkways) |
| Steeleye Span | “All Things Are Quite Silent: Complete Recordings 1970-71” (three-CD box set; Read here) |
(Cherry Tree / Cherry Red) |
| Stereolab | “Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (Expanded Edition)” (1993 album; remastered, with a second CD of alternate takes, 4-track demos and unreleased mixes; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) , “Mars Audiac Quintet (Expanded Edition)” (1994 album; remastered, with a second CD of alternate takes, 4-track demos and unreleased mixes; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warp) |
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More Releases for May 3, 2019 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Procol Harum | “Hits’n’Flips 1967-1970” (11-song compilation) |
(Fly) |
More Digital Releases for May 3, 2019 »
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