New Releases: May 31, 2019

New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)

Artist:	Title:	Label:
Casey Abrams	“Jazz” (first single: “Why Don’t You Do Right?”; iTunes)	(Chesky)
The Afters	“Fear No More” (guests: MercyMe; first single: “Well Done”; See here; Download; iTunes)	(Fair Trade Services / Columbia)
Jimmy Barnes	“My Criminal Record” (his first solo album of original material since 2010; first single: “My Criminal Record”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Bloodlines)
Kishi Bashi	“Omoiyari” (the multi-instrumentalist’s album centers on Japanese-American internment camps in 1940s America; first single: “Summer of ’42”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Joyful Noise Recordings)
Bracket	“Too Old to Die Young” (first single: “Canned from the Food Drive”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes)	(Fat Wreck Chords)
Darkthrone	“Old Star” (Norwegian black metal band’s 17th studio album; producer: vocalist/guitarist Nocturno Culto; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; Merch)	(Peaceville)
Kirk Franklin	“Long Live Love” (first single: “Love Theory”; See here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA)
Fujiya & Miyagi	“Flashback” (first single: “Flashback”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Impossible Objects of Desire)
Gloryhammer	“Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex” (producer: Lasse Lammert; new single: “The Siege of Dunkeld [In Hoots We Trust]”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with 10 bonus symphonic versions; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)	(Napalm)
Ryan Hamilton and The Harlequin Ghosts	“This Is the Sound” (new single: “Mamacita”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Wicked Cool)
Lisa Hannigan and s t a r g a z e	“Live in Dublin” (See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Hoop Recordings / PIAS America)
Frank Iero and the Future Violents	“Barriers” (recorded and mixed by Steve Albini; first single: “Young and Doomed”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(UNFD)
Max Jury (26-year-old Iowa native, based in Paris)	“Modern World” (producer: Robin Hannibal; first single: “Sweet Lie”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Marathon Artists)
Left Lane Cruiser	“Shake and Bake” (first single: “Shake and Bake”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour)	(Alive Naturalsound)
L7	“Scatter the Rats” (their first album in 20 years; producers: Norm Block, Nick Launay; first single: “Burn Baby”; See here; Vinyl; Download, released on May 3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)	(Blackheart)
Duff McKagan (GNR bassist)	“Tenderness” (producer: Shooter Jennings; guests: Jennings’ band, The Waters, The Suicide Horn Section, etc.; new single: “Chip Away”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(UMe)
Ian Noe (singer-songwriter out of Beattyville, Ky.)	“Between the Country” (producer: Dave Cobb; See here; Read here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(National Treasury Recordings / Thirty Tigers)
Lee “Scratch” Perry	“Rainford” (producer: Adrian Sherwood; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes)	(On-U Sound)
Pretty Wild (Swedish glam rockers)	“Interstate 13” (See here; Download; iTunes)	(Black Lodge)
Thomas Rhett	“Center Point Road” (producers: Julian Bunetta, Dann Huff, Rhett; new single: “Look What God Gave Her”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)	(The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine)
Justin Rutledge (Juno Award-winning alt-country artist)	“Passages” (producers: Rutledge, Chris Stringer; first single: “Good Man”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Outside Music)
Sacred Paws (Glasgow-based indie pop duo)	“Run Around the Sun” (first single: “The Conversation”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes)	(Merge)
Doug Seegers	“A Story I Got To Tell” (first single: “Demon Seed”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes)	(BMG Rights Management)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band	“The Traveler” (first single: “Woman Like You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)	(Concord)
Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith	“The Peyote Dance” (collaborative album inspired by French poet Antonin Artaud; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes)	(Bella Union)
Wang Chung	“Orchesography” (re-imagining their hits with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; See here; Download; On Tour)	(August Day)
Juan Wauters	“Introducing Juan Pablo” (first single: “Letter”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes)	(Captured Tracks)

Other Notable Releases

“The Little Things,” Cindy Bradley (Trippin & Rhythmin)
“Stella Bella Strada,” Kevin Breit (Stony Plain)
“Transfigurations,” Cellista (Cellista 5/31)
“Looking For the Good Land,” The Cerny Brothers (Cleveland International)
“Snowpine,” Charlie Collins (Mirror)
“Solipsisters,” Katie Dey (Run for Cover)
“The Last of Us,” Electric Hydra (Moondawn)
“Existence,” From Carbon (From Carbon)
“The Storyteller’s Suitcase,” Ellis Paul (Rosella)
“ALL THIS MUSIC, Vol. 1,” Prince Fox (Dim Mak)
“Realidad,” Justin Quiles (Warner Music Latina)
“Shot in the Dark,” Stevie Redstone (Stevie Redstone)
“I Will Only Come When It’s a Yes,” Rose Hotel (Rose Hotel)
“Sanctuary,” Matt Slocum (Sunnyside)
“Sound Company,” Sound Company (Core Sample)
“High in the Saddle,” Texas Hippie Coalition (eOne Music)
“The Perplexed Sky,” Unknown Nobodies (Unknown Nobodies)
“Stand of Tide,” Don Vail (Don Vail)
“Heathers the Musical (Original West End Cast Recording),” various artists (Ghostlight)
“Add,” Keller Williams (Freeky Disc)

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New Releases (Downloads)

Artist:	Title:	Label:
Denzel Curry	“ZUU” (guests: Rick Ross, Kiddo Marv, PlayThatBoiZay, Ice Billion Berg, Sam Sneak; new single: “SPEEDBOAT”; See here; CD, out Aug. 9; iTunes; On Tour, with Billie Eilish)	(Loma Vista Recordings)
Miley Cyrus	“SHE IS COMING” (six-song EP; producers: Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Mike Will Made-It; first single: “Party Up the Street”; Hear here; guests: RuPaul, Swae Lee, Ghostface Killah, etc.; iTunes; Merch)	(RCA)
Flor de Toloache	“Indestructible” (guests: John Legend, Miguel, Alex Cuba, Josh Baca, Las Migas; NPR First Listen)	(Flor de Toloache)
Raveena (Queens-based R&B singer)	“Lucid” (producer: Everett Orr; new single: “Stronger”; Hear here)	(Moonstone Recordings, LLC / EMPIRE)
Roots of a Rebellion (Nashville-based jam band)	“Shapes of a Soul” (first single: “One Thing”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour)	(Roots of a Rebellion)
Skepta (Mercury Prize-winning grime artist)	“Ignorance Is Bliss” (CD, out June 28; iTunes)	(Boy Better Know)
Sublime with Rome	“Blessings” (producers: Rob Cavallo, Andrew Goldstein; first singles: “Light On,” “Spiderweb,” “Blackout” and “Wicked Heart”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)	(5 Music)
Yung Gravy	“Sensational” (guests: Juicy J, Lil Baby, Mia Gladstone, Pouya, Ramirez, Trippy tha Kid, Lil Mayo, bbno$; new single: “Gravy Train”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour)	(Republic)

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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)

Artist:	Title:	Label:
Atlanta Rhythm Section	“The Polydor Years” (eight-CD box set; remastered; Hear here; On Tour; Merch)	(Polydor / UMe)
Susan Boyle	“TEN” (17-track compilation of her favorite songs from the past 10 years, along with four new songs; See/read here; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes)	(Syco Music / Columbia)
Rory Gallagher	“Blues” (three-CD collection of electric, acoustic and live blues, mostly of it previously unreleased; Single CD; Vinyl; Download)	(UMe)
Hootie & The Blowfish	“Cracked Rear View (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1994 album; remastered, with their five-song 1992 EP “Kootchypop,” a live recording of their Feb. 3, 1995, show at Nick’s Fat City in Pittsburgh, and other rarities; Vinyl; On Tour)	(Rhino / Atlantic)
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos	“The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971-1975” (two CDs, 42 songs; Download; iTunes)	(Omnivore Recordings)
Various artists	“Soul Explosion [Vinyl]” (1969 compilation of Stax tracks, on vinyl for the first time in 50 years; two LPs, 28 songs; Download; iTunes)	(Craft Recordings / Concord)

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Reissues (Downloads)

Artist(s)/cast:	Title:	Studio/label:
Phil Collins	“Other Sides” (digital-only compilation of 18 demos and B-sides from 1981-2003; iTunes) , “Remixed Sides” (digital-only 18-track collection of extended takes; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)	(Rhino)
Morcheeba	“Blaze Away (Deluxe Version)” (2018 album; with 12 bonus remixes; iTunes; On Tour; Merch)	(Fly Agaric)

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DVD / Blu-ray

Artist(s)/cast:	Title:	Studio/label:
The Police	“Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out [DVD]” (2006 rockumentary, a first-person account of the band, culled from drummer Stewart Copeland’s more than 50 hours of Super 8 movies he shot during their heyday; this expanded edition includes more than 20 minutes of extra footage and commentary by Andy Summers and Copeland; See here; Read here; Blu-ray)	(Eagle Rock)

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