New Releases: May 4, 2018
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Joey Alexander (14-year-old Grammy-nominated piano prodigy) | “Eclipse” (guests: Joshua Redman, Reuben Rogers, Erick Harland; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(Motéma Music) |
| Belly | “DOVE” (their first full-length album in 23 years; producers: guitarist Tom Gorman, Paul Q. Kolderie; first single: “Shiny One”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Belly Touring) |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | “Panic Blooms” (first single: “Mr No One”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Rad Cult) |
| Daniel Blumberg (English experimental artist) | “Minus” (producer: Peter Walsh; first single: “Minus”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Mute) |
| Leon Bridges | “Good Thing” (new singles: “Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” and “Bad Bad News”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Columbia) |
| Rita Coolidge | “Safe in the Arms of Time” (her first album in six years; first single: “Walking on Water,” feat. Keb’ Mo’; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Blue Élan) |
| Gaz Coombes (former Supergrass frontman) | “World’s Strongest Man” (producers: Coombes, Ian Davenport; first single: “Deep Pockets”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Gaz Coombes / Caroline International) |
| Cut Worms (NYC singer-songwriter Max Clarke) | “Hollow Ground” (first single: “Till Tomorrow Goes Away”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with King Tuff) |
(Jagjaguwar) |
| DJ Koze (German dance producer) | “knock knock” (guests: Bon Iver, Jose Gonzalez, Kurt Wagner, Róisín Murphy, Sophia Kennedy, Speech; new single: “Pick Up”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Pampa / Redeye) |
| Eternal Summers (Roanoke, Va.-based indie rock band) | “Every Day It Feels Like I’m Dying …” (first single: “Forever Mine”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nevado Music) |
| Eleanor Friedberger | “Rebound” (producers: Friedberger, Clemens Knieper; first single: “In Between Stars”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with The Decemberists) |
(Frenchkiss) |
| Galactic Empire (Star Wars-themed, progressive instrumental band) | “Episode II” (first single: “Scherzo for X-Wings”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Rise) |
| Yonatan Gat (former Monotonix guitarist) | “Universalists” (producers: David Berman, Calvin Johnson, Daniel Schlett; new single: “Cockfight”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| The Glitch Mob | “See Without Eyes” (guests: Rituals of Mine, Arama, Ambré, Tula, Elohim; first single: “How Could This Be Wrong”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Glass Air) |
| Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs | “Clippety Clop” (Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Transdreamer) |
| Jon Hopkins (U.K. electronic producer) | “Singularity” (first single: “Emerald Rush”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  |
(Domino) |
| Horse Feathers (Portland, Ore.-based indie rock band) | “Appreciation” (first single: “Without Applause”; NPR’s All Songs Considered; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Kill Rock Stars) |
| Ihsahn | “Àmr” (the former Emperor vocalist’s seventh solo album; first single: “Arcana Imperii”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Candlelight / Spinefarm) |
| Damien Jurado | “The Horizon Just Laughed” (first single: “Over Rainbows and Rainier”; See here; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Secretly Canadian) |
| Mat Kearney | “CRAZYTALK” (guests: AFSHeeN, Filous, R.A.C.; first single: “Better Than I Used to Be”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Tomorrow Music / Caroline) |
| Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders | “Blue Poles” (producer: Ladder; first single: “White Flag”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Terrible) |
| Lake Street Dive | “Free Yourself Up” (producers: Lake Street Dive; new single: “I Can Change”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Leftover Salmon | “Something Higher” (producer: Steve Berlin; first single: “Show Me Something Higher”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Soundly Music) |
| George Lopez | “The Wall: Live! From Washington, D.C.” (HBO comedy special; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(800 Pound Gorilla) |
| Matt and Kim | “ALMOST EVERYDAY” (producers: Lars Stalfors, Matt Johnson; guests: Mark Hoppus, Clairo, King Tuff, Flosstradamus, Santigold, Kevin Morby, etc.; new single: “Happy If You’re Happy”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(FADER Label) |
| Middle Kids | “Lost Friends” (new single: “Mistake”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Domino) |
| Parker Millsap | “Other Arrangements” (new single: “Other Arrangements”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Okrahoma) |
| Nickodemus (New York DJ and producer) | “A Long Engagement” (guests: Innov Gnawa, The Pimps of Joytime, Carol C, Jahdan Blakkamore, Femina, Alsarah, Grey Reverend, LA Yegros, The Real Live Show; first single: “Do You Do You?”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(WonderWheel Recordings) |
| Parkway Drive | “Reverence” (first single: “The Void”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Epitaph) |
| Plan B | “Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose” (producers: Ben Drew, aka Plan B, SMV, Paul Epworth; new single: “Grateful”; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(679 / Atlantic) |
| Rae Sremmurd | “SR3MM” (triple album featuring duo and solo material; guests: Pharrell Williams, The Weeknd, Future, Young Thug, Swae Lee, Zoë Kravitz, Travis Scott, Juicy J, etc.; new single: “CLOSE”; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour, with Childish Gambino; Merch) |
(Eardruma / Interscope) |
| Reef | “Revelation” (English rock band’s first album since 2000 and their first with new guitarist Jesse Wood; producer: George Drakoulias; first single: “My Sweet Love,” feat. Sheryl Crow; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(earMUSIC) |
| Reuben and The Dark | “Arms of a Dream” (first single: “All or Nothing”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Arts & Crafts) |
| Jessica Risker (Chicago-based singer-songwriter) | “I See You Among the Stars” (first single: “Cut My Hair”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Western Vinyl) |
| Royce da 5’9″ | “Book of Ryan” (producers: Royce da 5’9″, Cool & Dre, Mr. Porter, S1; first single: “Boblo Boat,” feat. J. Cole; See here; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Heaven Studios / eOne Music) |
| Rachael Sage | “Myopia” (producers: Sage, John Shyloski; first single: “Olivia”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour, with Howard Jones) |
(MPress) |
| Shakey Graves | “Can’t Wake Up” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Dualtone) |
| Shinedown | “ATTENTION ATTENTION” (producer: bassist Eric Bass; first single: “DEVIL”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Atlantic) |
| Sugar Candy Mountain (California neo-psychedelic pop duo) | “Do Right” (producers: Sugar Candy Mountain, Jason Quever of Papercuts; first single: “Split in Two”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(People In A Position To Know) |
| The Temptations | “All the Time” (the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers’ first album in eight years; features covers of songs by Sam Smith, Bruno Mars, John Mayer, Maxwell, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson and The Weeknd, and three new original Temptations songs; producer: Dave Darling; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour, with The Four Tops; Merch) |
(UMe) |
| Eleanor Tomlinson (star of the PBS series “Poldark”) | “Tales from Home” (folk-influenced covers; producer: Art of Noise’s Anne Dudley; Download; iTunes) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Trampled by Turtles | “Life Is Good on the Open Road” (first single: “Kelly’s Bar”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Banjodad) |
| Hailey Tuck (Texas-born, Paris-based singer) | “Tales from Home” (producer: Larry Klein; new single: “Alcohol”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Silvertone) |
| Frank Turner | “Be More Kind” (producers: Austin Jenkins, Joshua Block, Charlie Hugall; new single: “1933”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Xtra Mile Recordings / Interscope) |
| Twins (Atlanta-based producer and synth artist Matt Weiner) | “That Which Is Not Said” (new single: “Taste of Peppermint”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (2MR) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 66” (21 songs; Track list; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(NOW / UMe) |
| Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois | “Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois” (first single: “Mag11 P82”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download) |
(Timesig / Planet Mu) |
| The Word Alive | “Violent Noise” (producer: Matt Good; guests: Danny Worsnop, Sincerely Collins; first single: “Red Clouds”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with In This Moment) |
(Fearless) |
More Releases for May 4, 2018 »
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Arthur Alexander | “One Bar Left” (debut album from the former Poppees and Sorrows member; first single: “One Bar Left”; Hear here; Read here; iTunes) |
(Dead Beat) |
| Dada Life | “Our Nation” (new single: “Higher Than the Sun”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(So Much Dada / UMG) |
| D.O.A. | “Fight Back” (the Canadian punk/hardcore pioneers are marking their 40th year; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Sudden Death) |
| Firma Collective | “Songs for Every Soul” (featuring worship leaders Lexi Jones and Matthew Scott; producer: label co-founder Tom Mgrdichian; first single: “Mercy’s Tree”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Firma Music Group) |
| The Goldberg Sisters (musical alter-ego of actor-musician Adam Goldberg) | “HOME: A Nice Place to Visit” (new single: “When Or Where Or Why”; Hear here; Read here; iTunes) |
(apologymusic) |
| JOHNNYSWIM + Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | “Goodbye Road” (five-song EP; guests: Penny & Sparrow; first single: “Ring the Bells”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Goodbye Road) |
| The Kut (London-based alt-rock group led by Princess Maha) | “Valley of Thorns” (producer: James Le Rock; new single: “Mind Games”; Hear here; Amazon UK; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Criminal / Cargo) |
| Leeds (aka Royston Langdon, former lead singer of Spacehog) | “Everything’s Dandy” (producer: Bryce Goggin; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Urban Turban) |
| Jimmy Lee Morris (U.K. singer-songwriter) | “Last of the Tall Ships” (Hear here) | (Automix) |
| Chris Orrick | “Portraits” (producers: Nolan the Ninja, Bruce Wain, L’Orange, Apollo Brown, Calvin Valentine, Exile, Onra; guests: Fashawn, Verbal Kent; first single: “Bottom Feeders”; Hear here; CD, out May 25; iTunes) |
(Mello Music Group) |
| Harry Permezel (Melbourne-based artist) | “Wax Man” (first single: “Bonehead”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) |
(Muscle Beach) |
| This Wilderness (NY/NJ-based electro-punk duo) | “Sorry About Tomorrow” (producer: main instrumentalist Jim Coleman) | (Wax & Wane) |
| The Underhill Family Orchestra (Mobile, Ala.-based pop-rock collective) | “Tell Me That You Love Me” (first single: “When the Trumpet Sounds”; Hear/read here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Skate Mountain) |
| Vexxed (dream-pop trio) | “Thank You Sooo Much” (five-song EP; producers: Max Steen, Vexxed; first single: “Heavens Away Team”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Rare MP3s) |
| Matt C. White | “wallow in the hollow.” (new singles: “Lie With Me” and “Oath”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Burro Borracho) |
More Digital Releases for May 4, 2018 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Gary Barlow | “Open Road (21st Anniversary Edition)” (1997 album; remastered, with 11 bonus tracks; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(RCA / Legacy) |
| Jan Berry | “Second Wave” (1997 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) |
(Wounded Bird) |
| James Brown & The Famous Flames | “The Federal & King Singles As & Bs 1956-61” (two CDs, 57 songs; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay; Merch) |
(Acrobat) |
| Roy Buchanan | “Live at Town Hall 1974” (two-CD set features six songs from his live album “Live Stock,” along with a cover of Neil Young’s “Down By the River” and 14 previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; eBay) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Ornette Coleman | “The Road to Free Jazz – The Early Years 1958-61” (two CDs, 21 songs; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Little Jimmy Dickens | “The Singles Collection 1949-62” (two CDs, 57 songs; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Brian Eno | “Music For Installations” (six-CD box set of rare and previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Astralwerks) |
| Eddie Harris | “Listen Here: The Very Best of Eddie Harris” (eBay) |
(Varèse Sarabande) |
| Barry McGuire & The Doctor | “Barry McGuire & The Doctor” (1971 album, with guitarist Eric Hord; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; eBay) |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Odetta | “The Albums Collection 1954-62” (122-track, five-CD box set; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Liz Phair | “Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set” (box set celebrating the 25th anniversary of “Exile to Guyville”; contains the first official restored audio of all three 1991 “Girly-Sound” tapes from the original cassettes, plus the 1993 album remastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge; also includes a book containing an oral history by Jason Cohen and essays by Phair and NPR journalist Ann Powers; Vinyl; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Matador) |
| Cliff Richard | “The Singles & EPs Collection 1958-62” (two CDs, 61 songs; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Acrobat) |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen | “The Complete Sony Recordings” (61-CD box set) |
(Sony Classical) |
| Simon & Garfunkel | “Bridge Over Troubled Water [Vinyl]” (1970 album; 180-gram, 45RPM, two-LP box set; mastered from the original master tapes, with UltraDisc One-Step Processing; Read here) |
(Mobile Fidelity) |
| Frank Sinatra | “Standing Room Only” (three-CD collection features three rare and unreleased Sinatra concerts from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s – Jan. 28, 1966, at The Sands, Las Vegas, Oct. 7, 1974, at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, and Oct. 24, 1987, Reunion Arena, Dallas; newly remixed by Larry Walsh at NBCUniversal Audio and mastered by Seth Foster at Universal Mastering Studios; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; Filmography; Merch) |
(Frank Sinatra Enterprises / Capitol / UMe) |
| Tom Verlaine | “Cover” (1984 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) |
(Wounded Bird) |
More Releases for May 4, 2018 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Shonen Knife | “ALIVE! In Osaka [DVD/CD]” (recorded at Juso Fandango in Osaka, Japan, in December 2017; See here; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Good Charamel) |
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