New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Afghan Whigs | “In Spades” (producer: frontman Greg Dulli; first single: “Demon in Profile”; Hear here; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, signed by Dulli; MP3; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch)  | (Sub Pop) |
| Julie Andrews, et al | “Julie’s Greenroom (Music From The Netflix Original Series)” (guest stars include Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Ellie Kemper and David Hyde Pierce; score by Ryan Shore) | (Varѐse Sarabande) |
| Ásgeir (Icelandic singer-songwriter) | “Afterglow” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; iTunes) | (One Little Indian / Columbia) |
| At the Drive-In | “in•ter a•li•a” (their first album in 17 years; producers: guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Rich Costey; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Rise) |
| Big Walnuts Yonder (Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Greg Saunier, Nick Reinhart) | “Big Walnuts Yonder” (producer: Tony Maimone; MP3; iTunes) | (Sargent House) |
| Black Lips | “Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?” (producer: Sean Lennon; first single: “Can’t Hold On”; See here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Vice) |
| Blondie | “Pollinator” (their 11th studio album will feature collaborations with Joan Jett, Laurie Anderson, Charli XCX, Sia, Johnny Marr, etc.; first single: “Fun”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Limited-Edition 7″ Box Set; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Bonnie Prince Billy (aka Will Oldham) | “Best Troubador” (16-song tribute to Merle Haggard; NPR First Listen; Vinyl) | (Drag City) |
| Carl Craig | “Versus” (the Detroit electronic artist re-imagines his past music with the Les Siècles Orchestra and classical pianist Francesco Tristano; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (InFine Music) |
| Mac DeMarco | “This Old Dog” (first singles: “My Old Man” / “This Old Dog”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Forest Swords (U.K. electronic producer) | “Compassion” (new single: “Arms Out”; See here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Ninja Tune) |
| Michael Gaither | “Hey Karma” (producers: Gaither, Dayan Kai; guests: Laura Hall, Alysha Antonio, Steve Kritzer, Glenn MacPherson, Michael Capella; first single: “Mix Tape”; Hear here) | (Miracle Mile, May 9) |
| Delia Gonzalez (Cuban-American musician and artist, based in NYC and Berlin) | “Horse Follows Darkness” (Hear here; MP3) | (DFA) |
| Goodbye June | “Magic Valley” (producer: Paul Moak; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Cotton Valley Music / Interscope) |
| The Head and the Heart | “Stinson Beach Sessions” (eight previously unreleased demos from 2016’s “Signs of Light” album; Hear here; On Tour) | (Warner) |
| Jesu / Sun Kil Moon | “30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth” (Hear here; On Tour) | (Caldo Verde) |
| Diana Krall | “Turn Up the Quiet” (producer: Tommy LiPuma; Hear here; Read here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour)  | (Verve) |
| Patti LaBelle | “Bel Hommage” (Hear here; On Tour) | (GPE) |
| Logic | “Everybody” (first single: “Everybody”; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; On Tour) | (Def Jam) |
| Taj Mahal / Keb’ Mo’ | “TajMo” (guests: Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Sheila E., Lizz Wright; first single: “Don’t Leave Me Here”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Concord) |
| Nite Jewel | “Real High” (producers: Nite Jewel, Cole M.G.N.; guests: Dam-Funk, Julia Holter, Droop-E; first single: “2 Good 2 Be True”; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Gloriette) |
| Ozomatli | “Non-Stop: Mexico to Jamaica” (includes a cover of Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love”; producers: Sly & Robbie; guests: Herb Alpert, G. Love, Chali 2Na, Juanes, Regulo Caro, Gaby Moreno, Kyle McDonald; Hear here; On Tour) | (Cleopatra) |
| Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel | “I Can Spin a Rainbow” (a collaboration between the former The Dresden Dolls singer and the founding member of The Legendary Pink Dots; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Perfume Genius | “No Shape” (producer: Blake Mills; first single: “Slip Away”; See here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Matador) |
| Allison Pierce (formerly of The Pierces) | “Year of the Rabbit” (producer: Ethan Johns; first single: “Evidence”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Pond (Australian psych-rock quartet) | “The Weather” (producer: Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker; first single: “Sweep Me Off My Feet”; See here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (Marathon Artists) |
| Joan Shelley (Louisville, Ky., singer-songwriter) | “Joan Shelley” (producer: Jeff Tweedy; first single: “Where I’ll Find You”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) | (No Quarter) |
| Slowdive | “Slowdive” (their first album since 1995’s “Pygmalion”; new single: “Sugar for the Pill”; See here; MP3; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (Dead Oceans) |
| Chris Stapleton | “From a Room: Volume 1” (“From a Room: Volume 2” will be released later this year; See here; Vinyl; MP3; On Tour; Merch) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Robin Trower | “Time and Emotion” (Hear here; On Tour) | (V-12) |
| Various artists | “Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story – An Album to Benefit War Child” (all-star charity tribute features Adele, Pearl Jam, Dolly Parton, Indigo Girls, Jim James, Old Crow Medicine Show, etc.; Hear/read here; NPR First Listen; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 62” (22 songs, featuring Lady Gaga, ZAYN, Shawn Mendes, The Chainsmokers, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, etc.; MP3) | (NOW / UMG Recordings) |
| Wale | “Shine” (guests: Lil Wayne, Major Lazer, Wizkid, Dua Lipa, G-Eazy, Chris Brown, J. Balvin, Travis Scott, Davido, Olamide, Phil Adé, Zyla Moon; MP3; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (MMG / Atlantic) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Cedar & Soil (Brooklyn electronic musician-producer George Abi-Hanna) | “Exit Here” (four-song EP; first single: “Youoy”; Hear here; See here) | (Cedar) |
| Croatian Amor (aka Loke Rahbek) | “Finding People” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Posh Isolation) |
| Helen Culver | “Tricks Are for Kids” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Helen Culver) |
| Exhausted Pipes (Bay Area indie rock band) | “New Dust” (second single: “Whisky, Weed, Women & Cocaine”; Hear here) | (3 On E Partners) |
| Michael Gaither | “Hey Karma” (producers: Gaither, Dayan Kai; guests: Steve Kritzer, Glenn MacPherson, Jeff Baker, Patrick Kennedy, Michael Capella, Laura Hall, Alysha Antonino; first single: “Hey Karma”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Miracle Mile, May 9) |
“This is my fifth record – and the first I’ve been in the producer’s seat on,” Gaither tells P&P. “It’s a sparse record – only four full band tracks – but with a pretty diverse array of instrumentation (guitar, banjo, mandolin, even pedal steel and accordion) that equally hits the three themes that run through most of my songs: Nostalgia, sarcasm, and gratitude. It’s a fun release.”
| The Harmaleighs (indie-pop duo) | “Hiraeth” (six-song EP; first single: “Birds of a Feather”; Hear here; iTunes) | (The Harmaleighs) |
| James Hersey (Austria-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter) | “Pages EP” (five songs; producers: Hersey, Ed Sheeran collaborator Will Hicks; first single: “Miss You”; See here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Glassnote) |
| Katrina | “The Very Best of Katrina from Katrina and The Waves” (18-track live album; iTunes) | (Katrina’s Web, May 3) |
| Mack Keane (20-year-old singer-songwriter/producer from NYU) | “2107” (seven-song EP; producers: Tom Keane, Nathan East; See here) | (MasonMack Music) |
| Holden Laurence | “Wild Empty Promises” (producer: Laurence; first single: “Broken Waltz”; Hear here) | (Holden Laurence) |
| Rachel Price | “Home” (six-song EP; producer: Michael Flanders; first single: “Falling Off the Earth”; Hear here) | (indieExtreme / Rachel Price Music) |
| Sharkmuffin (Brooklyn glam garage duo) | “Tsuki” (first single: “Space Glow”; See here) | (Little Dickman) |
| Tiny Vipers | “Laughter” (Jesy Fortino’s first album in eight years; first single: “K.I.S.S.”; Hear here; Read here; iTunes) | (Ba Da Bing) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Cannonball Adderley Quintet | “Classic Albums 1959-60” (two CDs) | (Acrobat) |
| Gene Ammons | “The Prestige Collection 1960-1962” (four CDs, 57 songs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Shirley Bassey | “The Definitive Collection 1956-62” (five-CD, 108-song box set; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Chuck Berry | “The Complete Chess Singles As & Bs 1955-61” (two CDs) | (Acrobat) |
| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | “Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (1984-2014)” (four CDs, 57 songs; Read here; 3-LP Box Set, Deluxe 3-CD + DVD Box Set; Super Deluxe Limited Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Mute) |
| Alice Coltrane | “World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Luaka Bop) |
| Crosby & Nash with Neil Young | “The 1972 Broadcast” (15 songs) | (Sonic Boom) |
| Dangerdoom (Danger Mouse and MF Doom) | “The Mouse and the Mask” (2005 album; with the 2006 seven-song EP “Occult Hymn,” plus two previously unreleased tracks; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Metalface) |
| Aretha Franklin | “The Complete Releases 1956-62” (two CDs, 48 songs) | (Acrobat) |
| Don Gibson | “The Complete Recordings 1952-1962” (four CDs, 116 songs) | (Enlightenment) |
| Grateful Dead | “Cornell 5/8/77” (three CDs; Hear/read here; Vinyl; Merch) | (Grateful Dead Productions) |
| Kashif | “Help Yourself to My Love: The Arista Anthology” (two CDs, 30 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| Arthur Lee & Love | “Complete ‘Forever Changes’ Live” (Vinyl) | (Rockbeat) |
| Leftfield | “Leftism 22” (1995 album; remastered, with 11 original tracks remixed by such artists as Skream, Adrian Sherwood, BodyJack and Voiski; See here; Vinyl; On Tour) | (Sony CG) |
| Little River Band | “The Big Box” (six-CD box set containing their first six albums; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (The Store For Music) |
| Mtume | “Prime Time: The Epic Anthology” (two CDs, 32 songs; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| Marvin Rainwater | “The Complete Releases 1955-62” (two CDs, 58 songs) | (Acrobat) |
| Rare Earth | “Dreams / Answers” (1968 album; remastered), “Willie Remembers” (1972 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
| Chris Robinson Brotherhood | “Betty’s Self-Rising Southern Blends, Vol. 3” (recorded and mixed live from the soundboard by Grateful Dead archivist and recording engineer Betty Cantor Jackson in November 2015; 3-LP, 2-CD box set; On Tour) | (Silver Arrow) |
| Simon & Garfunkel | “Homeward Bound: Radio Broadcast / 1968” | (Sonic Boom) |
| Richard Stoltzman | “Richard Stoltzman – The Complete Album Collection” (40-CD box set) | (Sony Classical) |
| The Turtles | “It Ain’t Me Babe” (1965 album; remastered), “You Baby/Let Me Be” (1966 album; remastered), “Happy Together” (1967 album; remastered), “The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands” (1968 album; remastered), “Turtle Soup” (1969 album; remastered), “Wooden Head” (1970 album; remastered) | (Manifesto) |
| U2 | “U218 Singles [Vinyl]” (2006 compilation; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Island / UMe) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call a Workout 2017 – Hits & Remixes” (15 songs; Track list) | (NOW / UMG Recordings) |