New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jon Batiste (Stephen Colbert’s bandleader) | “Christmas with Jon Batiste” (Amazon-exclusive; guests: Aloe Blacc, Judith Hill, Jason Marsalis, Lee England Jr., Infinity Song, Eric Gales, Sean Jones; Hear/read here; MP3)  |
(Naht Jona, LLC) |
| Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons | “Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons” (five-song EP; producer: son Todd Campbell; Hear here; MP3) |
(Motörhead Music) |
| Jack Carty (Australian troubadour) | “Home State” (first single: “All At Once”; See here; MP3) |
(Gilded Lily) |
| Celtic Woman | “Voices of Angels” (featuring the 72-piece Orchestra of Ireland; first single: “Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; Target Exclusive, with two extra songs; On Tour)  |
(Celtic Woman / Manhattan) |
| Churchwood (Austin-based experimental/avant-garde blues band) | “Hex City” (Hear/read here; MP3) |
(Saustex) |
| Andra Day | “Merry Christmas from Andra Day” (five-song EP; guests: Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Nettles; Hear here; MP3; On Tour) |
(Warner) |
| Disturbed | “Live at Red Rocks” (recorded in August 2016; Hear here; MP3; Merch) |
(Reprise) |
| DNCE | “DNCE” (Hear here; Read here; MP3; iTunes; Target Exclusive, with three extra tracks; On Tour; Merch) |
(Joseph Jonas / Republic) |
| E-40 | “The D-Boy Diary: Book 1,” “The D-Boy Diary: Book 2” (guests: Gucci Mane, Lil B, G-Eazy, Nef The Pharaoh, Droop-E, Jay Rock, Kid Ink, B-Legit, Mistah F.A.B., Mozzy, K Camp, Ezale, etc.; Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Heavy On The Grind Entertainment) |
| ESP Ohio (new Robert Pollard-led group) | “Starting Point of the Royal Cyclopean” (new single: “Lithuanian Bombshells”; Hear here) |
(Guided By Voices) |
| Michael Giacchino | “Doctor Strange (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (MP3) |
(Hollywood) |
| Highly Suspect | “The Boy Who Died Wolf” (first single: “My Name Is Human”; Hear here; MP3; On Tour) |
(300 Entertainment) |
| High Valley (Canadian country brother duo) | “Dear Life” (first single: “Make You Mine”; See here; MP3; On Tour) |
(Atlantic Nashville) |
| James Newton Howard | “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (J.K. Rowling film opens Nov. 18; Urban Outfitters-exclusive Vinyl; MP3) |
(WaterTower Music) |
| Justice (French electronic music duo) | “Woman” (first single: “Safe and Sound”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Because Music) |
| Robert Earl Keen | “Live Dinner Reunion” (two-CD sequel to his 1996 album “No. 2 Live Dinner”; guests: Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Bruce Robison, Cory Morrow, Cody Canada; Read here; MP3; On Tour) |
(Dualtone) |
| Bobby Kimball (original Toto vocalist) | “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore” (producers: John Zaika, Dave Barnett, Brian Bromberg; guest: Derek Sherinian; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Japan – King) |
| Miranda Lambert | “The Weight of These Wings” (24-song double album; producers: Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf, Eric Masse; first single: “Vice”; See here; Read here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(RCA Nashville) |
| Lamb of God | “The Duke” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3; Merch) |
(Epic) |
| Little Mix | “Glory Days” (first single: “Shout Out To My Ex”; See here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Concert Film Edition; On Tour; Merch) |
(Syco Music) |
| Man & The Echo | “Man & The Echo” (producer: Neil Comber; first single: “Distance Runner”; Hear here; MP3) |
(PIAS America) |
| Bruno Mars | “24K Magic” (first single: “24K Magic”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Atlantic) |
| Metallica | “Hardwired … To Self-Destruct” (two-CD, two-vinyl set; their first album since 2008; producer: Greg Fidelman; first single: “Hardwired”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Vinyl Box Set; MP3; iTunes; Merch) |
(Blackened Recordings) |
| Blake Neely | “Blindspot (Original Television Soundtrack: Season 1)” |
(La-La Land / WaterTower Music) |
| NewSong | “The Best Christmas Ever!” (material from past holiday albums, plus five new studio tracks; guests: Bethany Cruz, Jodi King; Hear here) |
(HHM / Word Distribution) |
| The Outlaws | “Legacy Live” (two CDs; Hear here; MP3; On Tour; Merch) |
(Steamhammer / SPV) |
| Ginny Owens | “Love Be the Loudest” (producers: Rusty Varenkamp, Josh Bronleewe; guests: All Sons & Daughters, Andrew Bergthold, Meredith Andrews, Andrew Greer, Mike Weaver; Hear here; MP3) |
(ChickPower Music) |
| Pink Martini | “Je dis oui!” (a collection of songs sung in French, Farsi, Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Xhosa and English; producers: Thomas Lauderdale, Kyle Mustain; guest vocalists include Ari Shapiro, Ikram Goldman, Kathleen Saadat and Rufus Wainwright; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; On Tour) |
(Heinz) |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | “A Little Something More From” (Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Stax) |
| Royal Teeth (Louisiana indie-pop band) | “Amateurs” (seven-song EP; first single: “Kids Conspire”; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Round Hill) |
| Jane Siberry | “Angels Bend Closer” (her first album in five years; recorded with engineer Michael Verdick; guest: k.d. lang; Hear here; MP3) |
(Sheeba Music) |
| Brian Simpson | “Persuasion” (Hear here) |
(Shanachie) |
| Solange | “A Seat at the Table” (the R&B star’s first album in eight years, released digitally on Sept. 30; guests: Q-Tip, Kelly Rowland, The-Dream, BJ The Chicago Kid, Kelela, Tweet, Moses Sumney, Sampha, Sean Nicholas Savage, Nia Andrews, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-exclusive Purple Vinyl; MP3; Merch) |
(Columbia) |
| Juan María Solare (Argentine musician based in Germany) | “Music Box Music” (producer: Solare; first single: “Kate Crackernuts”; Hear here) |
(Janus Music & Sound, Nov. 19) |
| Doug Stanhope | “No Place Like Home” (Seeso comedy special, recorded live in his hometown of Bisbee, Ariz.; See here; MP3; On Tour; Merch) |
(Comedy Dynamics) |
| Thee Oh Sees | “An Odd Entrances” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; On Tour; Merch) |
(Castle Face) |
| TobyMac | “Hits Deep Live” (CD/DVD; Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(ForeFront) |
| A Tribe Called Quest | “We got it from Here … Thank You 4 Your service” (guests: André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Elton John, Jack White, Busta Rhymes; first single: “Nutshell”; Hear here; Read here; released on MP3 on Nov. 11; iTunes; Merch) |
(Epic) |
| Various artists | “Moana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (the animated film, featuring the voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson and Nicole Scherzinger, opens Nov. 23; “Hamilton” creator and Tony Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote all the film’s songs with Mark Mancina; See here; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes; Target Exclusive, with two collectible cards; Merch) | (Walt Disney) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 95” (two CDs) |
(U.K. – NOW / UMD) |
| Hannah Williams & The Affirmations (U.K. soul band) | “Late Nights & Heartbreak” (producer: Malcolm Catto; first single: “Tame in the Water”; Hear here) |
(Record Kicks) |
| Rita Wilson | “The Christmas Sessions” (guest: Richard Marx; MP3) |
(Sing It Loud) |
| Mike Zito | “Make Blues Not War” (producer: Tom Hambridge; Hear here; On Tour) |
(Ruf) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| D∆WN (aka Dawn Richard, formerly of Danity Kane) | “Redemption” (Hear here; NPR First Listen) |
(Local Action / Our Dawn Entertainment) |
| Johnnie Guilbert | “Lost” (six-song EP; first single: “My Mind”; See here; On Tour) |
(Talent Shoppe) |
| Patrick Joseph (L.A.-based indie singer-songwriter) | “Hindsight” (new single: “Sorry”; Hear here) |
(Incline, Nov. 22) |
| Lanikai (new project from Imaginary Cities’ Marti Sarbit) | “Lanikai” (five-song EP; first single: “I’m Glad”; Hear here) |
(Hidden Pony) |
| Makari (Tampa-based progressive-rock outfit) | “Elegies” (five-song EP; new single: “Blossom”; Hear here) |
(InVogue) |
| Bridgit Mendler | “Nemesis” (four-song EP; first single: “Atlantis,” feat. Kaiydo; See here; Merch) |
(Black Box) |
| Protest the Hero | “Pacific Myth” (Hear here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Protest the Hero / Razor & Tie) |
| Soft Cyanide | “Soft Cyanide” (first single: “Surrender”; See here) |
(Soft Cyanide, Nov. 17) |
| Travis Tritt | “A Man and His Guitar: Live from the Franklin Theatre” (guests: Marty Stuart, James Otto; Read here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Post Oak Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Kitsuné Maison Compilation 18: The Hysterical Advisory Issue” (16 songs) | (Maison Kitsuné) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Roy Acuff & The Smoky Mountain Boys | “The King of Country Music: The Complete Foundation Recordings Complete 1936-1951” (nine-CD, one-DVD box set; Read here) |
(Bear Family) |
| Tori Amos | “Boys for Pele (Deluxe Edition)” (1996 album; remastered, with a second CD of B-sides, rare recordings and four previously unreleased tracks; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes; Merch) |
(Rhino / Atlantic) |
| The Avengers (1960s pop-psych band from New Zealand) | “Everyone’s Gonna Wonder: Complete Singles … PLUS” (27 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – RPM / Cherry Red) |
| Blue Zone (fronted by Lisa Stansfield) | “Big Thing (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album; remastered and expanded, with rare tracks and remixes; See here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Edsel / Demon Music Group) |
| Tim Buckley | “Wings: The Complete Singles 1966-1974” (21 songs) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Detective (1970s rock band led by Michael Des Barres) | “It Takes One to Know One” (1977 album; remastered; Read here), “Live From the Atlantic Studios” (1978 recordings, part of a promo-only series on Swan Song Records but never released commercially; Read here) |
(U.K. – Cherry Red) |
| Sammy Hagar | “This Is Sammy Hagar: When the Party Started” (a collection of 14 post-Van Halen songs handpicked by Hagar; Merch) |
(Mailboat) |
| Faith Hill | “Deep Tracks” (13 songs; MP3; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| The Human League | “A Very British Synthesizer Group” (two CDs of hits, a third CD of 17 previously unreleased mixes, a DVD containing 21 music videos, BBC performances and a 58-page hardbound book; Merch) |
(U.K. – UMC) |
| Keith Jarrett | “A Multitude of Angels” (four-CD box set of solo concerts in Italy in October 1996) |
(ECM) |
| Jethro Tull | “Stand Up (The Elevated Edition)” (three-disc set includes the original 1969 album and bonus tracks remixed to stereo and 5.1 surround by Steven Wilson, plus a DVD featuring a January 1969 concert in Sweden; Merch) |
(Chrysalis / Parlophone) |
| Gidon Kremer | “Complete Concerto Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon” (22-CD box set) |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | “The Legend Live: Santa Barbara County Bowl: November 25th 1979” (CD/DVD combo; See here; Merch) |
(Trojan) |
| Randy Meisner | “One More Song / Randy Meisner” (1980 and 1982 albums on one CD; remastered; See here) |
(U.K. – BGO) |
| Nektar | “Journey to the Centre of the Eye [Super Audio CD]” (1972 debut album; remastered; three CDs) |
(Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Prince | “Prince 4Ever” (two-CD, 40-song best-of, with a previously unreleased song called “Moonbeam Levels,” recorded during the “1999” sessions; includes a 12-page booklet of never-before-seen photos by acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts; MP3; also available at Target; Merch) |
(NPG / Warner, Nov. 22) |
| R.E.M. | “Out of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1991 album; remastered, with unreleased demos, rare live performance, Blu-ray versions of music videos, “Time Piece” promo film and more; Vinyl; three-LP set; three CDs + Blu-ray; Standard CD; MP3; Merch) |
(Concord Bicycle) |
| Soundgarden | “Badmotorfinger (Deluxe Edition)” (1991 album; remastered; two CDs, 28 tracks; Super Deluxe Edition, four CDs, two DVDs and one Blu-ray Audio disc, with 109 tracks total: 79 tracks, videos and mixes are previously unreleased; Vinyl, 180-gram audiophile black vinyl edition; Standard CD; MP3; Merch) |
(A&M / UMe) |
| George Strait | “Strait Out of the Box: Part 2” (Walmart-exclusive three-CD box set features 56 songs spanning 1996-2016, including 36 hits and 26 No. 1s, along with two new tracks; Merch) |
(MCA Nashville) |
| Donna Summer | “The Ultimate Collection” (19 songs; Deluxe Edition, three CDs, 54 songs; See here; Merch) |
(U.K. – Driven By The Music / Crimson) |
| Various artists | “Shaping the Century Vol. 1 (1900-1949)” (28-CD box set) | (Decca) |
| Various artists | “Space Rock: An Interstellar Traveler’s Guide” (six-CD box set, featuring Hawkwind, Amon Düül II, Gong, Can, Guru Guru, Tangerine Dream, Ozric Tentacles, Popol Vuh, Alice Cooper, Nektar, Chrome, etc.; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Baby Washington | “That’s How Heartaches Are Made: 1958-1962 Recordings” |
(Soul Jam) |
| The Who | “My Generation” (1965 album; five-CD box set featuring demos, mono mixes, new stereo mixes, etc.; Read here; Vinyl, out Feb. 10; Merch) |
(Geffen / UMe) |
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Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Columbo | “We Know Who You Are” (unreleased 1999 album; See here) | (Banoffeesound) |
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DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/Cast: | Title: | Studio/Label: |
| The Beatles | “Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years [DVD Deluxe]” (2016 documentary film, directed by Ron Howard; two discs; See here; Blu-ray Deluxe; Standard DVD; Standard Blu-ray; Merch) |
(Apple / Universal) |
| Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow | “Memories in Rock – Live in Germany [DVD + 2CD]” (filmed in June 2016; Standard Blu-ray; MP3; Merch) |
(Eagle Rock) |
| Depeche Mode | “Video Singles Collection [DVD]” (three discs, with 55 newly restored music videos; Merch) |
(Columbia / Legacy) |
| Elton John | “To Russia … With Elton [DVD]” (documentary about his 1979 tour of Russia, the first Western pop star invited to perform there) |
(Shout! Factory) |
| Gregory Porter | “Live in Berlin [DVD + 2CD]” (May 16 concert at the Philharmonie Berlin; See here; Blu-ray) |
(Eagle Rock) |
| Rush | “Time Stand Still [DVD]” (2016 documentary film chronicles the band’s final major tour; See here; Blu-ray; Merch) |
(Rounder) |
| Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, et al | “Kubo and the Two Strings [DVD]” (2016 film; Blu-ray + DVD; Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) |
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Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Matthew Annis | “The Music Scene: The History of Modern Music” (Paperback) | (Franklin Watts) |
| DJ Khaled | “The Keys” (Hardcover; Kindle) |
(Crown Archetype) |
| Richard Ehrlich | “Richard Ehrlich: Face the Music” (Hardcover) | (Steidl) |
| Freddie Mercury | “Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury” (Hardcover; authors: Matt Richards, Mark Langthorne) |
(Blue Streak) |
| Prince | “Prince: Purple Reign” (Hardcover; author: Mick Wall; Kindle; Free Preview) |
(Trapeze) |
| Stephen M. Shutts | “Raiders of Rock: The Pursuit of Rock and Roll Memorabilia in America” (Hardcover) | (Heritage Builders) |
| Patti Smith | “Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015” (Paperback) |
(Ecco) |
| Hank Williams | “Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams” (Hardcover; author: Mark Ribowsky; Kindle) |
(Liveright) |
| Amy Winehouse | “Back To Black: Amy Winehouse’s Only Masterpiece” (Paperback; author: Donald Brackett) |
(Backbeat Books) |
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Cool Stuff
| Manufacturer: | Product: | Release Date: |
| Electronic Arts | “Star Wars Battlefront Ultimate Edition [Xbox One]” (PlayStation 4; also available via Target; Merch) | (Nov. 18) |