New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ace of Cups | “Ace of Cups” (the 1960s-era Bay Area all-female rock band’s debut studio album; features newly recorded songs written between 1965 and 1969 and new originals written over the past decade; producer: Dan Shea; guests: Bob Weir, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Taj Mahal, Buffy Sainte-Marie, etc.; first single: “Feel Good”; Hear/read here; See here; Download; iTunes)  |
(High Moon) |
| All That Remains | “Victim of the New Disease” (guest: Danny Worsnop; new single: “Fuck Love”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Fearless) |
| Steve Aoki | “Neon Future III” (guests: Lady Antebellum, Louis Tomlinson, BTS, Lil Yachty, Mike Posner, blink-182, Daddy Yankee, etc.; new single: “Waste It On Me”; Hear here; eBay; On Tour) |
(Ultra Music / Dim Mak) |
| Jonas Blue (U.K. producer/songwriter) | “Blue” (guests: Liam Payne, Joe Jonas, Kaskade, Jessie Reyez, Jack & Jack, Lennon Stella, etc.; new single: “Polaroid”; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Positiva / Virgin) |
| Charles Bradley (soul singer died of cancer on Sept. 23, 2017) | “Black Velvet” (his fourth and final album; first single: “I Feel a Change”; NPR First Listen; See here; Vinyl; Deluxe Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) |
(Dunham / Daptone) |
| Sarah Brightman | “Hymn” (the title track is a cover of Barclay James Harvest’s 1977 classic; producer: Frank Peterson; guests: Vincent Niclo, Eric Whitacre Singers, Yoshiki; first single: “Sogni”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Download; iTunes; eBay) |
(Decca Gold) |
| Kane Brown | “Experiment” (producer: Dann Huff; new single: “Homesick”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Chris Young) |
(RCA Nashville) |
| The Gibson Brothers | “Mockingbird” (producer: Dan Auerbach; first single: “Lay Your Body Down”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Easy Eye Sound / Nonesuch) |
| Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | “The Capitol Studios Sessions” (guests: Sarah Silverman, Haley Reinhart, Imelda May, Till Brönner; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Decca) |
| Grapetooth (Chicago synth duo led by Twin Peaks frontman Clay Frankel) | “Grapetooth” (new single: “Blood”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers | “Bought to Rot” (first single: “Apocalypse Now [& Later]”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Bloodshot) |
| Hanson | “String Theory” (double album, backed by a 46-piece symphony orchestra; first single: “Siren Call”; NPR First Listen; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(3CG) |
| I Dont Know How But They Found Me (iDKHOW) | “1981 Extended Play” (debut six-song EP from Dallon Weekes, the former Panic! At The Disco bassist, and ex-Falling in Reverse drummer Ryan Seaman; producer: Weekes; new single: “Do It All the Time”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Waterparks) | (Fearless) |
| Imagine Dragons | “Origins” (producers: Joel Little, Mattman & Robin, John Hill; new singles: “Natural” and “Zero”; See here; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with three extra songs; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch)  |
(KIDinaKORNER / Interscope) |
| Larkin Poe | “Venom & Faith” (producers: Larkin Poe, Roger Alan Nichols; guest: Tyler Bryant; new single: “Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Tricki-Woo) |
| Lil Peep (rising singer-rapper died of a drug overdose on Nov. 15, 2017) | “Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2” (producers: Smokeasac and George Astasio of IIVI; new single: “Runaway”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Autnmy / Access / Columbia) |
| J Mascis | “Elastic Days” (first single: “See You At the Movies”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Sub Pop) |
| Rhett Miller | “The Messenger” (first single: “Total Disaster”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ATO) |
| Olly Murs | “You Know I Know” (guests: Demi Lovato, Snoop Dogg, Shaggy, Flo Rida, Travie McCoy, Louisa Johnson, Rizzle Kicks; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition, with four extra songs; iTunes) |
(RCA) |
| Muse | “Simulation Theory” (producers: Muse, Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, Timbaland; new single: “The Dark Side”; See here; Deluxe Edition, with five bonus tracks; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| Molly Nilsson | Twenty Twenty” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Dark Skies Association / Night School) |
| Ted Nugent | “The Music Made Me Do It” (first single: “The Music Made Me Do It”; See here; Download; iTunes; eBay) |
(Round Hill) |
| Stephen Pearcy | “View to a Thrill” (the Ratt lead singer’s fifth solo album; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Red Dragon Cartel (led by former Ozzy Osbourne and Badlands guitarist Jake E. Lee) | “Patina” (Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| The Revivalists | “Take Good Care” (producers: Dave Cobb, Andrew Dawson, Dave Bassett; new single: “You and I”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Loma Vista Recordings) |
| Jon Spencer | “Spencer Sings the Hits” (first single: “Do the Trash Can”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour, with the Melvins) |
(In the Red) |
| Straight No Chaser | “One Shot” (first single: “Motownphilly/This Is How We Do It”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Atlantic) |
| Various artists | “Songs That Saved My Life” (Target-Exclusive CD, with poster; a charity compilation for mental health awareness and suicide prevention, featuring Neck Deep, Against Me!, Dance Gavin Dance, Stand Atlantic, etc.; songsthatsavedmylife.com; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Hopeless) |
| Roger Waters | “Stravinksky’s The Soldier’s Tale” (with new narration adapted and performed by Waters, with the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Orchestra; Amazon UK; Download; eBay) |
(Sony Classical) |
More Releases for Nov. 9, 2018 »
New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jonathan Franco (Detroit-based musician) | “Swimming Alone Around the Room” (first single: “Wine Lips”; Hear here) |
(Jonathan Franco) |
| Chris Garneau | “Yours” (first single: “Torpedo”; Hear here; On Tour) |
(The Orchard) |
| Gary Numan | “The Fallen” (four-song EP; first single: “It Will End Here”; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Jesse Scott Singpiel (Madison, Wis., singer-songwriter) | “This Is Not This” (producer: Benjamin McMullan; first single: “Jimmy Three”; Hear here) | (Lugh Music, Nov. 13) |
| Tellico (Asheville, N.C., folk/Americana band) | “Woven Waters” (producer: John Doyle; first single: “Courage For The Morning”; iTunes) |
(Organic / Crossroads Label Group) |
With this album we wanted to grow our sound to add more complexity and depth to our arrangement,” Tellico vocalist and guitarist Anya Hinkle tells P&P. “In many cases, instrumental parts were conceived of intentionally and composed separately from the choruses and verses, with the help of producer John Doyle, who also helped us experiment with more alternative chords and voicings than we might naturally have chosen, adding a broader kaleidoscope of feeling to the songs.
More Digital Releases for Nov. 9, 2018 »
Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Beatles | “The Beatles (The White Album) [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]” (1968 album; newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio; three-CD set, with 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes; See here; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition, six CDs and a Blu-ray disc housed in a slipsleeved 164-page hardbound book, with pull-out reproductions of the four glossy color photos of John, Paul, George and Ringo that were included with the original album; Vinyl, two LPs; Vinyl Deluxe Edition, four LPs; Download; Digital Super Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Apple / Capitol / UMe) |
| Classics IV | “Spooky / ‘Mamas and Papas/Soul Train’ / Traces / Song” (1968, 1969 and 1970 albums on two CDs, 44 songs; remastered; See here; Amazon UK) |
(BGO) |
| The Deele | “Street Beat / Material Thangz / Eyes of a Stranger” (1983, 1985, 1987 albums on three CDs, including “Two Occasions”; remastered, with 10 bonus tracks; See here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
(SoulMusic / Cherry Red) |
| John Denver | “Leaving On a Jet Plane” (12-track collection includes released and unreleased songs recorded on Reprise between 1967 and 1968, when he was part of The Mitchell Trio and Denver, Boise & Johnson; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; eBay) |
(Varѐse Sarabande) |
| Marianne Faithfull | “Come and Stay With Me: The UK 45s 1964-1969” (22 songs; Download; eBay) |
(ABKCO) |
| Fastball | “All the Pain Money Can Buy (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1998 album, featuring “The Way”; remastered, with nine bonus tracks; See here; Vinyl; On Tour) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Lefty Frizzell | “An Article From Life: The Complete Recordings” (20-CD, 361-song box set, with 264-page hardcover book; Read here; eBay) |
(Bear Family) |
| Fleet Foxes | “First Collection 2006–2009” (See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay) |
(Sub Pop) |
| The Glands | “Double Coda” (two years after frontman Ross Shapiro’s death, the remaining band members compiled demos and recordings from the past two decades; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Vinyl Box Set, includes “Double Coda” and expanded editions of their first two albums; Download; iTunes) |
(New West) |
| Al Green | “The Hi Records Singles Collection” (three-CD, 57-song set, circa 1969-78; Amazon UK) |
(Hi / Fat Possum) |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | “Electric Ladyland (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1968 album; three-CD and one Blu-ray box set featuring unreleased demos, unreleased concert, 5.1 audio, expanded documentary film, etc.; Read here; Vinyl, six-LP and one Blu-ray box set; eBay; Merch) |
(Experience Hendrix / Legacy) |
| Jethro Tull | “This Was (The 50th Anniversary Edition)” (remastered three-CD, one-DVD box set includes the original 1968 album with bonus tracks remixed in stereo and 4.1 surround by Steven Wilson, plus live BBC sessions, the original mono mix, etc.; Amazon UK; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Ben Sidran | “Ben There, Done That: Live Around the World (1975-2015)” (three-CD set contains 27 previously unreleased live tracks, with a 24-page book; eBay) |
(Sunset Blvd.) |
| Soft Cell | “Keychains & Snowstorms: The Soft Cell Story” (128-song compilation; nine-CD, one-DVD box set, featuring remastered versions of their early ’80s 12-inch single A-sides, remastered B-sides, new versions and extended versions of Soft Cell fan favorites, unreleased material, live recordings, a David Ball-directed 12-suite continuous mix of Soft Cell hits, BBC performances, plus the “Non-Stop Exotic Video Show,” music videos and TV appearances; single CD, “The Singles – Keychains & Snowstorms,” out Sept. 28; Read here; Amazon UK; Download, released on Sept. 7; iTunes; eBay) |
(Mercury / UMe) |
| Johnny Tillotson | “The Complete Releases 1958-62” (two CDs, 31 songs; Download; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Train | “Greatest Hits” (17 songs; See here; Download) |
(Columbia) |
| Big Joe Turner | “The Singles Collection 1950-60” (two CDs, 55 songs; Download; eBay) |
(Acrobat) |
| Various artists | “100 Christmas Masterworks” (five-CD collection, featuring holiday songs by Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, etc.) |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Various artists | “The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions” (five-CD, 35-track box set featuring songs originally released over a span of almost a decade – 1956-1965 – by Cuba’s first independent record label Panart, featuring Julio Gutiérrez, Niño Rivera, Cachao and José Fajardo; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Warren Zevon | “Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School” (1980 album; remastered; eBay) |
(Friday Music) |
More Releases for Nov. 9, 2018 »
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Sheryl Crow | “Live at the Capitol Theatre – 2017 Be Myself Tour [DVD/CD]” (Nov. 10, 2017, show at the historic venue in Port Chester, N.Y.; Blu-ray + CD; eBay; On Tour) |
(Cleopatra) |
| The Brian Setzer Orchestra | “Christmas Rocks! Live [Blu-ray]” (See here; eBay; On Tour) |
(Surfdog) |
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Next Week: Nov. 16, 2018
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