New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Adelitas Way | “Notorious” (producers: Jake Scherer, Johnny K, Brian Howes, Johnny Andrews, Dave Bassett; new single: “Notorious”; Hear here; eBay; On Tour; Merch)  | (The Vegas Syn / The Fuel Music) |
| Jaye Bartell | “In a Time of Trouble, a Wild Exultation” (first single: “The Wilderness”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sinderlyn) |
| Boyz II Men | “Under the Streetlight” (covers of R&B vocal standards, with one original song; guests: Brian McKnight, Take 6, Amber Riley; Read here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Brand New | “Science Fiction” (released digitally on Aug. 17; producer: Mike Sapone; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Procrastinate! Music Traitors) |
| Phillip Brandon (singer-songwriter toured for eight years as narrator for Trans Siberian Orchestra) | “The Story Begins” (producers: Preston Glass, DrFord; guests: Eugene Gorskiy, Victor Á. Carracedo, Carlitos Cuba, Stan Loken, Brenda “Ms. B.” Davis, Otha White, J Marie, Ashley L. Brown, etc.; first single: “Come On”; See here; Download) | (Davis Infinity) |
| Buffalo Killers | “Alive and Well in Ohio” (producers: brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard; first single: “Parachute”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Alive Naturalsound) |
| Bully | “Losing” (first single: “Feel the Same”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sub Pop) |
| Carter Burwell | “Wonderstruck (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (drama film, directed by Todd Haynes and based on the novel by Brian Selznick, opens Oct. 20; Download; iTunes; In Theaters) | (Lakeshore) |
| John Carpenter | “Anthology (Movie Themes 1974-1998)” (13 newly recorded versions of the sci-fi/horror director’s film themes; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Filmography) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Casting Crowns | “It’s Finally Christmas” (six-song EP; On Tour) | (Beach Street / Reunion) |
| Cheap Trick | “Christmas Christmas” (covers of nine holiday classics, plus three new songs written by the band; producers: Cheap Trick, Julian Raymond; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Big Machine) |
| Keyshia Cole | “11:11 Reset” (guests: DJ Khaled, Remy Ma, French Montana, Young Thug, Kamaiyah, Too $hort; second single: “Incapable”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Epic) |
| Colleen (French multi-instrumentalist Cécile Schott) | “A flame my love, a frequency” (first single: “Winter dawn”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; iTunes; On Tour) | (Thrill Jockey) |
| CyHra | “Letters to Myself” (new band led by former Amaranthe singer Jake E. and ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad; first single: “Karma”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Spinefarm) |
| Destroyer | “ken” (first single: “Sky’s Grey”; Hear here; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; On Tour) | (Merge) |
| Elizabeth and the Catapult | “Keepsake” (producers: Dan Molad and Peter Lalish of Lucius; first single: “We Can Pretend”; Hear here; Download) | (Compass) |
| Europe | “Walk the Earth” (producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Hell & Back Recordings) |
| Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn | “Echo in the Valley” (first single: “Don’t Let It Bring You Down”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Rounder) |
| Matt Forbes (Canadian pop crooner) | “Solitary Man” (producers: Nicholai Baxter, Forbes; first single: “Cry Me a River”; See here; Download; iTunes) | (Old Bag) |
” ‘Solitary Man’ is the sophomore follow-up to my first LP, ‘Coulda Woulda Shoulda,'” Forbes tells P&P. “We’ve pulled from over a century’s worth of classic pop music and tried to push it in some bold, unexpected directions – everything from Cole Porter to U2 to Gorillaz! I was fortunate to work with Grammy Award-winning producer Nicholai Baxter (recently of ‘La La Land’) who helped strike a balance between the new and the old.”
| Dori Freeman | “Letters Never Read” (first single: “If I Could Make You My Own”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (MRI) |
| Gel Set (solo project from L.A. multimedia artist Laura Callier) | “Body Copy” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Omnian Music Group) |
| Grandbrothers (piano/experimental duo from Düsseldorf) | “Open” (first single: “Bloodflow”; See here; Download; iTunes) | (City Slang) |
| GWAR | “The Blood of Gods” (eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Metal Blade) |
| Brandon Heath | “Faith Hope Love Repeat” (guest: Tauren Wells; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Reunion) |
| Niall Horan | “Flicker” (new single: “Too Much To Ask”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs and a poster; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Capitol) |
| Hanne Hukkelberg | “Trust” (first single: “IRL”; Hear here) | (Propeller Recordings) |
| Ikebe Shakedown (Brooklyn R&B/soul instrumental band) | “The Way Home” (Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Colemine) |
| King Leg (L.A.-based rocker) | “Meet King Leg” (producers: Dwight Yoakam, Chris Lord-Alge; first single: “Great Outdoors”; Hear here; See here; Download; On Tour) | (Sire) |
| Kllo (Australian electronic pop duo) | “Backwater” (first single: “Virtue”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | (Ghostly International) |
| Lean Year | “Lean Year” (debut album from Richmond-based singer Emilie Rex and filmmaker/musician Rick Alverson; producers: Alverson, engineer Erik Hall; first single: “Watch Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Bear McCreary | “The Walking Dead (Original Television Soundtrack)” (season 8 begins Oct. 22; Vinyl; DVD; iTunes; Merch) | (Lakeshore / Sparks & Shadows) |
| Chanté Moore | “The Rise of the Phoenix” (released as Download on Sept. 29; new single: “Something to Remember”; Hear here; On Tour) | (CM7) |
| Movements (alt-rock quartet) | “Feel Something” (producer: Will Yip; first single: “Colorblind”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Fearless) |
| Willie Nelson with Lukas and Micah Nelson | “Willie and The Boys: Willie’s Stash Vol. 2” (much of the album was recorded six years ago, featuring covers of country music standards and classics, including seven by Hank Williams Sr.; producer: Buddy Cannon; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| 98° | “Let It Snow” (Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; On Tour) | (UMe) |
| NRBQ | “Happy Talk” (five-song EP, three originals and two covers) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Tasha Page-Lockhart | “The Beautiful Project” (guests: Izze Williams, Bryan Popin; new single: “When I Think”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Fo Yo Soul / RCA Inspiration) |
| Porter & The Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes | “Don’t Go Baby It’s Gonna Get Weird Without You” (Americana artist Chris Porter and bandmate Mitchell Vandenberg were killed in a van crash on their way to play a show in Baltimore in October 2016; producer: Will Johnson; Hear here; Download) | (Cornelius Chapel) |
| Margo Price | “All American Made” (producers: husband Jeremy Ivey, Alex Munoz, Matt Ross-Spang; guests: Willie Nelson, The McCrary Sisters; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Third Man) |
| Darius Rucker | “When Was the Last Time” (second single: “For the First Time”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Sons of Apollo (new supergroup featuring former members of Dream Theater, Guns N’ Roses and Journey) | “Psychotic Symphony” (producers: group members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian; first single: “Signs of the Time”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes) | (InsideOut Music) |
| Stephanie K | “Troublemaker” (five-song EP; producers: Michael J. Powell, Trend Def) | (Woodward Avenue / RED) |
| Lindsey Stirling | “Warmer in the Winter” (guests: Trombone Shorty, Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low, Sabrina Carpenter, Becky G; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Lindseystomp Music / Concord) |
| Supersonic Blues Machine (feat. Kenny Aronoff, Fabrizio Grossi, Lance Lopez) | “Californisoul” (guests: Billy F. Gibbons, Steve Lukather, Walter Trout, Eric Gales, Robben Ford; first single: “L.O.V.E.”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) | (Mascot Label Group / Provogue) |
| Trivium | “The Sin and the Sentence” (producer: Josh Wilbur; new single: “The Heart From Your Hate”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Roadrunner) |
| Turnpike Troubadours | “A Long Way From Your Heart” (producer: Ryan Hewitt; Read here; On Tour; Merch) | (Bossier City / Thirty Tigers) |
| Tyminski (a 25-year member of Alison Krauss’ Union Station) | “Southern Gothic” (producer: Jesse Frasure; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes) | (Mercury Nashville) |
| Various artists | “Tegan and Sara Present The Con X: Covers” (other artists cover songs off Tegan and Sara’s “The Con” to mark their debut album’s 10th anniversary; all net proceeds go to the Tegan and Sara Foundation to fight for LGBTQ girls and women; contributors: Ryan Adams, Hayley Williams, CHVRCHES, Sara Bareilles, City and Colour, PVRIS, etc.; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Warner) |
| Veil of Maya (Illinois hard rock quartet) | “False Idol” (producers: Max Schad, Brandon Paddock; first single: “Overthrow”; Hear here; See here; Download; On Tour) | (Sumerian) |
| We Came As Romans | “Cold Like War” (Hear here; See here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (SharpTone) |
| Chris Young | “Losing Sleep” (producers: Young, Corey Crowder; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (RCA Nashville) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Brookes Brothers | “Orange Lane” (guests: Danny Byrd, ShockOne, Charlotte Haining, Majesty, Pierre Da Silva, Shezar & Bossman Birdie, Chrom3; first single: “Movin’ On”; Hear here) | (Viper Recordings) |
| John Davis & the Cicadas (ex-Folk Implosion member) | “El Pulpo” (producers: Scott Solter, Davis; Hear here) | (Shrimper / Revolver) |
| Elettrodomestico (Jane Wiedlin and multi-instrumentalist Pietro Straccia) | “If You’re a Boy or a Girl” (producers: Travis Kasperbauer, Straccia, Wiedlin; See here; On Tour) | (Elettrodomestico) |
| Giraffage (San Francisco-based producer) | “Too Real” (guests: Japanese Breakfast, Matosic, Angelica Bass, Harrison Lipton; first single: “Slowly”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Counter) |
| La Obra de Marte (Puerto Rican rock band) | “Las Dos Caras de la Moneda Parte 1: La Cara” (Hear here; iTunes) | (La Obra de Marte) |
| Lindstrøm (Norwegian producer) | “It’s Alright Between Us As It Is” (guests: Jenny Hval, Frida Sundemo, Grace Hall; first single: “Shinin”; Hear here; CD, out Nov. 10) | (Smalltown Supersound / Feedelity Recordings) |
| Mex (London-based artist) | “Do You Wanna Fuck Around? Soundtrack Reflections on a Golden Age of Vice” (an imaginary soundtrack celebrating the world of 1960s and ’70s Cinema X, inspired by such artists as The Doors, Stooges and German krautrock band Neu!; Hear here; iTunes) | (D.H. Enterprises) |
| Pacifico (indie pop-rock songwriter Matthew Schwartz) | “Everest” (first single: “Go Alone”; See here) | (pacifirecords) |
| Radiator Hospital (Philly indie pop/punk band) | “Play the Song You Like” (first single: “Dance Number”; See here; NPR All Songs Considered; iTunes; On Tour) | (Salinas) |
| Sharp Veins | “bleeds colors and puddles” (six-song EP; first single: “learn boxing miami”; Hear here; iTunes) | (UNO NYC) |
| Paul van Dyk | “From Then On” (guests: Vincent Corver, M.I.K.E. Push, Fred Baker, Gaelan, Eric Lumiere, Rebecca Louise Burch, etc.; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Vandit) |
| Warbly Jets (L.A.-based synth-driven guitar rock band) | “Warbly Jets” (new single: “4th Coming Bomb”; Hear here; See here) | (Rebel Union Recordings) |
| Jessie Ware | “Glasshouse” (guest: The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan; Hear here; CD, out Nov. 3; Digital Deluxe Edition, with five extra songs; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (PMR / Friends Keep Secrets / Interscope) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | “Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon” (57-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| James Brown | “Night Train! Mighty Instrumentals” (13 songs) | (Contrast) |
| Mariah Carey | “Butterfly [Vinyl]” (1997 album; commemorative 12″ Vinyl Picture Disc, marking the album’s 20th anniversary; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Donald Fagen | “Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete” (five-CD solo career-spanning box set; Download; Amazon UK) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Debbie Gibson | “We Could Be Together” (30-year career retrospective featuring 10 CDs and three DVDs, with more than 200 tracks, including new material) | (Edsel) |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | “Timeless Classics” (18-song compilation; Amazon UK; On Tour) | (Sony Music) |
| Leroy Hutson (Curtis Mayfield’s handpicked replacement in The Impressions) | “Anthology 1972-84” (two CDs, 19 songs; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Acid Jazz) |
| Janis Ian | “Janis Ian: The Essential 2.0” (two CDs, 35 songs, covering her Columbia, Verve and Rude Girl years; Track list; On Tour) | (U.K. – Sony) |
| Alan Jackson | “Let It Be Christmas” (2002 album; On Tour) | (Alan’s Country) |
| The Jam | “1977 (40th Anniversary Edition)” (four-CD, one-DVD box set, featuring the albums “In the City” and “This Is the Modern World” with unreleased demos and live recordings, a DVD containing TV appearances and promo videos and a 144-page book; See here; Read here; Download) | (Polydor / UMe) |
| Tom Keifer (Cinderella singer-guitarist) | “The Way Life Goes (Deluxe Edition)” (2013 album, with two new bonus songs, including a remake of Cinderella’s “Nobody’s Fool” with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm; Hear here; On Tour) | (Cleopatra) |
| Nick Lowe | “Pinker and Prouder Than Previous” (1988 album; remastered; Vinyl), “Party of One” (1990 album; remastered; Vinyl) | (Yep Roc) |
| Marshall Tucker Band | “Carolina Dreams Tour ’77 (Expanded Edition)” (three-CD set) | (Ramblin’) |
| George Michael | “Listen Without Prejudice (25th Anniversary Edition)” (1990 album; remastered, with a second CD containing 1996’s “MTV Unplugged”; Read here; Super Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; eBay; Merch) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Oasis | “Dig Out Your Soul” (2008 album; remastered) | (Big Brother Recordings) |
| Pentatonix | “A Pentatonix Christmas Deluxe” (2016 album; with 10 new additional songs; On Tour; Merch) | (RCA) |
| Pet Shop Boys | “Yes: Further Listening 2008-2010” (2009 album; remastered three-CD set; Vinyl; Download; iTunes), “Elysium: Further Listening 2011-2012” (2012 album; remastered; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Rhino / Parlophone) |
| Charley Pride | “Country Classics / Night Games / Power of Love / Back to the Country” (1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986 albums on two CDs; remastered; Track list) | (BGO) |
| The Smiths | “The Queen Is Dead (Deluxe Edition)” (three-CD, one-DVD box set; 1986 album; remastered, with demos, B-sides and alternative versions, plus “Live in Boston,” recorded on Aug. 5, 1986; the DVD features the 2017 master of the album in 96kHz / 24-bit PCM stereo and “The Queen Is Dead – A Film By Derek Jarman”; Vinyl, five-LP box set; Download) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Various artists | “Stax Country” (16 rare and unreleased country songs, recorded in the early to mid-1970s; Vinyl) | (Craft Recordings) |
| Frank Zappa | “Halloween 77” (three-CD set includes all six shows in their entirety, performed Oct. 28-31, 1977, at the Palladium in New York; eBay; Merch) | (Zappa / UMe) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| SUSTO | “& I’m Fine Today (Deluxe)” (2017 album, with seven previously unreleased bonus tracks; Hear/read here; On Tour) | (Acid Boys / Missing Piece) |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | “Fever to Tell (Deluxe Remastered)” (2003 album; with 17 bonus demos, B-sides, outtakes and compilation-only tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; On Tour) | (Interscope / UMe) |
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DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Slipknot | “Day of the Gusano [DVD/CD]” (documentary, on the band’s first tour of Mexico in December 2015, was directed by M.Shawn Crahan, aka Clown; See here; Blu-ray/CD; Deluxe Edition, with a second DVD disc; Vinyl Deluxe Edition, three LPs and one DVD; eBay; Merch) | (Eagle Vision) |
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