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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