New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Herb Alpert | “Catch the Wind” (nine original compositions, covers of the Beatles hits “Eleanor Rigby” and “Yesterday,” and American classics “Smile,” “America The Beautiful” and “Summertime”; new single: “Billy Cha”; Hear here; See here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW  |
(Herb Alpert Presents) |
| Bad Bad Hats (Minneapolis indie rock trio) | “Walkman” (new single: “Walkman”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Don Giovanni) |
| The Count Basie Orchestra | “Live at Birdland” (under the direction of Scotty Barnhart; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Candid) |
| The Beths | “Auckland, New Zealand, 2020” (new single: “Future Me Hates Me”; See here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Carpark) |
| Lindsey Buckingham | “Lindsey Buckingham” (his eighth solo album and first since 2011’s “Seeds We Sow”; first single: “I Don’t Mind”; Hear here; Amazon-Exclusive Sky Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Reprise) |
| Candlebox | “Wolves” (new single: “My Weakness”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Pavement Music) |
| Carcass | “Torn Arteries” (the British death-metal band’s first album in eight years; new single: “Kelly’s Meat Emporium”; Hear here; Blood Splatter Vinyl; Red Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Nuclear Blast) |
| Tommy Castro | “Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town (a blues odyssey)” (producer: Tom Hambridge; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Alligator) |
| Charley Crockett | “Music City USA” (producer: Mark Neill; new single: “I Need Your Love”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Son of Davy / Thirty Tigers) |
| Daughtry | “Dearly Beloved” (new single: “Lioness”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Dogtree / ADA) |
| Edge of Paradise | “The Unknown” (producers: Howard Benson, Neil Sanderson; Hear here; Blue Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Frontiers Music s.r.l.) |
| Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet” actress was nominated for two Oscars: Best Actress and Best Original Song) | “Ch. 1 Vs. 1” (new single: “The Good”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Verve) |
| The Felice Brothers | “From Dreams to Dust” (producers: The Felice Brothers; mixed by Mike Mogis; new single: “Jazz on the Autobahn”; See here; Red & Cream Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Yep Roc) |
| Rod Gator (fka Rod Melancon) | “For Louisiana” (producers: Will Walden, Black Pumas’ Adrian Quesada; first single: “For Louisiana”; Hear here; Vinyl out Nov. 19; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Blue Élan) |
| Teea Goans | “All Over the Map” (producer: Jim “Moose” Brown; guests: Vince Gill, Mo Pitney, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle; new single: “What’s a Girl to Do”; See here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Sparky’s Neighborhood) |
This is the first time I’ve ever written my own material,” Goans tells Pauseandplay.com. “I feel like I’m in a new place now, I’m seeing things in a different way, with a new curiosity and insight. I finally feel like I have something to say.
| José González | “Local Valley” (the Swedish singer-songwriter’s first album since 2015; new single: “Visions”; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, with hand-signed art print; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Mute) |
| Billy Idol | “The Roadside EP” (four songs; first single: “Bitter Taste”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Jonas Kaufmann | “Freudvoll und Leidvoll” (dedicated to the songs of Liszt; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Sony Classical) |
| Larkin Poe & Nu Deco Ensemble | “Paint the Roses (Live in Concert)” (streamed live from the Miami Beach Bandshell on Dec. 12, 2020; Orange Crush Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Tricki-Woo) |
| Scotty McCreery | “Same Truck” (producers: Frank Rogers, Derek Wells, Aaron Eshuis; Read here; Download; Target; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Triple Tigers) |
| James Vincent McMorrow | “Grapefruit Season” (guest: Kenny Beats; new single: “Waiting”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia) |
| MONO (Japanese post-punk band) | “Pilgrimage of the Soul” (producer: Steve Albini; first single: “Riptide”; See here; Opaque Orange Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Temporary Residence) |
| NCT 127 | “STICKER (The 3rd Album)” (includes photo book, folded poster, sticker, photo card and postcard; Jewel Case; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(SM Entertainment) |
| Noise Unit | “Deviator” (the first album in more than 15 years from Front Line Assembly members Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber; first single: “Body Aktiv”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Artoffact) |
| Carly Pearce | “29: Written in Stone” (guests: Patty Loveless, Ashley McBryde; Vinyl, out Jan. 28, 2022; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Lady A) » BUY NOW |
(Big Machine) |
| Jameson Rodgers | “Bet You’re From a Small Town” (the Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s debut album; guest: Luke Combs; See here; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia Nashville / River House) |
| Rumer | “Live from Lafayette” (livestreamed concert with full band at the London venue on Oct. 17, 2020; Hear here; Purple Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| Spiritbox (Canadian hard rock trio) | “Eternal Blue” (guest: Sam Carter; new single: “Secret Garden”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rise) |
| Wesley Stace (afka John Wesley Harding) | “Late Style” (Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Kasim Sulton | “Kasim 2021” (first single: “More Love”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Deko Entertainment) |
| Toad the Wet Sprocket | “Starting Now” (their first studio album in eight years; See here; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(SoNo Recording Group) |
| Adia Victoria | “A Southern Gothic” (producers: Victoria, Mason Hickman; executive producer: T Bone Burnett; guests: Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Matt Berninger, Stone Jack Jones, Kyshona Armstrong; first single: “Magnolia Blues”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Atlantic) |
| The Weeklings | “In Their Own Write: The Weeklings Live!” (15-song set; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(JEM) |
| Ronnie Wood and The Ronnie Wood Band | “Mr. Luck – A Tribute To Jimmy Reed: Live At The Royal Albert Hall” (the second installment of his live album trilogy was recorded on Nov. 1, 2013; guests: Mick Taylor, Bobby Womack, Mick Hucknall, Paul Weller; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Yvette | “How the Garden Grows” (New York post-industrial artist Noah Kardos-Fein’s first album in eight years; new single: “B61”; Hear/Read here; Multicolor Explosion Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Western Vinyl) |
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| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Blunt Bangs (Athens, GA-based power-pop group) | “Proper Smoker” (producer: Drew Vandenberg; new single: “Silence is Golden”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Paul Carrack | “One On One” (he wrote, recorded and produced every song during Covid-19 lockdown; CD out Oct. 1; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Carrack UK) |
| Melissa Etheridge | “One Way Out” (she revisits and reworks songs she had written in the late 1980s and early 1990s that never made it onto an album; first single: “One Way Out”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Oct. 1; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Ruby Red Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(M.L.E. Music / BMG Rights Management) |
| H3000 (Empire of the Sun’s Luke Steele with Jarrad Rogers) | “H3000” (new single: “Running”; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Astralwerks) |
| Noah Kahan | “I Was / I Am” (producer: Joel Little; new single: “Part of Me”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| Lil Nas X | “MONTERO” (his debut album; guests: Elton John, Miley Cyrus, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Columbia) |
| Lizzie Loveless (aka Lizzie Lieberson of the indie-pop group TEEN) | “You Don’t Know” (producers: Lieberson, Miles Francis, Daniel Schlett; new single: “The Joke”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Egghunt) |
| Moor Mother | “Black Encyclopedia of the Air” (producer: Olof Melander; guests: Elucid, Antonia Gabriela, Brother May, Lojii, Bfly, Pink Siifu, Nappy Nina, Maassai, Antonia Gabriela, Orion Sun, Yatta, Black Quantum Futurism, Elaine Mitchner, Dudu Kouate; new single: “Obsidian”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Oct. 22; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Jared James Nichols (Nashville singer-guitarist) | “Shadow Dancer” (four-song EP; new single: “Bad Roots”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Black Hill) |
| Nate Smith (Grammy-nominated drummer) | “Kinfolk 2: See the Birds” (guests: Brittany Howard, Vernon Reid, Regina Carter, Amma Whatt, Joel Ross, Kokayi, Michael Mayo, Stokley Williams; new single: “Square Wheel”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Oct. 8; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Editions) |
| Sweet Nobody | “We’re Trying Our Best” (producer: Joel Jerome; new single: “Not a Good Judge”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Daydream) |
| Thrice | “Horizons/East” (new single: “Scavengers”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Epitaph) |
| D.D. Verni & The Cadillac Band | “Let’s Rattle” (new and original rockabilly music from the bassist and founding member of Overkill; producer: Verni; new single: “Olivia … That’s Who!”; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(MVD Audio) |
| You, Me, And Everyone We Know | “Something Heavy” (their first album in nearly a decade; new single: “Something Heavy”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Know Hope) |
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Vinyl of the Month Club »Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Gord Downie | “Coke Machine Glow (Songwriters’ Cabal)” (2001 album; remastered, with two CDs of unreleased tracks, alternate takes, and kitchen table recordings; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Arts & Crafts) |
| Bob Dylan | “Bob Dylan – Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985)” (two-CD, 25-song collection of previously unreleased outtakes, mixes and more; Deluxe Box Set, five CDs; Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Third Man / Columbia / Legacy) |
| Sheena Easton | “The Definitive Singles 1980-1987” (three-CD, 51-song collection includes all of her U.S. and U.K. A-side singles from her EMI years, with eight previously unreleased tracks, plus 7-inch edits, 12-inch extended versions and rare dub mixes; See here; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Marianne Faithfull | “Marianne Faithfull: The Montreux Years” (highlights from five concerts; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Erroll Garner | “Symphony Hall Concert” (previously unreleased 1959 performance at the Boston venue; Read here; Vinyl) » BUY NOW, “Liberation in Swing: The Octave Records Story & Complete Symphony Hall Concert [Vinyl]” (three 180-gram black vinyl LPs of “Complete Symphony Hall Concert” and one 180-gram white vinyl of “Sessions”; Hi-Res 192kHz / 24bit digital master quality audio) » BUY NOW, “Liberation in Swing: Centennial Collection” (22-disc CD and vinyl box set, with five 7-inch 45rpm singles from Garner’s private archive and “The Final Concert Cassette,” never-before-released original cassette replica) » BUY NOW |
(Octave Music / Mack Avenue) |
| Golden Earring | “Moontan (Remastered & Expanded)” (1973 album, featuring “Radar Love”; two-CD set includes nine previously unreleased mixes/different versions, six bonus tracks, and a 32-page booklet) » BUY NOW |
(Red Bullet) |
| Nick Lowe | “The Convincer (20th Anniversary Edition) [Vinyl]” (Blue Vinyl; 2001 album; remastered from the original tapes, with accompanying blue vinyl 45 featuring three rarities from “The Convincer” era that have never before been released on vinyl or digital services: covers of The Shirelles’ “Mama Said” and The Chi-Lites’ “There Will Never Be Any Peace [Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table],” plus the Lowe original “A Different Kind of Blue”; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW, “The Old Magic (10th Anniversary Edition) [Vinyl]” (Green Vinyl; 2011 album) » BUY NOW |
(Yep Roc) |
| Nancy Sinatra | “Boots” (1966 debut album, produced by Lee Hazlewood, featuring her No. 1 smash “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'”; remastered, with two bonus tracks, “The City Never Sleeps At Night” and “For Some,” and a 28-page booklet; See here; Vinyl, pressed at RTI in an expanded gatefold package featuring cover artwork restored from the original album photograph taken by Ed Thrasher; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Boots Enterprises / Light in the Attic) |
| Various artists | “Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1970 album; featuring unreleased material; remastered by Miles Showell and Nick Davis at Abbey Road Studios; cast included Ian Gillian, Murray Head, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen and Mike d’Abo; Read here; Deluxe Edition, three-CD box set, containing previously unreleased guide vocals, demos, B-sides and rarities and a 100-page booklet with new interviews; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Verve / UMe) |
| Muddy Waters | “Muddy Waters: The Montreux Years” (three concerts, with rare and previously unreleased material; remastered; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
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| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio/label: |
| Dolly Parton | “Dolly: The Ultimate Collection (Collector’s Edition) [DVD]” (six-disc set of her career highlights; 11-Disc Box Set; 19-Disc Deluxe Edition) » BUY NOW |
(Time Life, Sept. 21) |