New Releases: Sept. 21, 2018
New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Mandy Barnett | “Strange Conversation” (Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour)  |
(Dame Productions / Thirty Tigers) |
| The Blinders (British trio) | “Columbia” (producer: Gavin Monaghan; first single: “L’etat C’est Moi”; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Modern Sky Entertainment) |
| Joe Bonamassa | “Redemption” (producer: Kevin Shirley; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with three extra songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(J&R Adventures) |
| Capital Cities | “Solarize” (guests: Rick Ross, Jim Svejda; new single: “Space”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Lazy Hooks / Capitol) |
| Christine and the Queens | “Chris” (guest: Dâm-Funk; new single: “Doesn’t matter”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with four extra songs; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Because Music) |
| Dead Letter Circus (Australian rock quintet) | “Dead Letter Circus” (new single: “The Real You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Rise) |
| William Fitzsimmons | “Mission Bell” (See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nettwerk) |
| Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters | “Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters” (producer: Chris Funk; first single: “Big Hat, No Cattle”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Home Perm) |
| Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top guitarist-vocalist) | “The Big Bad Blues” (a collection of original songs, plus covers of some classic blues covers, including Muddy Waters’ “Rollin’ and Tumblin'” and “Standing Around Crying”; producers: Gibbons, Joe Hardy; first single: “Rollin’ and Tumblin'”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Concord) |
| Macy Gray | “Ruby” (first single: “Sugar Daddy,” co-written with Meghan Trainor, Bianca “Blush” Atterberry, Tommy “TB Hits” Brown and Thomas Lumpkins; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) |
(Artistry Music / Mack Avenue) |
| Hélène Grimaud | “Memory” (Hear/see here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Josh Groban | “Bridges” (producers: Bernie Herms, Toby Gad, Steve Jordan, Dan Huff, etc.; new single: “Granted”; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Deluxe Edition, with two bonus tracks; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour, with Idina Menzel)  |
(Reprise) |
| Hardcore Superstar | “You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘n Roll” (new single: “Electric Rider”; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(GAIN / Sony Music) |
| Amy Helm | “This Too Shall Light” (producer: Joe Henry; first single: “This Too Shall Light”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Colin James | “Miles to Go” (new single: “Still a Fool”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Stony Plain) |
| The London Suede | “The Blue Hour” (producer: Alan Moulder; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Rhino) |
| Metric | “Art of Doubt” (Canadian band’s seventh studio album; producer: Justin Meldal-Johnsen; new single: “Now or Never Now”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Crystal Math Music / BMG Rights Management) |
| Ed Motta (Brazilian soul-jazz artist) | “Criterion of the Senses” (producer: Motta; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(MustHave / Membran) |
| Mountain Man | “Magic Ship” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Nashville Pussy | “Pleased to Eat You” (first single: “We Want a War”; Download; iTunes) |
(earMUSIC) |
| St. Lucia (Brooklyn indie-pop group) | “Hyperion” (producer: Rob Kirwan; mixed by Dave Sardy; first single: “Walking Away”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Columbia) |
| Sha La Das | “Love in the Wind” (family soul act featuring members of The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band; producer: Thomas Brenneck; first single: “Open My Eyes”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Dunham / Daptone) |
| Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators | “Living the Dream” (producer: Michael “Elvis” Baskette; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Snakepit / Roadrunner) |
| STORMWORKS (composer Stephen Melillo) | “Christmas Passion” (producer: Melillo, with assistance from Aeone, Jeff Silverman, Armand Hutton, Ric Schnupp, Rick Ward; guests: Aeone, Adelmo Guidarelli, Armand Hutton, Cindy Hughlett, Jann Klose, Michael Ashby, Erin Hannon; first single: “Angels We Have Heard On High”; Hear here) |
(STORM®ecords, Sept. 25) |
This album is for everyone, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, anyone who follows the Star, the quest for Light and the Brotherhood of Man,” Stephen Melillo tells P&P. “And, as you’ll hear, it’s not all serious. Some marketer might say, ‘You can’t have such a wide range of contrasts in emotions and dynamics! You need to find a niche!’ Instead, relish the story, face the joy and the hurt and the daring and the adventure and the humor, the spectacle and the visions that your mind conjures. It’s for all of us, not the niche.
| Supersuckers | “suck it.” (rock band marks its 30th anniversary with its 12th studio album; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Acetate / MVD Entertainment Group) |
| Sam Sweeney (British alt-folk violinist) | “The Unfinished Violin” (an album of instrumental music inspired by World War I; first single: “Highland Soldier”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Mighty Village / Island) |
| The Textones | “Old Stone Gang” (the Carla Olson-led band’s first album in 31 years, with original member Kathy Valentine guesting on lead guitar on one track; Download; iTunes; eBay) |
(Blue Élan) |
| Villagers | “The Art of Pretending to Swim” (first single: “A Trick of the Light”; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Domino) |
| Robert Walter’s 20th Congress | “Spacesuit” (first single: “Current Futures”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Royal Potato Family) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Chainsmokers | “Sick Boy … This Feeling” (seven-song EP; guests: Kelsea Ballerini, Emily Warren, NGHTMRE, Drew Love; See here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Disruptor / Columbia) |
| Human Touch (Portland electro-pop singer-producer Natalia Rogovin) | “Promise Not to Fall” (new single: “Living Young”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Human Touch Music) |
| Ben Pirani (NYC-based soul singer-songwriter) | “How Do I Talk to My Brother?” (new single: “Art School Girl”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Colemine) |
| Maggie Rose | “Change the Whole Thing” (iTunes; On Tour) |
(Starstruck) |
| Tiny Deaths (Brooklyn-based electro-pop duo) | “Magic” (new single: “Us”; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Handwritten) |
| Jack White | “Jack White: Kneeling at The Anthem D.C.” (six-song, Amazon-exclusive EP, recorded May 30 during his Boarding House Reach tour stop in Washington; See here; On Tour) |
(Third Man) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Beta Band | “The Best of The Beta Band” (2005 compilation; remastered; Download; iTunes) |
(Because Music) |
| Devo | “Total Devo” (1988 album; remastered, with 12 bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Futurismo) |
| Eddie and the Hot Rods | “The Island Years” (six-CD box set; Amazon UK) |
(Island / UMG) |
| Electric Light Orchestra | “The UK Singles Volume One 1972-1978 [Vinyl]” (collector’s box set includes reproductions of 15 ELO original singles and B-sides, plus “The ELO EP,” on 7-inch black vinyl), “Original Album Classics” (five-CD set featuring “Armchair Theatre,” “Zoom,” “Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of ELO,” “Longwave” and “Electric Light Orchestra Live”; eBay; On Tour, as Jeff Lynne’s ELO; Merch) |
(Legacy Recordings) |
| Joey+Rory | “The Singer and the Song: The Best of Joey+Rory” (20 songs; Download; iTunes) |
(Gaither Music Group) |
| Johnny Hates Jazz | “Turn Back the Clock (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album, featuring “Shattered Dreams”; remastered; three-CD set contains alternate versions and 12-inch remixes; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; eBay; Merch) |
(Virgin / UMe) |
| Kid Rock | “GREATEST HITS: You Never Saw Coming” (15 songs; Download; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| MC5 | “Total Assault: 50th Anniversary Collection [Vinyl]” (triple vinyl box set features “Kick Out the Jams” on red vinyl, “Back in the USA” on white vinyl and “High Time” on blue vinyl; See here; eBay; Merch) |
(Rhino / Elektra) |
| Prince | “Piano & A Microphone 1983” (nine previously unheard songs recorded at his home studio while he was putting together “Purple Rain”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Deluxe Edition, CD + LP; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Warner) |
| The Pursuit of Happiness | “Love Junk (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 album, produced by Todd Rundgren; two CDs; remastered, with 13 bonus tracks and 24-page booklet; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Universal Music Canada) |
| Ramones | “Road To Ruin (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1978 album; remastered; three-CD, one-LP box set contains two different mixes of the album, unissued rough mixes for every album track, and an unreleased 1979 concert recording in New York, packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| Shalamar | “Big Fun” (1979 album, featuring “The Second Time Around”; remastered, with three bonus tracks; See here), “Three for Love” (1980 album, featuring “Make That Move”; remastered, with three bonus tracks; eBay) |
(Octave) |
| Tanya Tucker | “Delta Dawn / What’s Your Mama’s Name / Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) / You Are So Beautiful” (1972, 1973, 1974 and 1977 albums on two CDs; remastered; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; eBay; On Tour) |
(Morello / Cherry Red) |
| Various artists | “George Jones & Friends: 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert” (2004 show, featuring performances by Vince Gill, Harry Connick Jr., Aaron Neville, Amy Grant, Sammy Kershaw, Randy Travis, Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, Wynonna, Kenny Chesney, etc.; See here) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bobbie Gentry | “The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters” (eight-CD box set, out Oct. 12, includes her six studio LPs, her 1968 album with Glen Campbell, plus more than 75 previously unreleased tracks, including her “lost” jazz album; See here; Amazon UK; iTunes; eBay) |
(Capitol / UMe) |
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