New Releases: Sept. 23, 2022
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New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Alex G | “God Save the Animals” (first single: “Runner”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW  |
(Domino) |
| Alphaville | “Eternally Yours” (reimagined symphonic versions of their songs, with Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(earMUSIC) |
| Kelsea Ballerini | “SUBJECT TO CHANGE” (new single: “LOVE IS A COWBOY”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Black River Entertainment) |
| Tim Burgess (frontman of The Charlatans) | “Typical Music” (22 songs; new single: “Typical Music”; Hear here; See here, video directed by Kevin Godley; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Bella Union) |
| Buzzcocks | “Sonics in the Soul” (producers: singer-guitarist Steve Diggle, Laurence Loveless; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Chris Canterbury | “Quaalude Lullabies” (his first album in five years; producer: Canterbury; new single: “The Devil, The Dealer, & Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rancho Deluxe / BFD) |
| Beth Nielsen Chapman | “CrazyTown” (producer: Ray Kennedy; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Blue/White Marbled Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
| The Comet Is Coming | “Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam” (London electronic jazz trio’s new album was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios; new single: “CODE”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Impulse! / Verve) |
| Dr. John | “Things Happen That Way” (he was working on an album at the time of his death in 2019 at age 77, and this is the result: a mixture of covers and originals, including a new version of his own “I Walk On Guilded Splinters,” with Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real; other guests: Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Rounder) |
| Editors | “EBM” (Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass, is now a full-time band member; new single: “Karma Climb”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
([PIAS]) |
| Eerie Wanda (project of Dutch/Croatian musician Marina Tadic) | “Internal Radio” (new single: “Sister Take My Hand”; Hear here; See here; Lavender Vinyl out Nov. 18; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | “5SOS5” (producers: singer-guitarist Michael Clifford, Jason Evigan, Jon Bellion, Pete Nappi; new single: “Me Myself & I”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition, with five bonus songs, 72-page booklet including lyrics, credits and photos/art; White Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Billy Idol | “The Cage EP” (four songs; first single: “Cage”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl out Nov. 11; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(BFI Records / Dark Horse / BMG Rights Management) |
| Boney James | “Detour” (guests: Lalah Hathaway, Dontae Winslow; new single: “Bring It Back”; Hear here; Vinyl out Jan. 13, 2023; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Concord) |
| Dermot Kennedy | “Sonder” (producers: Dan Nigro, Jonah Shy, Ryan Linvill, Scott Harris; new single: “Dreamer”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Shawn Mendes) » BUY NOW |
(Island) |
| Kings of Mercia | “Kings of Mercia” (debut album from Fates Warning’s Jim Matheos, FM vocalist Steve Overland, bassist Joey Vera and drummer Simon Philips; first single: “Wrecking Ball”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Metal Blade) |
| Nikki Lane | “Denim & Diamonds” (her first album in five years; producer: Joshua Homme; first single: “First High”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(New West) |
| Daniel Lanois | “Player, Piano” (a series of exotic instrumental piano performances, recorded at Lanois’ studio in Toronto with the help of co-producer Dangerous Wayne Lorenz; first single: “My All”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Modern Recordings / BMG Rights Management) |
| Jim Lauderdale | “Game Changer” (new single: “Friends Again”; Hear here; Vinyl out Oct. 28; Download released on Aug. 26; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sky Crunch) |
| Chris Lawson | “breathe” (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and James Southall; producers: Lawson, London-based orchestrator Geoff Lawson; new single: “irreplaceable”; Hear here; See here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Decca) |
| Makaya McCraven | “In These Times” (producer: McCraven; guests: Jeff Parker, Junius Paul, Brandee Younger, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart, Zara Zaharieva, Marta Sofia Honer, Greg Ward, Irvin Pierce, Marquis Hill, Matt Gold, Greg Spero, Joel Ross, De’Sean Jones, Rob Clearfield; new single: “Dream Another”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(International Anthem / Nonesuch / XL Recordings) |
| Beth Orton | “Weather Alive” (her first album in six years; producer: Orton, from her home studio in London; guests: jazz poet Alabaster dePlume, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, Mercury Prize-nominated bassist Tom Herbert of The Invisible; new single: “Weather Alive”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Partisan) |
| OvO | “Ignoto” (new single: “La Morte Muore, Pt. 2”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Artoffact) |
| Mark Owen | “Land of Dreams” (Take That star’s first solo album since 2013; new single: “You Only Want Me”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Todd Snider | “Live: Return of the Storyteller” (post-pandemic performances from 2021; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Aimless / Thirty Tigers) |
| The Soft Moon | “Exister” (new single: “Him”; Hear here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cherry Red) |
| Sports Team | “Gulp!” (new single: “R Entertainment”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Bright Antenna) |
| Stratovarius | “Survive” (Finnish symphonic metal band’s first album in seven years; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(earMUSIC) |
| Sunny Sweeney | “Married Alone” (producers: Paul Cauthen, Beau Beauford; guests: Cauthen, Vince Gill; new single: “A Song Can’t Fix Everything”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Aunt Daddy / Thirty Tigers) |
| Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin | “Ali” (first single: “Savanne”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Dead Oceans) |
| WILLOW | “<COPINGMECHANISM>” (new single: “hover like a GODDESS”; Hear here; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with collectible poster; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(MSFTSMusic / Roc Nation) |
| The Wonder Years | “The Hum Goes on Forever” (producers: Steve Evetts, Will Yip; new single: “Wyatt’s Song [Your Name]”; Hear here; Read here; Blue Variant Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Hopeless) |
More Releases for Sept. 23, 2022 »
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Arkells | “Blink Twice” (guests: Tegan and Sara, Cold War Kids, Lights, Wesley Schultz, Cœur de pirate, Aly & AJ, Joel Plaskett; new single: “Past Life”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Virgin / Universal Music Canada) |
| Brandi Carlile | “In the Canyon Haze” (new deluxe edition of her 2021 album, “In These Silent Days,” featuring reimagined Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each song from the original album plus a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”; new single: “You And Me On The Rock”; Hear here; See here; Read here; CD out Sept. 30; Vinyl out Dec. 2; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Low Country Sound / Elektra, Sept. 28) |
| Christine and the Queens | “Redcar les adorables étoiles” (new single: “Je te vois enfin”; Hear here; CD and Double Vinyl out Oct. 28; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Because Music) |
| The Company Stores | “The Family Album” (producer: Galactic’s Robert Mercurio; first single: “Ways”; Read here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(The Company Stores) |
| Daredevil Falls (new project led by Kevin Kimberlin) | “Daredevil Falls” (producer: Kevin Augunas; new single: “4,444”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(MRI) |
| Future Teens | “Self Help” (Boston-based emo-pop-rock quartet’s third album; producer: Andy D. Park; new single: “BYOB”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl out Oct. 7; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Triple Crown) |
| Karine Hannah | “21st Century Pop” (seven-song EP; producers: Josh Harris, Scott Chasolen, Kelsey Warren) » BUY NOW |
(Heart Songs Music Group) |
| Maddie & Tae | “Through the Madness Vol. 2” (producers: Derek Wells, Jimmy Robbins, Josh Kerr; new single: “Spring Cleaning”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Mercury Nashville) |
| The Manhattan Transfer | “Fifty” (10-song album with WDR Funkhausorchester, revisiting their biggest hits, plus covers of George and Ira Gershwin and The Beach Boys classic “God Only Knows”; symphony arrangers: Jorge Callandreli, Vince Mendoza; Hear here; CD out Oct. 21; Apple Music; Final World Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| Sofie Royer | “Harlequin” (new single: “Feeling Bad Forsyth Street”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Stones Throw) |
| Talk Show (U.K. band) | “Touch the Ground” (six-song EP; producers: Joe Goddard and Al Doyle of Hot Chip; new single: “Cold House”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Missing Piece) |
| The Tallest Man on Earth | “Too Late for Edelweiss” (10-song covers album; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Daniel Tashian | “Night After Night” (all songs co-written with Paul Kennerley; producer: Tashian; guests: Buddy Miller, Sarah Buxton, Russ Pahl; first single: “Night After Night”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Yellow Dog Music) |
More Digital Releases for Sept. 23, 2022 »
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bethlehem Asylum | “Commit Yourself” (Florida band’s two albums for Ampex Records on one CD: 1970’s “Commit Yourself” and 1971’s “Bethlehem Asylum”; these recordings were taken from vinyl sources, as the original tapes were destroyed in a fire; Read here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
| Blur | “Bustin’ + Dronin'” (1998 compilation, originally released in Japan only, features remixes of tracks off their 1997 album “Blur” from William Orbit, Moby, Thurston Moore, Adrian Sherwood, et al; Vinyl) » BUY NOW |
(Parlophone) |
| Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra | “Ray Sings, Basie Swings” (2006 mashup album, mixing previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from the 1970s with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra; Hear here; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Tangerine) |
| Chick Corea | “Chick Corea: The Montreux Years” (eight performances between 1980-2010; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Gentle Giant | “Front Row Center (US Dates 1976-1980) [Vinyl]” (10-LP box set featuring live shows in Hempstead, NY, Chester, PA, and Atlanta, with a 60-page book written by Alan Kinsman) » BUY NOW |
(Madfish) |
| Grateful Dead | “Madison Square Garden 3/9/81” (three-CD set of unreleased concert in New York City; Hear here; Download; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Grateful Dead Productions / Rhino) |
| Josh Groban | “Josh Groban (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (2001 debut album; with two bonus tracks: “Mia Per Sempre,” previously only available in Japan, and “Roma Nun Fà La Stupida Stasera,” his first studio demo) » BUY NOW |
(Reprise) |
| Joni Mitchell | “The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)” (four-CD box set, featuring “For the Roses,” “Court and Spark,” “Miles of Aisles” and “The Hissing of Summer Lawns”; remastered by Bernie Grundman; Read here; Vinyl, five-LP box set; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| The Smithereens | “Lost Album” (previously unreleased album from 1993, recorded between contracts with Capitol and RCA; Hear here; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Tollie Records / Sunset Blvd.) |
| Neil Young | “Time Fades Away” (1973 live album; remastered) » BUY NOW |
(Reprise) |
More Releases for Sept. 23, 2022 »
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Iceage | “Shake the Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015-2021” (12-song collection; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Mexican Summer) |
More Digital Releases for Sept. 23, 2022 »
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