New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Adaliah (Bradenton, Fla.-based metal/melodic hardcore group) | “Shedding Skin” (producer: Kenny Gil; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Mediaskare, Nov. 17) |
| Art Department (underground Canadian duo) | “Natural Selection” (guests: Seth Troxler, Aquarius Heaven; Hear here; Read here; iTunes) | (No. 19 Music) |
| Buzzcocks | “The Way” (producers: Buzzcocks, Dave M Allen; first single: “It’s Not You”; Hear here; iTunes) | (1-2-3-4 GO!) |
| Jonathan Byrd (country/folk/rock songwriter) | “You Can’t Outrun the Radio” (producers: Byrd, Corin Raymond; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Waterbug) |
| James Carothers | “Honky Tonk Land” (producer: Carothers; first single: “I Must Be Alive”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Renegade Mountain) |
| Kristin Chenoweth | “Coming Home” (on her PBS special, airing Nov. 28, “Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home,” she will perform a career-spanning concert in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Okla.; Hear here; iTunes) | (Concord, Nov. 17) |
| Crying (power trio) | “Get Olde Second Wind” (Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes) | (Run For Cover, Nov. 17) |
| Exit Verse (Chicago group) | “Exit Verse” (first single: “Seeds”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Bryan Ferry | “Avonmore” (producers: Ferry, Rhett Davies; guests: Johnny Marr, Nile Rodgers, Marcus Miller, Flea, Ronnie Spector, Mark Knopfler, Maceo Parker; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (BMG Rights Management, Nov. 17) |
| In This Moment | “Black Widow” (producer: Kevin Churko; first single: “Sick Like Me”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Atlantic, Nov. 17) |
| Sam Llanas (formerly of the BoDeans) | “The Whole Night Thru” (producer: Gary Tanin; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Llanas Music / OARFIN / eOne, Nov. 17) |
| Manchester Orchestra | “Hope” (a re-imagination of “Cope,” their most recent album; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Loma Vista / Republic) |
| Nickelback | “No Fixed Address” (producers: Nickelback; first single: “Edge of a Revolution”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Republic, Nov. 17) |
| One Direction | “Four” (first single: “Fireproof”; Hear here; Exclusive Fan Bundles; Deluxe Edition; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition; iTunes) | (Syco Music / Columbia, Nov. 17) |
| The Outta Sites (L.A. retro-rock quartet) | “Rock & Roll Dance Party” (producers: lead singer/guitarist Chris “Sugarballs” Sprague, drummer Pete Curry; Hear here; Vinyl; iTunes) | (Spinout) |
| Ariel Pink | “Pom Pom” (first single: “Put Your Number In My Phone”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (4AD, Nov. 17) |
| P.O.D. | “SoCalSessions” (12-song acoustic album; Hear here; iTunes) | (T-Boy / UMe, Nov. 17) |
| R.F.C. (rap group fronted by Smoke DZA) | “The Outsiders” (producers: 183rd, DJ Relly Rell, Cardo, Skit, WhyteBone, V-Don, Lee Bannon, Jahlil Beats, Brady, Ski Beatz, Weez Beats; new single: “Malverde”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (R.F.C. Music Group / iHipHop Distribution, Nov. 17) |
| Rich Robinson (former Black Crowes guitarist) | “Woodstock Sessions Vol. 3” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Woodstock Sessions) |
| The Roys | “Bluegrass Kinda Christmas” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) | (Rural Rhythm, Nov. 17) |
| Siena Root (stoner-rock band from Stockholm) | “Pioneers” (first single: “The Way You Turn”; Hear here; See here; MP3; iTunes) | (Cleopatra) |
| TV on the Radio | “Seeds” (the band’s first record since the death of bassist-producer Gerard Smith in April 2011; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Harvest, Nov. 17) |
| Various artists | “Annie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (remake opens in theaters on Dec. 19; stars Quvenzhané Wallis as Annie, along with Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx; first single: “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” by Sia; See here; iTunes) | (Roc Nation / Overbrook Entertainment / Madison Gate / RCA, Nov. 17) |
| Various artists | “The Art of McCartney” (covers of McCartney songs, backed by McCartney’s longtime band; producer: Ralph Sall; contributors: Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Roger Daltrey, Jeff Lynne, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard, The Cure, Dr. John, Yusuf, KISS, Chrissie Hynde, etc.; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Super Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Kobalt Label Services, Nov. 17) |
| Various artists | “Christmas at Downton Abbey” (45-track double CD includes seven recordings by members of the cast; MP3; iTunes) | (Warner, Nov. 17) |
| Various artists | “Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6” (Hear/read here; iTunes) | (Fearless, Nov. 17) |
| Hans Zimmer | “Interstellar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (sci-fi film starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine opens Nov. 5; See here; iTunes) | (WaterTower Music) |
More Releases for the Week of Nov. 18, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Acid Baby Jesus (Greek psycho-rockers) | “Selected Recordings [MP3]” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Slovenly Recordings, Nov. 17) |
| Dirt Dress (L.A. post-punk trio) | “Revelations [MP3]” (four-song EP; first single: “12 Pictures”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Future Gods) |
| Sara Evans | “At Christmas [MP3]” (includes a version of “12 Days of Christmas” with two of her daughters, 12-year-old Olivia and 10-year-old Audrey; Hear here; iTunes) | (RCA Nashville, Nov. 17) |
| Forgotten Species (noise-pop band led by Blake Smith, formerly of Fig Dish and Caviar) | “Hades Fades [MP3]” (five-song EP; first single: “Running Out of Face”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Long Nights Impossible Odds) |
| Brooke Fraser (New Zealand singer) | “Brutal Romantic [MP3]” (producer: David Kosten; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Vagrant) |
| Girlpool (L.A. duo) | “Girlpool [MP3]” (seven-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl; CD; iTunes) | (Wichita Recordings) |
| Hippo Campus (Minnesota quartet) | “Bashful Creatures [MP3]” (six-song EP; producer: Low’s Alan Sparhawk; Hear here) | (Halocline) |
| My My My | “Tigers on the Dance Floor [MP3]” (producers: Benjamin Balcom, My My My; first single: “Bleeding”; Hear here) | (My My My) |
| Kathleen Smith | “Love Superstar [MP3]” (producers: Trina Shoemaker, Smith; first single: “Fire in My Heart”; Hear here) | (Revolutionary Heart) |
| SQÜRL | “EP #3 [MP3]” (three songs; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (ATP Recordings, Nov. 17) |
| Cole Swindell | “Down Home Sessions [iTunes]” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner, Nov. 17) |
| Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil (Nashville rock quartet) | “Goliath [MP3]” (first single: “Standing in Line”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Splint Entertainment) |
| Dwight Twilley | “Always [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Big Oak) |
| Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy | “Cars Etcetera [MP3]” (Hear here; iTunes) | (Lemon Zephyr Music) |
| Wintersong | “Christmas Shopping [MP3]” (producer: Patrick Ovenden; first single: “Christmas Shopping”; Hear here) | (Yorick, Nov. 21) |
More Digital Downloads for the Week of Nov. 18, 2014
Reissues (CD / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| David Bowie | “Nothing Has Changed.” (career-spanning collection, from 1964 to 2014, with bonus tracks and a new song, “Sue (or In a Season of Crime),” produced by Tony Visconti; Read here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia / Legacy, Nov. 17) |
| Pattie Brooks | “Love Shook / Our Ms. Brooks” (1977, 1978 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Captain Beefheart | “Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972 [Box set]” (four CDs, including three complete albums and a disc containing 14 previously unreleased tracks; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Rhino, Nov. 17) |
| Albert Collins | “Funky Blues Live 1973” | (RockBeat) |
| Depeche Mode | “Depeche Mode Live in Berlin [CD + DVD + Blu-ray]” (filmed at the O2 World Berlin on Nov. 25 and 27, 2013 during their “Delta Machine” tour; CD) | (Columbia, Nov. 17) |
| Al Di Meola | “Al Di Meola Collection” | (Telarc, Nov. 17) |
| Ronnie Dyson | “Lady in Red: The Columbia Sides Plus” (23 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – SoulMusic / Cherry Red, Nov. 17) |
| Foghat | “Drivin’ Wheels: Best of 1972-1982” (two CDs, 32 tracks; Track list) | (Raven, Nov. 17) |
| Fugazi | “First Demo” (11 lost songs from 1988; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dischord) |
| Genesis | “Nursery Cryme” (1971 album; remastered; 2008 mixes by Nick Davis and Genesis), “Foxtrot” (1972 album; remastered; 2008 mixes by Nick Davis and Genesis), “Selling England By the Pound” (1973 album; remastered; 2008 mixes by Nick Davis and Genesis), “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” (1974 album; remastered; 2008 mixes by Nick Davis and Genesis) | (Atlantic, Nov. 17) |
| Gentle Giant | “Gentle Giant Live at the Bicentennial” (recorded on July 3, 1976, at the Calderone Theater in Hempstead, Long Island) | (Alucard Music / Caroline, Nov. 17) |
| Emmylou Harris | “Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems [Box set]” (four-CD, 78-song compilation, originally released in 2007) | (Rhino / Warner, Nov. 17) |
| Helix | “Long Way to Heaven” (1985 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
| The Jones Girls | “On Target (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves, Nov. 17) |
| L.A. Guns | “Boston 1989” | (Cleopatra, Nov. 17) |
| Henry Mancini | “The Classic Soundtrack Collection [Box set]” (18 original Mancini soundtrack albums on nine discs, with bonus tracks) | (RCA / Columbia / Legacy, Nov. 17) |
| The Manhattans | “There’s No Good in Goodbye (Expanded Edition)” (1978 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves, Nov. 17) |
| The Manhattans | “After Midnight” (1980 album, includes “Shining Star,” which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Razor & Tie, Nov. 17) |
| Johnny Mathis | “The Complete Global Albums Collection [Box set]” (13 discs, featuring albums released in 1963-67, with previously unreleased material; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia / Legacy, Nov. 17) |
| Old 97’s | “Hitchhike to Rhome” (1994 album; remastered, with a second disc of 12 unreleased tracks; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Omnivore Recordings, Nov. 17) |
| John Prine | “Angels From Montgomery: 4 Essential Albums 1971-1975” (two CDs, featuring his Atlantic Records albums “John Prine,” “Diamonds in the Rough,” “Sweet Revenge” and “Common Sense”) | (Raven, Nov. 17) |
| Rare Earth | “Live in Chicago” (1974 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
| Chris Rea | “Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?” (1978 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
| Redbone | “Message From a Drum” (CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; 1971 album; remastered, with one bonus track, “Chant: 13th Hour,” which was the B-side of “The Witch Queen of New Orleans”) | (Culture Factory) |
| Arturo Sandoval | “Arturo Sandoval Collection” | (Concord, Nov. 17) |
| Christian Scott | “Christian Scott Collection” | (Concord, Nov. 17) |
| Bruce Springsteen | “The Album Collection, Vol. 1 1973-1984 [Box set]” (eight complete albums, newly remastered by Bob Ludwig and Toby Scott, with a 60-page book; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Columbia / Legacy, Nov. 17) |
| Syretta | “Set My Love in Motion (Expanded Edition)” (1981 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Funky Town Grooves, Nov. 17) |
| Otis Taylor | “Otis Taylor Collection” | (Telarc, Nov. 17) |
| Various artists | “Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of 1959” (two CDs, 66 songs; Track list) | (Complete 60s) |
| Various artists | “Putumayo Presents French Christmas” (iTunes) | (Putumayo, Nov. 17) |
| Various artists | “Scrooged: Music From the Motion Picture” (1988 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; Read here) | (La-La Land) |
| Various artists | “While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records” (two CDs, 38 songs; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes) | (Bloodshot) |
| Ian Whitcomb | “The Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley” (two CDs) | (Rivermont) |
| Wilco | “Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 [Box set]” (four CDs of rare studio and live recordings; Vinyl + MP3; MP3; iTunes), “What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014” (two CDs, 38 tracks; MP3; iTunes) | (Nonesuch, Nov. 17) |
| Trisha Yearwood | “PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit” (10 hits with six new songs, including the title track, a duet with Kelly Clarkson; Read here) | (Sony Music Nashville, Nov. 17) |
| Adrian Younge | “Black Dynamite (Original Motion Picture Score) (Deluxe Edition)” (2009 Michael Jai White comedy, with the full set of instrumentals on a second disc and four bonus tracks; iTunes) | (Linear Labs) |
More Releases for the Week of Nov. 18, 2014
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Jessica Alba, Powers Boothe, et al | “Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray; iTunes) | (Anchor Bay) |
| Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, et al | “Frozen: Sing Along Edition [DVD]” (2013 film; iTunes) | (Walt Disney) |
| Nick Cave | “20,000 Days on Earth [DVD]” (award-winning rock documentary; See here; iTunes) | (Drafthouse Films / Cinedigm) |
| Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, et al | “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean [DVD]” (1982 film; Blu-ray) | (Olive Films) |
| Michael Douglas, Michael Keaton, et al | “And So It Goes [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray; iTunes) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, et al | “It Happened One Night (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]” (1934 film) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, et al | “The Wind Rises [DVD]” (2014 Japanese animated film, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Walt Disney) |
| Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, et al | “22 Jump Street [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray; iTunes) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Billy Joel | “The Last Play at Shea: The Documentary Film [Blu-ray + DVD]” (filmed in July 2008, narrated by Alec Baldwin) | (Virgil Films and Entertainment) |
| Chloe Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley, et al | “If I Stay [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray; iTunes) | (MGM) |
| Chris Pratt, Lee Pace, Zoe Saldana, et al | “Guardians of the Galaxy [Amazon Instant Video]” (2014 film; iTunes) | (Marvel) |
| The Rolling Stones | “From The Vault: L.A. Forum – Live In 1975 [DVD]” (two-and-a-half-hour show on July 12, 1975; CD; Vinyl; iTunes) | (Eagle Rock, Nov. 17) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Nov. 18, 2014
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Cerys Matthews (former Catatonia singer) | “Hook, Line & Singer: A Sing-a-Long Book [Paperback]” | (Penguin Books, Nov. 20) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | “Red Hot Chili Peppers: Fandemonium” [Paperback]” (photographs and interviews by David Mushegain; introduction by Anthony Kiedis; Kindle) | (Running Press) |
| Will Romano | “Prog Rock FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Rock’s Most Progressive Music [Paperback]” | (Backbeat Books) |
More Book Releases for the Week of Nov. 18, 2014