New stuff (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Acacia Strain | “Coma Witch” (producer: Will Putney; first single: “Cauterizer”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rise) |
| Devon Allman | “Ragged and Dirty” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ruf) |
| Cecilia Bartoli | “St. Petersburg” (Hear here; MP3) | (Decca) |
| Bonfire Beach (led by Dexy Valentine, front woman of Magic Wands) | “Lit” (first single: “Spit U Out”; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Ali Campbell with Astro & Mickey (all founding members of UB40) | “Silhouette” (includes reggae covers of classics by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Chi-Lites, etc.; first single: “Silhouette”; Hear here; MP3) | (Cooking Vinyl / Metropolis) |
| Chicks on Speed | “Artstravaganza” (guests: Julian Assange, Princess Francesca von Habsburg, Yoko Ono, Peter Weibel, Angie Seah, Anat Ben-David, etc.; producers: Chicks on Speed, Christopher Just, Oliver Horton, Phill Speiser, Timor Litzenberger; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Chicks on Speed) |
| Chrysalide (French industrial trio) | “Personal Revolution” (Hear here) | (Dependent) |
| DJ Quik | “The Midnight Life” (guests: Dom Kennedy, El DeBarge, Suga Free, Bishop Lamont, Mack 10, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Mad Science Recordings) |
| Chris Duarte Group | “Lucky 13” (Hear here) | (Blues Bureau) |
| Exodus | “Blood In, Blood Out” (the band’s first release with new vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza since 2004; guest: Kirk Hammett; Hear here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Michael Feinstein | “A Michael Feinstein Christmas” (Hear here) | (Concord) |
| Renée Fleming | “Christmas in New York” (guests: Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Joshua Bell, Brad Mehldau, Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Porter, Kurt Elling; Hear here) | (Decca) |
| Florida Georgia Line | “Anything Goes” (producer: Joey Moi; first single: “Dirt”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Big Machine) |
| Sallie Ford | “Slap Back” (producer: Chris Funk; first single: “Coulda Been”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vanguard) |
| Foxygen | “Foxygen … And Star Power” (double album; first single: “How Can You Really”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Gaither Vocal Band | “Sometimes It Takes a Mountain” (Hear here; MP3) | (Gaither Music Group / Universal) |
| The Game | “Blood Moon: The Year of the Wolf” (guests: Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Souljah Boy, etc.; new single: “Or Nah”; Hear here; MP3) | (Blood Money La Familia / eOne Music) |
| Sammy Hagar with Vic Johnson | “Lite Roast” (his first acoustic album; Hear here; See here) | (Mailboat) |
| Danny B. Harvey & Mysti Moon | “Hell Cat Stomp” (Hear here; MP3) | (Rock-A-Billy / Cleopatra) |
| Christina Holmes | “Peace, Love & C. Holmes” (producer: Narada Michael Walden; Hear here; MP3) | (Tarpan / Independent Distribution Collective) |
| House of Lightning | “Lightworker” (producers: Mark Nikolich, Henry Wilson; Hear here; MP3) | (Fair Warning) |
| Human Nature (Australian vocal quartet) | “The Christmas Album” (guests: Smokey Robinson, Robin Meade, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Hear here; MP3) | (HN Entertainment / RED Distribution / BFD) |
| Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa group) | “Worker” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Royal Potato Family) |
| Jessie J | “Sweet Talker” (producers: Josh Alexander, Ammo, Diplo, Steve Booker, David Gamson, Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Pharrell, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Steve Mac, Will IDAP; guests: De La Soul, 2 Chainz, Lindsey Stirling; first single: “Bang Bang,” with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Lava / Republic) |
| JW-Jones (Canadian guitarist-singer) | “Belmont Boulevard” (producer: Tom Hambridge; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Blind Pig) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop Christmas Wish List” | (Razor & Tie) |
| Kindness (aka Adam Bainbridge) | “Otherness” (guests: Robyn, Kelela, Ade, M.anifest, Kelela, Devonté Hynes, Tawiah; first single: “World Restart”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mom + Pop Music) |
| Knight Area (Dutch prog-rock group) | “Hyperdrive” (Hear here; MP3) | (Laser’s Edge) |
| Mary Lambert | “Heart On My Sleeve” (producer: Eric Rosse; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Capitol) |
| Raul Malo | “Around the World” (July 22 concert with the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Paul Gambill; Hear here) | (Concord) |
| Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (Jack’s Mannequin/Something Corporate leader) | “Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness” (producers: Mike Viola, James Flannigan, McMahon; first single: “Cecilia and the Satellite”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vanguard) |
| Meiko | “Dear You” (first single: “Be Mine”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fantasy / Concord) |
| The Melvins | “Hold It In” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ipecac Recordings) |
| Idina Menzel | “Holiday Wishes” (producer: Walter Afabasieff; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| New Orleans Suspects | “Ouroboros” (guests: Col. Bruce Hampton, Ian Smith, Michael Skinkus, Tanya Shylock, River Eckert, Jasa Gruver; Hear here; MP3) | (Louisiana Red Hot) |
| Nico & Vinz (Afro-Norwegian duo) | “Black Star Elephant” (first single: “Am I Wrong”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| OK Go | “Hungry Ghosts” (producers: Dave Fridmann, Tony Hoffer; first single: “The Writing’s on the Wall”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (BMG Rights Management) |
| Sandi Patty | “Christmas Blessings” (Hear here; MP3) | (Reflections) |
| Pharmakon (NYC noise musician Margaret Chardiet) | “Bestial Burden” (Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Popa Chubby | “I’m Feelin’ Lucky: The Blues According to Popa Chubby” (guests: Dana Fuchs, Mike Zito; Hear here; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Paul Potts | “Home” (covers of Richard Marx, Spandau Ballet and George Harrison, alongside pieces by Musumarra & Pintus, Chopin and De Curtis & Furno, etc.; Hear here) | (U.K. – Paul Potts Recordings, Oct. 13) |
| Revocation (Boston band) | “Deathless” (producer: Zeuss; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Metal Blade) |
| Sanctuary | “The Year the Sun Died” (producer: Zeuss; Read/see here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Century Media) |
| Scar Symmetry (Swedish melo-death metallers) | “The Singularity (Phase 1 – Neohumanity)” (Hear here; MP3) | (Nuclear Blast) |
| Bob Seger | “Ride Out” (his first album since 2006; producer: Seger; first single: “Detroit Made,” written by John Hiatt; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Capitol) |
| Stars (Canadian indie rock band) | “No One Is Lost” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Luke Sweeney (Bay Area garage-pop artist) | “Adventure: Us” (new single: “Doin’ It To You”; See here; Vinyl) | (Aerobic International) |
| The Swon Brothers (CMA Vocal Duo of the Year nominees finished third on the fourth season of NBC’s “The Voice”) | “The Swon Brothers” (producers: The Swon Brothers, Mark Bright; first single: “Later On”; Hear here; MP3) | (Arista Nashville) |
| U2 | “Songs of Innocence” (originally released on Sept. 9 to all iTunes Store customers at no cost; producers: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney, Flood; first single: “The Miracle [of Joey Ramone]”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Interscope) |
| Nim Vind (Canadian rock horrorpunk artist) | “Saturday Night Séance Songs” (Todd Rundgren produced and played guitar on the track “Astronomicon”; Hear here) | (House of Vind) |
| We Were Promised Jetpacks | “Unravelling” (producer: Paul Savage; new single: “I Keep It Composed”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (FatCat) |
| You + Me (P!nk and Dallas Green) | “rose ave.” (folky collaboration; first single: “You and Me”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Vinyl; MP3) | (RCA) |
More Releases for the Week of Oct. 14, 2014
New stuff (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Alma (neo-soul artist) | “Tactics [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Alma, Oct. 17) |
| Halasan Bazar and Tara King th. | “8 [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Moon Glyph, Oct. 13) |
| The Blues Magoos (led by original members Ralph Scala and Peppy Castro) | “Psychedelic Resurrection [MP3]” (their first new album in 40 years; guests: Ronnie Gilbert, Mike Esposito; Hear here) | (Kayos Productions) |
| Jonathan Byrd (country-folk rocker) | “You Can’t Outrun the Radio [MP3]” (producer: Byrd; Hear here; CD) | (Waterbug, Oct. 13) |
| John Edwin (acoustic experimental folk musician-songwriter from Östersund, Sweden) | “Basement Recordings [MP3]” (ReverbNation) | (John Edwin, Sept. 16) |
| Institute | “Salt [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Kivanc Kilicer | “Dew on Roses [MP3]” (three-song EP; ReverbNation) | (Scarlet) |
| Eliot Lipp (Brooklyn-based producer) | “Watch the Shadows [MP3]” (guests: Cherub, SuperVision; first single: “The Western”; Hear here) | (Pretty Lights Music) |
| Nathan Parker Smith | “Not Dark Yet [MP3]” (producer: Smith; Hear here; See here) | (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) |
| Somebody Else’s Nightmare | “Strength and Kindness [MP3]” (producer: Cherie Chooljian; first single: “Lonely Town”; ReverbNation) | (Somebody Else’s Nightmare, Oct. 11) |
| Chris Taylor | “Daylight [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Lo-Fidelity) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Brick | “Summer Heat / After 5” (1981, 1982 albums on one CD; remastered) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Cypress Hill | “The Essential Cypress Hill” (two CDs, 31 songs; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Miles Davis | “Bitches Brew [Hybrid SACD]” (1970 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity) |
| Duke Ellington | “In Gröna Lund 1963” (two CDs; Hear/read here) | (Storyville) |
| Foreigner | “The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991 [Box set]” (seven discs; contains bonus tracks from the 2002 deluxe editions of their first four albums) | (Rhino / Atlantic) |
| The Kinks | “The Essential Kinks” (two CDs, 49 songs; covers their Pye/Reprise, RCA, Arista and Columbia years; Read here) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Al Kooper | “Soul of a Man: Live – ReKooperation” (three CDs; Hear/read here) | (Nimbus) |
| Dean Martin | “The Essential Dean Martin” (two CDs; MP3) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Meat Loaf | “ICON” (best-of) | (Geffen / UMe) |
| Ozzy Osbourne | “Memoirs of a Madman” (17-song best-of; 2 LP 180 Gram Vinyl; 2 LP Picture Disc Vinyl; DVD, featuring music videos, live performances and interviews; see related MP3 below) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Shuggie Otis | “The Very Best of Shuggie Otis 1969-1974” (18 tracks) | (U.K. – Sony, Oct. 13) |
| Shuggie Otis | “Live in Williamsburg” (recorded at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y., in April 2013; MP3) | (Cleopatra) |
| Jaco Pastorious | “Anthology: The Warner Bros. Years” (two CDs, 22 songs; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| Madeleine Peyroux | “Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux” (15 songs; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Diana Ross | “Why Do Fools Fall in Love: Expanded Edition” (1981 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks), “Silk Electric: Expanded Edition” (1982 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks), “Ross: Expanded Edition” (1983 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks), “Swept Away: Deluxe Edition” (1984 album; remastered, with a second CD containing nine bonus tracks), “Eaten Alive: Deluxe Edition” (1985 album; remastered, with a second CD containing nine bonus tracks), “Red Hot Rhythm and Blues: Deluxe Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with a second CD containing nine bonus tracks; Read here) | (Funky Town Grooves) |
| Sagittarius | “Present Tense” (1968 album, featuring “My World Fell Down”; remastered, with nine bonus tracks; Hear here) | (U.K. – Rev-Ola, Oct. 13) |
| Billy Strayhorn (longtime composer and arranger for Duke Ellington) | “Out of the Shadows [Box set]” (seven CDs, one DVD; Hear/read here; See here) | (Storyville) |
| Jimmy Thackery | “Extra Jimmies” (remastered songs from out-of-print albums from 1992 to 1998; MP3) | (Blind Pig) |
| The Ventures | “In the Vaults Volume 5” (26 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, Oct. 13) |
More Releases for the Week of Oct. 14, 2014
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The A’s | “The A’s [MP3]” (1979 album), “A Woman’s Got the Power [MP3]” (1981 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| George Baker Selection | “The Very Best of [MP3]” (18 tracks) | (R.D.E.G., Oct. 13) |
| Bloodstone | “Party [MP3]” (1984 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Curiosity Killed the Cat | “Very Best [MP3]” (18 tracks) | (R.D.E.G., Oct. 13) |
| Cyndi Lauper | “She’s So Unusual: REMiXED [MP3]” (six remixes by top DJs and producers including NERVO, Bent Collective and Yolanda Be Cool, plus previously unreleased remixes by Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney, Lord Warddd and Anamanagucci) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Ozzy Osbourne | “The Collection [MP3]” (nine complete albums) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Graham Parker | “Live! Alone in America [MP3]” (1989 album), “Human Soul [MP3]” (1990 album), “Struck By Lightning [MP3]” (1991 album) | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Lou Rawls | “Shades of Blue [MP3]” (1980 album) | (Philadelphia International / Legacy) |
| Jim Reeves | “20 Songs of Inspiration [MP3]” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Various artists | “22 Alt Rock Anthems [MP3]”, “22 American Icons [MP3]”, “22 Classic #1 Hits [MP3]”, “22 Classic Rock Favorites [MP3]”, “22 Country Hits [MP3]”, “22 Pop Sensations [MP3]”, “22 Sweet 90s Hits [MP3]”, “22 Totally 80s Hits [MP3]”, “22 Throwback Jams [MP3]” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, et al | “Desperately Seeking Susan [Blu-ray]” (1985 film) | (Kino Lorber) |
| Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Leslie Mann, et al | “Mr. Peabody & Sherman [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray) | (DreamWorks) |
| James Cagney, Joan Leslie, et al | “Yankee Dandy Doodle [Blu-ray]” (1942 film) | (Warner Archive Collection) |
| Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, et al | “White Christmas (Diamond Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD + CD]” (1954 film; Read here) | (Paramount) |
| Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, et al | “Vanilla Sky [Blu-ray]” (2001 film) | (Paramount) |
| Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, et al | “Two and a Half Men: The Complete Eleventh Season [DVD]” (three discs) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, et al | “The Deer Hunter [Blu-ray]” (1978 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, et al | “2 Broke Girls: The Complete Third Season [DVD]” (three discs) | (Warner Home Video) |
| Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, et al | “My Darling Clementine (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray Special Edition]” (two discs; 1946 film; Read here) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, et al | “The China Syndrome [Blu-ray]” (1979 film) | (Image Entertainment) |
| Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, et al | “X-Men: Days of Future Past [DVD]” (2014 film; Blu-ray; Box set) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Pearl Jam | “Pearl Jam: In Their Own Words [DVD]” | (eOne Music) |
| Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, et al | “Married to the Mob [Blu-ray]” (1988 film) | (Kino Lorber) |
| Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, et al | “Jaws [Blu-ray + Digital HD]” (1975 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Steven Spielberg | “Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection [DVD]” (eight discs, featuring his films for Universal, from “The Sugarland Express” to “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, et al | “Zoolander [Blu-ray]” (2001 film) | (Paramount) |
| Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, et al | “Fargo: Season One [DVD]” (FX original series; Blu-ray) | (Fox) |
More DVD/Blu-ray Releases for the Week of Oct. 14, 2014
Music books
More Book Releases for the Week of Oct. 14, 2014