New Release Round-Up 12-14-18

Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen On Broadway - Sony
"Springsteen On Broadway" is the new album of music and stories by Bruce Springsteen, and the soundtrack to the Netflix film of the same name. The album is the complete live performance of the show, and available physically as a 2CD set, or on vinyl as a 4LP set, as well as digitally. "Springsteen on Broadway" is the solo acoustic performance written and performed by Tony Award, Academy Award, and 20-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen. Based on his worldwide best-selling autobiography 'Born to Run,' "Springsteen on Broadway" is a unique evening with Bruce, his guitar, a piano, and his very personal stories. In addition, the show features a special appearance by Patti Scialfa. Bruce Springsteen's historic sold-out series of performances of his one man show began previews on October 3, 2017 and officially opened October 12, 2017. The show was extended three times after its initial eight-week run, and ran on Broadway at The Walter Kerr Theatre through December 15, 2018, bringing the total number of performances to 236.

Volbeat - Let's Boogie! From Telia Parken - Republic
On August 26, 2017, Volbeat became the first Danish band to headline and sell out their hometown venue, Denmark’s Telia Parken, setting the record for the biggest show by a domestic artist in Denmark ever with over 48,250 people in attendance. To commemorate and immortalize the record-breaking event, the band will release their live album and concert film, Let's Boogie! From Telia Parken, this week via Republic Records. Also available on 2CD, 2CD+DVD and 2CD+Blu-ray.

 

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Venom - Storm The Gates - Spinefarm
Venom – the hugely influential British heavy metal trio widely revered for driving and shaping many aspects of the music, including black and thrash metal, plus their instinctive blending of metallic power & punk spirit – release their new studio album, Storm The Gates.

The Decemberists - Traveling On EP - Capitol
With over 20M streams of their 8th studio recording I’ll Be Your Girl, The Decemberists release their acclaimed B-sides EP, Traveling On. The EP consists of 4 tracks from the IBYG boxset “Exploded Edition” now released for first time along with a full band version of “Traveling On” from I’ll Be your Girl. For over 17 years The Decemberists have reigned highly acclaimed, with more than 200M streams and 1.8M adjusted albums spanning worldwide. The Decemberists continue a tradition of releasing a post LP B-sides EP, with Traveling on, previous releases include Picaresqueties (2005), Connect Sets (2006), Long Live The King (2011) & Florasongs (2015).

Lady Gaga - The Fame: 10th Anniversary [Limited Edition USB Stick] - Interscope Records
In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Lady Gaga's explosive 2008 debut album, ‘The Fame,’ a special collectible product offering is being released this week. This limited-edition character USB, packaged in a custom display box, contains the original album, ‘The Fame,’ along with three bonus tracks, ‘The Fame Monster’ original album, both digital booklets, eight music videos, and an early EPK, filmed at the start of Lady Gaga's rapid ascent to stardom.

Clean Bandit - What Is Love? - Atlantic
Clean Bandit release their long-awaited sophomore studio album, What Is Love?, this week. Featured as one of Billboard’s Fall 2018 Albums to Watch, the album features new singles from a range of acclaimed artists, including Ellie Goulding, Luis Fonsi, Anne-Marie, KYLE, Rita Ora, Charli XCX, Big Boi, and many more. The electronic-pop production trio released “Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)” and “I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels)” in 2017, both of which are now certified Gold in the US. If the success of their latest single “Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)” is any indicator of the quality of What Is Love?, Clean Bandit is poised for a massive launch with the release of their full-length album.

For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.

New Release Round-Up 12-07-18

Ice Cube - Everythangs Corrupt - Interscope Records
Ice Cube’s new album, Everythangs Corrupt, will be released this week on Interscope Records. It will be the first album from Ice Cube in 8 years (I Am The West was released in September of 2010 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart). Since then, he’s released the hit film, Straight Outta Compton, been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Coldplay - The Butterfly Package - Atlantic
The Live In Buenos Aires album was recorded on November 15, 2017 - the final night of the A Head Full Of Dreams Tour. The 24 track audio set marks the first time that a Coldplay concert has been released in its entirety. The accompanying two hour concert film Live In São Paulo was filmed a week earlier on November 8, 2017. The A Head Full Of Dreams Tour has been confirmed as the third biggest of all time, having played to more than 5.5 million fans across the world. The combined live album / live concert film release - also known as The Butterfly Package - is completed by the new A Head Full Of Dreams documentary film, which charts Coldplay's colorful 20 year history. Live In Buenos Aires and Live In São Paulo feature hits and fan favorites from all seven of the band's Number 1 studio albums.

Cold War Kids - This Will All Blow Over In Time - Downtown
Cold War Kids' first ever compilation album covering the band s first 10 years with Downtown Records. The 23 track 2CD album includes the band's radio singles as well as deep cuts and rarities never before released, such as the track 'Expensive Tastes'.

Paul McCartney & Wings - Wild Life: Remastered - Capitol
Wild Life’s limited deluxe edition treatment features the full album remastered at Abbey Road plus 25 bonus audio tracks including rough mixes of the album, original single edits, B-sides, home recordings and other previously unreleased material across three CDs. The set’s DVD features rare footage of acoustic home videos, rehearsals and more. The Wild Life deluxe package includes a 128-page book written by David Fricke telling the story behind the album, 48-page scrapbook of tour diaries + more.  Also available on 2LP and 2CD.

 

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Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway: Remastered - Capitol
This edition of Red Rose Speedway is a six-disc (3CD, 2DVD + Blu-ray) numbered limited deluxe edition of the second Wings album and first credited to Paul McCartney & Wings. Released in April 1973 and featuring the #1 single ‘My Love,’ Red Rose Speedway was the first Wings album to hit #1 on the U.S. chart. The Red Rose Speedway limited deluxe edition features three discs of audio including the original album remastered at Abbey Road, no less than 35 bonus audio tracks, including a reconstruction of the originally conceived double album version of Red Rose Speedway, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks. The 2DVD + Blu-ray portions of the deluxe are packed with rare and previously unseen footage, including the James Paul McCartney TV Special, interviews and music videos, as well as the never before seen film The Bruce McMouse Show - fully restored and remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The package includes a folio containing 14 replica hand-drawn original character sketches by Paul and facsimile dialogue sheets for the film, a 128-page book containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album and single artwork from the archives and story behind the album - including new interviews with Paul McCartney, and key album personnel - and track-by-track information, written by Amanda Petrusich, five replica handwritten lyric sheets and photo print, a 64-page ‘Wings In Morocco’ photo book, all housed in a numbered outer slipcase. The Red Rose Speedway download redemption card will provide access to all audio in HD 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution versions.  Also available on 2LP and 2CD.

 

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John Mellencamp - Other People's Stuff - Republic
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp releases his 24th studio album Other People's Stuff via Republic Records. Mellencamp will embark on a 26-date North American tour next year in support of his upcoming album, which will kick off 2/7/19 in his home state of Indiana. Other People’s Stuff contains covers of singer-songwriter classics. The album follows his 2017 album Sad Clowns & Hillbillies.

 

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UPCOMING RELEASES 

Volbeat - Let's Boogie! From Telia Parken - Republic
On August 26, 2017, Volbeat became the first Danish band to headline and sell out their hometown venue, Denmark’s Telia Parken, setting the record for the biggest show by a domestic artist in Denmark ever with over 48,250 people in attendance. To commemorate and immortalize the record-breaking event, the band will release their live album and concert film, Let's Boogie! From Telia Parken, on December 14th via Republic Records.

 

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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section.

New Release Round-Up 01-26-18

Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us - New West Records
Over the past two decades, a strong sense of place has shaped the music of Calexico, infusing their albums with a stylistic unpredictability and richness of texture. While 2015’s Edge of the Sun brought the Tucson-bred band to the Mexico City borough of Coyoacán, their new full-length The Thread That Keeps Us mostly came to life in a house studio near the Northern California coast nicknamed “The Phantom Ship” by CALEXICO vocalist/guitarist Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino.

 

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Hollie Cook - Vessel of Love - Merge Records
Hollie Cook combines her unique vocal talent with charming charisma to craft her own dynamic strand of lovers rock with enduring tropical vibes, weaving a path from her West London roots to an arena of diverse collaborations, critically acclaimed records, and iconic live appearances around the world. Cook’s ability to continually surprise, delight, and progress solidifies her position as one of the most exciting voices in reggae, and this is crystal clear on her third full-length and Merge debut, Vessel of Love.

Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin [LP] - Drag City
Ty Segall goes all the way, flipping the Freedom coin to find passion, laughter and savagery on both sides. A head-spinning compendium of stompers, weepers, ballads, screamers, bangers and funker-uppers, all marking a different impasse, like a flag whirling into a knot, exploding and burning on contact, in the name of life and loathing and the pursuit of what you love.

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee [Red LP] - J&R Adventures
It's been 4 years since the critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated, and #1 Billboard Blues album Seesaw was released by Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa. They have reunited for Black Coffee - another collection of scorching interpretations of ten soul gems that pair Hart’s breathtaking vocals and Joe’s masterfully expressive playing. Featuring songs made famous by; Edgar Winter, Ray Charles, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Lucinda Williams and more. LP is 180g, red vinyl, and contains an exclusive bonus track.

Nightmares On Wax - Shape The Future [2LP] - Warp Records
One of the most influential artists of a generation and a long-standing member of the Warp Records family, Nightmares On Wax announces his new album Shape The Future. A perfect marriage of soul, hip-hop, dub and timeless club sounds that act as a salvo masterpiece of contemporary and classic genre-blending, brilliantly solidifying Nightmares On Wax place as an inspirational electronic music figurehead.

Cornelius - Mellow Waves [LP] - Rostrum Records
Acclaimed Japanese producer, composer, and recording artist Cornelius first proper studio album in over 11 years, featuring the singles If You're Here, Sometime / Someplace, and In a Dream. 180g black vinyl gatefold LP

American Folk [Soundtrack] - American Folk Records
American Folk is the soundtrack to the award-winning 2018 independent film, American Folk, starring Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth. In addition to both original compositions and classic folk song renditions by Purdy and Rubarth, the soundtrack includes John Prine's ''Some Humans Ain't Human'' and Jerry Garcia & David Grisman's ''Freight Train.''

 

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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section and don't forget that many of these titles are also available on vinyl.