New motion picture soundtrack for the film "Elvis" includes both covers and original hits from Presley himself. (RCA)

June finishes with a crush of hot new music releases, including one hot soundtrack and titles from Weezer, Jimmie Allen, Jack Johnson, Luke Combs, Tegan and Sara and more -- plus a new Beyoncé single (all subject to change)...

Album of the Week: There’s plenty of star power and provocative on the “ELVIS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (RCA), the companion to Baz Luhrmann’s new film about Elvis Presley (Austin Butler) and his manager Col. Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). The King himself is featured on many of the tracks -- mashing it up, posthumously, with Jack White, Tame Impala, Pnau and others -- while Eminem and CeeLo Green, Maneskin, Stevie Nicks and Chris Isaak, Jazmine Sullivan, Kacey Musgraves and more contribute both covers and original material. An aural experience that’ll likely leave you saying “thank ya very much”...

Album Title of the Week: Brian Jonestown Massacre, “Fire Doesn’t Grow on Trees” (A Recordings)

Did Ya Know?: The all-star Supersonic Blues Machine surfaces again with “Voodoo Nation” (Provogue/Mascot) -- and gets more than a little help from its friends this time out. The guest list includes Sonny Landreth, Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr, Eric Gales, Joe Louis Walker, Ana Popovic, King Solom Hicks and others, all doing that voodoo that they do so well.

Jimmie Allen, “Tulip Drive” (Stoney Creek)

Luke Combs, “Growin’ Up” (River House Artists/Sony Music Entertainment)

Lupe Fiasco, “Drill Music in Zion” (1st & 15th/Thirty Tigers)

G. Love, “Philadelphia Mississippi” (Philadelphonic/Thirty Tigers)

Giveon, “Give or Take” (Not So Fast/Epic)

Jack Johnson, “Meet the Moonlight” (Brushfire/Republic)

Angelique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf, “Queen of Sheba” (Mister IBE)

Soccer Mommy, “Sometimes, Forever” (Loma Vista/Concord)

Regina Spektor, “Home, before and after” (Sire)

Tegan and Sara, “Still Jealous” (Rhino)

Hot New Singles: Babyface and Ella Mai, “Keeps on Fallin’;” Chloe Bailey, “Surprise;” Beyoncé, “Break My Soul;” Sean “Diddy” Combs, “Gotta Move On” featuring Bryson Tiller; Flying Lotus, “You Don’t Know” and “The Room,” both featuring Devin Tracy; Jawny, “Take It Back” featuring Beck; John Legend, “Honey” featuring Muni Long; Lil Baby, “U-Digg” featuring 42 Dugg and Veeze; Machine Head, “Unhallowed;” The Mars Volta, “Blacklight Shine;” Rico Nasty, “Black Punk;” Ne-Yo, “You Got the Body;” Willie Nelson and Particle Kid, “Die When I’m High (Halfway to Heaven);”Peach Tree Rascals, “Let U Go;” Charlie Puth and Jungkook, “Left and Right” Santigold, “Ain’t Ready;” Shaboozey, “Gas!;” Secret Machines, “Day 21″ and “Dreaming of Dreaming (Mavrogeorgis and Sclavunos Version);” Social House, “Bentley Coupe;

Joey Alexander, “Origin” (Mack Avenue)

Alpha Cat, “Venus Smile” (Aquamarine)

Erica Banks, “Diary of the Flow Queen” (Warner)

The Bardic Depths, “Promises of Hope” (Gravity Dream)

Danny Beardsley, “Closer to the Sun” (self-released)

Katie Bejsiuk, “The Woman on the Moon” (Double Whammy)

Loren Beri, “Stray Cat Kingdom” (self-released)

Berklee Indian Ensemble, “Shuruaat” (self-released)

Black Stone Cherry, “Live From Royal Albert Hall...Y’all” (Mascot)

BoDeans, “4 The Last Time” (Free & Alive)

Marvin Brooks, “Do It With Love” (Position Music/2WEI)

Arthur Brown, “Long Long Road” (Magnetic Eye)

Caamp, “Lavendar Days” (By and By/Mom+Pop)

Candy, “Heaven is Here” (Relapse)

Capital Theatre, “A Hero’s Journey” (Reslau)

Coheed and Cambria, “Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind” (Roadrunner)

Hollie Cook, “Happy Hour” (Merge)

Duke Deuce, “Crunkstar” (QC/Motown)

The Dreadnoughts, “Roll and Go” (Stomp)

Nicky Egan, “This Life” (Transistor Sound/Colemine)

Empress Of, “Save Me” (Major Arcana/mtheory)

Dave Goddess, “Back in Business” (self-released)

Katie Alice Greer, “Barbarism” (FourFour)

Hackensaw Boys, “Hackensaw Boys” (Suns Work)

Jeff Harnar, “I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words” (PS Classics)

Tim Heidecker, “High School” (Spacebomb)

DaShawn Hickman, “Drums, Roots & Steel” Little Village Foundation)

Zola Jesus, “Arkhon” (Sacred Bones)

Kep1er, “Doublast” (Swing Entertainment)

Elizabeth King, “I Got a Love” (Bible & Tire)

Lydia Luce, “Garden Songs” (self-released)

Janiva Magness, “Hard to Kill” (Fathead)

Trixie Mattel, “The Blonde & Pink Albums” (PEG)

MUNA, “MUNA” (Saddest Factory/Dead Oceans)

Nayeon, “IM NAYEON” (JYP Entertainment)

Frankie Perez, “Crossing the Great Divide” (self-released)

Christina Perri, “a lighter shade of blue” (Elektra)

Johannes Person and Perturbator, “Final Light” (Red Creek)

Porcupine Tree, “Closure/Continuation” (Music For Nations)

Reverend Baron, “From Anywhere...” (Colemine)

Kat Riggins, “Progeny” (Gulf Coast)

Peter Rowan, “Calling You From My Mountain” (Rebel)

Social Animals, “Social Animals” (Rise)

Spacey Jane, “Here Comes Everybody” (AWAL)

Tijuana Panthers, “Halfway to Eighty” (Innovative Leisure)

Various Artists, “Dead Formats Volume 1″ (Pure Noise)

Victorious, “Dinosaur Warfare Pt. 2 -- The Great Ninja War” (Napalm)

Alan Walker, “Walkerverse Pt. 1″ (RCA)

The Warning, “Error” (LAVA/Republic)

Andrew Weiss & Friends, “Sunglass & Ash” (Reviver)

Wire, “Not About to Die” (pinkflag)

Wolf Alice, “Blue Weekend” (RCA)

Liz Wright, “Holding Space” (Blue & Greens)

Yosh & Yimmy, “Three Rivers” (self-released)

Yung Guv, “Guv IV” (Run For Cover)

Zoon, “Big Pharma” (Paper Bag)

Arooj Aftab, “Vulture Prince (Deluxe Edition)” (Verve/UMe)

The Animals, “The Animals,” “The Animals on Tour,” “Animal Tracks” and “Animalization” (ABKCO)

Babe Ruth, “Darker Than Blue: The Harvest Years 1972-1975″ (Esoteric/Cherry Red)

BlackHawk, “Blue Highway” (BFD/Audium Nashville)

Ray Charles, “A Message from the People” (Tangerine)

Chicken Shack, “Crying Won’t Help You Now: The Deram years 1971-1974″ (Esoteric/Cherry Red)

Eric Clapton, “Nothing But the Blues” (Reprise/Rhino)

Nat King Cole, “From the Capitol Vaults (Vol. 2)” (Capitol/UMe)

Elizabeth Cook, “Balls: 15th Anniversary Edition” (Thirty Tigers)

Ella Fitzgerald, “Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook” (Verve/UMe)

Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five, “Sugar Hall Adventures: The Collection” (Robinsongs/Cherry Red)

Christine McVie, “Songbird (A Solo Collection)” Rhino)

Suicide Silence, “The Cleansing (Ultimate Edition)” (Century Media)

Tragically Hip,. “Live at the Roxy” (Universal Music Canada/UMe)

Tyler, the Creator, “Call Me if You Get Lost” (Columbia)

Mason Williams, “The Mason Williams Phonograph Record/ The Mason Williams Ear Show/Music/Hand Made/Sharepickers” (BGO)

Eric Clapton, “Nothing But the Blues” (Reprise/Rhino)

“Phil Lynott Songs For While I’m Away + Think Lizzy the Boys are Back in Town Live at the Sydney Opera House October 1978″ (Mercury Studios)

“The Beatles and India” (MVD)

“Eric Clapton: Nothing But the Blues” (Reprise/Rhino)

“Phil Lynott Songs For While I’m Away + Think Lizzy the Boys are Back in Town Live at the Sydney Opera House October 1978″ (Mercury Studios)

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