New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Tunde Adebimpe | “Thee Black Boltz” (TV on the Radio co-founder’s debut solo album; producers: Adebimpe, Wilder Zoby; new single: “Drop”; Hear here; Read here; Osupa Clear with Black and White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)   | Sub Pop |
| Julien Baker & TORRES | “Send a Prayer My Way” (their first collaborative album; new single: “Dirt”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Matador |
| The Convenience | “Like Cartoon Vampires” (second album from New Orleans multi-instrumentalists Nick Corson and Duncan Troast; new single: “I Got Exactly What I Wanted”; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) | Winspear |
| Doechii | “Alligator Bites Never Heal” (2024 album, featuring “Nissan Altima,” “Boom Bap” and “Denial Is a River”; Grammy winner for Best Rap Album; Target-Exclusive Gold Vinyl, with double-sided poster) | Top Dawg / Capitol |
| Divide and Dissolve | “Insatiable” (new single: “Grief”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | “What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow” (reunited with her former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate, playing 18 of their favorite North Carolina fiddle and banjo songs; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nonesuch |
| Hawkwind | “There Is No Space for Us” (space-rock legends’ 37th album; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) | Atomhenge / Cherry Red |
| Tony Holiday | “Keep Your Head Up” (Memphis soul-blues musician’s third album; producer: Eric Corne; guests: Albert Castiglia, Laura Chavex, Kevin Burt, Eddie 9V; new single: “She’s a Burglar”; Hear here; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Forty Below |
| Anna Howie | “Good for Roses” (British country singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Kris Wilkinson Hughes; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | In House Records / Absolute Label |
| Tony Kamel | “We’re All Gonna Live” (Houston-born artist’s second album; producers: Kamel, Bruce Robison; new single: “Makin’ It Work”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Blue Corn Music |
| Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto | “Electric War” (their second collaborative album; producers: Barrie Cadogan, Catto ; new single: “Zero Sun”; See here; Bone Marble Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Easy Eye Sound / Concord |
| Melvins | “Thunderball” (new single: “Victory of the Pyramids”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ipecac Recordings |
| Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill | “Long After the Fire” (married couple’s debut album, recorded at Sun Records in Memphis; producer: Paul Allen; new single: “Is Anybody Here?”; See here; Read here) | Label 51 Recordings / Flatiron Recordings |
| Taylor Rae | “The Void” (Austin-based singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Eric Krasno; new single: “Telluride”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Missing Piece |
| Superheaven | “Superheaven” (Pennsylvania alt-rock band’s third album and first in 10 years; new single: “Cruel Times”; See here; Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Blue Grape Music |
| ZZ Ward | “Liberation” (her fourth album; producer: Ryan Spraker; new single: “Love Alive”; See here; Psychedelic Waves Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download released on March 14; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dirty Shine / Sun Records |
| Neil Young | “Coastal Soundtrack” (11-song live album, recorded at several shows on his 2023 tour, accompanying a concert movie, “Coastal,” directed by his wife Darryl Hannah that airs in theaters for one night only on April 17; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Reprise |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Beirut | “A Study of Losses” (Zach Condon was commissioned to write the 18 tracks for his seventh album by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for an acrobatic stage show; new single: “Guericke’s Unicorn”; See here; Read here; Blue Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Pompeii Recording Co. |
| Cumulus | “We’ve Got It All” (Seattle indie rock band’s fourth album; new single: “Simple”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Share It Music |
| Peter Holsapple | “The Face of 68” (new single: “That Kind of Guy”; Hear here; Read here; CD out May 9) | Label 51 Recordings / Flatiron Recordings |
| Iron Lung | “Adapting // Crawling” (Nevada hardcore punk duo’s sixth album and first in 12 years; new single: “Lifeless Life”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Iron Lung Records |
| Lux Terminus | “Cinder” (progressive rock trio’s second album; producers: Lux Terminus; guests: Espera, Ross Jennings, Jørgen Munkeby, Jon Pyres; new single: “P.L.O.N.K.”; See here; Apple Music) | MetalMedia Group |
| Mayday Parade | “Sweet” (eight-song EP, first of a three-part album; Pink Bubblegum Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Many Hats Endeavors |
| Mobley | “We Do Not Fear Ruins” (new single: “Yesterday’s Another Day”; See here; Apple Music) | Last Gang, April 23 |
| quickly, quickly | “I Heard That Noise” (Portland, OR-based electronic artist Graham Jonson’s second album; new single: “Enything”; See here; Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Ghostly International |
| Lucy Railton | “Blue Veil” (British cellist’s first album of solo cello recordings; new single: “Phase III”; Hear here; Read here; CD out May 9; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Ideologic Organ |
| Strange Neighbors | “People Pleasers Pleasing People” (Brooklyn quartet’s second album; producer: Mike Dwyer; new single: “Hate Me Less”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Mint 400 |
| Various artists | “Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025” (69th edition of the competition airs on May 17; 38 songs; Double CD out April 25; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Universal UK |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Angel | “Angel” (1975 debut album, featuring “Tower”; Vinyl; On Tour) | Deko Music |
| Shirley Bassey | “The Singer: Classic & Undiscovered Gems From The EMI/UA Years 1962-79” (three-CD, 45-song set features singles, B-sides, rare soundtrack cuts and BBC broadcast excerpts from Royal Albert Hall concert on New Year’s Day 1974; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Patsy Cline | “Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963)” (two-CD, 52-song collection of previously unreleased performances, drawn from radio broadcasts, TV shows, and private recordings; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Elemental Music / Deep Digs |
| David Crosby | “If I Could Only Remember My Name “ (Hybrid Stereo SACD; 1971 debut solo album, featuring “Cowboy Movie”; mastered directly from the original master tape by Bernie Grundman) | Analogue Productions |
| Julee Cruise | “Fall • Float • Love: Works 1989-1993” (two-CD compilation includes “Falling,” from “Twin Peaks,” alongside singles, remixes and her two albums, released in 1989 and 1993; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Cherry Red |
| Kenny Dorham | “Blue Bossa In The Bronx: Live From The Blue Morocco” (Double CD; unreleased recording from 1967; transferred from the original tape reels that were recorded by engineer Bernard Drayton; with 32-page booklet; Download) | Resonance |
| Bill Evans | “Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969” (two CDs; previously unreleased recordings; with 28-page booklet) | Elemental Music |
| Bryan Ferry | “Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023” (20-track career-spanning compilation; Download released on Oct. 25, 2024) | BMG Rights Management |
| François Hardy | “En Vogue: Best of 1962-1967” (24 tracks; remastered) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Freddie Hubbard | “On Fire: Live From The Blue Morocco” (Double CD; unreleased concert from the Bronx in 1967; transferred from the original tape reels that were recorded by engineer Bernard Drayton; Download) | Resonance |
| Janis Ian | “Breaking Silence” (1992 album; out of print since 1995; “Janis Ian: Breaking Silence” documentary is out on DVD on April 29) | Rude Girl |
| Lunchbox | “Evolver” (“lost” album from 2002; remastered, with three previously unreleased tracks; Double Vinyl, featuring vinyl-only fourth side of beats, loops and interludes, all taken directly from the original master tapes; with 32-page booklet; Hear here; Download) | Slumberland |
| Melanie | “Gathered In – The 1971 Gather Me Sessions” (studio outtakes and demos from her 1971 album “Gather Me,” featuring “Brand New Key,” “Ring the Living Bell” and “Someday I’ll Be a Farmer,” along with live recordings from the same period) | Cleopatra |
| Charles Mingus | “Mingus In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts” (Double CD; unreleased recordings from June 1977; transferred from the original tape reels that were recorded by engineer Carlos Melero; with 36-page booklet; Download) | Resonance |
| Lorrie Morgan | “A Moment in Time” (CD + DVD; 2009 album; with behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the album; Red Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | Cleopatra |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” (1976 debut album, featuring “Breakdown” and “American Girl”; Vinyl) “You’re Gonna Get It!” (1978 album, featuring “I Need to Know” and “Listen to Her Heart”; Vinyl; Merch) | Geffen / UMe |
| The Rembrandts | “L.P. (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album, featuring the “Friends” theme song “I’ll Be There For You” and “This House Is Not a Home”; with four bonus tracks) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Donna Summer | “Cats Without Claws (40th Anniversary)” (Double CD; 1984 album, featuring “There Goes My Baby,” “Supernatural Love” and “Eyes”; extras include five newly remixed tracks by Steve Anderson, 7th Heaven, Ladies On Mars and ShyBoy, plus the non-album B-side “Face the Music” and the original extended mix of “Eyes”; See here; Hot Pink and White Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Driven By the Music / Crimson Productions |
| Tangerine Dream | “Phaedra (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1974 album; six-disc box set features the remastered original album mix, along with two discs of outtakes, the complete concert at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London in June 1974 [the band’s debut live appearance in the U.K.] and a Blu-ray disc featuring Steven Wilson’s 5.1 Surround Sound mix; Amazon UK) | Virgin |
| Various artists | “Electric Junk: A journey through Deutsche Rock, Psych and Kosmiche 1970-1978” (four CDs, 41 songs; Read here; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Get Ready for the Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets” (three-CD, 86-track clamshell box set, featuring The Moody Blues, Small Faces, The Pretty Things, Jack Bruce, The Herd, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Pop Gems: The 80s” (U.K. release; three CDs, 63 songs; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Sony Music |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Black Stone Cherry | “This is Black Stone Cherry’s RSD album. The band really likes it.” (12 B-sides, covers, live tracks and previously unreleased songs; On Tour) | Mascot Records |
| Thompson Twins | “Into the Gap Live” (recorded at Del Mar Race Track in Southern California in 1984; originally released on VHS that year; See here; Turquoise and Yellow Double Vinyl) | BMG Rights Management |
Anastacia | Falling in Reverse | Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges | Tony Williams | Pharoah Sanders | Pepper + many more