New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Jason Aldean | “Songs About Us” (Georgia native’s 12th studio album; 20 songs; new singles: “Help You Remember,” “Hard to Love You” and “Lovin’ Me Too Long”; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Clear Smoke Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Broken Bow |
| The Amity Affliction | “House of Cards” (Australian post-hardcore band’s ninth studio album; producers: The Amity Affliction; new single: “House of Cards”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with August Burns Red) | Pure Noise |
| Atreyu | “The End Is Not the End” (their 10th album; producer: Matt Pauling; guest: Max Cavalera; new single: “All For You”; See here; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Spinefarm |
| At the Gates | “The Ghost of a Future Dead” (Swedish melodic death metal band’s eighth album, featuring vocals by frontman Tomas Lindberg, who died of cancer in September 2025; new single: “The Fever Mask”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Century Media |
| Nessa Barrett | “Jesus loves a primadonna” (alt-pop artist’s eight-song EP; producers: CJ Baran, Arthur Besna; new single: “Buffalo 66”; See here; Crystal Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Peter Case | “My Life To Live: Peter Case at McCabe’s” (22 tracks documenting his two-night stand at the L.A. folk venue; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sunset Blvd. |
| Chet Faker | “A Love For Strangers” (Australian singer-songwriter Nick Murphy’s third album as Chet Faker; new single: “Can You Swim?”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Feb. 13; Apple Music; On Tour) | Detail Records / BMG Rights Management |
| Billy Childs | “Triumvirate” (Grammy-winning jazz pianist’s first trio recording in 25 years, with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Ari Hoenig; new single: “Ask Me Now”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mack Avenue |
| John Corabi | “New Day” (solo debut album from former Mötley Crüe singer and current Dead Daisies frontman; producer: Marti Frederiksen; new single: “New Day”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| Julia Cumming | “Julia” (Sunflower Bean frontwoman’s debut solo album; producer: Chris Coady; new single: “My Life”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Partisan |
| Carla dal Forno | “Confession” (Australian electro-pop singer-songwriter’s fourth album; new single: “Going Out”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Kallista |
| Mikaela Davis | “Graceland Way” (alt-country singer-songwriter-harpist’s fifth album; producers: Davis, Dan Horne, John Lee Shannon; guests: Madison Cunningham, Tim Heidecker, Neal Francis, Karly Hartzman, James Felice, Clay Finch, Hannah Read; new single: “[Looking Through] Rose Colored Glasses”; See here; Golden Poppy Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Kill Rock Stars |
| Jackson Dean | “Magnolia Sage” (Maryland-raised, Nashville-based country singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Dean, Luke Dick; new single: “Wildfire”; See here; Wildfire Smoke Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Machine |
| Elegant Weapons | “Evolution” (second album from hard-rock band led by Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner; producers: Faulkner, Andy Sneap; new single: “Bridges Burn”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Exciter Records |
| Failure | “Location Lost” (their seventh album; guest: Hayley Williams; new single: “The Air’s on Fire”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Failure Records / Arduous Records / Virgin Music Group |
| Foo Fighters | “Your Favorite Toy” (their 12th studio album; new single: “Of All People”; See here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive White Opaque Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) > Greatest Hits ❤️🔥 | Roswell Records / RCA |
| Friko | “Something Worth Waiting For” (Chicago-based indie rock band’s sophomore album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Choo Choo”; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusve White and Black Bike Wheel Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Generation Radio | “Take Two” (rock band’s second album; producers: founding members Jay DeMarcus, Jason Scheff; Steve Ferrone replaces Deen Castronovo on drums; new single: “The Melody”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| Glen Hansard | “Don+t Settle (Vol. 1 – Transmissions East)” (10-track live album; new single: “Didn’t He Ramble”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Plateau Records / Secretly Distribution |
| Joy Harjo | “insomnia & seven steps to grace” (seventh solo album from Native American musician and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States; producer: esperanza spalding; new single: “insomnia & seven steps to grace”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
| Noah Kahan | “The Great Divide” (his fourth album; producers: Gabe Simon, Aaron Dessner; new single: “Porch Light”; See here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with two bonus live tracks; American Rust Double Vinyl; Translucent Beer Bottle Double Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Translucent Morning Fog Double Vinyl, with two bonus “Live From Fenway” tracks; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mercury / Republic |
| Matteo Mancuso | “Route 96” (Sicilian guitarist’s second album; guests: Steve Vai, Antoine Boyer, Valeriy Stepanov; new single: “Solar Wind”; See here; Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Music Theories Recordings |
| Gia Margaret | “Singing” (her first vocal album since 2018, following a years-long recovery from a career-threatening vocal injury; guests: Kurt Vile, David Bazan, Sean Carey, Guy Sigsworth, Amy Millan, Deb Talan; new single: “Everyone Around Me Dancing”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Clear Blue Vishuddha Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Jagjaguwar |
| Metric | “Romanticize the Dive” (their 10th album; new single: “Victim of Luck”; See here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Metric Music International / Thirty Tigers |
| The Milk Carton Kids | “Lost Cause Lover Fool” (indie folk duo’s seventh studio album; new single: “A Friend Like You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Iridescent Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Far Cry Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Miss Grit | “Under My Umbrella” (second album from NYC-based Korean-American musician Margaret Sohn; producers: Sohn, Aron Kobayashi Ritch; new single: “Stranger”; See here; Crystal Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Mute |
| Portrayal of Guilt | “… Beginning of the End” (Austin black metal band’s fifth album; new singles: “Ecstasy” and “Human Terror”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Run For Cover |
| The Reds, Pinks & Purples | “Acknowledge Kindness” (Glenn Donaldson’s 12th album; new single: “Worthy of Love”; Hear here; Dark Cloud Lake Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Subconscious Window Pane Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Fire Records |
| Reverend & the Makers | “Is This How Happiness Feels?” (their eighth studio album; producers: Danny Lafrombe, Jon McClure; new single: “Haircut”; See here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Pink and White Twister Effect Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Distiller Records |
| Setting | “Setting” (new single: “Heard a Bubble”; Hear here; Vinyl; Opaque Maroon Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Thrill Jockey |
| Einar Solberg | “Vox Occulta” (Leprous singer-keyboardist’s second solo album, paired with Norwegian Radio Orchestra; producers: Solberg, David Castillo; new single: “Liberatio”; See here; White and Black Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | InsideOutMusic |
| Ringo Starr | “Long Long Road” (producer: T Bone Burnett, with Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar; guests: Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, St. Vincent; new single: “Choose Love”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | UMe |
| Terror | “Still Suffer” (L.A. hardcore band’s ninth studio album; producer: Todd Jones; new single: “Still Suffer”; See here; Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Flatspot Records |
| Meghan Trainor | “Toy With Me” (her seventh album; new single: “Still Don’t Care”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Epic |
| Dale Watson | “Unwanted” (producer: Watson; new single: “If You Really Love Me [Outlive Me]”; Hear here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Forty Below |
| White Denim | “13” (Austin rock band’s 13th album; new single: “Ruby”; Hear here; Read here; Yellow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bella Union |
| Wilson Fairchild | “American Songbook: Country Classics and Gospel Favorites” (third full-length album from country duo Langdon and Wil Reid, sons of Harold and Don Reid of The Statler Brothers; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) | Gaither Music Group |
| Wormstew | “Last Days of Loma” (Long Beach, CA indie folk-pop trio’s debut album; new single: “Tippy Tippy Tea”; Download; Apple Music) | Big Stir |
| Mike Zito | “Outside or the Eastside” (new single: “Don’t Take Advantage of Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Gulf Coast Records / SoNo Recording Group |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Beatrix | “We Swallowed the Sky” (second album from L.A.-based orchestral indie rock/folk/ chamber-pop project of Arielle Kasnetz; producers: Philip Etherington, Ehren Ebbage; new single: “My Angel”; See here; Apple Music) | Nice Life Recording Company |
| Cadence Weapon | “Forager” (producer: Junia-T; guests: Ariel, James Baley; new single: “Alpenflage”; See here; Apple Music) | Six Shooter |
| CAVS | “Sojourn” (second solo album from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard drummer Michael Cavanaugh; new single: “Candiru”; See here; Translucent Orange Vinyl; Apple Music) | p(doom) records |
| City of the Sun | “Under the Moon” (Brooklyn acoustic post-rock trio’s third album; new single: “Vuela”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| duendita | “existential thottie” (Queens, NY R&B singer-songwriter’s third album; new single: “beach”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | 10k Global, April 29 |
| The Enigmatic Foe | “Like an Ocean” (fifth album from Knoxville-based producer, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist Jared Colinger; new singles: “Algorithm / Limping to the Finish Line”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition, with instrumentals, demos and remixes; Apple Music) | Jared Michael Colinger |
| Gay Meat | “Blue Water” (debut album from North Carolina indie rocker Karl Kuehn; new single: “Vodka Sprite”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Blue Vinyl out May 8; Apple Music) | Skeletal Lightning |
| Hrishikesh Hirway | “In the Last Hour of Light” (debut solo album from creator and host of the “Song Exploder” podcast and Netflix series; producer: Philip Weinrobe; guests: Iron & Wine, Fenne Lily, Ken Pomeroy, Uwad; new single: “Stray Dogs”; See here; Read here; CD and Gold Vinyl out June 5; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Keeled Scales |
| Holy Wars | “Shadow Work / Light Work” (L.A. rock band’s sophomore album; producer: guitarist Nicholas Perez; new single: “Ceremony”; See here; Apple Music) | Pale Chord / Rise / BMG Rights Management |
| Jesus Christ Taxi Driver | “Taxi the Rich” (Colorado-based rock quartet’s second album; new single: “Have It”; See here; Apple Music) | Midtopia |
| Kehlani | “Kehlani” (Grammy-winning R&B singer’s fifth album; new single: “Back and Forth,” feat. Missy Elliott; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Atlantic |
| Angélique Kidjo | “HOPE!!” (guests: Pharrell Williams [who produced three of the songs], Nile Rodgers, Ayra Starr, Quavo, The Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson, PJ Morton, et al; new single: “Fall On Me”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Double Vinyl out May 15; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Loukeman | “Sd-3” (final installment of his “Sd” trilogy; new single: “To the Sky”; See here; CD and Vinyl out May 15; Apple Music) | September Recordings |
| mildred | “Fenceline” (Oakland, CA-based band’s debut album; new single: “Fish Sticks”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Memorials of Distinction / Dog Day Records |
| Mr. Fingers | “Leev Ur Mynd” (Chicago house legend Larry Heard’s sixth album as Mr. Fingers; guest: Brianna; new single: “When You Need Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Alleviated Records |
| Onra | “After Dark” (French producer’s 10th album; producer: Onra; new single: “That Kind of Girl”; Hear here; Apple Music) | All City Records, April 28 |
| The Saddest Landscape | “Alone With Heaven” (Boston post-hardcore band’s sixth album and first in 11 years; producers: the late Steve Albini, Jack Shirley; guests: Julien Baker, Jeremy Bolm, Evan Weiss; new single: “From Home They Run”; Hear here; CD and Double Vinyl out May 15; Apple Music) | Iodine Recordings |
| Safety Trance | “sacrificio” (Venezuela-born, Barcelona-based producer’s debut album; guests: Arca, nusar3000, Kinara, Meth Math, Lua de Santana, Six Sex, et al; new single: “duro”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Club Romantico / Mad Decent, April 30 |
| Adam Schatz | “Civil Engineering Vol. 1” (improvisational album, featuring Carmen Quill on bass and Qasim Naqvi on drums; producers: Schatz, Seth Paris; Apple Music) | Jealous Butcher |
| Scorie | “Gallodrome” (French indie-rock band’s five-song debut EP; See here; Apple Music) | Géographie |
| Sepultura | “The Cloud of Unknowing” (four-song EP – Brazilian heavy metal legends’ final recordings; Oxblood Vinyl + CD out May 8; Apple Music; Final North American Tour; Merch) | Nuclear Blast |
| Oliver Tree | “Love You Madly, Hate You Badly” (alt-pop artist’s fourth album; new single: “All You Ever Wanted”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Atlantic |
| TV Star | “Music For Heads” (Pacific Northwest quintet’s debut album; new single: “Out of My Bag”; See here; Read here; Blue Vinyl; Apple Music) | Father/Daughter Records |
| 2 Lane Summer | “Flawless” (Nashville-based country-pop duo’s debut album; producer: Ash Bowers; new single: “First Dancin’ [Forever Version]”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Quartz Hill |
| WHIPPED CREAM | “HOME WAS ALWAYS ME” (Canadian DJ-producer-vocalist Caroline Cecil’s debut full-length album; new single: “2 u”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Monstercat, April 30 |
| White Fence | “Orange” (Tim Presley‘s first White Fence release in seven years; producer: Ty Segall; new single: “Your Eyes”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Drag City |
| Lolo Zouaï | “Reverie” (French-born American singer-songwriter’s third album; guests: Lous and the Yakuza, Disiz, Dinos; new single: “Holding On”; See here; CD and Smoke Grey Vinyl out May 15; Apple Music) | Because Music |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Paul Anka | “Sixties: Stereo Singles Collection” (55 tracks on two CDs; On Tour) | JGJ Records |
| Richard Barone / James Mastro | “Nuts and Bolts” (1983 album, recorded in North Carolina with Mitch Easter; first time on CD; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Amazon UK) | Iconoclassic |
| Jack Bruce | “Halfway to the Stars: The Recordings 2001-2003” (four-CD, one-Blu-ray clamshell box set of recordings with his band The Cuicoland Express; Read here; Amazon UK; Download) | Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red |
| Michael Bublé | “LIVE! Caught in the Act” (Double CD; 2005 album; contains all 33 tracks from the original show recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring several songs not included in the original 2005 CD release, the PBS broadcast, or the original DVD; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) > The Best of Bublé 🇨🇦 | Reprise |
| Kenny Dorham | “The Complete ‘Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia” (Double CD; 1956 live album; remastered by Kevin Gray from the original tapes; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Blue Note / UMe |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | “Pictures At an Exhibition” (Hybrid SACD; 1971 live album; mastered at MoFi’s California studio and housed in a mini-LP type gatefold sleeve; Vinyl, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing) “Trilogy” (Hybrid SACD; 1972 album, featuring “From the Beginning” and “Hoedown”; mastered at MoFi’s California studio and housed in a mini-LP type gatefold sleeve; Vinyl, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing) > The Ultimate Collection ✨ | Mobile Fidelity |
| Bill Evans | “Bill Evans at the BBC” (Double CD; first official release of the historic Jazz 625 show at the BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd’s Bush, on March 19, 1965, with Chuck Israels on bass and Larry Bunker on drums; transferred from the original tape reels at the BBC and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab; Amazon UK) | Elemental Music |
| Fischer-Z | “Word Paradise: United Artists & Liberty Records Recordings” (three-CD anthology features their first three albums – “World Salad,” “Going Deaf for a Living” and “Red Skies Over Paradise” – with bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Cherry Red |
| Françoise Hardy | “Complete Vogue Recordings 1962-1967” (11-CD, 217-track box set, with DVD containing more than 55 TV performances) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Michael Jackson | “Michael: Songs from the Motion Picture” (biopic starring Jaafar Jackson, Michael’s nephew, opens in theaters on April 24; 13 tracks; Trailer; Double Vinyl; Translucent Black Ice Double Vinyl; Cassette; Amazon-Exclusive Crystal Clear Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Epic / Legacy |
| Level 42 | “The Later Years 2001-2020” (seven-CD box set includes the album “Retroglide” and “Sirens” EP, along with acoustic versions, remixes, B-sides and rarities; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Robinsongs / Cherry Red |
| Hank Marvin | “The Studio Album Collection 1982-1995” (five-CD box set includes “Words and Music,” “All Alone With Friends,” “Into the Light,” “Heartbeat” and “Hank Plays Cliff”; guests include Cliff Richard, Brian May, Mark Knopfler and Duane Eddy; Amazon UK) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Courtney Pine | “Out of the Ghetto: A Modern-Day Jazz Story” (two-CD, 33-track retrospective; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Universal UK |
| Pink Floyd | “Pink Floyd Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975” (Double CD; restored and remastered by Steven Wilson from tapes that originated from the late bootlegger Mike “Mike the Mic” Millard; Clear Vinyl, four LPs; Amazon UK; Merch) | Columbia / Legacy |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call 70s Soul” (four CDs, 88 hits; Blue Triple Vinyl, 50 songs; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Various artists | “Rock and Roll Doctor: Lowell George Tribute Album” (originally released in Japan in 1997 and in the U.S. the following year, featuring covers by Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Little Feat, Randy Newman, Eddie Money, Taj Mahal, et al; with the previously unreleased “Willin’,” by Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris, featuring Inara George; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Various artists | “Shop Around: The Smokey Robinson Songbook” (24 tracks, including covers by Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, The English Beat, Sonny & Cher, The Searchers, Blondie, Laura Nyro, Kiki Dee, et al; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK) | Ace |
| Various artists | “A World of Our Own: The UK & Irish Folk Explosion of 1965” (three-CD, 86-track compilation, featuring Donovan, Nico, The Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, Bert Jansch, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Paul Weller | “Weller at the BBC, Vol. 2” (three-CD, 48-track compilation of radio sessions recorded between 2008-2024; Triple Vinyl, 34 tracks on 140-gram 12-inch black recycled vinyl LPs, housed in a double gatefold sleeve with a gloss UV finish and four-color printed inner sleeves; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Warner / Parlophone |
| Matthew Wilder | “I Don’t Speak the Language / Bouncin’ Off the Walls” (1983 and 1984 albums on one CD, featuring “Break My Stride” and “The Kid’s American”) | Masked Weasel |
| YES | “From a Page (Expanded Edition)” (Double CD; 2019 EP, with seven bonus demos, packaged in a clamshell box containing a 16-page booklet, featuring liner notes by Oliver Wakeman, a fold-out poster, and five art cards; Double Vinyl, mastered at half-speed and pressed on 180-gram vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch) | Mercury Studios |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Conan Gray | “Wishbone (Deluxe)” (2025 album; with five new tracks, including “The Best”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Republic / UMe |
| Elton John | “Positiva Presents: Elton John – The Remixes” (curated by Elton John, featuring mixes by the Blessed Madonna, Purple Disco Machine, The 2 Bears, Claptone, Roger Sanchez and KDME; Glow in the Dark Vinyl, debuted on Record Store Day; Merch) | Republic / UMe |
