New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Miki Berenyi Trio | “Tripla” (former Lush frontwoman’s debut album; new single: “8th Deadly Sin”; See here; Read here; Coke Bottle Green Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music)   | Bella Union |
| Black Country, New Road | “Forever Howlong” (British band’s third album; producer: James Ford; new single: “Besties”; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ninja Tune |
| Bleed From Within | “Zenith” (Glasgow metal band’s seventh album; producers: Bleed From Within; guests: Brann Dailor of Mastodon, Josh Middleton of Sylosis; new single: “In Place of Your Halo”; See here; Transparent Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Slipknot) | Nuclear Blast |
| Geoffrey Dean Quartet | “Conceptions” (second album with trumpeter Justin Copeland, bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Eric Binder; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Cellar Music |
| Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth & s t a r g a z e | “Song of the Earth” (guests: Steve Lacy, Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum, Patrick Shiroishi, Anastasia Coope, Tim Bernardes, Ayoni, Portraits of Tracy, et al; new single: “Uninhabitable Earth, Paragraph One”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Nonesuch |
| DJ Koze | “Music Can Hear Us” (German DJ and producer’s fourth album and first since 2018; guests: Damon Albarn, Sophia Kennedy, The Düsseldorf Düsterboys, Sofia Kourtesis, Soap&Skin, Markus Acher, Ada, Marewrew; new single: “Pure Love,” feat. Damon Albarn; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Double Magenta Vinyl, with bonus 7-inch and poster; Rough Trade-Exclusive Translucent Red Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Pampa |
| Craig Finn | “Always Been” (The Hold Steady frontman’s sixth solo album; producer: Adam Granduciel; guests: The War on Drugs, Kathleen Edwards, Sam Fender; new single: “People of Substance”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Tamarac / Thirty Tigers |
| Florist | “Jellywish” (NYC-based indie folk quartet’s fifth album; new single: “Have Heaven”; See here; Read here; Jellyfish Purple Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Double Double Whammy |
| Lawrence Hart | “Come In Out of the Rain” (U.K.-based DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist’s debut album; new single: “Closer to You”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Double Six / Domino |
| Chesney Hawkes | “Living Arrows” (producer: Jake Gosling; new single: “Live Forever,” co-written with Nik Kershaw; Read here; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | HGLA Ltd. |
| Hiromi | “OUT THERE” (Japanese jazz pianist-composer’s 13th album; featuring Sonicwonder; new single: “Balloon Pop”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Telarc / Concord |
| Elton John & Brandi Carlile | “Who Believes in Angels?” (written and recorded over 20 days; collaboration includes producer Andrew Watt and lyricist Bernie Taupin, with lyrics contributed by both Carlile and Taupin; backup band includes Chad Smith, Pino Palladino and Josh Klinghoffer; new single: “Who Believes in Angels?”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with alternate cover; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Deluxe CD/DVD Clamshell Box; Tri-Color Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Interscope |
| Knox | “Going, Going, Gone” (Nashville alt-pop artist’s debut album; producers: Cam Becker, Corey Mouch, Dan Swank, David Hodges, Whakaio Taahi, Will Carlson; new single: “50/50”; See here; White Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Barbershop / Atlantic |
| L.A. Guns | “Leopard Skin” (their 15th studio album and fifth LP since 2017, when guitarist Tracii Guns and singer Phil Lewis reunited; new single: “Taste It”; See here; Leopard Skin Splatter Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cleopatra |
| Ned LeDoux | “Safe Haven” (fourth album from singer-songwriter and son of the late Chris LeDoux; producer: Mac McAnally; new single: “Real As I Believe”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Powder River / Thirty Tigers |
| Luna Kills | “Deathmatch” (Finnish alt-metal band’s debut album; new single: “WAVES”; See here; Trans Magenta and Black Marbled Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | SharpTone |
| Mekons | “Horror” (their first album in five years; new single: “Fallen Leaves”; See here; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fire Records |
| Momma | “Welcome to My Blue Sky” (Brooklyn indie rock band’s fourth album; producer: bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch; new single: “I Want You [Fever]”; See here; Read here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lucky Number / Polyvinyl |
| Parmalee | “Fell in Love With a Cowgirl” (seven-song EP; new single: “Cowgirl”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Stoney Creek |
| Scowl | “Are We All Angels” (Santa Cruz band’s second album; producer: Will Yip; new single: “Not Hell, Not Heaven”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Olive Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dead Oceans |
| Smith / Kotzen | “Black Light / White Noise” (second album from Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and Winery Dogs frontman Richie Kotzen; producers: Smith, Kotzen; new single: “White Noise”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
| SYML | “Nobody Lives Here” (Seattle-based singer-songwriter Brian Fennell’s third album; producers: Fennell, Brian Eichelberger; new single: “Heartbreakdown”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Yann Tiersen | “Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour” (Double CD; new singles: “Rathlin from a Distance” and “Ninnog at Sea”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Mute |
| TOKiMONSTA | “Eternal Reverie” (L.A.-based producer-DJ’s fifth album; producer: TOKiMONSTA; guests: Anderson. Paak, Rae Khalil, Gavin Turek, Grouptherapy, Kaelin Ellis, Amaka, Gawd, Cakes Da Killa; new single: “For You”; Hear here; Coke Bottle Vinyl; Download released on March 7; Apple Music; On Tour) | Young Art |
| Penelope Trappes | “A Requiem” (Brighton-based Australian vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist’s fifth album; new single: “Platinum”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | One Little Independent |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 120” (U.K. edition; two CDs, 43 tracks; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Seth Walker | “Why the Worry” (blues singer-guitarist’s 12th album; producers: Jano Rix, Walker, Brook Sutton; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Royal Potato Family |
| The Waterboys | “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper” (Double CD; 25 songs; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Fiona Apple, Taylor Goldsmith, et al; new single: “Hopper’s On Top [Genius]”; Read here; Burnt Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sun Records |
| ZEROBASEONE | “BLUE PARADISE” (K-pop group’s fifth mini album; Photobook Vers.; Target-Exclusive CD; Apple Music) | WAKEONE |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Ancient Future | “Purple Nirvana” (six-song EP; See here; Apple Music) | Ancient-Future.Com Records |
| Babe Rainbow | “Slipper imp and shakaerator” (Australian psychedelic rock band’s sixth album; new single: “Like cleopatra”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | p(doom) records |
| Brown Horse | “All the Right Weaknesses” (Norwich, U.K.-based country rock band’s second album; producer: Owen Turner; new single: “Corduroy Couch”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Loose Music |
| Sarah Mary Chadwick | “Take Me Out to a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?” (Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter’s ninth album; producers: Chadwick, Chris Townend; new single: “Not Cool Like NY / Not Cool Like LA”; See here; CD and Violet Vinyl out May 30; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Kill Rock Stars |
| Cold Specks | “Light for the Midnight” (Toronto-based musician Al Spx’s first album in eight years; producers: Portishead, Ali Chant; new single: “Lingering Ghosts”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Mute, April 9 |
| Djo | “The Crux” (musical outfit of “Stranger Things” star Joe Keery; producers: Keery, Adam Thein; recorded at Electric Lady Studios in NYC; new single: “Basic Being Basic”; See here; CD and Vinyl out May 30; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | AWAL Recordings |
| duendita | “a stong desire to survive” (new single: “baby teeth”; Hear here; Apple Music) | 10k |
| Eyed Jay | “Strangeland” (debut album from the project of D.C.-born guitarist Ian Jickling, whose father Mark was a member of Half Japanese; producers: Ian Jickling, Danny Saperstein, Owen Wuerker; new single: “Footsteps”; Hear here) | Eyed Jay |
| The Flip Phones | “Spinning Adrift” (Arlington, VA indie rock band’s five-song EP; new single: “Polaris”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Flip Phones Music |
| Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters | “Good Morning, Sunshine” (Portland, OR-based Americana band’s second album; producer: guitarist Nancy Luca; Apple Music) | Blackbird Record Label |
| Heaven | “Dream Aloud” (NYC-based power-pop band’s third album and first in seven years; new single: “The Fire You Know”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Little Cloud |
| Josh Joplin Group | “GpYr” (pronounced “gap year”; new single: “I’m With Gorillas”; See here; Vinyl) | NarrowMoat / Missing Piece |
| Daniel Kleederman | “Another Life” (indie folk singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Chris Connors, Kleederman; new single: “Compromised Positions”; See here; Apple Music) | Grand Kid / Many Hats Distribution |
| Maz | “NPC” (22-year-old Utah-based indie pop singer-songwriter Marley Guevara’s six-song debut EP; new single: “Kiss Kiss Boom”; See here; Apple Music) | Winspear |
| John Mark McMillan | “Cosmic Supreme” (producer: Gabriel Wilson; See here; SUPREME Edition, with 12 extra live, acoustic and instrument tracks; Apple Music; On Tour) | Anotherland |
| McStine & Minnemann | “III” (prog-rock power duo’s third album; new single: “Survive”; See here; Apple Music) | McStine & Minnemann |
| Odd Couple | “Rush-Hour des Lebens” (German psych-rock band’s fifth album; producer: Olaf Opal; new single: “Die Deko”; See here; Apple Music) | Clouds Hill |
| ODESZA | “Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion to Severance” (seven-song EP; Apple Music) | Foreign Family Collective |
| The Ophelias | “Spring Grove” (producer: Julien Baker; new single: “Cumulonimbus”; See here; Read here) | Get Better Records |
| Panchiko | “Ginkgo” (British indie rock band’s second album; new single: “Shandy in the Graveyard”; See here; Blue and Pink Clear Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Marble Sweet Tart Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | “Death Hilarious” (Newcastle, U.K.-based band’s fifth album; new single: “Stitches”; See here; CD and Vinyl out April 25; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Missing Piece |
| Lily Seabird | “Trash Mountain” (Burlington, VT-based indie-folk singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Kevin Copeland; new single: “Trash Mountain [1pm]”; See here; Pink Vinyl; Apple Music) | Lame-O |
| Sleigh Bells | “Bunky Becky Birthday Boy” (noise-pop duo’s seventh album; new single: “Bunky Pop”; See here; Read here; CD and Clear with Pink and Blue Splatter Vinyl out May 2; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mom+Pop Music |
| Soul Coughing | “LIVE 2024” (21 songs; their first official live album, recorded during their first tour in 25 years; Hear here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Soul Coughing |
| TAYA | “The Reminder” (former Hillsong vocalist’s second solo album; producers: Austin Davis, Hank Bentley, Jacob Sooter, Joshua Silverberg; new single: “One and Only”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Capitol CMG |
| Malcolm Todd | “Malcolm Todd” (alt-pop artist’s debut album; new single: “Cheer Me On”; See here; CD and Neptune Blue Vinyl out July 25; Apple Music; On Tour) | Columbia |
| Grace VanderWaal | “CHILDSTAR” (former “America’s Got Talent” winner’s sophomore album; new single: “Proud”; See here; Read here; CD and Translucent Black Ice Vinyl out June 27; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Translucent Tan Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | PULSE Records / Concord |
| young friend | “motorcycle sound effects” (Vancouver-based indie rocker Drew Tarves’ debut album; producers: Tarves, David Marinelli; new single: “i like girls”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| British Lions | “Trouble With Women” (1980 album; remastered, with nine bonus tracks, featuring previously unreleased demos, rare live recordings, and a U.S. radio promo; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Think Like a Key Music |
| Mel Carter | “Stereo Singles Collection: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me” (two CDs) | Classics |
| Guy Clark | “Dublin Blues (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album; remixed and remastered by the album’s original producer, Miles Wilkinson; with a previously unreleased track, “Once More With Caution,” featuring Emmylou Harris and Verlon Thompson on harmony vocals; Dublin Blue Vinyl) | Compass |
| Crimson Glory | “The Roadrunner Years” (three-CD set, featuring their 1986 self-titled debut album, 1988’s “Transendence” and 1991’s “Strange and Beautiful”; with liner notes from writer Darren Sadler; Amazon.ca) | Dissonance |
| Depeche Mode | “Music on the Masses” (1987 album, featuring “Strangelove,” “Never Let Me Down Again” and “Behind the Wheel”) “Songs of Faith and Devotion” (1993 album, featuring “I Feel You,” “Walking in My Shoes” and “In Your Room”; Vinyl; Amazon.ca) “The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1” (18-song compilation from 2006; Triple Vinyl; Merch) | Columbia / Legacy |
| Donovan | “The EP Collection” (27 tracks from U.K., French, Spanish and Swedish EPs, on one CD; remastered) | BGO |
| David Dundas | “Jeans On: Best Of” (See here) | Classics |
| David Frizzell | “The Very Best of David Frizzell” (Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Garrett Music / Notefornote Music |
| Johnny Mathis | “Four Albums Plus” (“Johnny Mathis,” “Wonderful! Wonderful!,” “Swing Softly” and “Johnny’s Greatest Hits” [U.K. Version]” on two CDs, with three bonus tracks, including “Misty”) | Avid Pop |
| Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty | “New York 1983 (Classic Radio Broadcast Recording)” | Blue Line |
| Jerry Reed | “A Good Woman’s Love / Mind Your Love / Red Hot Picker / Both Barrels” (1974, 1975 and 1976 albums on two CDs; remastered, with extensive new liner notes) | BGO |
| Joan Sutherland | “The Complete Decca Recordings: Operas 1959-1970” (49-CD box set; Amazon UK) | Decca |
| The Vapors | “Waiting For the Weekend: The United Artists And Liberty Recordings” (U.K. release; four-CD, 76-track clamshell box set; Read here) | Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Funk Masters: Classics By the Legends of Funky Music” (two CDs, 40 songs, featuring James Brown, Barry White, Patrice Rushen, The Whispers, Shalamar, Timmy Thomas, Lakeside, et al; Amazon UK) | Wagram |
| Various artists | “Soul Men: Classics By the Kings of Soul Music” (U.K. release; two CDs, 40 songs, featuring Al Green, Ben E. King, James Brown, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Barry White, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, et al) | Wagram |
| Voice of the Beehive | “Honey Lingers (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1991 album, featuring “Monsters and Angels”; remastered, with B-sides, acoustic versions, alternate takes and live tracks from a 1991 performance at The Kentish Town & Country Club recorded for BBC Radio One; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | London |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Dan Fogelberg | “Souvenirs (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1974 album, featuring “Part of the Plan,” “Illinois” and “There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler”; with four bonus tracks; Read here; Vinyl out May 30, remastered by Chris Bellman from the original analog masters) | Epic / Legacy |
Mike + The Mechanics | The Waterboys | Djo | Panchiko | Teddy Edwards | Black Country, New Road | Smith / Kotzen + many more