New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Armed | “The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed” (Detroit experimental rock collective’s sixth album; producers: The Armed, Ben Chisholm; new single: “Well Made Play”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Cloudy with Yellow/Pink/Green Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Sargent House |
| Cian Ducrot | “Little Dreaming” (Irish singer-songwriter’s second album; he won a Grammy for Best R&B Song for co-writing SZA’s “Saturn”; producers: Anton Göransson, Ducrot, LOSTBOY, Will Bloomfield; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on July 11; Apple Music; On Tour, with Teddy Swims) | Darkroom / Capitol |
| Fit For a King | “Lonely God” (Texan metalcore group’s eighth studio album; guests: Motionless In White, Alpha Wolf, The Plot In You; new single: “Lonely God”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Solid State |
| DEBBY FRIDAY | “The Starrr of the Queen of Life” (Polaris Prize-winning Nigerian-Canadian artist’s second album; producer: Darcy Baylis; new single: “All I Wanna Do Is Party”; See here; Read here; Gray Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sub Pop |
| Buddy Guy | “Ain’t Done With the Blues” (blues legend turns 89 on July 30; guests: Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Joe Bonamassa, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram; new single: “How Blues Is That”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | RCA |
| Rachael & Vilray | “West of Broadway” (Brooklyn-based jazz duo’s third album; vocalist Rachael Price is also a member of Lake Street Dive; new single: “Love Comes Around”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Concord Jazz |
| Reneé Rapp | “BITE ME” (singer-songwriter/actress’ second album; producers: Alexander 23, Julian Bunetta, Omer Fedi; new single: “Leave Me Alone”; See here; Target-Exclusive CD, with alternative artwork and poster; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Apple Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Baby Blue Vinyl, with alternative artwork and poster; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Tangerine Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Interscope |
| Travis Roberts | “Rebel Rose” (Texas singer-songwriter’s debut album; backed by his band The Willing Few; producers: Dalton Domino, PH Naffah, Jeff Lusby-Breault; new single: “Bellmarie”; Hear here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | New West |
| $UICIDEBOY$ | “Thy Kingdom Come” (New Orleans hip-hop duo’s sixth album; new single: “Now and at the Hour of Our Death”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | G59 |
| Sunny Sweeney | “Rhinestone Requiem” (East Texas-raised, Hendersonville, TN-based country singer-songwriter’s sixth album; producers: Sweeney, Harley Husbands; new single: “Diamonds and Divorce Decrees”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Aunt Daddy / Thirty Tigers |
| Various artists | “Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (a fictionalized musical telling of the story behind the 1997 landmark Afro-Cuban jazz album of the same name; winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for Natalie Venetia Belcon; a Special Tony Award was also awarded for the musicians who make up the band; Double Vinyl out Oct. 17; Download released on June 6; Apple Music; On Broadway) | BMG Rights Management |
| Morgan Wade | “The Party Is Over (recovered)” (country singer-songwriter’s fourth album; includes new versions of songs she wrote before signing her major-label deal, along with some new songs; producer: Clint Wells; new single: “The Party Is Over”; Hear here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Sea Glass and Magenta Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sony Music Nashville |
| Roger Waters | “This Is Not A Drill – Live From Prague” (Double CD; recorded at the O2 Arena in the Czech Republic on May 25, 2023; Vinyl, four LPs; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Columbia / Legacy |
| The Wood Brothers | “Puff of Smoke” (their ninth album; new single: “Witness”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Honey Jar / Thirty Tigers |
| Eli Young Band | “Strange Hours” (producers: Jimmy Robbins, Eric Arjes; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | UnLevel Records |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Freezing Cold | “Treasure Pool” (NYC indie-rock trio’s sophomore album; producers: Marissa Paternoster, Eric Bennett; new single: “Off Season”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Don Giovanni |
| Laura Groves | “Yes” (four-song EP; new single: “Deep Blue”; See here; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| Hemlock for Socrates | “Nidus” (Pittsburgh synth-rock duo’s five-song EP; new single: “Fingers”; Hear here) | Hemlock for Socrates |
| Hilltop Hoods | “Fall From the Light” (Australian hip-hop trio’s ninth album and first in six years; guests: Nyassa, Six60, Marlon; new single: “Don’t Happy, Be Worry”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Island Records Australia |
| Chris Janson | “Wild Horses” (country singer-songwriter’s fifth album; guest: Jamey Johnson; new single: “The Bride”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Harpeth 60 Records / Warner Music Nashville |
| Pink Butter | “Can We Go Back” (J Dilla-influenced Swedish jazz/R&B collective’s six-song debut EP; guests: T3 of Slum Village, Jermaine Holmes, Joanné Nugas, Venus Anon, Elma; new single: “Can We Go Back”; Hear here; Smoked Pink Vinyl; Apple Music) | DeepMatter |
| Retail Drugs | “rECKless dRIVing” (second album from solo project of Ridgewood, NY-based musician Jake Brooks, also one half of dream-pop duo Laveda; new single: “manny”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Angel Tapes / Fire Talk |
| Return to Dust | “Speak Like the Dead” (L.A. rock quartet’s six-song EP; producer: Jim Kaufman; new single: “Bored”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour, with Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace) | Republic |
| Rex Tycoon | “No Limit 2 Luv” (Pittsburgh rockers’ debut album; producer: Damion Schiralli; new single: “Jesus Drives”; See here; Apple Music) | Smartpunk |
| The VANNS | “All That’s In My Head” (New South Wales rock band’s third album; producer: Oscar Dawson; new single: “Accomplice”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | GYROstream |
| Wild Mountain Mystics | “Fire & Honey” (SoCal duo’s debut album; producers: Ed Tree and the Mystics; new single: “If You Can Bluff”; See here; Apple Music) | Blackbird Record Label |
| Wisp | “If Not Winter” (San Francisco-based shoegaze artist’s debut album; new single: “Save me now”; See here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; CD out Aug. 29; Apple Music; On Tour) | Music Soup / Interscope |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| John Denver | “Aerie / Rocky Mountain High / Farewell Andromeda / Back Home Again” (1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Marianne Faithfull | “Cast Your Fate to the Wind: The Complete UK Decca Recordings” (six-CD box set contains the albums “Marianne Faithfull,” “Come My Way,” “North Country Maid” and “Loveinamist,” plus two discs of non-album singles, B-sides and rarities; remastered; Double Vinyl, featuring singles, B-sides and rarities; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | ABKCO |
| Richard Hawley | “Coles Corner (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2005 album; includes single versions and B-sides, as well as previously unreleased acoustic versions of “Coles Corner,” “Hotel Room,” “Darlin’ Wait For Me” and a live version of “I Sleep Alone” recorded at Sheffield City Hall; Vinyl, half-speed master of the original album; Amazon UK) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| Michael Jackson | “Dangerous [Hybrid SACD]” (1991 album, featuring “Black or White,” “Remember the Time,” “Heal the World” and “In the Closet”; Grammy winner for Best Engineered Album, Non Classical; sourced from the original masters and housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging; Double Vinyl; Merch) | Mobile Fidelity |
| George Jones & Tammy Wynette | “We Go Together / We Love to Sing About Jesus / Let’s Build a World Together / Together Again” (1971, 1972, 1973 and 1980 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| The McCoys | “Hang On Sloopy: The Best of The McCoys” (22-song compilation, originally released in 1995) | Retroworld |
| Willie Nelson | “San Antonio Rose / Old Friends / Funny How Time Slips Away / Brand On My Heart” (four collaboration albums from 1980, 1982 and 1985 on two CDs, separately with Ray Price, Roger Miller, Faron Young and Hank Snow; remastered; Amazon UK; On Tour, with Bob Dylan + more; Merch) > Greatest Hits 📻 | BGO |
| Elvis Presley | “Sunset Boulevard” (five-CD, 89-track box set, featuring 1970-75 recording sessions and rehearsals at RCA’s historic Sunset Boulevard Studio; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl, 24 tracks; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) > Elvis 30 #1 Hits ✨ | RCA / Legacy |
| Dwight Twilley | “Old Time Rock & Roll” (15-song set, featuring longtime guitarist Bill Pitcock IV, originally issued in 2009 on “Out of the Box” and now retitled and resequenced; remastered by engineer Maria Triana; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Iconoclassic |
| Various artists | “Hot Wax: The Singles” (two-CD, 42-track Holland-Dozier-Holland label compilation, featuring A- and B-sides from 1969-1977; Vinyl, 15 songs; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) “Invictus: The Definitive Collection” (two-CD, 41-track Holland-Dozier-Holland label compilation, featuring A- and B-sides from 1969-1977; Vinyl, 15 songs; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Various artists | “Maybe I’m Dreaming” (20-track decades-spanning compilation; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Anthology Recordings / Mexican Summer |
| Dionne Warwick | “Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971” (12-CD slipcase box set features 17 full albums, along with 60 bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | SoulMusic Records / The Second Disc / Cherry Red |
