New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Anberlin | “Vega” (Florida alt-rock band’s eighth album; producers: Anberlin, Chad Carouthers, JJ Revell, Timothy McTague; new single: “Walk Alone”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Equal Vision |
| Blues Pills | “Birthday” (Swedish rock quartet’s fourth album; producer: Freddy Alexander; new single: “Birthday”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Brigitte Calls Me Baby | “The Future Is Our Way Out” (Chicago-based five-piece’s debut album; partially recorded at RCA Studio A in Nashville with producer Dave Cobb and other tracks self-produced; new single: “We Were Never Alive”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Chrystabell & David Lynch | “Cellophane Memories” (new single: “Sublime Eternal Love”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Sacred Bones |
| Joe Ely | “Driven to Drive” (Grammy-winning singer-songwriter’s 24th album; producer: Ely; new single: “Odds of the Blues,” feat. Bruce Springsteen; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Rack ‘Em Records / Thirty Tigers |
| 49 Winchester | “Leavin’ This Holler” (Virginia alt-country band’s fifth album; producer: Stewart Myers; guests: The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Maggie Antone, Philip Bowen, Cole Chafin; new single: “Fast Asleep”; Hear here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Opaque Gold with Trans Red Swirl Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
| Howard Jones | “Live at the O2” (recorded at London’s O2 Arena on March 24, 2024; includes exclusive poster; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour, with ABC and Haircut One Hundred) | Cherry Red |
| J.R.C.G. | “Grim Iconic…(Sadistic Mantra)” (Tacoma, WA-based alt-rock artist Justin R. Cruz Gallego’s second album; producers: Gallego, Seth Manchester; new single: “Dogear”; See here; Read here; Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sub Pop |
| Los Lonely Boys | “Resurrection” (Grammy-winning trio’s first album in 11 years; new single: “See Your Face”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Van Morrison | “Be Just and Fear Not: Live at Orangefield” (recorded at his old secondary school in Belfast; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | Exile Productions Ltd. |
| Meshell Ndegeocello | “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin” (tribute to the writer and activist, to be released on the 100th anniversary of his birth; producers: Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce; new single: “Thus Sayeth the Lorde”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Brown Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Blue Note |
| Orville Peck | “Stampede” (his third full-length album features 15 duets; guests: Elton John, Willie Nelson, Beck, Kylie Minogue, Teddy Swims, Noah Cyrus, Midland, Allison Russell, Nathaniel Rateliff, et al; new single: “Midnight Ride”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Glow-in-the-Dark Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Violent Double Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Cola Bottle Clear; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Personal Trainer | “Still Waiting” (new single: “Round”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bella Union |
| Brian Ray | “My Town” (solo album from co-founder of The Bayonets; guests: Michael Des Barres, Gia Ciambotti; Vinyl; Download) | Wicked Cool |
| Tones and I | “Beautifully Ordinary” (Australian pop artist’s second album; producers: Jacob Farah, Jerome Farah, Joel Farland, Randy Belculfine, Rick Nowels, Sam Nelson, Tones and I, xander.; new single: “Dance With Me”; Hear here; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Elektra |
| Various artists | “The Great Gatsby – A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (music and lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen; starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada; Download released on June 28) | Sony Masterworks Broadway |
| WHY? | “The Well I Fell Into” (Yoni Wolf-led band’s first album in five years; new single: “The Letters, Etc.”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Waterlines |
| X | “Smoke & Fiction” (they say this will be their final album and tour; producer: Rob Schnapf; new single: “Big Black X”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fat Possum |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Gavin Adock | “Actin’ Up Again” (country singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “Sweetheart”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Thrivin Here Records / Warner Music Nashville |
| T. Graham Brown | “From Memphis to Muscle Shoals” (producers: Brown, Billy Lawson; guests: Bettye LaVette, Delbert McClinton, Dwight Yoakam, Eddie Floyd, Little Anthony, Randy Houser, Sammy Hagar, Tanya Tucker, Wynonna, Sam Moore, Zach Williams; new single: “The Dark End of the Street”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Warner Music Group / ADA |
| 86TVs | “86TVs” (debut album from new band formed by former Maccabeees members; new single: “Tambourine”; See here; Read here; CD and Gold Vinyl out Aug. 30; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Parlophone |
| Khalid | “Sincere” (his third studio album and first in five years; new single: “Adore U”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Right Hand Music Group / RCA |
| Ella Langley | “hungover” (Alabama country singer-songwriter’s debut album; producer: Will Bundy; guest: Riley Green; new single: “hungover”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | SAWGOD Records / Columbia |
| Maren Morris | “Intermission” (five-song EP; new single: “cut!,” feat. Julia Michaels; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Columbia |
| Pixey | “Million Dollar Baby” (Liverpool alt-pop artist’s debut album; producers: Pixey, Tom McFarland, Rich Turvey; new single: “Million Dollar Baby”; See here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Aug. 16; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Chess Club |
| Smashing Pumpkins | “Aghori Mhori Mei” (their 13th album; Read here; On Tour) | Martha’s Music / Thirty Tigers |
| Swami & The Bed of Nails | “All of This Awaits You” (debut album for band led by Swami John Reis of Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu and Rocket From the Crypt; producer: Reis; new single: “Privacy”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
| Simon Fisher Turner | “Instability of the Signal” (new single: “Turning Slowly”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Mute |
| Nick Zanca | “Hindsight” (NYC-based producer and composer’s debut album; new single: “Little Professor”; See here; Vinyl out Aug. 30; Apple Music) | American Dreams |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Frankie Avalon | “Stereo Singles Collection, Volume 1” (two CDs, 62 songs) |
Choice Collection |
| Pat Boone | “Stereo Singles Collection, Volume 1” (60 tracks) |
Choice Collection |
| Bobby Darin | “The Jasmine EP Collection” (33-song collection, assembled from EPs issued in the U.S., the U.K. and France between 1958-62; Amazon UK) |
Jasmine |
| Drive-By Truckers | “Southern Rock Opera (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Triple CD; 2004 album; new mix from producer Dave Barbe; with five bonus tracks and four live performances from the era; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
New West |
| Connie Francis | “The Continental EP Collection” (29 tracks drawn from EPs issued in France, Spain, West Germany, Italy, Sweden and Denmark, between 1958-62; Amazon UK) |
Jasmine |
| Chris Gantry | “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife” (four albums on two CDs) |
Choice Collection |
| Steve Hackett | “Bay of Kings” (1983 album; remastered; Vinyl) |
InsideOutMusic |
| Claude King | “Sweeter Than Honey: The Complete Singles 1947-1962” (28 songs on one CD; Amazon UK) |
Jasmine |
| Sam Smith | “In the Lonely Hour (10th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2014 debut album, Grammy winner for Best Pop Vocal Album, featuring “Stay With Me,” “Money On My Mind,” “I’m Not the Only One” and “Lay Me Down”; deluxe edition contains 25 tracks, including live versions and a new song, “Little Sailor”; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) |
Capitol / UMe |
| Warren Smith | “Sun Records Originals: Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruby” (24 tracks on one CD; Download) |
Sun |
| Ritchie Valens | “La Bamba: The Studio Recordings” (25 cuts on one CD) |
Choice Collection |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Kacey Musgraves | “Deeper Well: Deeper into the Well” (2024 album; with seven additional tracks, including new single “Irish Goodbye”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
MCA Nashville / Interscope |
| Ween | “Chocolate and Cheese (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1994 album; with 15 previously unreleased outtakes and demos; Hear here; Triple Vinyl, recut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman; On Tour) |
Rhino |