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New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
Graham Bonnet Band“Lost in Hollywood Again” (Double CD; 16-song live album; new single: “Since You’ve Been Gone”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) Frontiers Music s.r.l.
Juliana Hatfield“Lightning Might Strike” (new single: “Fall Apart”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) American Laundromat
Portugal. The Man“SHISH” (Alaskan-bred, Portland-based band’s 10th album; producer: Kane Ritchotte; new singles: “Tanana” and “Mush”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on Nov. 7; Apple Music; On Tour) KNIK / Thirty Tigers
This Is Lorelei“Holo Boy” (re-recorded versions of tracks from Nate Amos’ back catalog; new single: “Name the Band”; Hear here; Read here; Baby Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) Double Double Whammy
Various artists“Oh. What. Fun. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Christmas comedy film, streaming on Prime Video beginning on Dec. 3, stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary, et al; Trailer; Ultra-Clear Glitter Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Emerald Glitter Vinyl; Download released on Dec. 3; Prime Video) Mutant / Sony Masterworks
Dar Williams“Hummingbird Highway” (her 13th album; producer: Ken Rich; new single: “Hummingbird Highway”; Hear here; Read here; Download released on Sept. 12; Apple Music; On Tour) Righteous Babe

New Releases (Downloads)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
Conway the Machine“You Can’t Kill God With Bullets” (Buffalo rapper’s fourth album; new single: “Diamonds”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) Drumwork Music Group
Fat White Family“Konk If You’re Lonely: Fat White Family Live at Konk Studios” (recorded in London in December 2024; new single: “Hits Hits Hits”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) Domino
Half Dizzy“Yard Sale” (producer: Pete Steinkopf; new single: “Easton”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out Jan. 16, 2026; Apple Music) Punkerton
Second Harbour“Coalesce” (post-hardcore trio’s four-song debut EP; Hear here; Apple Music) SharpTone
Stay the Course“Red Flag” (Wichita pop punk/easycore band’s third album; new single: “Pocket Sand”; CD and Vinyl out Jan. 16, 2026; Apple Music) Punkerton
Theo Bleak“Bargaining” (musical project of Scottish alt-folk artist Katie Lynch; new single: “Megan in New York”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) Full Gloom, Dec. 18
21 Savage“WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?” (14 tracks; Apple Music) Epic
Volumes“Mirror Touch” (L.A. metalcore band’s fifth album; new vocalist: Myke Terry; producers: Daniel Braunstein, bassist Raad Soudani; guest: Black Sheep Wall; new single: “S.O.A.P.”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Feb. 27; Apple Music) Fearless / Concord

Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)

ARTISTTITLELABEL
The Band“The Best of The Band” (1975 compilation; remastered; Vinyl) Capitol / UMe
Shirley Bassey“As I Love You: The Complete Shirley Bassey 1956-1962” (five-CD, 108-song collection, curated by Olivier Julien; See here) Fremeaux Heritage
Steve Forbert“The Things That I See” (remixed and remastered 10th anniversary reissue of his 2015 album “Compromised,” featuring a cover of “Send in the Clowns,” with a new song, “Ebenezer’s Back in Town,” as a bonus track; See here; Vinyl) Rolling Tide
Brantley Gilbert“Greatest Hits … So Far” (24-track collection of hits, fan favorites and three new songs; Black Marble Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine Label Group
Jimi Jamison“1998 Live Hits” (13 tracks, recorded in Little Rock, Nashville and Bettendorf; Vinyl; Download) Iconoclassic / Frontiers Music s.r.l.
Thelonious Monk“Bremen 1965” (recorded live in Radio Bremen’s storied Sendesaal / Studio F; Double Vinyl; Download) Sunnyside
Peter Murphy“Peter Live Volume Three: 4th & B San Diego 2000” (band included his ex-Bauhaus bandmate Kevin Haskins on drums, Eric Avery from Jane’s Addiction on bass, current Psychedelic Furs man Peter DiStefano on guitar and Doug De Angelis on keyboards; Double Vinyl) Silver Shade
Orange Bicycle“The Complete Trip: The Complete Recordings 1967-1971” (three-CD, 63-track British psych-pop compilation; Amazon UK released on Nov. 28) Morgan Blue Town
The Alan Parsons Project“I Robot (Immersive Audio Blu-ray)” (1977 album, featuring “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You,” “Breakdown,” “Day After Day” and “Don’t Let It Show”; Dolby Atmos mix, along with a 5.1 Surround Sound mix from the original multi-track master tapes by Parsons, plus new stereo HD remaster by Miles Showell; also contains the restored “I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You” promo video and interview footage of Eric Woolfson discussing the album; Amazon UK) Cooking Vinyl
Pink Floyd“Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1975 album, featuring the title track, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” “Welcome to the Machine” and “Have a Cigar”; with nine bonus studio tracks; Triple Vinyl; Vinyl Box Set, four crystal clear LPs, with the nine bonus tracks plus “Live At Wembley 1974,” a replica Japanese 7-inch single of “Have a Cigar” b/w “Welcome to the Machine,” a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour program and Knebworth poster; Yellow Flame Vinyl; Blu-ray Audio, with a Dolby Atmos mix for the first time by James Guthrie; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, with “Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975”; Apple Music; Merch) Columbia / Legacy
Jack Scott“Five Classic Albums Plus” (Double CD; with three bonus tracks) Avid Entertainment
T. Rex“The Studio Albums 1970-1977” (eight-CD box set; Vinyl, eight half-black, half-colored LPs; Amazon UK) Edsel / Demon Music Group
Lester Young“Lester Leaps In: Live At Birdland 1951-1952” (unreleased performances during the “Jumpin With Symphony Sid” radio show; Hear here; Vinyl) Liberation Hall

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