New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Melissa Aldana | “Filin” (Chilean-born saxophonist’s ballads album with her quartet: pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kush Abadey; guest: vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant; new single: “La Sentencia”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Blue Note |
| Angel Du$t | “Cold 2 the Touch” (Baltimore hardcore punk group’s sixth album; producer: Brian McTernan; new single: “DU$T”; See here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Run for Cover |
| Paul Anka | “Inspirations of Life and Love” (new single: “I Believe”; See here; Read here; Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Green Hill Productions |
| Ásgeir | “Julia” (Icelandic singer-songwriter’s fifth album; new single: “Ferris Wheel”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | One Little Independent |
| Boy Golden | “Best of Our Possible Lives” (Winnipeg roots rocker Liam Duncan’s fourth album; producer: Robbie Lackritz; new single: “Cowboy Dreams”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with William Prince) | Six Shooter |
| Cardinals | “Masquerade” (Cork, Ireland alt-rock quintet’s debut album; new single: “The Burning of Cork”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Blue Galaxy Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | So Young |
| Charli xcx | “Wuthering Heights” (written for Emerald Fennel’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, opening in theaters on Feb. 14; includes “House,” her recent collaboration with John Cale; new single: “Chains of Love”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Atlantic |
| Clay Street Unit | “Sin & Squalor” (Colorado roots sextet’s debut album; producer: Chris Pandolfi of the Infamous Stringdusters; guest: Lindsay Lou; new single: “Rolllin'”; Hear here; Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Leo33 |
| congratulations | “Join Hands” (Brighton-based indie pop quartet’s debut album; producer: Luke Phillips; new single: “Fought 4 Love”; See here; Random Colored Vinyl, blue, red, green or yellow; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bella Union |
| Converge | “Love Is Not Enough” (their 11th album; recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios in Salem, MA; new single: “Love Is Not Enough”; Read here; Ghost Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Golden God Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Epitaph |
| JP Cooper | “Just a Few Folk” (English singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Cam Blackwood; new single: “Nothing Ever Changes”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Island |
| Ward Davis | “Here I Am” (Arkansas-born country singer-songwriter’s fourth album; guest: Julianna Rankin; new single: “Nothing On You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MNRK Nashville |
| Momoko Gill | “Momoko” (U.K. electronic/jazz artist’s debut solo album; producer: Gill; new singles: “No Others” and “When Palestine Is Free”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Strut |
| Gogol Bordello | “We Mean It, Man!” (NYC-based post-punk collective’s ninth studio album; producers: Nick Launay, Adam “Atom” Greenspan; guests: Bernard Sumner, Grace Bergere, Puzzled Panther; new single: “We Mean It, Man!”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Casa Gogol Records |
| Danny L Harle | “Cerulean” (British producer considers this to be his debut album; guests: Julia Michaels, Clairo, PinkPantheress, Kacha, oklou, MNEK; new single: “Crystallise My Tears”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | XL Recordings |
| The Infamous Stringdusters | “20/20” (their 20th studio album, featuring 20 songs to mark their 20th anniversary; new single: “Dancing on the Moon”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Americana Vibes |
| Caroline Jones | “Good Omen” (Zac Brown Band member’s eighth solo album; she co-wrote the 12 songs with Eric Paslay, Sarah Buxton, Brandon Ratcliff and Joy Williams; producers: Jones, Julian Raymond; new single: “Good Omen”; Read here; Black Marble Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nashville Harbor |
| KMRU | “Kin” (Kenya-born, Berlin-based ambient musician Joseph Kamaru’s 17th album; new single: “With Trees Where We Can See”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download) | Editions Mego |
| The Lone Bellow | “What a Time to Be Alive” (Brooklyn-formed, Nashville-based indie-folk band’s sixth studio album; recorded live in Muscle Shoals, AL, after a writing retreat in a converted Kentucky firehouse; new single: “You Were Leaving”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Burly Bellow Music / Soundly Music |
| Tiana Major9 | “November Scorpio” (Grammy-nominated singer’s debut album; new single: “Always”; See here; Translucent Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | +1 Records |
| Mariachi El Bronx | “Mariachi El Bronx IV” (first album in 12 years from side project of punk rock band The Bronx; producer: John Avila; new single: “Forgive or Forget”; Hear here; Read here; Translucent Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Morgan Myles | “Laced” (second album from former “The Voice” finalist; producer: Ross Hogarth; new single: “Laced”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Blue Élan |
| The Olympians | “In Search of a Revival” (second album from instrumental soul group led by Tobias Pazner, featuring members of The Dap-Kings, The Expressions, and Menahan Street Band; new single: “Strawberry Kiwi”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Daptone |
| PONY | “Clearly Cursed” (third album from Toronto indie-pop project led by Sam Bielanski and Matty Morand, joined by touring collaborators Christian Beale and Joey Ginaldi; new single: “Middle of Summer”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Take This to Heart |
| Jill Scott | “To Whom This May Concern” (three-time Grammy winner’s sixth album and her first in more than a decade; producers: DJ Premier, Adam Blackstone, Om’Mas Keith, Camper, Andre Harris, Trombone Shorty, Seige Montracity, Eric Wortham, DW Wright, VT Tolan; guests: Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack, Too $hort; new single: “Beautiful People”; Hear here; Read here; Orange Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) > Golden Moments 💛 | Human Re Sources / The Orchard |
| hemlocke springs | “the apple tree under the sea” (Nigerian-American singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: BURNS, springs; new single: “head, shoulders, knees and ankles”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Good Luck Have Fun Records / AWAL Recordings |
| Story of the Year | “A.R.S.O.N.” (rock band’s seventh studio album; producer: Colin Brittain; new single: “Gasoline [All Rage Still Only Numb]”; Hear here; Hot Pink Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | SharpTone |
| Dan Whitlam | “Strangers (Again)” (South London spoken-word poet/rapper’s debut album; production from Ed Graves, Joe Brown, Tim Ross; guests: Fractures, Ellysse Mason, Raphaella, Tamzene, Sapphire, Jordan Mackampa; new single: “Think of Me”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Needwant / Material Music |
| Worm | “Necropalace” (Florida metal band’s sixth album; producer: Charlie Koryn; guest: Marty Friedman; new single: “Necropalace”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Century Media |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Best Actress | “I Know It Sounds Bad” (Queens-based indie pop trio’s debut album; producer: Nate Mendelsohn; new single: “Bardo”; Hear here; Read here) | Dalmatian Music |
| Chet Faker | “A Love For Strangers” (Australian singer-songwriter Nick Murphy’s third album as Chet Faker; new single: “Can You Swim?”; See here; CD and Vinyl out April 24; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Detail Records / BMG Rights Management |
| Eric Church | “Evangeline vs. The Machine: Comes Alive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (19-track live album, recorded May 24, 2025, show at The Pinnacle in Nashville, with a six-piece band, four-piece horns, four-piece strings, eight-member choir and vocalist Joanna Cotten all backing; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | MCA |
| ryan john clary | “Sunflower Lemonaide” (Boston indie-rock artist’s third album; producer: clary) | be nice records |
| Brent Faiyaz | “Icon” (R&B singer-songwriter’s third album; executive producer: Raphael Saadiq; producers: Faiyaz, Saadiq, Chad Hugo, Benny Blanco, Dpat, Jordan Ware, Dilip, Tommy Richman; new single: “have to.”; See here; Apple Music) | ISO Supremacy / UnitedMasters |
| Fake Friends | “Let’s Not Overthink This” (Montreal indie pop-punk band’s debut album; producer: Jordan Barillaro; new single: “The Way She Goes”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Stomp |
| Felsmann + Tiley | “Protomensch” (German synth duo’s fourth album; guests: The Kite String Tangle, Pet Deaths, Woodes, Laius; new single: “God Is Lonelier”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Mute |
| Jeremy Ivey | “Its Shape Will Reveal Itself” (his fourth album and first in four years; recorded at his home on a Tascam 388 reel-to-reel tape; new single: “Don’t Sleep On Your Dreams”; Hear here) | Soggy Anvil |
| Katzin | “Buckaroo” (debut album from 20-year-old New York singer-songwriter; producer: Max Morgen; new single: “Wild Horses”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Mexican Summer |
| Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys | “Pale Bloom” (Berlin-based gothic art pop band’s sixth album; producers: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys, André Leo; new single: “Ambient Heat”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Unique Records / Schubert Music |
| Middleman | “Following the Ghost” (London DIY quartet’s debut album; new single: “Vacant Days”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Evil Speaker |
| Ms Banks | “SOUTH LDN LOVER GIRL” (South London rapper’s debut album; guests: Tiggs Da Author, LAYYAH, Strandz, Zinoleesky; new single: “4C”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Believe UK |
| The Nude Party | “Look Who’s Back” (New York-based psych rockers’ fourth album; new single: “Sweetheart of the Radio”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Nude Party |
| Claire Rosinkranz | “My Lover” (producers: Austin Corona, Oliver Frid, Ragnar Rósinkranz; new single: “Kiss”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Purple Monkey |
| Bic Runga | “Red Sunset” (Kiwi singer-songwriter’s first album of all-original material in 15 years; producers: Runga, husband Kody Nielson; new single: “Red Sunset”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bic Runga |
| Rusty Santos | “Psycho Horses” (producer: Santos; new single: “Are you a portal”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Rusty Santos |
| SUPERWORLD | “Super World” (San Jose-based maximalist screamo band’s debut album; new single: “The Dream”; See here; Apple Music) | Lauren Records |
| Elise Trouw | “The Diary of Elon Lust” (San Diego artist’s satirical concept album; new single: “All You Need Is Lust”; See here; Apple Music) | Midtopia |
| Various artists | “GOAT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (animated film opens Feb. 13, from Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse “and the artists that made “KPop Demon Hunters”; new single: “I’m Good” by Jelly Roll) | Mercury |
| WRABEL | “up above” (L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: WRABEL, Austin Ward, Drew Pearson; new single: “up above”; See here; Apple Music) | Big Gay Records / Nettwerk |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Gene Ammons | “Meet the Boss: The Singles & Albums Collection 1950-53” (two-CD, 49-song set includes recordings from Prestige, Chess, Decca and United labels) | Acrobat |
| Josephine Baker | “J’ai Deux Amours: The Collection 1926-60” (three-CD, 75-track collection, comprising recordings released in Europe on the Odeon, Columbia, Parlophone labels, along with selected titles from her albums on Columbia in the 1950s) | Acrobat |
| Bat for Lashes | “Fur and Gold (20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue)” (Double CD; 2006 debut album; remastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, with nine bonus tracks; Vinyl, sans extra tracks; Amazon UK) | BMG Rights Management |
| The Beach Boys | “We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years” (three-CD, three-LP box set documents the band’s 1976-1977 “Brian Is Back” era, pairing newly remastered “The Beach Boys Love You” with the first official release of the unreleased album “Adult/Child,” plus previously unreleased outtakes and alternate mixes from the “15 Big Ones” and “Love You” sessions; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Super Deluxe Digital Edition; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) > Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys 🌞 | Capitol / UMe |
| Elmer Bernstein | “Movie Themes, Mood Music & More 1952-62” (two CDs, 48 tracks) | Acrobat |
| Bob Brookmeyer | “The Brookmeyer Bands: Early Years 1954-56” (two CDs, 32 tracks, comprising titles from several of the jazz trombonist’s early albums, on which he was leader, co-leader or featured perfomer) | Acrobat |
| Jeff Buckley | “Live at Sin-é (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1993 four-song EP, his first commercial release; expanded to 34 tracks, including “Grace,” “Last Goodbye” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” with an eight-page, full-color booklet of photos and liner notes; Vinyl, hard-shell slipcase housing four individually designed LP jackets; Amazon UK) > Grace 🍂 | Columbia / Legacy |
| Leroy Carr | “A Career Anthology: Vocalion & Bluebird Recordings 1928-1935” (six-CD, 130-track collection) | Acrobat |
| Anita Carter (of The Carter Sisters) | “Out On Her Own: The Singles & Albums Collection 1950-62” (two-CD set, comprising 58 tracks on RCA-Victor, Columbia, Cadence, Jamie and Mercury) | Acrobat |
| Ferrante & Teicher | “The Golden Pianos of Ferrante & Teicher: The Singles Collection 1952-62” (two-CD, 51-track collection includes most of their A- and B-sides on Columbia, ABC-Paramount and United Artists) | Acrobat |
| Head East | “Get Yourself Up” (1976 album; with five bonus tracks, including their 1975 hit “Never Been Any Reason”; Amazon UK) | Bad Reputation |
| The Hellacopters | “Cream of the Crap! Collected Non-Album Works • Volume 3” (24 tracks originally released between 1995 and 2004; compiled by Robert Eriksson, transferred from master tapes and vinyl by Henke Jonsson, and remastered by Magnus Lindberg; with poster booklet; Transparent Green Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Nuclear Blast |
| Leslie Hutchinson | “The Legendary ‘Hutch’: The Singles Collection 1929-47” (three CDs, 70 tracks) | Acrobat |
| Joni James | “The Mood Albums 1960-1961” (two-CD, 48-song collection features all the tracks from her themed albums for MGM) | Acrobat |
| Mickey Katz | “The Mickey Katz Komedy Kollection 1949-58” (three CDs, 77 tracks) | Acrobat |
| Kingdom Come | “Hands of Time” (1991 album; with four bonus tracks; Amazon UK) | Bad Reputation |
| Jimmie Rodgers | “A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-1933” (five CDs, 110 tracks) | Acrobat |
| Seal | “Purpose: Celebrating 30 Years of the Classic Albums Seal I and Seal II” (CD + Blu-ray; June 2023 concert at The Venetian in Las Vegas, joined by his longtime producer Trevor Horn; film directed by Keirda Bahruth, interspersed with interviews; Amazon UK) > Hits 🦭 | Mercury Studios |
| Troye Sivan | “Blue Neighbourhood (‘Ten Years On’ 10th Anniversary)” (2015 debut album, featuring “Wild,” “Youth,” “Talk Me Down” and “Heaven”; with reimagined cover art from original illustrator Hsiao-Ron Cheng, plus two bonus tracks: “Swimming Pools” and “Strawberries & Cigarettes”; Blush Pink and Aqua Blue Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Merch) | Capitol / UMe |
| Trouble | “Trouble (35th Anniversary)” (Double CD; 1990 debut album; includes a live bonus disc recorded in Dallas; remastered by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio; Vinyl) | Napalm |
| Various artists | “NOW – Yearbook ’85-’89: The Final Chapter” (four CDs, 79 tracks; Silver Triple Vinyl, 42 tracks; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Various artists | “This Can’t Be Today: American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977-1988” (three CDs, 67 songs, featuring Bangles, The Long Ryders, Redd Kross, Dü, The Flaming Lips, Camper Van Beethoven, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| Velocity Girl | “¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded)” (long out-of-print 1994 sophomore album; with eight B-sides and rarities; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Sub Pop |
| Wall of Voodoo | “Museums” (collection of songs recorded in 1983 after Stan Ridgway had left the band; Hear here; Purple Vinyl; Download) | Label 51 Recordings |
| Wild Horses | “Standing Our Ground: Complete Recordings 1978-1981” (six-CD clamshell box set includes their two studio albums; remastered, with remixes, B-sides, live tracks and demos; Read here; Amazon UK) | HNE / Cherry Red |
| Jimmy Wilson | “Jumpin’ in the Alley: Complete Singles As & Bs 1948-61” (two CDs, 49 songs) | Acrobat |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Brothers Osborne | “Pawn Shop (10 Year Anniversary Edition)” (2016 debut album; with newly released recordings, demos and live versions; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | MCA / UMe |
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