New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Olly Alexander | “Polari” (Years & Years frontman’s first album under his own name; producers: Danny L Harle, EASYFUN; new single: “Cupid’s Bow”; See here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Transparent Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Interscope |
| Artikal Sound System | “Are You Smiling Yet?” (new single: “Self-Sabotage”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Controlled Substance Sound Labs |
| Tommy Castro and the Painkillers | “Closer to the Bone” (producer: Christoffer “Kid” Andersen; new single: “Woke Up and Smelled the Coffee”; See here; Clear Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Alligator |
| Dream Theater | “Parasomnia” (their 16th album; drummer Mike Portnoy returns to the lineup; producer: guitarist John Petrucci; new single: “Night Terror”; See here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, two CDs + one Blu-ray, with instrumentals and Surround Sound and hi-res stereo mixes; Deluxe Box Set, two CDs + Blu-ray and Dark Green Vinyl; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; 40th Anniversary Tour) | InsideOutMusic |
| Andy Fairweather Low | “The Invisible Bluesman” (new single: “Gin House Blues”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | The Last Music Company |
| Guided by Voices | “Universe Room” (their 41st album, and their 18th in the past 10 years; new single: “Fly Religion”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | GBV Inc. |
| Heartworms | “Glutton For Punishment” (debut album from London post-punk artist Jojo Orme; producer: Dan Carey; new single: “Extraordinary Wings”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive White and Black Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS] |
| Honesty | “U R HERE” (Leeds collective’s debut album; new single: “Tormentor”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Partisan |
| HORSEBATH | “Another Farewell” (Inverness, Nova Scotia-based Americana band’s debut album; producers: HORSEBATH, Niall Mutter; new single: “Age of Stupid”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Amazon.ca) | Strolling Bones |
| Inhaler | “Open Wide” (Irish rock quartet’s third album; producer: Kid Harpoon; new single: “Wide Open”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Interscope |
| The Jellybricks | “Dreaming In Stereo” (new single: “In the Shade”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Wicked Cool |
| Jess and the Bandits | “Jessica” (new single: “No Pot of Gold”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | After Midnight Girl Entertainment LLC |
| JOHNNYSWIM | “When the War Is Over” (their fifth album; new single: “Los Feliz”; Hear here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mr & Mrs Swim LLC |
| Kendrick Lamar | “GNX” (his sixth album; producers: Jack Antonoff, Soundwave, et al; guests: SZA, Roddy Ricch, Dody6, Lefty Gunplay, Wallie the Sensei, AzChike, Hitta J3, YoungThreat, Peysoh, Siete7x; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Blue Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Grey Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download surprise-dropped on Nov. 22; Apple Music; On Tour, with SZA) | pgLang / Interscope |
| James Brandon Lewis | “Apple Cores” (recorded with longtime collaborators, drummer Chad Taylor and bassist/guitarist Josh Werner; producers: Lewis, Werner; new single: “Prince Eugene”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
| Majestica | “Power Train” (Swedish power metallers’ third album; new single: “Power Train”; See here; Trans Turquoise and Black Smoke Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Nuclear Blast |
| Michigander | “Michigander” (Michigan-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jason Singer’s debut album; producer: Jeremy Lutito; guests: Lutito, Trent Dabbs, Chris Koo, Sam Hollander, Butch Walker, Aaron Senor; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Totally Normal / Thirty Tigers |
| Neverland Ranch Davidians | “Shout It On the Mountain” (L.A. rock trio’s second album; producers: guitarist Will Bentley, Bjorn Winberg; new single: “Cactus Cooler Man”; Hear here) | Heavy Medication |
| Alice Sara Ott | “John Field · Complete Nocturnes” (18 tracks; new single: “Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Deutsche Grammophon |
| The Rumjacks | “Dead Anthems” (producers: singer Mike Rivkees, Bouncing Souls founder Pete Steinkopf; new single: “Come Hell or High Water”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | FOUR FOUR |
| Squid | “Cowards” (English art-rock quintet’s third album; producers: Marta Salogni, Grace Banks, Squid, Dan Carey; new single: “Crispy Skin”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warp |
| Gino Vannelli | “The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved)” (his 22nd album and first since 2019; dedicated to his wife, Tricia, who passed away just as the album was completed; producers: Vannelli, Peter Fil; new single: “Stormy River”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | COA Productions / BFD / The Orchard |
| Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory | “Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory” (with percussionist Jorge Balbi, bassist Devra Hoff, and multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson; producer: Marta Salogni; new single: “Afterlife”; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Jagjaguwar |
| The Vices | “Before It Might Be Gone” (Dutch alt-rock quartet’s second album; producer: Charlie Andrew; new single: “Before It Might Be Gone”; See here; Read here; Eco Mix Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | V2 |
| Wilder Woods | “Curioso” (third album from singer-songwriter Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE; guests: Jim James, Maggie Rose, Anna Graves; new singles: “Swimming in the Ocean”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dualtone |
| Robbie Williams | “Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (semi-biographical film about the British pop singer, featuring re-recorded and re-arranged versions of songs by Williams; Trailer; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Dec. 27; Apple Music; Prime Video; On Tour) | Arista |
| Nia Wyn | “A Pleasure to Have in Class” (London-based Welsh R&B/soul artist’s debut album; producers: Wyn, Duncan Pym, edbl, Evil Genius; guests: Harlem Gospel Travelers; new single: “Your Team”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Nia Wyn / Universal UK |
| Lola Young | “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway” (South London singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Solomonophic; new single: “Messy”; Hear here; Transparent Red Vinyl; Download released on June 21, 2024; Apple Music; On Tour) | Island |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Adwaith | “Solas” (Welsh post-punk trio’s third album; 23 songs; most of the album is sung in Cymraeg, the Welsh language; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Libertino |
| Federico Albanese | “Blackbirds and the Sun of October” (new single: “Blackbirds and the Sun of October”; See here; Apple Music) | XXIM Records / Sony Music Entertainment |
| Naya Ali | “We Did the Damn Thing” (Montreal rapper’s third album; producers: Adrian X, Kevin Figs; guests: Dominique Fils-Aimé, Kim Richardson, Zibz; new single: “Turning Tables”; See here; Translucent Clear Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Bonsound |
| Biig Piig | “11:11” (London-based soul-pop artist Jess Smyth’s debut album; producers: Andrew Wells, Zachary Nahome; new single: “Favourite Girl”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | RCA |
| Joe Ely | “Love and Freedom” (producers: Ely, Lloyd Maines; guest: Ryan Bingham; new single: “Shake ‘Em Up”; Hear here) | Rack ‘Em Up / Thirty Tigers |
| Kyle Falconer | “The One I Love the Most” (third solo album from the lead singer of The View; new single: “Grace”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out March 28; Rough Trade-Exclusive Chick Yellow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | La Sierra Recording |
| Helen Ganya | “Share Your Care” (Brighton-based, Scottish-Thai musician’s fourth album; new single: “Share Your Care”; See here; Apple Music) | Bella Union / Whited Sepulchre Records |
| Will Hoge | “Carousel” (re-imagined, remixed, and remastered 2001 album; new single: “Ms. Williams”; Hear here) | MNRK Music Group |
| Jimmy & the Veil | “The Wreckage” (debut solo project of Virginia-based artist James Wright) | Jimmy & the Veil, Feb. 12 |
| Sarah Klang | “Beautiful Woman” (Swedish singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: Eric D. Johnson; new single: “Childhood”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| The Ocelots | “Everything, When Said Slowly” (Wexford-raised, Leipzig-based brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson’s second album; new single: “The Good of a Bad Year”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | The Ocelots Music |
| Oklou | “choke enough” (French indie-pop artist’s debut album; producers: Oklou, Casey MQ; guests: Bladee, underscores; new single: “choke enough”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Feb. 28; Rough Trade-Exclusive Transparent Green Coke Vinyl, with bonus disc; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | True Panther |
| Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears | “Head in the Sand” (producer: Jake Davis; new single: “Roll On Buddy”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Ears Over America / Missing Piece |
| Tyga | “NSFW” (new single: “Slave”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Last Kings Music / EMPIRE |
| Various artists | “Swept Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (featuring music and lyrics by The Avett Brothers; cast: Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr., two-time Tony Award nominee Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Wayne Duvall; Hear here; Apple Music) | Joy Machine |
| Wallners | “End of Circle” (Austrian alt-rock band’s debut album; new single: “Shadowplay”; See here; Apple Music) | upstairs |
| The Yets | “Pinup Girl” (South Carolina dreamy alt-rock duo’s debut album; new single: “Enemy”; See here; Apple Music) | The Yets |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Brother Cane | “Wishpool” (1998 album, featuring “I Lie in the Bed I Make”; remastered; on vinyl for the first time: Electric Yellow Vinyl and Silver Cane Vinyl, both with a 12″ x 12″ insert with lyrics and photos; Amazon.ca) |
Girder Records |
| Cactus | “Evil Is Going On: The Atco Albums 1970-1972” (U.K. repressing of 2022 compilation; eight-CD box set contains four studio albums and four discs of live recordings, captured at Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, the 1972 Mar y Sol Pop Festival in Puerto Rico and Gilligan’s Club in Buffalo, NY; Read here) |
HNE / Cherry Red |
| Clannad | “Clannad in Concert” (recorded during their 1978 tour of Switzerland; Vinyl; Amazon UK) |
Third Floor Music |
| Dee Clark | “Four Classic Albums Plus” (“Dee Clark,” “How About That,” “You’re Looking Good” and “Hold On … It’s Dee Clark” on two CDs, with seven bonus tracks; Amazon UK) |
Avid R&B |
| Drop Nineteens | “1991” (“lost” album from 1991, made up of demos recorded before they signed with Caroline/Hut and worked on their debut album, “Delaware”; remastered; Hear here; Read here; Gray Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) |
Wharf Cat |
| Amy Grant | “The Hits” |
Amy Grant |
| Don McLean | “Prime Time” (1977 album; remastered; Vinyl; Amazon UK) |
BFD |
| Melanie | “Autumn Lady” (Double CD; abandoned album from 1973, featuring 30 songs, including singles “Bitter Bad” and “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”; Deep Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) |
Easy Action / Neighbourhood Records |
| The Pains of Being Pure At Heart | “Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010” (10-track B-sides compilation; See here; Milky Clear with Blue and Yellow Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) |
Slumberland |
| Randy Starr + various artists | “Presley Style: Lost Elvis Songwriter Demos Vol. 2” (31-track compilation, recorded with full band or orchestra) |
Bear Family |
| Various artists | “The Best Country Classics Album in the World … EVER!” (62 hits on three CDs; Amazon UK) |
Sony Music |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call An Era: The Sound of the Suburbs 1977-1980” (four CDs, 80 songs, featuring The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Boomtown Rats, The Jam, The Cure, The Police, Rezillos, The Specials, The Beat, Japan, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, et al; Hardcover Book Version; Triple Vinyl, 51 tracks on black, white and red LPs; Amazon UK) |
Sony Music / EMI |
| Various artists | “There’s No Stopping Us Now: The Female Mods’ Forgotten Story” (four-CD box set containing 98 original soul and beat tracks by pioneering female singers and groups; with track-by-track sleeve notes; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| WAR | “Live in Japan 1974” (Double CD; previously unreleased concert featuring all seven original members; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Rhino / Avenue |
| Wilco | “A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (nine-CD box set features the original 2004 album, alternates, outtakes and demos, plus the complete October 2004 concert at the Wang Center in Boston and the complete Fundamentals; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, 31-song expanded edition; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Nonesuch |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Dave Matthews Band | “Where Are You Going: The Singles” (32-track compilation; Double Vinyl, 22 songs; On Tour) | Bama Rags / RCA / Legacy |
| Pete Wylie & The Mighty WAH! | “Songs of Strength & Heartbreak (Deluxe Edition)” (shelved album from 1998 that was released in 2000 after Wylie acquired the master tapes from Columbia; with 14 previously unreleased demos, including a cover of Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again [Naturally]”; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK, double CD; On Tour) | Chrysalis |
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