New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Callum Beattie | “INDI” (Scottish singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Joe Cross; new single: “Two Pretenders”; Hear here; Coke Bottle Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Cooking Vinyl |
| Catherine Britt | “The Hardest Thing” (Australian country singer-songwriter’s ninth album; producers: Britt, husband Bradley Bergen; new single: “Broken Heart at 33”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) | Red Rebel Music |
| Crystal Lake | “The Weight of Sound” (Japanese metalcore band’s sixth album; new single: “Neversleep”; See here; Translucent Forest Green Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Century Media |
| The Damned | “Not Like Everybody Else” (all-covers tribute to the band’s late guitarist Brian James, who passed away in March 2025; producer: Mikal Blue; new single: “There’s a Ghost in My House”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | earMUSIC |
| Dead Dads Club | “Dead Dads Club” (debut album from new band fronted by Palma Violets’ Chilli Jesson; producer: Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O’Connell; new single: “Volatile Child”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Fiction |
| Della Mae | “Magic Accident” (Grammy-nominated bluegrass band’s fifth full-length album; new single: “Family Tree”; Hear here; Turquoise Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Compass |
| De La Soul | “Cabin in the Sky” (their 10th studio album and first in nine years; 20 tracks; new single: “The Package”; See here; Yellow Double Vinyl; Sky Blue Double Vinyl; Cassette; Download released on Nov. 21; Apple Music; Merch) | Mass Appeal |
| The Format | “Boycott Heaven” (indie pop duo’s third album and first since 2006; producer: Brendan O’Brien; new single: “Boycott Heaven”; See here; Read here; Translucent Swiss Coffee Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Vanity Label |
| Erik Hall | “Solo Three” (Michigan-based composer and multi-instrumentalist’s third entry in contemporary classical trilogy; new single: a cover of Laura Spiegel’s “A Folk Study”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Western Vinyl |
| Solomon Hicks | “How Did I Ever Get This Blue?” (NYC blues singer-guitarist’s fifth album; producer: Kirk Yano; new single: “Driftin’ and Driftin'”; See here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Provogue / Mascot Label Group |
| The Jack Rubies | “Visions in the Bowling Alley” (U.K. postpunk veterans’ fourth album; new single: “Greedy”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Big Stir |
| Julian Lage | “Scenes From Above” (guitar virtuoso’s fifth Blue Note album; producer: Joe Henry; with John Medeski on organ and piano, Jorge Roeder on bass, and Kenny Wollesen on drums; new single: “Opal”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Blue Note |
| Ari Lennox | “Vacancy” (R&B artist’s third album; 15 tracks; new single: “Twin Flame”; See here; Read here; Marshmellow Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Dreamville / Interscope |
| Jamie MacDonald | “Jamie MacDonald” (Christian pop singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Austin Davis, Jordan Sapp, Aaron Robertson, Derek Winkley; new single: “My Family”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Capitol CMG |
| Megadeth | “Megadeth” (Dave Mustaine says this will be the group’s final album; new single: “Let There Be Shred!”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with lenticular cover; Target-Exclusive CD, with bonus track “BLOODLUST”; Double Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Copper Emerald Marble Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive White Blue Orange Splatter Double Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) > Rust in Peace 🔥 | Tradecraft / BLKIIBLK / Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| MIKA | “Hyperlove” (BRIT Award-winning pop star’s seventh studio album; new single: “Slowly, With You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Republic |
| Van Morrison | “Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge” (guests: Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Elvin Bishop, John Allair, David Hayes, Bobby Ruggerio, Mitch Woods, Anthony Paule, Larry Vann; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) | Orangefield Records |
| Jamie O’Neal | “Gypsum” (her sixth album; new single: “Just Whiskey”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | BFD / Audium Nashville |
| The Paper Kites | “If You Go There, I Hope You Find It” (Australian alt-folk band’s seventh album; producers: Matt Redlich, The Paper Kites; new single: “Change of the Wind”; See here; Rust Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Poppy | “Empty Hands” (Grammy-nominated metal/avant-pop artist’s seventh album; producer: Jordan Fish; new single: “Guardian”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sumerian |
| PVA | “No More Like This” (London electronic, post-punk trio’s sophomore album; new single: “Peel”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | It’s All for Fun / Secretly Distribution |
| Searows | “Death in the Business of Whaling” (second album from Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter and guitarist Alec Duckart; producers: Duckart, Trevor Spencer; new single: “Dirt”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Last Recordings On Earth |
| Louis Tomlinson | “How Did I Get Here?” (his third solo album; producer: Nico Rebscher; new single: “Palaces”; See here; Read here; Deluxe CD, with two bonus tracks and alternate cover art; Clear Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Yellow and Orange Vinyl, with poster; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
| Katie Tupper | “Greyhound” (Saskatoon neo-soul artist’s debut album; producers: Felix Fox, Justice Der; new single: “Safe Ground”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download released on Jan. 21; Apple Music) | Arts & Crafts |
| Various artists | “Keep Me In Your Heart: The Songs of Warren Zevon” (Double CD; contributors: Jimmy Webb, Willie Nile, Richard Barone, Freedy Johnston, James Maddock, Kerry Kearney, Jack Licitra, Pete Mancini, Gene Casey, et al; Download) | Paradiddle Records |
| Lucinda Williams | “World’s Gone Wrong” (guests: Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Brittney Spencer; new single: “So Much Trouble in the World”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Heart) | Highway 20 Records / Thirty Tigers |
| XG | “THE CORE – 核” (Japanese X-pop group’s debut album; producers: Chancellor, Doomsday, JAKOPS, Shintaro Yasuda; new single: “4 SEASONS”; See here; Download; Apple Music) | XGALX |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Agnes | “BEAUTIFUL MADNESS” (Swedish pop star’s sixth album; producers: Vargas & Lagola, Outrovert, Magnus Lidehäll; new single: “EGO”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Universal |
| Kashus Culpepper | “Act I” (Alabama-born soulful country crooner’s 18-song debut album; producer: Brian Elmquist of The Lone Bellow; guests: Marcus King, Sierra Ferrell; new single: “Cherry Rose”; Hear here; Clear / Translucent Red Double Vinyl out March 6; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Loud / Mercury |
| DJ Harrison | “ElectroSoul” (Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist-producer’s 11th album; guests: Yazmin Lacey, Yaya Bey, Fly Anakin, Pink Siifu, Kiefer, Angélica Garcia, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, et al; new single: “Seek God”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Stones Throw |
| Sophie Gault | “Unhinged” (Nashville-based Americana rocker’s third album; producers: Alex Torrez, David Dorn; new single: “Is There Anyone Out There”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Torrez Music Group |
| Gesaffelstein | “Enter the Gamma” (French electronic producer’s first live album; new single: “OPR”; See here; Apple Music) | Columbia |
| Kezia Gill | “All On Red” (U.K. country singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Alyssa Bonagura; new single: “If Heaven Has a Honkytonk”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Snakefarm |
| Goldfinger | “NINE LIVES” (punk rock veterans’ ninth album and first since 2020; guests: Mark Hoppus, Jim Lindberg of Pennywise, Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnas, FIDLAR, Iann Dior, El Hefe of NOFX; new single: “CHASING AMY”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Noise |
| Tom Hamilton | “I’m Your Vampire” (singer-guitarist’s debut solo album; producers: Hamilton, Alex Farrar; new single: “Walking Backwards”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | AWAL Recordings / Relix |
| Hammers | “Death Wobbles” (Gold Coast heavy outfit’s debut album; new single: “Death Wobbles”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Summerland |
| New Miserable Experience | “Gild the Lily” (Philadelphia-rooted collective’s third album; new single: “Ataraxia”; See here; Apple Music) | Pelagic Records |
| Shintaro Sakamoto | “Yoo-hoo” (Tokyo-based singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: Sakamoto; new single: “Is There a Place For You There?”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Zelone Records |
| T. Gold | “Life Is a Wonder and It’s Cruel” (North Carolina-based alt-rock duo’s second album; producers: T. Gold; new single: “Love Is a Dice Roll”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Sleepy Cat |
| Hudson Westbrook | “Exclusive” (five-song EP; new single: “If He Wanted To”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | River House Artists / Warner Records Nashville |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Carolina Chocolate Drops | “Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition)” (2010 album, produced by Joe Henry; with nine bonus tracks, including “Here Rattler”; 2011 Grammy Award winner for Best Traditional Folk Album; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Nonesuch |
| The Dave Clark Five | “All the Hits” (16-track compilation; remastered, with 32-page booklet; Vinyl; Amazon UK) | BMG Rights Management |
| Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton, et al | “The Phantom of the Opera (Original Cast Recording)” (Double CD; 1986 album, the best-selling cast album in history; opened in London’s West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988; first British musical to top the U.K. charts; White Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) | The Other Songs Records |
| Green on Red | “Gas Food Lodging / Green On Red” (1982 debut EP and 1985 album on one CD, with two bonus tracks; Amazon UK) | Music on CD |
| The Members | “At The Chelsea Nightclub / 1980 – The Choice Is Yours (Expanded Edition)” (Double CD; 1979 and 1980 albums; with 17 extra tracks and 20-page booklet; Read here; Amazon UK) | Captain Oi! / Cherry Red |
| The Necessaries | “Completely Necessary (Anthology 1978-1982)” (two CDs, 37 tracks, 28 previously unissued; restored and mastered by Michael Graves at Osiris Studio; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Omnivore Recordings |
| The Power Station | “The Power Station DLX (40th Anniversary Edition)” (supergroup’s 1985 debut album, featuring “Some Like It Hot” and “Get It On [Bang a Gong]”; four-CD set includes instrumentals, single edits, their performance at Live Aid and other live recordings; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| Squeeze | “Play” (1991 album; remastered, with four extra tracks; Amazon UK; On Tour) > Greatest Hits ⏳ | Rhino / Warner |
| Various artists | “Musik Music Musique 1979: The Roots of Synth Pop” (three CDs, 60 songs, featuring early Human League, The Buggles, Gary Numan, Devo, Giorgio Moroder, OMD, Yello, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Steppin’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963-1965” (three-CD, 94-track compilation; mastered by Grammy-nominated archivist/producer Alec Palao; Read here; Amazon UK) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| The Warning | “ERROR (404) (Deluxe Edition)” (2022 album, featuring “Money” and “Choke”; with one bonus track, “Breathe,” and six live tracks recorded at the Pepsi Center in Mexico City; Custard/Black Wave/Coastal Blue Double Vinyl; Red and Blue Double Vinyl; On Tour) | Lava / Republic |
| YES | “Symphonic Live” (Blu-ray + Double CD; 2002 album; remastered, with set of five art cards and double-sided folded poster, housed in a clamshell box; Vinyl, four-LP box set, half-speed remaster, with etched eighth side; Merch; On Tour) > Highlights: The Very Best of YES ✨ | Mercury Studios |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Panic! At the Disco | “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (20th Anniversary Deluxe)” (2005 debut album, featuring “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” “But It’s Better If You Do,” “Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off” and “Build God, Then We’ll Talk”; with 11 unreleased demos; remastered; Red Apple Double Vinyl out Feb. 27; Apple Music; Merch) | Fueled By Ramen |
