New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Avery Anna | “Breakup Over Breakfast” (pop-country singer’s debut album; guests: Parmalee, Dylan Marlowe, The Love Junkies; See here; Amazon-Exclusive Opaque Apple Vinyl out Sept. 20; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Warner Music Nashville |
| Beachwood Sparks | “Across the River of Stars” (L.A. alt-country band’s first album in 12 years; producer: Chris Robinson; new single: “Falling Forever”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | Curation |
| Boy Golden | “For Eden” (Winnipeg singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “Here to Stay”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Six Shooter |
| Chris Cain | “Good Intentions Gone Bad” (blues guitar virtuoso’s 16th album; producer: Christoffer “Kid” Andersen; new single: “Fear Is My New Roommate”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Alligator |
| Albert Castiglia | “Righteous Souls” (guests: Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, Danielle Nicole, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Popa Chubby, Ally Venable, Kevin Burt, Monster Mike Welch, Gary Hoey, Rick Estrin, Jimmy Carpenter, Alabama Mike; new single: “Mama, I Love You”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Gulf Coast Records |
| Deep Purple | “=1” (CD + DVD; their 32nd album; producer: Bob Ezrin; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Yes) | earMUSIC |
| Al Di Meola | “Twentyfour” (Double CD; 15 songs; new single: “Fandango”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | earMUSIC |
| Dr. Dog | “Dr. Dog” (their first album in six years; producer: guitarist Scott McMicken; new single: “Talk Is Cheap”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | We Buy Gold Records |
| Focus | “FOCUS 12” (Dutch instrumental legends’ 12th album; producers: band members Udo Pannekeet, Menno Gootjes; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | Spirit of Unicorn Music |
| Glass Animals | “I Love You So F***ing Much” (English indie rock band’s fourth album; producer: lead singer Dave Bayley; new single: “A Tear In Space [Airlock]”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Republic |
| Griff | “Vertigo” (BRIT Awards Rising Star winner’s debut album; new single: “Miss Me Too”‘; See here; Read here; Sea Blue Bio Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Highly Suspect | “As Above, So Below” (Cape Cod, MA alt-rock quintet’s fifth album; producers: Aleks von Korff, Highly Suspect; new single: “Summertime Voodoo”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Roadrunner |
| Jimin | “MUSE” (BTS member’s second solo album; Read here; Download; Apple Music) | BIGHIT MUSIC |
| Chad Lawson | “Where We Are” (original solo piano works inspired by messages from the pianist/wellness expert’s fans about how his music has affected their lives; new single: “Sanctuary”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Decca |
| Los Campesinos! | “All Hell” (Welsh indie-pop band’s first album in seven years; new single: “Feast of Tongues”; Hear here; Read here; Milky Clear with Black Splatter Double Vinyl; On Tour) | Hearts Swell |
| Molecular Steve | “Molecular Steve” (new single: “Psychic Radio”; Hear here; See here; Peach Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Strolling Bones |
| Lys Morke | “Knife Therapy” (Barcelona-based electronic artist Irene Talló’s five-song debut EP; new single: “Fleeting Feeling”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) | Artoffact |
| Newsboys | “Worldwide Revival (Part One)” (Part II is scheduled for release on Oct. 18; new single: “Worldwide Revival”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Capitol CMG |
| Orange Goblin | “Science, Not Fiction” (English stoner metal band’s 10th album and first in six years; producer: Mike Exeter; new single: “[Not] Rocket Science”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Peaceville |
| Parlor Greens | “In Green / We Dream” (instrumental funk-jazz trio’s debut full-length album; new single: “Sugar Maple”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Colemine |
| The Raveonettes | “Sing…” (indie rock duo’s 12-song covers album; new single: “All I Have To Do Is Dream”; Hear here; Glow in the Dark Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cleopatra |
| ROLE MODEL | “Kansas Anymore” (singer-songwriter Tucker Pillsbury’s sophomore album; new single: “Deeply Still in Love”; See here; Baby Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Interscope |
| Roots Round Up | “Up Rooted” (Vancouver roots rock band’s sixth album; recorded by Stephen Hamm at Simian Studios in Burnaby, BC; new single: “Relief”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download released on July 5) | Sudden Death |
| SOFT PLAY | “HEAVY JELLY” (Brit duo of Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent, formerly known as Slaves; new single: “Act Violently”; See here; Read here; HMV-Exclusive CD, with signed insert; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
| sparkle*jets u.k. | “Box of Letters” (L.A.-based power-pop band’s fourth album; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Big Stir |
| Stray Kids | “ATE” (K-pop group’s ninth mini album; Read here; Download; On Tour; Merch) | JYP Entertainment |
| Various artists | “The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same title officially opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 14; music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson; cast: Jordan Tyson, Joy Woods, Maryann Plunkett, John Cardoza, Ryan Vasquez, Dorian Harewood, et al; See here; Read here; Download released on April 19) | Atlantic |
| Various artists | “Twisters: The Album” (soundtrack to the Universal Pictures film, which opens July 19, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos; 29 songs, featuring Shania Twain, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Tyler Childers, Benson Boone, Leon Bridges, et al; Trailer; Double Vinyl; Download) | Atlantic |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Childish Gambino | “Bando Stone and the New World” (Donald Glover says this will be his final Childish Gambino album; new single: “Lithonia”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
mcDJ Recording / RCA |
| Leanna Crawford | “Still Waters” (Christian singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Clint Lagerberg, Colby Wedgeworth, Jeff Pardo, Ruffian, Sajan Nauriyal; new single: “Still Waters [Psalm 23]”; See here; Apple Music) |
Provident Label Group |
| Denzel Curry | “King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2” (guests: Ty Dolla $ign, A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz, Juicy J, A$AP Ferg, Ski Mask the Slump God, et al; new single: “HOT ONE”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out Aug. 30; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Orange Crush Vinyl out Aug. 30; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Loma Vista Recordings / Concord |
| Kyle Daniel | “Kentucky Gold” (Kentucky alt-country singer-songwriter’s debut album; guests: Maggie Rose, The Cadillac Three, Sarah Zimmerman, Kendell Marvel; new single: “Me & My Old Man”; Hear here; CD out Aug. 2; Apple Music) |
Snakefarm |
| deadmau5 | “Some EP” (four songs; new single: “Quezacotl”; On Tour) |
mau5trap |
| Eliza & The Delusionals | “Make It Feel Like the Garden” (Australian indie rock band’s second album; producer: Oscar Dawson; new single: “Falling For You”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) |
Cooking Vinyl |
| Flat Black | “DARK SIDE OF THE BRAIN” (debut album from new hard rock band led by former Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook; producers: Hook, Chris Collier; new single: “SIDEWAYS”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Oct. 25; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Fearless / Concord |
| Gorgon City | “Reverie” (U.K. electronic duo’s fifth album; guests: Caroline Byrne, BbyAfricka, Mougleta, DJ Pierre, Poppy Baskcomb, Harry Romero, North; new single: “All That You Need”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
REALM / Astralwerks |
| Rae Isla | “New Frontier” (new single: “Miles and Miles”; Hear here) |
three piedras |
| Adam Lambert | “AFTERS” (six-song EP; producers: Kyle Tonoli, NOVODOR, Trevor Klaiman, Valley Girl, Zhone; Hear here; Apple Music) |
More is More LLC |
| Lonesome Shack | “Song of the Horse” (blues trio’s eighth album; new single: “Fresh Bones”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
Owl Head |
| Major Murphy | “Fallout” (Grand Rapids, MI indie-rock band’s third album; new single: “Time Out”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
Winspear |
| midwxst | “BACK IN ACTION 4.0” (15-track mixtape; guests: DC The Don, Dro Kenji; new single: “GUN SMOKE”; Hear here) |
Underground Sound |
| Straight No Chaser | “90s Proof” (seven-song EP of 1990s covers; new single: “Everybody [Backstreet’s Back]”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
SNC Records / Arts Music Inc. |
| Sylo | “Dreamt that I Was” (producers: David Tanton, Goldchain; new single: “Babyboo”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Muk Posh / The Orchard, July 25 |
| Carter Vail | “100 Cowboys” (new single: “Harder to Kill”; See here; Apple Music) |
Assemble Sound |
| Koe Wetzel | “9 Lives” (Texas singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: Gabe Simon; collaborators: Josh Serrato, Amy Allen, Carrie K, Sam Harris; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Columbia |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Teddy Charles | “The 1950s Album Collection” (eight original albums on four CDs) | Enlightenment |
| Duran Duran | “Duran Duran” (1981 debut album, featuring “Girls on Film” and “Planet Earth”; Vinyl) “Rio” (1982 album, featuring “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Rio” and “Save a Prayer”; Vinyl) “Seven and the Ragged Tiger” (1983 album, featuring “Union of the Snake,” “New Moon on Monday” and “The Reflex”; Vinyl) “Notorious” (1986 album, featuring the title track and “Skin Trade”; Vinyl) “Big Thing” (1988 album, featuring “I Don’t Want Your Love” and “All She Wants Is”; Vinyl; On Tour) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| Don Fardon | “I’m Alive: The Don Fardon Anthology 1967-1974” (three-CD, 81-track set, featuring his hit cover of “Indian Reservation”; Read here; Amazon UK) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Melanie | “Victim of the Moon” (2002 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks; Vinyl out Aug. 23; Download) | Cleopatra |
| John Miles | “The Albums 1983-93” (three-CD clamshell box set; Read here; Amazon UK) | Lemon / Cherry Red |
| Mungo Jerry | “Electronically Tested” (1971 album, featuring “In the Summertime” and “Baby Jump”; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK) | 7a Records |
| Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels | “The Last Roundup – Live From The Bijou Cafe In Philadelphia 03/16/1973” (16 tracks; Vinyl) | Amoeba |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | “The Singles Collection As & Bs 1939-1950” (three-CD, 78-track collection during her time on the Decca label; Amazon UK) | Acrobat |
| Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees | “The Hits Collection 1929-43” (three-CD, 67-track collection featuring releases on the Harmony, Victor, Columbia, Bluebird and Decca labels; Amazon UK) | Acrobat |
| Various artists | “Can’t Seem to Come Down: The American Sounds of 1968” (three-CD compilation includes Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Steppenwolf, Spirit, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Grapefruit / Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Into the Sixties – Towards a Cosmic Music: Pre-Echoes of a Momentous Decade” (three CDs, 40 songs; Read here; Amazon UK) | el Records / Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call 40 Years Part Two” (five CDs, 100 songs; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Various artists | “Roots Rock Rebels: When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982” (three-CD, 54-track clamshell box set, featuring The Clash, The Specials, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Madness, Dennis Brown, Black Uhuru, Generation X, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| War | “The World Is a Ghetto: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition” (1972 album, featuring the title track, “The Cisco Kid” and “City, Country, City”; four-CD set includes the original album, six bonus tracks and two discs of “making-of” extras) | Avenue / Rhino |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Gene Clark | “Back Street Mirror: Revisited” (original six-song EP of mid-1960s sessions, with five additional tracks, one from 1964, and four from the pre-“White Light” period in 1970; Hear here) | Liberation Hall |
