New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Albert Castiglia | “Grits & Glory” (recorded at Abbey Road Studios; producer: Dave Gross; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Gulf Coast Records |
| Collective Soul | “Touch and Go” (rock veterans’ 13th studio album, originally released on Record Store Day; producers: Collective Soul, Shawn Grove; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) | Fuzze-Flex Records |
| The Darling Buds | “Same Sun / Same Sky” (Britpop group’s first new music in nine years; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Cherry Red |
| DOMi & JD BECK | “Who Asked?” (Grammy-nominated jazz duo’s second album; Read here; Transparent Olive Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | APESHIT / Blue Note |
| The Durutti Column | “Renascent” (first album in 16 years from Manchester post-punk band led by Vini Reilly; new single: “Liars”; Hear here; Read here; Clear Yellow Vinyl; Bottle Green Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Split Green and Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | London |
| Wyatt Flores | “Scared of Heights” (Oklahoma country/rock singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; producers: Charlie Handsome, Jacob “JKash” Hindlin, Gian Stone; new single: “Scared of Heights”; Hear here; Vinyl; Pink Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MCA Nashville / Island |
| Future Palace | “Resurgence” (German alt-metal trio’s fourth album; producer: Julian Breucker; new single: “Tidal Waves”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Century Media |
| GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite | “BLUES NOW” (Boston blues band’s sixth album and first with the Grammy-winning harmonica player; recorded live in the studio; new single: “Crazy Love”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
| Ariana Grande | “petal” (her eighth studio album; executive producers: Grande, Ilya Salmanzadeh; new single: “hate that i made you love me”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Pavement Marble Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Gray Skies Vinyl, with alternate cover art and 16-page booklet of lyrics and photos; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Translucent Ivory Storm Marble; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Republic |
| Jim Lauderdale | “Country Super Hits Volume 2” (Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee’s 38th album, a collection of traditional country; “Volume 1” was released in 2006; Hear here; Vinyl; Download released on March 27) | Sky Crunch Records |
| Lucia & the Best Boys | “Picking Petals” (Scottish singer-songwriter Lucia Fairfull’s second album; producer: Yves Rothman; guests: CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry, Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party; new single: “You Look Like Somebody In Love”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Communion |
| Cindy Blackman Santana | “Coherence” (jazz/Latin drummer-vocalist’s 13th solo album; 17 songs; guests: husband Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Matt Garrison, Ray Angry, Dave Eggar, and Blackman Santana’s touring band; new single: “Illumination”; Hear here; Vinyl, 11 songs; Download; Apple Music) | Mack Avenue |
| Shaboozey | “The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales” (his third album – a concept LP that blends hip-hop and country-rock to tell the story of a fictional 19th-century outlaw and her journey through the lawless American West; 20 tracks; new single: “Cowgirl”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Copper Nugget Double Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Ancient Copper Double Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Orange Crush and Black Wave Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | American Dogwood / EMPIRE |
| Shearwater | “The New World” (Austin indie rock band’s 11th studio album; new singles: ““Daydream Unbeliever” and “More and More”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Polyborus / Secretly Distribution |
| SOJA | “Without Surrender” (Grammy-winning roots reggae band’s first album in five years; producers: bandmates Jacob Hemphill and Trevor Young, with Niko Marzouca, Robert Marks, Kapena De Lima; guests: Nick Hexum, Kolohe Kai, Iration, Di Ferrero, Hirie, Maoli, Kabaka Pyramid, The Elovaters; new single: “Time Won’t Wait”; See here; Green Swirl Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | ATO |
| Southpaw FLHC | “The Standard” (North Florida hardcore band’s debut full-length album; producer: Craig Silvey; new single: “Run Game”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Spinefarm |
| Trashcan Sinatras | “Ever the Optimist” (Scottish indie rock band’s seventh studio album and first in 10 years; guests: Green Gartside, Traceyanne Campbell; new single: “Bad Husband”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | TCS Recordings |
| Various artists | “The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Music From The Motion Picture)” (featuring three songs from Lady Gaga, including “Glamorous Life”; Hear here; Noir Black Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on May 1) | Interscope |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 124” (U.K. release; two CDs, 41 hits) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Donnie Vie | “Beautiful Things” (Enuff Z’Nuff co-founder’s fourth solo album; new single: “Beautiful Things”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Enuff Z’Nuff) | Wicked Cool |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Arca | “XXXXX” (two-hour preview performance was livestreamed from Barcelona on July 23; Read here) | XL Recordings |
| Ed Askew | “The Final Painting” (posthumous album by legendary underground psych-folk artist, who died in January 2025 at age 84; producer: Jerry David DeCicca; guests: Sharon Van Etten, Bill Callahan, William Tyler, et al; new single: “Tough Guys”; See here; Vinyl) | Drag City |
| Pat Barrett & Worship Together | “Burn In Us” (10-track acoustic worship album, stripping down songs from his 2025 album “I’ve Got a Fire” into live arrangements; new single: “Count On You”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sparrow / Capitol CMG |
| Buffalo Traffic Jam | “Pictures of You” (Montana folk duo’s 14-track debut album; new single: “Pictures of You”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Arista |
| Doghouse Rose | “Born to Break Even” (Toronto-based pop-punk band’s third album; producer: Scott Komer; new single: “It Gets Worse”; See here; Apple Music) | Stomp Records |
| Family Stereo | “The Thread” (singer-songwriter Blake Watt’s debut album; he is the son of Everything But the Girl’s Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt; producer: Sam Hodder-Williams; new single: “DLR”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| Five Finger Death Punch | “Legacy” (hard-rockers’ 10th studio album; new single: “De Oppresso Liber”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Green Vinyl out Sept. 18; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
| Mallory Hawk | “Chinook” (Philly-based singer-songwriter’s debut solo album; producer: Sam Acchione; new single: “Revolver”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Many Hats Distribution |
| Hayla | “DARK” (Liverpool-born electronic singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; producer: Jacob Mardson; new single: “Easier”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Restless Minds Music / Believe |
| Her Head’s on Fire | “Am I Not Your Girl?” (producers: Her Head’s on Fire; new single: “We Both Stop the Nightmares”; Hear here; Nightmare Swirl Vinyl; Apple Music) | Iodine Recordings |
| Fana Hues | “Catch N’ Release” (R&B singer’s six-song EP; new single: “Sweet n Sour”; See here; Apple Music) | Sweet Virtue, Aug. 4 |
| Moelogo | “Yorùbá Healer” (third album from British-Nigerian Afropop and R&B singer-songwriter Abiola Animashaun; new single: “Àlááfíà”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Motrakz Records |
| PNAU | “AHHCade” (U.S.-based Australian duo’s seventh studio album; new single: “Chemistry”; See here; Read here; On Tour) | etcetc Music |
| Prison | “Big Rigs on the BQE” (NYC psych-jam band’s third album; new single: “Sunrise Highway”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Drag City |
| Amy Shark | “soft pop” (Australian indie-pop singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producer: Dann Hume; new single: “Child of Divorce”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music Entertainment Australia |
| Elijah Wolf | “track star” (New York-based singer-songwriter’s fourth album; new single: “you, forever”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Mtn Laurel Recording Co. |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Alien Ant Farm | “ANThology” (2001 album, featuring “Smooth Criminal,” “Movies” and “Attitude”; remastered, with four band-favorite alternate tracks; Double Vinyl; On Tour; Merch) | Geffen / UMe |
| Black Box Recorder | “England Made Me” (Double CD; 1998 debut album, featuring “Child Psychology” and “Girl Singing in the Wreckage”; remastered from the original production tapes by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering, with six bonus tracks, including “Seasons in the Sun”; Clear Vinyl, cut by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios; Amazon UK) | Chrysalis |
| Bring Me the Horizon | “Count Your Blessings” (2006 debut album; EcoVinyl; On Tour; Merch) | BMG |
| Alice Cooper | “The Studio Albums 1975-1978” (five-CD box set includes “Welcome to My Nightmare,” “Alice Cooper Goes to Hell,” “Lace and Whiskey” and “From the Inside,” along with a disc of single versions, rarities and alternate takes; Vinyl, five-LP box set; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch) | Rhino / Warner |
| Miles Davis | “The Very Best of the Warner Bros. Sessions 1985-1991” (Double Vinyl; 15 tracks; Merch) | Rhino / Warner |
| The Durutti Column | “Vini Reilly” (1989 album; remastered; Vinyl) | London |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Greatest Hits (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1988 compilation; with 10 extra tracks; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Rhino / Warner |
| Gentle Giant | “In a Glass House” (1973 album; newly remixed and remastered by Eber Pinheiro and lead singer Derek Shulman; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Alucard Records |
| Green Day | “Nimrods (The Soundtrack)” (Double CD; coming-of-age comedy opens Aug. 14; 30-song career-spanning collection, with four unreleased live tracks recorded at the Palladium in Los Angeles and featured in the film, plus songs from The Paradox, Ultra Q and Mckenna Grace and four tracks from Analog Dogs, the fictitious band that the movie is centered around; all three Green Day also star; new single: “I’m Never Gonna Die [R.I.P.]”; See here; Trailer; Double Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Smokin’ Red Double Vinyl, with poster; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Reprise |
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | “Bad Reputation (45th Anniversary)” (1981 debut album, featuring “Bad Reputation” and “Do You Wanna Touch Me [Oh Yeah]”; with five bonus tracks and new cover artwork; Vinyl, sans bonus tracks; Amazon UK) | Blackheart Records |
| B.B. King & Eric Clapton | “Riding With the King” (2000 album; 2001 Grammy Award winner for Best Traditional Blues Album; remastered, with two extra tracks; Gold Double Vinyl) | Surfdog / Eric Clapton |
| The Kinks | “Low Budget” (1979 album, featuring “[Wish I Could Fly Like] Superman”; remastered from original master tapes; EcoVinyl; Amazon UK) “Give the People What They Want” (1981 album, featuring “Destroyer,” “Better Things” and “Around the Dial”; remastered from original master tapes; EcoVinyl; Amazon UK) | BMG Rights Management |
| Point Blank | “The MCA Collection” (four albums on two CDs: “Airplay,” “The Hardway,” “American Exce$$” and “On a Roll”) | Retroworld |
| Neil Sedaka | “The Definitive Collection” (2007 compilation; 22 tracks; Opaque White Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Primary Wave Music |
| Various artists | “We Are the Beautiful: Two Decades of Shoegaze 1991-2011” (four-CD, 67-track set, featuring Cocteau Twins, Lush, Ride, Pale Saints, Cranes, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Curve, et al, with essay and band-by-band biographies by Frank Deserto; Read here; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| WAR | “Greatest Hits” (1976 compilation; with four extra tracks; Vinyl, with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Rhino / Avenue |
| YES | “The Yes Album” (Blu-ray Audio; 1971 album, featuring “Yours Is No Disgrace,” “Starship Trooper” and “I’ve Seen All Good People”; contains 2023 Steven Wilson Atmos and 5.1 DTS-HD MA mixes, along with Bernie Grundman’s remaster of the original album mix; Amazon UK) | Rhino / Atlantic |
