New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| BTS | “Lights / Boy With Luv” (new Japanese-original song “Lights,” with Japanese versions of “Boy With Luv” and “IDOL,” and a DVD that features music videos for “Lights” and “IDOL”; Hear here; CD, with DVD that features the making of the music video for “Lights” and a making of the jacket photos video; CD, without DVD; Merch)  |
(UMe) |
| Joey Cape (of Lagwagon and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes) | “Let Me Know When You Give Up” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) |
(Fat Wreck Chords) |
| Jesca Hoop | “STONECHILD” (producer: John Parish; guests: Lucius, Kate Stables, Justis; first single: “Shoulder Charge”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Memphis Industries) |
| Lighthouse Family | “Blue Sky In Your Head” (their first album in 18 years; first single: “My Salvation”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) |
(Polydor) |
| Mark Mulcahy | “The Gus” (guests: J Mascis, Rain Phoenix, John Panos, etc.; first single: “Taking Baby Steps”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(The Mezzotint Label) |
| Heather Newman | “Rise From the Flames” (first single: “Lonely on Beale”; See here; Download) |
(VizzTone) |
| Pattern-Seeking Animals (featuring current and former Spock’s Beard members) | “Pattern-Seeking Animals” (new single: “The Same Mistakes Again”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download) |
(InsideOutMusic) |
| Skepta (Mercury Prize-winning grime artist) | “Ignorance Is Bliss” (Download, released on May 31; iTunes) |
(Boy Better Know) |
| The Soft Cavalry (husband and wife duo of Steve Clarke and Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell) | “The Soft Cavalry” (first single: “Dive”; Download) |
(Bella Union) |
| 3TEETH (L.A. industrial rock band) | “METAWAR” (producers: 3TEETH, Sean Beavan; first single: “AMERICAN LANDFILL”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Ministry) |
(RED Music / Century Media) |
| Various artists | “Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series, Season 3” (Vinyl, a mini-poster and bonus 7-inch vinyl single; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, red, white and blue splatter LP; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternate cover; FYE-Exclusive Cassette; Download) |
(Legacy Recordings) |
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| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Bright Smoke | “Gross National Happiness” (new single: “The Lion And”; Hear here; See here) |
(The Bang Bang Theory) |
| KOKOKO! (Congolese collective) | “Fongola” (producer: Débruit; new single: “Buka Dansa”; CD, out July 19; Vinyl) |
(Transgressive / PIAS America) |
| Jaden Smith | “ERYS” (guests: sister Willow Smith, Tyler the Creator, Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky, Trinidad James; new single: “Again”; Hear here; Digital Deluxe Edition) |
(MSFTS Music / Roc Nation / Republic) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Jackson Browne | “Running On Empty” (1977 album; remastered; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Vinyl; Download; On Tour; Merch) |
(Rhino / Elektra) |
| Valerie Carter | “Ooh Child: The Columbia Years” (20 songs on one CD) |
(Cherry Tree) |
| Everything But the Girl | “Amplified Heart (25th Anniversary Edition) [Vinyl]” (1994 album, making its debut on vinyl; mastered at half-speed for optimum audio fidelity by Miles Showell at London’s Abbey Road Studios; Hear here) |
(Buzzin’ Fly / Chrysalis) |
| Robert Forster (of The Go-Betweens) | “The Evangelist” (2008 album; Vinyl; Download) |
(Tapete) |
| Groove Armada | “The Remixes” (2000 compilation; Hear here) |
(Music on CD) |
| Ernie Kovacs | “The Ernie Kovacs Album: Centennial Edition” (1977 album; remastered, with six previously unreleased tracks) |
(Omnivore Recordings) |
| Sigur Rós | “Ágætis byrjun – A Good Beginning (20th Anniversary Edition)” (1999 album; remastered, with rarities, demos, unreleased music, live recordings, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Krunk) |
| Various artists | “Greatest Hits From Outer Space” (24-song collection, issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing; Hear/read here) | (Ace, July 10) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| KC and the Sunshine Band | “The Complete TK Albums” (60 songs; On Tour) |
(Warner Music Group / X5 Music Group) |
| KIX | “The Atlantic Studio Albums” (49 songs; On Tour; Merch) |
(Warner Music Group / X5 Music Group) |
| Various artists | “Punk Top 40” (39-song collection) | (Warner Music Group / X5 Music Group) |
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