New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| American Aquarium | “New Ways to Lose” (Raleigh alt-country band’s 18th album; producer: Shooter Jennings; new single: “History Repeats Itself”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Losing Side Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Willow Avalon | “Pink Pocket Pistol” (Nashville-based country singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: Avalon, Konrad Snyder, Jacob Kasher; new single: “Cardinal Sin,” feat. Jason Isbell; See here; Vinyl; Pink Glitter Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Atlantic Outpost / Assemble Sound |
| Butthole Surfers | “After the Astronaut” (we’re considering this a new release, even though it’s a shelved album from 1998 that was intended to be the follow-up to “Electriclarryland” – Capitol Records said it wasn’t commercial enough and the band’s next label, Hollywood, wanted the album reworked, which eventually became 2001’s “Weird Revolution”; now it’s finally released in its original form, newly mixed by guitarist Paul Leary; new single: “Intelligent Guy”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Sunset Blvd. |
| Chanel Beads | “Your Day Will Come” (Shane Lavers’ second album as Chanel Beads, not to be confused with his 2024 debut album under the same title; producer: Lavers, who recorded it in his Brooklyn studio; new single: “Song for the Messenger”; See here; Read here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Jagjaguwar |
| Rodney Crowell | “Then Again” (he recently stumbled across this long-lost album recorded nearly 20 years ago and had been shelved in his vault at home; guests: Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, Chely Wright, Benmont Tench, Lera Lynn, Kieran Goss, Annie Kinsella; new single: “If I Could Speak to Leonard”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
| Downtown Boys | “Public Luxury” (Providence punk rock band’s third album; producers: band member Joey La Neve DeFrancesco, Seth Manchester; new single: “No Me Jodas”; See here; Read here; Ocean Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Sub Pop |
| Emperor X | “Unified Field” (Florida-raised, Berlin-based singer-songwriter Chad Matheny’s 12th album; written and recorded while he was in Ukraine; new single: “Superbus”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bar/None |
| feeble little horse | “bitknot” (Pittsburgh indie rock quartet’s third album; Hear here; White Vinyl; Cassette; Download released on May 26; Apple Music; On Tour) | Saddle Creek |
| Devon Gilfillian | “Time Will Tell” (Nashville soul singer-songwriter’s fourth album, recorded at the legendary RCA Studio A; producers: Gilfillian, Jonathan Smalt; guest: Madeline Edwards; new single: “Black Dog Rabbit Hole”; See here; Yellow Eco-Mix Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fantasy / Concord |
| Cody Johnson | “Banks of the Trinity” (his seventh album, inspired by his childhood in Sebastopol, Texas, with the title track recalling memories of growing up near the Trinity River; 16 songs; producer: Trent Willmon; new single: “I Want You”; Hear here; Amazon-Exclusive Gold Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner Music Nashville |
| Dua Lipa | “Dua Lipa – Live From Mexico” (Double CD; 21 songs, recorded during three shows at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros; her concert film premiered on her YouTube channel on May 21; See here; Read here; Black Ice Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on May 22; Apple Music; Merch) | Warner |
| Madeon | “Victory” (French producer-songwriter Hugo Pierre Leclercq’s first album in seven years; guests: Slayyyter, Erick the Architect, Sam Gellaitry, Bleachers’ Mikey Freedom Hart; new single: “Fire Away”; See here; Read here; Opaque Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Mom+Pop Music |
| Malpass Brothers | “Satisfied: Country Gospel Classics Live” (20-song concert filmed and recorded at TBN Studios in Hendersonville, TN; new single: “He Touched Me”; See here; DVD; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Gaither Music Group |
| Tift Merritt | “Sugar” (her first album of new material in nine years; producer: Lawrence Rothman; new single: “Finest Feelings”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | One Riot |
| Missoula | “Death Doula” (debut album from instrumental rock project of drummer Brooks Wackerman, guitarist John Konesky and bassist-keyboardist John Spiker; new single: “Ted Dollop”; Hear here; White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Org Music |
| Moby | “Future Quiet” (Double CD; new single: “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die,” feat. Jacob Lusk; Hear here; Read here; Transparent Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on Feb. 20; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Muse | “The Wow! Signal” (English rock band’s 10th studio album; producers: Muse; new single: “Nightshift Superstar”; See here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Milky Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Beth Orton | “The Ground Above” (British folktronica singer-songwriter’s ninth album; producer: Orton; new single: “Waiting”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Partisan |
| The Pretty Reckless | “Dear God” (Taylor Momsen and Co.’s fifth album; producers: Ben Phillips, Jonathan Wyman, Momsen; new single: “When I Wake Up”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Brown Double Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Opaque Red Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cappuccino Swirl Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fearless / Concord |
| River Shook | “River Shook” (debut solo album from leader of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers; new single: “Country Angel”; Hear here; Vinyl) | Blackberry River |
| Cécile McLorin Salvant | “With Every Breath I Take” (her first orchestral album, featuring The Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley; new single: “With Every Breath I Take”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nonesuch |
| Simply Red | “Holding Back the Years: 40 Years of Simply Red – Live in Santiago” (Double CD; 22-song set, capturing the best from five sold-out shows at Movistar Arena in 2025; See here; Clear, Yellow and Black Marbled Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Music on CD |
| Sting | “The Night Watch: Live at the Rijksmuseum” (Amsterdam performance, joined by longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and playing a 17th-century guitar crafted for Louis XIV, performing songs from “The Last Ship” alongside classics by The Police and his solo catalog; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) | A&M |
| Switchfoot | “Forever Now” (their first album in five years; new single: “Wake Up, Mr. Crow”; See here; Transparent Light Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Snowy White and the White Flames | “The Finishing Touch” (legendary English guitarist’s final studio album; new single: “Just the Way It Is Today”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Snowy White Distribution |
| Temples | “BLISS” (English rock quartet’s fifth album; producers: Temples; new single: “Jet Stream Heart”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | V2 Records |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Alewya | “Zero” (London-based Ethiopian-Egyptian singer-producer’s debut album; new single: “Maktoub”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
Because London Records |
| Borderline | “Borderline” (New Zealand alt-pop/rock band’s debut album; new single: “That Girl”; See here) |
EMPIRE |
| Brutalismus 3000 | “Harmony” (Berlin electronic duo’s second album; guests: Underworld, Anya Taylor-Joy; new single: “Gore Louvre”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Live From Earth / Columbia |
| Chanpan | “autogratis” (NYC trio’s second EP; seven songs; producer: Frankie Scoca; new single: “i got a gun”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
EQT Recordings |
| Debbii Dawson | “Where Have All the Good Men Gone?” (six-song EP; producer: Joel Little; new single: “Where Have All the Good Men Gone?”; See here; Apple Music) |
RCA |
| gracie | “Miss Misfortunately” (alt-rock singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “Vendetta”; See here) |
Tooth & Nail |
| Ibeyi | “Offering” (fourth album from French-Cuban twin duo of Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz; new single: “Offerings”; See here; Apple Music) |
AWAL Recordings |
| ill peach | “EAVESDROPPING” (L.A. grit-pop band’s second album; new single: “CRASH COURSE DUMMY”; See here; Apple Music) |
Handwritten Records |
| Molly Johnson | “Talk to Me” (Canadian jazz/pop vocalist’s ninth album; guests: Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy, Haviah Mighty, Cube; new single: “Holiday”; Hear here; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Universal Music Canada |
| LOWREV | “It’s Hard to Lie to Strangers” (debut solo album from singer-songwriter Josh Fiedler of The Juliana Theory; new single: “Where You Going?”; See here; Apple Music) |
Equal Vision |
| Minyo Crusaders | “From Japan with Love” (Japanese group’s fourth album, reimagining traditional Japanese folk songs with an infusion of global genres; producer: musical director Koichiro Osawa; new single: “Shigesa Bushi”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) |
Blue Note |
| Keenan O’Meara | “Bathe in the Everlasting Light” (Catskills-based artist’s debut album; recorded and created with his upstate NY friends Sufjan Stevens, Hannah Cohen, Sam Evian and Meg Lui; new single: “Bathe in the Everlasting Light”; See here; Apple Music) |
Belting Bronco |
| Stephan Moccio | “Scenes from a Velvet Room” (for his fourth solo album, Ontario-born pianist-composer – who co-wrote Celine Dion’s “A New Day Has Come,” Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” and The Weeknd’s “Earned It” – revisits his early days as the house pianist at Toronto’s Four Seasons hotel; guest: Branford Marsalis; CD and Vinyl out July 24; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Decca |
| Melanie Radford | “For the Sake of Stillness” (Built to Spill bassist-vocalist’s debut solo album; new single: “Philadelphia”; See here; Ethereal Swirl Vinyl; Apple Music) |
Jealous Butcher |
| Lau Ro | “Lau” (São Paulo-born, Brighton, UK-based artist’s second album; new single: “Simplesmente”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) |
Mexican Summer |
| SML | “Spontaneous Music Live” (recorded during the L.A. jazz quintet’s December 2025 residency at L.A. venue Zebulon, featuring two side-length pieces of unedited improvisation; Hear/Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) |
International Anthem |
| Tasha | “You Are Spring” (Chicago-raised singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producer: Gregory Uhlmann; guests: Jamila Woods, L’Rain; new single: “Spring” and “Clarion”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) |
Bayonet |
| Taxi Girls | “Static” (Montreal garage punk quartet’s debut album; new single: “Secret Handshake”; See here; Apple Music) |
Stomp Records |
| V8 | “V8” (debut mini-album from the subunit of K-pop group SEVENTEEN, featuring Vernon and THE 8; it’s one of the new projects launched as several SEVENTEEN members prepare for mandatory military service in South Korea in 2026; producers: Pharrell Williams, Mechatok, Dylan Brady, KIRARA, et al; new single: “singasong”; CD out July 10; Read here) |
PLEDIS Entertainment, June 29 |
| Killian Walsh | “Ise” (new single: “Let’s Play Bongos”; Apple Music) |
Ardchumhacht |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Boone Creek | “Boone Creek” (bluegrass supergroup: Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Wes Golding, and Terry Baucom; 1977 debut album; remastered from original master tapes, with four recently unearthed bonus tracks salvaged from the long-lost session tapes; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
HighTone / Craft Recordings |
| Bubble Puppy | “A Gathering of Promises” (1969 debut album, featuring “Hot Smoke & Sasafrass”; Vinyl; Amazon UK) |
Charly |
| Kim Carnes | “Barking at Airplanes” (1985 album, featuring “Crazy in the Night [Barking at Airplanes]”; with three bonus tracks; Amazon UK) |
Music on CD |
| John Denver | “Rhymes & Reasons / Take Me to Tomorrow / Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises” (his first four albums for RCA Records, from 1969, 1970 and 1971, on two CDs, featuring “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” “Sunshine On My Shoulders,” “My Sweet Lady” and “Leaving On a Jet Plane”; remastered; Amazon UK) |
BGO |
| Walter Egan | “The Album Collection 1977-1980” (four-CD box set contains his first four albums on Columbia Records, including “Not Shy,” featuring “Magnet and Steel” and “Hot Summer Nights,” plus two bonus tracks: “Bad News Travels Fast” and an a cappella version of “Magnet and Steel”; Amazon UK) |
Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Roberta Flack | “The Montreux Years” (13 previously unreleased recordings at Montreux Jazz Festival, beginning with her debut in 1971 through to 2008; mastered; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
Montreux Sounds / BMG Rights Management |
| Metallica | “ReLoad (Remastered)” (1997 album; remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, overseen by Greg Fidelman; three-disc set includes unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances, clips of on-air and TV performances, etc.; Deluxe Box Set, 15 CDs full of unheard extra riffs, B-sides, rarities and live material, plus four DVDs of live and TV footage, behind-the-scenes shots of the band travelling to Seoul, and memorabilia items; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) |
Rhino / Blackened Recordings |
| Eddie Money | “Eddie Money / Life for the Taking / Playing For Keeps / No Control” (his first four albums for Columbia Records, from 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982, on two CDs, featuring “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Baby Hold On,” “Maybe I’m a Fool,” “Shakin'” and “Think I’m in Love”; remastered; Amazon UK) |
BGO |
| Maren Morris | “HERO: A Second Wind” (2016 major-label debut album “HERO,” featuring “My Church,” which won the Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance; with two new songs – “We Can’t Be Friends” and “Hard Liquor and Soft Rock” – plus four previously unreleased original demos; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Columbia Nashville / Legacy |
| Nazareth | “Born Under the Wrong Sign 1976-1979” (five-CD box set includes four complete albums, 27 bonus tracks and the original, alternative version of their “Expect No Mercy” album; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour) |
HNE Recordings / Cherry Red |
| Pixies | “Complete B Sides: 1988-97” (Double CD; 2001 compilation; remastered, with six bonus live tracks; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
4AD |
| Showaddywaddy | “Showaddywaddy: The Albums Collection” (13-CD box set includes 44 non-album singles, B-sides and rarities and two previously unreleased tracks; Amazon UK; On Tour) |
Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Billy Thorpe | “Children of the Sun” (1979 album; remastered by Wouter Bessels, with restored artwork, extensive liner notes by Ralph Chapman, and new interviews with producer-songwriter Spencer Proffer, album engineer Larry Brown, and drummer Alvin Taylor; Amazon UK) |
Iconoclassic |
| Tina Turner | “Wildest Dreams (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1996 album, featuring “GoldenEye,” the theme to the James Bond film; remastered, with five bonus mixes; Super Deluxe Edition, four CDs + one Blu-ray, with B-sides, non-album tracks, remixes and previously unreleased live concert recording at London’s Wembley Stadium in the summer of 1996; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) |
Rhino / Parlophone |
| Various artists | “Armagideon Time: When Punk Met Dub 1978-1984” (three CDs, 57 tracks; featuring The Clash, The Specials, The Jam, The Selecter, Thompson Twins, XTC, A Certain Ratio, Stiff Little Fingers, UB40, The Ruts, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [15th Anniversary Edition]” (2011 album; Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Theater Album; with booklet featuring complete lyrics, production and studio photos, and commentary from writers Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, along with music director and vocal arranger Stephen Oremus; Read here; Double Vinyl; Gold Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) |
Ghostlight Records / Rhino |
| Various artists | “Digging Your Scene: New Pop and All That Jazz 1982-1987” (four-CD, 73-track box set includes songs by Everything But The Girl, Swing Out Sister, The Style Council, Joe Jackson, Matt Bianco, Fine Young Cannibals, The Blow Monkeys, Carmel, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Dressed in Black: Goth Divas From the Dark Side 1941-2025” (19-song compilation, curated and annotated by Cathi Unsworth, author of “Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth”; Hear/Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) |
Ace |
| Various artists | “NOW Yearbook ’99” (four CDs, 82 hits; Magenta Triple Vinyl, 46 songs; Amazon UK) |
Sony Music / EMI |
| Various artists | “Remix | Remodel: The Vince Clarke Remixes” (Double CD; 26 remixes, featuring Depeche Mode, OMD, Happy Mondays, Johnny Marr, The Saturdays, Saint Etienne, Soft Cell, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Cherry Red |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Duran Duran | “Free to Love: Hot Star Remixes” (eight remixes of their 2025 single with Nile Rodgers; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Tape Modern |
| F/i | “Invisible Men” (1980s recordings, with Richard Franecki joined by Brian Wensing and Steve Zimmerman; Hear here; Apple Music) | Birdman Records / El Studio 444 |
