New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Bloodywood | “Nu Delhi” (Indian metal band’s third album; producer: guitarist Karan Katiyar; guests: BABYMETAL; new single: “Tadka”; See here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Fearless / Concord |
| Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge | “Wine On Venus” (debut album from 17-year-old Nashville guitar prodigy; producer: John Osborne; new single: “Wine On Venus”; Hear here; Read here; Random Color EcoVinyl; Download released on Aug. 9, 2024; Apple Music; On Tour) | Grace Bowers Music |
| The Cat Empire | “Bird in Paradise” (Australian, Flamenco, Afro-Cuban project’s 10th album; new single: “Blood on the Stage”; See here; Blue Wren Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Cerrone | “Disco Symphony” (Double CD; revisits 21 of his greatest hits, performed with the Symphony Orchestra of Cannes; Hear here; Amber Crystal Clear Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Feb. 21; Apple Music) | Because Music |
| Cradle of Filth | “The Screaming of the Valkyries” (Grammy-nominated extreme metal band’s 14th album; producer: Scott Atkins; new single: “To Live Deliciously”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| Deacon Blue | “The Great Western Road” (Scottish band’s 11th album; producers: lead singer Ricky Ross, guitarist Gregor Philp; new single: “Late ’88”; Hear here; Transparent Blue Vinyl; HMV-Exclusive Yellow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Kinky Friedman | “Poet of Motel 6” (posthumous album from the Texas icon, recorded at his Echo Hill Ranch; producer: David Mansfield; guests: Rodney Crowell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rick Trevino, Amy Nelson; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Hardcharger / Blue Élan |
| Selena Gomez & benny blanco | “I Said I Love You First” (her first album since 2020; producers: blanco, FINNEAS; guests: FINNEAS, Lucy Healey; new single: “Scared of Loving You”; See here; Read here; Candy Can Red Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Merlot Vinyl, with alternative artwork and poster; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | SMG Music / Friends Keep Secrets / Interscope |
| Greentea Peng | “TELL DEM IT’S SUNNY” (London singer’s second album; producers: Declan Gaffney, Earbuds, J Mills, Nat Powers, SAMO, St Francis Hotel; new single: “One Foot”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | AWAL Recordings |
| Lonnie Holley | “Tonky” (guests: Isaac Brock, billy woods, Mary Lattimore, Alabaster dePlume, Open Mike Eagle, Angel Bat Dawid, Saul Williams, Jesca Hoop, Joe Minter; new single: “Protest With Love”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Jagjaguwar |
| The Horrors | “Night Life” (English rock band’s sixth album; new members: Amelia Kidd on keyboards and Telegram’s Jordan Cook on drums; new single: “The Silence That Remains”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Glow in the Dark Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fiction |
| Ryan Hurd | “Midwest Rock & Roll” (Grammy-nominated country singer-songwriter’s second album; guest: Sasha Alex Sloan; new single: “Die For It”; See here; Silvertone Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Big Machine |
| Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith | “Defiant Life” (pianist and trumpeter’s second collaboration; producer: Manfred Eicher; new single: “Procession: Defiant Life”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | ECM |
| Ashley Jackson | “Take Me to the Water” (award-winning harpist’s label debut album; new singles: “Deep River Pt. 1” and “Deep River Pt. 2”; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) | Decca |
| Japanese Breakfast | “For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)” (Michelle Zauner’s fourth album; producer: Blake Mills; guest: Jeff Bridges; new single: “Orlando in Love”; See here; Read here; Frosted Shadow Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Summer Sky Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Frosted Coke Bottle Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dead Oceans |
| Eric Johanson | “Live in Mississippi” (Louisiana blues singer-guitarist’s seventh album; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Ruf |
| Jeffrey Lewis | “The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis” (producer: Roger Moutenot; new single: “Sometimes Life Hits You”; See here; Vinyl; On Tour) | Don Giovanni |
| Lordi | “Limited Deadition” (Finnish monster metal band’s 19th album; new single: “Syntax Terror”; See here; Read here; Fangoria Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Reigning Phoenix Music |
| Dave Mason | “A Shade of Blues” (11-track blues album includes covers of “Dear Mr. Fantasy” and “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys”; guests: Michael McDonald, Joe Bonamassa, Warren Hill; Blue Vinyl; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | Barham Records |
| McFly | “21 Live” (Double CD; 21st anniversary concert, recorded at The O2 in London in October 2024; See here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Super Records |
| My Morning Jacket | “is” (their 10th album; producer: Brendan O’Brien; new single: “Time Waited”; See here; Summer Sky Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Blue/Rust Swirl Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Pop Evil | “What Remains” (Michigan rock band’s eighth album; new single: “Wishful Thinking”; See here; Galaxy Translucent Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | MNRK Heavy |
| David Ramirez | “All the Not So Gentle Reminders” (Austin-based singer-songwriter’s sixth album; new single: “The Music Man”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Blue Corn Music |
| Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd | “YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS” (new single: “Who Was That,” which will also be featured in the Lionsgate film “Flight Risk,” starring Mark Wahlberg, that releases on Jan. 24; Hear here; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Deep Rush Records / Ram Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Howard Shore | “Howard Shore: Anthology – The Paris Concerts” (Double CD; spring 2023 concerts by Shore, hosted by “Maison de Radio France”; also includes two concerts by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Ludwig Wicki and Bastien Still, with a third concert for small ensemble of experimental works; See here; Double Vinyl; Triple Picture Disc; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download) | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Macie Stewart | “When the Distance is Blue” (Chicago-based musician’s second solo album; new single: “Spring Becomes You, Spring Becomes New”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | International Anthem |
| The Stylistics | “Falling in Love With My Girl” (Double CD; group lineup: original members Airrion Love and Herb Murrell, with Jason Sharp; their first album since 2008; guests: Shania Twain, The Elton John Band feat. Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone, Ronnie Wood, Gene Simmons, Billy F Gibbons, Bill Champlin, Justin Hawkins, Ray Parker Jr., The Real Thing, Tower of Power, Steve Lukather, Nathan East; new single: “Yes, I Will”; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | Greatest Music of All Time LLC / Absolute Label Services |
| Tamino | “Every Dawn’s a Mountain” (Belgian-Egyptian singer-musician’s third album; producers: Tamino, PJ Maertens; new single: “Sanctuary,” feat. Mitski; Hear here; Black and Silver Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Djinn Records |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Maddox Batson | “First Dance” (Birmingham, AL-based 15-year-old country singer’s seven-song debut EP; producers: Brett Truitt, Nick Bailey, David Garcia; new single: “I Don’t Like You Anymore”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Prosper Entertainment / Warner |
| Phil Cook | “Appalachia Borealis” (producer: Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon; new single: “Appalachia Borealis”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Psychic Hotline |
| Tommy Emmanuel | “Live At The Sydney Opera House” (new single: “The Jolly Swagman”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | C.G.P. Sounds |
| Floodlights | “Underneath” (Australian indie rock band’s third album; producer: Dan Luscombe; new single: “Cloud Away”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | [PIAS] Recordings |
| Alexis Ffrench | “Classical Soul Vol. 1 – The Solo Piano Collection” (new solo piano versions of songs off his 2024 album, with bonus tracks; new single: “Together Without You”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sony Classical |
| Lola Kirke | “Trailblazer” (fourth album from Nashville-based American/U.K. singer-actress and daughter of Bad Company/Free drummer Simon Kirke; producer: Danial Tashian; new single: “Hungover Thinkin'”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | One Riot Records |
| Olivia Ellen Lloyd | “Do It Myself” (folk/country singer’s second album; new single: “Do It Myself”; See here) | Wright Lloyd Records |
| Lottery Winners | “KOKO” (English indie pop band’s fourth album; title is short for “Keep On Keeping On”; guests: Chad Kroeger, Shed Seven, Frank Turner, Reverend and the Makers’ Jon McClure; new single: “You Again”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Modern Sky UK |
| Molto Ohm | “FEED” (NYC-based Italian artist Matteo Liberatore’s debut album; new single: “The Party”; See here) | New Focus Recordings |
| more eaze & claire rousay | “no floor” (five-song EP; new single: “limelight, illegally”; Hear here) | Thrill Jockey |
| Ora the Molecule | “Dance Therapy” (Oslo art-pop musician Nora Schjelderup’s second album; new single: “Intergalactic Dance”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Mute |
| Rude Films | “Rude Films” (Manchester, UK-based alt-rock quartet’s debut album; new single: “You’re the Image I Can’t Forget”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Rude Films |
| Jessica Simpson | “Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1” (five-song EP; her first new music in 16 years; new single: “Use Your Heart Against Me”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Nashville Canyon |
| Sometime in February | “Where Mountains Hide” (Charlotte instrumental guitar trio’s second album; new single: “Palantir”; See here; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | InsideOutMusic |
| John Splithoff | “Far From Here” (soulful pop singer-songwriter’s second album; guests: Chris Botti, Maya Delilah; new single: “Magneta [Days Go By]”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Pleasant Lane Music / Virgin Music |
| TRÍADA | “De Versiones y Alma” (Argentinian Bossa-pop trio’s six-song debut EP; new single: “Sale La Luna,” a Spanish version of Liana Flores’ “rises the moon”; See here; Apple Music) | Verve / Mercury |
| Welly | “Big in the Suburbs” (U.K. indie rock band’s debut album; producers: Welly; new single: “Big in the Suburbs”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Vertex Music |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Blue Rodeo | “Greatest Hits, Vol. 2” (16 songs; Double Vinyl; Amazon.ca) | WEA Canada |
| Climie Fisher | “Everything (Deluxe Edition)” (1988 debut album, featuring “Love Changes [Everything]”; five-CD clamshell box set, with 51 bonus tracks, featuring singles, B-sides, remixes, edits, alternate versions, demos, previously unreleased recordings, etc.; with 28-page booklet; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Cherry Pop |
| De La Soul | “The Grind Date (20th Anniversary)” (Double CD; 2004 album; with bonus instrumental versions of “The Grind Date,” “Verbal Clap,” “Shopping Bags” and “Days of Our Loves”; Hear here; Splatter Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch) | BMG Rights Management |
| Vince Guaraldi | “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! Original Soundtrack Recording” (19-track score, with one bonus song; mixed by Clark Germain at WonderWorld Studio, and restored and mastered by Vinson Hudson from the original 2″ session tapes to a 192kHz/24bit master; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download) | Lee Mendelson Film Productions |
| Don McLean | “Greatest Hits Live! At the Dominion Theater” (20-song London performance from 1980; remastered; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) | BFD |
| The Alan Parsons Project | “Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) (Expanded Edition)” (1976 debut album, featuring “[The System of] Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether” and “The Raven”; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Clear Vinyl, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios, with no extra tracks; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Ricotti & Albuquerque | “First Wind” (1971 album; remastered by Prof. Stoned, featuring previously unreleased “Live on BBC John Peel Sunday Concert” and rare singles) | Think Like a Key Music |
| Rush | “Rush 50” (four-CD box set, featuring 50 tracks from every studio, live and deluxe reissue album, with 104-page hardcover book, etc.; Vinyl, seven-LP box set; Super Deluxe Edition, four-CD, seven-LP box set; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Mercury / UMe |
| Tina Turner | “Private Dancer (40th Anniversary Edition)” (Grammy-winning 1984 comeback album, featuring “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Better Be Good to Me,” “Private Dancer” and “Show Some Respect”; five-CD, one-Blu-ray box set includes previously unreleased tracks, B-sides, single edits, extended versions, etc.; plus newly upgraded 55-minute Private Dancer Tour show filmed at the NEC, Birmingham, with guests David Bowie and Bryan Adams; also includes five upgraded music videos, fully restored to 4K from its original 35mm film; Hear here; Read here; Double CD, with B-sides, single edits, and extended versions; Pearl Vinyl, with 12×12 art card of the U.S. album cover; Picture Disc; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| Various artists | “Jingle Jangle Morning: The 1960s U.S. Folk-Rock Explosion” (three-CD, 74-song compilation, featuring tracks by The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, the Youngbloods, Judy Collins, Dion, Linda Ronstadt, the Lovin’ Spoonful, et al; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Middle Earth: The Soundtrack of London’s Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969” (three-CD clamshell box set, featuring tracks by The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Yes, Traffic, The Byrds, Free, The Pretty Things, et al; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Motor City Is Burning: A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972” (three-CD, 66-song compilation, featuring The Stooges, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, ? & The Mysterians, Rare Earth, Freda Payne, R. Dean Taylor, et al; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Grapefruit / Cherry Red |
| Ward White | “Ward White Is the Matador (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2014 album, first time on CD; with a 20-page booklet packed with lyrics and liner notes) | Think Like a Key Music |
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