New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Academy Is | “Almost There” (Chicago-based alt-rockers’ third album and first in 18 years; new single: “2005”; See here; White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | I Surrender Records |
| ADULT. | “Kissing Luck Goodbye” (Detroit synth-punk duo’s 10th studio album; producer: Nolan Gray; new single: “No One Is Coming”; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dais Records |
| Courtney Barnett | “Creature of Habit” (Australian indie rocker’s fourth album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Site Unseen,” feat. Waxahatchee; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Strawberry Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mom+Pop Music |
| Selwyn Birchwood | “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues” (Florida bluesman’s sixth album for Alligator; producer: Birchwood; new single: “The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues”; See here; Translucent Yellow Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Alligator |
| Black Label Society | “Engines of Demolition” (Zakk Wylde and Co.’s 12th studio album; new single: “Name in Blood”; See here; Neon Orange Black Splatter Double Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Double Vinyl; Orange Shell Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MNRK Heavy |
| Cannons | “Everything Glows” (L.A.-based indie-pop trio’s fifth album; new single: “All I Need”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Gold Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Bob Moses) | Columbia |
| The Corner Laughers | “Concerns of Wasp and Willow” (Northern California indie-pop quartet’s sixth album; See here; Download; Apple Music) | Big Stir |
| Dobrawa Czocher | “State of Matter” (Polish cellist-composer’s second album; new single: “Phoenix”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | 130701 / FatCat Records |
| Don Broco | “Nightmare Tripping” (U.K. alt-rock band’s fifth album; producers: Dan Lancaster, The Nocturns; new single: “Nightmare Tripping,” feat. members of Nickelback; See here; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Evergreen Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fearless / Concord |
| Melissa Etheridge | “rise” (her 17th album and first in five years; recorded at Sunset Sound in L.A.; producers: Shooter Jennings, Etheridge; guest: Chris Stapleton; new single: “Bein’ Alive”; See here; Tan Smoke Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sun Records |
| Flea | “Honora” (Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist’s debut solo album; he plays trumpet and bass throughout; producer: Josh Johnson; guests: Thom Yorke, Nick Cave; new single: “Traffic Lights”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nonesuch |
| Fcukers | “Ö” (NYC electronic duo’s debut album; producer: Kenneth Blume; new single: “if you wanna party, come over to my house”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ninja Tune |
| Dana Fuchs | “Live in Denmark” (recorded at Godset in Kolding, Denmark, in October 2025; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | Ruf |
| Godsticks | “VOiD” (Welsh heavy progressive rock band’s seventh album; producer: James Loughrey; new single: “M.I.A.”; See here; Pearl Sunrise Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Kscope |
| José González | “Against the Dying of the Light” (Swedish-Argentine singer-songwriter’s fifth album; new single: “A Perfect Storm”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mute |
| Nina Hagen | “HiGHWAY TO HEAVEN” (German singer’s 15th studio album; producer: Warner Poland; guests: Nana Mouskouri, Gitte Hænning; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Grönland Records |
| Joe Hicks | “Before It Gets Dark” (U.K. singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: Sam Winfield, Tom Millar; new single: “If Only”; See here; Read here; Coke Bottle Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Absolute Label Services |
| King Tuff | “MOO” (Burlington, VT artist Kyle Thomas’ sixth album; new single: “Stairway to Nowhere”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MUP Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Loreen | “Wildfire“ (Swedish singer’s third album; new single: “Coming Close”; Hear here; Grey Marble Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Polydor France |
| LuxJury | “Giving Up” (London-based indie rock duo’s debut album; new single: “Snacks [I Could Love You]”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| Melanie Martinez | “HADES“ (her fourth album; 18 songs; new single: “DISNEY PRINCESS”; Hear here; Read here; Victorian Blush Double Vinyl, with 20-page booklet and 12×24 poster insert; Amazon-Exclusive Candied Cuddle Pink Double Vinyl, with booklet and randomized 12×24 poster insert [1 of 3 prints]; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) | Atlantic |
| Jonathan McReynolds | “Closer” (recorded live in Chicago; producers: David “Dlo” Outing, McReynolds, Maxwell Stark; new single: “One Good God”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Life Room Label / Motown Gospel |
| Myrath | “Wilderness of Mirrors” (Tunisian-French progressive metal band’s seventh album; producers: Myrath; new single: “Until the End,” feat. Amaranthe’s Elize Ryd; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | earMUSIC |
| Nas & DJ Premier | “Light-Years” (their first collaborative album; producer: DJ Premier; Hear here; Amazon-Exclusive Yellow Vinyl; Cassette; Download released on Dec. 12; Apple Music) | Mass Appeal |
| NEEDTOBREATHE | “The Long Surrender” (their 10th album; producer: Dave Cobb; guests: The Red Clay Strays; new single: “Highlands”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MCA |
| The New Pornographers | “The Former Site Of” (band lineup: A.C. Newman, Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, Todd Fancey, and new drummer Charley Drayton; new single: “Votive”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Merge |
| Heather Nova | “Live in Europe” (Double CD; 19 songs, including classics and highlights from her 2025 album “Breath and Air”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | V2 Records |
| Pet Needs | “Elbows Out! This Is Capitalism” (U.K. punk rockers’ fourth album; guests: CJ Ramone, Eric Olson, The Whops, Jess Guise; new single: “Ducklings”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Xtra Mile Recordings |
| The Puppini Sisters | “The Birthday Party” (British jazz-revival trio’s seventh album, marking their 20th anniversary; new single: “Total Eclipse of the Heart”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Millionaire Records |
| Charlie Puth | “Whatever’s Clever!” (pop singer-songwriter’s fourth album; new single: “Changes”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Signed CD; New Jersey Swirl Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Atlantic |
| Suzi Quatro | “Freedom” (producer: son Richard Tuckey; mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios; includes a duet with Alice Cooper on a cover of “Kick Out the Jams”; new single: “Little Miss Lovely”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) > A’s, B’s & Rarities 🏍️ | Chrysalis |
| RAYE | “THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.” (Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter’s second album; 17 songs, including last year’s hit “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!”; new single: “Nightingale Lane.”; Hear here; Read here; Yellow Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Human Re Sources / The Orchard |
| Robyn | “Sexistential” (Swedish pop icon’s ninth album and first since 2018’s “Honey”; co-produced with longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund; new single: “Blow My Mind”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) > Robyn’s Best 🇸🇪 | Young / XL Recordings |
| Scouting for Girls | “These Are the Good Days” (English pop trio’s eighth album; producer: frontman Roy Stride; new single: “These Are the Days”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Near Wild Heaven Records |
| Slayyyter | “WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA” (pop singer’s third album; producers: Austin Corona, Hamish, Valley Girl, Wyatt Bernard; new single: “DANCE …”; See here; Read here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | RECORDS Label / Columbia |
| Sluice | “Companion” (North Carolina indie-folk/rock quartet’s third album; new single: “Beadie”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Mtn Laurel Recording Co. |
| Snail Mail | “Ricochet” (indie rock artist Lindsey Jordan’s third album and first in five years; producer: Aron Kobayashi Ritch; new single: “My Maker”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Matador |
| Tigers Jaw | “Lost on You” (Scranton emo/rock band’s seventh album; producer: Will Yip; new single: “Head is Like a Sinking Stone”; See here; Read here; Ice Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Hopeless |
| The Twilight Sad | “IT’S A LONG GOODBYE” (Scottish post-punk band’s sixth album and first in seven years; producer: guitarist Andy MacFarlane; recorded in London’s Battery Studios with Andy Savours and mixed by Chris Coady; new single: “ATTEMPT A CRASH LANDING – THEME”; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Rock Action |
| Luke Winslow-King | “Coast of Light” (Michigan-bred, Spain-based singer-songwriter’s eighth album; producers: Winslow-King, Roberto Luti; recorded at Jambona Lab Studios in Livorno, Italy; new single: “Don’t Worry Your Mind”; Hear here; Turquoise Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bloodshot Records |
| Winterfylleth | “The Unyielding Season” (U.K. black metal veterans’ ninth album; new single: “Echoes in the After”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| Ye | “BULLY” (his 12th album; producers: Ye, Hassan Khaffaf; Read here; Vinyl; Cassette; Apple Music) | YZY / Gamma |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Alexander IV | “Alchemist“ (debut album from Dutch producer, multi-instrumentalist and drummer Joris Feiertag; new single: “This Won’t Do”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Sonar Kollektiv |
| Devil’s Cigarette | “Meet Me on the Floor Tonight” (Swedish rock band’s second album; producer: Otto Perrin; new single: “The Greyhound Race”; Hear here) | Wild Kingdom |
| Dry Socket | “Self Defense Techniques” (new single: “Safety On”; Hear here; Ruby Transparent/Black Vinyl out April 24) | Get Better Records |
| Drayton Farley | “A Heavy Duty Heart “ (recorded live to tape in Nashville with his touring band; producer: Sadler Vaden; new single: “I’ll Hold You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | One Riot / Virgin Music Group |
| David Gray | “Nightjar” (a companion album to 2005’s “Life in Slow Motion,” featuring 19 previously unreleased songs written and recorded around that time; producer: Iestyn Polson; new single: “When I Fall In Love”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bella Figura |
| HEADSEND | “Angel Glands” (Australian rock trio’s five-song debut EP; recorded live in-studio by Nick DiDia; new single: “And Angel”; See here; Apple Music) | Republic |
| Andy Hedges | “The Westerner” (producers: Rich Brotherton, Chris Ryden; guests: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Dom Flemons, Warren Hood, Josh Baca; new single: “Eight Bucks & Change”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Cowboy Songster Records |
| Hit Like a Girl | “Burning at Both Ends” (fifth album from Nicolle Maroulis, joined by a rotating live lineup featuring Mol White and Mike Davis; new single: “Keepsake Theory”; See here; Apple Music) | Cryptid Records |
| Dani Ivory | “No Other Way” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s four-song EP; new single: “Get Through”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Heart Songs Corporation |
| Paula Kelley | “Blinking As the Starlight Burns Out” (Drop Nineteen singer-guitarist’s fourth solo album and first in 20 years; new single: “Party Line”; Hear here; Read here; Orange Vinyl) | Wharf Cat |
| Buzzy Lee | “Shoulder to Shoulder” (singer-songwriter Sasha Spielberg’s third studio album; producer: husband Harry McNally; new single: “Bad Company”; Read here; Apple Music) | Future Classic |
| Monster Rally | “Echoes of the Emerald Sands” (multi-instrumentalist-producer Ted Feighan’s 10th album; guests: TV Girl, Toledo, Mei Semones, X-Cetra, Leisure, Sessa, Nella, Miles Michaud, Benét, Jordann, Munya, et al; new single: “Own It,” feat. Jordana; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Flowering Jungle / SoundOn |
| Justine Skye | “CANDY” (eight-song EP; new single: “Thong,” produced by friend and collaborator KAYTRANADA and co-written with Daniel Caesar; See here; Apple Music) | Warner |
| Gabe Stillman | “What Happens Next?” (Williamsport, PA-based blues-rock singer guitarist’s second album; producers: Mike Zito, Guy Hale, Oliver Overton; new single: “Someone In My Mirror”; Read here; Apple Music) | Gulf Coast Records |
| Stimmerman | “Challenging Music for Difficult People” (third album from rock band led by NYC-based multi-instrumentalist Eva Lawitts; producers: Carlos Truly, Lawitts; new single: “Before the Dove”; Hear here) | Invisible Planet |
| Stuck | “Optimizer“ (Chicago post-punk trio’s third album; producer: Andrew Oswald; new single: “Instakill”; See here; Read here; Royal Blue Vinyl; Apple Music) | Exploding In Sound |
| Fetty Wap | “Zavier“ (his first album since being released from prison on federal drug charges in January; 17 tracks; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | 300 Entertainment |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Mick Abrahams | “Seasons: The Recordings 1971-1972” (Double CD; original Jethro Tull guitarist’s first two solo albums for Chrysalis Records; remastered; he died Dec. 19, 2025, at age 82; Read here; Amazon UK) | Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red |
| Jon Anderson | “Earth Mother Earth” (1997 album; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) “Survival & Other Stories” (2011 album; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| The Charlatans UK | “Some Friendly (35th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1990 debut album, featuring “The Only One I Know” and “Then”; newly remastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, with nine bonus tracks curated by leader Tim Burgess; White Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) > Melting Pot: Best of 🇬🇧 | Beggars Banquet |
| Clearlight | “Symphonies: The Collected Recordings” (five-CD clamshell box set includes French progressive rock band’s first four albums, circa 1973-1978, plus 2014’s “Impressionist Symphony”; Read here; Amazon UK) | Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red |
| Johnny Cougar | “American Dream: The Mainman Recordings 1976-1977” (two-CD set includes John Mellencamp’s first two albums as Johnny Cougar, along with four-song “U.S. Male” EP and 10 previously unheard demos, early mixes and alternate versions; Read here; Amazon UK) | Lemon / Cherry Red |
| The Charlie Daniels Band | “The Epic Singles As & Bs” (Double CD; 26 tracks; Amazon UK) | Floating World |
| Digital Underground | “Sex Packets (35th Anniversary Pop-Up Version)” (Double CD; 1990 debut album, featuring “Humpty Dance” and “Doowutchyalike”; remastered, with four bonus tracks; gatefold cover opens to reveal a three-dimensional pop-up of a recording studio, along with a photo booklet; Light Blue and Black Splatter Double Vinyl) | Tommy Boy |
| Heaven & Hell | “Breaking Out of Heaven: 2007-2009” (band lineup: Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice; four-CD, one-Blu-ray box set chronicles their reunion era by debuting their complete Radio City Music Hall performance alongside “The Devil You Know” album, rare studio tracks, and expansive concert footage on Blu-ray; 7-LP Super Deluxe Edition, with 40-page book, replica concert book and “The Devil You Know” poster; See here; Read here; Download; Apple Music) | Rhino |
| The Lovin’ Spoonful | “What a Day for a Daydream: The Complete Recordings 1965-1969” (seven-CD, 170-song clamshell box set, featuring eight albums, mono and stereo mixes and bonus tracks; mastered by Alec Palao; Read here; Amazon UK) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| The Alan Parsons Project | “The Turn of a Friendly Card (Expanded Edition)” (1980 album, featuring “Games People Play” and “Time”; with four bonus tracks; Vinyl, half-speed remastered, minus extra tracks) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Queen | “Queen II (Collector’s Edition)” (1975 album, featuring “Seven Seas of Rhye” and “Father to Son”; five-CD, two-LP box set includes a 2026 mix of the album, session tracks, alternate takes, demos, B-sides, backing tracks, BBC sessions, “Live at Golders Green Hippodrome” in 1973, and “Live at the Rainbow” in 1974, plus a 112-page book filled with unseen photos and band memories; Standard Vinyl, 2026 mix sourced from the original master tapes; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Hollywood / UMe |
| R.E.M. | “R.E.M. At The BBC” (eight-CD, one-DVD box set, first released in 2018, contains performances from Radio 1’s Peel Sessions, Live Lounge and Into the Night, as well as live broadcasts Rock City [1984], The National Bowl [1995], Glastonbury [1999], and St. James’s Church [2004]; DVD contains an hourlong BBC documentary “Accelerating Backwards,” a 60-minute “Later … with Jools Holland” performance, etc.) | Craft Recordings / Concord |
| Van Halen | “5150 (Expanded Edition)” (Double CD; 1986 album, the first of four with Sammy Hagar, featuring “Why Can’t This Be Love,” “Love Walks In” and “Dreams”; remastered, with rare singles edits and B-sides and a previously unreleased concert from Aug. 27, 1986, at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Connecticut; See here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, three-CD, one-LP, one-Blu-ray box set; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Rhino / Warner |
| Various artists | “Black America Sings Stevie Wonder” (20-track compilation, featuring covers by Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Rufus, Quincy Jones, Sister Sledge, Lou Rawls, et al; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK) | Ace |
| Various artists | “NOW Yearbook Extra ’85-’89: The Final Chapter” (three CDs, 60 songs, featuring hits by George Michael, Sade, Pet Shop Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, et al; Vinyl Box Set, five LPs: green, purple, orange, blue and pink, each featuring tracks taken from either the “Yearbook” or “Extra” series for each year; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Various artists | “Wednesday Morning 6AM: Radio Hits From the Small Hours 1970-1983” (22-track collection, compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, is described as “the warming soundtrack of eating breakfast or driving to school or to work in the cold and dark early hours”; Hear/Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Ace |
| Various artists | “What’s It All About? Film & TV Music of Swinging London” (three-CD, 96-track collection of 1960s hits from Lulu, Tom Jones, The Yardbirds, John Barry, Herman’s Hermits, The Seekers, Small Faces, et al; Read here; Amazon UK) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| SASAMI | “Blood On the Silver Screen: Director’s Cut” (expanded version of her 2025 album, featuring reimaginings and remixes of its songs by friends and collaborators, including “[Honeycrash [Angie McMahon Cut]” and “I’ll Be Gone [Patti Harrison Remix Cut]”; See here; Apple Music) | Domino |
