New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Bonnie “Prince” Billy | “We Are Together Again” (Will Oldham’s 28th solo album; recorded at End of an Ear studios in Louisville, KY; new single: “They Keep Trying to Find You”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music)   | No Quarter |
| Rick Braun | “Rick Braun Plays Chuck Mangione” (tribute album includes covers of “Feels So Good,” “Give It All You Got” and “Children of Sanchez”; guests: guitarist Grant Geissman, saxophonist Richard Elliot; See here; On Tour) | A-Train / Braunto |
| The Brook and the Bluff | “Werewolf” (Nashville-based indie rock group’s sixth album; producer Micah Tawlks; new single: “Baby Blue”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dualtone |
| Cobrah | “Torn” (Swedish experimental pop artist’s debut album; producers: Mats Norman, Medium; new single: “Hush”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Atlantic |
| Dub Pistols & Freestylers | “Enter the Sound” (guests: Johnny Osbourne, Tippa Irie, General Levy, Too Many T’s, Horseman, Belle Humble, Scarlett Quinn, Tenor Fly, MC Spyda, Persona, Harry Shotta, Seanie T; new single: “Ska Train”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Cyclone Records |
| The Delines | “The Set Up” (producer: John Morgan Askew; new single: “Dilaudid Diane”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Jealous Butcher |
| Hater | “Mosquito” (Swedish indie-pop band’s fourth album and first in four years; producer: Joakim Lindberg; new single: “This Guy?”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Fire Records |
| Joshua Idehen | “I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try” (British-born, Stockholm-based spoken-word/vocalist’s label debut; made with creative partner/musician Ludvig Parment; guests: Tommy McGee, Charlotte Manning, Amanda Bergman; new single: “It Always Was”; See here; Read here; Yellow Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Half and Half Yellow and Black Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Heavenly Recordings / [PIAS] |
| Jesper Lindell | “3614 Jackson Highway” (Swedish singer-songwriter’s third album; recorded with his band, The Brunnsvik Sounds, at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama and Royal Studios in Memphis; new single: a cover of Willie Nelson’s “Pretend I Never Happened”; Hear here; Read here; Red Clay Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Yep Roc |
| Morrissey | “Make-up Is a Lie” (his 14th solo album and first in more than five years; includes a cover of Roxy Music’s “Amazona”; producer: Joe Chiccarelli; new single: “Make-up Is a Lie”; See here; Read here; Blue Vinyl; Zoetrope Picture Disc; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) > Greatest Hits 💦 | Sire |
| NO/MÁS | “No Peace” (D.C. grindcore band’s third album; new single: “Manic”; Hear here; Blood Soaked Transparent Orange and Black Marbled Vinyl; F*CK ICE Black and White Splatter Vinyl; On Tour) | Redefining Darkness |
| John Pizzarelli | “Dear Mr. Bennett” (guitarist-singer’s 12-song tribute to the late Tony Bennett, whom he knew personally; new single: “The Boulevard of Broken Dreams”; See here; Clear Orange Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Green Hill Productions |
| Katherine Priddy | “These Frightening Machines” (English folk-pop singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Rob Ellis; guests: Torres, Richard Walters, Ben Christophers; new single: “Matches”; See here; Read here; Red Smoke Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Suzanne Vega) | Cooking Vinyl |
| The Scythe | “Strictly 4 The Scythe” (rap collective led by Denzel Curry, with core members Bktherula, TiaCorine, Ferg and Key Nyata; new single: “The Scythe”; See here; Vinyl; Transparent Violet Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Loma Vista Recordings / Concord |
| Smag På Dig Selv | “This Is Why We Lost” (second album from Danish acoustic techno trio; new single: “Like a Word I Never Knew”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Stunt Records |
| Walter Smith III | “Twio, Vol. 2” (tenor saxophonist’s third album for Blue Note, featuring bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Kendrick Scott; guests: Ron Carter, Branford Marsalis; new single: “Lawns”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Blue Note |
| Squeeze | “Trixies” (13-track concept album; their 16th studio album and first since 2017’s “The Knowledge”; songs written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook when they were just 19 and 16 respectively; new single: “Trixies, Pt. 1”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition, two-CD/Blu-ray Audio set, with demos and live tracks along with Dolby Atmos mix of the album; Vinyl; Transparent Pink Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) > Squeeze – Greatest Hits ❤️🔥 | BMG Rights Management |
| Harry Styles | “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” (his fourth solo album and first in four years; producer: Kid Harpoon; with 20-page booklet with lyrics and photos; first single: “Aperture”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Pop-Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) > Harry’s House 🏠︎ | Erskine Records / Columbia |
| Brit Taylor | “Land of the Forgotten” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: husband Adam Chaffins; new single: “Around and Around”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Cut A Shine Records / RidgeTone Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Temple of Void | “The Crawl” (Detroit death metal band’s fifth album; producer: Kurt Ballou; new single: “The Crawl”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Relapse |
| Various artists | “HELP(2)” (Double CD; all-star benefit album for U.K.-based children’s charity War Child, with tracks from Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Beck, Pulp, Beabadoobee, Arlo Parks, et al; new single: Arctic Monkeys’ “Opening Night”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | War Child Records |
| Aaron Watson | “Horse Named Texas” (Double CD; country singer-songwriter’s 17th studio album; 26 songs; new single: “Old Houses”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Adub Records |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Bitter Branches | “Let’s Give the Land Back to the Animals” (Philadelphia-based post-hardcore band’s second album; producer: J. Robbins; new single: “Cave Dwellers”; See here; CD out May 1; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Equal Vision |
| Black Stone Cherry | “Celebrate” (Kentucky rockers’ seven-song EP; producers: Black Stone Cherry; new single: “Neon Eyes”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group |
| Arima Ederra | “A Rush to Nowhere” (L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; new single: “You’re My”; See here; Apple Music) | Arima’s Lab / RCA |
| Endearments | “An Always Open Door” (Brooklyn indie rock trio’s debut album; producer: Abe Seiferth; new single: “Real Deal”; See here; Apple Music) | Trash Casual |
| Willa Ford | “amanda” (Northern California-based singer-songwriter’s first album in more than two decades, its title taken from her birth name; producer: Vincent Ott; new single: “Carousel”; See here; Apple Music) | Willa Ford Music |
| Gnarls Barkley | “Atlanta” (CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse’s third and final album together, ending an 18-year hiatus since “The Odd Couple”; new single: “Pictures”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | 10k Projects / Atlantic |
| William Clark Green | “Watterson Hall” (Texas country artist’s seventh album; new single: “Watterson Hall [Me & You]”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bill Grease Records / Stem |
| GUM | “Blue Gum Way” (seventh solo album from Tame Impala touring member and co-founder of Pond; new single: “Celluloid”; See here; Apple Music) | p(doom) records |
| Natalie Jane Hill | “Hopeful Woman” (Asheville-based singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Jason Chronis, Hill; new single: “Never Left Me”; See here; Read here; CD out March 27; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dear Life Records |
| Jillette Johnson | “The Pain, My Friend” (five-song EP; producer: Joe Pisapia; guest: Langhorne Slim; new single: “Joy to Remember”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Moss Rose Records / Many Hats Distribution |
| Juanes | “JuanesTeban” (16 tracks; new single: “Hagamos Que”; See here; CD and Baby Blue and Garnet Double Vinyl out April 10; Apple Music; On Tour) | Universal Music Latino |
| Austin Michael | “Lonestar” (Texas-raised, Nashville-based country singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “Why Not Whiskey”; See here; Apple Music) | L3 Entertainment |
| Charlotte Sands | “Satellite” (producers: Keith Sorrells, Oscar Linnander; new single: “back to you”; Hear here; Apple Music) | CS Records |
| Shabaka | “Of the Earth” (British multi-instrumentalist Shabaka Hutchings’ third solo album; producer: Shabaka; new single: “Dance in Praise”; See here; CD and Vinyl out March 27; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Shabaka Records |
| shatten | “Gegenwart” (producer: Kristian Kühl; new single: “Wuppertal”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Misitunes |
| Ty Dolla $ign | “girl music vol. 1” (six-song EP; new single: “miss u 2,” feat. Leon Thomas; See here; Apple Music) | Atlantic |
| The Whips | “From Kansas, With Love” (Kansas City-based rock band’s six-song EP; singer-keyboardist Max Cooper turned all four chairs on “The Voice” earlier this season; new single: “Tired of Pretending”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Midtopia |
| Yebba | “Jean” (Arkansas-born, Dallas-based singer’s second album; producers: Yebba, John Rooney; new single: “Yellow Eyes”; Hear here; Apple Music) | RCA |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Ray Bryant | “The Essential Ray Bryant: Trio & Solo Albums 1956-59” (two CDs, 37 tracks) | Acrobat |
| Confederate Railroad | “Lucky to Be Alive (10th Anniversary Edition)” (2016 album; remastered) | BFD |
| Ernie Freeman | “Jivin’ Around: The Singles & Albums Collection 1956-62” (two CDs, 60 tracks) | Acrobat |
| Max Frost and the Troopers | “Shape of Things to Come” (1968 album, featuring the title track; with four bonus tracks) | JGJ |
| Godsmack | Good Times, Bad Times … Ten Years of Godsmack (2000 album, featuring “Bad Magick,” “Awake” and “Greed”; with five bonus tracks, plus a special holographic lithograph; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) > Good Times, Bad Times … Ten Years of Godsmack 🌞 | Republic / UMe |
| Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | “The Ultimate Collection” (four-CD, 72-track career-spanning compilation) | Real Gone Music |
| Abbey Lincoln | “Early Years: The Albums Collection 1957-61” (two-CD, 53-song set, featuring tracks on Liberty, Riverside and Candid labels) | Acrobat |
| McGuinness Flint | “Rainbow / C’est La Vie” (Double CD; 1973 and 1974 albums; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Melanie | “The Good Book / Gather Me / Garden in the City / Please Love Me” (four albums, from 1971-73, on two CDs, featuring “Brand New Key” and “Nickel Song”; remastered; Amazon UK) > Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie 🕯 | BGO |
| Mogan David and His Winos | “Savage Young Winos” (1973 album; L.A. rock band included Rhino Records co-founders Harold Bronson and Richard Foos; four bonus tracks included on CD and digital versions; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) | Liberation Hall |
| Mickey Newbury | “3 Albums Plus 9 Early Rarities: First Time In Stereo, Volume 1” (Double CD; featuring “Harlequin Melodies,” “Sings His Own” and “Live at Montezuma Hall,” with nine early 45 RPM rarities) “4 Albums, Volume 2” (Double CD; featuring “I Came to Hear the Music,” “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” “The Sailor” and “After All These Years”) | Masked Weasle |
| Rainbow | “The Temple of the King: 1975-1976” (nine-CD box set includes their first two studio albums and a trilogy of live albums from their debut world tour, plus rare mixes, edits and studio rehearsals; newly mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham; Amazon UK) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Jenni Rivera | “La Gran Señora (Banda)” (Banda version of her multi-platinum-selling 2009 album; producer: Luciano Luna; Hear here; Opaque Bronze Gold Vinyl; Download released on Dec. 5; Apple Music) | Virgin Music Group US Latin |
| Georgie Shaw | “Somebody Else’s Love Song: The Singles & Albums Collection 1953-59” (two-CD, 45-track set covering his Decca and MGM/Metro years) | Acrobat |
| Talking Heads | “Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live” (three-CD, 45-track collection of newly discovered early demo recordings and live performances; Hear here; Vinyl, with 7-inch disc; Download; Apple Music; Merch) > The Best of Talking Heads 🧑🏻 | Rhino / Warner |
| Various artists | “Soul to Soul (Music From the Original Soundtrack)” (1971 concert film, recorded in Ghana in March 1971, featuring performances by Ike & Tina Turner, Santana, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, and the Voices of East Harlem; See here; Vinyl; DVD and Blu-ray out May 12; Download) | Liberation Hall |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| MORGXN | “HEARTLAND (Deluxe Version)” (2025 album; with six extra tracks, including a reworking of “MY REVIVAL,” feat. Maggie Rose, plus new collaborations with Tenille Townes, Ruby Amanfu and JB Somers; Hear here) | BMG Rights Management |
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | “X’s For Eyes (Deluxe Edition)” (2025 album, with four extra tracks, including “Angels Cry”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
