New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Anthony Almonte | “Conversando Con La Luna” (Latin vocalist/percussionist’s debut album; producers: Almonte, Jonathan Montes; guests: Stevie Van Zandt, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Alexander Abreu, Gilberto Santa Rosa; new single: “magínate Conmigo”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)   | Wicked Cool |
| Robin Beck | “Living Proof” (rock singer-songwriter’s 11th studio album; producers: James Christian, Peggy Castro; new single: “Living Proof”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen | “They Call Us the Lucky Ones” (his seventh album; new single: “Ballad of the Texas Gentlemen”; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Translucent Sea Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Bingham Recording Co. / Thirty Tigers |
| Brooklyn Funk Essentials | “Black Butterfly” (their eighth album, featuring lead vocalists Alison Limerick and Desmond Foster; new single: “Bust the Bus Stop”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Dorado Records |
| Crown Lands | “Apocalypse” (JUNO Award-winning Canadian progressive rock duo’s third album; producers: Nick Raskulinecz, David Bottrill; new single: “Blackstar”; See here; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | InsideOutMusic |
| 49 Winchester | “Change of Plans” (Virginia country-rock band’s sixth album; producer: Dave Cobb; new single: “Oh Savannah”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lucille Records / MCA |
| Peter Frampton | “Carry the Light” (his first album of all-new rock material in 16 years; producers: son Julian Frampton, Chuck Ainlay; guests: Sheryl Crow, Graham Nash, Tom Morello, H.E.R., Benmont Tench, Bill Evans; new single: “Lions at the Gate”; Hear here; Read here; Yellow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | UMe |
| Shakey Graves | “Fondness, Etc.” (singer-songwriter’s fifth studio album; producer: Graves; new single: “Time Flies”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Secret Identity / Dualtone |
| Haste the Day | “Dissenter” (Indiana metalcore band’s seventh album and first in 11 years; new single: “Shallows”; See here; Amazon UK; Download released on May 1; Apple Music; On Tour) | Solid State |
| The Karma Effect | “Cruel Intentions” (South London blues rock band’s third album; producer: Michael Charman; new single: “Waiting on a Miracle”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Earache |
| Braxton Keith | “Real Damn Deal” (Texas native’s debut album; producers: Alex Torrez, David Dorn; new single: “Don’t No More”; Hear here; Amazon-Exclusive Gold Vinyl, with a bonus cover of George Strait’s “The Chair”; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner Records Nashville |
| Angélique Kidjo | “HOPE!!” (guests: Pharrell Williams [who produced three of the songs], Nile Rodgers, Ayra Starr, Quavo, The Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson, PJ Morton, et al; new single: “Fall On Me”; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on April 24; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Brooke Ligertwood | “EAT” (Scripture-driven worship album; producers: Ligertwood, Jason Ingram; guests: Lauren Daigle, Abbie Gamboa, Victory Boyd, The New Respects; new single: “The Water”; See here; Sunflower Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Academy Records / Sparrow / Capitol CMG |
| Steve Louw | “Traces of the Flood” (Big Sky frontman’s fourth solo album; producer: Kevin Shirley; new single: “Across the River”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | The Orchard |
| Ziggy Marley | “Brightside” (his first studio album in eight years; guests: Trombone Shorty, Sheila E., Jake Shimabukuro, Nikka Costa; new single: “Many Mourn for Bob”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) > Time Has Come: The Best of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 🇯🇲 | Tuff Gong Worldwide |
| Alex Miller | “More Country Than You” (producer: Jerry Salley; guests: Tracy Byrd, Emily Ann Roberts; first single: “Too Much Fun”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download released on April 10; Apple Music) | Billy Jam Records |
| Kevin Morby | “Little Wide Open” (his eighth solo album; producer: Aaron Dessner; new single: “Javelin”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Eco Mix; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dead Oceans |
| Mountain of Youth | “Nowhere, NW” (new album from singer-songwriter Hunter Morris; producer: Ben Hackett; new single: “Automatic Days”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Strolling Bones |
| Jeff Parker ETA IVtet | “Happy Today” (guitarist / bandleader’s third album, with drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Anna Butterss, and saxophonist Josh Johnson; new single: “Like Swimwear [Part One]”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | International Anthem / Nonesuch |
| Port Noir | “The Dark We Keep” (Swedish prog band’s fifth album; new single: “Burst”; See here; Ultra Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | InsideOutMusic |
| Pro-Pain | “Stone Cold Anger” (New York hardcore band’s 16th album and first in 11 years; new single: “Oceans of Blood”; See here; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Napalm |
| Jobi Riccio | “Face the Feeling” (John Prine Songwriters Fellowship honoree’s second album; producers: Riccio, Isaiah Beard, Jesse Timm; new single: “Pilar, NM”; Hear here; Read here; Black and White Splash Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Yep Roc |
| Rostam | “American Stories” (former Vampire Weekend member’s third solo album; guest: Clairo; new single: “Like a Spark”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Matsor Projects |
| Dua Saleh | “Of Earth & Wires” (Sudan-born, L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s second album; new singles: “Flood” and “Glow,” both featuring Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon; See here; Read here; Blue Sapphire Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ghostly International |
| Self Deception | “One of Us” (Swedish hard rock band’s eighth album; producers: Nicklas Eklund, Self Deception; new single: “THE WEDDING”; Hear here; Fuchsia Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| Shaggy | “Lottery” (his 15th studio album; producers: Shaggy, Shane Hoosong; guests: Sting, Rayvon, Anthony Hamilton, Beres Hammond, Robin Thicke, Akon, Jeremih, et al; new single: “Dancehall Nice”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | VP |
| Bruce Soord | “Ghosts in the Park” (fourth solo album from The Pineapple Thief frontman; new single: “Meet Me On The Downs”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Cream Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Kscope |
| Tank and the Bangas | “The Last Balloon” (Grammy-winning, New Orleans-based R&B duo’s third album; guests: Lucky Daye, Ledisi, Dawn Richard, Shirazee, HaSizzle, Jelly Joseph, Akeem Ali, David Shaw, Austin Brown; new single: “No Invite”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Verve Forecast |
| Teddy Thompson | “Never Be the Same” (his first album since 2020; producer: David Mansfield; new single: “So This Is Heartache”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Royal Potato Family |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The All-American Rejects | “Sandbox” (their first full-length album in 14 years; new single: “Get This”; See here; CD out July 3; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Slick Shoes |
| Balming Tiger | “Gongbu” (alternative K-pop group’s second album; new single: “Home”; See here; Apple Music) | AWAL Recordings, May 19 |
| The Elovaters | “Shark Belly Motel” (Boston reggae rock band’s fifth album; producer: Jon Joseph; new single: “Pockets Full of Sand”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ineffable Records |
| The Holy Sun Opera House | “The Holy Sun Opera House” (L.A. “Opera Cult” group’s debut album; new single: “Latched On”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Hologram Opera |
| Spencer Krug | “Same Fangs” (Wolf Parade frontman’s fourth solo album; new single: “Berserker Mode”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Pronounced Kroog / Secretly Distribution |
| Maluma | “Loco x Volver” (Colombian superstar’s seventh album; new single: “Pa’la seca”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Sony Music US Latin |
| Genesis Owusu | “REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE” (Ghanaian-Australian rapper-singer’s third album; new single: “LIFE KEEPS GOING”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ourness |
| Matt White | “Matt White’s Dolly” (South Carolina-based trumpeter-composer reimagines songs written, recorded, and interpreted by Dolly Parton; producer: White; Apple Music) | Adhyâropa Records |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Beach Boys | “The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights” (Double CD; featuring selections from the 1997 Grammy-nominated four-CD box set “The Pet Sounds Sessions,” including 25 “Pet Sounds” a cappellas, alternate versions and tracking sessions; Double Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Yellow Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) > Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys 🏄 | Capitol / UMe |
| Humble Pie | “As Safe As Yesterday Is” (1969 debut album, featuring “Natural Born Bugie”; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Vinyl, minus bonus tracks) “Town and Country” (1969 album, originally released only in the U.K. because the band’s label, Immediate, was collapsing financially; band lineup: Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Jerry Shirley and Greg Ridley; remastered, with six bonus outtakes; Vinyl, minus bonus tracks; White Vinyl) | Nice Records |
| Jethro Tull | “Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)” (1984 album; five-CD, one-Blu-ray Audio deluxe set housed in a 100-page book, featuring Bruce Soord’s 2026 and original drum remixes of both “Under Wraps” and Ian Anderson’s 1983 solo debut “Walk Into Light” in high-resolution stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos, along with associated recordings and original promo videos; Vinyl, Soord’s 2026 remix; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch) > The Very Best of Jethro Tull 🪈 | Rhino / Parlophone |
| Jack Johnson | “SURFILMUSIC (Soundtrack & 4-Tracks)” (new documentary chronicles Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician, weaving through the making of his surf films “Thicker Than Water” [1999] and “The September Sessions” [2000]; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Brushfire / Republic |
| Beverley Knight | “The B-Funk (Deluxe Edition)” (1995 debut album, featuring “Flavour of the Old School” and “Down for the One”; with 18 bonus tracks and 28-page color booklet; Read here; Amazon UK) | 90/9 / Cherry Red |
| Kraftwerk | “Radio-Activity (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray Audio]” (1975 album; Kraftwerk founder Ralf Hütter and engineer Fritz Hilpert created a Dolby Atmos mix from the original 16-track master tapes at their Kling Klang Studio; Picture Disc; Amazon UK) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| The Alan Parsons Project | “Eye in the Sky [Immersive Audio Blu-ray]” (1982 album, featuring “Eye in the Sky,” “Psychobabble” and “Sirius”; new 2026 Dolby Atmos mix and Grammy Award-winning 2017 5.1 Surround Sound mix by Parsons from the original multitrack master tapes; also contains a stereo HD remaster of the original album by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, plus fully illustrated 16-page booklet featuring full lyrics and quotes from Eric Woolfson) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Thirty Seconds to Mars | “A Beautiful Lie (20th Anniversary)” (2005 album, featuring “Attack,” “The Kill,” “From Yesterday” and “A Beautiful Lie”; with four previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions, plus a 12-panel poster; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Merch) | Virgin |
| Various artists | “NOW Yearbook: Vault ’85” (four CDs, 78 hits; Green Triple Vinyl, 45 songs; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| YUNGBLUD | “Idols (Complete)” (extended version of his Grammy-nominated “Idols” album, with seven new tracks; Hear here; Read here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on Feb. 20; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Locomotion Recordings / Capitol |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Bart and the Brats | “Pushin’ Your Luck” (16-song compilation; Hear here; Apple Music) | Dirty Water |
| GIVĒON | “BELOVED: ACT II” (deluxe edition of his 2025 album “BELOVED,” with five extra songs; Apple Music) | Not So Fast / Epic |
| Frank Zappa | “Zappa ’66 Vol. 1: Live at TTG Studios” (previously unreleased recordings from around the time of the Mothers of Invention’s debut album “Freak Out!”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; Merch) | Vaulternative Records |
