New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Andy Bell | “Ten Crowns” (Erasure singer’s third solo album and first since 2010; producer: Dave Audé; guests: Debbie Harry, Sarah Potenza; new single: “Heart’s a Liar”; See here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Crown Recordings |
| Blondshell | “If You Asked For a Picture” (Sabrina Teitelbaum’s second album; producer: Yves Rothman; new single: “23’s a Baby”; See here; Read here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Partisan |
| Car Seat Headrest | “The Scholars” (their first album in five years, a self-described rock opera; producer: singer/multi-instrumentalist Will Toledo; new single: “Gethsemane”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Matador |
| Jo-Yu Chen | “Rendezvous: Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More” (Taiwanese-born, NYC-based pianist’s fifth album; featuring bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Tommy Crane; producer: Chen; new single: “Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Sony Music |
| Eric Church | “Evangeline vs. The Machine” (his eighth album; new single: “Hands of Time”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | EMI Nashville |
| Samantha Crain | “Gumshoe” (her seventh album; new single: “Ridin’ Out the Storm”; See here; Red Eco Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Real Kind |
| DOPE LEMON | “Golden Wolf” (Australian musician Angus Stone’ fifth album; new single: “Electric Green Lambo”; See here; Picture Disc; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| The Flower Kings | “LOVE” (Swedish prog-rock band’s 17th studio album; new single: “How Can You Leave Us Now!?”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | InsideOutMusic |
| Sutton Foster, Michael Urie, Brooks Ashmanskas, et al | “Once Upon a Mattress (The 2024 Broadway Cast Recording)” (Read here) | Center Stage Records / Shout! Broadway |
| Haley Heynderickx | “Seed of a Seed” (Portland, OR-based singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “Foxglove”; See here; Vinyl; Download released on Nov. 1; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mama Bird Recording Co. |
| Jenny Hval | “Iris Silver Mist” (Norwegian singer-songwriter’s ninth album; new single: “To be a rose”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | 4AD |
| Key Glock | “Glockaveli” (Memphis rapper’s fourth album; new single: “The Grinch”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | P.R.E. / Republic |
| Lights | “A6” (Canadian singer-songwriter’s sixth album; producer: Lights; new singles: “WHITE PAPER PALM TREES” and “SURFACE TENSION”; Hear here; Orange Crush Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Virgin Music |
| Lucius | “Lucius” (L.A.-based indie pop band’s fourth album; producer: drummer Dan Molad; guests: Adam Granduciel, Taylor Goldsmith, Madison Cunningham, Luke Temple, Rob Moose; new single: “Gold Rush”; Hear here; Metallic Eco Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fantasy / Concord |
| Maddie & Tae | “Love & Light” (country duo’s third album; 16 songs; producers: Corey Crowder, Josh Kerr; new single: “Kissing Cowboys”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mercury Nashville |
| Briston Maroney | “JIMMY” (folk rock singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Alex Farrar, Maroney; new singles: “Tomatoes” and “Bullsh*t”; See here; Sea Blue Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Hot Pink Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Peach Pit) | Atlantic |
| Lael Neale | “Altogether Stranger” (L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Guy Blakeslee; new single: “Tell Me How to Be Here”; See here; Read here; Lavender Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sub Pop |
| Puddle of Mudd | “Kiss the Machine” (their seventh album; new single: “Beautimous”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Pavement Music |
| PUP | “Who Will Look After the Dogs?” (Toronto alt-rockers’ fifth album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Hallways”; See here; Black Smoke/Pink/Purple Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Little Dipper / Rise |
| Esther Rose | “Want” (her fifth album; producer: Ross Farbe; recorded live-to-tape at the Bomb Shelter in Nashville; guests: Dean Johnson and members of Video Age, The Deslondes, Silver Synthetic; new single: “Ketamine”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
| Mei Semones | “Animaru” (NYC-based Japanese-American indie pop artist’s debut album; new single: “I can do what I want”; See here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Hippo Campus) | Bayonet |
| Sixpence None the Richer | “Live at Gruene Hall” (their first live recording, a 17-song set in their hometown of New Braunfels, TX; Hear here; Download released on April 18; On Tour) | Flatiron Recordings |
| Suzanne Vega | “Flying With Angels” (her 10th album and first LP of new songs in 11 years; producer: Gerry Leonard; new single: “Speakers’ Corner”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Black Violin | “Full Circle” (Grammy-nominated classical-meets-hip-hop duo’s fifth album; producer: Phil Beaudreau; new single: “Beautiful Day,” feat. Lalah Hathaway; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Di Versatile Music Group |
| Carriers | “Every Time I Feel Afraid” (debut project from Cincinnati-based Curt Kiser; new single: “Blurry Eyes”; See here; Apple Music) | Brassland |
| Sterling Drake | “The Shape I’m In” (Montana troubadour’s debut album; producer: Thorleifur Davidsson; guests: Brennen Leigh, Timbo; new single: “In My Dreams”; See here; Apple Music) | Calusa Music / Missing Piece Records |
| HARDY | “COUNTRY!” (five-song EP; producer: Joey Moi; new singles: “Favorite Country Song” and “Buck on the Wall”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Loud / Mercury / Republic |
| Boldy James & Real Bad Man | “Conversational Pieces” (their third collaborative album; guests: Conway The Machine, El-P, DREAMCASTMOE; new single: “Come Back Around”; See here) | Real Bad Man Records |
| Låpsley | “I’M A HURRICANE I’M A WOMAN IN LOVE” (English singer-songwriter Holly Låpsley Fletcher’s fourth album; producers: Congee, Greg Abrahams; new single: “BETTER”; See here) | Her Own Recordings |
| Kristina Murray | “Little Blue” (Nashville-based country singer-songwriter’s third album and first since 2018; producers: Misa Arriaga, Rachael Moore; guests: Logan Ledger, Erin Rae; new single: “Watchin’ the World Pass Me By”; See here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out May 9; Apple Music) | Normaltown / New West |
| Sally Potter | “Anatomy” (film director/singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “Coming Home”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| Propagandhi | “At Peace” (Canadian punk rock veterans’ eight album and first in eight years; producers: John Paul Peters, Propagandhi; new single: “At Peace”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; On Tour) | Epitaph |
| PUNCHBAG | “I’m Not Your Punchbag” (South London sibling duo’s four-song debut EP; new single: “I’m Not Your Punchbag”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mute |
| Sammyfunk | “We Are Sammyfunk” (Sammy T. Taylor-led band’s debut album; new single: “We Are Sammyfunk”; See here; Apple Music) | Sammy Taylor |
| Yung Lean | “Jonatan” (Swedish rapper’s fifth album; new single: “Babyface Maniacs”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | World Affairs |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Laurie Berkner | “Laurie Berkner Greatest Hits” (28 tracks on one CD; remastered) | KIDZ BOP / Concord |
| Gentle Giant | “Playing the Fool: The Complete Live Experience” (Double CD + Blu-ray; 1977 album; with restored in-between-song commentary, band introductions and three bonus tracks: “Interview,” “Timing” and Ray Shulman’s solo violin; mixed and mastered from the original source tapes by producer Dan Bornemark; Triple Vinyl, with double-sided poster; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Chrysalis |
| Josh Groban | “Gems” (18-song, career-spanning compilation, including two new songs: “Be Alright” and “Open Hands”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with alternate art; Clear Double Vinyl and Amazon-Exclusive Transparent Green Double Vinyl out June 13; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Las Vegas Residency) | Reprise |
| Aaron Neville | “Love Letters: The Allen Toussaint Sessions” (25 tracks on one CD; remastered) | Sunset Blvd. |
| Randy Newman | “Pleasantville (Original Motion Picture Score) [Deluxe Edition]” (1998 soundtrack; expanded to 34 tracks) | Varѐse Sarabande |
| Pink Floyd | “Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII” (Double CD; soundtrack to the 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, digitally remastered and remixed by Steven Wilson; with two additional tracks, including a previously unreleased extended version of “A Saucerful of Secrets”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; DVD and Blu-ray, remastered from the original 35mm footage, featuring additional rare behind-the-scenes footage of the band beginning work on “The Dark Side of the Moon” at Abbey Road Studios; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Columbia / Legacy |
| Tanya Tucker | “Delta Dawn / What’s Your Mama’s Name / Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) / You Are So Beautiful” (1972, 1973, 1974 and 1977 albums on two CDs) | Morello |
| Wilco | “The Whole Love (Expanded)” (Double CD; 2011 album; with all related single, EP and bonus tracks, along with a selection from The Loft’s archive of live in-studio performances and previously unreleased alternate mixes and demos; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | dBpm Records |
| Hiroshi Yoshimura | “Flora” (originally recorded and completed in 1987 and first released on CD in 2006, three years after the Japanese ambient artist’s passing in 2003; remastered from original sources by John Baldwin; Double Vinyl) | Temporal Drift |
| Yusuf / Cat Stevens | “Saturnight: Cat Stevens Live in Tokyo” (recorded on June 22, 1974, at Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo and originally only released in Japan, now making its debut in the U.S.; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Cat-O-Log Records / A&M / UMe |
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