New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Big Daddy Weave | “Let It Begin” (Christian rock group’s first album in six years and their first since the passing of founding member Jay Weaver in 2022; guests: Zach Williams, Ben Fuller, Katy Nichole, Megan Woods, Jason Gray; new single: “I’ve Just Seen Too Much”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)  | Curb |
| Cardinal Black | “Midnight at The Valencia” (producer: Cyrill Camenzind; new single: “Need More Time”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Jump In Records / Thirty Tigers |
| emptyset | “Dissever” (new single: “Gloam”; Hear here; Vinyl; Blue Denim Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Thrill Jockey |
| Don Felder | “The Vault – Fifty Years of Music” (guests: David Paich, Steve Lukather, Jim Keltner, Nathan East, Gregg Bissonette, Brian Tichy, Leah James, Orchid Quartet; new single: “Free At Last”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| Florry | “Sounds Like …” (Philly-bred, Burlington, VT-based alt-country band’s second album; producers: Colin Miller, lead singer Francie Medosch; new single: “Pretty Eyes Lorraine”; Hear here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dear Life Records |
| Robert Forster | “Strawberries” (The Go-Betweens co-founder’s ninth solo album; producer: Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John; new single: “Strawberries,” a duet with his wife Karin; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Tapete |
| Andy Frasco & The U.N. | “Growing Pains” (their 10th album; producer: Frasco; guests: Billy Strings, G. Love, Eric Krasno, Steve Poltz, Ric Wilson, Probcause; new single: “Try Not to Die”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fun Machine |
| Joe Jonas | “Music For People Who Believe In Love” (his second solo album; producers: Jason Evigan, Kane Ritchotte; new single: “Heart by Heart”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with alternate artwork; Cloudy White Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Sky Blue Swirl Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Jonas Brothers Tour) | Republic |
| Howard Jones | “Piano Composed” (10 new piano-based compositions; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Cherry Red |
| Sophia Kennedy | “Squeeze Me” (Baltimore-raised, Hamburg-based art-pop artist’s third album; producers: Kennedy, Mensa Reents; new single: “Rodeo”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | City Slang |
| Louise | “Confessions” (English pop singer’s fifth solo album; new single: “Confession”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Lil Lou Records |
| Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ | “Room on the Porch” (follow-up album to their Grammy Award-winning “TajMo” from 2017; producers: Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’; guests: Wendy Moten, Ruby Amanfu; new single: “Room on the Porch”; Hear here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Opaque Aqua Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Concord |
| Midnight | “Steel, Rust and Disgust” (covers album from the Cleveland speed metal band, with two original songs, including “Cleveland Metal”; See here; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Metal Blade |
| Morcheeba | “Escape the Chaos” (English trip-hop duo’s 11th album; guests: Amanda Zamolo, Oscar #Worldpeace; new single: “We Live and Die”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | 100% Records / Fly Agaric Records |
| Pan Amsterdam | “Confines” (guest: Iggy Pop; new single: “Confines”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Heavenly Recordings |
| Marc Ribot | “Map of a Blue City” (nine-song collection of original compositions and reinterpretations, including The Carter Family’s “When the World’s On Fire”; producer: Ben Greenberg, built on sessions originally helmed by the late Hal Willner; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
| Logan Richard | “Character Traits” (producers: David Myles, Joshua van Tassel; new single: “Up From Here”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Outside Music |
| David Schiff | “Prefontaine” (Portland composer was commissioned by the Eugene Symphony to create a three-movement piece about Steve Prefontaine, the speedy shaggy-haired Olympic athlete from Coos Bay, Oregon, who ran for University of Oregon and died in 1975 in a Eugene car wreck) | Delos Records |
| SENNA | “Stranger to Love” (German post-hardcore band’s debut album; new single: “High Note”; See here; Read here; Crystal Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | SharpTone |
| Skunk Anansie | “The Painful Truth” (London rock band’s seventh album and first in nine years; producer: David Sitek; new single: “Cheers”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | FLG Records |
| Sparks | “MAD!” (their 28th album; new single: “JanSport Backpack”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD; Vinyl; Light Blue Lenticular Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Transgressive |
| The SteelDrivers | “Outrun” (their seventh album and the Grammy-nominated, bluegrass-rooted quintet’s 20th anniversary; producers: The SteelDrivers; Whiskey Brown Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sun Records |
| Stereolab | “Instant Holograms On Metal Film” (their first album in 15 years; new single: “Aerial Troubles”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Duophonic |
| These New Puritans | “Crooked Wing” (fifth album from Essex brothers Jack and George Barnett and their first in six years; producers: Jack Barnett, Graham Sutton; guests: Caroline Polachek, jazz double-bassist Chris Laurence; new single: “Bells” and “Industrial Love Song”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Domino |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Chimes | “Pile of Parts” (Gainesville, FL-based post-punk quartet’s debut album; new single: “Wish for Summer”; See here; Apple Music) | Ashtray Monument |
| The Discussion | “All the Pretty Flowers” (new single: “In Death and Life”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out June 6; Apple Music) | Artoffact |
| Estelle | “Stay Alta” (British singer’s sixth album; guests: Channel Tres, JOI, LaRussell, Teedra Moses, Russell Taylor, D-Nice, Aida Rodriguez, et al; new single: “New Direction”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Established 1980 Records / Fab Factory Entertainment |
| Feed the Beast | “Mercy” (new single: “Tombs Underneath the Tombs”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Futureless |
| The Grogans | “Stagger” (Melbourne garage-rock trio’s fifth album; new single: “Social Cue”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | C.W. Records / Community Music |
| Hinder | “Back to Life” (their seventh studio album; producers: drummer Cody Hanson, vocalist Marshal Dutton; new single: “Bring Me Back to Life”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Evil Teen |
| Home Is Where | “Hunting Season” (their third album; producer: Jack Shirley; new single: “milk & diesel”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Wax Bodega |
| Sophia Kaloustian | “Conclusions of Grandeur” (L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s eight-song debut EP; new single: “Used to Breathe”; See here; Apple Music) | Sophia Kaloustian |
| Lost Friend | “The Promises You Don’t Keep” (Ohio indie pop duo’s six-song EP; new single: “Little x Little”; Hear/Read here; Apple Music) | Poptek |
| Myles Smith | “A Minute, A Moment …” (British folk-pop singer-songwriter’s third release contains his 2024 EP, “A Minute,” with six new songs; he was named the BRITs Rising Star winner for 2025; guests: Lainey Wilson, James Bay; new single: “My First Heartbreak”; See here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out July 18; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour, with Ed Sheeran) | It’s Okay to Feel / RCA |
| Pachyman | “Another Place” (Puerto Rican-born, L.A.-based musician Pachy Garcia’s fifth album; new single: “Hard to Part”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Clear with Blue Blob Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Rotundo | “We Were Desperados” (Nashville-based soulful country singer-songwriter’s debut album; producer: Brian Bunn; guests: Michael Ray, Tayler Holder, Jacob Hackworth; new single: “Heart Attack”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Rotundo |
| Sedona | “Getting Into Heaven” (L.A. singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “She’s So Pretty,” feat. Claud; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Kiss This Records |
| Smerz | “Big city life” (Oslo-based duo’s sophomore album; new single: “You got time and I got money”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Escho |
| Sports Team | “Boys These Days” (London-based alt-rock band’s third album; new single: “I’m in Love [Subaru]”; Hear here; See here; Amazon UK; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Distiller Records / Bright Antenna |
| Turtle Skull | “Being Here” (new single: “Into the Sun”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Art As Catharsis / Copper Feast Records |
| Julia Wolf | “PRESSURE” (her second album; new single: “Loser”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | girls in purgatory / AWAL Recordings |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Bongos | “The Shroud of Touring: Live in 1985” (originally recorded for RCA over Memorial Day weekend on the Jersey Shore; restored from the original 24-track analog tapes and newly mixed; Amazon UK) | JEM |
| Chicago | “Chicago II (Steven Wilson Remix)” (Blu-ray Audio; 1970 album, featuring “Make Me Smile,” “Colour My World” and “25 or 6 to 4”; new Dolby ATMOS mix from the original 16-track master tapes, along with stereo, quadrophonic, and 5.1 mixes in high-resolution; Double Vinyl; On Tour; Merch) | Rhino |
| Sheena Easton | “Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. 1” (five-CD, 98-track clamshell box set contains her first five albums, all remastered from the original master tapes, plus B-sides, live tracks and 25 previously recordings from that era; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | Cherry Pop |
| The Flower Pot Men | “Midsummer Dreaming: An Anthology 1967-1970” (three-CD collection of tracks from British harmony pop maestro John Carter and friends, featuring singles, including “Let’s Go to San Francisco Parts 1 and 2,” plus two aborted concept albums and other material; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Grapefuit / Cherry Red |
| Lisa Germano | “Geek the Girl” (Double CD; 1994 album; packaged with the EP “Inconsiderate Bitch” and the rare B-side “The Mirror Is Gone”) | 4AD |
| Green Day | “Saviors (édition de luxe)” (2024 album; with seven bonus tracks, including “Smash It Like Belushi”; Hot Pink with White Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Reprise |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | “Abandoned Luncheonette” (1973 album, featuring “She’s Gone” and “When the Morning Comes”) | Music on CD |
| Don Henley | “Inside Job (2025 Remaster)” (2000 album, featuring “Taking You Home”; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Las Vegas Sphere Residency, with Eagles) | Rhino |
| Melanie | “Right About Now” (previously unreleased recordings from the mid-1980s, with five bonus tracks; Download) | Cleopatra |
| Gary Moore | “Gary Moore Live – from Baloise Session” (CD + Blu-ray; recorded on Nov. 13, 2008; Hear here; Blue Double Vinyl; Download) | Provogue / Mascot Label Group |
| Pale Saints | “Slow Buildings (30th Anniversary)” (Double CD; their third and final album from 1994; includes “Fine Friend” EP and a selection of previously unheard tracks and demos) | 4AD |
| Orbital | “Orbital 2 (The Brown Album)” (Double CD; 1993 album, featuring “Halcyon + On + On” and “Lush 3-1”; with a second disc of rarities; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, expanded to 35 tracks; Apple Music; On Tour) | London |
| Duffy Power & Argent | “Hell Hound: The Lost 1971 CBS Album” (Double CD, 21 tracks; full Nexus-era sessions, with rare demos, alternative takes and new 2024 mixes; remastered from the original tapes, with a 20-page booklet; Vinyl, 12 songs; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download) | Think Like a Key Music |
| Suede | “Sci-Fi Lullabies (Deluxe Edition)” (Triple CD; expanded edition of the 1997 B-sides compilation; Triple Vinyl, half-speed mastered at AIR Mastering; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Various artists | “Soul 66 From The Vaults of Atlantic, Atco, Calla, Loma, Reprise, Roulette, Stax, Volt and Warner Bros” (three-CD, 91-track collection of soul hits and rarities from 1966; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Strawberry / Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “Young & Wild: A Decade of American Glam Metal 1982-1992” (three-CD compilation, featuring Bon Jovi, KISS, Poison, David Lee Roth, Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Cinderella, et al; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Lemon / Cherry Red |
