New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Arcade Fire | “WE” (their first album since 2017’s “Everything Now”; producers: Nigel Godrich, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne; Peter Gabriel appears on the song “Unconditional II [Race and Religion]”; first singles: “The Lightning I” and “The Lightning II”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) » BUY NOW  |
(Columbia) |
| AURORA | “The Gods We Can Touch” (producers: AURORA, Magnus Skylstad; new single: “Heathens”; Hear here; Vinyl; Walmart-Exclusive Radiant Red Vinyl; Cassette; Download released on Jan. 21; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Glassnote) |
| AWOLNATION | “My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers & Me” (covers album, with guests Beck, Jewel, Brandon Boyd, Taylor Hanson, Grouplove, Portugal. The Man, Midland, Tim McIlrath, Hyro the Hero, Elohim; Hear here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Better Noise Music) |
| Belle and Sebastian | “A Bit of Previous” (their first album in seven years; producers: Belle and Sebastian; first single: “Unnecessary Drama”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Matador) |
| The Black Crowes | “1972” (Amazon Original-exclusive covers EP, including versions of “Papa Wasn’t a Rollin’ Stone,” “Moonage Daydream” and “You Wear It Well”; their first new recordings in 12 years; Vinyl; Download out May 4; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Silver Arrow) |
| BoyWithUke | “Serotonin Dreams” (guests: blackbear, mxmtoon, Powfu; new single: “IDGAF”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Republic) |
| The Builders and The Butchers | “Hell & High Water” (new single: “West Virginia”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Badman Recording Co.) |
| Basia Bulat | “The Garden” (reimaginations of songs from her five studio albums, with classical string quartet arrangements by Owen Pallett, Paul Frith, and Zou Zou Robidoux; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Secret City) |
| !!! (Chk Chk Chk) | “Let It Be Blue” (guests: Maria Uzor, Angelica Garcia, Meah Pace; new single: “Storm Around the World”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Warp) |
| Fozzy | “Boombox” (new single: “Judas”; Hear here; Vinyl out Nov. 11; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(The Century Family) |
| Halestorm | “Back from the Dead” (producer: Nick Raskulinecz; new single: “The Steeple”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Atlantic) |
| Ibeyi | “Spell 31” (guests: BERWYN, Jorja Smith, Pa Salieu; new single: “Sister 2 Sister”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(XL Recordings) |
| kelz | “5am and I Can’t Sleep” (first single: “Guitar + Peaches”; Hear here; See here; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Bayonet) |
| Brennen Leigh Featuring Asleep At The Wheel | “Obsessed With the West” (new single: “If Tommy Duncan’s Voice Was Booze”; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Signature Sounds) |
| Jim Lindberg (of Pennywise) | “Songs From The Elkhorn Trail” (producer: Ted Hutt; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Epitaph) |
| Ella Mai | “Heart On My Sleeve” (the Grammy-winning British singer’s second album; guests: Latto, Roddy Ricch, Lucky Daye; new single: “Leave You Alone”; Hear here; Target-Exclusive CD, with alternative cover art; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(10 Summers / Interscope) |
| Leyla McCalla (of Carolina Chocolate Drops) | “Breaking the Thermometer” (in 2016, Duke University acquired the archives of Radio Haiti and commissioned McCalla to create a multi-disciplinary theater project, resulting in an album that combines original compositions and traditional Haitian tunes with historical broadcasts and interviews; new single: “Vini Wè”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl out June 24; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Midland | “The Last Resort: Greetings From” (guest: Jon Pardi; Hear here; Transparent Green Vinyl out July 1; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Big Machine) |
| Graham Nash | “Graham Nash: Live – Songs for Beginners, Wild Tales” (2019 concert performances of his first two studio albums; mixed by Kevin Killen and mastered by Bob Ludwig; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Proper Music) |
| Osaka Popstar | “Ear Candy” (four-song EP; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Misfits) |
| Pink Mountaintops | “Peacock Pools” (their first album in eight years; first single: “Lights of the City”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(ATO) |
| Aaron Raitiere | “Single Wide Dreamer” (producers: Anderson East, Miranda Lambert; guests: Lambert, East, Dave Cobb, Natalie Hemby, Ashley Monroe, Waylon Payne, Robert Randolph, Foy Vance, Bob Weir; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Dinner Time / Thirty Tigers) |
| Emeli Sandé | “Let’s Say for Instance” (new single: “Brighter Days”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Chrysalis) |
| Timothy B. Schmit | “Day By Day” (new single: “Simple Man”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Timothy B. Schmit) |
| Silverstein | “Misery Made Me” (producer: Sam Guaiana; guests: nothing,nowhere., Trevor Daniel, Andrew Neufeld, Mike Hranica; first single: “Ultraviolet”; Orange Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(UNFD) |
| Simple Plan | “Harder Than It Looks” (guest: Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley; new single: “Congratulations”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl out Oct. 28; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Simple Plan) |
| Soft Cell | “*Happiness not included” (the synth duo’s first album in 20 years; new single: “Bruises on my illusions”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Stand Atlantic | “F.E.A.R.” (album title stands for “Fuck Everything and Run”; guests: Royal & The Serpent, nothing,nowhere., my literal mum; new single: “pity party”; Hear here; Read here; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Hopeless) |
| Sunflower Bean (NYC indie rock trio) | “Headful of Sugar” (new single: “Who Put You Up to This?”; Hear here; See here; Orange Crush Vinyl; Cassette; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Mom+Pop Music) |
| Three Days Grace | “Explosions” (first single: “So Called Life”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(RCA) |
| Sharon Van Etten | “We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong” (producers: Van Etten, Daniel Knowles; Marble Smoke Vinyl; Cassette; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Jagjaguwar) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 82” (22 songs; Track List; Download) » BUY NOW |
(UMG Recordings / Sony Music Entertainment) |
| Warpaint | “Radiate Like This” (their first album in nearly six years; first single: “Champion”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Heirlooms / Virgin) |
| Suki Waterhouse | “I Can’t Let Go” (producer: Brad Cook; new single: “Wild Side”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour, with Father John Misty) » BUY NOW |
(Sub Pop) |
| George Winston | “NIGHT” (solo piano; new single: “Beverly”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Dancing Cat / RCA) |
| Alison Wonderland (Australian DJ-producer) | “Loner” (new single: “Forever”; Hear here; Clear Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Astralwerks) |
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| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Boyzlife (Boyzone’s Keith Duffy and Westlife’s Brian McFadden) | “Old School” (new single: “The One”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Boyzlife) |
| Bryan Ferry | “Love Letters” (four-song EP of covers, including the Burt Bacharach-penned “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself”; Hear here; Apple Music; Roxy Music 50th Anniversary Tour) » BUY NOW |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| Jack Harlow | “Come Home the Kids Miss You” (new single: “Nail Tech”; Hear here; Read here; CD out May 27; On Tour; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Generation Now / Atlantic) |
| Kisskadee | “Black Hole Era” (new single: “Brother”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(Anxiety Blanket) |
| Sofia Mills | “Baby Magic” (19-year-old singer-songwriter’s debut album; producer: John Mark Nelson; new single: “Bite”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Sofia Mills) |
| Tommaso Moretti (Italian jazz drummer/composer) | “Inside Out” (new single: “Italiano in America”; See here) » BUY NOW |
(BACE) |
| Otoboke Beaver (Japanese punk rock-garage quartet) | “Super Champon” (new single: “PARDON?”; Hear here; See here; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Damnably) |
| Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | “Endless Rooms” (producers: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Matt Duffy; new single: “The Way It Shatters”; Hear here; CD, Vinyl and Cassette out June 3; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Sub Pop) |
| Rowan | “Does It Make You Happy?” (Irish alt-rock trio’s debut album; producer: Tim Palmer; new single: “Irish to My Bones”; Hear here) » BUY NOW |
(Beverly Martel) |
| Sigrid (Norwegian pop star) | “How to Let Go” (producers: Sly, Askjell, Martin Sjølie, John Hill, Evil Twin, Zakk Cervini; new single: “Bad Life,” feat. Bring Me the Horizon; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Island) |
| Dylan Sinclair (20-year-old JUNO Award-nominated singer-songwriter) | “No Longer in the Suburbs” (eight-song EP; producers: Rowan, Jordon Manswell; new single: “Lifetime”; Hear here; Apple Music) » BUY NOW |
(Five Stone / The Orchard, May 11) |
| TOPS | “Empty Seats” (five-song EP; new single: “Perfected Steps”; Hear here; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Musique TOPS, May 10) |
| The Waterboys | “All Souls Hill” (their 15th album; new single: “The Liar”; Hear here; CD out June 17; Vinyl out Aug. 19; Apple Music; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(Cooking Vinyl) |
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Amazon Fresh » … Gift Cards » … Computers, Tablets & Accessories »Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Ray Charles | “The Singles Collection 1949-62” (five-CD, 125-track collection; Track List) » BUY NOW |
(Acrobat) |
| Ray Charles | “Live In Stockholm 1972 [Vinyl]” (first vinyl pressing of this eight-song performance; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Tangerine) |
| Sheryl Crow | “Sheryl: Music From The Feature Documentary” (two-CD, 35-song companion piece to the Showtime documentary, which premieres on May 6; Trailer; Download; On Tour) » BUY NOW |
(A&M / UMe) |
| John Fred and His Playboy Band | “Judy In Disguise With Glasses” (1967 album; mastered by Randy Perry) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
| Chesney Hawkes | “The Complete Picture: The Albums 1991-2012” (112 songs on six CDs; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Chrysalis) |
| Jermaine Jackson | “Come Into My Life” (1973 album, featuring “You’re In Good Hands”) » BUY NOW |
(Music on CD) |
| The Knack | “Live at the House of Blues, September 25, 2001” (18-song set recorded in Hollywood just two weeks after the events of 9/11, featuring the founding trio of Doug Fieger, Berton Averre and Prescott Niles, with drummer Dave Henderson; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Liberation Hall) |
| Darlene Love | “The Many Sides of Love: The Complete Reprise Recordings Plus!” (15 songs, remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision) » BUY NOW |
(Real Gone Music) |
| Melissa Manchester | “Live ’77” (unreleased live album, recorded at Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, Fla., on Oct. 30, 1977; mastered from the original stereo tapes by Mike Milchner at SonicVision; Read here) » BUY NOW |
(Second Disc Records / Real Gone Music) |
| Meat Loaf | “Rarities” (two-CD set includes the 1971 album “Stoney & Meatloaf,” “Meat Loaf Live” [1977] and “Live From the El Mocambo, January 18, 1978”) » BUY NOW |
(Classics France) |
| Phil Seymour | “2” (1985 album; remastered and expanded to 19 songs) » BUY NOW |
(Sunset Blvd.) |
| Connie Stevens | “The Stereo Singles Collection” (28 songs on one CD) » BUY NOW |
(Classics France) |
| Norma Tanega | “I’m the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964-1971” (two CDs, 23 songs; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Anthology Recordings) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call a Decade 2000s” (20 tracks, from Britney Spears’s “Oops! … I Did It Again” to The Fray’s “How to Save a Life”; Download) » BUY NOW |
(UMG Recordings / Sony Music Entertainment) |
| Whitesnake | “Greatest Hits” (Vinyl; On Tour, with Foreigner and Europe; Merch) » BUY NOW |
(Rhino) |
| Neil Young | “Royce Hall 1971” (solo acoustic show at UCLA on Jan. 30, 1971; Hear here; Vinyl out June 3; Download) » BUY NOW“Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971” (solo acoustic show in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 1971; a bootleg titled “I’m happy that y’all came down”; Hear here; Vinyl out June 3; Download) » BUY NOW, “Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 (Live at The Bottom Line)” (a surprise solo acoustic performance following a Ry Cooder show on May 16, 1974; Hear here; Vinyl out May 20; Download) » BUY NOW |
(Reprise) |
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