New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Laurie Anderson & Sexmob | “Let X=X” (Double CD; recorded live at Brooklyn Academy of Music during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band; Hear here; Read here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)   | Nonesuch |
| Michaela Anne | “These Are the Days” (Nashville singer-songwriter’s sixth album; producer: husband Aaron Shafer-Haiss; new single: “These Are the Days”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Georgia June Records |
| Basement | “WIRED” (British alt-rock band’s first album in eight years; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Head Alight”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Run For Cover |
| Black Veil Brides | “VINDICATE” (their seventh album; producers: frontman Andy Biersack, guitarist Jake Pitts; guests: Lilith Czar, Robb Flynn; new single: “Vindicate”; See here; Glow in the Dark Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Spinefarm |
| Broken Social Scene | “Remember the Humans” (Canadian group’s first album in nearly a decade; producer: David Newfeld; new single: “Not Around Anymore”; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Light Blue, Rose and White Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Arts & Crafts |
| Brother Wallace | “Electric Love” (West Point, GA-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist’s debut album; recorded at Real World Studios; producers: Wallace, Dan Taylor; new single: “Electric Love”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| CORTIS | “GREENGREEN” (K-pop group’s second mini-album; new single: “Redred”; Additional Versions; Target-Exclusive CD, with random photocard; Target-Exclusive Vinyl) | BIGHIT MUSIC |
| Darkthrone | “Pre-Historic Metal” (Norwegian black metal veterans’ 21st studio album; recorded at Chaka Khan Studios, Oslo, with production work by Ole Øvstedal, Silje Høgevold and Mads Luis; new single: “Pre-Historic Metal”; See here; Vinyl; Purple Marble Vinyl; Box Set, containing CD, splatter vinyl and cassette, with two posters; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Peaceville |
| Olof Dreijer | “Loud Bloom” (debut solo album from Swedish DJ-electronic artist and one-half of The Knife; new single: “Echoed Dafnino”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Cherry Eco-Mix Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Rabid Records / dh2 |
| The Flatliners | “Cold World” (Canadian punk quartet’s seventh album; producers: Chris Cresswell, The Flatliners; new single: “Inner Peace”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Equal Vision |
| A Forest of Stars | “Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface” (British black metal band’s sixth album; new single: “Ascension of the Clowns”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download; Download Deluxe Edition, with three bonus tracks; Apple Music) | Prophecy Productions |
| Gay Meat | “Blue Water” (debut album from North Carolina indie rocker Karl Kuehn; new single: “Vodka Sprite”; Hear here; Read here; Blue Vinyl; Download released on April 24; Apple Music) | Skeletal Lightning |
| girli | “it’s just my opinion” (London-based alt-pop artist Milly Toomey’s third album; producers: Aidan Hogg, G Flip, girli, Ross Gilmartin; new single: “Romantic Sadness”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Believe Music |
| Amy Grant | “The Me That Remains” (her first album of new, original material in 13 years; producer: Mac McAnally; guests: husband Vince Gill, Ruby Amanfu; new single: “The Me That Remains”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with two bonus tracks; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Amy Grant Productions / Thirty Tigers |
| Josh Groban | “Cinematic” (10 covers of film classics; producer: Greg Wells; guests: Jennifer Hudson, Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, his father Jack Groban; new single: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with alternative cover art; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Jennifer Hudson) | Reprise |
| Aldous Harding | “Train on the Island” (New Zealand-based musician-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: John Parish; new single: “One Stop”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | 4AD |
| I’m With Her | “Sing Me Alive” (20-song live album from Grammy-winning folk-roots trio of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan, recorded in eight cities during their 2025 tour; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Rounder / Concord |
| Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson | “Song Sung Blue (Music from the Motion Picture)” (Trailer; Double Vinyl; Download released on Dec. 19; Apple Music) | Mutant / Back Lot Music |
| Josiah and the Bonnevilles | “As Is” (moniker of indie folk singer-songwriter and former “American Idol” contestant Josiah Leming; producers: Leming, Konrad Snyder; new single: “Going Gone”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Rounder / Concord |
| The Jungle Giants | “Experiencing Feelings of Joy” (Australian indie-dance band’s fifth album; written and produced by frontman Sam Hales; new single: “A Moment Like That”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Amplifire Music / Together We Can Work Together |
| Koyo | “Barely Here” (Long Island melodic hardcore band’s sophomore album; producer: Jon Markson; new single: “Irreversible”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Rise Against) | Pure Noise |
| Abigail Lapell | “Shadow Child” (seventh album from Canadian Folk Music Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter; producer: Colin Stewart; guests: Frazey Ford, Jill Barber, Dana Sipos, Pharis Romero; new single: “Shadow Child”; See here; Read here; Lavender Eco-Mix Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Outside Music |
| The Lemon Twigs | “Look For Your Mind!” (Long Island rock band’s sixth studio album, the first to include live members Reza Matin [drums] and Danny Ayala [bass], and Eva Chambers of Tchotchke; new single: “2 or 3”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Captured Tracks |
| Lykke Li | “The Afterparty” (Swedish singer’s sixth album; new single: “Lucky Again”; See here; Vinyl; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Neon Gold |
| Ashley McBryde | “Wild” (Grammy, CMA, and ACM Award-winning singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: John Osborne; new single: “Bottle Tells Me So”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD and Vinyl, with alternate cover art; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner Music Nashville |
| MUNA | “Dancing on the Wall” (their fourth album; producer: band member Naomi McPherson; new single: “Dancing on the Wall”; See here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Frosted Wave Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Saddest Factory Records / Dead Oceans |
| John Palumbo | “R U SCIENCE?” (solo album from Crack the Sky co-founder; new single: “Iceman”; See here) | Iconoclassic |
| Linda Perry | “Let It Die Here” (her third solo album and first since 1999; 17 songs; new single: her version of “Beautiful,” the Grammy-winning song she wrote for Christina Aguilera; See here; Desert Glass Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Blood Moon Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | 670 Records / Kill Rock Stars |
| Stephen Sanchez | “LOVE, LOVE, LOVE” (retro-pop singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “LOVE, LOVE, LOVE”; Hear here; Brick Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mercury / Republic |
| Kenny Wayne Shepherd | “Ledbetter Heights (The 30th Anniversary Sessions)” (blues-rock guitarist revisits his 1995 debut album, with Double Trouble drummer Chris “Whipper” Layton returning for the rerecording; producers: Shepherd, Jerry Harrison; new single: “One Foot on the Path”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | RAM Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Social Distortion | “Born to Kill” (their eighth album and first in 15 years; producers: frontman Mike Ness, Dave Sardy; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with patch; new single: “Born to Kill”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Pink and Yellow Double Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Violet Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Epitaph |
| Matthew Stevens | “Matthew Stevens” (producers: Stevens, Josh Johnson, Eric Doob; guests: Terri Lyne Carrington, Jeff Parker, Joel Ross, Anna B Savage, Corey King, et al; new single: “Who Does She Hope To Be?”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Candid Records |
| Teramaze | “The Silent Architect” (Australian progressive metal band’s 12th album; new single: “Arrow”; See here; Download; Apple Music) | Wells Music |
| Midge Ure | “A Man of Two Worlds” (2CD Mediabook; his first album of new material in 12 years; split into two, “World One: Music” contains eight instrumental tracks, while “World Two: Songs” features eight vocal pieces; new single: “Just Words”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Chrysalis |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Chris Brown | “BROWN” (his 12th studio album; 27 songs; new single: “Fallin’,” feat. Leon Thomas; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour, with Usher) | RCA |
| Griffin Brown | “Begriffen” (New York-based electronic pop artist’s third album; new single: “Two Wrongs”; See here; Apple Music) | Spread Way Out / Better Company Records |
| The Chainsmokers & Oaks | “Love Is Kind” (five-song collaborative EP with Swedish singer-songwriter Oaks; new single: “Already Know”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Disruptor Records / Columbia |
| Carla J Easton | “I Think That I Might Love You” (producer: Howard Bilerman; new single: “Let’s Make Plans for the Weekend”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ernest Jenning Record Co. |
| General Chaos | “Can’t Please ’Em All” (second album from Montreal teen punk trio; producer: Fred Jacques; new single: “The Idiots Have Taken Over”; See here; Apple Music) | Stomp Records |
| Idle Threat | “you’ll forget the sun” (Nashville rock band’s second album; producer: Haste the Day frontman Stephen Keech; new single: “in tandem”; See here; Apple Music) | Tooth & Nail |
| Loraine James | “Detached From the Rest of You” (London electronic producer-musician’s sixth album; guests: Tirzah, Alan Sparhawk, Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori, Sydney Spann, Anysia Kym, Le3 bLACK, Fyn Dobson; new single: “In a Rut”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out May 22; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Hyperdub |
| Kiesza | “Dancing and Crying: Volume 3” (seven-song EP; new single: “When I’m Dancing”; See here; On Tour) | ZST |
| Carín León | “MUDA” (Mexican superstar’s fifth album; guests: Juanes, Rawayana; new single: “Ruca”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Socios Music / Virgin Music Group / Island |
| Jason Mraz | “Grandma’s Gospel Favorites” (a gospel album he originally recorded as a gift for his grandmother in 2007, featuring gospel classics and two original songs; new single: “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out June 19; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Deb Never | “ARCADE” (L.A. alt-pop singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “all the time”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Giant Music |
| Ruben “El Gato Negro” Ramos | “Los Días de Calor” (producers: Carrie Rodriguez, Sergio Mendoza; Hear here) | Cosmica Artists |
| Trippers & Askers | “Tried to Do’s” (second album from Asheville-based Jay Hammond; producers: Hammond, Michael Hammond, Andy Stack; new single: “No Coming No Going,” feat. Chessa Rich; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Sleepy Cat |
| War On Women | “Time Under Tension” (Baltimore punk band’s fifth album and first since 2020; new single: “Messages Unsent”; See here; Black Ice with Glitter Vinyl; Apple Music) | Smartpunk |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Clifford Brown | “The Ultimate Collection” (eight albums on four CDs; remastered) | Enlightenment |
| Kenny Burrell | “Early Years: Blue Note Sessions 1956-58” (two-CD, 22-track collection) | Acrobat |
| Neil Diamond | “Wild At Heart” (nine outtakes from his 2008 “Home Before Dark” album sessions with producer Rick Rubin, along with an alternate version of “Forgotten”; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with bonus hits disc + litho; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Translucent Ivory Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Capitol / UMe |
| The Esquires | “Get Away With The Esquires” (26-track compilation, featuring their 1967 hits “Get On Up” and “And Get Away”; remastered; Hear here; Amazon UK) | Sunset Blvd. |
| The Fabulous Thunderbirds | “Live in London 1985” (CD + DVD; recorded at Camden Palace Theatre; Vinyl; Amazon UK) | The Last Music Company |
| Peter Gabriel | “Live at WOMAD 1982” (Double CD; available now on CD and LP for the first time; recorded at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground, Somerset; See here; Double Vinyl; Download released on Aug. 8, 2025) | Real World |
| Al Jolson | “Sonny Boy: The Hits Collection 1912-1947” (four CDs, 91 tracks) | Acrobat |
| The Knack | “Knackology: The Zen Recordings” (19 studio, live and demo tracks from across their career, including a cover of Badfinger’s “No Matter What,” all taken from the archive of frontman Doug Fieger’s Zen Records; mastered by Michael Graves; Read here; Amazon UK; Download) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Iain Matthews | “Rhythm of the West: The Columbia Years 1975-1977” (six-CD, 80-track box set with bonus tracks and two live performances; Read here; Amazon UK) | Lemon / Cherry Red |
| Melanie | “Songs She Sang at Woodstock” (partially based on a live performance recorded in 2021, the 12 tracks unite Melanie’s voice with the voices of her musically gifted children; Amazon UK) | Cleopatra |
| The Pussycat Dolls | “PCD” (2005 debut album, featuring “Don’t Cha,” “Buttons” and “Stickwitu”; with 10 bonus tracks; Vinyl, minus bonus tracks; first time on vinyl; Target-Exclusive Lava Lamp Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK) “Doll Domination” (2008 album, featuring “When I Grow Up” and “I Hate This Part”; Double Vinyl, first time on vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) | A&M / UMe |
| Small Faces | “Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake (Expanded Edition)” (Triple CD; 1968 album, featuring “Lazy Sunday” and “Afterglow of Your Love”; mastered by Nick Robbins; includes rare material from surviving Small Faces member Kenney Jones’ personal tape archive, plus a 32-page illustrated booklet) “The Autumn Stone” (Triple CD; 1969 compilation; mastered by Nick Robbins, with previously unreleased and rare tracks; Autumn Stone and Gold Triple Vinyl, housed in a 68-page hardback book) | Nice Records |
| Various artists | “NOW Yearbook ’72” (four CDs, 80 hits; CD Hardback Book, four discs, 80 songs; Blue Triple Vinyl, 50 songs; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| The Ventures | “The Jasmine EP Collection” (compiled from EPs issued in the U.S., U.K. and France between 1960 and 1962) | Jasmine |
| Ween | “Brown Box” (10-CD box set of complete albums: “GodWeenSatan: The Oneness,” “The Pod,” “Pure Guava,” “Chocolate and Cheese,” “12 Golden Country Greats,” “The Mollusk,” “White Pepper,” “Quebec,” “Shinola, Vol. 1” and “La Cucaracha”; Amazon UK) | Rhino |
| Westlife | “25 – The Ultimate Collection” (Double CD; 25-track set marks their 25th year, featuring four new songs; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sony Music UK |
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