New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| AJR | “The Maybe Man” (brother trio’s fifth album; new single: “Yes I’m a Mess”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)   | AJR Productions / Mercury / Republic |
| Jason Aldean | “Highway Desperado” (new single: “Let Your Boys Be Country”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Macon Music / Broken Bow |
| Joey Alexander | “Continuance” (20-year-old pianist/composer’s seventh album includes a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me”; Vinyl; Download) | Mack Avenue |
| Bad Wolves | “Die About It” (L.A. rock band’s fourth album; new single: “Bad Friend”; See here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
| Jimmy Buffett | “Equal Strain On All Parts” (his final album and his first since 2020; producers: Michael Utley, Mac McAnally; guests: Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris, Angelique Kidjo, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Will Kimbrough, Lennie Gallant; See here; Read here; Electric Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Mailboat / Sun Label Group |
| Casting Crowns | “Lifesongs: A Celebration of the First 20 Years” (21 songs and 21 guest artists who have taken a Casting Crowns song and re-recorded them in their own reimagined versions; new single: “All Because of Mercy”; Hear here; Download released on Sept. 29; On Tour) | Provident Label Group |
| Cold War Kids | “Cold War Kids” (their 10th album; new single: “Run Away With Me”; See here; Download; Apple Music) | AWAL Recordings |
| Dirty Honey | “Can’t Find the Brakes” (new single: “Won’t Take Me Alive”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | Dirt |
| Micky Dolenz | “Dolenz Sings R.E.M.” (four-song covers EP; producer: Christian Nesmith; new single: “Shiny Happy People”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) | 7a Records |
| Drop Nineteens | “Hard Light” (shoegaze band’s first album in 30 years; new single: “Scapa Flow”; See here; Crystal Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Wharf Cat |
| Michael Franti & Spearhead | “Big Big Love” (their 13th album; See here; Vinyl out Dec. 8; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Boo Boo Wax / Thirty Tigers |
| Fuming Mouth | “Last Day of Sun” (death metal/hardcore band’s second album; new single: “The Silence Beyond Life”; See here; Smoke Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Nuclear Blast |
| Ian Sweet | “Sucker” (indie-pop singer-songwriter Jilian Medford’s fourth album; new single: “Your Spit”; See here; Read here; Transparent Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Polyvinyl |
| Shooter Jennings | “Shooter Jennings and the Werewolves of Los Angeles Do Zevon” (13-song tribute album, recorded at Monterey, CA’s Rebels & Renegades Music Festival; See here; Vinyl; Download) | BCR Media |
| Cody Johnson | “Leather” (country singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Trent Willmon; new singles: “Work Boots” and “Watching My Old Flame Go Out”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | COJO Music / Warner Music Nashville |
| Jung Kook | “GOLDEN” (BTS member’s full-length debut album; guests: Jack Harlow, Latto; new single: “3D”; See here; Apple Music) | BIGHIT MUSIC |
| Heather Anne Lomax | “The Doman Tracks” (L.A.-based singer-songwriter’s third album; recorded years ago with the late Michael Doman as producer, contributing guitarist and vocalist; new single: “Heavy Load”; See here; Download) | Blackbird Record Label |
| Bonnie Montgomery | “River” (producers: Montgomery, Kevin Skria; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Gar Hole |
| Van Morrison | “Accentuate the Positive” (his 45th studio album, paying homage to his favorite early rock classics; guests: the late Jeff Beck, Chris Farlowe, Taj Mahal; first single: “Shakin’ All Over”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Exile Productions |
| Cliff Richard | “Cliff with Strings – My Kinda Life” (British legend marks his 65th year in music with a compilation of his biggest hits and favorite tracks, with orchestral arrangements from composer Chris Walden; Read here) | East West / Rhino |
| Semisonic | “Little Bit of Sun” (Grammy-nominated trio’s first full-length album in more than 20 years; guests: Jason Isbell, Jim James; new single: “The Rope”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Pleasuresonic Recordings |
| Marnie Stern | “The Comeback Kid” (guitar virtuoso’s first album in 10 years; new single: “Til It’s Over”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Joyful Noise Recordings |
| The Struts | “Pretty Vicious” (British rockers’ fourth album; producers: The Struts, Julian Raymond; new single: “Too Good At Raising Hell”; See here; Violet Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | John Varvatos Records / Big Machine |
| Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee | “Los Angeles” (their first collaborative album; guests: The Edge, Bobby Gillespie, Isaac Brock, James Murphy, Mary Lattimore, et al; new single: “Los Angeles”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | PIAS |
| Sylvia Tyson | “At the End of the Day” (Canadian folk legend says this will be her final album; producer: Danny Greenspoon; new single: “Sweet Agony”; See here; Download) | Stony Plain |
| Jaime Wyatt | “Feel Good” (producer: Black Pumas’ Adrian Quesada; new single: “World Worth Keeping”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Kevin Abstract | “Blanket” (former BROCKHAMPTON rapper’s third solo album; producer: Romil Hemnani; new single: “Gum”; See here; Apple Music) | Video Store / RCA |
| All Get Out | “All Get Out” (South Carolina-based indie/folk-rock band’s fourth album; new single: “Come Back Around”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Equal Vision |
| Atreyu | “A Torch in the Dark” (four-song EP, combined with previous EPs “The Hope of a Spark” and “The Moment You Find Your Flame”; Apple Music; On Tour) | Spinefarm |
| bar italia | “The Twits” (London-based trio’s second album of 2023; new single: “my little tony”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Matador |
| The Beatles | “Now and Then” (group’s final song, written and sung by John Lennon; Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison had worked on the song over the years, but it recently got completed with a little help from AI; B-side is the band’s first single, 1962’s “Love Me Do”; See here; Read here; 7-Inch Vinyl; Clear Vinyl; Light Blue Vinyl; 12-Inch Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; Merch) | Apple / Capitol / UMe |
| Brigitte Calls Me Baby | “This House Is Made of Corners” (Chicago-based indie band’s five-song debut EP; producer: Dave Cobb; new single: “Impressively Average”; See here; Apple Music) | ATO |
| Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah | “The Falcon Ate the Flower” (SF/Nashville artist’s third album; producer: Jason Soda) | Lee Gallagher |
| Housefires | “How to Start a Housefire (Pt. III)” (producers: Jonathan Jay, Norman Gyamfi; new single: “The Place Where I Belong”; See here; Apple Music) | Capitol CMG / TRIBL Records |
| In the Pines | “Painting By Numbers” (new single: “Let It Slide”; Hear here; Orange Vinyl; Apple Music) | Soul Step |
| Isla Rico | “eternal optimist” (Manchester indie-pop trio’s five-song debut EP; new single: “Naranjá”; Hear here) | Isla Rico |
| JudyAnne Jackson | “Dear Me” (15-year-old Tampa country singer-songwriter’s five-song EP; Hear here) | JAJAX MUSIC |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | “OXYMOREWORKS” (collaborations with other artists, including Martin Gore, Brian Eno, Armin van Buuren, NSDOS, et al; new single: “ZEITGEIST TAKE 2”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Music Affair Entertainment / Sony Music |
| Light Beams | “Wild Life” (DC dance punks’ second album; new single: “Coming Our Way”; See here) | Dischord Records / Mud Memory |
| Matmos | “Return to Archive” (Baltimore-based duo’s 14th album, developed exclusively from sampling the “non-musical” recordings originally published by Folkways in the mid-20th century; released to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Folkways Records by Moses Asch and Marian Distler; See here; CD out Jan. 26, 2024; Apple Music) | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Holly Munro | “Up Against Your Nature” (Irish singer-songwriter’s four-song debut EP; producer: Luke Potashnick; new single: “Open Ended”; See here) | Kartel Music Group |
| Pendulum | “Anima” (four-song EP, including “Halo,” feat. Bullet For My Valentine’s Matt Tuck; See here) | Liberator Music |
| Rachel Tucker | “… you’re already home” (star of the London revival of “Sunset Boulevard” tackles songs from “My Fair Lady,” “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” “Waitress,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” and other covers; Read here) | Westway Music / Absolute |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Blasters | “Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters” (20-song collection includes tracks from their first four albums, with deep cuts and two songs originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1984 cult film, “Streets of Fire”; Download) | Liberation Hall |
| Garth Brooks | “The Limited Series” (seven-CD box set includes a new 10-track, self-produced album, “Time Traveler,” sold exclusively at Bass Pro Shops; Read here; On Tour) | Pearl, Nov. 7 |
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | “The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live From the Northwest, 1959” (recorded at the Multnomah Jazz Club and Clark College, both in Portland, OR, captured by audio engineer Wally Heider; Download) | Brubeck Editions |
| Cher | “Believe (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1998 album, featuring the title track and “Strong Enough”; with a second disc of newly remastered remixes from the era; Triple Vinyl, pressed on clear, sea blue and light blue LPs; Amazon UK) | Rhino / Warner |
| Chicago | “Greatest Christmas Hits” (13-song collection; Vinyl; On Tour) | Rhino |
| The Chick Corea Elektric Band | “The Future Is Now” (two-CD collection of live recordings from 2016-2018, compiled and completed by Corea before his death in February 2021; mastered by Bernie Grundman; Triple Vinyl; Download) | Candid |
| Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose | “Very Best of Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose” (21 tracks from their only two albums on one CD, plus three bonus cuts, featuring “Treat Her Like a Lady,” “It’s Too Late to Turn Back Now” and “Don’t Ever Be Lonely [A Poor Little Fool Like Me]”) | Classics |
| Bob Marley and the Wailers | “Catch a Fire (50th Anniversary Edition)” (1973 album; remastered, with “Live at the Paris Theatre in London” and a third CD of alternate, extended and instrumental Jamaican tracks, plus three live tracks from Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl, three LPs; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Tuff Gong / Island / UMe |
| Johnny Marr | “Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr” (16-track collection includes non-album singles, two new songs and a cover of Depeche Mode’s “I Feel You”; new single: “Somewhere”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
| Christine McVie | “Christine McVie” (1984 album, featuring “Got a Hold on Me” and “Love Will Show Us How”; remastered; Vinyl) “In the Meantime” (2004 album, her third and final solo LP; remastered; nephew Dan Perfect created a new stereo and Dolby ATMOS mix of the album; Read here; Vinyl) | Rhino / Warner |
| Willie Nelson | “Greatest Hits” (22-song, career-spanning collection; Double Vinyl; Download; On Tour) | Legacy Recordings |
| New Kids on the Block | “The Block Revisited (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2008 comeback album, featuring “Summertime,” “Single” and “2 in the Morning”; with bonus tracks and remixes, including “Dirty Dancing” feat. Joshua, DK & Dino of SEVENTEEN; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Grape Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Interscope / UMe |
| Todd Rundgren | “At the BBC 1972-1982” (three-CD, one-DVD box set) | Esoteric Antenna |
| Kenny Thomas | “The Best of Kenny Thomas” (16-song collection includes rare mixes and two previously unreleased tracks; Vinyl, 11-song LP; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) | Chrysalis |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Snail Mail | “Valentine Demos” (five-song EP of stripped-down versions of songs from her 2021 album; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Matador |
| The Tragically Hip | “Phantom Power (Deluxe)” (1998 album; with five unheard tracks from the original recording sessions, plus a live show at The Metropol in Pittsburgh in October 1998, along with seven alternate versions; Hear here; 3-CD, 1-Blu-ray Box Set and 5-LP, 1-Blu-ray Box Set; out Nov. 17; Apple Music) | Universal Music Canada |