New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Antlers | “Blight” (indie rock group’s seventh album and first since 2021; new single: “Carnage”; See here; Read here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Transgressive |
| Richard Ashcroft | “Lovin’ You” (The Verve lead singer’s seventh solo album and his first new material since 2018; new single: “Lovin’ You”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Virgin Music Group |
| The Autumn Defense | “Here and Nowhere” (sixth album from Wilco’s John Stirratt and Pat Sansone and their first in more than 10 years; new single: “Love Lives”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Yep Roc |
| Asaf Avidan | “Unfurl” (Europe-based singer-songwriter’s fourth solo album and first in five years; recorded at the famed Miraval Studios in the south of France, with a rhythm section of jazz aficionados and a 40-piece live orchestra; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Telmavar Records / The Orchard |
| The Besnard Lakes | “The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation” (Montreal indie rock band’s seventh album; new single: “In Hollywood”; See here; Read here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Full Time Hobby |
| BIA | “BIANCA” (rapper-singer’s full-length debut album; guests: Key Glock, Young Miko, et al; new single: “Dade”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) | Epic |
| Blawan | “SickElixir” (English DJ-producer’s second full-length album, seven years after his debut; new single: “NOS”; Hear here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Lemon Yellow Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | XL Recordings |
| Priscilla Block | “Things You Didn’t See” (Nashville-based country singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: David Garcia, Dave Cohen, Jesse Frasure, Rian Ball; new single: “Couldn’t Care Less”; Hear here; Light Gold Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Cole Swindell) | InDent Records / Mercury Nashville |
| Hollie Cook | “Shy Girl” (her fifth studio album; English roots reggae singer-keyboardist was in the final lineup of The Slits and is the daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook; producer: Ben Mckone; new single: “Shy Girl”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Mr Bongo |
| Madison Cunningham | “Ace” (Grammy-winning singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Cunningham, Robbie Lackritz; guests: Fleet Foxes; new single: “My Full Name”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Verve Forecast |
| Madi Diaz | “Fatal Optimist” (Grammy-nominated indie-folk artist’s seventh album; producer: Gabe Wax; new single: “Heavy Metal”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
| Dropkick Murphys | “For the People” (their 13th studio album; producer: Ted Hutt; guests: Billy Bragg, The Scratch, The Mary Wallopers, Al Barr; new single: “Who’ll Stand With Us?”; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on July 4; On Tour) | Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS] |
| Tommy Emmanuel | “Living in the Light” (producer: Vance Powell; new single: “Black and White to Color”; See here; Vinyl out Oct. 24; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Many Hats Distribution |
| Robert Finley | “Hallelujah! Don’t Let the Devil Fool Ya” (North Louisiana bluesman’s fourth album; producer: Dan Auerbach; new single: “Helping Hand”; Yellow and Black Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Easy Eye Sound / Concord |
| Flock of Dimes | “The Life You Save” (third album from Wye Oak multi-instrumentalist and producer Jenn Wasner; producers: Wasner, Nick Sanborn; new single: “Afraid”; See here; Read here; Citrus Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sub Pop |
| From Fall to Spring | “Entry Wounds” (German metalcore band’s second album; Magenta Vinyl; Download released on Sept. 26; Apple Music; On Tour) | Arising Empire |
| Great Lake Swimmers | “Caught Light” (Canadian indie folk group’s ninth album; producer: Darcy Yates; new single: “Youth Not Wasted”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Pheromone Recordings |
| HAAi | “HUMANiSE” (London-based, Australian-born artist’s second album; guests: Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Obi Franky, KAM-BU, Kaiden Ford, poet James Massiah, ILĀ, Trans Voices; new single: “Stitches”; See here; Crystal Clear Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mute |
| Sammy Hagar & The Best of All Worlds Band | “Sammy Hagar & The Best of All Worlds Band: The Residency” (Double CD; recorded this year at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas; band includes Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Kenny Aronoff and Rai Thistlethwayte; new single: “Summer Nights”; Read here; Amplified Lime/Reverb Blue Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Las Vegas Residency) | Big Machine Rock |
| Hinder | “Back to Life” (their seventh studio album; producers: drummer Cody Hanson, vocalist Marshal Dutton; new single: “Bring Me Back to Life”; See here; Mint Green Vinyl; Download released on May 23; Apple Music; On Tour) | Evil Teen |
| Jay Som | “Belong” (L.A.-based Melina Duterte’s fourth album and first in six years; guests: Hayley Williams, Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins; new singles: “Float” and “A Million Reasons Why”; See here; White Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lucky Number / Polyvinyl |
| Joker’s Republic | “The Hand You’ve Been Dealt” (New Jersey ska punk trio’s second album; producer: Roger Lima; new single: “Panic! Panic! Panic!”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Punkerton |
| Khalid | “After the Sun Goes Down” (his fourth album; producers: ILYA, Mattman & Robin, Savan Kotecha; new single: “out of body”; See here; Read here; Opaque Turquoise Blue Double Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Opaque Burgundy Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Right Hand Music Group / RCA |
| Charles Lloyd | “Figure in Blue” (Double CD; jazz saxophonist’s 12th album for Blue Note, with Jason Moran on piano and Marvin Sewell on guitar; new single: “Figure in Blue, memories of Duke”; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Blue Note |
| Rhett Miller | “A lifetime of riding by night” (his 10th solo album; producer: Old 97’s bandmate Murry Hammond; new single: “All for You”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Mobb Deep | “Infinite” (their first project since the death of Prodigy in 2017; new single: “Against the World”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Raekwon) | Mass Appeal |
| Pete Murray | “Longing” (Australian indie rocker gives life to unfinished songs he had set aside because they didn’t fit previous albums; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Community Music |
| The Orb | “Buddhist Hipsters” (electronic duo’s 18th studio album; guests: Roger Eno, Steve Hillage, Youth, Paul Ferguson, Miquette Giraudy, et al; new single: “Arabebonics”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Public Enemy | “Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025” (Hear/Read here; Vinyl; Download released on Bandcamp on June 27 as pay-what-you-want; On Tour; Merch) | Enemy Records |
| Roomful of Blues | “Steppin’ Out!” (Rhode Island-based blues, jump, swing and soul band’s 20th album and first in five years; new vocalist: DD Bastros, the band’s first female singer; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Alligator |
| St. Paul & The Broken Bones | “St. Paul & The Broken Bones” (Southern soul ensemble’s sixth album; producer: Eg White; new single: “Sushi and Coca-Cola”; See here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Oasis Pizza Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Calum Scott | “Avenoir” (U.K. singer-songwriter’s third album; producers: Digital Farm Animals, Dino Medanhodzic, Jon Maguire, LVLS, The Nocturns, The Six; new single: “God Knows”; Hear here; Transparent Pumpkin Spice Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Capitol |
| The Telephone Numbers | “Scarecrow II” (San Francisco indie pop group’s second album; new single: “Battle of Blythe Road”; Hear here; Transparent Greenhouse Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Slumberland |
| Testament | “Para Bellum” (California thrash metal band’s 14th album and first in five years; new single: “Infanticide A.I.”; See here; Read here; Copper Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nuclear Blast |
| Tanita Tikaram | “LIAR (Love Isn’t a Right)” (her 10th album and first in more than a decade; she says it’s a sequel to her 1988 debut album “Ancient Art”; producer: Andy Monaghan; new single: “This Perfect Friend”; See here; Read here; Brown Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| TWICE | “TEN: The Story Goes On” (K-pop group’s fourth album; 10 tracks; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with photocard; Lemon Spark Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Fancy Plum Vinyl, with poster and turntable slipmat; Download; Merch) | JYP Entertainment / IMPERIAL / Republic |
| Various artists | “Play On: A Raspberries Tribute” (Double CD; producers Ken Sharp and Fernando Perdomo assembled an all-star lineup for 37 cover songs, among them Rick Springfield, Bangles’ Vicki and Debbi Peterson, Lou Gramm, Marshall Crenshaw, John Waite, Cherie Currie, The Lemon Twigs, Shoes, et al) > Greatest 🍇 | Think Like a Key Music |
| Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble | “Groove in the Face of Adversity” (their debut album; band includes saxophonist Dave McMurray, keyboardist Luis Resto, trombonist Vincent Chandler, trumpeter John Douglas, drummer Jeff Canady, percussionist Mahindi Masai, guitarist Wayne Gerard and vocalist Steffanie Christi’an; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mack Avenue |
| Matthew West | “Come Home For Christmas” (a mix of original songs and holiday classics; Read here; On Tour) | Provident Music Group |
| Yellowcard | “Better Days” (their 11th studio album and first since 2016; producer: Travis Barker; new single: “Take What You Want”; See here; Read here; Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Better Noise Music |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Olivia Barton | “For Myself and For You” (producer: Sam Skinner; new single: “Matter to You,” co-written with Madi Diaz; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Olivia Barton |
| Captain Kaiser | “Belgian Boy” (Antwerp punk rock band’s fourth album; new single: “Dancefloor”; See here; Apple Music) | [PIAS] Recordings |
| Jacob Collier | “The Light For Days” (Grammy-winning English singer-multi-instrumentalist’s sixth album; new single: “I Know [A Little]”; See here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Dec. 5; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Hajanga / Interscope / Decca |
| Dasha | “Anna” (Nashville-based country-pop star’s eight-song EP; new single: “Train”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Forrest Day | “Right On Time” (his third album and first since 2013; new single: “So They Say”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Forrest Day’s Playground |
| dust | “Sky Is Falling” (Australian post-punk band’s debut album; new single: “Drawbacks”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Kanine |
| Eydís Evensen | “Oceanic Mirror” (Icelandic pianist and post-classical composer’s third album; new single: “Drifter”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | XXIM / Sony |
| Jerskin Fendrix | “Once Upon a Time… In Shropshire” (London-based composer-experimental artist’s second album; new single: “Beth’s Farm”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | untitled (recs) |
| Guitar | “We’re Headed to the Lake” (Portland, OR-based indie rock band led by Saia Kuli; new single: “Pizza for Everyone”; Hear here; CD and Cassette out Oct. 31; Apple Music) | Julia’s War Recordings |
| Jake & Shelby | “Learning to Love” (indie-pop duo’s debut album; new single: “Shut Up and Kiss Me”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cedarstone Entertainment / EMPIRE |
| LANY | “Soft” (L.A. pop-rock duo’s sixth studio album; new single: “know you naked”; See here; CD out Nov. 21; Maroon Vinyl out Dec. 19; Apple Music) | Sunset Garden |
| Bernie Leadon | “Too Late to Be Cool” (original Eagles guitarist’s first album in 22 years; producer: Glyn Johns; new single: “Just a Little”; Hear here; Read here; CD out Nov. 28; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Straight Wire |
| Amber Mark | “Pretty Idea” (R&B singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; producers: Mark, Jay Century, Jose Rios, Julian Bunetta, Matt Zara, Two Fresh; new single: “Too Much”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour, with Sabrina Carpenter) | Jasmine Music / PMR Records / Interscope |
| Maygen & The Birdwatcher | “The Americana Dream” (new single: “Hat Man Blues”; Hear here) | Yellow House Music Collective / Missing Piece Records |
| Mella | “Or so I’ve been told…” (progressive post-hardcore band’s debut album; producers: Donald Maynard Clark, Mella, Mike Watts; new single: “Proactively Disappointing a Parent [Hentai]”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | kill iconic records / Equal Vision |
| NoSo | “When Are You Leaving?” (Korean-American artist Baek Hwong’s second album; guest: Bartees Strange; new single: “Sugar”; Hear here; Read here; Oxblood Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Partisan |
| PinkPantheress | “Fancy Some More?” (31-track “Fancy That” remix album, with contributions from Anitta, SEVENTEEN, Bladee, Oklou, Jade, Kylie Minogue, JT, Sugababes, Zara Larsson, Ravyn Lenae, Nia Archives, Rachel Chinouriri, Kaytranada, Basement Jaxx, Joe Goddard, DJ Caio Prince, Mochakk Loukeman, Sega Bodega, Groove Armanda, Kilimanjaro; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Maggie Rose | “Cocoon” (six-song EP; producers: Ben Tanner, Davis Naish; guest: Grace Potter; new single: “Same Way”; See here; Apple Music) | One Riot Records |
| Bryan Senti | “La Marea” (string orchestra cycle tells a personal story via strings and subtle electronics inspired by the story of his father immigrating from Cuba to the U.S. in 1959-1960; new single: “Saloma [Tierra en Movimiento]”; Hear here) | The state51 Conspiracy |
| Emily A. Sprague | “Cloud Time” (live improvisations from her debut Japan tour in the fall of 2024; new single: “Tokyo 1”; See here; Cloudy White Vinyl; Apple Music) | RVNG Intl. |
| Avery Tucker | “Paw” (debut solo album from former Girlpool member; producers: Tucker, Alaska Reid, A.G. Cook; guests: Katie Gavin of Muna, Porches’ Aaron Maine; new single: “My Life Isn’t Leaving You”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Sunkiss |
| Laura Veirs | “Laura Veirs and the Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live in Angoulême)” (15-track set with a 32-member French school choir, performing a career-spanning selection of her songs; producers: Veirs, choir director Patrice Cleyrat; new single: “I Can See Your Tracks”; See here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Raven Marching Band Records |
| elijah woods | “Can We Talk?” (L.A.-based Canadian pop artist/producer’s debut album; new single: “Slicked Back Hair”; See here; Apple Music) | elijah woods, Oct. 14 |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys | “The Godfather of Country: Selected Singles 1936-61” (two CDs, 54 tracks, comprising A- and B-sides on the Vocalion, Conqueror, Okeh, Columbia, Capitol, Decca and Hickory labels; Amazon UK) | Acrobat |
| Michael Bublé | “It’s Time (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2005 album, featuring “Home” and “Feeling Good”; with a second disc of 12 songs recorded during the album sessions; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Reprise |
| Kenny Dorham | “Early Years: The Original Albums 1953-1956” (Double CD; includes “The Kenny Dorham Quintet” on Debut, “Afro-Cuban” and “‘Round About Midnight – ‘Live’ At The Cafe Bohemia” on Blue Note and “Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets” on ABC-Paramount) | Acrobat |
| Fabian | “Hound Dog Man: The Singles & Albums Collection 1959-62” (two CDs, 67 tracks) | Acrobat |
| John Lennon & Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band | “Power to the People: Live at the One to One Concert, New York City, 1972” (Lennon’s only full-length concerts after leaving The Beatles and the last shows John and Yoko performed together; with Elephant’s Memory and guests; producer: Sean Ono Lennon; remixed and re-engineered by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon, using new HD multitrack transfers by Rob Stevens, with mixes mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road; Super Deluxe Edition, nine CDs, three Blu-ray Audio discs in HD Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos; Double Vinyl, with eight-page booklet, six-panel newsprint poster and two postcards; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Capitol / UMe |
| Madonna | “Veronica Electronica” (previously unreleased eight-track companion to “Ray of Light” was originally envisioned by Madonna as a remix album in 1998; Hear here; Read here; Clear Vinyl; Download released on July 25; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music; Merch) | Rhino / Warner |
| Charles Mingus | “Mingus At Monterey” (1964 jazz festival performance; remastered by engineer Michael Graves; Double Vinyl, lacquers cut by Jeff Powell; Download) | Candid |
| Naked Eyes | “Naked Eyes” (1983 debut album, featuring “Always Something There to Remind Me,” “Promises, Promises” and “When the Lights Go Out”; remastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering, with 11 bonus tracks: demos, B-sides and Jellybean Benitez remixes, including additional backup vocals by Madonna on “Promises, Promises”; with 12-page booklet, containing new liner notes from lead singer Pete Byrne; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Chrysalis |
| Olivia Newton-John | “Stronger Than Before (20th Anniversary)” (2005 album; Vinyl) | Primary Wave |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | “Crush (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1985 album, featuring “So in Love,” “Secret” and “La Femme Accident”; remastered from the original analog files, with seven unreleased tracks from the album’s multitrack sessions, mixed by co-founder Paul Humphreys, plus non-album B-sides and extended or 12-inch mixes; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) > The OMD Singles 🎼 | Republic / UMe |
| Luciano Pavarotti | “Novanto” (20 tracks, spanning opera, Italian song, and sacred music, plus duets with Tracy Chapman and Andrea Bocelli, and two previously unreleased arias from Llangollen [1995]; Box Set, four CDs, with rarities and previously released tracks; Double Vinyl) | Decca |
| Ike Quebec | “The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions” (Double CD; 1959-62 recordings; cut from the original Rudy Van Gelder master tapes by Kevin Gray; Hear here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Blue Note / UMe |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | “Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (10th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2015 debut album, featuring “S.O.B.,” “I Need Never Get Old” and “Look It Here”; with 11 previously unreleased demos; Ultra Translucent Black Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Stax |
| Cliff Richard | “The Jasmine EP Collection” (drawn from U.K. EPs from 1959-62) | Jasmine |
| Patti Smith | “Horses (50th Anniversary)” (Double CD; 1975 debut album, produced by John Cale, featuring “Gloria”; remastered from the original master tapes, with alternate takes of album tracks and her original 1975 audition tape for RCA; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Arista / Legacy |
| Spandau Ballet | “Everything Is Now, Volume 1: The Early Years 1978-1982” (box set contains six CDs, one Blu-ray and two vinyl LPs, featuring singles, remixes, live recordings and demos, along with a 44-page book featuring photos and a new commentary from band members; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| Sparks | “Sparks 1975-1976” (three-CD box set contains 50th anniversary editions of “Indiscreet” and “Big Beat,” with non-album tracks and B-sides; Amazon UK) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Sylvester | “Step II (Deluxe Edition)” (1978 album, featuring “You Make Me Feel [Mighty Real]” and “Dance [Disco Heat]”; remastered, with seven new bonus mixes, including “Space Funk” Club Mix of “Dance (Disco Heat)” and Bright Light Bright Light’s take on “You Make Me Feel [Mighty Real]”; first time on CD; with new liner notes from Joshua Gamson; Hear here; Disco Ball Clear Glitter Vinyl, minus bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Craft Recordings / Concord |
| Various artists | “The Hits Album – Superstars: The ’80s” (three CDs, 60 hits; Amazon UK) | Sony Music |
| Various artists | “1961’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1” (two CDs, 62 tracks) “1961’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2” (two CDs, 63 songs) “1961’s Greatest Hits, Volume 3” (two CDs, 63 tracks) “1961’s Greatest Hits, Volume 4” (two CDs, 64 songs) | JGJ Records |
| Various artists | “NOW – Yearbook Extra ’76” (three CDs, 63 hits; Amazon UK) > NOW Yearbook ’76 + NOW Yearbook ’77 + NOW – Yearbook Extra ’77 🪩 | Sony Music / EMI |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| All Saints | “Saints & Sinners (25th Anniversary Edition)” (2000 album, featuring “Pure Shores,” “Black Coffee” and “All Hooked Up”; Red and Black Marble Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Rhino / Warner |
| Neil Sedaka | “The Hungry Years” (1975 album, featuring “Bad Blood,” “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “The Hungry Years”; with four bonus tracks) > All Time Greatest Hits 🤩 | Primary Wave |
