New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Armoires | “Octoberland” (So-Cal indie pop quintet’s fourth album; producer: Michael Simmons; new single: “Ridley & Me After The Apocalypse”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download)   |
Big Stir |
| Ronnie Baker Brooks | “Blues In My DNA” (fifth album and label debut for the son of legendary bluesman Lonnie Brooks; producer: Jim Gaines; new single: “Blues In My DNA”; Hear here; Clear Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Alligator |
| Chat Pile | “Cool World” (Oklahoma City noise rock quartet’s second album; new single: “I Am Dog Now”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
The Flenser |
| The Chesterfield Kings | “We’re Still All the Same” (their first album in 15 years; new single: “Electrified”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download) |
Wicked Cool |
| Current Joys | “East My Love” (12th album from Nick Rattigan; producer: Andrew Sarlo; new single: “California Rain”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Olive Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Secretly Canadian |
| Dawes | “Oh Brother” (L.A. rock band’s ninth album; new single: “House Parties”; Hear here; See here; Turmeric Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Winnetka Bowling League) |
Dead Ringers / Secretly Distribution |
| Def Leppard | “One Night Only: Live At The Leadmill, Sheffield – May 19, 2023” (See here; Silver Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Merch) |
Mercury Studios |
| Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius | “Impostor!” (their sixth album; new single: “Outrage Olympics”; See here; Download) |
7D Media |
| Steve Earle | “Alone Again … Live” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download released on July 12) |
Howe Sound Records / Missing Piece |
| E L U C I D | “REVELATOR” (rapper-producer’s third album; new single: “INSTANT TRANSFER”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Fat Possum |
| Jelly Roll | “Beautifully Broken” (his 10th album; producers: The Monsters & Strangerz, Ryan Tedder, Zach Crowell; new single: “Get By”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Silver Nugget Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
BBR Music Group / Republic |
| Samara Joy | “Portrait” (Grammy-winning jazz singer’s third album; a collection of standards, with one cover; producers: Joy, Brian Lynch; new single: “You Stepped Out of a Dream”; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Verve |
| Myles Kennedy | “The Art of Letting Go” (singer-guitarist’s third solo album; new single: “Say What You Will”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Napalm |
| Lady Gaga | “Harlequin” (13-song companion album to “Joker: Folie à Deux,” in theaters on Oct. 4; Read here; Trailer; Red Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Vinyl, with alternative cover + poster; Amazon UK; Download released on Sept. 27; Apple Music; Merch) |
Lil Monsters / Interscope |
| The Last Dinner Party | “Prelude to Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers” (21-track album includes a cover of Sparks’ “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us”; producers: Dan Roberts, James Ford; Hear here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Island |
| The Linda Lindas | “No Obligation” (L.A.-based teen rock band’s second album; producer: Carlos de la Garza, the father of member Mila de la Garza and uncle of members Eloise and Bela Salazar; new single: “Yo Me Estreso,” feat. “Weird Al” Yankovic on accordion; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Green Day) |
Epitaph |
| Holly Macve | “Wonderland” (U.K. artist’s third album; producers: Macve, Dan Rothman; guest: Lana Del Rey; new single: “Suburban House”; See here; Strawberry Vinyl; Amazon UK) |
Loving Memory Records / Believe |
| Justin Moore | “This Is My Dirt” (Arkansas native’s eighth album; guests: Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Randy Houser; new single: “This Is My Dirt”; Hear here; See here; Dirt Color Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) |
The Valory Music Co. / Big Machine |
| The Offspring | “SUPERCHARGED” (punk vets’ 11th album; producer: Bob Rock; new single: “Make It All Right”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
Concord |
| Woody Platt | “Far Away With You” (Steep Canyon Rangers co-founder’s debut solo album; guests: Del McCoury, Tim O’Brien, Darrell Scott, Shannon Whitworth; new single: “Toe the Line”; Hear here; Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
Compass |
| Propaganda | “Propaganda” (German synth-pop band’s third album and first since 1990; new single: “They Call Me Nocebo”; Hear here; See here; Double Vinyl; Orange Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) |
Bureau B |
| Jenny Scheinman | “All Species Parade” (10-track, 72-minute musical homage to Humboldt County’s Lost Coast, where the violinist-composer was born, raised and ultimately returned; guests: Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Nels Cline, Carmen Staaf; new single: “Ornette Goes Home”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
Royal Potato Family |
| Tucker Zimmerman | “Dance of Love” (Belgium-based/U.S.-born octogenarian folk singer-songwriter’s 11th studio and first for 4AD; producer: Big Thief; new single: “Burial at Sea”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) |
4AD |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Beau | “Girl Cried Wolf” (new single: “Messy”; See here) |
Immortal |
| The Blessed Madonna | “Godspeed” (dance producer-DJ’s 24-track debut album; guests: Kylie Minogue, Jamie Principle, Joy Anonymous, Danielle Ponder, DJ E-Clyps, Daniel Wilson, Clementine Douglas, Jacob Lusk, Kon; new single: “Godspeed”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Warner |
| Cascada | “Studio 24” (German dance act’s fifth album and first since 2011; covers of disco and funk hits made famous during the Studio 54 era; producer: Christian Geller; new single: “Call Me”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Stars by Edel / Edel Music & Entertainment |
| congratulations | “Slap” (Brighton-based indie-pop band’s four-song EP; new single: “Ice Tea”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
Bella Union |
| CRUCIFICTION | “Will to Power” (debut album from Floridian deathcore project of Salem Vex and Damien Douleur; producer: Vex; See here; Apple Music) |
Rise |
| Faux Real | “Faux Ever” (sibling pop duo’s debut album; new single: “Walking Away From My Demons”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Crystal Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
City Slang |
| Field Music | “Limits of Language” (their first album in nearly four years; new single: “Six Weeks, Nine Wells”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Nov. 1; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Memphis Industries |
| GloRilla | “Glorious” (Memphis rapper’s debut album; new single: “Hollon”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
CMG / Interscope |
| Barry Archie Johnson | “Fortune’s Mirror” (L.A.-based guitarist’s debut album; producer: Daniel Knowles; new single: “Glass Hand”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) |
Black Editions Group |
| Erin Kinsey | “Gettin’ Away With It” (Texas native’s eight-song EP; producers: Casey Brown, Dylan Guthro, Josh Kerr; new single: “Gettin’ Away With It”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) |
RECORDS Nashville |
| Tamela Mann | “Live Breathe Fight” (Grammy-winning gospel singer’s seventh album; producers: Jevon Hill, Phillip Bryant; new single: “Deserve to Win”; See here) |
TillyMann Music Group |
| Nate Mercereau | “Excellent Traveler” (guests: André 3000, Kamasi Washington, Carlos Niño, Shabaka Hutchings, et al; new single: “Sound Within Sound”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) |
Third Man |
| Madeline Merlo | “ONE HOUSE DOWN (from the girl next door)” (2024 CCMA Female Artist of the Year nominee’s six-song EP; producer: Zack Crowell; guest: Dustin Lynch; new single: “Broken Heart Thing”; Hear here; Apple Music) |
Stoney Creek |
| RÜFÜS DU SOL | “Inhale / Exhale” (Grammy-winning Australian electronic trio’s fifth album; new single: “Pressure”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl and Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Pink Marble Double Vinyl out Dec. 13; Apple Music; On Tour) |
Rose Avenue / Reprise |
| Seven Hours After Violet | “Seven Hours After Violet” (debut album from new band founded by System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian; new single: “Radiance”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) |
1336 Records / Sumerian |
| Shovel Dance Collective | “The Shovel Dance” (second album from London nine-piece folk group; producer: Mike O’Malley; new single: “The Merry Golden Tree”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) |
American Dreams |
| Rod Wave | “Last Lap” (25 songs; guests: Drake, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Rylo Rodriguez, et al; new single: “Fall Fast in Love”; See here; Apple Music) |
Alamo / Sony Music Entertainment |
| Pharrell Williams | “Piece By Piece (Music from the Motion Picture)” (animated biographical film, opening Oct. 11, featuring tracks by N.E.R.D., Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Daft Punk, et al, with five new original songs; Trailer; Apple Music) |
Columbia |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Aerovons | “World of You: The Complete Recordings” (two-CD set features their Beatles-influenced but unissued 1969 album, with outtakes, demos, alternative versions, solo recordings and 11 previously unreleased tracks; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Grapefruit / Cherry Red |
| James Blunt | “Back To Bedlam (20th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2004 debut album, featuring “You’re Beautiful”; it sold more than 3 million copies in his native U.K. alone; remastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis, with previously unreleased demos of the core tracks from the album, plus previously unreleased songs from the Bedlam era; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour) |
Atlantic |
| Charli XCX | “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat” (Double CD; 16-track remix album includes new remixes and previously released collaborations with Troye Sivan, Billie Eilish, Lorde, A. G. Cook, Addison Rae, Robyn, Yung Lean; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK; Double Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Troye Sivan; Merch) |
Atlantic |
| English Dogs | “Mad Punx & English Dogs 1983-85” (two CDs, 34 songs; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Captain Oi! / Cherry Red |
| Rory Gallagher | “The BBC Collection” (two CDs, 24 songs; Hear here; Box Set, 18 CDs and two Blu-ray discs; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) |
Universal |
| Judy Garland | “Judy Garland At The Palace Closing Night 1952” (15-track set; Double Vinyl; Download) |
BFD |
| Peter Godwin | “The Polydor Years” (two-CD set includes his albums “Emotional Disguise” and “Correspondence,” along with spin-off singles and remixes; Hear here; Read here; Amazon UK) |
SFE / Cherry Red |
| Melanie | “As Years Go by: The Solar Studio Sessions” (2001 covers album; 20 songs; Download) |
Cleopatra |
| Daniel O’Donnell | “Through the Years: The Very Best of Daniel O’Donnell” (two CDs, 42 songs; Amazon UK, with a third CD, recorded live at the Millennium Forum, Derry, 2023; Download; On Tour) |
Demon Music Group |
| Slik | “The Complete Slik Collection” (two-CD, 31-track compilation, featuring “Requiem,” with Midge Ure on lead vocals; Read here; Amazon UK) |
7Ts / Cherry Red |
| Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn | “Feelins’ / United Talent / Dynamic Duo / Honky Tonk Heroes” (1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978 albums on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) |
BGO |
| Vanilla Fudge | “Where Is My Mind? The Atco Recordings 1967-1969” (nine-CD box set; remastered from the original master tapes; Read here; Amazon UK) |
Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Duran Duran | “Danse Macabre: De Luxe” (2023 album; with three bonus tracks, including a cover of ELO’s “Evil Woman” and a reimagined version of “New Moon on Monday” titled “New Moon [Dark Phase]”; See here; CD out Oct. 25; Triple Vinyl out Dec. 6, box set includes a spirit board, metal planchette, bespoke tarot cards, four art prints and a booklet; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) |
Tape Modern / BMG Rights Management |
