New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Gavin Adcock | “The Day I Hang It Up” (his third album in the past three years; 25 songs; new single: “One Hell of a Steal”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Thrivin Here Records / Warner Records Nashville |
| Amon Amarth | “The Allfather Awakens” (Swedish death metallers’ 13th album; producer: Jacob Hansen; new single: “Gjallarhorn”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Metal Blade |
| Baauer | “U” (Grammy-nominated DJ/producer’s third album and first in six years; 16 songs; guests: Aluna, Kučka, Brazy, Betsy, Eli Teplin; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on June 12; Apple Music) | LuckyMe |
| The Bends | “If You Insist” (Baton Rouge-bred, Nashville-based alt-rock quartet’s debut album; producers: Chase Lawrence, Sam Westhoff; new single: “Sticking to the Plan”; Hear here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Download released on Sept. 18; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Blossoms | “Songs from the Wedding Cake” (Manchester indie rock group’s sixth album; producer: Shawn Lee; guest: Declan McKenna; new single: “Additional Driver”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ODD SK Recordings / Distiller Records |
| Lee Brice | “Sunriser All-Nighter” (his sixth album and first since 2020; 16 songs; new single: “Country Nowadays”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Curb |
| Brymir | “What We Leave Behind” (Finnish death metallers’ fifth album; new single: “Tempestbound”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso | “Free Spirits” (Grammy-winning Argentine duo’s second album; guests: Sting, Anderson .Paak, Jack Black, Fred again..; Milky Clear Vinyl; Download released on March 19; Apple Music; On Tour) | 5020 Records / Sony U.S. Latin |
| Dude Cervantes and the Panchos | “Dude Cervantes and the Panchos” (new single: “Billion Dollar Art”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Blind Owl |
| Stef Chura | “Dancing Alone on the Concrete” (Detroit indie rocker’s third album and first in seven years; new single: “Danny”; See here; Read here; Light Blue Babydoll Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Dinosaur Jr.) | Saddle Creek |
| Dead Poet Society | “Monarch” (L.A.-based rock band’s third album; producer: Mutemath frontman Paul Meany; new single: “Cold”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Spinefarm |
| The Fall | “Post Script” (British band’s final studio album, built from archival vocal recordings of the late Mark E. Smith tracking from 2001 to 2014, with musical backing completed posthumously by longtime collaborators and former manager/producers Ed Blaney and Simon Archer; new single: “30 Degrees”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Cog Sinister Records |
| Fat Dog | “Cancel Me (I’m Tired)” (South London seven-member band’s second album; producer: Oli Bayston; new single: “Cancel Me [I’m Tired]”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Pink and Black Marble Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Domino |
| Greg Freeman | “All Set the Bone” (Burlington, VT-based indie-rock artist’s third album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Cahokia”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Transgressive / Canvasback |
| Frozen Crown | “The Legend of the Six Kings” (Italian metal band’s sixth album; new single: “Who Wants to Burn in Heaven”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| GHØSTKID | “Follow the White Rabbit” (German alt-metal band’s third album, with lead singer-guitarist Sebastian “Sushi” Biesler as the sole remaining original member; new single: “Ivory”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Century Media |
| Lalah Hathaway | “Made in Chicago” (her ninth album, celebrating the city that raised her and the birthplace of her late father, Donny Hathaway, who would have turned 81 on Oct. 1; producers: Hathaway, Phil Beaudreau; new single: “Can’t Let Go”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | SoNo Recording Group |
| Held By Trees | “The Call of Home” (new single: “Belong”; See here; Vinyl) | Tweed Jacket Music / Low Port Music |
| Imminence | “Axis Mundi” (Swedish metalcore band’s sixth studio album; producers: vocalist Eddie Berg, guitarist Harald Barrett, Henrik Udd; new single: “Crestfallen”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sumerian |
| Boney James | “A Simple Man” (Grammy-winning saxophonist’s 20th studio album; guests: Ledisi, Larry Carlton, Marquis Hill; new single: “I Belong to You”; See here; Vinyl out Nov. 6; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Concord Jazz |
| Knox | “My Midwest Best” (Ohio alt-rock singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: Cam Becker, Frank Paris, Henrik, Mickey Brandolino, Todd Trần; new single: “After the After Party”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Barbershop Records / Atlantic |
| Kodaline | “We Were Only Young” (Irish rock band’s fifth and final studio album; producers: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Hugo Silvani, Mads Christensen, Philip Magee; new single: “Without You”; Vinyl; Translucent Tan Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fantasy / Concord |
| Miranda Lambert | “Crisco” (her 10th album; producers: Lambert, Jesse Frasure; guest: Chris Stapleton; new single: “Two Things Can Be True”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with sticker sheet; Target-Exclusive CD, with alternate cover; Burnt Leather Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Whiskey Sour Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | MCA Nashville |
| John Leventhal | “National Dirft” (instrumental album, created from improvisations recorded while producing wife Rosanne Cash’s next album; new single: “When I Walked to the River”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | RumbleStrip Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Living Weapon | “Death in the Family” (Massachusetts metalcore band’s debut full-length album; new single: “Interspecies Quality Assessment”; See here; Black Ice in Clear With Splatter Vinyl; Download released on Aug. 14; Apple Music) | Closed Casket Activities |
| Logic1000 | “Confirmation!” (electronic artist’s second album; new single: “The Only One,” feat. Christine and the Queens; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Therapy / Because Music |
| Johnny Marr | “The Age of Everything” (his fifth solo album; new single: “It’s Time”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Miss May I | “No Place for Me” (metalcore band’s eighth studio album; producer: Nick Sampson; new single: “Sanctuary”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Solid State |
| Victoria Monét | “Frequency of Love” (Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; 22 songs; new single: “Reach Out”; See here; Read here; Translucent Tan Double Vinyl, with 12×24″ poster insert; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lovett Music / RCA |
| Meshell Ndegeocello | “Synonym” (15 versions of classic songs, featuring duets with Chaka Khan, Cynthia Erivo, Brandi Carlile, Robert Glasper, WILLOW, Chris Thile, Nick Hakim, Madison Cunningham, Lizz Wright, et al; producers: David Gamson, Ndegeocello, Abe Rounds; new single: “Don’t You Want Me”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Blue Note |
| Erin Propp | “The Longing Years” (JUNO Award-nominated Winnipeg singer-songwriter’s debut solo album; guests: Attacca Quartet, Joey Landreth, Fabio Ragnelli, Julian Bradford; new single: “Laurel Canyon”; Hear here; Vinyl) | Outside in Music |
| Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | “Ruin: It’s Not Just Music” (L.A.-based electronic artist’s 13th album; new single: “RUIN”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Someone Special |
| Spike F*ck | “evidence” (Melbourne genre-crossing artist’s debut album; producer: Adam Hyde; new single: “ALL BY MYSELF”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sacred Bones |
| Twin Atlantic | “Separation From the Animals” (Scottish rock trio’s eighth album; producer: singer Sam McTrusty; new single: “In Your Eyes”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Staple Diet Records / Dance to the Radio |
| 2002 | “Wings III – Ambient Bliss” (Dallas new age group’s 24th album; producer: co-founder Randy Copus; first single: “City Rain”; Download; Apple Music) | Galactic Playground Music |
| Tauren Wells | “Here Comes the Church” (recorded live at ACL Live in Austin; guests: Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Abbie Gamboa, Tiffany Hudson, Israel Houghton, Red Rocks Worship, Naomi Raine, et al; Blue Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sparrow |
| Wynonna | “The Hard Truth” (her ninth solo album; producer: Cactus Moser; guests: The War and Treaty, Iron & Wine, Patterson Hood; new single: “Girl Who Could Sing”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| American Blonde | “Delta Home” (Nashville-based country/Southern rock band’s six-song EP; producer: Lincoln Parish, formerly of Cage the Elephant; new single: “Delta Home”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Southern Halo, Inc. |
| Balourdet Quartet | “Strange Machines” (new single: “impossible inventions: i. faster – than – light – machine”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Phenotypic Recordings |
| Kate Bollinger | “Shop Girl” (five-song EP; producer: Jonathan Rado; new single: “Shop Girl”; See here; Apple Music) | Ghostly International |
| CHARLS | “Heartbreak Looks Good On Me” (London-based singer-songwriter’s debut album; producer: Phil Simmonds; new single: “Paranoid Heart”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Turtle Tunes / The Orchard, Oct. 1 |
| Clutter | “Sugar Rush” (Swedish punk quartet’s debut album; producer: Ove Jerndal; new single: “Grease Baby”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | PNKSLM Recordings |
| Drink the Sea | “Drink the Sea III” (third album from supergroup led by R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, with Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and Alain Johannes of Eleven and Queens of the Stone Age, along with Duke Garwood and Lisette Garcia; producers: Martin, Johannes; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sunyata Records |
| Escape the Fate | “The Last Goodbye” (Las Vegas metalcore band’s ninth studio album; new single: “Paranoia”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour, with Skillet) | Big Noise |
| Alexis Ffrench | “24” (English classical soul pianist’s 24-track musical journey that follows the arc of a day, moving gently from dawn to dusk; new single: “Nine on Blue”; Hear here; CD and Double Vinyl out Oct. 9; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Sony Classical |
| Kyle Gordon | “Kyle Gordon Is Everywhere” (comedian-musician’s third album; interludes narrated by Daniel Radcliffe; new single: “Mr. Jambo”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Charlotte Greve | “Waterbodies” (German-born, Brooklyn-based saxophonist-singer’s debut solo album; featuring New York-based vocal ensemble KHORIKOS and the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra; producer: Shahzad Ismaily; new single: “Own Lap”; Hear here; Apple Music) | New Amsterdam |
| Haywire 617 | “I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye” (Boston hardcore band’s second album; producer: Mat Kerekes; new single: “Interstate Love Affair”; See here; Apple Music) | Roadrunner |
| Inherited | “All 4 One” (Dutch groove-hardcore band’s five-song debut EP; producer: Robin Adams; new single: “WON’T BREAK”; See here; Apple Music) | Mascot Records |
| Trixie Mattel | “‘Till Death Do Us Part” (six-song, Halloween-themed EP; new single: “Ghost on the Moon”; Read here; Apple Music) | PEG Records |
| Blake Proehl | “Hearts Don’t Break” (pop-country artist’s six-song debut EP; new single: “Way Back”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | MCA |
| Quavo | “QRÖMELIFE” (executive producer: Pharrell Williams; guests: Tyler, the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Future, Justin Timberlake, Lil Baby, Offset, Yung Miami, et al; new single: “Backwards,” feat. T.I.; See here; Apple Music) | Quality Control Music / Motown |
| Rockitneedspace & SURF GANG | “Next Day Air.” (guests: Earl Sweatshirt, Cletus Strap, Anklesandwich, Leota, distroROE; new single: “Mr. Doubt”; See here; Apple Music) | Tan Cressida Records |
| Jordan Sand | “Baby Ghost” (debut album by Norwegian double bassist and vocalist; recorded by Don Godwin in single takes — freely improvised, sans overdubs or edits; new single: “Skin”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Hallow Ground |
| The Schisms | “Tejas” (Austin psych-goth trio’s four-song EP; producer: Stuart Sikes; new single: “All the Good Things”; Hear here; Apple Music) | The Schisms |
| Lily Seabird | “Lightspheres on Their Way” (Vermont indie rock singer-songwriter’s third album; new single: “Election Day”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lame-O Records |
| The Sewing Club | “Sew” (Nashville bedroom rock band’s debut album; new single: “Alright Ok”; See here; Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Born Losers Records |
| Emily A. Sprague | “Cyano” (synthesist-composer’s fifth solo studio album; new single: “Double Moon”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | RVNG Intl. |
| Stanley Simmons | “Dancing While the World Is Ending” (debut album from Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, sons of KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons; new single: “Cold”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Stanley Simmons |
| Susanne Sundfør | “Revelations of Divine Love” (Norwegian singer-songwriter’s eighth album; new single: “All Shall Be Well”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bella Union |
| Vacations | “Pursuit of Anything” (Australian band’s fourth album; producer: frontman Campbell Burns; new single: “I See Myself in You”; See here; Evergreen Vinyl; Apple Music) | Nettwerk |
| Paul Weller & Band | “In the Shadow of the Sun (Live & Very Direct)” (31-track album recorded during his 2026 U.K. summer tour; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Warner / Parlophone |
| Whisper Doll | “Lucky Clover” (second album from Brooklyn dream-pop artist Fiona Tagami, whose solo project has transitioned into a full band; producer: Oscar Compo; new single: “Sunsigns”; See here; Apple Music) | Take Care Records |
| The Wldlfe | “Revolver” (Nashville-based alt-pop band’s seventh album; new singles: “Lips” and “Parachute”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Riser House Records |
| Ziemba | “The Braid” (art-rock / sophisti-pop artist René Kladzyk’s first album in nearly six years; new single: “We Implode”; See here; Apple Music) | René Kladzyk |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Beatles | “Rubber Soul (Special Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1965 album, featuring “Nowhere Man,” “Drive My Car,” “Norwegian Wood [This Bird Has Flown]” and “Michelle”; new mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, with a 16-track disc of highlights from the album sessions that includes early versions of songs, as well as the non-album singles, “Day Tripper” and “We Can Work It Out,” and a 40-page booklet with detailed info and rare photos; See here; Super Deluxe CD Box Set, four discs containing additional session recordings, etc., plus an 88-page hardback book; Double Vinyl, half-speed mastered and pressed on 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl with four-page insert in a gatefold sleeve; Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set, five half-speed mastered LPs, including the original mono album and Capitol U.S. album, plus 7-inch single and an 88-page hardback book; Blu-ray Audio, newly mixed in Dolby Atmos and high-res stereo by Martin and Okell; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, super deluxe edition; Apple Music; Merch) | Capitol / UMe |
| John Coltrane | “John Coltrane 100: Highlights From 1957-1964” (10-track collection, celebrating Coltrane’s centennial; Double Vinyl; Vinyl Box Set, six LPs: “John Coltrane 100: Selections From 1951-1967”; Merch) | Rhino / Atlantic |
| Elvis Costello | “My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition)” (1977 debut album, featuring “Watching the Detectives” and “Alison”; five-CD, 104-track box set includes 52 previously unreleased songs, demos, outtakes, and live performances; remastered from the original 1977 analog master tapes; Hear here; Read here; Standard CD; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | UMe |
| Elastica | “Elastica (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1995 debut album, featuring “Stutter,” “Car Song” and “Connection”; with B-sides and rarities; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette) | Rough Trade |
| Richie Havens | “Dreaming As One: The A&M Years” (21 tracks on one CD) | Retroworld |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | “Everybody Needs Love / Feelin’ Bluesy / Silk N’ Soul / Nitty Gritty” (four albums from 1966, ’67 and ’68 on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Nazareth | “The UK A’s and B’s 1972-80” (two CDs, 43 songs; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Donna Summer | “Donna Summer: The Casablanca Studio Albums” (seven-CD box set containing seven albums from 1975-1979; newly mastered, with 24-page booklet featuring a 3,500+ word essay by Christian John Wikane; Black Vinyl, 140-gram 10-LP box set; Color Vinyl, 140-gram 10-LP box set; Amazon UK; Merch) | Driven By the Music |
| Various artists | “Mountain of Soul: 101 Northern Soul Sounds” (four-CD box set, with illustrated 36-page book; Read here; Amazon UK) | Charly |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The Chicks | “Taking the Long Way (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2006 album, featuring “Not Ready to Make Nice” and “Everybody Knows”; won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year; with five bonus tracks; Read here; Triple Vinyl, with a vinyl etching featuring handwritten lyrics; On Tour) | Columbia Nashville / Legacy |
| Flatland Cavalry | “Work of Heart – Heartstrings” (deluxe edition of their 2026 album; with five extra tracks, including “Strangers & Angels”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lost Highway |
| Mac Miller | “The Divine Feminine (10th Anniversary)” (2016 album; with three previously unreleased songs, including “Butterflies”; Hear here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Vinyl, featuring the original album on two Baby Pink LPs and a third LP of unreleased music on Fruit Punch vinyl; Apple Music; Merch) | Warner |
| Omni | “Deluxe (10 Year Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2016 debut album; with demos, plus 2017 singles, “Fever Bass” and “Thesis,” and two previously unreleased songs, “Loud Talking” and “Coliseum”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Coliseum Records / Danger Collective |
