New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| AFI | “Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…” (their 12th studio album; producer: guitarist Jade Puget; new single: “Holy Visions”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Run For Cover |
| Author & Punisher | “Nocturnal Birding” (mixed and mastered by Will Putney; new single: “Titanis”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Relapse |
| Deaf Havana | “We’re Never Getting Out” (Norfolk, England, alt-rock group’s seventh studio album; producers: frontman James Veck-Gilodi, George Glew; new single: “Lawn Tennis”; See here; Read here; Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | SO Recordings / Silva Screen Records |
| dodie | “Not For Lack of Trying” (British singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: dodie, Joe Rubel; new single: “I Feel Bad for You, Dave”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Decca |
| Carter Faith | “Cherry Valley” (country singer-songwriter’s debut album; producer: Tofer Brown; new single: “Bar Star”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Gatsby Records / MCA Nashville |
| John Gorka | “unentitled” (guests: Lucy Kaplansky, Eliza Gilkyson; new single: “Particle & Wave [Goodness in the World]”; Download; Apple Music) | Red House |
| Idlewild | “Idlewild” (Scottish rock band’s 10th album and first in six years; new single: “Stay Out of Place”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | V2 |
| Ledisi | “For Dinah” (Grammy winner’s eight-song tribute to Dinah Washington; producers: Christian McBride, Rex Rideout; guests: McBride, Gregory Porter, Paul Jackson Jr., Michael King; new single: “This Bitter Earth”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Candid |
| Brennen Leigh | “Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love” (producer: Kevin Skrla; new single: “Dumpster Diving”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Signature Sounds |
| Cory Marks | “Sorry For Nothing Vol. 2” (country rocker’s fourth album; producers: Kevin Churko, Kile Odell, Andrew Baylis; new single: “Hangman”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
| James Morrison | “Fight Another Day” (his sixth album and first in six years; producers: Mark Taylor, Morrison; new single: “Fight Another Day”; Hear here; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Orbit Culture | “Death Above Life” (Swedish melodic death metal band’s fifth album; producers: Buster Odeholm, singer-guitarist Niklas Karlsson; new single: “Nerve”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Century Media |
| Pavlov’s Dog | “Wonderlust” (St. Louis prog-rock/AOR band’s eighth studio album; new single: “Jet Black Cadillac”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ruf |
| Vernon Reid | “Hoodoo Telemetry” (Living Colour guitarist’s fourth solo album; new single: “The Haunting”; See here; Purple Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Artone / The Players Club Records / Mascot Label Group |
| Rocket | “R is for Rocket” (L.A. band’s debut album; producer: guitarist Desi Scaglione; new single: “Wide Awake”; See here; Vinyl; Opaque Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Transgressive / Canvasback Music |
| Say She She | “Cut & Rewind” (NYC discodelic funk trio’s third album; new single: “Cut & Rewind”; See here; Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | drink sum wtr |
| Michael Schenker Group | “Don’t Sell Your Soul” (band lineup: vocalist Erik Grönwall, drummer Bodo Schopf, bassist Barend Courbois, Steve Mann on keyboards; producers: Schenker, Michael Voss; guests: Robin McAuley, Roberto Dimitri “Lia” Liapakis, Voss; new single: “Don’t Sell Your Soul”; Hear here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | earMUSIC |
| Snõõper | “Worldwide” (Nashville punk band’s second album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Worldwide”; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Warped Double Eclipse Coke Bottle Clear and Black Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with The Hives) | Third Man |
| Solence | “Angels Calling” (L.A.-based Swedish electronic metal group’s fifth album; new single: “Wish You the Worst”; See here; Blood Moon Red Smoke Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
| Sparks | “MADDER!” (four-song companion EP to their 28th studio album “MAD!”; new single: “Porcupine”; Hear here; Vinyl, 10-inch; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Transgressive |
| Supersuckers | “Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing” (their 12th studio album; producer: Billy Joe Bowers; new single: “Volunteer”; Hear here; Vinyl; On Tour) | Hardcharger Records / Blue Élan |
| Taylor Swift | “The Life of a Showgirl” (her 12th studio album; includes double-sided folded poster, collectible disc artwork and an eight-page lyric booklet; producers: Max Martin, Shellback, Swift; guest: Sabrina Carpenter; Read here; Target-Exclusive CDs, with collectible front and back cover art; Portofino Orange Glitter Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Portofino Orange Glitter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) > Lover + Reputation + folklore + 1989 💋 | Republic |
| Thrice | “Horizons/West” (L.A. rock band’s 12th album; producers: Thrice; new single: “Gnash”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Epitaph |
| Upchuck | “I’m Nice Now” (Georgia punk band’s third album; producer: Ty Segall; new single: “Forgotten Token”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Domino |
| Various artists | “The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical (Original West End Cast Recording)” (based on the 2003 novel and 2006 film of the same name, with music by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and Mark Sonnenblick; CD and digital versions contain the show’s full 18 tracks, along with two previously unheard Elton John original demos; Vanessa Williams leads the cast as the ruthless Miranda Priestly; producer: Giles Martin; new single: “Miranda Girl,” featuring Georgie Buckland as Andy; See here; Read here; Red Vinyl out Oct. 17; Amazon UK; Download released on Sept. 19; Apple Music; Ticket Info) | EMI |
| Vitamin String Quartet | “VSQ Performs Billie Eilish” (15 tracks; new single: “What Was I Made For?”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Vitamin Records / CMH Label Group |
| Alexandra Whittingham | “Letters from Paris” (British classical guitarist’s second album; new single: “La foule”; See here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Decca |
| Rachael Yamagata | “Starlit Alchemy” (Virginia singer-songwriter and pianist’s first album in nine years; new single: “Backwards”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Jullian Records |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Colby Acuff | “Enjoy the Ride” (country singer-songwriter’s seventh album; new singles: “His Song [What a Man’s Supposed to Be]” and “Her Song [Numb to Everything]”; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sony Music Nashville |
| Adam and the Hellcats | “9 Lives” (U.K. rock band’s third album; new single: “Go East”; See here; Apple Music) | Catalyst Records |
| Adult Leisure | “The Things You Don’t Know Yet” (Bristol alt-rock quartet’s debut album; new single: “Boy Grows Old”; Hear here) | Adult Leisure |
| Agriculture | “The Spiritual Sound” (L.A. black metal band’s second full-length album; producers: Agriculture; new single: “The Weight”; See here; CD and Vinyl out Oct. 17; Cassette; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Flenser |
| Blue Lake | “The Animal” (new single: “Cut Paper”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Tonal Union |
| Nicki Bluhm | “Rancho Deluxe” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s eighth album; producer: Jesse Noah Wilson; new single: “Simple Side of Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Little Sur |
| Annie Bosko | “California Cowgirl” (country singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers Trent Willmon, David “Messy” Mescon; guests: Dwight Yoakam, Darius Rucker, Joe Nichols; new single: “Honky Tonk Heartbeat”; Apple Music; On Tour) | Stone Country Records |
| Haerts | “Laguna Road” (NYC-based German indie pop duo’s fourth album; new single: “The Lie”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Haerts |
| Long After Midnight | “Rage Toward the Light” (Michigan-based progdustrial rockers’ full-length debut album; new single: “The 10th Realm”; See here; Apple Music) | Long After Midnight |
| Mayday Parade | “Sad” (part two of the band’s 20th-anniversary album trilogy; producers: Zack Odom, Kenneth Mount; new single: “Under My Sweater”; See here; Black and Clear Blend Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Miscellaneous Record |
| The Midnight | “Syndicate” (synth-pop duo’s fifth album; guests: Bonnie McKee, Jupiter Winter, Carpenter Brut; Earth Variant Double Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ultra |
| The Penske File | “Reprieve” (Hamilton, ON-based punk rock trio’s fifth album; producer: Adam Michael; new single: “Dead Maps”; See here; Apple Music) | Stomp Records |
| Steve Porcaro | “The Very Day” (Toto keyboardist’s first solo album in nine years; guests: Michael McDonald, Jason Scheff, Jude Cole, Gardner Cole, Marc Bonilla, Tab Two; new single: “Miss Jane Sinclair”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Green Hill Productions / Sun Label Group |
| The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | “X’s For Eyes” (their sixth album and first since 2018’s “The Awakening”; guests: Craig Mabbit of Escape The Fate, Sleeping With Sirens’ Kellin Quinn; producer: Matt Squire; new single: “X’s For Eyes”; See here; CD and Recycled Slate Vinyl out Oct. 17; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
| Rosemary Schonfeld | “Sandy and Jean (Love Is Love) – A Rock Opera” (new single: “Chorus of Friends and Jean”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Rosemary Records |
| Harrison Storm | “Empty Garden” (Australian indie-folk singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; producer: Freddy Alexander; new single: “For Your Love”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Time’s Forgotten | “Songs of Awakening” (Costa Rican progressive metal band’s fifth studio album; new single: “Sidewalk Hero”; See here; Apple Music) | Melodic Revolution Records |
| Jamie Woon | “3, 10, Why, When” (London native’s first album in 10 years; producer: Martin Terefe; new singles: “When” and “Pulling On a Thread”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Nov. 7; Apple Music; On Tour) | Also Can |
| Alison Wonderland | “Ghost World” (Australian electronic singer-DJ’s fourth album; producers: Wonderland, Dylan Ragland; new single: “iwannaliveinadream”; See here; Read here; CD and Glow-in-the-Dark Vinyl out Dec. 5; Apple Music; On Tour) | Casablanca / Republic |
| Worthitpurchase | “Worthitpurchase” (L.A.-based lo-fi pop duo’s third album; new single: “Something New”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Worthitpurchase |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Change | “The Glow of Love” (1980 debut album, featuring “A Lover’s Holiday,” plus the vocals of Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown; with four bonus tracks; Hear here) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Gene Loves Jezebel | “Glad To Be Alive: Live in Nottingham 1986 (The Complete Concert)” (originally issued as a limited edition eight-song bonus album with initial U.K. vinyl and cassette copies of their 1986 album “Discover”; now expanded to the full 17-song concert) | Iconoclassic |
| Sophie B. Hawkins | “Whaler Re-Emerging” (2024 acoustic interpretation of her second album, 1994’s “Whaler,” featuring “As I Lay Me Down” and “Right Beside You”; Vinyl out Oct. 24; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cleopatra |
| Jason Isbell | “Something More Than Free (10 Year Anniversary Edition)” (2015 album; Grammy winner for Americana Album of the Year and for American Roots Song of the Year, for “24 Frames”; remixed by Sylvia Massy, with a bonus B-side: “Should I Go Missing”; Double Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Frosted Glass Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Southeastern Records |
| Waylon Jennings | “Songbird” (first of three completely new, previously unheard albums compiled and mixed by Shooter Jennings at Sunset Sound Studio 3; these 10 songs were recorded between 1973 and 1984 in various studios, produced by Waylon Jennings and Richie Albright and featuring his all-star band including Albright, Ralph Mooney, Tony Joe White, wife Jessi Colter, et al; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Son of Jessi |
| Kirsty MacColl | “Free World: The Best of Kirsty MacColl 1979-2000” (U.K. release; two CDs, 30 tracks; Yellow Double Vinyl, 25 tracks) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Mother Love Bone | “Shine” (1989 five-song debut EP; Eco Vinyl, 12 inch; Download; Apple Music) “Apple” (1990 album, featuring “Stardog Champion” and “This Is Shangrila”; Andrew Wood, the Seattle rock band’s lead singer, died of a heroin overdose shortly before the release of what would be their only album; original members Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard went on to help form Pearl Jam; remastered; Eco Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Mercury / UMe |
| My Morning Jacket | “Z (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2005 album; remastered from the original master tapes by Emily Lazar, featuring 14 unreleased outtakes and demos, including a song written for Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film “Elizabethtown” called “Where to Begin”; Hear here; Pink, Coral and Blue Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Oasis | “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1995 album, featuring “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Champagne Supernova”; with unplugged versions of “Cast No Shadow,” “Morning Glory,” “Wonderwall,” “Acquiesce” and “Champagne Supernova,” all newly mixed by Noel Gallagher; Hear here; Read here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Sepia Marble Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Big Brother Recordings |
| Return to Forever | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection” (five-CD box set, originally released on Columbia in 2012; Amazon UK) | Music on CD |
| Jeannie Seely | “An American Classic” (her 14th and final solo album, from 2020; she died on Aug. 1 at age 85) | Curb |
| Supergrass | “Road to Rouen (20th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2005 album, featuring “St. Petersburg,” “Low C” and “Fin”; remastered, with previously unheard live and studio recordings, including “Don’t Leave Me Alone,” plus a 16-page booklet; Hear here; Petrol and Forest Green Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| The Wedding Present | “The Wedding Present : 40” (four-CD box set of album tracks, singles and B-sides, with 32-page hardback book; extensive sleeve notes by Mark Beaumont and track-by-track commentaries by David Gedge; Vinyl Box Set, four frosted clear LPs, with hardback book; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Clue Records |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Alicia Keys | “Unplugged (20th Anniversary)” (2005 live album, recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; nominated for four Grammy Awards; with one bonus track, “Goodbye/Butterflyz,” from the original performance not included on the CD; Double Vinyl, with “Goodbye/Butterflyz,” plus “How Come You Don’t Call Me,” which was omitted from the first pressing of the vinyl) | RCA / Legacy |
