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New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Ashes and Diamonds | “Ashes and Diamonds Are Forever” (debut album from Daniel Ash, Bruce Smith and Paul Spencer Denman; new single: “ON”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Cleopatra |
| Avatar | “Don’t Go in the Forest” (Swedish metal band’s 10th studio album; new single: “Tonight We Must Be Warriors”; See here; Read here; Midnight Oil Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Black Waltz AB / Thirty Tigers |
| Daniel Avery | “Tremor” (London-based DJ/producer’s sixth album; guests: yeule, Alison Mosshart, bdrmm, Julie Dawson, Walter Schreifels, Ellie, Art School Girlfriend, yunè pinku, Cecile Believe; new single: “Rapture in Blue”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Domino |
| Bloom | “The Light We Chase” (Sydney melodic hardcore band’s sophomore album; producer: Sam Bassal; new single: “Withered”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Pure Noise |
| The Boojums | “The Boojums” (Nova Scotia rock trio’s debut album; new single: “Wings of Fire”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Having Fun Records / We Are Busy Bodies |
| The Charlatans UK | “We Are Love” (British indie rock veterans’ first studio album since 2017; producers: Dev Hynes, Fred MacPherson, Stephen Street; new single: “We Are Love”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo | “In the Earth Again” (OKC noise rockers’ debut collaboration with the Texas-raised, Oklahoma-based guitarist-composer; new single: “Radioactive Dreams”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Computer Students / Modulor |
| Laura Cox | “Trouble Coming” (Anglo-French singer-guitarist’s fourth album; new single: “No Need to Try Harder”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | earMUSIC / Verycords |
| Creeper | “Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death” (English rock band’s fourth album; producer: Tom Dalgety; new single: “Prey for the Night”; See here; Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Spinefarm |
| Eleni Drake | “CHUCK” (producers: Drake, Frank Colucci; new single: “Half Alive”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MNRK |
| Florence + The Machine | “Everybody Scream” (their sixth studio album; new single: “Everybody Scream”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Double Vinyl, The Dead Bluebell Edition; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Republic |
| Greensky Bluegrass | “XXV” (guests: Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ivan Neville, Aoife O’Donovan, Sam Bush, Lindsay Lou, Holly Bowling, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Jason Hannnew single: “Reverend”; See here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Blue Zoo Records / Thirty Tigers |
| Guided By Voices | “Thick Rich and Delicious” (their 42nd album; new single: “[You Can’t Go Back To] Oxford Talawanda”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | GBV Inc |
| keiyaA | “hooke’s law” (Chicago-born, NYC-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s sophomore album; producer: keiyaA; new single: “take it”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | XL Recordings |
| Lunatic Soul | “The World Under Unsun” (side project from Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda; new single: “The Prophecy”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | InsideOutMusic |
| Luvcat | “Vicious Delicious” (Liverpool singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Kurran Karbal, Oli Barton-Wood; new single: “Vicious Delicious”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Luvcat Ltd. / AWAL Recordings |
| Dom Mariani | “Apple of Life” (Australian guitar pop/garage rock musician’s second solo album; new single: “Apple of Life”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Alive Naturalsound |
| Ana Popovic | “Dance to the Rhythm” (producers: Popovic, Buthel; Vinyl; On Tour) | Electric Heel |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Roger Eno | “Without Wind / Without Air” (featuring vocals from Grace Davidson, Cecily Eno, Lotti Eno and Roger Eno himself; new single: “Forgiveness”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Jerskin Fendrix | “Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (recorded with the London Contemporary Orchestra; dark comedy/thriller film starring Emma Stone opens nationwide on Oct. 31; new single: “Star Saliva / Industry”; Hear here; Trailer; Apple Music) | Milan Records |
| Ferkaad | “A Different Kind of Animosity” (international progressive rock collective’s debut album; guests: Derek Sherinian, Lex van der Zwaal, Hernán Martínez, Peter Shannon) | Zigor Munoz |
| HighSchool | “HighSchool” (Naarm/Melbourne alt-rock duo’s debut album; new single: “Dipped”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | [PIAS] |
| Madala Kunene & Sibusile Xaba | “kwaNTU” (new single: “Izimpisi”; Hear here; Apple Music) | New Soil x Mushroom Hour Half Hour |
| Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider | “A Companion for the Spaces Between Dreams” (new single: “New Land”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Northern Spy |
| Maps | “Welcome to the Tudor Gate” (James Chapman’s soundtrack to a film he half-remembers seeing late night years ago, which inspired him to create a 40-minute piece, separated into “chapters”; new single: “Chapter Two”; See here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Mute |
| The Mendozaz | “The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada” (Toronto pop-punk trio’s eight-song concept EP; new single: “An American Werewolf in London, Ontario”; See here; Apple Music) | Cartridge Heart, Nov. 3 |
| Penelope Road | “Chance Encounter” (Atlanta-based soulful rock band’s four-song EP; new single: “Feel It Coming My Way”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| The Pretty Reckless | “Taylor Momsen’s PRETTY RECKLESS CHRISTMAS” (Momsen starred as Cindy Lou Who alongside Jim Carrey in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”; Read here; CD and Translucent Ruby Red Vinyl out Nov. 14; Apple Music) | Fearless / Concord |
| claire rousay | “a little death” (new single: “just,” feat. M. Sage; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Thrill Jockey |
| Saintseneca | “Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs” (Columbus, OH-based folk rock band’s first album in more than seven years; 21-song opus; producer: Mike Mogis; new single: “Viridian Moon”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Lame-O |
| Nick Shoulders | “Refugia Blues” (Ozarks progressive country artist’s fifth album; new single: “Dixie Be Damned”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Gar Hole Records |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Adam & The Ants | “The Singles” (20-song collection includes Adam Ant’s solo hits; White and Red Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour [Adam Ant]) | Sony Music |
| Blondie | “No Exit (Remastered & Expanded Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1999 album, featuring “Maria”; remastered, with remixes, and “Hot Shot,” a track previously available only in Japan, newly mixed by David Wrench; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Crystal Clear Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | BMG Rights Management |
| The Blue Aeroplanes | “Outsider Art: The Other Best of the Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025” (19-track collection of fan favorites, live staples and previously unreleased songs from the band’s archive, with 24-page booklet; Double Vinyl, with a bonus 7-inch featuring a previously unreleased live recording of “Lover & Confidante” and “Tyger Tyger Burning Bright!”) | Chrysalis |
| Buffalo Tom | “Sleepy Eyed (30th Anniversary Edition)” (1995 album; with six bonus demos; Double Vinyl) | Beggars Banquet |
| The Cars | “Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition)” (4CD/1LP box set; 1984 album, featuring “You Might Think,” “Magic,” “Drive” and “Hello Again”; includes previously unreleased demos, early versions, B-sides and remixes, in addition to the original remastered album, on CD and LP, and a full 1984 concert recorded in Houston) | Rhino / Elektra |
| Depeche Mode | “101” (1989 live album; Double Vinyl) “Exciter” (2001 album, featuring “Dream On,” “I Feel Loved” and “Freelove”; Double Vinyl) “Playing the Angel” (2005 album, featuring “Precious,” “A Pain That I’m Used To,” “Suffer Well” and “John the Revelator”; Double Vinyl; Merch) | Columbia / Legacy |
| DEVO | “Energy Dome Frequencies: Songs From The DEVO Documentary” (12 tracks; new film from Chris Smith is streaming on Netflix; Vinyl; Amazon.ca) | Rhino / Warner |
| Bob Dylan | “Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, 1956-1963” (eight-CD, 139-track box set includes rare Columbia outtakes, recordings made at club dates, in tiny informal gatherings, in friends’ apartments, and at jam sessions in long-gone musicians’ hangouts, and a 1963 landmark show at Carnegie Hall, mixed from original tapes, plus hardcover book with extensive liner notes by Sean Wilentz and more than 100 rare photographs; 2-CD Highlights Edition and 4-LP Highlights Edition, both with 42 tracks and book; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Columbia / Legacy |
| Sheena Easton | “Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II” (five-CD, one-DVD clamshell box set; remastered from the original vault tapes, featuring B-sides, rare 12-inch mixes and 46 previously unreleased recordings from the era, including her shelved 1986 album, “Shockwave”; Read here; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Cherry Pop |
| Faces | “Early Steps” (10-song collection of their first and previously unheard recording session at Olympic Studios in Barnes, plus rehearsals in The Rolling Stones’ warehouse; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Rhino / Warner |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | “Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Super Deluxe Edition)” (7 CDs + 1 Blu-ray; 1984 debut album, produced by Trevor Horn, featuring “Relax,” “Two Tribes” and “The Power of Love”; housed in a slip-sleeved 10” by 10” box, containing a new remastered version of the album and a collection of demos, outtakes, BBC sessions, and unreleased material, with a 38-page book, featuring a foreword by Paul Sinclair and a detailed timeline by Kevin Foakes, aka DJ Food; Deluxe Edition, two CDs, 34 tracks; Double Vinyl, 24 tracks, featuring a new stereo mix by Steven Wilson; Amazon UK) | ZTT |
| Thea Gilmore | “My Own Private Riot: 2008-2015” (seven-CD clamshell box set, featuring complete albums, with bonus tracks; Read here; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| Gracious! | “The Recordings 1970-1971” (three-CD, one-DVD clamshell box set contains the prog-rock group’s only two albums, along with a CD and DVD of their 1970 Isle of Wight Festival performance; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red |
| Nick Heyward | “The Epic & Creation Years (1993-1998)” (four-CD, 76-track box set contains three complete albums, along with B-sides and bonus tracks, demos, live recordings, and previously unreleased songs; Amazon UK) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | “Killer In Stereo: Cold Cold Heart” (13-song collection of remastered stereo mixes) | Sun Records |
| The Manhattans | “There’s No Me Without You / That’s How Much I Love You / The Manhattans / It Feels So Good” (four albums from 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977 on two CDs, featuring “Kiss and Say Goodbye”; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Maxïmo Park | “A Certain Trigger (20th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 2005 debut album; includes “Missing Songs,” 2006 compilation of B-sides and demos, plus a fold-out poster; Double Vinyl; On Tour) | PIAS America |
| Billy Paul | “Ebony Woman / Going East / 360 Degrees of Billy Paul / War of the Gods” (four albums from 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 on two CDs, featuring “Me and Mrs. Jones,” “Am I Black Enough for You” and “Thanks for Saving My Life”; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | “Quicksilver Messenger Service / Happy Trails” (1968 and 1969 albums, with two bonus tracks: “Bears” and “Stand By Me”; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Radiohead | “Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)” (performances captured in London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Dublin; mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Aug. 13; Apple Music; Merch) | XL Recordings |
| Lou Rawls | “All Things In Time / Unmistakably Lou / When You Hear Lou / Let Me Be Good To You” (four albums on two CDs, from 1976, 1977 and 1979, featuring “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine,” “Groovy People” and “Lady Love”; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Soft Cell | “The Art of Falling Apart (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1983 album, featuring “Where the Heart Is” and “Loving You, Hating Me”; six-CD box set contains 36 previously unreleased tracks, plus original B-sides, rarities, remixes, demos, live recordings from the period and a 60-page hardback book; Double CD; Pink and Orange Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Mercury |
| Thompson Twins | “Industry & Seduction: A Thompson Twins Collection” (20 songs, curated by the trio; remastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, with new artwork directed by Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway; Deluxe Edition, three CDs, 40 tracks, including “Into the Gap Live”; Transparent Green and Orange Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
| KT Tunstall | “Eye to the Telescope (Stargazer Edition)” (Double CD; 2004 debut album, featuring “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” “Other Side of the World” and “Suddenly I See”; with previously unreleased tracks, B-sides and live recordings; Standard Vinyl, sans bonus tracks; Blue and Pink Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | BMG Rights Management |
| West, Bruce & Laing | “Out in the Fields: The Albums 1972-1974” (three-CD clamshell box set; band members: Mountain’s Leslie West and Corky Laing, with Cream’s Jack Bruce; remastered from the original master tapes; Read here; Amazon UK) | Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red |
| The Who | “Who Are You (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1978 album; newly remastered with bonus tracks taken from the studio sessions, demo recordings and live material; Super Deluxe Edition, seven-CD, one-Blu-ray box set, featuring 71 unreleased tracks, 100-page book and Steven Wilson Atmos and stereo mixes; See here; Read here; Standard Vinyl, mastered by Jon Astley at Close to the Edge; half-speed masters cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios; Vinyl, four-LP box set; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Super Deluxe Digital Edition; Apple Music; Farewell Tour; Merch) | Geffen / UMe |
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