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New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Bodega | “All Inside Aquarium” (NYC concept-rock band’s fourth album; producer: Matt Peel; new single: “Literary World”; See here; Read here; Vinyl, with bonus B-side; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Chrysalis |
| 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: “Before the World Sings”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on Oct. 2; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sony Classical |
| Greta Van Fleet | “Palace for the People” (their fifth studio album; producers: Greta Van Fleet, Mike Elizondo; new single: “Tear It Down”; See here; Oracle Variant Double Vinyl, with a smokey quartz marble finish; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Lava / Republic |
| HAAi | “DIGITiSE” (third album from Australian electronic music producer-DJ Teneil Laetitia Throssell; guests: Pat Alvarez, Kaiden Ford, ILA, Skybreak, Cantoalegre; new single: “I Wanna Feel Like Someone”; See here; Read here; Yellow Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mute |
| Koen Holtkamp | “Nightlife” (solo album from Mountains member and multi-instrumentalist; new single: “Northern Flicker”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Western Vinyl |
| Imperial Teen | “All Over You” (their seventh studio album and first in seven years; new single: “Hands All Up”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Merge |
| Jamie T | “Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)” (British indie-rock artist’s sixth album; producers: Jamie T, James Dring, Hugo White; new single: “Tallahassee”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Polydor |
| Karate Boogaloo | “Access All Areas” (Melbourne instrumental funk quartet’s sixth album; new single: “Down Home”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Colemine |
| V.V. Lightbody | “Period Piece” (Chicago indie-pop singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist’s third album; producer: Lightbody; guests: Macie Stewart, Sam Cantor, Emma Hospelhorn, Jack Henry Lickerman, Cassandra Jenkins; new single: “Two Swans”; See here; Clear Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Egghunt |
| Tobe Nwigwe | “THE BRIDGE” (rapper-singer’s third album; producers: Kizzo, Nwigwe; guests: Sia, Labrinth, Busta Rhymes, Paul Wall, Scarface, Adekunkle Gold, The Cavemen., et al; new single: “DISGUISE”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Human Re Sources |
| Pet Shop Boys | “A man from the future” (Double CD; eight-chapter album serves as a musical biography and memorial for pioneering mathematician and World War II codebreaker Alan Turing through songs, spoken word and orchestral-electronic compositions; string arrangements by Sven Helbig, performed by the Manchester Camerata Octet, and Manchester Grammar School choir sings on four tracks; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Merch) | x2 Recordings / Warner / Parlophone |
| Danielle Ponder | “Everything Has Changed” (Rochester-born, Atlanta-rooted soul singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; producers: Mike Elizondo, Barney Lister; new single: “God of You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Dead Oceans |
| PLUME | “Saferooms & Healing Frequencies” (German heavy rock band’s debut album; producers: Manuel Renner, PLUME; new single: “My Cortisol Face”; See here; Blue Transparent / Black Marbled Vinyl; Download released on Sept. 25; Apple Music) | Arising Empire |
| Dawn Richard | “creole culture” (her first solo album in five years; guests: Big Freedia, Durand Bernarr, Anjelika Jelly Joseph, Frank Richard, Tarriona “Tank” Ball; new single: “chuuuuurch”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Merge |
| Paul Simon | “The Quiet Celebration Concert” (Double CD; recorded in August 2025 at McCaw Hall in Seattle; a nearly two-hour concert film aired on Hulu and Disney+ starting June 26; new single: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”; See here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; On Tour) | Legacy Recordings |
| Troye Sivan | “She’s the Best” (his fourth album; producers: Sivan, Jack Antonoff, George Daniel, Kaelyn Behr; new single: “Party”; See here; Vinyl; Navy Vinyl; Pink Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Neon Scarlet Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Tokky’s Music / Interscope |
| Skillet | “After the Storm” (six-song EP; new single: “Lift Me Up”; See here; Vinyl; On Tour) | Hear It Loud |
| Chloe Slater | “Riot Youth” (British pop singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Ash Workman, Jamie Rendle, Shute; new single: “I’ve Never Felt So Hated”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | stolen juice / AWAL Recordings |
| Todd Snider | “My Second Rodeo” (10-song posthumous album; producers: Joe Bisirri, Robbie Crowell; new single: “Freewheelin’ [Every Day at a Time]”; See here; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Aimless / Thirty Tigers |
| The Tallest Man on Earth | “Just Beyond Endless Mountain” (Swedish folk singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson’s eighth studio album; new single: “Overboda”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
| Teenage Fanclub | “Do Not Dare to Dream” (their 13th album; recorded over 14 days at Black Bay Studio on the remote island of Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides; producers: Teenage Fanclub; new single: “Be With You Tonight”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Opaque Orange Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Opaque Acid Wash Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Cassette; Apple Music; On Tour) | Merge |
| The Temperance Movement | “New Promise Land Incorporated” (British blues rock band’s fourth album and first in eight years; producer: Ethan Johns; new single: “Silverlight Blues”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Earache |
| Texas Headhunters | “Rise and Shine” (second album from guitar trio of Ian Moore, Johnny Moeller and Jesse Dayton; new single: “Bigshot”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Hardcharger Records / Blue Élan |
| Tigirlily Gold | “Country & Midwestern” (country sibling duo’s second album; 16 songs; producers: Alex Kline, Pete Good; new single: “70 and Neon”; See here; Read here; Gold Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Sony Music Nashville |
| unpeople | “we are unpeople” (U.K.-based alt-rock quartet’s debut album; producers: unpeople, Gene “Machine” Freeman; new single: “blueprints”; See here; Read here; Clouds Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | SharpTone |
| Jess Williamson | “A Mile South of Heaven” (Texas-born, L.A.-based indie folk singer-songwriter’s seventh album; producer: Shooter Jennings; new single: “High Heels and Blue Jeans”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Bay Pony Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | New West |
| Cameron Winter | “Live at Carnegie Hall” (Geese frontman’s debut live album, recorded in December 2025, reshaping songs from his debut solo album “Heavy Metal” and sharing three previously unreleased compositions; Double Vinyl; Deep Red Double Vinyl; Download) | Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam |
| Remi Wolf | “Mud” (NoCal singer-songwriter’s third album; guest: John Mayer; new single: “I Won’t Cry”; See here; Read here; Bubblegum Pink Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Light Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Island |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Sheryl Crow | “Pick You Up” (her 13th studio album; new single: “Freight Train”; See here; CD and Amazon-Exclusive Vinyl out Nov. 20; Apple Music; On Tour) | Old Green Barn Productions / Thirty Tigers |
| DIV3R | “Bad Cry Loud” (debut full-length album from Las Vegas-based progressive post-hardcore band; producer: vocalist/guitarist Jason Weiche; new single: “Wish”; See here; Apple Music) | kill iconic records / Equal Vision |
| Dominic Fike | “How to Quit Smoking” (his third album; instead of releasing a conventional studio LP, Fike chose a “living album,” creating and sharing the music in real time during his Comedy Tragedy Parody tour; new single: “Small Town”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Columbia |
| Hour | “Ghost Bridge” (East-Coast-spanning chamber ensemble’s fifth album; new single: “Pearls”; See here; Apple Music) | Dear Life |
| Jespfur | “Iftangible,” (Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jesper Vervoort’s sophomore album; new single: “Higher”; See here; Apple Music) | 10k Global |
| Mat Kearney | “Hanging by a Heartstring” (his 10th studio album; producers: Kearney, Micah Tawlks, Mokita, Nate Miles, Steinza; new single: “Pacific City”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Middle Kid Records |
| Jane Kramer | “Moon & Mother” (Asheville-based singer-songwriter’s fourth album and first in six years; producer: Lillie Syracuse; new singles: “The Ballast” and “The Summer You Learned to Swim”; See here; Apple Music) | Jane Kramer |
| Mad Painter | “Island Poetry” (Boston rock quintet’s third album; new single: “Debt Collector”; See here) | Epictronic |
| Pitbull | “PITCOIN” (his 14th studio album; 24 songs; guests: Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias, Lil Jon, Jason Derulo, Wiz Khalifa, IAmChino, Lenier, Filmore; new single: “Privacy”; See here; Read here; CD out on Jan. 15, 2027; Apple Music; On Tour, with Lil Jon) | Mr. 305 Records |
| Robert Plant | “Saving Grace: All That Glitters …” (four-song EP, previously released on vinyl for Record Store Day, featuring singer Suzi Dian; new single: “Two Coats”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Nonesuch |
| Olivia Rodrigo | “Olivia Rodrigo (Amazon Music Songline)” (Amazon-exclusive six-song EP of live and reimagined tracks; new single: “stupid song”; See here; On Tour; Merch) | Geffen |
| saoirse dream | “grimdark” (Portland hyperpop-emo artist Catherine Egbert’s third album; new single: “killer bees”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Lauren Records |
| So So Modern | “Light Years” (Pōneke post-punks’ first new material in 13 years; six-song EP; new single: “Eat You Alive”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Flying Nun |
| Dylan John Thomas | “Nothing Here Worth Taking” (Glasgow singer-songwriter’s second album; new single: “Heaven Knows You’re Lonely”; See here; Read here; Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Believe Music |
| Twin Temple | “Doomed Lovers” (“Satanic doo-wop”/rock duo’s fourth album, featuring a 37-piece orchestra; producer: Shooter Jennings; new single: “Love You to Death”; Hear here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Oct. 23; Apple Music; On Tour, with Danzig) | Pentagrammaton Records |
| Joyce Wrice | “Machiko” (R&B singer’s second album; producers: D’Mile, Jay Versace, Lido, Mack Keane, Malik Ninety; new single: “Fly [Someone You Love]”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | BMG Rights Management |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Deborah Allen | “Deborah Allen Collection” (four albums on two CDs, with four bonus tracks) | Masked Weasel |
| Tony Bennett | “Stranger In Paradise: Early Albums 1955-58” (two CDs, 51 songs) | Acrobat |
| Irene Cara | “Very Best Of / What a Feeling” (18 tracks, including an extended version of “Flashdance … What a Feeling”) | Masked Weasel |
| Kim Carnes | “Mistaken Identity” (1981 album, featuring “Bette Davis Eyes” and “Draw of the Cards”; nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart) | Music on CD |
| Joe Dolce | “Shaddap You Face / Christmas Album” (1981 albums on one CD) | JGJ Records |
| Faith and the Muse | “Elyria” (1994 debut album; remastered) | Metropolis |
| Fatboy Slim | “Better Living Through Chemistry (30th Anniversary)” (Double CD; 1996 album, featuring “Everybody Needs a 303,” “Going Out of My Head” and “The Weekend Starts Here”; with B-sides, bonus tracks, a new remix and new liner notes; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | BMG Rights Management |
| Stan Getz | “Classic Collaborations & More: Verve Recordings 1953-57” (four-CD, 44-track compilation, featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins, Bob Brookmeyer and Conte Candoli) | Acrobat |
| Judas Priest | “Sad Wings of Destiny (Original 1976 Masters)” (1976 album; restored from the original 1976 analogue master tapes; with bonus track “Diamonds and Rust”; Solar Flare Vinyl; Amazon UK; Merch) | Exciter Records |
| Ella Langley | “still hungover” (expanded edition of her 2024 debut album “Hungover” – first time on CD; with four extra tracks, including “Weren’t for the Wind”; Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour; Merch) | Sawgod / Columbia |
| Loreena McKennitt | “The Mask and the Mirror: The Definitive Edition” (1994 album; hardback book format containing two CDs, a DVD and Blu-ray Audio disc, a 32-page illustrated booklet, and hours of previously unreleased content; See here; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Quinlan Road |
| Morella’s Forest | “Bozur” (1993 demos) “Bass” (1994 demos, which helped the Dayton shoegaze band land a deal with Tooth & Nail Records; both housed in eco-wallets and remastered by Chris Colbert, restored from the original demo tapes) | Steadfast Records |
| Alison Moyet | “Hometime (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2002 album, featuring “Should I Feel That It’s Over,” “Do You Ever Wonder” and “More”; with live performances, B-sides and demos; Crystal and Black Smoke Vinyl, minus bonus tracks; Amazon UK) “Voice (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2004 covers album, featuring “Windmills of Your Mind” and “Almost Blue”; with four bonus tracks, including “Alfie,” plus “One Blue Voice” live album; Solid White Marble Vinyl, sans bonus tracks; Amazon UK) “The Turn (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2007 album, featuring “One More Time” and “A Guy Like You”; with four bonus tracks and “Live/The Turn Tour 2008,” plus a version of Kirsty MacColl’s “Head,” live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 2010; Orange and Black Smoke Vinyl, sans bonus tracks; Amazon UK) “the minutes (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2013 album, featuring “When I Was Your Girl,” “Love Reign Supreme” and “Changeling”; second disc contains “minutes and seconds – live,” “Live at Bush Hall,” and remixes; Turquoise Smoke Vinyl, minus bonus tracks; Amazon UK) “Other (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 2017 album, featuring “Reassuring Pinches” and “The Rarest Birds”; with 13-track “The Other Live Collection”; Red Smoke Vinyl, minus bonus tracks; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| John Prine | “Found Dogs” (archival release celebrating 30th anniversary of his “Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings” album, featuring alternate versions, acoustic performances and five previously unreleased tracks, including “World Without Love”; See here; Read here; Heartwood Vinyl, originally released on Record Store Day in April; Download; Apple Music) | Oh Boy |
| Helen Reddy | “No Way to Treat a Lady / Music, Music” (1975 and 1976 albums on one CD, featuring Grammy-nominated “Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady,” “Somewhere in the Night” and “I Can’t Hear You No More,” with a bonus track: “One Way Ticket”) “Ear Candy / We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” (1977 and 1978 albums on one CD, featuring “You’re My World”) “Rarest of the Rare” (17-track compilation) | Masked Weasel |
| Reed Turchi | “Road Ends in Water” (2011 debut album; new single: “Do For You”; remastered; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Gitcha Records |
| Various artists | “NOW Yearbook Extra ’71” (three CDs, 61 hits; Track List; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| Gene Vincent | “The Jasmine EP Collection” (drawn from EPs issued in the U.S., U.K., and France between 1956 and 1963) | Jasmine |
| Bobby Vinton | “Bobby Vinton LP Collection, Volume 1” (four albums on two CDs: “Blue Velvet,” “There! I’ve Said It Again,” “Vinton” and “Greatest Hits of Love”) “Bobby Vinton LP Collection, Volume 2” (four albums on two CDs: “Instrumental Sounds of Love,” “The Bobby Vinton Show,” “Serenades of Love” and “The Name Is Love”) “Bobby Vinton LP Collection, Volume 3” (three albums on two CDs: “Party Music,” “If That’s All I Can” and “Encore”) “Rarities” (two CDs, 56 songs) | JGJ Records |
| Deniece Williams | “Niecy” (1982 album, co-produced by Thom Bell, featuring “It’s Gonna Take a Miracle,” which was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 25th Grammy Awards) “I’m So Proud” (1983 album; the title track, a cover of Curtis Mayfield, was nominated for the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; with three extra tracks) | Plain |
| Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings | “Ultimate Collection” (10-CD, 144-track box set, featuring five studio albums, two live albums, studio outtakes, non-album B-sides, “The Best of the Bootleg Kings,” a collection of live performances curated by Wyman, and an illustrated booklet; Amazon UK) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Arlo Parks | “Ambiguous Desire (Deluxe)” (2026 album; with two new songs, alongside “New Desire” – the track that introduced “Ambiguous Desire” ahead of its original release – plus a rework with John Glacier and remixes from Jacques Greene, Nosaj Thing, Lil Silva and Oscar Farrell; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Transgressive |
| Republica | “Republica (30th Anniversary Special Edition)” (1996 debut album, featuring “Ready to Go” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous”; with nine-song August 1997 performance at the Day At The Races event at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre; Black and Red Cornetto Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) | RCA |
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