New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Accept | “Teutonic Titans 1976-2026” (19 reimagined tracks accompanied by nearly 50 guest musicians, among them Kirk Hammett, Rob Halford, Billy Corgan, Phil Anselmo, Billy Sheehan, Matthias Jabs, et al; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | Napalm |
| ADÉLA | “Prima” (Slovakia-born pop artist’s debut album; in 2023, she competed on the reality competition series “Dream Academy” but was eliminated, with the winners going on to form KATSEYE; producers: 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady, The Dare, Lizzo producer Blake Slatkin; new single: “Ain’t In LA”; See here; Read here; Pink Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Berry Purple Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Midnight Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Capitol |
| Arab Strap | “Half-Told Tales” (Scottish duo’s ninth studio album; new single: “You You You”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Yellow Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Rock Action |
| Audrey Horne | “Achilles” (Norwegian hard rock band’s eighth album; producer: Arve Isdal; new single: “God Damn Beautiful”; See here; White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| Mykki Blanco | “CAFE PARADISO” (California hip-hop artist’s fourth album; producers: Drew “FaltyDL” Lustman, Patrick Holland, Physical Therapy; guests: Benét, Branden Mayeri, Breakaway, Evanora Unlimited, Frank Nesbitt, Ian Isiah, May Rio, Simone Alysia, Tama Gucci; new single: “Little Feet”; See here; Silver Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Transgressive |
| Lisa Bouchelle | “Vandals, Thieves & Lovers” (guests: Amanda Shires, Mike Campbell, Waddy Wachtel, Jake Clemons; new single: “Game to Play”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Trash Can Dreams |
| Chat Pile | “Who Loves the Sun” (Oklahoma City noise-rock band’s third album; producers: Chat Pile; new single: “Deep Blue”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Baby Blue Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Pink and White Cornetto Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Flenser |
| Charley Crockett | “Clovis” (his 17th album; originally released on Spotify on April 28 and other streaming platforms on May 1, but was removed on May 5 and re-released digitally on July 3; producers: Crockett, Shooter Jennings; Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive White Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Atlantic Outpost |
| Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour | “Watching the Tide” (posthumous album; producer: Jon Tiven; recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio C, featuring vocalists Roger C. Reale and Ana Grosh, Nioshi Jackson on drums, and Eddie Gore on keys and percussion; guests: Eric Clapton, Brian May, Ron Wood, Billy F. Gibbons; new single: “Ticket First”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Provogue / Artone Label Group |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | “LOVE” (their first release under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 1985; producer: David Holmes; new single: “My Life in England Pt. 1”; See here; Read here; Yellow Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Heavenly Recordings |
| Ellie Goulding | “I Know Too Much” (British pop singer-songwriter’s sixth album; producer: Jack Rochon; new single: “Ravers”; See here; Read here; Pearl Sunrise Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Interscope |
| Gradience | “Anomaly” (Danish blackened death metal/experimental duo’s debut album; new single: “White Noise”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Metal Blade |
| Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo | “Psychedelia in White” (Australian-Mexican duo’s third album; new single: “Perfect Storm”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Mute |
| Hollow Hand | “Wish Road South” (Brighton folk-pop artist Max Kinghorn-Mills’ fourth album; new single: “Here Are the Tulips”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Loose Music / Soundly Music |
| Natalie Imbruglia | “Algorithm” (her first album in five years; she co-wrote and co-produced every song; new single: “Upside Down”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with signed poster; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Landgirl Records |
| Medium Build | “King of Having Fun“ (alt-country singer-songwriter Nick Carpenter’s sixth album; new single: “Home Depot”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Mumford & Sons) | slowplay / Island |
| MONSTA X | “The Phase” (K-pop group’s six-track EP; See here; Read here; Other versions; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with photocard; Target-Exclusive CD, with additional photocard; On Tour; Merch) | Starship Entertainment |
| Senri Oe | “HOMEWORK” (Japanese jazz pianist’s 16 original compositions were inspired by his daily creative life in New York City; recorded at Brooklyn’s Bunker Studio with drummer Ross Pederson and bassist Matt Clohesy; new single: “Stormy Day”; Hear here; Apple Music) | PND Records |
| Paris Paloma | “The Fatal Flaw” (Brighton-based singer-songwriter’s sophomore album; producers: Carrie K, Chloe Kraemer, Chloe Kramer, Joe Rubel, Justin Glasco, Paloma; new single: “Stem the Flow”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive Baby Blue Vinyl, with fold-out poster; Rough Trade-Exclusive Beer with Black Smoke and White Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Personal Trainer | “Human Assholes” (Dutch indie rock collective’s third album; 15 songs; new single: “Tyres Skid”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| PRESIDENT | “Blood of Your Empire” (debut studio album from anonymous, masked English metal band; new single: “DOOM LOOP”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Lemonade and Black Ice Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Atlantic |
| Purest Form | “Resistance” (L.A. dance-punk trio’s six-song EP; new single: “ANIMAL”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dais |
| Soft Science | “Sand” (Sacramento dreamgazers’ fifth album; producers: Soft Science; new single: “Fade”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Shelflife |
| Angus & Julia Stone | “Karaoke Bar” (Australian brother-sister folk-pop duo’s seventh studio album; new single: “The Cherry Farm”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Virgin Music |
| Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher, et al | “CHESS the Musical (2025 Broadway Cast Recording)” (2025 revival of the musical by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, featuring “One Night in Bangkok”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Download released on April 10) | Ghostlight |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Dan Alley | “Keepin’ On” (Ohio-born, Nashville-based country singer-songwriter’s debut album; guest: Mae Estes; new single: “High and Dry”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | River House Artists |
| almost monday | “THANK GOD IT’S ALMOST MONDAY” (San Diego indie pop trio’s second album; producers: Chase Lawrence, Simon Oscroft; new single: “better late than never”; See here; Sky Blue Vinyl out Sept. 11; Apple Music; On Tour) | Hollywood, Sept. 9 |
| Madi Diaz | “Fatal Optimist (UN-unplugged)” (reimagined tracks from her 2025 LP “Fatal Optimist”; new single: “Heavy Metal,” feat. Lucy Dacus; See here; Apple Music) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
| Myles Erlick | “HANDCRAFTED” (JUNO Award-winning, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and actor’s debut album; producers: Dann Huff, David Huff; new single: “Dyin’ in This Living Room”; Hear here; Apple Music) | ONErpm x Huff Co. Nashville |
| Futurebirds | “Far Out Country I & II” (producer: Brad Cook; guests: Waxahatchee, Maggie Antone; new single: “Sober Somewhere”; See here; Double Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dualtone |
| Immersion | “What Is Lost Will Return“ (electronic duo of Wire’s Colin Newman and Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel; new single: “We Don’t Need Your Validation”) | swim ~ |
| INOHA | “This Might Be Useful” (San Antonio indie rock band’s sophomore album; producer: Chris “Frenchie” Smith; new single: “Everything Is Nothing”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Stem |
| Laura Misch | “Lithic (Live at the Barbican)” (recorded in the cavernous London hall, reimagining her second album with a five-piece ensemble; See here) | One Little Independent |
| Sova | “Alight!“ (Troy, NY-based pianist-composer Sophia Subbayya Vastek’s third album; new single: “Hymn for Slowing”; See here; Apple Music) | Hout Records |
| Told Slant | “What’s Up” (fourth album and first in six years from New York native Felix Walworth; recorded mostly to analog tape; new single: “Draw Blood”; Hear here; Vinyl; Apple Music) | Mtn. Laurel Recording Co. |
| Benjamin Tod | “Country Is Dead” (12-song covers album; producer: Andrija Tokic; new single: a version of Jimmie Rodgers’ “Waiting On a Train”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Thirty Tigers |
| Molly Tuttle | “So Long Little Miss Sunshine | Acoustic EP” (five songs; producer: Steve Berns; recorded with touring bandmates Vanessa McGowan and Mary Meyer; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nonesuch |
| Carmen Villain | “Memoria” (Norwegian-Mexican ambient dub producer-clarinetist’s third album; new single: “Entre Nosotros”; See here; Read here; Apple Music) | Smalltown Supersound |
| Wishgarden | “DUSTY ROADS” (indie roots rock band’s second album; producers: Spencer Coates, frontman Tony Paparella; new single: “Kiss Me Slow”; See here) | Are We There Yet Productions |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| The All-American Rejects | “Move Along (Deluxe Edition)” (2005 album, featuring the title track, “It Ends Tonight” and “Dirty Little Secret”; with three bonus tracks; White Double Vinyl; On Tour; Merch) |
Interscope / UMe |
| Angelo Badalamenti | “Blue Velvet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – 40th Anniversary Edition” (1986 album; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Blue Vinyl; Books-A-Million-Exclusive Sandy Pink Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive White and Blue Haze Vinyl) |
Varèse Sarabande / Craft Recordings |
| Beyoncé | “B’DAY (20th Anniversary Edition)” (2006 album, featuring “Déjà Vu,” “Ring the Alarm,” “Irreplaceable” and “Get Me Bodied”; remastered, with bonus track “Morning Dew (Donk)” and 16-page booklet; Double Vinyl; Download, 15 tracks; Download, 31-song deluxe edition; Apple Music; Merch) |
Columbia / Legacy |
| Count Basie | “The Roulette Years: Classic Albums 1958-59” (two CDs, 41 tracks) |
Acrobat |
| Jeff Beck | “Live at the Hollywood Bowl” (Hybrid SACD; recorded on Aug. 10, 2016, with guests Steven Tyler, Buddy Guy, Billy F. Gibbons, Jan Hammer, Beth Hart, Jimmy Hall; Amazon UK) |
Evolution Music Group |
| John Coltrane | “John Coltrane: 1960-1964” (issued for Coltrane’s centennial celebration, six-CD box set features audio sourced directly from original mono master tapes for the albums “Giant Steps,” “Coltrane Jazz,” “My Favorite Things,” “Olé Coltrane,” “Coltrane Plays the Blues” and “Coltrane’s Sound”; heavyweight, glossy gatefold jackets replicate the French covers, with the original U.S. cover art inside; Amazon UK; Merch) |
Rhino / Atlantic |
| The Cranberries | “Live At The London Astoria II, 1994” (released on DVD more than a decade ago, this is the first time it’s available in an audio format; remastered; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) |
Island / UMe |
| Ben Folds Five | “Ben Folds Five (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1996 album; remastered, and paired with “Shelved First Attempt,” recently unearthed original recording of the LP; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour, solo) |
Capitol / UMe |
| The Gentrys | “It’s Been So Long” (12-song collection of rarities and unreleased lost tracks from the Memphis garage rock band after signing with Sun in late 1969, produced by Sam Phillips’ son Knox Phillips; Opaque Sky Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) |
Sun Records |
| Michael Jackson | “Bad” (Hybrid SACD; 1987 album, featuring “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Bad,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Man in the Mirror,” “Dirty Diana” and “Smooth Criminal”; sourced from the original masters and housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging; Merch) |
Mobile Fidelity |
| J.B. Lenoir | “Let’s Roll: The Singles Collection 1952-60” (two-CD, 54-song set covering his years on the J.O.B., Chess, Parrot, Checker, Shad and VeeJay labels) |
Acrobat |
| Pink Floyd | “8-Tracks” (eight-song compilation, originally released on CD and Vinyl via Target on June 5, includes a full version of “Pigs On the Wing” that had previously only been available on 1977’s “Animals” 8-track cartridge; Read here; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Pink Vinyl, with T-shirt; Download; Apple Music; Merch) |
Columbia / Legacy |
| Primal Scream | “XTRMNTR” (2000 album, featuring “Swastika Eyes” and “Kill All Hippies”; newly mastered under the supervision of Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios, London, alongside a curated selection of B-sides and rarities; Red Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour) |
Sony Music UK |
| The Stanley Brothers | “Man of Constant Sorrow: The Singles Collection 1946-1958” (two CDs, 56 tracks) |
Acrobat |
| Various artists | “The Best of Godzilla: 1954-1975 Original Film Soundtracks” (1976 compilation; themes primarily composed by Akira Ifukube, alongside music from Kunio Miyauchi, Masaru Sato, and Riichiroh Manab) |
BSX |
| Bruno Walter | “Complete Warner Classics (Remastered Edition)” (20-CD box set, marking the 150th anniversary of the German-born conductor’s birth; Amazon UK) |
Warner Classics |
| Yusuf / Cat Stevens | “Buddha and the Chocolate Box” (1974 album, featuring “Oh Very Young” and “Ready”; remastered; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) |
Cat-o-log / A&M / UMe |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Nelly Furtado | “Loose (Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition)” (2006 album, featuring “Promiscuous,” “Maneater” and “Say It Right”; with unreleased vault tracks, a demo, new music and updated versions of the album’s songs; Read here; Apple Music) | Geffen / UMe |
