New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| aespa | “Rich Man” (K-pop quartet’s sixth mini album; Target-Exclusive CD, with photocard; Download; Merch)   | SM Entertainment |
| Big Thief | “Double Infinity” (their sixth album; now a trio, following the departure of bassist Max Oleartchik; producer: Dom Monks; collaborators: Alena Spanger, Caleb Michel, Hannah Cohen, Jon Nellen, Joshua Crumbly, June McDoom, Laraaji, Mikel Patrick Avery, Mikey Buishas; new single: “Incomprehensible”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | 4AD |
| blessthefall | “Gallows” (metalcore band’s first album in seven years; new single: “mallxcore”; See here; Smoke Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Rise |
| David Byrne | “Who Is the Sky?” (first-time collaboration with producer Kid Harpoon and NYC-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra; guests: Hayley Williams, St. Vincent, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Sky Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Matador |
| Cut Copy | “Moments” (Australian synth-pop band’s seventh album and first in five years; new single: “When This Is Over”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cutters Records |
| Brian Dunne | “Clams Casino” (New York singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producer: Dunne; new single: “Rockland County”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Missing Piece |
| El Michels Affair | “24 Hr Sports” (guests: Norah Jones, Clairo, Shintaro Sakamoto, Florence Adooni, Rogê, Dave Guy; new single: “Anticipate”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Crown |
| Fleshwater | “2000: In Search of the Endless Sky” (heavy shoegaze band’s second album; producers: Fleshwater; new single: “Jetpack”; See here; Metallic Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Closed Casket Activities |
| FM | “Brotherhood” (British melodic rockers’ 15th studio album; new single: “Living on the Run”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| Robbie Fulks | “Now Then” (Grammy-nominated alt-country singer-songwriter’s 15th solo album; producer: Fulks; mixed by Tucker Martine; new single: “Workin’ No More Blues”; Hear here; Turquoise Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Compass |
| Lanie Gardner | “Faded Polaroids” (Burnsville, NC-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s second album; 18 songs; producers: Oscar Charles, Jonathan Singleton, Chris Ganoudis, Don Miggs; new single: “Takin’ the Slow Ride”; See here; Brown Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Gavin Adcock) | BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville |
| Glenn Hughes | “Chosen” (former Deep Purple singer-bassist’s 15th solo album and first in nine years; new single: “Chosen”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Frontiers Music s.r.l. |
| Ivy | “Traces of You” (their first album in 15 years, featuring the late Adam Schlesinger on all 10 tracks, using demos and song fragments from 1995-2012; new single: “Say You Will”; See here; Read here; Beige Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Bar/None |
| La Dispute | “No One Was Driving the Car” (Michigan post-hardcore band’s fifth album and first in six years; producers: La Dispute; new singles: “I Shaved My Head,” “Man with Hands and Ankles Bound” and “Autofiction Detail”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; White, Red and Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Epitaph |
| Harold López-Nussa | “NUEVA TIMBA” (a live/studio hybrid, captured at the club Le Duc des Lombards, a jazz institution in Paris, and then reshaped and enhanced in post-production; new single: “Bonito y Sabroso”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Blue Note |
| MONSTA X | “The X” (K-pop group’s 13th mini album; new single: “Do What I Want”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with additional photocard; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Starship Entertainment |
| Tom Odell | “A Wonderful Life” (British singer-songwriter’s seventh album; producers: Cityfall, Odell; new single: “Don’t Cry, Put Your Head On My Shoulder”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | UROK / Virgin Music Group |
| Offset | “KIARI” (his third solo album; producers: 254Bodi, BoogzDaBeast, Cashmere Brown, DashOTB, EVRGRN, FNZ, Jester Beats, LNKmusic, London on da Track, MacShooter, Vinylz, X-plosive; guests: John Legend, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign, Gunna, Key Glock, J.I.D, et al; new single: “Bodies”; See here; Read here; Amazon.ca; Download released on Aug. 22; Apple Music) | Motown |
| Grant-Lee Phillips | “In the Hour of Dust” (his 12th solo album; new single: “Closer Tonight”; See here; Read here; Clear Golden Smoke Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Yep Roc |
| Primal Fear | “Domination” (German power metal band’s 15th studio album; producers: Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers, Magnus Karlsson; new single: “Far Away”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Reigning Phoenix Music |
| Gwenifer Raymond | “Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark” (her third album and first since 2020; new single: “Jack Parsons Blues”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | We Are Busy Bodies |
| Saint Etienne | “International” (British indie-pop trio says this is their final album, even though they’re not breaking up; producers: Saint Etienne, Tim Powell, Tom Rowlands; guests: Nick Heyward, Confidence Man, The Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves, Vince Clarke, et al; new single: “Glad”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Heavenly Recordings |
| Liam St. John | “Man of the North” (Pacific Northwest roots-rocker’s debut album; guests: Molly Tuttle, Houndmouth; new single: “Man of the North”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Loud Rock / Mercury / Republic |
| Shame | “Cutthroat” (London post-punk band’s fourth album; producer: John Congleton; new single: “Quiet Life”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dead Oceans |
| Suede (aka The London Suede) | “Antidepressants” (British alt-rock band’s 10th album; producer: Ed Buller; new single: “Dancing With the Europeans”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | BMG Rights Management |
| Rob Thomas | “All Night Days” (his sixth solo album; producers: Thomas, Gregg Wattenberg; new singles: “Hard to Be Happy” and “Thrill Me”; See here; Read here; Amazon-Exclusive Knock Wood Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Universal |
| Walter Trout | “Sign of the Times” (blues-rock legend’s 21st album; producer: Trout; new single: “Artificial”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Provogue / Mascot Label Group |
| Various artists | “Floyd Collins (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (true story of a cave explorer in 1925 Kentucky, trapped 200 feet underground, based on a book written by Tina Landau; folk and bluegrass-inspired score by Adam Guettel; starring Jeremy Jordan in the title role; See here; Download released on May 24; Apple Music; On Broadway) | Center Stage |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Tamar Berk | “ocd” (producers: Berk, Matt Walker; new single: “stay close by”; See here; Apple Music) | Tamar Berk |
| Boys Like Girls | “THE HOMECOMING (LIVE FROM THE MGM MUSIC HALL AT FENWAY PARK)” (40 tracks; new single: “BLOOD AND SUGAR”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour, with Jonas Brothers) | Fearless / Concord, Sept. 8 |
| Dancing Plague | “Domain” (darkwave and post-punk project of Portland-based artist Conor Knowles; new single: “With You I Am Nothing”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out Sept. 12; Apple Music) | Artoffact |
| Hannah Delynn | “Trust Fall” (Nashville-based vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist’s debut album; producer: Maya de Vitry; new single: “Jealousy”; See here; Apple Music) | Lady Grand Records |
| Faithless | “Champion Sound” (U.K. dance/electronic act’s eighth album and first since the 2022 death of lead singer-rapper Maxi Jazz; producers: founding members Rollo Armstrong and Sister Bliss; guests: Bebe Rexha, LSK, Suli Breaks; new single: “Forever Free,” featuring Maxi Jazz’s final recorded vocals; Hear here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Sept. 19; Amazon UK-Exclusive Yellow Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Faithless / ADA |
| Rhys Fulber | “Memory Impulse Autonomy” (electronic artist’s eighth solo album; guests: Qual, Barkosina, Konstantin Unwohl; new single: “Only Love Will Save Us”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out Sept. 12; Apple Music) | Artoffact |
| Julia Jade | “(extra)ordinary” (L.A.-based indie pop singer-songwriter’s seven-song EP; new single: “missin’ out”; Hear here) | Julia Jade |
| JayWood | “Leo Negro” (third album from Montreal-based Jeremy Haywood-Smith; new single: “ASSUMPTIONS”; See here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Captured Tracks |
| Okkyung Lee | “just like any other day (어느날) : background music for your mundane activities” (South Korean cellist-keyboardist’s 11th solo album; new single: “let’s walk down to the swamp together”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music) | Shelter Press |
| SG Lewis | “Anemoia” (London-born, L.A.-based dance/electronic artist’s third album; guests: London Grammar, Frances, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Oliver Sim; new single: “Feelings Gone”; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Forever Days / Positiva |
| Modern Life Is War | “Life On the Moon” (Iowa hardcore punk band’s first album in 12 years; new single: “Johnny Gone”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; On Tour) | Deathwish, Inc. / Iodine Recordings |
| Red Rum Club | “BUCK” (Merseyside alt-rock band’s fifth album; new single: “American Nights & English Mornings”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Modern Sky UK |
| SCHØØL | “I think my life has been OK” (Paris-based shoegaze band’s debut album; new single: “OK <3”; See here) | Géographie / Modulor |
| Jessica Simpson | “Nashville Canyon, Part 2” (five-song EP; producer: JD McPherson; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nashville Canyon |
| Sons of Sevilla | “Street Light Moon” (U.K.-based brother duo’s second album; producer: Adrian Quesada; new single: “Street Light Moon”; Hear here; Vinyl out Sept. 19; Apple Music; On Tour) | Ubiquity Records |
| Teen Creeps | “Today Is the Day” (Belgian indie-rock trio’s third album; new single: “Anywhere”; See here; Apple Music) | [PIAS] Recordings |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Bread | “The Best of Bread [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1973 compilation; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes) | Rhino / Elektra |
| Camper Van Beethoven | “Telephone Free Landslide Victory (40th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1985 debut album, featuring “Take the Skinheads Bowling”; with previously unreleased 11-track demo recorded in 1983, along with B-sides and rarities; Dark Green Vinyl, sans bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; On Tour) | Cooking Vinyl |
| Judy Collins | “Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1972 compilation; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes) | Rhino / Elektra |
| Juan Gabriel | “Eterno” (posthumous collection of 20 previously unreleased songs, including “Nunca Había Amado Así,” backed by newly recorded Mariachi music; producer: Guillermo Hernández Galicia, who served as Gabriel’s mariachi and live music director for more than 25 years; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Virgin Music US Latin |
| Hot Chip | “Joy In Repetition” (15-track best-of includes a new song, “Devotion”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download, with two bonus remixes; Apple Music; On Tour) | Domino |
| LØLØ | “Debbie Downer x Overkill” (Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter Lauren Mandel’s first two EPs, from 2021 and 2022, on one CD; On Tour, with Simple Plan) | Hopeless |
| Metronomy | “Greatest Hits” (Double CD; 20 tracks spanning seven studio albums, along with 17 previously unreleased BBC sessions recorded between 2008-2019; Double Vinyl, hits collection; Double Vinyl, BBC sessions; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Because Music |
| Joni Mitchell | “Joni’s Jazz” (four-CD, career-spanning box set of her jazz-oriented material – solo and with other artists – along with rare demos, B-sides and alternative versions of previously released tracks; Vinyl, eight-LP box set; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) > Hits 📀 | Rhino / Warner |
| The New Seekers | “The Best of The New Seekers [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1973 compilation; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes) | Rhino / Elektra |
| NRBQ | “Honest Dollar (Deluxe Edition)” (1992 live album; remastered by Michael Graves, with two bonus tracks, plus updated artwork and new liner notes from John DeAngelis; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Max Richter | “Sleep Circle” (Double CD; released as part of the 10th anniversary of his landmark album “Sleep,” this is a 90-minute concert suite edition of the original eight-hour piece, reflecting the typical REM cycle, with ever-shifting variations inviting transformation, clarity and rest; Hear here; Read here; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Deutsche Grammophon |
| The Rolling Stones | “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (Expanded Edition)” (concert film album, recorded in 1968 but not released commercially until October 1996; bonus material: two tracks by concert pianist Julius Katchen, three additional songs by Taj Mahal and previously unheard recordings of John Lennon’s supergroup The Dirty Mac performing “Revolution” and “Warmup Jam”; Merch) > Forty Licks 💋 | ABKCO |
| Pharoah Sanders | “Love Is Here: The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings” (Double CD; transferred from the original stereo tape reels at the French Institut national de l’audiovisuel; 12-page booklet includes rare photos and an essay by longtime Down Beat contributor Kevin Whitehead; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Elemental Music |
| Carly Simon | “The Best of Carly Simon [Quadio]” (Blu-ray Audio; 1975 album; transferred from the original half-inch four-channel masters; with 192/24 resolution Quadraphonic and hi-res stereo mixes) | Rhino / Elektra |
| Slipknot | “Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Double CD; 1999 debut album; “Wait and Bleed” was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards; featuring three bonus tracks and 17 demos and mixes; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Merch) | Roadrunner |
| Spın̈al Tap | “This Is Spın̈al Tap (Original Soundtrack)” (1984 album; newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original stereo analog master tapes; Vinyl) “Break Like the Wind” (1992 album; remastered from the original stereo analog master tapes by Bernie Grundman; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Merch) | Geffen / UMe |
| Toyah | “Chameleon: The Very Best of Toyah” (three-CD, one-Blu-ray box set, including rarities, music videos, BBC appearances and concert recordings; Read here; Gold Double Vinyl, 28 tracks; Amazon UK) | Cherry Red |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call 60s Soul” (four CDs, 88 songs; Red Triple Vinyl, 50 tracks; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
| WAR | “1971-1975” (five-CD box set contains the band’s first five albums, from 1971’s “WAR” to 1975’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”; newly remastered; On Tour) | Rhino / Avenue |
| Yusuf / Cat Stevens | “On the Road to Findout: Greatest Hits” (24 songs on one CD, a companion piece to his memoir, “Cat on the Road to Findout,” out Oct. 7; Deluxe Edition, two CDs, 47 songs; Vinyl Deluxe Edition, four-LP, 47-track box set; Amazon-Exclusive Orange Double Vinyl, 24 songs, with alternate cover art; Download) | A&M / Cat-O-Log / UMe |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Anne Murray | “Here You Are” (11 previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1978 and 1995, including “Rest Easy [In My Love]” from 1989; on two tracks, Murray provides new background vocals, along with her daughter Dawn, and her nephew Dale adds fresh guitar and pedal steel performances; executive producer: Bob Rock; mixed by Adam Greenholtz; See here; Read here; CD and Vinyl out Sept. 19; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Capitol / UMe |
