New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Boston Manor | “Sundiver” (Blackpool hard rock quintet’s fifth album; producer: Larry Hibbitt; new single: “Horses In a Dream”; Hear here; See here; White Sky Blue Grey Splatter Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)   | SharpTone |
| Castle | “Evil Remains” (Bay Area occult doom trio’s sixth album; producer: Jesse Gander; new single: “100 Eyes”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl out Oct. 4; Download; Apple Music) | Hammerheart |
| The Cold Stares | “The Southern” (Indiana blues-rock band’s seventh album; new single: “Coming Home”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group |
| The Dare | “What’s Wrong With New York?” (electronic pop singer-songwriter and producer Harrison Patrick Smith’s debut album; new single: “You’re Invited”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Republic |
| The Dead Daisies | “Light ‘Em Up” (their seventh album; producer: Marti Frederiksen; new single: “I Wanna Be Your Bitch”; Hear here; See here; Marbled Orange/Red Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Dead Daisies |
| Jackson Dean | “On the Back of My Dreams” (Maryland country singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Luke Dick; new single: “Heavens to Betsy”; Hear here; Mystic Smoke Double Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Big Machine |
| Denitia | “Sunset Drive” (Texas-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s third album; producer: Brad Allen Williams; new single: “Don’t Let Me Go”; Hear here; Vinyl; On Tour, with Mickey Guyton) | County Road |
| The Deslondes | “Roll It Out” (New Orleans band’s fourth album; producers: Andrija Tokic, The Deslondes; new single: “Take Me Back”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | New West |
| Richard Elliot | “Straight Up Down” (producers: Elliot, Paul Brown; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | Shanachie |
| Fame on Fire | “The Death Card” (Palm Beach, FL, rock band’s third album; producer: Erik Von; new single: “Nothing Left [The Fool]”; Hear here; White Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Wage War) | Hopeless |
| Fat Dog | “WOOF.” (South London eclectic quintet’s debut album; producer: lead singer Joe Love; new single: “Running”; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Domino |
| Finish Ticket | “Echo Afternoon” (Bay Area alt-rock group’s second album; producers: Finish Ticket, Jim Kaufman, Michael Coleman; new single: “Let You Go”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Better Noise Music |
| Claude Fontaine | “La Mer” (L.A. singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Lester Mendez; new single: “Vaqueiro”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) | Innovative Leisure |
| Jeffrey Foucault | “The Universal Fire” (new single: “Universal Fire”; Here here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fluff & Gravy Records |
| David Gilmour | “Luck and Strange” (his first album of new material in nine years; producers: Gilmour, Charlie Andrew; new single: “The Piper’s Call”; See here; Amazon-Exclusive CD, with alternate cover; Blu-ray Audio, in Dolby Atmos and high-resolution stereo mixes, with four bonus tracks; Vinyl; Translucent Sea Blue Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Opaque White Vinyl, with alternate cover; Amazon.ca; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Legacy Recordings |
| God Is An Astronaut | “Embers” (Irish post-rock band’s 11th album; guests: Dara O’Brien, Jo Quail, Sean Coleman; new single: “Falling Leaves”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Napalm |
| Brandon Heath | “The Ache” (eight-time GMA Dove Award winner’s eighth album; producers: Kyle Williams, Micah Kuiper, Cason Cooley; Hear here; Download) | Centricity Music |
| The Heavy Heavy | “One of a Kind” (U.K. alt-rock band’s debut album; new single: “Happiness”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ATO |
| Amy Helm | “Silver City” (her fourth album; producer: Josh Kaufman; new single: “Amen Anyway”; See here; Purple Vinyl; Download) | Sun Records |
| Missy Higgins | “The Second Act” (Australian singer-songwriter’s sixth album and first since 2018; new single: “A Complicated Truth”; See here; Read here; Orange Vinyl; On Tour) | Eleven |
| Paris Hilton | “Infinite Icon” (her second album, coming 18 years after her debut LP; executive producer: Sia; guests: Sia, Meghan Trainor, Rina Sawayama, Maria Becerra; new single: “Chasin'”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | 11:11 Media |
| HINDS | “VIVA HINDS” (Madrid-based indie-rock duo’s fourth album; producer: Pete Robertson; guests: Beck, Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten; new single: “The Bed, the Room, the Rain and You”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive White in Yellow Moon Phase Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Lucky Number |
| Nicky Jam | “Insomnio” (producers: Benny Benassi, Caleb Calloway, Edge, Jorgie Milliano, ØMG, Moon Willis; guests: Sean Paul, Beele, Ryan Castro, Eladio Carrion, Luar La L, et al; new single: “Insomnio”; See here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Sony U.S. Latin |
| Mo Kenney | “From Nowhere” (JUNO-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producer: Joel Plaskett; new single: “Signs of Life”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Mo Kenney Music |
| Corey Kent | “Black Bandana” (country singer’s second album; producers: Austin Goodloe, Chris Farren; guest: Lauren Alaina; new single: “Never Ready”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sony Music Nashville |
| Sarah Kinsley | “Escaper” (alt-pop singer-songwriter’s full-length debut album; producers: Kinsley, John Congleton; new single: “Last Time We Never Meet Again”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Verve Forecast / Decca |
| MJ Lenderman | “Manning Fireworks” (Asheville indie rocker’s fifth album; producers: Lenderman, Alex Farrar; new single: “Joker Lips”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Opaque Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
| LL COOL J | “The FORCE” (his 14th album and first since 2013; producer: Q-Tip; guests: Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Saweetie, et al; new single: “Passion”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Def Jam / Virgin Music Group |
| Manchester Orchestra | “COPE: Live at The Earl” (10th anniversary performance of the entire album at the East Atlanta venue; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on April 26; On Tour) | Loma Vista Recordings / Concord |
| Mercury Rev | “Born Horses” (their first album of original material in nine years; new single: “A Bird of No Address”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bella Union |
| Phil Mogg | “Moggs Motel” (debut solo album from vocalist and founding member of UFO; producer: bassist Tony Newton; U.S. version contains bonus track “Taylors Woods”; Red Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Cleopatra |
| Molchat Doma | “Belaya Polosa” (Belarusian post-punk / synth-pop trio’s fourth album; Hear here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Gold and Black Splatter on Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Cassette; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sacred Bones |
| Pale Jay | “Low End Love Songs” (new single: “The Garden”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Colemine / Karma Chief |
| Party Dozen | “Crime in Australia” (Sydney-based noise-rock duo’s fifth album; producers: Party Dozen; new single: “The Big Man Upstairs”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| Pure Reason Revolution | “Coming Up To Consciousness” (progressive alternative rockers’ sixth album; new single: “Dig Till You Die”; See here; Transparent Neon Pink Biovinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | InsideOutMusic |
| Rex Orange County | “The Alexander Technique” (British singer-songwriter’s fifth album; producers: Rex Orange County, Teo Halm, Jim Reed, James Blake; new singles: “Alexander” and “Guitar Song”; See here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | RCA |
| Max Richter | “In a Landscape” (German-born British composer and pianist’s 13th album; new single: “Movement, Before All Flowers”; See here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Recycled Blue Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Decca |
| Sacred Skin | “Born in Fire” (L.A.-based duo’s second album; new single: “Too Hard to Find”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music) | Artoffact |
| Shovels & Rope | “Something Is Working Up Above My Head” (Charleston, SC husband-and-wife duo’s sixth album; new single: “I’d Be Lying”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dualtone |
| George Strait | “Cowboys and Dreamers” (his 31st album and first in five years; guest: Chris Stapleton; new single: “MIA Down in MIA”; Hear here; Read here; Target-Exclusive CD, with sticker; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | MCA Nashville |
| the The | “Ensoulment” (Matt Johnson and Co.’s first album in 24 years; new single: “Cognitive Dissident”; See here; Media Book; Double Vinyl; Double Clear Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Cinéola / earMUSIC |
| Toro y Moi | “Hole Erth” (Chaz Bear’s eighth album; guests: Ben Gibbard, Porches, Duckwrth, Don Toliver, Kevin Abstract, Glaive, et al; new single: “Heaven”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Urban Outfitters-Exclusive Clear Green Smoke Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Dead Oceans |
| Wage War | “STIGMA” (Florida metalcore quintet’s fifth album; producer: Drew Fulk; new single: “MAGNETIC”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on June 21; Apple Music; On Tour) | Fearless / Concord |
| Luke Winslow-King | “Flash-A-Magic” (Michigan-raised, Spain-based singer-songwriter’s eighth album; new single: “If I Were You”; See here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Bloodshot |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Jules Ahoi | “MAGNOLIA (The Bauhaus Tapes)” (created as part of Cologne folkster Jules Braun’s monthlong artist residency in one of the master houses at the Bauhaus World Heritage Site in Dessau; new single: “Magnolia”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Embassy of Music |
| The Airborne Toxic Event | “Glory” (Mikel Jollett and Co.’s seventh album and first since 2020; new single: “Glory”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl out Sept. 20; Apple Music; On Tour) | Little Tokyo |
| Amy Allen | “amy allen” (“Espresso” + “Please Please Please” songwriter’s debut solo album; producers: Ethan Gruska, John Hill, Eg White; new single: “even forever”; Hear here; Apple Music) | AWAL Recordings |
| Atlas Genius | “End of the Tunnel” (Australian alt-rock band’s third album and first since 2015; new single: “On a Wave”; Hear here; Clear Vinyl out Sept. 13; Apple Music; On Tour) | Frogs Head |
| Tamar Berk | “Good Times for a Change” (San Diego-based power-pop artist’s fourth album; new single: “Good Impression”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Tamar Berk |
| The Laurie Berkner Band | “A Laurie Berkner Halloween” (16 tracks; Hear here; On Tour) | Two Tomatoes / Concord |
| Danielle Bradbery | “Danielle” (“The Voice” winner’s first album in six years; new single: “Broken Boy”; See here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour) | DB Records / Big Machine |
| Greg Copeland | “Empire State” (five-song EP; producer: Tyler Chester; guest: Sara Watkins; new single: “Boon Time”; Hear/Read here; Apple Music) | Franklin & Highland Recordings |
| The Crane Wives | “Beyond Beyond Beyond” (Grand Rapids, MI-based indie alt-rock band’s fifth album; producers: The Crane Wives; new single: “Bitter Medicine”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | The Crane Wives, LLC |
| Criibaby | “when i’m alone i feel weightless” (singer-songwriter’s debut album; guests: G Mills, Somni, Joe Nora, imagiro; new single: “me into you”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Friends of Friends |
| Cuff The Duke | “Breaking Dawn” (JUNO Award-nominated roots rockers’ first album since 2012; new single: “Leaving It All Behind”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music) | Cardinal |
| The Dictators | “The Dictators” (original members Andy Shernoff and Ross The Boss along with former Blue Öyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard and Frankenstein 3000 guitarist/vocalist Keith Roth; Hear here; CD out Oct. 4) | Deko Music |
| Fred again.. | “ten days” (guests: Anderson .Paak, Skrillex, Four Tet, Emmylou Harris, The Japanese House, Obongjayar, CHIKA, Jozzy, Jim Legxacy, Sampha, Soak, Joy Anonymous, Scott Hardkiss; Hear here; Read here; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Atlantic |
| Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals | “Give an Inch” (six-song EP; new single: “Karma Too Close”; Hear here; Vinyl out Oct. 18; On Tour) | Total Treble |
| Caleb Hearn | “Left on McKinney” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “Warm Body”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Laila! | “Gap Year!” (Brooklyn singer’s debut album; new single: “Not My Problem”; Hear here; See here; Read here) | IIIXL Studio |
| Many Eyes | “The Light Age” (debut album from metallic hardcore band fronted by ex-Every Time I Die vocalist Keith Buckley; new single: “Harbinger”; See here; Read here; On Tour, with Sum 41) | Perseverance Media Group |
| Jessie Murph | “That Ain’t No Man That’s the Devil” (19-year-old Alabama native’s debut album; producers: Ben Maddahi, Bēkon, Carrie K, Chakra, Feenom, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, Josh Serrato, Mr. Gabriel, OAK, Pete G, Peter Gonzales, Sergiu Gherman, Stuart Johnson; guests: Jelly Roll, Teddy Swims, Koe Wetzel; new single: “I Hope It Hurts”; Hear here; Vinyl and Translucent Red Vinyl out Jan. 24, 2025; Apple Music; On Tour) | Columbia |
| The Picturebooks | “Albuquerque” (German rock duo’s fifth album; new single: “Back to LA”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour) | Sunny Slope |
| Seacoast | “Courage” (guests: Brandon Lake, Destiny Barber, Caroline Faith, Andy Cherry, Noah Courtney, et al; new single: “Hands Up to Heaven”; Hear here; Apple Music) | The Harmony Group |
| Sonny Singh | “Sage Warrior” (Brooklyn-based singer and trumpet player’s sophomore album; producer: Kaveh Rastegar; new single: “Pavan Guru”; Hear here) | Sonny Singh |
| Bob Sumner | “Some Place To Rest Easy” (producer: Erik Nielsen; new single: “Bridges”; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out Sept. 13; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Fluff & Gravy Records |
| TENDER | “FLUX” (U.K. indie duo’s third album; new single: “go steady”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Nettwerk |
| Various artists | “A Whole New Sound” (Disney classics reimagined by pop-punk and alt-rock artists, including New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Bowling for Soup, Simple Plan, Plain White T’s, We the Kings, et al; Hear here; See here; Read here; Clear/Black Splatter Vinyl out Oct. 4; Merch) | Walt Disney |
| Wynonna | “Back To Wy: LIVE” (20-track set, performing songs off her albums “Wynonna” [1992] and “Tell Me Why” [1993]; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour) | ANTI- / Epitaph |
| Conner Youngblood | “Cascades, Cascading, Cascadingly” (Nashville-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer’s first album in six years; new single: “Reveille!”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Missing Piece |
| Young Leonard | “Issues” (five-song EP; guests: Mumbay, A.D.K, Grmmr.126; Apple Music) | Goji Records |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Altered Images | “Happy Birthday (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1981 album, featuring the title track and “A Day’s Wait”; second CD contains non-album A- and B-sides, a single edit, an extended version and two flexi-disc tracks, with eight-page booklet; Vinyl, half-speed master edition, cut from the original stereo master tapes at AIR Mastering; Amazon UK) “Pinky Blue (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1982 album, featuring “I Could Be Happy”; second CD contains three non-album B-sides, three extended 12-inch versions and the 7-inch single edit of “I Could Be Happy”; Vinyl, half-speed master edition, cut from the original stereo master tapes at AIR Mastering; Amazon UK; On Tour) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| America | “America: Live At The Hollywood Bowl 1975” (19-song set, with George Martin conducting the symphony orchestra; remastered; Fruit Punch Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Primary Wave |
| David Bowie | “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (Blu-Ray audio disc; 1972 album, featuring “Moonage Daydream,” “Suffragette City,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Starman,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” and “Five Years”; includes Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix, stereo mix and original 1972 stereo mix, mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu and Ken Scott at RAK Studios, London; Merch) | Rhino / Parlophone |
| The Cardigans | “The Rest of the Best – Vol. 1” (compilation of B-sides on singles, soundtracks and as bonus tracks on Japanese, French and U.K. versions of their albums between 1994-2006; remastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Island / UMe |
| Deftones | “B-Sides & Rarities” (2005 compilation of covers, acoustic versions, live tracks and other rarities; newly remastered; Double Vinyl; On Tour; Merch) | Reprise |
| Faces | “Faces at the BBC: Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973” (eight-CD, one-Blu-ray box set; remastered with participation of band members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones; Blu-ray features newly restored footage from an April 1972 performance; See here; Amazon UK; Download) | Rhino |
| Foghat | “Stone Blue” (1978 album, featuring the title track; On Tour; Merch) | Music on CD |
| Vince Guaraldi | “You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown” (newly remastered original recording sessions for the 1972 classic, with extended performances, plus 10 bonus tracks; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download) | Lee Mendelson Film Productions |
| King Crimson | “Sheltering Skies (Live In Frejus, August 27th 1982)” (band lineup: Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford; mastered by Alex R. Mundy at DGM; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK) | Panegyric |
| Steve Lacy | “The Classic Albums” (eight complete albums on four CDs) | Enlightenment |
| Steve Marriott | “Poor Man’s Rich Man 1978-1987” (20 rare studio and live recordings; Amazon UK; Download) | Cleopatra |
| Cass McCombs | “Not the Way” (Vinyl; 2002 debut EP) “A” (2003 debut album; Vinyl) “PREfection“ (Vinyl; 2005 album; all three records remastered at Abbey Road Studios; ) | 4AD |
| The Thelonious Monk Quartet | “The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection” (six-CD box set, with 24-page booklet; Amazon UK) | Music on CD |
| NEEDTOBREATHE | “The Outsiders” (2009 album; Translucent Red Vinyl; On Tour) | Omnivore Recordings |
| Old Dominion | “Odies But Goodies” (Double CD; 31-track curated collection of their obscure tracks and fan-favorite tunes; Download; On Tour) | Sony Music Nashville |
| Nancy Sinatra | “Nancy in London” (1966 album; with four bonus tracks; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Boots Enterprises / Light in the Attic |
| Sylvester | “Live at the Opera House” (Double CD; two hours of AAA-mastered audio, including all 13 songs from the March 11, 1979 performance in San Francisco; Hear here; Triple Purple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music) | Craft Recordings / Concord |
| 10,000 Maniacs | “MTV Unplugged” (1993 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Double Vinyl, first time released on vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Transparent Blue Double Vinyl; Download) | Rhino / Elektra |
| Conway Twitty | “I Can’t See Me Without You / I Can’t Stop Loving You / She Needs Someone To Hold Her / You’ve Never Been This Far Before” (four albums from 1972-73 on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK) | BGO |
| Ultravox | “Lament (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1984 album, featuring “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes”; eight-CD box set features the newly remastered original album, single versions, B-sides, 12-inch remixes and rarities, along with 45 previously unreleased tracks, including a new 1980s-style extended remix of every track on the album by Moby, Steven Wilson and Blank & Jones and Midge Ure, new 5.1 and stereo mixes by Steven Wilson, newly mixed full concert from Hammersmith Odeon 1984, and a handful of work in progress mixes; Vinyl, cut at half-speed by Phil Kinrade and Barry Grint at AIR Studios, with two etched B-sides; Amazon UK; Download) | Chrysalis |
| Neil Young | “Neil Young Archives Vol. III 1976-1987” (17-CD box set featuring 15 completely unreleased songs and 121 unreleased versions [original versions, alternate versions, different mixes, live tracks]; Read here) “Neil Young Archives Vol. III Takes” (Double Vinyl, 16-song highlights; Download) | Reprise |
Reissues (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| blink-182 | “ONE MORE TIME … PART-2” (2023 album; with eight more songs; new single: “All In My Head”; Read here; Blue Balls Colored Double Vinyl out Jan. 24, 2025; Apple Music; On Tour; Merch) | Columbia |
| Staind | “Confessions of the Fallen (Deluxe Edition)” (2023 album; with three bonus tracks; On Tour, with Breaking Benjamin) | BMG Rights Management |