It’s an interesting week for new music: While there are more than 150 albums, EPs and singles on the docket, big-name artists are pretty much AWOL (except for a plethora of reissues). But there are some decent offerings from the indie side of the table (Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, anyone?). So I’ve highlighted a few of them below, along with other noteworthy titles. Mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things change at the last minute:
THE LONG LIST
Casey Abrams | Jazz
Adrift | Pure
The Afters | Fear No More
Apex Manor | Heartbreak City
Ash | 94-04: The 7″ Singles Box Set
Atlanta Rhythm Section | The Polydor Years
Olive B | With or Without You
Slimmy B | Free Smoke
Barenaked Ladies | Fake Nudes Naked EP
Jimmy Barnes | My Criminal Record
Kishi Bashi | Omoiyari
Tyler Bates | John Wick: Chapter 3 Soundtrack
Batu | False Reeds
Bedouine | Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Bloodred Hourglass | Godsend
Pip Blom | Boat
Christelle Bofale | Swim Team
Susan Boyle | TEN
Bracket | Too Old to Die Young
Bread | Baby I’m a-Want You Remastered
Kevin Breit | Stella Bella Strada
Katey Brooks | Revolute
CalBoy | Wildboy
Cellista | Transfigurations
Chase and Status | RTRN II JUNGLE
CLC | Me
Col3trane | Heroine
Charlie Collins | Snowpine
Phil Collins | Other Sides
Concilivm | The Veiled Engima
Coucou Chloe | Naughty Dog EP
Jim Cuddy Band | Countrywide Soul
Denzel Curry | Zuu
D-A-D | A Prayer For the Loud
Gary Daly | Gone From Here
Darkthrone | Old Star
Därktrxx | Dark Tracks
Sarah Davachi | Pale Bloom
Lise Davidsen | Lise Davidsen
Arlo Day | Bad Timing
Dean | Howlin’ 404
Death Angel | Humanicide
Paul DesLauriers Band | Bounce
Depeche Mode | Black Celebration: The 12-inch Singles
Depeche Mode | Music For the Masses: The 12-inch Singles
Don Vail | Stand Of Tide
Doves | Lost Souls, The Last Broadcast, Some Cities Coloured Vinyl
Drainpuppet | Bliss
EAS | Distortion
Eluvium | Pianoworks
George Fenton | Cold Pursuit Soundtrack
Finn | Do What You Want Forever
Joe Fonda/Harvey Sorgen/Christopher Rocher | New Origin
Foxtrott | Meditations I-II-III remixed
Kirk Franklin | Long Live Love
Mike Frazier | Where the Valley Kissed the Sky
The F16s | WKND FRNDS
Fugiya & Miyagi | Flashback
Rory Gallagher | Blues
Gemma | Feeling’s Not a Tempo
Geronimo | Obsolete
Gloryhammer | Legends From Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
Gotobeds | Debt Begins at 30
Jenn Grant | Love, Inevitable
Lee Hi | 24°C
Hootie & The Blowfish | Cracked Rear View Super Deluxe Edition
Rose Hotel | I Will Only Come When It’s a Yes
I Am The Law | Dance of the Southern Witch EP
Frank Iero & The Future Violents | Barriers
Inna | YO
ionnalee | REMEMBER THE FUTURE
Jaden | ERYS
Jtamul | Lubuni
Max Jury | Modern World
Tara Kannangara | It’s Not Mine Anymore
Kid Phang | Interstellar 11
King Hobo | Mauga
Kitty Kat Fan Club | Dreamy Little You
Leathürbitch | Into The Night
Left Lane Cruiser | Shake and Bake
Lenixx | Split By EP
Local Suicide, Nicki Fehr | Leopard Gum
Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble | Where Future Unfolds
Lowest of the Low | Agitpop
Mantronix | The Album Reissue
Margaret | Gaja Hornby
Jesse Markin | Folk
Masvidal | Mythical
Bear McCreary | Godzilla: King of Monsters Soundtrack
Duff McKagan | Tenderness
Camila Meza | Ambar
Morcheeba | Blaze Away
Mozzy | Internal Affairs
Mukqs | Me Aleph
Mush | Induction Party
Johari Noelle | Things You Can’t Say Out Loud EP
OnCue | I Hate Me Too
Oneus | Raise Us
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971–1975
Ted Park | They Don’t Know
Lee (Scratch) Perry | Rainford
David Picco | Out of the Past
Jeff Pifher and Socrates’ Trial | Alternate Futures/Past Realities
Pinhdar | Toy
The Police | Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out DVD
Pretty Wild | Interstate 13
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | And Now for the Whatchamacallit
Qindek | Come Closer EP
Raveena | Lucid
Red Steppes | Arcs
Red Velvet | Sappy
Remo Drive | Natural, Everyday Degradation
Thomas Rhett | Center Point Road
Freya Ridings | Freya Ridings
J. Robbins | Un-Becoming
Roots of a Rebellion | Shapes of a Soul
Royal Republic | Club Majesty
Anders Rhedin | Kyoto Window
Justin Rutledge | Passages
Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun
Samana | Ascension
Mari Samuelsen | Mari Samuelsen
Doug Seegers | A Story I Got to Tell
Seventeen | Happy Ending
Ringo Sheena | San Doku Shi
Kenny Wayne Shepherd | The Traveler
Alan Silvestri | Avengers: Endgame Soundtrack
Sinkane | Depayse
Skepta | Ignorance is Bliss
Soul Brass Band | Levels
Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith | The Peyote Dance
Special Request | Vortex
Spice Girls | Greatest Hits Picture Vinyl
Ken Stead | Civil War
The Streets | Everything is Borrowed Deluxe
Surprises | Natural Disaster
Tabby | Recorded in My Care
Texas Hippie Coalition | Moonshine
Kim Thompsett | The Hollows
together PANGEA | Dispassionate
Daniel Tompkins | Castles
Pinak Toprak | Krypton
Doug Tuttle | Dream Road
TV Coma | Body Negativity
Unimagined | Friendless
Urochromes | Trope House
Various Artists | Outro Temp II: Electronic & Contemporary Music From Brazil 1984-1996
Various Artists | Soul Explosion Vinyl
Vaura | Sables
Venom | In Nomine Satanas
The Warlocks | Mean Machine Music
Juan Wauters | Introducing Juan Pablo
Where We Sleep | Experiments in the Dark
Daniel Wohl | Etat
Wrest | Coward of Us All
Xanman | Krime Pays 2
Xylø | Yes & No
Yoke Lore | Meditations
Yonaka | Don’t Wait ‘Til Tomorrow
Yota | Strangers on Film
Yung Gravy | Sensational
