Actually, that headline should probably say The Longest List. I don’t think there has been a busier week this year when it comes to new releases. Between American Thanksgiving, Record Store Day Black Friday and the start of holiday shopping, there are nearly 300 albums, EPs and singles dropping. So mark your calendars and pre-order your favourites — but don’t blame me if things change at the last minute:
Anyway Gang | Anyway Gang
AOA | New Moon
Apparat | LP5_RMXS
Croatian Armor & Varg | Body of Carbon
Matt Barbier | Platonic Solids
Beat Happening | We Are Beat Happening Box Set
Les Big Byrd | Snö-Golem
Blue.D | Nobody (Feat. Mino)
Blue October | Live from Manchester
Bölzer | Lese Majesty
Bonkaz | Fame & Forgiveness
CantSay | wInter IncomIng
Cats Of Transnistria | Aligning
Cattle Decapitation | Death Atlas
ChimpanA | The Secret Wish 2019 EP
Close Lobsters | All Compasses Go Wild
Jaz Coleman & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra | Magna Invocatio: A Gnostic Mass for Choir and Orchestra
Judy Collins | Winter Stories
Corruption | Infest of Rage
Corruption | Rare & Unreleased
Debra-Jean Creelman | Triggers & Mirrors EP
Curren$y & Smoke DZA | Prestige Worldwide
Deivos | Casus Belli
Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age of Wireless Deluxe Edition
Dollar | Ultimate Dollar Box Set
Ducks Unlimited | Get Bleak
Emotional Ty | Wanderlust EP
EXO | Obsession
Fabolous | Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever
Facta | Scales + Measures
The Finks | Affectations
Flaming Lips | The Soft Bulletin: Live at Red Rocks
Fleshcrawl | Into The Catacombs Of Flesh
The Flying Luttenbachers | Imminent Death
Forest Management | After Dark
Josephine Foster | All the Leaves Are Gone
Function | Existenz
The Game | Born 2 Rap
Go Yayo | Good Dope, Volume 3
Hummo | Stress Lust
Michael Hutchence | Mystify: Michael Hutchence DVD
J-Haze | Heroin Habits 3
JME | Grime MC
junk-E-cat | Treature EP
Doon Kanda | Labyrinth
Kliffs | Temporary Cures
Margaret Lewis | Reconsider Me: The RAM Singles & More Southern Gems
Grischa Lichtenberger | re: phgrp
Lil CJ Kasino | Death Trap
Jesper Lindell | Everyday Dreams
The Low Anthem | Oh My God, Charlie Darwin 10th Anniversary
Lung Dart | Slouching Towards Meridian
Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte | Noir Jazz Femdom
Mapache | Mapache
MARUV | Hellcat Story
Mastamiind | M.I.I.N.D
Mercury Rev | All is Dream Deluxe Edition
Merzbow | Pulse Demon Remastered
Misery Loves Co. | Zero
Brian Stokes Mitchell | Plays With Music
Moist | Silver 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Molly Hatchet | Battleground
Roy Montgomery | Scenes From the South Island
Moth Cock | If Beggars Were Horses Wishes Would Ride
Mötley Crüe | Dr. Feelgood 30th Anniversary Edition
Kacey Musgraves | Christmas Show Soundtrack
Nature TV | Emotion Sickness
116 | The Gift: A Christmas Compilation Deluxe
Os Noctâmbulos | Silence Kills
Noveliss | Sword of Nature
One Track Brain | The Hunt EP
Jim O’Rourke | To magnetize money and catch a roving eye.
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Jack Peñate | After You
Joe Pesci | Still Singing
Pip Blom | Boat Deluxe
Terry Pratchett | Vinyl Discworld Box Set
Prince | 1999 Super Deluxe Edition
Pris | Sulphur City
Prong | Age Of Defiance EP
Pure Moods | Upward Spiral
Red Death | Sickness Divine
Renaud | Les mômes et les enfants d’abord
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | Watchmen Score Vol. 2
Kim Richey | A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer
Rittz | Put A Crown On It
Mick Ronson | Only After Dark: The Complete MainMan Recordings
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding | When In Rome, Carpe Diem
Shed | Oderburch
Snake on the Beach | Shiosai
Stereolab | Sound-Dust Deluxe
Stereolab | Margerine Eclipse Deluxe
Stray Kids | Clé: Levanter
Susanne Sundfør | Music For People In Trouble: Live from the Barbican
Julie Title | Green
Tokyo Tea Room | Dream Room
Pete Tong & Her_o | Chilled Classics
Rafael Toral | Constellation in Still Time
Tribulation | Alive & Dead At Södra Teatern
Various Artists / Chitose Hajime | Hajime-Uta Yugen: Chitose Hajime Amami Shima-Uta Remix
Various Artists | Christmas With The Stars & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Various Artists | Everything Is Gonna Be Alright: Celebrating 50 Years of Westbound Soul & Funk
Various Artists | Factory Communications: 1978-92 Vinyl
Various Artists | Gone Home Soundtrack
Various Artists | Griselda Records: What Would Chine Gun Do
Various Artists | Land of 1000 Dances: The Rampart Records Complete Singles Collection
Various Artists | NOW 100 Hits Forgotten 70s
Various Artists | R&S presents: More Time Records Vol 1
Various Artists | Time Chasers Soundtrack
Vesce | R/D
Iñigo Vontier | El Hijo Del Maiz
Rick Wakeman | Christmas Portraits
Felix White | The Edge
Wirethrone | Serpent Queen EP
Yung Trench | The Truth Lies
Zarraza | Rotten Remains
Record Store Day Black Friday
Acid Witch | Black Christmas Evil 7″
Altitudes & Attitudes | Get It Out Picture Disc
Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 7″
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars | Live in 1956 Allentown, PA Vinyl
Sebastian Bach | Forever Wild Los Angeles, 2003 Vinyl
Bad Company | Live at Red Rocks Vinyl
Chet Baker | Chet Baker Sings It Could Happen To You Vinyl
Jon Batiste | Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard Vinyl
Chuck Berry | Chuck Berry In London Vinyl
Black Label Society | Nuns & Roaches Vinyl
Broncho | Bad Behavior Vinyl
Brothers Osborne | Live at the Ryman Vinyl
James Brown | Live at Home: The After Show Vinyl
Jackson Browne & Leslie Mendelson | Human Touch Vinyl
Jeff Buckley | Live on KCRW: Morning Becomes Eclectic Vinyl
Chai | WAGAMA-MANIA Picture Disc
Canned Heat | Christmas Album Vinyl
Lewis Capaldi | Hold Me While You Wait/When The Party’s Over 7″
Cardi B | Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 Vinyl
Cheap Trick | Are You Ready Or Not? Live 12/31/79
Cheap Trick | Gimme Some Truth / I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 7″
Alex Chilton | My Rival 10″ Vinyl
Eric Clapton | Home For The Holidays / For Love On Christmas Day Vinyl
Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | Live Frogs Sets 1 & 2
Patsy Cline | Sweet Dreams: The Complete Decca Masters 1960-1963 Vinyl
J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive Picture Disc
Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe | Asalto Navideño Vinyl
The Comet Is Coming | The Afterlife Vinyl
Bill Conti | Masters of the Universe Soundtrack Vinyl
Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies Vinyl
Alice Cooper | Dragontown Vinyl
Barns Courtney | Live From The Old Nunnery 7″
Czarface | The Odd Czar Against Us Vinyl
DMX | The Smoke Out Festival Presents Vinyl
Miles Davis | Early Minor: Rare Miles From The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions Vinyl
Miles Davis | Miles in Tokyo Vinyl
Devo | Devo Live! Vinyl
Dio | Rainbow In The Dark Live 12″ Picture Disc
Thomas Dolby | She Blinded Me With Science / One of Our Submarines 7″
The Doors | Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 Vinyl
Dr. John | Get On Down Babylon Vinyl
Edan | Beauty and the Beat Vinyl
Bill Evans | Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of The Gate Vinyl
Fight | War of Words Vinyl
Aretha Franklin | Atlantic Singles Collection 1968 7″ Vinyl Box
Ace Frehley | Frehley’s Comet Live… Vinyl
Fu Manchu | Live at Roadburn 2003 Vinyl
Liam Gallagher | Why Me? Why Not. Picture Disc
Jerry Garcia Band | GarciaLive Volume One: March 1st, 1980 Capitol Theatre Vinyl Box
Gov’t Mule | Bring On The Music – Live at The Capitol Theatre: Vol 3 Vinyl
Gray | Shades Of… Vinyl
Johnny Griffin / Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis Quintet | Ow! Live at The Penthouse Vinyl
Gun Club | Sex Beat 81 Vinyl
Sammy Hagar | Santa’s Going South For Christmas 12″ Picture Disc
Daryl Hall & John Oates | Home For Christmas Vinyl
Albert Hammond, Jr. | Off Cycle 10″ Vinyl
Herbie Hancock | Directstep Vinyl
Jimi Hendrix | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 12″ Picture Disc
Hippo Campus | Demos I & II Vinyl
The Hold Steady | Four on Ten 10″ Vinyl
Peter Holsapple | Christmas Must Be Tonight 7″
Homeshake | Helium Remixes Vinyl
John Lee Hooker | Black Night Is Falling Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club (Collector’s Edition) Vinyl
Insane Clown Posse | Flip The Rat Vinyl
The J.B.’s | More Mess On My Thing Vinyl
Jinjer | Macro Vinyl
Robert Johnson | Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin Blues Vinyl
Blind Willie Johnson | Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground / It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine Vinyl
Jonathan Fire*Eater | Wolf Songs For Lambs Vinyl
Norah Jones | I’ll Be Gone 7″
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra | All My Yesterdays Vinyl
Lenny Kaye & The Fleshtones | Lost on Xandu 7″
Julia Kent | Green and Grey Expanded Vinyl
Freddy King | The Mojo! King Rarities & Obscurities Vinyl
Kings Of Leon | Day Old Belgian Blues Vinyl
The Kinks | Arthur / Brainwashed 7″
Geddy Lee | My Favourite Headache Vinyl
Jenny Lewis | On the iPhone 7″
Huey Lewis | Plansville 7″
Life Of Agony | The Sound of Scars Vinyl
John Linnell | State Songs Vinyl
Lizzo | Coconut Oil EP Vinyl
Lisa Loeb | Stay (I Missed You) 25th Anniversary Vinyl
Nick Lowe & Wilco | Cruel to Be Kind 40th Anniversary 7″
Madonna | I Rise Vinyl
The Marshall Tucker Band | New Year’s in New Orleans – Roll Up ’78 and Light Up ’79 Vinyl
Dave Matthews Band | Live At The Hollywood Bowl Box Set
Paul McCartney | Home Tonight / In A Hurry 7″
JD McPherson | Red Bows For A Blue Girl / Holly, Carol, Candy and Joy 7″
The Monkees | Christmas Party Plus! 7″
Monster Movie | Last Night Something Happened Expanded Vinyl
Larry Mullins + Mike Watt | 1969 (Parts I and II): A Tribute to Scott Asheton 7″
The Muppets | Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas Vinyl
Nas | Stillmatic Vinyl
Matt Nathanson | Some Mad Hope Vinyl
The National | Juicy Sonic Magic Cassette Box
Naughty By Nature | Poverty’s Paradise 25th Anniversary Edition Vinyl
Fred Neil | Fred Neil Clear Vinyl
Willie Nelson | Sometimes Even I Can Get Too High b/w It’s All Going To Pot (w/ Merle Haggard) 7″
The New Pornographers | Fade Baby Fade 7″
New Riders Of The Purple Sage | Thanksgiving in New York City Live Vinyl
Agnes Obel | Island of Doom 7″
J.S. Ondara | Tales of America B Sides Vinyl
Ozzy Osbourne | See You On the Other Side Vinyl Box
Overkill | The Electric Age Vinyl
Charlie Parker | The Magnificent Charlie Parker Vinyl
Pearl Jam | MTV Unplugged 3/16/1992 Vinyl
Katy Perry | Never Really Over / Small Talk Vinyl
Phish | Story of the Ghost Vinyl
Pink Purple | Red Vinyl
Elvis Presley | American Sound 1969 Vinyl
The Pretenders | UK Singles 1979-1981 Vinyl
The Prime Movers Blues Band | The Prime Movers Blues Band Vinyl
Pylon | Cool/Dub 7″
The Record Company | Early Songs and Rarities Vinyl
Leon Redbone | Strings And Jokes, Live in Bremen 1977 Vinyl
Lou Reed | The Raven Vinyl
The Regrettes | Holiday-ish (featuring Dylan Minnette) 7″
Rockabye Baby! | Lullaby Renditions of Snoop Dogg Vinyl
Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Mettal EP Vinyl
Royal Trux | Quantum Entanglement Vinyl
The Runaways | Live in Japan Vinyl
Todd Rundgren | Bang Bang 7″
Saint Motel | For Play EP Vinyl
Buffy Saint-Marie | Illuminations Vinyl
Joe Satriani | Surfing With The Alien Vinyl
Raymond Scott | The Jingle Workshop: Midcentury Musical Miniatures 1951-1965 Vinyl
William Shatner / The Cramps | Garbageman Vinyl
Frank Sinatra | My Way / My Way (Live) Vinyl
Slipknot | All Out Life / Unsainted 7″
Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars b/w The Wayfarer 7″
Squirrel Nut Zippers | Christmas Caravan Vinyl
Steep Canyon Rangers | North Carolina Songbook Vinyl
Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf Vinyl
Sublime | Roots of Sublime Vinyl
Sugar Ray | 14:59 Vinyl
Swamp Dogg | Rat On! Coloured Vinyl
Gabor Szabo | The Best Of Gabor Szabo Red Vinyl
Tamba 4 | California Soul Vinyl
Tank and The Bangas | Live Vibes 2 Vinyl
Cecil Taylor | Indent Vinyl
The Tea Party | Black River EP 12″ Vinyl
Tenacious D | Blue Series: Don’t Blow It, Kage 7″
Benmont Tench | Nervous From the Fall 7″
They Might Be Giants | Don’t Let’s Start Vinyl
Richard Thompson | The Cold Blue Original Score Vinyl
Tune-Yards | Sorry To Bother You Original Score Vinyl
Velvert Turner Group | Velvert Turner Group Vinyl
Tuxedo | Get The Money 7″
Twiztid | A Very Twiztid Christmas 7″
Ian & Sylvia Tyson | The Lost Tapes Vinyl
June Tyson | Saturnian Queen Of The Sun Ra Arkestra Gold Vinyl
U2 | Three Vinyl
Various Artists | Rhythm Showcase, Vol. 1 Vinyl
Various Artists | A Slice of Delicious Vinyl: Rare Singles & RMXS Vinyl
Various Artists | Desperado: The Soundtrack Vinyl
Various Artists | Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Original Soundtrack Vinyl
Various Artists | Jay & Silent Bob Reboot Original Soundtrack Vinyl
Various Artists | Jazz Dispensary: The Dank D-Funk Blend Vinyl
Various Artists | Joni 75: A Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration Vinyl
Various Artists | Matrix Reloaded: Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture Vinyl
Various Artists | Merry Christmas From King Records Vinyl
Various Artists | Motown Rare & Unreleased Vinyl
Various Artists | Saturday Morning Cartoon’s Greatest Hits Vinyl
Various Artists | More Oar: A Tribute To The Skip Spence Album Vinyl
Various Artists | File #733 U.F.O.: Further Investigation Vinyl
Venom | Manitou 7″ Picture Disc
Sid Vicious | Sid Lives! Vinyl
Vitamin String Quartet | Performs the Nightmare Before Christmas Vinyl
Rufus Wainwright | Come A Little Bit Closer 7″
The Weeknd | My Dear Melancholy Vinyl
Paul Westerberg & Grandpaboy | Stereo/Mono Vinyl
Tony Joe White | That On The Road Look Live Vinyl
Hank Williams | The 1940 Recordings 7″
John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter | Across The Stars: Special Edition Vinyl
The Wrens | Silver Vinyl
Yacht Rock Revue | Doobie Bounce / What a Fool Believes (Live in Boston) 7″
Frank Zappa | Peaches En Regalia 10″ Picture Disc