Finally, things in the music biz are slowing down for the holidays. There are only 80-some albums, EPs and singles being released next week — as opposed to the 300-plus that landed a couple of weeks ago. Here’s the full list. As always, don’t blame me if things change at the last minute:
America | Live in Concert: Wildwood Springs 2008
American Football | Year One Demos
Arkona | Age Of Capricorn
Astaroth Incarnate | Ascendance
Berlinist | Gris Original Soundtrack
Bethledeign | Iconography of Suffering
BT | Everything You’re Searching For Is On The Other Side of Fear
City Morgue | Vol. 2: As Good As Dead
Color Plus | Pure Energy
Cö Shu Nie | Pure
Fats Domino | I’ve Been Around
Duster | Duster
Eddy Current Suppression Ring | All in Good Time
Eminem | The Real Slim Shady LP Expanded
Epica | The Essence of Epica
Free Nationals | Free Nationals
Rhys Fulber | Baut Mit!
Gladiators | Symbol of Reality
Annie Hart | A Softer Offering
Justin Hinds & The Dominos | Travel With Love
Huxley | Huxley
James Ilgenfritz | You Scream A Rapid Language
Itsoktocry | Destroy All Monsters!
Ja Rule | 12.Twelve.XII
Kxng Crooked × Bronze Nazareth | Gravitas
Lee Konitz | The Verve Albums Collection
Lynyrd Skynyrd | I’ll Never Forget You: The Last 72 Hours DVD
Mae | Singularity Vinyl
Charles Mingus | The Rare Albums Collection
Mono & A.A. Williams | Exit in Darkness
Monolink | Amniotic Deluxe
Morning Bells | Fall From The Velvet Sky
Mothica | Mythic
My Heart is a Metronome | Benevolence EP
Names Without Numbers | Silos & Smokestacks
Nara | There Is No Sky EP
Night Goat | Milk
NLE Choppa | Cottonwood EP
Not the Nine O’Clock News | Not All the Albums Again Box
Aaron Novik | No Signal
Anita O’Day | Selected Clef, Norgran & Verve Recordings 1952-56
Oneohtrix Point Never | Uncut Gems Soundtrack
Pink Floyd | The Later Years
Robert Plant | Digging Deep 7″ Vinyl Box
Please Wait, Ta-ku & Matt McWaters | Black & White
Pounds | Trafficante
Kenny Rogers | The Gambler’s Last Deal CD/DVD
Todd Rundgren | Hermit of Mink Hollow Coloured Vinyl
Saigon Kicks | The Atlantic Albums
Sassy J | Patchwork
scarlxrd | Acquired Taste Vxl. 1
Seilscheibenpfeiler Schallplatten Berlin | Z1
Blake Shelton | Fully Loaded: God’s Country
Smokepurpp | Deadstar 2
Stellar OM Source | I See Through You
Stone Sour | Hello You Bastards: Live in Reno
Warren Storm | Taking the World, By Storm
Stormzy | Heavy is the Head
Stray Kids | Clé: Levanter
Harry Styles | Fine Line
Terr | Energy Sync
Throbbing Gristle | A Souvenir of Camber Sands Reissue
Throbbing Gristle | Part Two: The Endless Not Reissue
Throbbing Gristle | TG Now Reissue
Tool | Fear Inoculum Deluxe
Frank Turner | Show 2000
Twin Tribes | Ceremony
Various Artists | Beethoven: The Complete Works
Various Artists | Come On Feel the Noize: How Rock Became Metal DVD
Various Artists | The Expanse Score Coloured Vinyl
Various Artists / Fever Ray | Plunge Rremix
Various Artists | Killing Eve Season 1 Soundtrack Vinyl
Various Artists | Locus Error
Various Artists | The London American Label: Year By Year – 1967
Various Artists | Mark Ronson Presents the Music of Spies in Disguise EP
Various Artists | Melody Makers: The Bible of Rock n’ Roll DVD
Various Artists | The Precious Years: 34 Teen Dance Hits From The Bear Family Archives
Various Artists / St. Vincent | Nina Kraviz presents MASSEDUCTION Rewired
Warhol.SS | M.I.A. EP
Mary Wells | The Early Years: Complete Motown Releases 1960-62
Tex Williams | The Capitol Years 1946-51
Sid Wilson | ∫∑x©∆p∆D∑∫ øƒ †h3 høP∑£3∫∫ ®øbø†¡¢ vol2
Wooden Earth | Fangs Single
Link Wray | The Link Wray Collection 1956-62