How many music critics does it take to screw in a light bulb? Twenty — one to hold the bulb, one to turn the ladder and 18 on the guest list. How many new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks and vinyl reissues does it take to make up this week’s roster? About 400. No joke. Assemble your own guest list from these contenders:
Abdoujaparov | Race Home Grow Love
Gregory Ackerman | Still Waiting Still
Adna | Black Water
A Dying Planet | Where the Skies Are Grey
Afterlight | Afterlight
Aleksandir | Prado (Cameo Blush Remix)
Arash Akbari | Fragments Of Yearning
The Album Leaf | One Day XX
Alien Weaponry | Tangaroa
Alkaline Trio | From Here to Infirmary Vinyl
Herb Alpert | Catch The Wind
Alisa Amador | Timing
Amazondotcom | War Bride
American Bandit | Year of the Rat
Angel + Dren | Dark Summer
Michel Anoia | Nervures
Apostolica | Haeretica Ecclesia
Arab Strap | As Days Get Dark / Demos
Arcturus | Stars and Oblivion – The Complete Works 1991-2002
Argesh | Excommunica
Marcus Atom | Love vs. War
Bess Atwell | Already Always
Atzur | Genesis Single
Bad Bad Hats | Walkman
The Bad Seed | Alpha
Azealia Banks | Tarantula
Serious Sam Barrett | The Seeds of Love
Al Basile | B’s Testimony
bbno$ | Eat Ya Veggies
Bearings | Hello, It’s You Deluxe Edition
Dan Berkson | Dialogues
The Beths | Auckland, New Zealand, 2020
Bikini Death Race | Refrigerator
Émile Bilodeau | Petite Nature
Black Birdie | Dear Diary Deluxe
Black Foxxes | Black Foxxes Deluxe
Blvck Hippie | If You Feel Alone at Parties
Blacks’ Myths | Blacks’ Myths I & II Reissue
Blancmange | Commercial Break
Ray Blk | Access Denied
Blue Lick | Hold On, Hold Fast
The Blue Prison | The Blue Prison
Blunt Bangs | Proper Smoker
Bogwife | A Passage Divine
RP Boo | Established!
Boy Willows | Bangs EP
Brainstorm | Wall Of Skulls
The Brazy Bunch, A-Wax & King Iso | Written In Blood
Breathe Panel | Lets It In
Bring Me The Horizon | DiE4u
Don Broco | Amazing Things
Kirby Brown | Break Into Blossom
Lindsey Buckingham | Lindsey Buckingham
Philipp Bückle & Martijn Pieck | Field Reports
Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club: 25th Anniversary Edition
Buffalo Daughter | We Are The Times
Cancer Bats | You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 2
Domingo Candelario | Sin Palabras
Candlebox | Wolves
Candlesnuffer | Apsomeophone
Paul Carcae | Where I Am
Carcass | Torn Arteries
Pal Carrack | One On One
Carwash | Soap Water EP
Bruce T. Carroll | First Bird to Sing
Tommy Castro | A Bluesman Came To Town
Century Egg | Little Piece Of Hair
Stuart Chalmers | The Heart of Nature
Child Actor & Televangel | Respawn
Holly Childs & Gediminas Žygus | Gnarled Roots
Chillingsworth Surfingham | Chillingsworth
DJ Chubacabra | Time Is Now White Vol. 8
Cleveland | Golem
The Cocktail Slippers | Shout It Out Loud!
Cogas | Unconscious Suns of the Reptile God
Cold Beat | War Garden
Concrete Castles | Wish I Missed You
Creep Giuliano & J.O.D | Alzati e Cammina
Criminal | Sacrificio
Charlie Crockett | Music City USA
Crown Lands | White Buffalo EP
CRZFawkz | CRZ
Curren$y & Kino Beats | Matching Rolexes
Daughtry | Dearly Beloved
Db | Mantra
Dead Sara | Ain’t It Tragic
Lucy Deakin | In Your Head I’m Probably Crying EP
Dehd | Flower of Devotion Remixed
The Delevantes | A Thousand Turns
Deviates | Holding Out
Diabolical Liberties | Double Drop Vol. 2: Birds Of Paradise
Dickless Tracy | Grave New World
DijahSB | Tasty Raps Vol. 1 EP
Dimmer | midREM
Kyle Dion | Sassy
Dirty Shrines | Digital Ego
Don Broco | Amazing Things
Doubleplus Pop | Too Loud + Too Fast + Too Much
Driving Slow Motion | Adrift:Abyss
Patrick Droney | State Of The Heart
Drowning Pool | Sinner Vinyl Reissue
DVC Refreshments | Heaven Plus
Bob Dylan | Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985)
Sheena Easton | The Definitive Singles 1980-1987
Edge Of Paradise | False Idols
Ana Egge | Between Us
Eidola | The Architect
Employed To Serve | Conquering
Cynthia Erivo | Ch. 1 Vs. 1
Melissa Etheridge | One Way Out
Euphonic | Low Orbit Archives
Exisentia | Calculating Failure EP
Exit_International | Black Junk 10th Anniversary Edition
Jonah Rosenberg’s Fabulous Trio | The Bulbous and The Budding
Fading Tapes | Eastern Red Coast
Marianne Faithfull | The Montreux Years
Falkevik | New Constellations
False Persona | Unknown Variable
Fehlt | Figure Two
The Felice Brothers | From Dreams to Dust
Field Guide | Make Peace With That
Fiesta Soundsystem | Not To Be
Florence Black | Weight Of The World
Fluppe | Blüte
Foreign Body Sensation | The Echo Is in Code
Foxes | Sister Ray
Nik Freitas | Searching For Device EP
Cecilio G. | Million Dollar Baby 2
Jerry Garcia | Garcia Vinyl Reissue
Erroll Garner | Liberation in Swing: Centennial Collection
Erroll Garner | Liberation in Swing: The Octave Records Story & Complete Symphony Hall Concert
Erroll Garner | Symphony Hall Concert
Rod Gator | For Louisiana
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Honey Gentry | Let You Win
Hannah Georgas | All That Emotion (Acoustic)
Ghostheart Nebula | Ascension
Ginger Minj | Double Wide Diva
Glasgow Coma Scale | Sirens
Gleaming Spires | Songs Of The Spires Reissue
Gleaming Spires | Walk On Well Lighted Streets Reissue
Gleaming Spires | Welcoming In A New Age Reissue
Goatfather | Monster Truck
Andrew Gold | Halloween Howls: Fun and Scary Music Vinyl Reissue
José González | Local Valley
Graceful | Demiurgia
Plum Green | Somnambulistic
The Grouch & Eligh | What Would Love Do
Vince Guaraldi | It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkin-Shaped Orange Vinyl
Guerrilla Ghost | Live from X-Ray Arcade
Martha Gunn | Something Good Will Happen
Half String | A Fascination with Heights Vinyl Reissue
Baligh Hamdi | Modal Instrumental Pop of 1970s Egypt
Lain Hardy | Here’s to Anyone
Tanaya Harper | Montreal
Zacc Harris Group | Small Wonders
Hamish Hawk | Heavy Elevator
Shay Hazan | Nuff Headlines
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra & Susanna Mälkki | Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
James Hersey | Fiction
Hexen | State of Insurgency Reissue
Hits | Cielo Nublado
Lydia Hol | Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream
Bren Holmes | Everything You Never Wanted
Holy Death Trio | Introducing...
H3000 (ft. Luke Steele) | H3000
HTRK | Rhinestones
Caleb Lee Hutchinson | Slot Machine Syndrome
Billy Idol | The Roadside EP
Enrique Iglesias | Final Vol. 1
Infiltrated Mankind | Inside The Apelike
Injury Reserve | By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Insomnium | Argent Moon EP
Iron Lizards | Hungry for Action
Jacinth | Ancient Something
January Jane | Your Drug EP
Caitlin Jemma | True Meaning
Jónsi | Without Remorse Vinyl
Jorane | Hemenetset
Tania Joy | I Will Stand
Kadabra | Ultra
Noah Kahan | I Was / I Am
Jonas Kaufmann | Freudvoll und Leidvoll
Sean Khan | Azawala Single
Killer Workout | Direct To Video
King Zebra | Survivors
Kinkajous | Being Waves
K, Le Maestro | Whip Music
Koma | Internment Failure
Eric Krasno | Always
Nina Kraviz | Skyscrapers Remixes
Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang | Sunset Gang Reissue
MJ Kuok | Atlas
Lady Monix | Steppin’ Out EP
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Jimmy’s Groove Single
Larkin Poe & Nu Deco | Paint The Roses: Live In Concert
Scott Lavene | Milk City Sweethearts
Liz Lawrence | The Avalanche
Lehnen | Negative Space
Hubert Lenoir | Pictura De Ipse: Musique Directe
Lil Huddy | Teenage Heartbreak
Lil Nas X | Montero
Colin Linden | bLOW
Henrik Lindstrand | Reimagined
Little Thief | Under The Patio
Lizzie Loveless | You Don’t Know
Nick Lowe | The Convincer 20th Anniversary Edition
Nick Lowe | The Old Magic 10th Anniversary Edition
Lowertown | The Gaping Mouth EP
Low Hummer | Modern Tricks Of Living
Lowtec | Easy To Heal Cuts
Zachary Lubin | Abeona / Adiona
Luna 13 | Gorgo
Lurk | Around The Sun
Luton | Eden
Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman | Folk for Little Folk Volume 1
The Maenads | Orpheus EP
Malevolence | Antithetical
Manfrea | Noire
Manure Movers Of America | Solid Waste
Kara Marni | State of Mine EP
Scotty McCreery | Same Truck
John McCutcheon | Bucket List
James Vincent McMorrow | Grapefruit Season
Meadow Meadow | Silhouettes EP
Francisco Mela ft. Matthew Shipp & William Parker | Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 1
Meridian Brothers / Conjunto Media Luna | Paz En La Tierra
Merzbow | Kotorhizome
The Miami Dolphins | New and Improv’d
Midwxst | Back in Action EP
Mild High Club | Going Going Gone
M1llionz | Provisional Licence
Andy Mineo | Never Land II
Mini Trees | Always In Motion
Mirod | Virgo, A Book For The Blind
Miss Vincent | A Funeral For Youth
Mr. Käfer & Phlocalyst | Now / Again
Miyavi | Imaginary
Modern Woman | Dogs Fighting In My Dream EP
Mommyheads | Age of Isolation
Mono | Pilgrimage of the Soul
Monsieur Doumani | Pissourin
Monstereo | In the Hollow of a Wave
Moor Mother | Black Encyclopedia of the Air
Mozzy | Untreated Trauma
Naohai | The Crowd
NarraN | Aura
NCT 127 | Sticker
Neon Christ | 1984
New Arcades | In the Deepest of Dreams
Jared James Nichols | Shadow Dancer EP
Noise Unit | Deviator
No Thee No Ess | Dimmer Switch
Onipa | Tapes Of Utopia
Only The Strong | Fractured EP
Oi Boys | Oi Boys
Ozzy Osbourne | No More Tears 30th Anniversary Edition
Oversense | Egomania
Owel | Gala
Pan Amsterdam | P.A. & J Sammich
Pared | Sumire
P4rkr | Drive-By Lullabies
Maxx Parker | Outsider
Dolly Parton | Dolly: The Ultimate Collection (Collector’s Edition) DVD
Carly Pearce | 29: Written in Stone
Pieces | 1A
Pilotwings | Les Charismatiques
Pinhdr | Parallel Vinyl
Playboi Carti | Narcissist
The Plot In You | Swan Song
Plum Green | Somnambulistic
Pool House | There Is Always Something
Porij | Baby Face EP
Primal Scream | Screamadelica 12″ Singles Box Set
Primal Scream | Screamadelica Double Vinyl Picture Disc
Prominant | Dub Mountain Single
Rage | Resurrection Day
Rageful | Ineptitude
Raison D’Être | Daemonum & Daemonicum
Jordan Rakei | What We Call Life
RanchWriters (Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly) | RanchWriters
Ratinoff | Let It Out
The Raven Age | Exile
Real Friends | Torn In Two
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber | Jesus Christ Superstar 50th Anniversary Edition
Right On, Kid | Life is A Movie
Stephen Riley & Ernest Turner | Original Mind
Rittz | S.O.S.
Chris Robley | A Filament In The Wilderness Of What Comes Next
Jameson Rodgers | Bet You’re From A Small Town
Alexa Rose | Headwaters
Abe Rounds | The Confidence To Make Mistakes EP
Rumer | Live from Lafayette
Run Logan Run | For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers
Sarcofagus | Envoy of Death Vinyl
Saturnian Mist | Shamatanic
São Paulo Underground & Tupperwear | Saturno Mágico
Scale & Feather | Age of Giants
Polly Scattergood | Absence of Light EP
Scenic | Incident at Cima Vinyl Reissue
Henning Schmiedt | Piano Diary
Seam | Days Of Thunder
Shadecrown | Solitarian
Shamatanic | Saturnian Mist
Mako Sica | Garland of Heads feat. Tatsu Aoki, Thymme Jones & Jacob Fawcett
Sideline | Ups, Downs and Name Towns
Cody Simpson | Prince Neptune: Singles & Rarities
Nancy Sinatra | Boots Reissue
Smirk | EP
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri | I Could Be Your Dog (Prequel)
Nate Smith | Kinfolk 2: See the Birds
Smoke Bellow | Open For Business
Jos Smolders & Jim O’Rourke | Additive Inverse
Sofa | Source Crossfire
Solo Career | The Sentimentalist
Somebody’s Child | Staying Sane EP
Soul Blind | Third Chain EP
Spacebag | Party Prog Nights
Spearmint | Holland Park
The Speed Of Sound | Museum Of Tomorrow
Spiritbox | Eternal Blue
Wesley Stace | Late Style
Andrew Star | Bad Habits Deluxe Edition
Starlight Run | Live at the Patchogue Theatre
Michael Stephenson & The Alexander Claffy Trio | Michael Stephenson Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio
Luke Stewart | Works For Electric Bass Guitar
Phil Stiles | The Anchorhold
Stingray | Feeding Time
Stokely | Sankofa
Sevyn Streeter | Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz
The Strong | Fractured EP
sUb_modU | Descent to the Centre
Kasim Sulton | Kasim 2021
Sundogs | Move
Helen Sung | Quartet+
The Sun Or The Moon | Cosmic
Supreme Echo | Malevolence
Swamptooth | B-Flat Earth
Sweet Nobody | We’re Trying Our Best
Tabloid | Tabloid
Tales of the Old | The Book of Chaos
Aaron Taos | Closure & Campari
Alexis Taylor | Silence
Joanne Shaw Taylor | The Blues Album
Tot Taylor | Frisbee
Gordie Tentrees | Mean Old World
That Kid | Cobra
These Streets | Roll Tha Dice
Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos | Beware
Thrice | Horizons / East
Thunderclap | Morkkis EP
The Troops Of Doom | The Absence Of Light EP
Bea Troxel | Gettin’ Where
Jeff Tuohy | Hudson Delta
Ike & Tina Turner | So Fine Vinyl Reissue
2Cellos | Dedicated
Uman | Chaleur Humaine Reissue
Unusual Demont | Hues
Vanishing Twin | Ookii Gekkou
VanJess | Homegrown EP Deluxe Edition
Various Artists | Afrosynth: New Horizons Vol. 2
Various Artists | Chillhop Essentials Fall 2021
Various Artists | C Squared Underground Music Special
Various Artists | Memphis ’69
Various Artists | On the Corner: Double Drop Vol 2
Various Artists | Sounds of Pamoja
Various Artists | The Wanderer – A Tribute To Jackie Leven
Vandallus | Vandallus 4
Jimmie Vaughan | The Jimmie Vaughan Story
E.Vax | E.Vax
Veilburner | Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull
Vengeful 187 | War Neurosis
D.D. Verni & The Cadillac Band | Let’s Rattle
Adia Victoria | A Southern Gothic
Sonny Vincent | Snake Pit Therapy
Viriditas | Green Mars
Vrag | Harcom
Tom VR | Please Keep Shimmering
Vulvodynia | Praenuntius Infiniti
Alicia Walter | I Am Alicia
Niklas Wandt | Solar Müsli
Meg Ward | Groove Lo EP
Muddy Waters | Muddy Waters: The Montreux Years
Waveshaper | Mainframe
Tion Wayne | Green With Envy
The Weeklings | In Their Own Write: The Weeklings Live!
Charlotte Wessels | Tales From Six Feet Under
Westside Gunn | Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf
Pepper White | The Lonely Tunes Of
Whities | I’m Whities EP
Hailey Whitters & Ernest | Countrypolitan
Without God | Siberian Tunes: Purple Clouds
With Honor | Heart Means Everything Remastered
With Purpose | A Thread Of What To Believe
Wonho | Blue Letter
Ronnie Wood & The Ronnie Wood Band | Mr. Luck: A Tribute To Jimmy Reed – Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Written By Wolves | The Collab Project EP
X’ed Out | We All Do Wrong
York | The SoulJazz Experience Vol. 1
You, Me, and Everyone We Know | Something Heavy
YTN Kuu | Guns & Knives Vol. 8
Yvette | How The Garden Grows
ZillaKami | Dog Boy
