Happy 50th birthday Alex Kapranos of Scottish indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand, who just dropped the anthology Hits To The Head last week. While you spin classics like Take Me Out, Do You Want To and No You Girls to mark Alex’s big day, peruse this list of 435-plus new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes coming out next week. You couldn’t have it much better:
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Abbath | Dread Reaver
Above All | Disarm The Gods EP
Absent In Body | Plague God
Acidgvrl | Collapse
Benjamin Alard | The Complete Works for Keyboard 6: Das wohltemperierte Klavier
Olga Alexina | Grandpa, Fuck Off. GRANDPA, GO AWAY
Alligatoah | Rotz & Wasser
Amatis Trio / Ib Hausmann | Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Ttemps
Amazing Blizzard | My Foray into the Forest in Search of the Lost Souls 17-19
Ande | Vehemence
Animals As Leaders | Parrhesia
Architects | For Those That Wish To Exist At Abbey Road
Ashinoa | L’Orée
Åskväder | Fenix
The Asteroid No.4 | Tones of the Shadow
Astn | You’re Almost There EP
Atveï | Tales For Nightclubs EP
A2H | Une Rose Et Une Lame
Babe Rainbow | Levitation Session
Lenna Bahule | Eu Quero Ser (New Sector Movements Remix)
Aidan Baker | You Are All At Once
The Band | The Last Waltz: The Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
Anton Barbeau | Power Pop!!!
Inbar Barlach | Makbilim – מקבילים
Barrie | Barbara
Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe | X Soundtrack
Bellows | Next of Kin
Benjike | Weird Feelings
Bernice | Bonjourno My Friends
Rose Betts | White Orchids
Bilderbuch | Gelb Ist Das Feld
BillyBio | Leaders & Liars
Black-Out Arises | Oneself
Blind Girls | The Weight Of Everything
Uma Bloo | Don’t Drive Into The Smoke
Bloodgate | Solace In Mourning
Bluetoof | Alakazam EP
Bodi Bill | I Love U I Do
The Bogie Band ft. Joe Russo | The Prophets In The City
Bomber | Nocturnal Creatures
Bon Iver | Bon Iver, Bon Iver 10th Anniversary Edition
Stanley Brinks & Freschard | Lion Heart
Bruecken | Innere Unruhen
Riiver Brukes | Reformed Soul Reissue
Michael Bublé | Higher
Buddy | Superghetto
Basia Bulat | The Garden Vinyl
Bunker 66 / Hellcrash | Hell & Sulphur Split Single
Cadence Weapon | Parallel World Deluxe Edition
Caesaria | All We Have Is Now
Lomond Campbell | Lost Loops
Camp Cope | Running With The Hurricane
Cannons | Fever Dream
Capricorn | For The Restless
Caracara | New Preoccupations
Carnage of Children | Darkness Within
Sofia Carson | Sofia Carson
Albert Castiglia | I Got Love
Chains Over Razors | Chains Over Razors
Harry Chapin | Story Book: The Elektra Albums 1972-1978
Charissa | Love and Be Loved EP
Cheap DJ | Commercial Waste
Jordan Christoff | Residues
Circa: | HQ
Mark Clayden and Paul Fletcher | A Plague On All Your Houses EP
Coin | Uncanny Valley
Anthony Coleman & Brian Chase | Arcades
Ned Collette | Jokes & Trials
Ornette Coleman | Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums
Devin Cooper | Good Things
Max Cooper | Words Unspoken
Eric Copeland | Spiral Stairs
Amy Correia | As We Are EP
Corridor Of Dreams | Subshine
Carly Cosgrove | See You In Chemistry
Cosvar | Troubled Waters
Cowboy Junkies | Songs Of The Recollection
Croatian Amor | Remember Rainbow Bridge
Crown Magnetar | Alone in Death
Crown Of Worms | Sorcery Rites
The Crystal Method | The Trip Out
Crystal Viper | The Last Axeman
Current 93 | If A City Is Set Upon A Hill
Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future
CusaX | Murder Scene
Cydeways | Cydeways
Dabow | WMOAK Remixes
Riuichi Daijo & Toshimaru Nakamura | Ceramic Soul
Karen Dalton | In My Own Time 50th Anniversary Edition
Damokles | Nights Come Alive
Bart Davenport | Episodes
Phife Dawg | Forever
Graham Day | The Master Of None
Day Of Departure | Day Of Departure
Dead Lord | Dystopia
Dead Melodies | Memento
Deadnate | The North Sea
Deathspell Omega | The Long Defeat
Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Hurricane Clarice
Vladislav Delay | Anima Remaster
Denigrate | Blackguard
Denzel | Se Pa Lèd Ou Lèd
Desert Clouds | Planexit
Desolate Shrine | Fires of the Dying World
Destroyer | Labyrinthitis
Kevin Devine | Nothing’s Real, So Nothing’s Wrong
Iann Dior | Rebirth
District Five | Burnt Sugar
Doc Rotten | Unite Resist
Dolman / Rossy / Jobin | Are You Here To Help?
Don’t Worry | Remorseless Swing
Driggu | Estâncias Essenciais
Dug | Pain Machine
Eddison & Fony Wallace | Don’t Look Up! EP
Bakers Eddy | Love Boredom Bicycles
Eichlers | My Checkered Future
8 Kalacas | Fronteras
Joy Ellis | Peaceful Place
Emma Elisabeth | Some Kind of Paradise
Emperor Penguin | Sunday Carvery
Ensemble Dal Niente | Object/Animal
En Vogue | Funky Divas: Expanded Edition
ES-K | The Canvas
Eucharist | I Am The Void
Euglossine | Some Kind Of Forever
Juanita Euka | Mabanzo
Ex-Vöid | Bigger Than Before
Julian Faith | Nefertiti Is Back
Falls of Rauros | Key To A Vanishing Future
Finneas | Naked
Fmvee | Wisteria Fade
Folly Group | Human and Kind EP
Fontanarosa | Are You There?
Fivio Foreign | B.I.B.L.E.
B. Fraser | Carolina
Freakons | Freakons
David Friend & Jerome Begin | Post-
Fucked Up | Do All Words Can Do
Future Caveman | II EP
Gairo | Her
Jeremy Garrett | River Wild
Georgeson The Solitude of an Endless Sky
Ghostly Kisses | Heaven, Wait
Depp Gibbs | PM
Ginla | Everything
Githyanki | Rollin’ The Dice
Glitchgirl | Honorary Scouser
The God Fahim | Six Ring Champ
Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain Special Edition
Goldie | Subjective
Gong Wah | A Second
Goose | Endless
Matt Goss | The Beautiful Unknown
The Grand Southern | Don’t Say Anything
William Clark Green | Baker Hotel
Grim | Cheerleader
Groovy D | BadderDanDem EP
George Grydkovets | Rise
Guerilla Toss | Famously Alive
Tom Guerra | Sentimental Junk
Chris Haddox | Chris Haddox
Daryl Hall & John Oates | Marigold Sky Expanded Edition
Tomoyo Harada | Fruitful Days
Hardcore Superstar | Abrakadabra
Aldous Harding | Warm Chris
Heart of the Dragon | The Art of the Chinese Xiao & Hulusi
Heavee | Audio Assault
Heaven For Real | Sweet Rose Green Winter Desk Top Tell This Side Autumn Of The Fighter Hot In A Cool Way
Helpless | Caged In Gold
Heltekvad | Morgenrødens Helvedesherre
Katie Henry | On My Way
Salma Hindy | Born On 9/11
Fana Hues | Flora + Fana
Alex Zhang Hungtai & Pierre Guerineau | I Was a Simple Man Soundtrack
The James Hunter Six | With Love Vinyl
Mohammed After Hussain & PAQ | Matir Gaan
Ibibio Sound Machine | Electricity
ID:Earth | Panorama EP
Ignite | Ignite
Incite | Wake Up Dead
The Inevitables | 7 EP
Infested Angel | Submit To Death
Iron Maiden | The Number Of The Beast Cassette
The Irresistible Force vs RAMJAC Corporation | Live At The Brain 1990
Pia Isa | Distorted Chants
I Speak Machine | War
I Start Counting | Ejected
I Start Counting | Re-fused
David J | What the Patrons Heard
Curly J | The World Is Yours EP
B.B. Jacques | Souvenir D’Hiver
Oliver James | One and Only Single
Jazzanova | Saturday Night Special
Beau Jennings & The Tigers | Heavy Light
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | Changeup
Coco Jones | Caliber
Jimi Jules | +
Gabriel Kahane | Magnificent Bird
Kavinsky | Reborn
Fujii Kaze 藤井風 | Love All Cover All
Fujii Kaze 藤井風 | Love All Serve All
Keshi | Gabriel
Key Glock | Yellow Tape 2 Deluxe
El Khat القات | Aalbat Alawi Op.99
Kid Rock | Bad Reputation
The Killers | Pressure Machine Deluxe Edition
Killing Joke | Lord Of Chaos EP
Kindsight | Swedish Punk
King Goon | Admit Nothing! Deny Everything! Lie! Lie! Lie
Kilo Kish | American Gurl
Kittin – Hacker | Third Album
Klonns | Crow
Klonosphere | Black-Out Arises
Koffee | Gifted
Kontusion | EP
Kraftwerk | Remixes
Isik Kural | In February
Kvaen | The Great Below
Laibach | Wir Sind Das Volk (Ein Musical aus Deutschland)
Latto | 777
The Laurels | Homecoming
Leena Lee & Vania Fortuna | Niebla
The Legendary Flower Punk | Beatroot 2020
Wolf Lehmann | Mental Fitness
Don Leisure | Shaboo Strikes Back
Michael Leonhart Orchestra | The Normyn Suites
Light Beneath | Light Beneath
Loop | Sonancy
Daemon Lord | Daemon Lord
Lost Tribes of the Moon | Chapter II: Tales Of Strife, Destiny, And Despair
The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau | What If It Works?
Simon Love | Love, Sex and Death etc
LSDXOXO | Dedicated 2 Disrespect: The Remixes EP
Lucifer’s Child / Mystifier | Under Satan’s Wrath Split
Lucky Lo | Supercarry
Lunavieja | Lunavieja
The Lust-O-Rama | Twenty-Six Screams Remastered
Machine Gun Kelly | Mainstream Sellout
Mahogany Frog | Faust
Manetar | Alone In Death
Marathon | Non-Zero-Sum Game
Mares Of Thrace | The Exile
Mars 89 | Night Call EP
Walter Martin | The Bear
The Mary Veils | Esoteric Hex
Branko Mataja | Over Fields And Mountains
Material Girl | i85mixx21-22
Iain Matthews | I Can’t Fade Away: The Rockburgh Years, 1978-1984
Matisyahu | Matisyahu
Matveï | Tales For Nightclubs Vol. 1
M. Butterfly | Live Recordings
Reba McEntire | My Chains Are Gone
Tate McRae | Chaotic
Larry McRay | Blues Without You
Los Mesoneros | DOS
Metide | Circadians EP
MFMB | Sugar
Miaslayer | Miaslayer (Director’s Cut)
Middex | Perpetual Skip
Mind Imperium | Nemesis
Mission To Sleep | Post Youth EP
Alicia Moffet | Intertwine
Fargo Q Money | 10 Fire Songs
The Moneygoround | Cruisin’ and Swingin’ with The Moneygoround
Moodrich | Sample Slut Saga
Soleá Morente | El Pañuelo de Estrella
Maren Morris | Humble Quest
Move Like Creatures | Space Case EP
Ashley Myles | Tides EP
Mystery Jets | Twenty One Deluxe Edition
Kaho Nakamura | NIA
NCT Dream | Glitch Mode
Nebraska | Chant des Oiseaux EP
Neutrals | Bus Stop Nights EP
Niamh | Autumn Noir
Nickodemus | Nickodemus & The Remix Machine
Night Demon | Year of the Demon
Nightwraith | Offering
Nigo | I Know Nigo
Nite | Voices of the Kronian Moon
Ian Noe | River Fools & Mountain Saints
No Frills | Downward Dog
No Future | Death
Nogizaka46 | Actually… Special Edition
No More Moments | Quarter Life Crisis
None | Interdimensional War Poetry
Nothing But Real | Lost In The World
Not Moving Ltd. | Love Beat
Octavian | Alpha
One Be Lo | Dubterraneous
One Flew West | The Blur
Orange Spiny Crab | Hodgepodge
Orogen | Societal Eye
Kenia OS | Se Fue la Luz
D. Mark Owen | Respite
Paleface | Fear & Dagger
Palm Friends | The Delivery EP
Shelley Parker | Wisteria
P.E. | The Leather Lemon
Christina Perri | Evergone
Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters | Return Of The Super Ape Cassette
Petrol | Petrol
Phritz | Carrefour
Placebo | Never Let Me Go
Plakkaggio | Verso La Vetta
Nick Podgurski + Zachary Paul | Secret In The Heart
Marko Polo | Mammal Music
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys | Never Slow Down
Dave Potter | Retro Groove
Pretty Little Goat | Big Storm
Priestgate | Eyes Closed For The Winter EP
Prodigio | Prodigia-Te (Banda Deluxe)
Proper | The Great American Novel
Push Baby | Change My Mind
Quiver Vex | Hypnagogia
Miki Ratsula | I Owe It To Myself
Reckless Love | Turborider
Red Velvet | Feel My Rhythm EP
Rema | Rave & Roses
Revenge Wife | Take Take Take
Riley | Loss Angeles: Overdose
Terry Riley & Bang On A Can All-Stars | Autodreamographical Tales
Rise Of Kronos | Council Of Prediction
Manja Ristić | Rings of Water
Jon Rivera | First Things First EP
Riverby | Absolution
Kenny Rogers | The Love of God Deluxe Edition
Tom Rogerson | Retreat To Bliss
Michael Romeo | War of the Worlds, Pt. 2
Rob Roth | Sink or Swim EP
Paul Rudder | Unknown Future EP
Emma Ruth Rundle | Orpheus Looking Back EP
Jana Rush | Dark Humour
Mike Rutherford | Smallcreep’s Day Reissue
RXM Reality | Sick For You
Saleka | Servant: Songs From The Attic
Sandman Sleeps | Crisis Actor
Schmidt-Swartz / Saxsquatch | Schmidt-Swartz / Saxsquatch Reissue
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat | Nightclub Daydreaming
Pascal Schumacher & Echo Collective | Luna
Sea Girls | Homesick
Selah Sue | Persona
Sensoren | Idiot Brain
Senzar | Pyre Of Throes
Shit And Shine | Phase Corrected
Karl Silveira | A Porta Aperta
Sleaford Mods | Live From Nottz Arena EP
Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui | Agua de Jamaica
Smiley | Buy or Bye 2 Deluxe Edition
Darden Smith | Western Skies
Sneers. | Tales For Violent Days
Snøw | I Smoke To Cope
Soft Machine | Facelift France and Holland
SolarFive & Iceberg Theory | Momento Mori
Joey Sontz | How Am I Supposed To Live Without You?
Soonago | Fathom
Soul Glo | Diaspora Problems
Spiral Skies | Death is but a Door
Starvin B | Sorry For Your Laws
Stocksnskins | Long Shadows EP
Paul Stookey | Fazz: Now & Then
Straight Opposition | Path of Separation
Subjective | The Start of No Regret
Suicide | Surrender: A Collection
Sunglaciers | Subterranea
Superdeathflame | Dead Is Dead
Superpoze | Nova Cardinale
Susanna | Elevation
Kaori Suzuki | Music For Modified Melodica
Taco Tapes | Garden Variety
Tangerine Dream | The Great Wall Of China
Tangerine Dream | Raum
Tapioca | Voyage
Avalon Tassonyi | Avalon Tassonyi
Telltale | Lie Your Way Out EP
Tempoh Slow | Punxx Noir
10,000 Years | The Green King Rises Single
Terok Nor | Rematerialization Fails
Michele Thomas | The Assumption
Whitmer Thomas | Can’t Believe You’re Happy Here
Richard Thompson | (Guitar, Vocal) 45th Anniversary Reissue
Thou | Norco Original Soundtrack
Tinariwen | Amassakoul Reissue
Tinariwen | The Radio Tisdas Sessions Reissue
Tindersticks | Past Imperfect: The Best of Tindersticks ’92-’21
Tired Tape Machine | Thing
Azu Tiwaline & Al Wootton | Alandazu EP
Tomorrow’s Rain | October Night In Tel Aviv (Live In Barby)
The Tronosonic Experience | The Shadow Pt. 2
Truman Falls | The Rarest Rose Single
Trust Us | Non-Zero-Sum Game
Umru | Comfort Noise
U.S. Highball | A Parkhead Cross of the Mind
Valley Gals | Snake Oil Salesman
Various Artists | Black Lives: From Generation To Generation
Various Artists | Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West
Various Artists | Money In My Pocket: The Joe Gibbs Singles Collection 1972-1973
Various Artists | Senki Zesshou Symphogear Character Song Complete Box
Various Artists | The Studio Wizardry of Todd Rundgren
Various Artists | Valley View Records: Sleep Cycle II
Vi | Afterlife
Von Hertzen Brothers | Red Alert In The Blue Forest
Ava Vox | Immortalised
VR Sex | Rough Dimension
Tom VR, Midland, Peach, Lone, Kareem Ali | Please Keep Shimmering Remixes
Leon Vynehall | Fabric Presents
Vanessa Wagner | Study Of The Invisible
Wallows | Tell Me That It’s Over
Errol Walsh | Through Your Eyes
John Waltz | My Golden Horse EP
Wax On Water | The Drip Part 2
Pierre Welsh & The Oaks | L’Insaissable
Brodie West Quintet | Meadow Of Dreams
Anna Westin | Lev //
Christina Wheeler | Songs Of S+D
Emily Jane White | Alluvion
Who Saves The Hero | Time Turned Fragile EP
Anand Wilder I Don’t Know My Words
The Wilder Blue | The Wilder Blue
Wild Terrier Orchestra | Even the Chimera
Wipe the Needle ft. Sacha Williamson | On Time Time EP
Jody Wisternoff and James Grant | Anjunadeep 13
Wonderful Orchestra Band | The Answer To the Trip (ft. Wonderful Boys & Sunday Kamide)
Jay Worthy and Larry June | 2 P’s in a Pod
Vitesse X | Us Ephemeral
Yemi | Time Is Now White Vol.13
Yony | More Truth In Fiction
YoungBoy Rallo | Real Luv
Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz Is Dead 011
Young Prisms | Drifter
Yova | Nine Lives
Ysilik | Euonia
Zheani | I Hate People On The Internet
Zombie Zombie | Vae Vobis
John Zorn | Perchance to Dream…
