Today’s birthday greetings go out to Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer (who turns 63) and Eels leader Mark Everett (59), rapper Q-Tip (52) and singer Mandy Moore (38). That should give you plenty of musical options to spin while you browse this list of 250 new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes on the way. Off we go:
Abstracted | Atma Conflux
Acidgvrl | Caverns
Aevum | Glitch
Akintoye | Pizazz
Mike Allemana | Vonology
All Things Blue | Nothing Special
Altameda | Born Losers
Alunah | Strange Machine
Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin | Ghosted
Anatomia/Undergang | Anatomia/Undergang
Animalweapon | Set Of Constraints
Anitta | Versions of Me
April Clocks | It Takes Time
Aquakulture | Don’t Trip
Arcana | Raspail Reissue
Arfa | Time Is Now White Vol. 9
Armored Saint | Delirious Nomad Reissue
Armored Saint | March Of The Saint Reissue
Armored Saint | Raising Fear Reissue
Atoll | Prepuce EP
Auclair | Giramata EP
A Wilhelm Scream | Lose Your Delusion
Azaab | Summoning the Cataclysm
Angelo B | The I.S.H.
Hawa B | Sad In A Good Way EP
Badge Époque Ensemble | Badge: La Première Époque (2017-2021)
Chayce Beckham | Doin’ It Right EP
Sophia Bel | Anxious Avoidant
Alec Benjamin | (Un)Commentary
Isobel Bess | Light Play
Big Kuza | Heavyweight
The Binary Marketing Show | Destruction Of Your Own Creation
Blackbird Mantra | At the Mill
Jerry Blue | Fluttered Thinking
Mal Blum | Ain’t It Nice EP
Bodysync | Radio Active
Bongor | Testi Mesék
Boywithuke | Serotonin Dreams
Breaths / Dimwind | Seasons Split
Steven Brown | El Hombre Invisible
Dave Brubeck Trio | Live From Vienna 1967
Mark Bryan | Jammer Bits (Live From The Windjammer)
Noémi Büchi | Hyle EP
Kaitlin Butts | What Else Can She Do
Can Çakmur | Without Borders
Las Calakas | Hechizo
Camaro Rouge | Dinner at Cindys
Cancer Bats | Psychic Jailbreak
Evan J Cartwright | Bit By Bit
Chapin | Amber, Lovely
Cheap Heat | Vol. 2
City Of Dawn | As the Universe, So the Soul
Cloud Rat | Do Not Let Me Off The Cliff Deluxe Edition
Bobby Cole | A Point Of View Reissue
Cremation Lily | Dreams Drenched in Static
The Crystal Method | The Trip Out
Digga D | Noughty By Nature
Dame Area | Esto Me Pertenece
Darkher | The Buried Storm
Brandon Davis | Hearts Don’t Rust
Death Lens | No Luck
Dedstrange | Echo In the Memory
Sebastiano De Gennaro | Musica Razionale (Rational Music)
Dreamcatcher | Apocalypse: Save Us
Dreariness | Before We Vanish
Droneroom | Whatever Truthful Understanding
Eagles | Desperado Hybrid SACD
Ronnie Earl | Mercy Me
Earthen Sea | Ghost Poems
Egregore | The Word Of His Law
Clara Engel | Their Invisible Hands
Epitaphe | II
Exopulse | The Darkness in You
Lance Ferguson | Got Myself a Good Man / Mango Meat
Fickle Friends | Are We Gonna Be Alright? Vinyl
50 Foot Wave | Black Pearl
Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses: Phantom Limb
Chad Fowler & Matthew Shipp | Old Stories
Fozzy | Boombox
Friends From Moon | Astray
Fuzzybrains | Desire Single
Alex G | We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Soundtrack
Fhunyue Gao and Sven Kacirek | Hoya
Gemaine & DJ Charlie | New Jack City
Tyler Gilbert | Kill The Magic
Justin Golden | Hard Times And A Woman
Grae | Whiplash
Greyhaven | This Bright And Beautiful World
Greyscale Season | Do You Like Violence
Tee Grizzley | Half Tee Half Beast
Grubby Little Hands | World So Strange
Guerrilla Ghost | Hell is Empty and All the Devils are Here
Head In Hand | Unnatural Providence
Hef | Hefvermogen 2
Malik Hendricks | Blue Flame
High Pulp | Pursuit Of Ends
Thyra Hilden | Dreams
Marian Hill | Why Can’t We Just Pretend?
Hocico | HyperViolent
Mike Holober & Balancing Act | Don’t Let Go
Home Is Where Meets Record Setter | Dissection Lesson Split EP
Lightnin’ Hopkins | Lightnin’ In New York Vinyl Reissue
Hostilities | Nø Cowards
Imminent Sonic Destruction | The Sun Will Always Set
Iselder | Metel Du Gwir Cymreig
Isha | Labrador Bleu
Janelane | Okay With Dancing Alone
JATK | Shut Up and Be the Light
J.B.O. | Planet Pink
Jewel | Freewheelin’ Woman
Josiah The Gift | Mightier Than The Sword (Side B)
Joyride! | Miracle Question
Tim Kasher | Middling Age
Kassian | Chance Is Our Greatest Ally
Jas Kayser | Jas 5ive
Kharon | Journey Into the Abyssal Void
Kink Gong | Forbidden China
Mark Knopfler | The Studio Albums 1996-2007
Greg Kozo | The Story Of Rita Faltoyano EP
James Krivchenia | Blood Karaoke
Damian Lazarus & Gorgon City feat. Leia Contois & Leia Contois | Start Over
Leikeli47 | Shape Up
The Lemonheads | The Lemonheads Vinyl Reissue
Lia & Thomas White | Stardust EP
Limousine Beach | Limousine Beach
Lizzo | A Dream Come True
Loch Lomond | The Young
David Long and Shane O’Neill | Age Of Finding Stars
The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau | What If It Works? Reissue
Lughz | Nobody To Trust
Lyrics Born | Mobile Homies Season 1
Joe Mafia | Krakked Pepper
Månegarm | Ynglingaättens Öde
Mano De Mono | Chameleon Tongue
Eve Maret and David Onri Anderson | Eve and David 1
Pat Matshikiza & Kippie Moketsi | Tshona!
M83 | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Vinyl Reissue
Me Lost Me | The Circle Dance Remix EP
Mensa Deathsquad | You Will Hear Thunder
Merol | Troostprijs
The Million Reasons | Haven
Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Vinyl Reissue
Monako | In Shapes I-III EP
Chris Mondak | Glass Spheres
Monsta X | Shape Of Love
Monuments | In Stasis
More Eaze | Spiraling
Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver | Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver
Motorcade | See You In The Nothing
My Hair Is Bad | Angels
My Own Fear | Violence Made History
Nikki Nair & Nala | The World is Always Ending
Naughty Professor | Good Things EP
Joerg Nawra | Autres Directions
Nazareth | Surviving The Law
Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig | Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
La Neve | History Solved EP
New Norde | Whatever’s Clever
Noisepoetnobody | Potential vs Eventual
Nonsun | Surviving The Law
ΩЯRΑ | Unbounded
Onew | Dice EP
Othered | Vol. 1
David Owen | Oh Suzana Blues
Jerry Paper | Free Time
Patterns of Decay | Patterns of Decay
Peach Kelli Pop | Hardcovers
Axel Rudi Pell | Lost XXIII
Rain Perry | A White Album
Piers | Ire EP
Samora Pinderhughes | Grief
The Police | Greatest Hits 30th Anniversary Edition Half-Speed Remaster Vinyl
Postcards From New Zealand | Burn, Witch, Burn
Prairie Brigade | Prairie Brigade
Primer | Incubator
Prince Daddy & The Hyena | Prince Daddy & The Hyena
Psychostick | … And Stuff
Pye Corner Audio | Social Dissonance
Pytko | Silent (w/ Bullion Remix) EP
Qaalm | Resilience & Despair
Quelza | Malicieuses
Gerry Rafferty | Rest In Blue Vinyl Reissue
Reef | Shoot Me Your Ace
Strange Reitaro | Tamaranai Yokan
Rhode & Brown x Benjamin Fröhlich | Days Of Innocence EP
Max Roach | We Insist! Vinyl Reissue
Joel Ross | The Parable Of The Poet
Rush | Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary Edition
Anna Sage | Anna Sage
St, Dukes | St. Dukes
Sam O.B. | Just A Slice
Saturna / Electric Monolith | Turned To Stone Chapter 4: Higher Selves Split
Savak | Human Error / Human Delight
DJ Seinfeld | Mirrors (Remixed)
Semblant | Vermilion Eclipse
Seraphin | 7665
Charlie Simpson | Hope Is A Drug
James Singleton | Malabar
Skold | Dead God
Sleepless | Host Desecration
Carmel Smickersgill | We Get What We Get & We Don’t Get Upset
Aaron Smith | Superlow
Solitary Experiments | Every Now and Then
Spanish Love Songs | Brave Faces Etc.
Harry Stafford & Marco Butcher | Juniper Sunday
Tstewart | Elysian
DJ Stingray 313 | F.T.N.W.O.
Stone Broken | Revelation
Storeys | Storeys EP
Straw Man Army | SOS
Subway Daydream | Another Round Single
AJ Suede & Small Professor | Hundred Year Darkness
Suicide Commando | Bang Bang Bang
Super Plage | Remixtape
Cisco Swank & Luke Titus | Some Things Take Time
Swedish House Mafia | Paradise Again
The Swedish Railway Orchestra | The Ballhaus
These Arms Are Snakes | Duct Tape & Shivering Crows
Jörg Thomasius | Acht Gesänge der schwarzen Hunde
Sean Thornton | Perfect Forever
George Thorogood | The Original George Thorogood
Tiga | Easy / There Is No Distance Between Us
Trace Amount | Anti Body Language
The Troops of Doom | Antichrist Reborn
Typhoon | Underground Complex 1 EP
U.K. Subs | Endangered Species
Urferd | Resan
Vanderlust | Vanderlust
Various Artists | Heavy Psycho Sounds: Sampler Vol. VIII
Various Artists | Intellitronic Bubble: 026028
Various Artists | 1969
Various Artists | Planet Trip Records: Ordinary Dreams Vol 2
Various Artists | Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962-1983
Various Artists | We Are The Children Of The Sun
Vatswav | Deto_X EP
Viande | L’Abime Dévore Les Âmes
Kurt Vile | (Watch My Moves)
Vitess | Retroactive City EP
Vundabar | Devil For The Fire
Wheeler Walker Jr. | Sex, Drugs & Country Music
The Warmbabies | Let’s Live Underground
Waxwell Weckman | This Young Man’s Heart
Kelli Welli | Robots Don’t Tell Jokes
Fabian Willmann Trio feat. Jeff Ballard | Balance
Edgar Winter | Brother Johnny
Bunny X | Young & In Love (The Remixes)
Dieter Zobel | MEZ 31,00
John Zorn | Spinoza
Zu Ninjaz | Invading Asia (Deleted Versions & Songs) EP
Zvrra | Solace
