Jimi Hendrix died 52 years ago today. He was only 27. If he were still alive, he wouldn’t even be 80. Think of all the music he could have made. Then go listen to some of the immortal music he did make — and while you’re at it, read my story on his life and death. But first, take a spin through the 380-plus new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes arriving next week:
Abba | Gold 30th Anniversary Edition
Claudia Acuña | Duo
Aenaon | Mnemosyne
Alice In Chains | Dirt 30th Anniversary Edition
AlinaHipHarp | Reflections
Alivenique | Year of the Statement
Alphaville | Eternally Yours
Altopalo | Frenemy
Dave Alvin | New Highway: Selected Lyrics, Poems, Prose, Essays, Eulogies and Blues
Siavash Amini & Eugene Thacker | Songs for Sad Poets
Marisa Anderson | Still, Here
Jru Anthony | Life For Now
Jochen Arbeit & Sonja Kosche | Tier Macht Toene
Jann Arden | Happy? Deluxe Edition
Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden | I Get Along Without You Very Well
Arkells | Blink Twice
As Paradise Falls | Madness / Medicine
Ataraxia | Pomegranate: The Chant Of The Elementals
A-Trak and Cam’ron | U Wasn’t There
Buick Audra | Conversations With My Other Voice
Autour de Lucie | L’Échapée Belle Reissue
Autour de Lucie | Immobile Reissue
Sam Baardman | Marsh Radio
Lorne Balfe | Ticket to Paradise
Kelsa Ballerini | Subject To Change
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso | Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore
Band-Maid | Unleash
Nessa Barrett | young forever
Baseball Gregg | Pastimes
Joshua Bassett | Sad Songs In A Hotel Room
Steve Bates | All The Things That Happen
Peter Matthew Bauer | Flowers
The Bawl Slant | Blisters
Jessie Baylin | Jersey Girl
Silat Beksi | Curandero EP
Belacqua | Sand & Coppers
Bench Press / Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice | A Split 7″ Between Friends
Drew Beskin & The Sunshine | Somewhere Sideways Same As You
Bethlehem Asylum | Commit Yourself
Big Scary | Me and You
Casey Bishop | Casey Bishop
Black Door | And the Spirit of Old Whispered Words of Amduat
Blackstarkids | Cyberkiss*
David Blake | Fun House
Blodskam | Ave Eva
Bloods | Together, Baby!
Jake Blount | The New Faith
Blur | Bustin’ + Dronin’
Bovice | Dreaming of Paradise
Brennenstuhl | No
Izzy Oram Brown | Mess
Lenny Bull | Strange Vacation EP
Tim Burgess | Typical Music
Buzzcocks | Sonics in the Soul
By Divine Right | Otto Motto
Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective | Reflections
Wylie Cable | Warmed by The Sun
Chris Canterbury | Quaalude Lullabies
Can’t Read | Mind’s Eye
The Casual Dots | The Casual Dots Reissue
The Casual Dots | Sanguine Truth Reissue
Celebration Summer | Patience In Presence
Cerberus Shoal | Cerberus Shoal Anniversary Edition
Greyson Chance | Palladium
Beth Nielsen Chapman | CrazyTown
Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra | Ray Sings, Basie Swings Reissue
Chemical Club | Pale Blue EP
Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins | At The Bridge: Folk Variations & New Songs Reissue
Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins | The Fighting Temeraire
Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins | Song Of The Medway Single
Christine and the Queens | Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles
Ckay | Sad Romance
Cleared | Of Endless Light
Christophe Clébard | Il Trionfo Della Morte
Jackie Cohen | Pratfall
Cold Gawd | God Get Me The Fuck Out Of Here
The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
The Company Stores | The Family Album
Condemned AD | Follow A Failing Leader
Condor Gruppe | Gulliver
Milano Constantine & Big Ghost Ltd | Pay the Ghost
Cool Sounds | Like That
Eric Copeland & Josh Diamond | Riders On The Storm
Chick Corea | The Montreux Years
Cosmic Ground | Isolate
Cosmic Race | Future
Couch Prints | Waterfall Mixtape EP
Courting | Guitar Music
The Cradle | Radio Wars
Ian William Craig | Music for Magnesium_173
Crazy Swedes | Crazy Swedes Deluxe Edition
Crescent Ridge | Garden Of Fools
Crone | Gotta Light?
Current | Yesterday’s Tomorrow is Not Today
Cursive | Domestica Remastered
Dust Cwaine | Arcana
CybercrashersTV | Cetus
Damn Swindle | Keep on Swindling Pt. 2
Daredevil Falls | Daredevil Falls
The Death of Pop | For A Minute EP
Death’s Dynamic Shroud.wmv | Darklife
De Lux | Do You Need A Release?
D.I. | State Of Shock
Die! Die! Die! | Smelter
Dio | Dio At Donington ’83
Dio | Dio At Donington ’87
Divino Niño | Last Spa on Earth
Dr. Bionic | The God State
Dr. John | Things Happen That Way
Drabik | Mannequin
Salvator Dragatto | Mind On Madrid
Dregs One | Sucka Repellent
Eat Your Heart Out | Can’t Stay Forever
Editors | EBM
Eerie Wanda | Internal Radio
The Ember Glows | Where Spirits Play
Lawrence English | Approach
Silvana Estrada | Abrazo EP
Euroshima | Gala Reissue
Eva Under Fire | Love, Drugs & Misery
Excide | Deliberate Revolver
Face the Day | Echoes of the Child’s Mind
Five New Old | Departure: My New Me
5 Seconds Of Summer | FSOS5
Jude Flannery | Quiet By YourSide
Floating Points | Problems
Forty Feet Tall | Boil EP
The Foxies | Who Are You Now, Who Were You Then?
Nils Frahm | Music For Animals
Francci | Night Shift
Frankel & Harper | Buffalo Skank EP
Nick Frater | Stuck In My Ways
Tom Freund | The Year I Spent In Space
Freedom Hawk | Take All You Can
Matthew Fries | Lost Time
Frisk | Stalker
Frozen Factory | Of Pearls & Perils
Future Teens | Self Help
Alex G | God Save The Animals
Gaerea | Mirage
Noah Garabedian | Consider the Stars Beneath Us
García / Navas / Reviriego / Trilla | Les Capelles
Sam Gellaitry | VF VOL II
G.E.M. | Revelation
Gematria | Gematria II: The Spindle Of Necessity
Gentle Giant | Front Row Center (US Dates 1976-1980) Box Set
Ross Gentry | September
Daniela Gesundheit | Alphabet Of Wrongdoing
Gldmth | Gldmth
Gnov & Green Heart | Untitled
Grateful Dead | In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83
Grateful Dead | Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (3/9/81)
Josh Groban | Josh Groban 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
GrxxnScrxam | Életciklus
Jeffrey Halford and the Healers | Soul Crusade
Cynthia Hamar | Joint & Marrow
Karine Hannah | 21st Century Pop
Maya Hawke | Moss
Lande Hekt | House Without a View
Herman Hitson | Let The Gods Sing
Christian Hornbostel | Annus Alchemicus
Iceage | Shake the Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015–2021
Billy Idol | The Cage EP
Intensive Care | That We Be Made Worthy
Invictus | Unstoppable
James And The Shame | Human Overboard
Boney James | Detour
JaySun | Dropikal
Jeff The Fool | Russian Dolls
Oscar Jerome | The Spoon
Jesswar | Life’s Short, Live Big
June Jones | Pop Music for Normal Women
Damien Jurado | Water Ave S Vinyl Reissue
JVKE | This is What ____ Feels Like
Kaledon | Chapter VII: Evil Awakens
Kario | Audition
Patrick Kavanagh | Almost Everything…
KEN Mode | Null EP
Dermot Kennedy | Sonder
Khalid | Satellite
Kid Kapichi | Here’s What You Could Have Won
Jessie Kilguss | What Do Whales Dream About at Night?
Killah Priest | M.O.T.H.E.R.
Kill Lincs | Vegzet
King Buffalo | Regenerator
Kings Of Mercia | Kings Of Mercia
Knife Girl | Uniform
Chris Korda | More Than Four
Kraftklub | Kargo
Ben Lahring | Driftwood
Lake Mary | Slow Grass
Nikki Lane | Denim & Diamonds
Daniel Lanois | Player, Piano
Lapillus | Girl’s Round Part 1
Chad Lawson | Breathe
Jerry Lee Lewis | The Killer Keys Of Jerry Lee Lewis Remastered
David Libert | Rock and Roll Warrior Book
Lil Nas X | Star Walkin’
Lil Obeah | Lil Obeah In Jazz
Lil Pump | Lil Pump 2
Limerice | Cosmo EP
Barrio Lindo | Espuma de Mar
Lines Of Silence | Stations Of The Sun
LKN | Varma Vindar
Charles Lloyd | Trios: Ocean
Lodestar Trio | Bach To Folk
Lync Lone & Ed Glorious | Sour Times
Muni Long | Public Displays Of Affection: The Album
Roberto Lopez | Ritual
The Lord † Petra Haden | Devotional
Ludovico Technique | Haunted People
Luci | Juvenilia EP
Lucki | Flawless Like Me
Lung | Let It Be Gone
Francis Lung | Short Stories EP
Anna Lunoe | Saturday Love Remixes
LVTVM | Irrational Numbers
Aaron MacDonald | Rights & Wrongs
Maddie & Tae | Through The Madness Vol. 2
Magdalena Bay | Mercurial World Deluxe
Phil Maggi | The Encrimsoned
Majoredm | Mirage
The Manhattan Transfer | Fifty
Marina and the Diamonds | Electra Heart: Platinum Blonde Edition Vinyl
Leonardo Marques | Flea Market Music
Master | An Epiphany Of Hate Reissue
Master | Vindictive Miscreant Reissue
Master | The Witch Hunt Reissue
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet | Spirit To All
Makaya McCraven | In These Times
Javiera Mena | Nocturna
Madeline Merlo | Slide EP
Douglas Andrew McCombs | VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<<6NDR7<<<
Mewn | Such As This EP
Gentiane MG | Walls Made of Glass
The Mighty Orchid King | Mycelium Music Volume I: Pinedemonium Awakes
Mind Against | Fabric Presents: Mind Against
Joni Mitchell | The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)
Mobley | Cry Havoc EP
Model Alpha | Perceptions
Mommyheads | Genius Killer
Moonspell | From Down Below: Live 80 Meters Deep
Motörhead | Iron Fist 40th Anniversary Edition
Tyson Motsenbocker | Milk Teeth
Mo’ynoq | A Place for Ash
Musiquita | Musiquita
Mutated Void | Roses Forever
David Myles | It’s Only A Little Loneliness
Naska | Rebel Deluxe Edition
NateWantsToBattle | Scrap Heap
Neu! | Neu! 50!
The 1975 | All I Need To Hear
Divino Niño | Last Spa on Earth
Nmixx | Entwurf
Nordjeval | Gnavhòl
Novelists FR | Déjà Vu (Première Partie)
October Drift | I Don’t Belong Anywhere
Jessica O’Donoghue | Rise Up
One South Lark | ’Til September EP
Beth Orton | Weather Alive
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah | The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Out To Dinner | Food Is Medicine
OvO | Ignoto
Mark Owen | Land of Dreams
Alexander Panos | Nascent
Thiago Pantaleão | Fim Do Mundo
Patrick R. Pärk | Galactic Mirage Discs II
Matthew Parker | Last Life EP
Perc | Dirt
Ray Pérez y El Grupo Casabe | Compiled by El Dragón Criollo & El Palmas
Petbrick | Liminal
Pig | The Merciless Light
David Poe | Everyone’s Got A Camera
DJ Poolboi | Rarities Vol. 3
Poppy | FYB
David Porter | Chapter 1… Back in the Day
Protoje | Third Time’s The Charm
Quadeca | Born Yesterday
The Rasmus | Rise
The Ratchet Boys | Live From 1997-2001
Rationale | If The Problem Persists
Rats on Rafts | Visions of Chapter 3: Live At TivoliVredenburg
Razor | Cycle Of Contempt
The Real Tuesday Weld | Dreams
Rebel Wizard | The Warning of Three
Sorcha Richardson | Smiling Like An Idiot
RLX × Cedar Law$ | Cielo
Zilla Rocca & Andrew | Don’t Wait for Me to Leave
Rocking Doll | Survive
Roses & Revolutions | Keep A Little Light On EP
Sofie Royer | Harlequin
Tulipa Ruiz | Habilidades Extraordinárias
Ted Russo | Ted Russo
Saint Solitude | Sugar Pill
Angelica Sanchez Trio | Sparkle Beings
Alaska Sargent | Friends
Caroline Savoie | Bruits Blancs
Say She She | Prism
Scream Taker | Kill The Beautiful
Secret Machines | Secret Machines Reissue
The Secret Places Of The Earth | The Space Between The Stars
Sector | The Chicago Sector
S8JFOU | Op-Echo
Shadow Child | Empire EP
Sharky | People Are Strange
Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet | Evergreen
Isatta Sheriff & Koralle | Eat The Kiwi Skin
Sim | Beward
Simplylogic | Regular Album
The Skinner Brothers | Lonedon EP
Sl!ce | Dysphoria, Consume Me Whole
Slumberville | Harmony
Slushii | A Slushii Summer
Aleksandra Słyż | A Vibrant Touch
The Smithereens | The Lost Album
The Smokestack Relics | Anatomy Of A Wolf Single
Todd Snider | Live: Return Of The Storyteller
Sofie | Harlequin
The Soft Moon | Exister
Some Velvet Morning | Rough Seas
Lara Somogyi | !
Space Of Variations | Imago
Spetyusz | On The High
Spheres | Helios
Sports Team | Gulp!
Stabbing Westward | Save Yourself
Star Feminine Band | In Paris
Star Guided Vessel | Tethered/Severed
Jesse Jo Stark | Doomed
Status/Non-Status | Surely Travel
Stone Temple Pilots | Core 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Stratovarius | Survive
Ström | Ström
Suck | Ribbit
Alison Sudol | Still Come The Night
Survivalist | That We Be Made Worthy
Summer Sweeney | Married Alone
Synkro | Cosmic Vibrations Vol.3
Talas | 1985
Talk Show | Touch the Ground
Tamino | Sahar
Daniel Tashian | Night After Night
Tau & the Drones of Praise | Misneach
L.Teez | Studio Blue
Terra | Für Dich Existiert Das Alles Nicht
That Kid | Superstar
Third Space | Scissor Kick
Toledo | How It Ends
Verdena | Volevo Magia
Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin | Ali
Turquoisedeath | Starfields
2 Dolla Will × Iceberg Theory | Butte Chips 2
Under the Reefs Orchestra | Sakurajima
Unsane | Unsane Reissue
The Upfux | Coastal Collapse
Upon Wings | Last Love EP
Dan Vapid & The Cheats | Welcome To Dystopia
Various Artists | Fabric Presents Mind Against
Various Artists | Future Disco: Mirrorball Motel
Various Artists | Irida Records: Hybrid Musics From Texas and Beyond, 1979–1986
Various Artists | Lost Housetracks Vol. 7 EP
Various Artists | Meditations on Crime
Venom Inc. | There’s Only Black
Suzie Vinnick | Fall Back Home
Will Vinson | Tripwire
Vmrrobotic |〖❒Unknwn?❒〗
J Wade & Pleasant Sherman | Means To The Ends
Rick Wakeman | 2000 A.D. Into The Future
Mal Waldron | Searching in Grenoble : The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
Weezer | SZNS: Fall
Wendy and DB | Into the Little Blue House
Willow | Copingmechanism
Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann | Perform the Compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann
Wino-strut & Friends | Contemporary Blazin’
Wistfuneral | 4MonthBingeBeforeRevenge
The Wonder Years | The Hum Goes On Forever
Tony XL | Hydration
Elif Yalvac | Green Drift
Neil Young | Time Fades Away Remastered
Youngtree & The Blooms | Youngtree & The Blooms
Zero T & Steo | Stop/Start (ft. Myth/Visages)
Zouj | Metal (Mixtape)
