If I ran horoscopes on this site, today’s advice would be: It’s a good day to start a new project. And that would be based on these three precedents:
1 | On this day in 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly made his final recordings in his New York City apartment. Armed with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder, Holly documented Peggy Sue Got Married, Crying, Waiting, Hoping, That’s What They Say, What To Do, Learning The Game and That Makes It Tough.
2 | In 1969, The Beatles moved from Twickenham Film Studios to their own Apple basement studios in London to start recording the Get Back LP.
3 | In 1966, The Beach Boys went into L.A.’s Gold Star studios to cut Wouldn’t It Be Nice, the opening track to their next album Pet Sounds. Aiding the band were The Wrecking Crew, including Hal Blaine on drums and Carol Kaye on electric bass.
With that, here’s a project for you to undertake right now: Perusing the 320-plus new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes on the way. Good luck!
Ablaze My Sorrow | The Loss Of all Hope
Abracadabra | Shapes & Colors
Acidgvrl | Breakdash!
Susan Alcorn, Patrick Holmes & Ryan Sawyer | From Union Pool
Alexia The Purple | Alafia EP
Aly & AJ | Baby Lay Your Head Down
Anachronism | Meanders
…And Oceans | As In Gardens, So In Tombs
AmyFM | World X.
Apollo | A Divine Comedy
Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen / Tim Mead Composer | Sacroprofano
The Arcs | Electrophonic Chronic
Ashen Horde | Antimony
Asher | Automatism
Aus | Until Then
Paty B | Alérgica Single
Babyfang | In The Face Of
Bad Bad Hats | It Hurts 10th Anniversary Edition
BAG X Collapsing Drums | Momentary Lapses
Meg Baird | Furling
Bandler Ching | Coaxial
Chris Bangs | Firebird
Teller Bank$ | The Big Lebowskiii: The Story of Eastside Jesus
Bass Drum Of Death | Say I Won’t
Bedridden | Amateur Heartthrob
Beeferman / Evans / Foster / Hirsch | Glow
Jacob Bellens | Everybody Needs Some Loving
Ilia Belorukov & Gabriel Ferrandini | Sculptor
Lakecia Benjamin | Phoenix
Big Shoes | Fresh Tracks
Bizarrekult | Den Tapte Krigen
Black Birdie | Maybe, I’m The Problem / IDFK Single
Black Lips | Arabia Mountain Reissue
Black Lips | Good Bad Not Evil 20th Anniversary Edition
Black Lips | Let It Bloom Reissue
Black Lips | Satan’s Graffiti Or God’s Art? Reissue
Black Lips | 200 Million Thousand Reissue
Black Lips | Underneath The Rainbow Reissue
The Blow Monkeys | Animal Magic Deluxe Edition
Barbara Blue | From the Shoals
Leyla Blue | Late Night Single
Boldy James & Real Bad Man | ADU
Pony Bradshaw | North Georgia Rounder
Apollo Brown | This Must Be The Place
Bronco Bullfrog | Bronco Bullfrog Reissue
Cancervo | II
Caravela Escarlate | III
Cerbère | Cendre
Cheat Codes | One Night In Nashville
Don Cherry & Jean Schwarz | Roundtrip (1977) Reissue
Lauren Cimorelli | R.I.P.
JD Clayton | Long Way From Home
The Clouds | The Clouds Reissue
Megan Alice Clune | Furtive Glances
The Collection | How To Survive An Ending EP
Combat Beach | The First Ten Pages Of Kerouac’s Subterraneans Single
Complete Mountain Almanac | Complete Mountain Almanac
Cordae | Two Tens (ft. Anderson .Paak) Single
Corpus Delicti | Twilight
Christine Correa | Just You Stand And Listen With Me
Cots | Moonlit Building EP
Crimeapple | El Cantante
Crowne | Operation Phoenix
The Crystal Casino Band | Maryland House
Cycheouts | Counterattack: Best Cuts 1995-2000
Eyolf Dale | The Wayfarers
Dano | El Hombre Hace Planes, Dios Se Ríe
Dearly Beloved | Walker Park
Deathprod | Compositions
Pierre De Maere | Regarde-Moi
Karamela Deusa | Microcosm Sunshine Single
Devil’s Whiskey | Historias de Muerte
Dinosaur Jr. | Puke + Cry: The Sire Years 1990-1997
Dokken | The Elektra Albums 1983-1987
Dream, Ivory | About A Boy (Naked)
The Drin | Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom
Dude Safari | Yussus
Duplex | Maelstrom
Dust Bowl Faeries | Carnival Dust EP
Dwen | Leoht Farn
Bob Dylan | Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
Eagle-Eye Cherry | Back on Track
Fleur East | Count the Ways Single
Callum Easter | Get Forever... Delete Don’t Want
Tristan Eckerson | Journey Test
Ekoh | The D4tour
Electric Mob | 2 Make U Cry & Dance
Emarosa | Sting
Emika | Breath Cuts
Eminem | The Eminem Show Deluxe Edition
The Enigma Division | The Enigma Division
Ethyl Ether | Violent Entertainment
Eto & Futurewave | Dead Poets
Eugy Official | Naughty Single
The Fabulous Courettes | Daydream (Japanese) Single
Fågelle | Den Svenska Vreden
Marianne Faithfull | Kissin Time Expanded Edition
Fabio Antonio Falcone | The Art of Variation – Secualr Cycles
Solomon Fesshaye | Invisible Hand / Awake
Efthimis Fillipou / Ben Whishaw / Panagiotis Melidis | The Onassis Foundation Presents: George
Firienholt | White Frost and Elder Blood
John Fizer | Treasure Man
Florry | Sweet Guitar Solos
Fluppe | Boutique
JW Francis | Dream House
Freeroad | Do What You Feel!
Fucked Up | One Day
Christina Galisatus | Without Night
Andrew Garden | Bird Brain
Marvin Gaye | Greatest Hits Live in ’76 Reissue
George | Letters To George
Gewalt | Live At Clouds Hill
Ghost And Tape | Freeform
The Gibson Brothers | Darkest Hour
Gideön | Storytime EP Vinyl
Girish And The Chronicles | Back On Earth Re-Recorded
Gloosito | Global Deluxe
Glosser | Downer
La Grande Chapelle / Albert Recasens | Música Vocal En Castellano
Grateful Dead | Dave’s Picks Vol. 45: Oct. 1 & 2, 1977, Portland, OR
The Great Northern | Oceans
Green Day | Nimrod 25: 25th Anniversary Edition
Grey Factor | 1979-1980 A.D.: Complete Studio Recordings
Groupshow | Greatest Hits
Half Gringa | Ancestral Home
Wolfgang Haffner | Silent World
Ayumi Hamasaki | Remember You
Hammock | Love In The Void
Nathan Hanson & Chris Bates | Weights and Measures
Have A Nice Life | Voids Remastered
Thee Headcoats / CTMF | Full Time Plagiarist Split
Heavy Blanket | Moon Is
Hell’s Satans | Hell’s Satans
Hen Ogledd | Hen Ogledd
Joe Henry | All The Eye Can See
Safiyah Hernandez | Homesick
Sam Himself | Never Let Me Go
Hokus Poke | Earth Harmony Reissue
Holy Popes | Holy Popes
Mary Hopkin | Pieces
Suisei Hoshimachi | Specter
Hotel Lux | Hands Across the Creek
Tyler Hubbard | Tyler Hubbard
Ibukun Sunday | Psalm010: Mantra
Illiterate Light | Sunburned
Inkswel & Colonel Red | Holders Of The Sun Remix EP
The Inspector Cluzo | Horizon
Nabaté Isles | En Motion
JakoJako | Verve EP
Jamil | Flow
Jazzanova | Beyond The Dream (musclecars Reimaginations) / Face At My Window (Kyoto Jazz Massive Remixes)
Kito Jempere | Let’s Hold Our Hands Together If We Wanna Get There EP
Jo Johnson | The Wave Ahead
Joseph | Nervous System Single
Melvin Junko | The Talksick Avenger
Kæry Ann | Moon Lies
Faten Kanaan | Afterpoem
Ayano Kaneko | Towelket Ha Odayakana
Khai Dreams | Absolute Heartbreak
The Kid Laroi | Love Again
KillDry | Pool of the Black Star
Kimbra | A Reckoning
Elle King | Come Get Your Wife
King Nowhere | IV
King Tuff | Smalltown Stardust
Knogjärn | Mera Bedövning
Dreddy Kruger | Thinkstrumentals
KSI | Voices
Neil S. Kvern | Doctor Dancing Mask: Pianoisms
Avery Lain | Kite Demos
Parker Lane | Kaleidoscope
Zara Larsson | Can’t Tame Her Single
Stephen Lawrenson | Chants Of A Lifetime
Leaflet | Something Beyond
SG Lewis | Audiolust & Higherlove
Chris Liebing | Love Those Who Fight With Passion And Faith EP
Lil Yachty | Let’s Start Here
Henrik Lindstrand | Klangland
Little North | Wide Open
Little Pig | Little Pig
Love Gang | Meanstreak
Tor Lundvall | There Must Be Someone
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu and Jive Connection | Face to Face
Jesse Malin | The Fine Art Of Self Destruction Reissue
Matt Masters | Worlds Collide EP
Ava Max | Diamonds & Dancefloors
Austin Mayse | Bridges and Kerosene
H.C. McEntire | Every Acre
MeeeZ | MeeeZ: Overload
Alex Melton | Southern Charm
Midwxst & Denzel Curry | Tally
Hatsune Miku | Snow Miku 2023
Kristen Miller | Parisian Sketches
Drake Milligan | Dallas / Fort Worth
Miniature Tigers | Miniature Tigers
Lily Monaghan | Introspection EP
Mono Inc. | Ravenblack
Moonpedro & The Sinking Ship | Kin
Moskito | Bad Love Mixtape
Mostro | The Illest Vol. 3
Mother Hips | When We Disappear
Mozart Estate | Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! And The Possibilities Of Modern Shopping
Murphy’s Law | Murphy’s Law Reissue
Jesse Murray | I Did It All For You
Aya Nakamura | DNK
Nephilim’s Noose | Blood Chants of Impiety
The Neverland Express + Caleb Johnson | Paradise Found: Bat Out of Hell Reignited
New Age Doom | Remix The Universe
New Hope Club | Don’t Go Wasting Time Single
New Miserable Experience | Philosophy on Pessimism
New Order | Low-Life Definitive Edition
Johnny Nicholas | Presents Moon and the Stars: A Tribute to Moon Mullican
Nishith | Self Antagonism
The No Name Experience | Life 3.0
Nostalgia 77 | The Loneliest Flower in the Village
NRBQ | Tiddlywinks Reissue
Numün | Book of Beyond
Obelyskkh | The Ultimate Grace Of God
Die Oberherren | Die By My Hand
Object Heavy | Love & Gravity
Oceanic | Choral Feeling
Aoife O’Donovan | The Apathy Sessions
Oozing Wound | We Cater To Cowards
Rita Ora | You Only Love Me Single
Paradox | Breakbeater / Detronic
Parannoul | After The Magic
Pearls Before Swine | The Complete Reprise Recordings
Pelican | City of Echoes Deluxe Edition
Maisie Peters | Body Better Single
Phion Orchestra / Otto Tausk / Maria Milstein | Violin Concertos
Pink | Trustfall Single
PNAU, Bebe Rexha & Ozuna | Stars Single
Marek Poliks / Roberto Alonso | Archon: Works for Violin, Percussion, and Machine Learning Environment
Polyorchard | Scree/n
Popcaan | Great Is He
Frank Popp Ensemble | Shifting
Elvis Presley | Elvis On Tour Box Set
DJ Psychiatre | Nmav EP
Pure Adult | II
Purple Decades | Journey Test
Quinn XCII | The People’s Champ
Will and James Ragar | Forever / Bayou Paradise Single Reissue
Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz Is Dead 16
Mette Rasmussen, Paul Flaherty, Zach Rowden & Chris Corsano | Crying in Space
Red Axes | The Phantasy Collection (Part 1)
Rhodes | Friends Like These
R. Ring | War Poems, We Rested
RNS, Onyx | Acropolis Single
J.Rocc | Beatitudes
Rosalía | Llylm Single
Rotary Club | American Tower
Jonathan Roy | Life Distortions
Running Maiden | Running Maiden
Samia | Honey
Stephen Sanchez | Evangeline
The Sarandons | Sightlines
Schavot | Kronieken Uit De Nevel
Scratchclart | Drmtrk XIX
Anson Seabra | ;I Can Love Anyone (As Long As It’s You) Single
Sextile | Crassy Mel EP
Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams | Planet Unfaithful
Sightless Pit | Lockstep Bloodwar
Signo Rojo | There Was A Hole Here
Carly Simon | Live at Grand Central
Skott | Hail Mary Single
Slipmami | Malvatrem
Sam Smith | Gloria
Soen | Cognitive Reissue
Soen | Tellurian Reissue
Sommerbad | Snu Noen Kalde
Sorrowful Land | Faded Anchors Of The Past
Speed Plans | Statues Of God
Le Sserafim | Fearless Single
Steppenwolf | The Epic Years 1974-1976
Still_bloom | Euphoria_
Storry | Chill: The Come Up Deluxe
Malcolm Strachan | Point Of No Return
Sweet N’ Juicy | Your Mom’s Gonna Love Us
The Tangent | Pyramids, Stars and Other Stories: The Tangent Live Recordings 2004-2017
Tearing Up | Heavy
Thin Lizzy | Live and Dangerous Deluxe Edition
Tiga & U.R.Trax | There Is No Distance Between Us Single
Toada | Acalenta
Tolouse Low Trax | Leave Me Alone
Tomorrow x Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation EP
Tour-Maubourg | Spaces of Silence
Trastorned | Into the Void
Tribal Earth | Interaction/Reaction
Triton | Sundown in Oaktown
The Tubs | Dead Meat
Asher Tuil | Automatism
Tuv | Ear Candy
Twice A Man | Songs Of Future Memories (1982 -2022)
Ugly Mac Beer | The Valley Of The Kings
Uriah Heep | Chaos & Colour
Vahrzaw | In The Shallows Of A Starlit Lake
Steve Vai | Vai / Gash
Various Artists | The Extermination Vol. 4
Various Artists | Flatspot Records: The Extermination Vol.4
Various Artists | 33dot3
Various Artists | What A Groovy Day: The British Sunshine Pop Sound 1967-1972
Various Artists | Winspear Volume 1
Various Artists | Winter Sampler V
Various Artists | You Wear It Well: A Decade of All Dressed-Up Pop, Rock ‘N’ Roll and Country Songs, 1953-1962
Vylet Pony | Carousel (An Examination Of The Shadow, ‘Creekflow’, And Its Life As An Afterthought)
Janusz Walczuk | Jan Walczuk
Beau Wanzer | A Dead Person’s Monologue
PJ Western | Here I Go
White Reaper | Asking For A Ride
Widows Gold | Love Drops
Wild Wes | Movie Tickets: World Tour
Wolf Eyes | Difficult Messages Reissue
The World is Quiet Here | Zon
Max Würden | Landmark
XL Life | The Boogie Down South
Xqui x Bettina Schroeder | UP Beat
Johan Yano | Portrait Of A Dog
Yeat | Aftërlyfe
Yellow Ostrich | Make It Make Sense
Young King Slaton | Everybody Hates Young Kint Slaton
Dhafer Youssef | Streets Of Minarets
Billy Zach | A Momentary Bliss