Today in rock ’n’ roll firsts: Jefferson Airplane played their first gig at The Matrix in San Francisco in 1965; Fleetwood Mac made their live debut at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in England in 1967; Big Mama Thornton recorded the original version of Leiber and Stoller’s Hound Dog in 1952; The Supremes cut Baby Love in 1964; and Neil Diamond played the first of six sold-out concerts at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in 1992. Next week in rock ’n’ roll firsts: The arrival of these 310-plus new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes:
Aerosmith | Greatest Hits Super Deluxe Limited Edition
Aespa | Better Things
A14 | A14 Day
Aggrieved / Cold Case | Split EP
Kareem Ali | Como Me Siento Por Ti Vinyl
Alien Gothic | High & Dry
Walter Alienson & Minute Taker | Reach Back Through Time Single
Shamarr Allen | True Orleans 2
Alta Vista | Alta Vista
Amaka | Oasis
Trey Anastasio Band | Aug. 20, 2023 | Catbird Music Festival, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Jill Andrews | Modern Age
Michał Anioł | Tonietenmichał
As Friends Rust | Any Joy
Taylor Ashton | Stranger To The Feeling
Astral Magic | Balance of Oblivion
Atreyu | The Moment You Find Your Flame EP
Atria | Ground Zero
Karan Aujla | Making Memories
Iggy Azalea | Money Come Single
Baby Jesus | Rock And Roll Music
Babytooth | Babytooth
Zoe Badwi | One Last Time
Yatta Bandz | Tuff Luv
Jon Batiste | World Music Radio
Bat Sabbath | Masters Of Duality EP
Bearings | The Best Part About Being Human
Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree | Aion
Beetlebat | Desire
Bellbird | Root in Tandem
Tamar Berk | Tiny Injuries
Birdy | Portraits
Black Sabbath | Hand Of Doom 1970-1978 Box Set
Blanco | Rebourne
Blank Banshee | 4D
Rose Bloom | I Am Me
Boris | Heavy Rocks (2002) Reissue
Borracho | Blurring the Lines of Reality
Brye | Nothing! Single
BZ Boys | Outlaw
Boys World | Piña Colada
Mori Calliope | Jigoku 6
Victoria Canal. Well Well EP
Cautious Clay | Karpeh
Sheila Chandra | Out In The Real World
Chen | Polaris
Childish Major | 1st Lady
Ciara | CiCi
Cime | Laurels of the End of History
The Circle | Of Awakening
Clementine | Agony
Monty Clime | 510 Laurels
Coma Cluster | Void: Absurd Romanticism
Ștefan Costea | Summertime Madness
Caroline Cotter | Gently As I Go
DJ Crazy Times | Planet Of The Bass
Creak | Depth Perception
Cumgirl8 | Phantasea Pharm EP
Cyhra | The Vertigo Trigger
Dame D.O.L.L.A. | Don D.O.L.L.A.
Damnation Plan | The New Horizon
The Darien Gap | Haunted Lots
Jean Dawson | Destruction For Dummies Pt. 2: Jean Dawson As Nightmare
Dazegxd & gum.mp3 | Girls Love Jungle
The Dead Daisies | Best Of
Deafcult | Future Of Illusion
Deepmask | Deep Threats
DeYarmond Edison | Epoch
Diesel | Gorilla Warfare
Diners | Domino
Dish | This House Has Legs
Dizzy | Dizzy
Doctor Bionic | Sacrifice
Doechii | Booty Drop Single
David Dondero | Immersion Therapy
Draag Me | Lord Of The Shithouse
Arnold Dreyblatt & The Orchestra of Excited Strings | Resolve
Paul Dunmall | New Quartet: World Without
Dusk | Glass Pastures
East Forest | Music For The Deck of The Titanic
East Nash Grass | Last Chance To Win
Iris Ell | Undergod EP
Empire Of Sound | All Mine
Erregung Öffentlicher Erregung | Speisekammer Des Weltendes
Est Gee | El Toro 2
Ally Evenson | Big Lie
Everglow | All My Girls
Andy Falco & Travis Book| Falco and Book Play Jerry Garcia
Fall Of The Albatross | Rite
FattyDL | Splat EP
Fiddlehead | Death Is Nothing To Us
54•40 | Live at El Mocambo
Finding Aureus | Grown Enough
Flesher | Tales of Grotesque Demise
The Folk Implosion | Take A Look Inside Vinyl Reissue
Forager | Pipedream Firewood
Scott Gagner | Reverse
Atarashii Gakko! | Ma Ningen (マ人間)
Gaunt | Blind At The Age of Four
The Gertrudes | Just To Please You
Rhiannon Giddens | You’re The One
Giggs | Zero Tolerence
Margaret Glaspy | Echo The Diamond
The Glowing Sea Urchins | The Glowing Sea Urchins
Godthrymm | Distortions
Gonemage | Celestial Invocation
Tia Gostelow | Head Noise
Aster Gray | 262
Green Gardens | This Is Not Your Fault
Gum.mp3 & Dazegxd | Girls Love Jungle
Guixine | Woodland Fantasies
Halisca | Eyecatcher Or: When Me And Naomi Took Everything We Could Hold In Our Arms
Hayfitz | Mind Juggler Single
Hemi Hemingway | Strangers Again
Hey Major | Down The Ride
Horrendous | Ontological Mysterium
Hozier | Unreal Unearth
Hrvy | Stolen Heart Single
Dick Hyman | Scott Joplin: The Complete Works for Piano
I Can’t Cry | New Lifetime
Imperial Tide | Existence In Crisis EP
Infinite River | Space Mirror
Gregory Alan Isakov | Appaloosa Bones
Brian Jackson | Mami Wata: Joaquin Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm and Cosmic Arts Remixes
Jet Jaguar | Epiphytes
Jão | Super
Mick Jenkins | The Patience
Jessteck | Acidente
J-Hope | Jack in the Box (Hope Edition)
Jihyo | Zone
Mike Jones, Penn Jillette & Jeff Hamilton | Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing?
Danny Jonokuchi | Voices
Jontan | The Orange Book
Juliette | Ciclone
Kai | Bones
Keenesiac | Patient Zero
Keep Flying | Daylight
Dro Kenji | Wish You Were Here
Key! | Marquis
Kidd Kenn | Busy Being Bad EP
Killah Priest | Vedic Vape Room
Kinetic Orbital Strike | The True Disaster
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Murder Of The Universe (Cosmic Carnage Edition)
King Khan | The Invaders: Original Score
King Tuff | Smalltown Stardust (Deluxe Dust)
Thor Kissing | Salmiak
Guillermo Klein Quinteto | Telmo’s Tune
Kojun コージュン | The Water Garden 水中庭園
Malick Koly | Feel Bad Fest EP
Marie Krutti | Vif
Kypck | Преступления против человечества
Lady Lamb | In The Mammoth Nothing Of The Night
Connie Lansberg | Alone with Bees
Lazarvs | Blackest
Leopard Print Taser | Existential Bathroom Graffiti
Leopoldo | Every Day
Le’v | A.I. Bae
Lil Turd | Momma
Fran Lobo | Burning It Feels Like
Joyner Lucas | Not Now, I’m Busy
Lucy (루시) | 열
Madsen | Hollywood
Magnolia Park | MoonEater EP
Magnolia Park | SoulEater EP
Maloné, Tom & Collins | What Is Ritmo
Mapache | Swinging Stars
Sophie May | Worst Thoughts In The World
Alonso Mendez | Together (Remixes ft. Martina Budde & Sunana)
Idina Menzel | Drama Queen
Midwestern Dirt | Twilight At A Burning Hill
Miina | Slow Motion EP
Mipso | Book of Fools
Mulgrew Miller | Solo In Barcelona
Miso Extra | MSG EP
Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs | Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children
The Monochrome Set | Radio Sessions (Marc Riley BBC 6 Music 2011-2022)
Kim Moore | A Song We Destroy To Spin Again
Movements | Ruckus!
Kori Mullan | Adopted Issues Single
Róisín Murphy | Hurtz So Bad
Naked Lungs | Doomscroll
Nara’s Room | Topanga Swirl
NateWantsToBattle | Forgotten
The 1981 | Move On
No End To The Obscure | No End To The Obscure
Nohemy | On The Edge (ft. Broderick Jones)
North Ave Jax & Jetsonmade | D.I.Y.A (Die In Your Arms) Single
Not Marshall | Safe Here
Nott | Hiraeth
Oblivion Protocol | The Fall Of The Shires
Oddlore | One By One
The One Eighties | Minefields
Onesie | Liminal Hiss
Moka Only | In and of Itself Instrumentals
Orbit Culture | Descent
Lil Zay Osama | 4 The Trenches
Osees | Intercepted Message
Ovef Ow | Vs. The Worm
Greg Owens | Volume 1
Genesis Owusu | Struggler
Oxx | The Primordial Blues
Paerish | You’re In Both Dreams (And You’re Scared)
Pale Jay | Bewilderment
Palm Skin Productions | A Swarm In July
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset In Dub
Parallel Relax | Slow Flow
Christian Parker | Sweethearts
JB Paterson | Time Goes By (Springtime Outtakes)
Point North | Prepare For Despair
Grace Potter | Mother Road
Powersolo | Jambalaya ... Xtra Spicy
Primrose | Laffy Taffy
The Prize | First Sight Single
Propter Hawk | Propter Hawk
The Prozacs | We Scream
Charlie Puth | Lipstick Single
Pynkie | Songies
Qiyuapik | Rebel Music / E5-2143
Quavo | Rocket Power
Joshua Radin | Though The World May Tell Me So Vol. 2
Corinne Bailey Rae | Peach Velvet Sky
Les Rallizes Dénudés | Citta’ ’93
Reneé Rapp | Snow Angel
Gretty Ray | Positive Spin
Recognize Ali X Soul Chemist | Ali
Red Light Rebels | A Death To This Town
Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo | Meltdown Rodeo
ReMark | Heaven’s Apathy
Liis Ring | Vaikelu
Ringworm | Seeing Through Fire
Zilla Rocca & Jason Griff | Stacking Chips
Rockatoxx | Can They Tell?
Khole Rose | The In Between EP
Rubbabandz | Manslaughter Vol. 1
M. Rumbi | See Me. Si Me. Reimagined EP
Bobby Rush | All My Love For You
Russ | Santiago
Ryan McIntosh Ryan | Light From A Curious Sky
Karina Rykman | Joyride
Bah Samba | Save Our Freedom (Dave Lee Mixes)
Sargassus | King Of The Sun
Callum Scott | At Your Worst Single
Screeching Weasel | How to Make Enemies And Irritate People 30th Anniversary Remix & Remaster
Leah Senior | The Music That I Make
Shamir | Homo Anxietatems
Skámöld | Ýdalir
The Sleeping | Halcyon
Slipknot | Live At MSG Reissue
Sloppy Heads | Sometimes Just One Second
Shira Small | The Line Of Time And The Plane Of Now
Smoking Popes | Get Fired Vinyl Reissue
Something Is Waiting | Absolutely
Sonic Youth | Live in Brooklyn 2011
Soul Mass Transit System | Real Love EP
Spirit Adrift | Ghost At The Gallows
Spoils | Nothing For A Man
Starving Weirdos | Atheistsaregods
Stayc | Teenfresh
Stephen Steinbrink | Disappearing Coin
Kipp Stone | 66689 Blvd Prequel
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | Live at Action Hall Reissue
McKenzie Stubbert | Waiting Room
Suff Daddy | Hair of the Dog
Sugar Pit | Circuit Breaker
Dan Sultan | Dan Sultan
Summer Thieves | Cigarettes In Space
Sunburned Hand of the Man | Workingman’s Dump
Peter $un | 3Piece EP
Supreme Echo | Distorted Influence
Surface Of the Sun | Dragon EP
Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense Deluxe Edition
Sofia Talvik | Center of the Universe
Cecil Taylor | Unit Structures Reissue
¿Téo? | Luna
Theravada & Zoomo | Waste Management
Leon Thomas ||| | Electric Dusk
Teddy Thompson | My Love of Country
Tinashe | Needs Single
Tiny Legs Tim | Sing My Title
Anna Tivel | Outsiders (Live In A Living Room)
Abigail Toll | Matrices of Vision
Tribes | Rabbit Head
TripleS | ↀ (Muhan)
Tusmørke | Hestehoven
Tuv | Stop Loving Me!
UKĆ | Coming Out
The Underground Youth | Nostalgia’s Glass
DJ Unknown | Prisoners of Gravity
Upsahl | Upsahl Presents: The PHX Tapes V3
Various Artists | Abbey Road Reimagined
Various Artists | Bureau B: Gespensterland
Various Artists | The Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack
Various Artists | Swing on Low
The View | Exorcism Of Youth
HP Vince & Lou Casablanca | Good Feeling
Vines | Birthday Party
Vivid Bad Squad | Utsuro wo Aogu / Kashika
Warmth | Mourning Ghost
Nathan Mongol Wells | From A Dark Corner
Phil Wickham | I Believe
David Wilcox | My Good Friends
Anthony Williams | Spring Reissue
Within Temptation | Bleed Out
Cory Wong | The Lucky One
Mitch Woods | Friends Along The Way Deluxe Edition
Worm Shepherd | The Sleeping Sun
Andrew Wyatt | Someday It Won’t Feel Like Dying
The Xcerts | Learning How To Live And Let Go
Xofilo | Sleepover
Yeat | Lyfestyle
Täbï Yösha | True Colors
Your Favorite Martian | Telescope
Zinga | Old Love
Lolo Zouaï | Encore Single
