Hey Ringo Starr: They say it’s your birthday! Well, it’s not my birthday too. But I’m glad it’s your birthday. Happy birthday to you — one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eighty-four! Yowza! That’s a lot of birthdays. Better sit down and take your time perusing this list of the 370-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes arriving next week. If any of them strike your fancy, well, take a ch-ch-ch-chance!
Aandrq | Vertigo
Acidgvrl | The Mixtape
Ado | 残夢 Zanmu
Afflecks Palace | Colour Photo
Akaiama | Another Akaiama Beat Tape
Marwan Allam | Bab Bhar
Marc Almond | I’m Not Anyone
Ammify | Lost, Not Hiding
Ananda Mida | Live at Duna Jam
Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team | Got To Be Strong
Anesthes!a | {untitled 2}
Appian | Fragments Vol. 2
Armlock | Seashell Angel Lucky Charm
The Armoires | Here Comes The Song Single
Louis Armstrong | Louis in London
Ben Arsenault | Make Way For This Heartache
Artemas | Yustyna
Assistert Sjølmord | Assistert Sjølmord
Astell | Island
Atom Driver | Occupants
Mas Aya | Coming And Going
Babymetal | World Tour 2023-2024 Legend: MM 20 Night
Babymetal | World Tour 2023-2024 Legend: MM 21 Night
Bad With Phones | Crash
Hak Baker | Nostalgia Death Act I EP
Chris Ballew | Void Crusher
Bashy | Being Poor is Expensive
Nicola Benedetti / Benjamin Grosvenor / Sheku Kanneh-Mason | Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Lakecia Benjamin | Phoenix Reimagined Live
Berlioz | Open This Wall
Berwyn | Who Am I
BigTWONeli | The New World Diamond
Bini | Cherry On Top
Black Capricorn | Sacrifice Darkness and ... Fire
Black Lava | The Savage Winds To Wisdom
Black Oak Arkansas | Early Times
Blasfeme | Black Legion
Blu | Los Angeles
CJ Bolland | Camargue / Tokyo
Bon Vivant | Boozewa
Bootface | Boot In Your Face
Bootface ft. Pro The Leader | Lace You
DJ Boring | DJ-Kicks
Boy Golden | For Eden
Boynextdoor | And,
Brijean | Macro
Brodinski | The Sinkhole
Ben Brown | Blue EP
Sammy Brue | Gettin’ Down That Road
Jimmy Buffett | A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean Vinyl Reissue
Jimmy Buffett | Banana Wind Vinyl Reissue
Jimmy Buffett | Havana Daydreamin’ Vinyl Reissue
The Buoys | Lustre
Christian Burkhardt | Dice Pop EP
Cat Burns | Early Twenties
Byakugan | I Fear No Gods Remastered
Casper Caan | Last Chance
Kenzie Cait | Good Luck, Goodbye
Peni Candrarini | Wulansih
Capstan | The Mosaic Vinyl
Cars Get Crushed | Drag Explosive
Cephalotripsy | Epigenetic Neurogenesis
Gil Cerrone | Consumer
Chazaiya | My Good Friend Mohee
Cheerleader Roadkill | Golf Course Intercourse
China Bears | Participation Trophy
Cigarettes After Sex | X’s
Clairo | Charm
Adorável Clichê | Sonhos Que Nunca Morrem
Clown Sounds | Par For The Curse
Cockney Rejects: Greatest Hits Vol. 1&2
Chris Cohen | Paint A Room
The Coincidence Masters | Eyal Maoz and Eugene Chadbourne
Color Green | Fool’s Parade
Common & Pete Rock | The Auditorium Vol. 1
Crazy Town | The Gift of Game 25th Anniversary Reissue
Debra-Jean Creelman | Ego Death
Dada Life | See What I See
Damian Dalla Torre | I Can Feel My Dreams
Deer Tick | Contractual Obligations EP
De Schuurman | Bubbling Forever
Dhangsha | Broadcast Signal Intrusion
The Dip | Love Direction
DisKord | Bipolarities
Disloyal | Divine Mismata
The Donnas | Spend the Night Vinyl Reissue
Doubt | Held in Contempt
Down By Law | Crazy Days
Dreamcatcher | VirtuouS
Dream Evil | Metal Gods
The Dream Machine | Small Time Monsters
Dr. John | Frankie & Johnnie Reissue
Drøn | Numerator Remixes
Steve Earle | Alone Again
Eggshells | Phase 1 EP
Luke Elliott | Every Somewhere
Elohim | Power of Panic
Emei | Scatterbrain Deluxe
Eminem | The Death of Slim Shady (Coupe De Grace)
Emlyn | That’s How You Make A Villain: Chapter 3
Endless Floods | Rites Futurs
Enhyphen | Romance: Untold
Eternal Drak | Imprisoned Souls
Melissa Etheridge | I’m Not Broken (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility)
Dani Faiv | Ultimo Piano B
Fashion Tips | I Wish You Every Success
Februus | Surveillance Orgy
Federale | Reverb & Seduction
Adam Finchler | The Room
Colin Fisher | Suns Of The Heart
Haldi & Ans Flamingo | Südasuvised Ööd
Flirtmachine | Once Again Single
Fold Paper | 4TO
Font | Strange Burden
Forgotten Tomb | Nightfloating
Fraction | Blood Moon Vinyl Reissue
Freedom Collective | Uhuru EP
David F. Friedman | The Best Of David F. Friedman
Fruit Bats | The Ruminant Band Vinyl Reissue
Jake Xerxes Fussell | When I’m Called
Future Analog | Clocks Single
Future Utopia | Django’s High
Francis Garcia | I’m Sorry, I’m Insecure
Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells | Together Mono Edition Reissue
Ghostlore of Britain | The Holy Sickness & The Boundless Majesty
GhostMinus | Cold Soda
(G)I-Dle | I Sway
Girl Ultra | Blush EP
Ira Glass | Compound Turbulence Flexing For The Heat EP
Joe Goddard | Harmonics
Go Outside | All The Things
Gorgonchrist | And Justice For Balls
Graphic Nature | Who Are You When No One Is Watching?
Graveslave | Relinquish, Life
The Green Kingdom | Horizons
Griff | Vertigo
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers | Can’t Outrun A Memory
Mark Guiliana | Mark
Gung | Self-Titled
Gurriers | Come And See
Haldi & Ans Flamingo | Südasuvised Ööd
Hardy | Quit!!
Haiden Henderson| Lover Boy
Patrick Higgins | Versus
Julia Holter | Never Rarely Sometimes Always Soundtrack
The Home Team | The Crucible of Life
The Honkytonk Wranglers | Hangin’ Around
John Lee Hooker | The Best of Friends Reissue
Markus Howell | Chosen Path
Human Is Alive & Silvia Blaser | Ethereal
Ilysm | Ily Solos
In Hearts Wake | Incarnation
In The Valley Below | The Black Moon
Ashton Irwin | Blood On The Drums
Ismatic Guru | IV
Dillon James | River Black
Susan James | Time Is Now
Bryony Jarman-Pinto | Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)
Cassandra Jenkins | My Light, My Destroyer
Jewel | The Portal: A Meditative Journey EP
Jiem | Laying Down A Path In Walking
Joan of Arc | A Window & A Mirror
Joba | American Fever
Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson) | Passage Du Desir
Mathew Jonson | Tako Tako
Junclassic | Afrocentric Alien
Kavyesh Kaviraj | Fables
Kidz Bop Kids | Kidz Bop Kids 2024 Vol. 2
Kiiōtō | As Dust We Rise
Kinetic 9 & Rubbababandz | Wu-Tang Vs. The Grain
Katy Kirby | Blue Raspberry Deluxe
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Sad Pilot Single
Kosmetika | Luxury
Kučka | Can You Hear Me Dreaming?
Lady Kabela | Red Rabbits Race Through My Dreams Of The Apocalypse
Lake Street Dive | Good Together
Lana | Circus
Land of Talk | Applause Cheer Boo Hiss: The Definitive Edition
Land of Talk | The EPs
Laraaji | Glimpses of Infinity
Layzi | In Between
Leaaves | Perfunctory Joy
Minhwi Lee | Hometown to Come
The Legendary Ten Seconds | Wonder Songs
Odie Leigh | Carrier Pigeon
Corey Leiter | White Heat EP
John Lennon | Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection
Cassandra Lewis | Lost In A Dream
Kurtis Li | Ripples Single
Eve Libertine | I Am That Tempest
Like Weeds | Bog Standard
Lord Buffalo | Holus Bonus
Lotus | How to Dream in Color
Love Fiend | Handle With Care
Lumberob | Hunter Gather
Lwstndrds | Songs of Atrocity
Macseal | Permanent Repeat
Magecrvft | Lovestruck
Mahti | Konsertti 1
Male Tears | Paradíscow
Malneezy | To Cause Harm
Eyal Maoz and Eugene Chadbourne | The Coincidence Masters
Māpura Music | Māpura Music
Nick Mason | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports reissue
Nick Mason | Profiles reissue
Nick Mason | White Of The Eye reissue
Jessica Mauboy | Higher
MeeeZ | Omega Scene
Megabasse | Au Royaume de Pacheco
Melanie | Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
Meridian Brothers | Mi Latinoamérica Sufre
Metapattern | Silicone Cell Sampler
Metrist | Acka / Thatbues
Metronomy | Posse EP Volume 2
Missing Persons | Live In Santa Clarita, CA: Oct. 10, 1982
Hannah Mohan | Time Is a Walnut
Metronomy | Posse EP Vol. 2
Tim Montana | Savage
Vinnie Moore | Soul Shifter
Michael Morley | Pushed Streets
Megan Moroney | Am I Okay?
Van Morrison | Live At Orangefield: Be Just And Fear Not
Mortuary Ghoul | Norman
Mother Earth | The People Tree 30th Anniversary Edition
Mothica | Mirage
Mr. Big | Ten
Oscar Mulero | Have You Ever Retired a Human by Mistake?
Muralist | Transcendences
The Musalini | Active & Attractive
Negative Gears | Moraliser
Noa Sepharia | Love (Telepathy)
Northbound | Juniper
Not Available Scar | Rain
Obscene | Agony & Wounds
Occult Witches | Sorrow’s Pyre
Odesza | The Last Goodbye Tour Live
Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy | The Fallen Lament
OneRepublic | Artificial Paradise
OrangeTone | Portail Opaque
O.R.B. | Tailem Bend
Orquesta Akokán | Caracoles
Aaron Tyler Osborne | Electrogong EP
Bones Owens | Love Out Of Lemons
Pack Rat | Life’s A Trap LP
Palace | Reckless Heart
Pan | Pan The Pansexual
Parallel | Flooded
Pavement | Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques Vinyl
Rita Payés | De Camino Al Camino
Corta Cruz Pedrusca | Crucero
Katy Perry | Woman’s World Single
Lou Phelps | Top Z EP
Phish | Evolve
Nacho Picasso | Jesse’s Revenge
Spyros Polychronopoulos and Jannis Anastasakis | Nyfida
Vylet Pony | Girls Who Are Wizards
Cassadee Pope | Hereditary
Sophie Powers & Baby Tate | Glitch: Lvl 1 EP
Psychotic Waltz | Into The Everflow Reissue
Psychotic Waltz | To Chase The Stars (Demos 1987-1989) Reissue
Qween Paz | No Soy De Aquí Ni Soy De Allá
Quiescente | Dormire, Vol.2
Rah & The Ruffcats | Orile to Berlin
Rainy Eyes | Lonesome Highway
J. Rawls | Bump The Floor
Reznyck | Horrorgasmo
Rich The Kid | Life’s A Gamble
Rich The Kid | Rich Forever 5
Peni Candra Rini | Wulansih
Rainy Eyes | Lonesome Highway
RMR | Tribune
Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen | Hold My Beer, Vol. 4 EP
The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge 30th Anniversary Edition
Rontronik | Zero Eight
Christopher Rountree | 3 BPM
Sabai | North Star
Sad Eyed Beatniks | Ten Brocades
Salétile | Saturno 3 – Atmósfera 0
Salute | True Magic
Jay Sanders | Evanescent
Kaycie Satterfield | Rosie
Scarcity | The Promise Of Rain
Schwizzle D.A.W.G. | Limit Comparison Test for Infinite Series
Seth | La France Des Maudits
J Shiltz | Forever The Artist
Michael Kalinsky Schutz | Whoami
De Schuurman | Bubbling Forever
Seether | Judas Mind
Sydney Sherrill | Luckiest Girl Alive EP
Linda Sikhakhane | Iladi
Sid Sriram | The Hard Way
Sissy Spacek | Diaphanous
JoJo Siwa | Guilty Pleasure EP
Skelethal | Within Corrosive Continuums
Skepta | Hypnotized
Harry Skoler | Red Brick Hill
Lil Slimy Fingaz | My Lean Myself And I
Bettie Smith | Goodthing
Smug Brothers | Another Bar Behind The Night
Trash Sneks | Cold//// And Warm
$not | Viceroy
Son of Dave | A Flat City
Sote | Sound System Persepolis
Souza & Turquoisedeath | Alone
Speed | Only One Mode
Dusty Springfield | Faithful
Marshall Stacks | Greatest Hits
Ayra Starr | The Year I Turned 21 Vinyl
Stars | Set Yourself On Fire 20th Anniversary Edition
Baba Stiltz | Stockholm Remixes
Sonny Stitt | Blows The Blues Reissue
Stone | Fear For A Lifetime
Billy Strings | Live Vol. 1
Styx / Foreigner | Renegades & Jukebox Heroes
Subscum | Subscum
Sueco | Attempted Lover
Milton Suggs | Pure Intention
Summers Sons & Slim | Still Nothing Still (Beat Edits)
John Summit | Comfort in Chaos
Moses Sumney | Gold Coast
The Supremes | I Hear A Symphony Vinyl Reissue
Charles Szczepanek | The Solo Piano Project, Vol 1
Taeyeon | Heaven
TaliaBle | All Desires Trouble Us
Tech N9ne Collabos | COSM (Class Of Strange Music)
The Temptations | Cloud Nine Reissue
Testament | The Legacy Remastered
Testament | The New Order Remastered
Thirteen Goats | Capricorn Rising
Through Mists | Branches
Thunderbird Drive | Last Laugh Single
Thunder Horse | Dead Alive in TX
Toe | Now I See The Light
Tomutonttu ja Lehtisalo | Tomutonttu ja Lehtisalo
Totengott | Beyond the Veil
Joey Trap | Slimeyasitget
Travis | L.A. Times
Trousdale | Out Of My Mind Deluxe
Juanma Trujillo | Howl
Trust True | Electro Shock
Turbo | Broke & Ugly
Two/Three | Play It Right EP
“Blue” Gene Tyranny | Real Life and The Movies: Vol. 1
Uncle Kracker | Coffee & Beer
United Disco Organisation | Feel It For Yourself (ft. K.O.G)
Kris Vango | Venus Incantatio: A Collection of Meditations and Spells
Van Halen | For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Expanded
Vanhelgd | Atropos Doctrina
Various Artists | Abbey Road: A Tribute To The Beatles
Various Artists | Arthur Baker presents Breaker’s Revenge: Original B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970-84
Various Artists | Bang Dream Cover Collection Extra Volume
Various Artists | Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label
Various Artists | Future Disco Poolside Sounds Vol. 11
Various Artists | Kscope: We Ascend
Various Artists | The Observer Master Mixes Collection
Various Artists | Reggae In Wonderland: The Splash Singles 1968-1973
Various Artists | Silver Bullet Bluegrass
Vengaboys | The Greatest Hits Collection (We Like To Party)
Tom Verlaine | Around Reissue
Vivid Bad Squad | Realize / Crazy
Vuur & Zijde | Boezem
Lonnie Walker | Easy Easy Easy Easy
Quinn Walker | The Trail
Johanna Warren | The Rockfield Sessions Vol. 2
Webbed Wing | Vol. III
Weeekly | Bliss
Tray Wellington | Detour To The Moon
Werewolves | Die For Us
When the Trumpet Blows | Mind & Soul
Wild Up & Christopher Rountree | 3 BPM
Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day | Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day
Windwalker | Hyperviolence
Eddie Witz & The Most High | I Am What I Am
Remi Wolf | Big Ideas
Donovan Woods | Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now
Jay Worthy and Dām-Funk | Magic Hour
Xdinary Heroes | Open ♭eta v6.2
Xzeannoonn | Seasonal
Thom Yorke | Confidenza Soundtrack Vinyl
Zacari | Bliss
Zxmra | December