Somebody smarter than I am — which is, admittedly, almost everybody — once said you shouldn’t introduce new products in August. I guess nobody passed that message to the people behind the 320 new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes arriving next week. Or maybe they’re just smarter than everybody else. I guess we’ll see. But first, let’s see what they’re introducing:
&Team | Aoarashi (青嵐)
Accra Quartet | Gbɛfalɔi (Travelers)
Acidgvrl | The Irichan Show!
Tyler Adams Organ Trio | The Color Red Sessions
Aryo Adhianto | Nol ke Mall
Adjuzt | Fuck Gearbox
Ain’t | Oar Single
Aircoach | Prism
Air Hunger | Permissions
Airospace | Sum≠Parts
Yomitan Akane | どこに行くの
And So I Watch You From Afar | Megafauna
Angelic Upstarts | We Gotta Get Out Of This Place / Two Million Voices Reissue
The Aphelion | Nascence
Aquilo | A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation
Area Resident | Orgone
A Rising Force | Truth
Artemis Quartet | The Complete Recordings 1996-2018
Astropilot | Sentiment
Thomas Averill | Wind Surfing 64 / Sega Sounds
Eric Bachmann | To The Races
Elles Bailey | Beneath The Neon Glow
J Balvin | Rayo
BamBam | Bamesis
Bandit & The Pope Cartel | Urban Warfare
Bang&Jung&Yoo&Moon | Curtain Call
The Bar Stool Preachers | Below The Static
Beach Body | Count Every Bird
Behold Here’s Poison | To: Our Past Selves / From: Our Future Shades
Cecile Believe | Tender The Spark EP
Belong | Realistic IX
Benny the Butcher | SummerTime Butch
Dickey Betts | Live From The Lone Star Roadhouse: New York City 1988 Expanded
BigBabyGucci | Baby 5
Big Baby Tape | Turbo (Majestic)
Big Sean | Better Me Than You
Billiam | Animation Cel
Milo Binder | The Unspeakable Milo Binder
Black Dyke Band | Bliss: Music for Brass Band
Black Sites | The Promised Land?
Bleached Cross | Columns of Impenetrable Light
Blue Öyster Cult | 50th Anniversary Live in NYC: Second Night
Grace Bowers | Wine On Venus
BP | Kill or Be Killed
Chris Broach / Palm Ghosts | Split EP
Nicolas Bougaïeff | EP3
Alison Brown | Simple Pleasures Reissue
Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus | Barefoot in Bryophyte
Raehann Bryce-Davis | Evolution
Bushido | Zho | We Only Live Once
Camila | Regresa
The Candy Whips | Artificial Melodies
Carnivore Diprosopus | Rise Of The Insurrection
Daniel Carter, Leo Genovese, William Parker, Francisco Mela | Shine Hear, Vol. 2
Casting Crowns | A 20-Year Celebration Live at The Ryman
Charl!e | Surveillance
John Christensen | Soft Rock
Ciara | Run It Up single
Citric Dummies | Trapped In A Parking Garage
Jenn Cleary | Dreamland: Remix & Imagine
Cloud Cult | Alchemy
The Cold Stares | The Southern
Louis Cole | Nothing (with Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley)
Collapse Under The Empire | Non-Album Singles & Bonus Tracks
The Collection | Little Deaths
Colonel Red & Inkswel | Joy
ColtCuts | Antidote EP
Citric Dummies | Trapped In A Parking Garage
Cult of Orpist | On the Verge of Insanity
Culture Wars | Slowly
Sean Curran | Basic Faith
Dark Funeral | Dark Funeral 30th Anniversary Edition
Dasha | What Happens Now?
D’Banj | Entertainer: The Sequel
Dead Pioneers | Dead Pioneers Vinyl Reissue
Deranged Agony | The Unfortunate Truth
Destroy Boys | Funeral Soundtrack #4
Devault | Never Like
Celine Dion | I Am: Celine Dion Soundtrack Vinyl
Discharge | Why / Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing Reissue
Disfigrium | Enamored
Connor D’Netto x Yvette Ofa Agapow | Material
DoMorr | UnCool
Double Celled Organism | Strum and Drone
Dosblop | Minimal./(’U’)\.Simulate
D$ Luqi | O Emblema do Infinito
Richard Duguay & The Beautiful Decline | Second Prize
Duhkha | A Place You Can’t Come Back From
Sal Dulu | Nafuchsia In Fantasy
Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony Levin | The Good Feelings
Dutchmasters | Well’s Run Dry & The Shit Stopped Stickin
Justin Townes Earle | All In: Unreleased & Rarities – The New West Years
Earth Ship | Soar
EightFoldPath | The Endless Not
Energy Slime | Planet Perfect
Entropy | Dharmakāya
Fairy Fingers | Pitbull vs. Toddler
Fairy Fingers | This Is Why We Go To Hell
Everyone Asked About You | Never Leave
Fast Execution | Menses Music
Maynard Ferguson | With His Own Bands: Early Years 1954-57
FinnFox | The Electronic EP
Fireball Ministry | Their Rock Is Not Our Rock Reissue
FireHouse | FireHouse Vinyl Reissue
Flamingo Pier | Supro EP
Flieder | Rixdorf 03am EP
Fontaines D.C. | Here’s The Thing
Fouk ft. Debórah Bond | Loving At First Sight
Four Year Strong | Analysis Paralysis
Free Ride | Acido y Puto
Anton Friisgaard | Teratai Åkande
Frolin | Wish
Fucked Up | Another Day
Fulci | Duck Face Killings
Funeral | Ur In My Head Again
Nelly Furtado | Whoa, Nelly! Vinyl Reissue
Futurebirds | Easy Company
Polo G | H.O.O.D. P.O.E.T.
Judy Garland | The Judy Garland Show 1962
Gelatin Skelatin | Big Trouble
Ghost Iris | M.U.R.K.
Godsmack | Faceless Vinyl Reissue
Google Earth (ft. John Vanderslice) | Street View
Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks Vol. 12: Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74
Grave Guy | Off The Assembly Line / Watch As The Pendulum Swings
Gray / Smith | Heels In The Aisle
Grinspoon | Whatever, Whenever
Skylar Gudasz | Country
Caity Gyorgy | Hello! How Are You?
Nathan Haines | Notes
Half Human | Shape Language
Hammerfall | Avenge the Fallen
Mark Haney | Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941
Harrison BDP | Reconnecting The Dots EP
Heilung | Lifa Lotungard
Hell Beach | Beachworld
Hembree | Better Days
Uyama Hiroto | Breath of Love
Honey Revenge | Retrovision Extended Edition
The Hooten Hallers | The Devil’s Egg
Michael Hutchence | One-Way b/w Save My Life Picture Disc
HYG | Hopeless Youth Group
In Aphelion | Reaperdawn
Inertia | Second Shadow
Ive | Crush
Juliet Ivy | Tiny But Scary EP
Jann | What Do You Want From Me?
Jasik | Ibowo
Jefferson Airplane | Woodstock Sunday August 17, 1969
JOBA | People Need People
Tom Jones | What’s New Pussycat? Vinyl Reissue
Larry June | Doing It For Me
J.U.S X Squadda B | 3rd Shift
MC Kahba | The Expensive Men
Justin Kayser | Circuit
KeiyaA | Forever, Ya Girl
Rae Khalil | Crybaby
Kidburn (ft. The Lightning Kids) | (I Don’t Wanna) Go
David Kilgour | A Feather in the Engine Reissue
Killer Kane | Spell Caster
The Killers | Bright Lights Single
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Flight b741
Kite | VII
Izumi “Mimi” Kobayashi & Tokyo Riddim Band | Lazy Love
JKriv ft. Phenomenal Handclap Band & Nic Hanson | Try Again (John Morales M+M Mixes)
Latto | Sugar Honey Iced Tea
Azar Lawrence | People Moving Reissue
Amos Lee | Transmissions
Geddy Lee | My Favourite Headache Reissue
Ravyn Lenae | Bird’s Eye
Luna Li | When A Thought Grows Wings
Alex Lifeson | Victor Reissue
Lightsum | Pose!
Lil Fortune | Gemini
Lil Tecca | Taste
Limbo District | Bombay
Little Big Town | Greatest Hits
LLLL | Dissonance
Jody Lo | Hustle Hearter: No Days Off
Logic | Ultra 85
Logic1000 | Mother :;~ Rebirth EP
Los Angeles League Of Musicians | LA LOM
MC Lyte | Untitled
Jocelyn Mackenzie | Come On
Mallin | Running Away EP
Mal Not Bad | This Is Your New Life
Malodorous | The Carrion Recoil
Mamaleek | Vida Blue
Manginie | So Long Oblong: Journey to Another Moon
Thee Marloes | Perak
Neville Marriner | Sir Neville Marriner: The Complete Warner Classics Recordings
Steve Marriott | Get Down To It 1973-1977
The Martial Arts | In There Like Swimwear
Mavi | Shadow Box
Myra Melford / Allison Miller Lux Quartet | Tomorrowland
Chico Mello / Helinho Brandão | Chico Mello / Helinho Brandão
Shawn Mendes | Isn’t That Enough
Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts | Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts Reissue
Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts | Mission Reissue
Fulu Miziki | Mokano EP
Molchat Doma | Belaya Polosa
Asia Monet | Asia Monet
Monument Of Misanthropy | Vile Postmortem Irrumatio
Kaz Moon | Year Of Reverse
Dallas Moore | Gems & Jams
Mortal Realm | Stab In The Dark
Motion City Soundtrack | Stop Talking
Mushroomhead | Call The Devil
Ethan Mutt | Stream of Conciousness
My Cousin’s Girlfriend’s House | All For Love & All For Nothing
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding | Milton + Esperanza
Niina | Honestly, Does This Smell Off To You?
Niki | Buzz
Ashley Ninelives | Cheshire Days
999 | 999 / Separates Reissue
Charlie Nothing | The Psychedelic Saxophone / In Eternity with Brother Frederic
Nova Charisma | Metropolitan
Økse | Økse
One Outta Ten | Better Days
1X4X9 | Residue
Ragz Originale | Bare Sugar: Sweet Nothings
Osees | Sorcs 80
Oso Oso | Life Till Bones
Oxygen Destroyer | Guardian Of The Universe
Parabola | Join The Equation
Pasocom Music Club | Love Flutter
Katy Perry | Lifetimes Single
Peter Cat Recording Co. | Beta
Phish | Aug. 6, 2024 | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Phish | Aug. 7, 2024 | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
Phish | Aug. 9, 2024 | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Phish | Aug. 10, 2024 | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Phish | Aug. 11, 2024 | Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Piri | 99%
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters | The Ones That Stay
Antonio Pappano + Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Complete Symphonic, Concertante & Sacred Music Recordings
Elvis Presley | Memphis
Gable Price And Friends | Jungle In the City
Prince Alla | Bucket Bottom: Gems From Jah Garden
Quiescente | Dormire, Vol.3
Quivers | Oyster Cuts
Radar Men From The Moon | Vomitorium
Teni Rane | Goldenrod
The Rebel Set | Bummer City
Terry Riley | Descending Moonshine Reissue
Ruben A Romano | The Imaginary Soundtrack to the Imaginary Western Twenty Graves Per Mile
The Rosies | Vol. 3 EP
Gwennaëlle Roulleau & Reinhold Friedl | Strata & Spheres
Charlie Rouse | The Classic Albums Collection
Todd Rundgren | Healing Live
Kitty Russell | Girls Girls Girls
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
Yoon Sanha | Dusk
Scrum Force | Scrumantha
Separate Bed | Substandards
Share | Have One
Shelter Music | Sky
Siamese | Elements
Jacek Sienkiewicz | Directions: Meaning And Truth
Ekuka Morris Sirikiti | Te-Kwaro Alango-Ekuka
Slurred Oath | Botanica
Smashing Pumpkins | (Rotten Apples) Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits
Speedmaster | I Let My Heart Sing Its Death Now
Speedmaster | My Life is Better Than Vultures 2
Spice | Mirror 25
Stenhjärta | Gryning Kommer Röd
Maxwell Stern | In the Good Light
Al Stewart & The Empty Pockets | Live
Straight Arrows | Surface World
Strick | All Time High
Gråt Strigoi | The Prophetic Silence
Sugiurumn | Someone Is Dancing Somewhere
Super Djata Band | Vol. 2
Supermilk | High Precision Ghosts
Syslvc | Sleeper Agent Tweaker Agent
Tanzwut | Achtung Mensch!
Temperamento, Ian Vas & Bigg Daddie | Sagrado
That Woman | Find Joy
Think Differently Music | Film & Music / Musique et Film
Galen Tipton & Holly Waxwing | keepsakeFM
Tone Forest | Tone Forest
TV Torrance | Codex Gigas
Torres & Fruit Bats | A Decoration EP
DJ Trace & HLZ | Raptor EP
Trae tha Truth | Crowd Control
TryHardNinja | Drop Into The Pit
Tune-Yards | Nikki Nack 10th Anniversary Edition
Turquoisedeath | Hold Tight
Unis | Curious
Upset Boy & The Queens | Trying To Get To You / Think Too Much
Various Artists | All Day I Dream: Summer Sampler 2024
Tom Verlaine | Songs and Other Things Reissue
Verso | Love On The 15th EP
Kali Uchis | Orquídeas Parte 2
UFO | Showtime Reissue
Ameer Vann | Woof
Various Artists | Lempicka Broadway Cast Recording
Various Artists | USO Records: The Little Twax Vol. 1.5
Various Artists | Yo Gabba GabbaLand! Season 1 Soundtrack
Vicious Dreams | Turn Off My Brain
Vixenx2 | Red Destiny
Waaju | Barma Soussandi
Alan Walker | Neon Nights
Holly Waxwing, Galen Tipton | KeepsakeFM
Paul Weller | Fly On The Wall Collector’s Edition
Whyhaze | The Flower We Saw That Day
Reed Winckler | Gull
W!ndgap | I Made It
Ben Wolfe | The Captain
Andy Wood | Charisma
Bill Wyman | Drive My Car
Xeuphoria | Left Behind
Xikers | Tsuki (Lunatic)
Will Young | Light It Up
Your Arms Are My Cocoon | Death Of A Rabbit
Zero Boys | History Of... 40th Anniversary Edition
Zild | Superpower