In these divided times, here’s something I think we can all get behind: James Blunt has promised to legally change his name to “whatever the public wants” if the new reissue of his Back To Bedlam album tops the charts. So far, the predictable Blunty McBluntface seems to be the online favourite, though other popular options include Yerb Eautiful, James Sharp, Blunt Force (I would add Trauma as a surname) and the spot-on (if somewhat wordy) Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Pop Star Four Chord Song Machiney. While you brainstorm your suggestions, cruise through the other 420-some new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes looming on the horizon. If only there was a dirty word that rhymed with Blunt…
Leila Abdul-Rauf | Calls From A Seething Edge
Aberrator | Beckoning Tribulation
Ab6ix | Born Like This
Acid Souljah | Lavish Lair
Chris Acker | Famous Lunch
Ad Infinitum | Abyss
The Aerovons | World Of You: The Complete Recordings
Noah Ajc | Down To The Wire
Roberto Alagna | All’opera: Complete Opera Recordings on Warner Classics
Alias Noone | Weight Of The World
Ali / Baker / Jackson / WIlkerson / Ra | Ism
Amaria | Free Fallin’
American Hi-Fi | American Hi-Fi Vinyl Reissue
Amputate | Abysmal Ascent
Jason Anick & Jason Yeager | Sanctuary
Anti Up | What Is Life
Aphaca | Kan Du Mærke Suset?
Aphaca | Magna
Ariella | CryBaby
The Armoires | Octoberland
Ashnikko | Halloweenie I-VI
Yara Asmar | Home Recordings 2018-21 / Synth Waltzes & Accordion Laments Remastered
Assemble The Chariots | Unyielding Night Instrumental
Atōmi | Atømia
The August Arrival | Hillsides
AydrA | Leave To Nowhere
Aztlan Unearthed | Aztlan Unearthed
Babii | DareDeviil2000
Chet Baker | Baker’s Holiday Reissue
Hak Baker | Nostalgia Death EP Act II
Coin Banks | Long Time No Speak
Barathrum | Überkill
Beau | Girl Cried Wolf
Fabrice Beauvoir | Le Grand Saut
Harry Beckett | The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett Reissue
Belaganas | Rock Bottom EP
“Deadly” Headley Bennett | 35 Years From Alpha Reissue
Beware | Be Your Wave
BigXthaPlug | Take Care
Bizarre | HGG4
Black Aleph | Apsides
Black Ends | Psychotic Spew
Blvck Svm | Mikealstott
Blæst | Dine Venner
The Blessed Madonna | Godspeed
Blue Mar | Oliveira
James Blunt | Back To Bedlam 20th Anniversary Edition
Boble & Bare C | Drømmefanger Single
Borrowed CS | Rise N Shine EP
Botfly | Open Letters
Benji Bower & The Terra Collective Orchestra | Terra Coda
Boycalledcrow | Eyetrees
BoyWithUke | Gaslight
Meko Brain | Wonderment
Ronnie Baker Brooks | Blues In My DNA
Zach Bryan | The Great American Bar Scene Vinyl
Buffalo Tom | Big Red Letter Day Reissue
Buffalo Tom | Birdbrain Reissue
Buffalo Tom | Let Me Come Over Reissue
Camellos | Gran Hostal
Alessia Cara | Love & Hyperbole
Cariño | Tanto Por Hacer
Caroline Says | The Lucky One
Andreya Casablanca | See More Glass
Cascada | Studio 24
Cassius | Best Of 1996-2019
Castell | Tomorrow
Rob Cave | God Dose
Cemetery Skyline | Nordic Gothic
Chameleons | Tomorrow Remember Yesterday
Evan Chapman | Reveries
Chat Pile | Cool World
Cherise | Butter
Chesterfield Kings | We’re Still The Same
Stephen Clair | Transmissions
Cl0ud | Bodega?
Cock Sparrer | Shock Troops Expanded
Jacob Collier | Djesse Vol. 4 Deluxe Edition
Meemo Comma | Decimation Of I
Congratulations | Slap EP
Cosmic Room 99 | Cosmic Room 99
Couch Slut | My Life As A Woman Remastered
Chrissy Costanza | VII
Crackups | Plexi
The Crown | Crown Of Thorns
Crucifiction | Will To Power
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco | Celia & Johnny Reissue
Current Joys | East My Love
Custard | Suburban Curtains
Dawes | Oh Brother
The Dears | No Cities Left: The Definitive 20th Anniversary Edition
Death Cult Electric | Wishy Washy
Death Doula | Love Spells
Roxanne de Bastion | Ultraviolet EP
Decayed Existence | The Beginning Of Sorrows
Delta Sleep | Blue Garden
De Mannen Nroeders | Sober Maal
Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius | Impostor!
Destroyyyyer | #B4ns
Christian Dillingham | Halcyon
Distorted Vortex | Shades of Blood
Dizzy Spins | Deductions
Dizzy Spins | Faith In Doubt
Dizzy Spins | Oh Hell No
Dizzy Spins | Pay Hike
Dizzy Spins | Rank Order
Dizzy Spins | Terrorism Insurance
Doedsmaghird | Omniverse Consciousness
DoFlame | Bent
Dragony | Hic Svnt Dracones
D2x | Fire
Duo Pleyel | 4-Hand Yuletide Treats
Duran Duran | Danse Macabre De Luxe
DVTR | Bounjour (Bis)
Steve Earle | Alone Again … Live Vinyl
Early Riser | Big Life
Ecilo | Cinematic Odyssey
Ekoplekz | Dirtbokz
Elucid | Revelator
Okean Elzy | Lighthouse
English Dogs | Mad Punx & English Dogs 1983-1985
Enmy | Enmy
Envy | Eunoia
Ephialtes | Melas Oneiros
E-Prime | Dry Throats & Sunburns
Euclid | Revelator
Evil | Hard 2 Handle Remixes
Fallenwing | mm2
Famous | Party Album
Faux Real | Faux Ever
La Femme | Rock Machine
Ilario Ferrari | Above the Clouds
Field Music | Limits Of Language
5251 | Face Full Of Flowers
54•40 | Live at El Mocambo
Julien Fillion | Ego EP
Fixation | Speak in Tongues
Nick Fletcher | A Longing For Home
Flowerovlove | Ache In My Tooth EP
Flying Mojito Bros ft. Will Worden | Catch Me
Four Tomorrow | Four Tomorrow
Ben Frost | Aurora 10th Anniversary Edition
4Bang | Phranakorn Music
Becky G | Encuentros
Rory Gallagher | The BBC Collection
Judy Garland | Judy Garland At The Palace Closing Night 1952
Paul Geiss | Untethered: Live at Black Squirrel Club
Girls Of The Internet | When I Was Lost, I Found Myself
Glacier | Here (Not Rly) There
Glaive | May It Never Falter
GloRilla | Glorious
Goat | Goat
Goat Grab | Dream Figure
Peter Godwin | The Polydor Years
Gut Health | Stiletto
Haevn | Wide Awake
Frank Hammersland | The Ocean Sleeps Alone Tonight
Harmony | Gossip
The Headhunters | The Stunt Man
Paul Heaton | The Mighty Several
Heiress | Nowhere Nearer
Hell Is Other People | Moirae
Help | Courage EP
Hemlock | 444
The Hempolics | KCT3
Ashley Henry | Who We Are
Hf57gF4 | Your Pain Is Mine Now
The Hidden Cameras | Mississauga Goddam 20th Anniversary Edition
Hot Chip | Coming On Strongerer: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
House Of Lords | Full Tilt Overdrive
Ben Howard | How Are You Feeling?
Hugorm | Drømmehug
Ded Hyatt | Glossy
Ice Nine Kills | A Work of Art (ft. Shavo Odadjian)
Iguana Death Cult | Tiny Tears / Pacino In Heat
Illa J, Ash Walker | Off Days In London
Illa J, Ash Walker | Peace
Imogen | Metanoia
Ivan The Tolerable Trio & Bhåjån Boy | Infinite Space
The Jackson 5 | Third Album Red Vinyl Reissue
Jackson / Wilkerson / Baker / Ali / Ra | Ism
Jann | I Store My Fear And My Pain In The Nape Of My Neck
Jelly Roll | Beautifully Broken
Jennie | Mantra
Jjen | The Moon Is Bleeding
Samara Joy | Portrait
Jumex | Okay
The Junior League | Our Broadcast
Kaivs | After The Fleash
Melos Kalpa | Melos Kalpa
Kanaan & Ævestaden | Langt, Langt Vekk
Karantamba | Galgi
Giorgos Katsaros | Giorgos Katsaros
Jadea Kelly | Weather Girl
Tori Kelly | Tori. (+ A Lil More)
Dom Kennedy | Class of 95
Myles Kennedy | The Art Of Letting Go
Paige Kennedy | Babylotion EP
Keze | Dying Breed (ft. VersionZorak)
Arthur King | Unknown Movie Night: Five Summer Stories
Arthur King | Unknown Movie Night: March of the Penguins
King Crimson | Red 50th Anniversary Edition
Erin Kinsey | Gettin’ Away With It
KMRU | Temporary Stored II
Konatus | Psikoz
Kosmodome | Ad Undas
Kozoria | The Source
KrvL | Donkere Pade
The Last Dinner Party | Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers
Héctor “El Cantante” Lavoe | De Ti Depende Reissue
Max Lawrence, Ok Sure, Osopho | Eternal
Lisa Leblanc | Live Avec l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
Amelie Lens | Falling For You Single
Sondre Lerche | Two Way Monologue 20th Anniversary Edition
Letting Up Despite Great Faults | Reveries
Isabelle Lewis | Greetings
Leylines | Leylines
Lightbreather | ▓ A Desire ▓
The Linda Lindas | No Obligation
The Lipschitz | Plinth
Lolitslea | Nothing Lasts Forever!
October London | October Nights
Jennifer Loveless | Pleasure Remixed
Love of Lesbian | Ejército de Salvación
MC Luanna | Sexto Sentido
Luttrell | Life At Full Speed
Luvlxckdown | Find Ur Way Home
Lyodra | Melangkah
Lyrics Born | Goodbye, Sticky Rice
Jesse Maas & Litmus | Cheeky Boy EP
Holly Macve | Wonderland
Mad Tsai | Teenage Nightmare
The Magic Lantern | To Everything A Season
Maitreya | Auxesis EP
Malasorte | Apex Sovereignty
Manginie | Be There Or Be Square
Tamela Mann | Live Breathe Fight
Maresz | Memoria / Hey!
Cory Marks | Sorry For Nothing
Masta Of Ceremoniez | Undead Poets Society
Master Boot Record | Hardwarez
M4y4h4n | After School Hours
Inga McDaniel | Double Mug
The Meanies | Zamboni / I Agree
Meija | There’s Always Something
Melanie | As Years Go By: The Solar Studio Sessions
Memotone | Fever of the World
Nate Mercereau | Excellent Traveler
Mercury | Merczone
Madeline Merlo | One House Down (From The Girl Next Door)
Merwyn & Inkswel | Cloudeaters Re-Issue
Mirod | 10:10
Alfa Mist & Amika Quartet | Recurring (Live At King’s Place)
The Mist From The Mountains | Portal: The Gathering Of Storms
Mr Midori | Priceless
Molina | When You Wake Up
Montejo | Cimopolea
Justin Moore | This Is My Dirt
Morfonica | Tempest / Wreath of Brave
Liela Moss | Transparent Eyeball
Motörhead | The Bomber Demos
Mukqs | Eye Frame
Muque | Dungeon
Jamison Field Murphy | It Has to End
Mutant Academy | Keep Holly Alive
Myslovitz | Wieczorami Chłopcy Sychodzą Na Ulice. 25 Lat Miłości W Czasach Popkultury
Mzlff | Cветлая Cторона
Naajet | Club Oddyssey
Shingo Nakamura | Solace
Naomi | Un Coin Sombre Pour Danser
The Necks | Bleed
Nektar | Mission To Mars
Neoni | The Death Of Daisies
New Miserable Experience | Absent Lovers
Nightmare | Waiting For The Power: The Early Years
Night Skinny | Containers
Folke Nikanor | Melodianien
Elsa Nilsson and Santiago Leibson | Atlas Of Sound: Quila Quina – 40°17’38.21”N, -71°45’68.48”S
Nomad | Call Me Back
Olegas, The GOAT | New Home
Olivia O. | Rejection
Squeegie O | Upset Antagonists
Óra | Is This A Movie
Nomade Orquestra | Terceiro Mundo
Daniel O’Donnell | Through the Years: The Very Best of Daniel O’Donnell
The Offspring | Supercharged
Opeth | The Last Will & Testament
Oranssi Pazuzu | Muuntautuja
O’Summer Vacation | Electronic Eye
Ovrkast. | Kastgotwings
Vica Pacheco & Pak Yan Lau | Aquapelagos Vol. 3: Pacífico
Kayla Painter | Fractures
Jay Park | The One You Wanted
Daniel Patrick | Around the Clock
Meghan Patrick | Golden Child
Oranssi Pazuzu | Muuntautuja
Pearl Forever | Pearl Forever
Klô Pelgag | Abracadabra
Frank Pels | Peaceful Oasis
People 1 | メリバ
Patty PerShayla | Sad Girl Apocalypse: Bummer Songs And Ukulele Adventures
Plastic Estate | Code d’Amour
Woody Platt | Far Away With You
Popstar Benny | Oasis
Eldritch Priest | Dormitive Virtue
Private Hell | Wake Up Screaming
Project Oragami | Music For All Ambiverts
Propaganda | Propaganda
Puli | Swirling
Pyracanda | Losing Faith
Rakish | Now, O Now
Leila Abdul Rauf | Calls From A Seething Edge
Real Friends | Blue Hour
Redcarmine | Sea Smoke
Halina Rice | Evolve
Rich The Kid | Rich Forever 5
Rifftera | Coda
Skye Riley | Death of Me (Performed By Naomi Scott)
Rise Of Kronos | Imperium
Riti, Are You Ready? | Riti
Diego Rivera | Ofrenda
Charlie Rodd | Planetas
Steve Roden | Transmissions (Voices Of Objects And Skies)
Maggie Rogers | In The Living Room
Rogue Limb | Actus Reus
Rüfüs Du Sol | Inhale / Exhale
St. Lucia | Fear Of Falling
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Coda Reissue
Dua Saleh | I Should Call Them
Joe Sanders | Parallels
Sandveiss | Standing In The Fire
Santa Fiebre | That’s Where We Go / Earthplosion
Jenny Scheinman | All Species Parade
Secondhand Dreamcar | Answer The Call
Seven Hours After Violet | Seven Hours After Violet
Craig Shepard | On Foot: Aubervilliers
Brad Shepik | Human Activity: Dream of the Possible
Shogun Assason As Hue Glockman | T.H.T. Vol. 1
Shogun Assason As Hue Glockman | T.H.T. Vol. 2
Shogun Assason As Hue Glockman | T.H.T. Vol. 3
Shovel Dance Collective | The Shovel Dance
Sierra Spirit | Coin Toss EP
Slik | The Complete Slik Collection
Giacomo Silvestri | Aftergrass EP
Sippix | To The Ends Of The Earth
Skinny Living | Day By Day
Skolim | Skolim Król Latino
Slack Times | Gone Things
Sleepyhead | Macrocosm
Smash Atoms | Smash Atoms
Smoke Bellow | Structurally Sound
Smooth Brain | I Wonder What I’ve Missed
Snakeskin | They Kept Our Photographs
Solventis | Alcyon
Solya | Jewel Box
Sonic / The / Hedgehog | The Idea Man
Tyshawn Sorey | The Susceptible Now
Speedmaster | Ballad For the New Dream Panic
Speedmaster | Blaze For The Night (Part 1)
Alexandra Stan | Energia Ta
Stick in the Wheel | A Thousand Pokes
Stiff Richards | GFC / Empty Barrels
Stöner | Hittin’ The Bitchin’ Switch
Stratejacket | Bad Start
Stuck Lucky | Counting Curses
STW | Bunnies
The Successful Failures | Enemy Sublime
Sugiurumn | Eiji Sugiura: Selected Works for TakahiromiyashitaTheSoloist.1
Sum 41 | Screaming Bloody Murder Vinyl Reissue
The Supremes | A Bit of Liverpool Mono Reissue
Swmrs | Becker
The Sword | Live at Levitation
Tank & The Bangas | The Heart, The Mind, The Soul Vinyl
Teddy And The Rough Riders | Down Home
Feli Telesco | Prioritario
The Temptations | Sky’s the Limit Reissue
10 Years | Inner Darkness
Sophie Thatcher | Pivot & Scrape
Pat Thomas | This is Trick Step
Tonbandgerät | Ein Anderes Leben
Touché Amoré | Spiral In A Straight Line
Tourist | Us Two
Joey Trap | Trap Jack 4
Trash Man | Moment of Bleakness
Jeremy Tuplin | Real World (Disco Cut)
Turquoisedeath | Kaleidoscope
Andrew Tuttle And Michael Chapman | Another Tide, Another Fish
Bonnie Tyler | Older (Live in Berlin)
Ursula’s Cartridges | Molten Glass Soup 5000
UV-TV | The Optimistic Wrench EP
Van Houten | The Tallest Room: Expanded Edition
Scotty Vanity | Crazy
Various Artists | American Poets 2099 Presents: Undead Poets Society
Various Artists | Tranzas Del Swing Vol. 8
Various Artists | Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music – Motel California
Various Artists | We Are Not Alone Pt. 8
The Vendettas | This Time Around
Venjent | Did I Forget Something?
Versioning | Cloud Plateau
Verstärker | V
DJ Vesuvius & DJ Wisdmm | Red Window
Vienna Vienna | Wonderland
Violent Femmes | Hallowed Ground 40th Anniversary Edition
Stephen Vitiello | Two Broods
Vomit Forth | Terrified Of God
Waaju ft. Majid Bekkas | Alouane
Warm Human | Hamartia
Rod Wave | Last Lap
Paul White | Peace in Chaos
W.H. Lung | Every Inch Of Earth Pulsates
Sam Wilkes | Iiyo Iiyo Iiyo
Immanuel Wilkins | Blues Blood
Pharrell Williams | Piece By Piece
Willie The Kid | Deutsche Marks 4
The Wind | Hello: My First Love
Nat & Alex Wolff | Soft Kissing Hour (ft. Billie Eilish)
Xavi | Next
Charli XCX | Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat
XIII Nights | Ocean Alley
Yandel | Elyte
Le Youth | &
DJ Zenobia | Inventor Vol. 2
Tucker Zimmerman | Dance Of Love