What goes up must etc. And it’s about goddamn time, if you ask me. After slogging through more than 600 new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes every week for most of last month, next week’s 430-some releases feel like a cakewalk. As for why there are 200-some fewer titles, well, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe it’s got something to do with the U.S. election. Or Veteran’s Day / Remembrance Day. Or maybe we’re just in the eye of the post-Halloween, pre-Black Friday hurricane. All I know is I’m going to enjoy the lull while it lasts. I suggest you do the same. After you check out all your musical options, that is:
(0) | Knæk.Mørke.Mod.Lys
Abschwörzunge | Whorl
Ab-Soul | Soul Burger Mixtape
Ærkenbrand | Hedenfarne Æventyr
Agitator | Vänner För Evigt
Agora | Digital Death
Ahmed | The Curse Of Mediocrity
Aklesso | Loner
Mose Allison | Eight Classic Albums
Alpharisc | Remain Seated
Holman Álvarez | Hidden Objects
Annahstasia | Surface Tension EP
Aphrodite’s Child | 666 Box Set
Approaching Mountains | Calm For Radar Systems
Araña Bxd | Universo Paixão
Ark Identity | Anndale EP
The Arrival Note | …Home Is So Far from Here
A$AP Ferg | Darold
A Scar For The Wicked | Acolythus
Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra | Tension
AUA | Painkiller No. 1
Auriferous Flame | The Insurrectionists And The Caretakers
Aziya | Bambi
Hawa B | Better Sad Than Sorry
Baba Zula | İstanbul Sokakları
BabyChiefDoIt | Animals Only (Ice Cold)
BabyTron | Tronicles
Bad Astronaut | Untethered
The Bad Plus | Complex Emotions
Bad Tractor | Inland Sea
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe | Together At Home
Bananagun | Why Is The Colour Of The Sky?
Yatta Bandz | Acrylic EP
Barely Alive | If You Wanna
Barixon Elektronkordata | Herkatha
Gabby Barrett | Carols and Candlelight
The Beach Boys | The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album Vinyl Reissue
Beetlebug | All Ash Is Snow EP
Bell Curve | Heart Alarm EP
Olivia Belli | Intercosmia Vol. 1 EP
Big Baby Gucci | Anti
Arlene Bishop | Coping Mechanism
Bissesvinet | Blodager
Bit Cloudy | The Visitation Plays
Chløë Black | Strange Little Bird EP
Black Rain | Neuromancer
Jake Blanchard | Fermentation
Bleaks | The Mess
Blueprint | Chamber Music II
Blues Magoos | Psychedelic Lollipop / Electric Comic Book / Basic Blues Magoos
Bödel | Guidance Patrol Single
The Body | The Crying Out Of Things
Bottom Bracket | I’m So Afraid Of Where
Boy George | You’re Not The One (Original Mix)
BoyWithUke | Burnout
The Browning | Omni
Dave Brubeck | Classic ‘Live’ Albums 1952-54
Bryan’s Magic Tears | Smoke And Mirrors
Nell Bryden | I Love You So Much I’m Blind
Buffalo Tom | Big Red Letter Day Vinyl Reissue
Buffalo Tom | Birdbrain Vinyl Reissue
Buffalo Tom | Let Me Come Over Vinyl Reissue
Dorsey Burnette | The Complete Reprise and Motown Recordings Plus (1962-1966)
Emily Burns | Die Happy
Jerry Butler | Soul Artistry / Mr. Dream Merchant / Soul Goes On / Ice Man Cometh
Cahill // Costello | II
Capitol | Sounds Like A Place
Cariño | Tanto Por Hacer
Paul Carrack | How Long Has This Been Going On? Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Collection, 1974-2024
Castling | Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe
Ceschi | Bring Us The Head Of Francisco False (Part 2)
Gene Champagne | Let’s Jet Bonus Edition
Chaos Invocation | Wherever We Roam...
The Charlatans | Up To Our Hips 30th Anniversary Edition
James Charles | Used To Love Me
Chimers | Through Today
Florian Christl | Donau
Christmas | Fear Of Romance
Will Clarke | Midnight Mass
Club Winston | Drink Up!
Clutter | Jesus/Holy Brother
CoCo | Mai Più Forse
Eddie Cochran | The Jasmine EP Collection
Codespeaker | Scavenger
Stela Cole | Blue Moon
Judy Collins | Wildflowers in Concert at the Town Hall, NYC
El Cousteau | Merci Non Merci
The Cowsills | Global Reissue
The Cubical | Cut Me Like A Hog
Les Dales Hawerchuk | Attaque À Cinq
Sarah Davachi | Music For A Bellowing Room
Miles Davis Quintet | Miles in France: 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8
Miles Davis | Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, 10/1/1964
Adrián De Alfonso | Viator
The Death of Money | Error After Era
Defences | Shadowlight
Dejan | Of[f] The Soul
Delain | Dance With The Devil
Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz | The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985–1990
Dillicicle | Aspiramen
Disillusion | Ayam Instrumental
Fats Domino | Fats Domino In Session: 1950-1957
Julien Doré | Imposteur
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | All The Hits And More 1928-35
Doyoung | 시리도록 눈부신
Dörthe Drothen | Enamoured
Go Dugong & Washé | Madre
Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band | Avoude
Eat-Girls | Area Silenzio
The Electric Indian | Keem-O-Sabe
Emzyg | 52 Blue
Energy 52 | Café Del Mar 30th Anniversary Edition
Epex | Youth Chapter 2: Youth Deficiency
Nathaniel Eras | Omniaglyph 1
Nathan Evans | 1994
Excision | Dabadabadabadaba
Extrawelt | Grindmaster
Sam Ezeh | Audiocore
Mark Farner | Closer To My Home
Fat Freddy’s Drop | Slo Mo
Fimiguerrero | Conglomerate
Fimiguerrero, Len & Lancey Foux | Conglomerate
Finneas | Disclaimer Soundtrack
Jonathan Fitoussi | Mobilis
Greg Foat | The Rituals of Infinity
Dan Fortin | Cannon
Dayytona Fox | Love. Fuck. Kill…
Freak Slug | I Blow Out Big Candles
Friedberg | Hardcore Workout Queen
Frolin | Peaceful Reflections
Ffuneral | Suicideseason
Furious Descent | Judgement Day
Fuzzybrains | The Beauty Of It All Single
Garage Town | I’ll Be There
Enzo Garcia | Oh God, Not Again
Renaud Garcia-Fons | Blue Maqam
Garciaphone | Ghost Fire
Garfunkel & Garfunkel | Father And Son
Judy Garland | The Late Rarities: At Home At The Palace / Judy. London. 1969
Pierre Génisson | Songbook
Germ Lattice | Gipping Through the Ages
Girli | Matriarchy: Queen Edition
Girl Scout | Headache EP
Glok / Timothy Clerkin | Alliance
Glxicer | Won’t Make It
Dusko Goykovich | Doo’s Blues: The 1967 Belgian Radio Recordings
Good Sad Happy Bad | All Kinds of Days
Vanisha Gould | She’s Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth
Ellie Gowers | You, The Passenger
David Gray | Dear Life
Rose Gray | Wet & Wild
Grey Factor | A Peak In The Signal: Live 1979-1980
Grnhll | Slow Crash
Growth Eternal | (34.0851500, -118.2068100)
Robin Guthrie | Astoria EP
Peter Hamill | Incoherence Expanded
Albert Hammond | Christmas
Hand of Juno | Psychotic Banana
H.A.N.K. | The Big Melt
Morgan Harper-Jones | Journal Versions EP
Hawkwind | Doremi Fasol Latido Remastered and Expanded
Ray Hawthorne | Ray Hawthorne Sucks
Lou Hayter | Unfamiliar Skin
Haywire | For Better Or For Worse
Heavy//Hitter | Moments of Misery
Hiatus | Is
Hit Parade | Plastic Culture
Lili Holland-Fricke & Sean Rogan | Dear Alien
Billie Holiday | Travelin’ Light: Classic Recordings 1939-1951
Buddy Holly | The Jasmine EP Collection
Homeshake | Horsie Deluxe Edition
Whitney Houston | The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)
Hypnosonics | It’s Not Like That Anymore
Mason Infinity | Light Me Up
BJ International | The Odyssey
Lucas Inutilismo | Humanamente
j1nabae | Etheria
Rafael Anton Irisarri | Façadisms
Isleptonthemoon | Only the Stars Know of My Misfortune
Jacob, The Musician | Jacob Starts, Leads, and Destroys A Religion In One Song
Leifur James | Magic Seeds
Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband | Ellington
Keith Jarrett | The Old Country (More From The Deer Head Inn)
Jamey Johnson | Midnight Gasoline
Denise Julia | Sweet Nothings Chapter 2
Noah Kahan | Northern Attitude
Kassian | Overtone II
Philippe Katerine | Zouzou
Kero | Idontcare (For Ur Attention)
King Stingray | For The Dreams
KJRS | Addicted: The Aftermath
Klim Beats | Simplicity
Klone | The Unseen
Koi | Close, But Not Quite
Maxo Kream | Personification
Sylvie Kreusch | Comic Trip
Kurk | Re:Wired
Bobby Labrecque | Falling Away
Bobby Labrecque | Too Afraid To Dance
The Ladybug Transistor | The Albemarle Sound 25th Anniversary Edition
Lamina | Sueños Acuáticos
Damian Lazarus (ft. Fink) | Sunrise Generation
Lazy Day | Open The Door
L33slie | Cum Chaos
Legendarium | For Eternal Glory
Legowelt | A Field Guide To The Void
Robert Leiner | Analog Days
Peter Lenz | Breathe: Music for Large Ensembles
Sara Lew | Loud
Librarians With Hickeys | How To Make Friends By Telephone
Henrik Lindstrand | Last Child in the Woods
Little Skull | Little Skull
Longheads | Layers of Wax
Lionel Loueke, Dave Holland | United
Lu | Does It Feel Real?
Romero Lubambo & Pamela Driggs | Christmastime In Rio
Lvcas | Humanamente
Aleksejs Macions | All Good Girls Become Whores
The Magician | Voyage
Magick Potion | Magick Potion
Magro | Tokyo Tree EP
Maison Blanche | Lovenergy EP
Make Them Suffer | Make Them Suffer
Mammo | Slows The Pace And Goes Farther
Man / Woman / Chainsaw | Eazy Peazy EP
Mance | Passing the Impassable EP
Maps And Diagrams | Islands
Masked Wolf | The Devil Wears Prada But God Wears Gucci
Massacre | Necrolution
MC | Ep1 : Train
Cass McCombs | Seed Cake On Leap Year
MDC | Multi-Death Corporations EP Reissue
MDMJ | Toast2024
Dan Melchior | Hill Country Piano
The Mellons | Tell Me Why b/w Please Baby Please
Merope | Vėjula
Metaphoric Balls | Hatsune Miku & The Infinite Cocaine
Minho | Call Back
Miracle Blood | Hello Hell
Misamo | Haute Couture
Mr Midori | Recognize Your Fate
Molder | Catastrophic Reconfiguration
Mønto | Impassive Nature
Neal Morse & The Resonance | No Hill For A Climber
Das Mörtal | Hohtline Miami II 10th Anniversary Edition
Moss Upon The Skull | Quest For The Secret Fire
Movits! | Kallax Cargo
Dee Mula | Focus More On Me
Ollie Mundy | Nothing
Peter Murphy & Boy George | Let The Flowers Grow Single
Sport Murphy | Daylight In The Swamps: 1997-2003
Victoria Mussi | Die Frage
Must Die! | Vampire Weapon: Midnight
Natty | The Divine Trinity
Nectar Woode | Head Above Water
Ricky Nelson | The Jasmine EP Collection
No Escape | 1990-1993
Nolan The Ninja | I’d Rather Not
No Strange | Chiedilo A Te Stesso
Nothingheads | The Art of Sod
Clement Nourry | Amor
Nowhere | New Pain
NPNP | Harmony In A Vacuum
Josh Odair | Heavy Heart
Odesza | In Return 10th Anniversary Edition Vinyl
The O’My’s | Trust The Stars
Aki Onda | 99 Cent Dreams
1000mods | Cheat Death
Aisha Orazbayeva | With My Lute
The Orb | Orboretum: The Orb Collection
Orbital | A Beginner’s Guide
The Osborne Brothers | Early Years: Complete Releases 1951-62
Osibisa | The Warner Bros Albums
Miles Otto | Benevolent Acid
Our Girl | The Good Kind
Juliet Palmer | Four Rooms
Chiara Parravicini | Sola Conmigo
Paysage d’Hiver | Die Berge
The Perfect Color Combination | Stressed But Blessed
Perila | Intrinsic Rhythm
Steve Perry | The Season 3
Piglet | For Frank Forever EP
Pilo | G.L.A.M.
The Pineapple Thief | Last To Run EP
Plastic Crimewave Syndicate | Tales Of The Golden Skull
The Platters | Four Classic Albums
The Plot In You | Vol. 3
Ploughshare | Second Wound
Plumes | Many Moons Away
André Previn | Early Years 1945-53
Primal Scream | Come Ahead
Prom | From The Wayside
Ratt | Out of the Cellar 40th Anniversary Edition
Johnnie Ray | The Cry Guy: The Singles As & Bs 1958-1962
Refused | The Shape Of Punk To Come 25th Anniversary Edition
Refused / Various Artists | The Shape Of Punk To Come Obliterated
ReGloss | ReGloss
ReMark | Goin Ape
The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band | Honeysuckle
R.I.P. | Are You There?
Ritual Error | Dial In The Ghost
Rondé | Ten
Elena Rose | En las Nubes (Con Mis Panas)
Caoilfhionn Rose | Like Lightning / Dying Star Single
Claire Rousay | The Bloody Lady
Claire Rousay | Sentiment Remix
Isaac Roux | Troubled Waters
B. Rupp | Pop Music
Ed Ryan | Along For The Ride
Sabiwa, Queimada, Nathan L. | Sons of _
SahBabii | Saaheem
Melike Şahin | Akkor
Louie Sanchez | Louis Sanchez EP
Joel Sarakula | Soft Focus
Michael Sarian & Tomás Kidd | Incoming
Sassyhiya | Take You Somewhere
Say Now | Makeup Sex
School Of The Gifted | Semester VI: Halloween Grogginess
The Sea Of Wires | The Sea Of Wires
William Selman | The Light Moves Between
Serial Chiller | Don’t Buy It
Seven Kingdoms | The Square
Sgt. Papers | Fuga!
Shattered Hope | Memoir
Shordie Shordie | Breath of Fresh Air
Shybits | What’s That?
Naomi Moon Siegel | Shatter The Glass Sanctuary
Andrey Sirotkin | Illuminate ’Em Bright
Hendrixx Sixx | Three. Sixx.
Skillet | Revolution
The Slaps | Mudglimmer
Matt Slocum | Lion Dance
Myles Smith | A Minute …
Snowfall | Relaxing Holiday Instrumentals
Snowfilter Cult | Not Yet Corpses
Soft As Snow | Metal.wet
SoftSun | Daylight In The Dark
Patio Solar | Actuaciones Románticas
Sol Invicto | Loosely Aware EP
Sólstafir | Hin Helga Kvöl
Special Features | Self Improvement
Speedmaster | Wolfgang
Spoon | They Want My Soul Deluxe More Soul Edition Vinyl
Dusty Springfield | The BBC Sessions
Lewis Spybey | Lewisspybey
Spyro Gyra | Jubilee
State Champs | State Champs
Stylianos Ou | Fucked Forever
Suede | The Wild Ones 30th Anniversary Picture Disc
Kei Sugawara | Sanagi
Suidakra | DarkanakraD
Sungjin | 30
Sybyr | Universal Laws of Shame
Talibando | Art Of War
Talking Heads | Talking Heads ’77 Super Deluxe Edition
Tape Dad | 4
Julian Taylor | Pathways Vinyl
Team Mekano | Mekano World Order
Thank | I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed
36? | Finding Love // Having Autism
Thousand Foot Krutch | The End Is Where We Begin: Reignited
3AM | Here’s Home
Throwing Bricks | Reburdened
Tides From Nebula | Instant Rewards
Tils & Maxim Vukovic | Split EP
Tófa | Mauled
Tokyo Tea Room | No Rush
Tomorrow x Together | The Star Chapter: Sanctuary
TV Torrance | Materialism
The Tragically Hip | Up To Here Deluxe Edition
Trash Sun | Live Free and Die
Zane Trow | Landscape
Sophie Truax | Kissing With A Cavity
Tsunami | Loud Is As
Tungsten | The Grand Inferno
TVXQ | Zone
22° Halo | Lily Of The Valley
The Twilight Sad | Forget The Night Ahead Reissue
The Twilight Sad | Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave Reissue
200 Stab Wounds | Piles of Festering Decomposition
Umarells | One More Day EP
Vaga | Hopeless Soul
Valkyrie’s Fire | Ascension
Valontuoja | Luonnon Armoilla
Vardae | Power of the Tribe
Variety | Subtropical
Various Artists | All My Friends Who Play Guitar: A Tribute to Starflyer 59
Various Artists | Apnea XX
Various Artists | A Song Is A Dream (And Dreams Are Real!)
Various Artists | Aztec Records: Pure Darkwave Vol. 2
Various Artists | Be With 10 Years : Joyride + Labour Of Love
Various Artists | Cheat And Lie: The Miki Dallon Story 1962-1970
Various Artists | Come To My World (A Brief History Of Indie Pop 1985-2023)
Various Artists | Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
Various Artists | We Wish You A Merry Gothmas
Vazesh | Tapestry
Veezy The Virgo | Moon
Nico Vega | TBA EP
Vegyn | Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds
Venus Twins | /VVVV (Pronounced Stitching) EP
Raoul Vignal | Shadow Bands
Violent Femmes | Hallowed Ground Vinyl Reissue
Pablo Vittar | Ai Que Calor
Viviz | Voyage
Vuxxer | Breath In The Storm
Vylet Pony | Play Dead! Play Dead!
Rick Wakeman | Yessonata
Walfang | Trigger The Short-Fused
Water Damage | Repeater
John Waters | Jingle Bells / It’s A Punk Rock Christmas
Wax Mekanix | Silver Tongued Devil Single
We Are Wolves | Nada
Austin Weber | The Stone Smile
Phil Wickham | Hallelujah! It’s Christmas!
Widespread Panic | Hailbound Queen
Witchpit | Forever Spoken
Witnesses | Joy
The Worst | Quiet The Gods EP
X-Coast | The Riviera Collection
XG | Awe
Xtrionika | Narcisistas
Yabadabaland | Father Stretch My Bath
Yaryu / 野流 | For Damage
Yesterdaze | Sentences
Yesung | It’s Complicated
Yonder Mountain String Band | Nowhere Next
Yoo Doo Right | From the Heights of Our Pastureland
Yoth Iria | Blazing Inferno
Neil Young | On The Beach 50th Anniversary Edition
Adrian Younge | Presents Linear Labs: São Paulo
Yung Ghost | Trip to Ghost Town
Yung Luv | Make Yung Luv Great Again
Billy Zach | Interferer EP
Zox The Fox | Low Midnight Anniversary Edition
