Today in happy musical birthdays: Surfing singer-songwriter Jack Johnson rides a wave into 50, post-punk Wreckless Eric racks up 71, country hero George Strait saddles up 73, Devo‘s Mark Mothersbaugh is a man of 75 and keyboard wizard / amateur standup comic Rick Wakeman gets in tune with 76. Today in sad musical anniversaries: Soundgarden / Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell killed himself on May 18, 2017, while Joy Division singer Ian Curtis committed suicide on the same day in 1980. Today in upcoming musical occasions: This list of the 450-plus new albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes on the way. Dig in:
#303030 | Flowers Made From Wool
Josh A | Climb Single
Les Abranis | Album No 1 (Id Ed Was)
Abstrakt Lake | Meanderings
The Advent | Passive Aggressive
Aexylium | Myth Of Mankind
Age of Apocalypse | In Oblivion
Ángela Aguilar | Nadie Se Va Como Llegó
A Killer’s Confession | Hollow
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons | Live in Philadelphia
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Wake Up Afrika
Amble | Reverie
Ammar 808 | Club Tounsi
…And Oceans | The Regeneration Itinerary
Angel Snake / Monopoly Child Star Searchers | Snakinist Sand Form / No Jaw Nite Rights
Angelus | Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Single
Laura Anglade | Get Out of Town
Animalize | Verminateur
Anyma | The End of Genesys
Stéphane Archambault | Point
Aresi | Beti Aurrera
Kush Arora | Timeslave III
Arse | Complete Arse
Tom Aspaul | Cabin Fever
Auntie Flo | Outernational Dance
Ax1r0P3d1c | It’s Just A Bad Day And It Will Pass EP
BabyDrill | Cry For Help
The Backdoor Society | Backdoor City Blues / I Won’t Love You Single
Bad Beat | LP 2025
Gabito Ballesteros | Ya No Se Llevan Serenatas
Baekhyun | Essence of Reverie EP
Balmog | Laio
Fredo Bang | The Big Bang
Stu Bangas and Horror City | Phantom of the Operap
Kirko Bangz | Choose Self
David Bazan | Headphones Reissue
Francis Bebey | Trésor Magnétique
Bed | Everything Hurts
Beckie Bell | In Need Of…
Belushi Speed Ball | Stellkira: Editioñ Extra De Luxe
Bent By Sorrow | Sakura
Bez|Kres | Bez|Kres
Carol Biazin | No Escuro, Quem é Você?
Big Daddy Weave | Let It Begin
Bilbao Kung-Fu | Où Est Passée L’Innocence?
Black Mynah | Worred ’bout Madame
Blackswan | I Like It Hot Single
Blackwinterwells | Magician Deluxe Edition
Yugen Blakrok | The Illusion of Being
Blame The Mono | Pulse Persisters EP
Blond | Ich Träum Doch Nur Von Liebe
Bloodonmybalmains | Bass Is My Drug
Bob Junior | Record Friends Vol. 2
Boldy James & Your Boy Posca | Magnolia Leflore EP
The Bongos | The Shroud of Touring: Live in 1985
Carla Boregas & Anelena Toku | Fronte Violeta
The BossHoss | Blonde Chaya Single
Graham Brown Band | Outside Within
El Búho | Cumbias Imaquinarias
Bula! | Ømo
Bunny | Out Of My Head EP
Burning Dutch Girl | Consolation Prize
Bussy Kween Power Trip | Coming With The Strap
Wylie Cable | Eschatology
Cain | I Made It Single
Calibre | Little Foot
Cardinal Black | Midnight At The Valencia
Carsick | TBA
Cayden. Null? | Time Is In Your Favour
CDSM | Convertible Hearse
Charmer | Downpour
Cheap Thrill | Spiritual Computing
Chepang | Jhyappa
Vickie Cherie | Cherie On Top
Chicago | Chicago II: Steven Wilson Remix Vinyl
Chimes | Pile Of Parts
Chyl | Make Believe Single
Cidadão | O Mundo É Nojento EP
Cindytalk | Camouflage Heart Reissue
CJMP | The CJMP Remixes.
Clara Joy | What We Have Now
Cock Sparrer | Shock Troops Vinyl Reissue
Coeo | Fantasy
Cola Boyy | Quit To Play Chess
Come On, The Christian Fish | Come On, The Christian Fish
Common | Be 20th Anniversary Edition
Sarah Connor | Freigeistin
Contre Soirée | Psychiatry EP
Cool Sounds | Party Punisher
Mike Cooper | Eternal Equinox
Cosecant | The Bliss of Broken Glass
Cosmic Ear | Traces
Credit | The Last Few Years EP
Crimeapple | Rose Gold
Jonathon Crompton | Cantata No. 1: An Island Seen and Felt
Crossword Smiles | Consequences & Detours
Crust | Where Light Fears to Descend
Crystal Spiders | Metanoia
El Cuarteto De Nos | Puertas
Cube | Lucky Numbers & True Weight
Ewan Currie | Strange Vacation
Daily Toll | A Profound Non-Event
Dawgebredd | Bloodsport EP
Death & Vanilla | Whistle And I’ll Come To You Livescore
Irmãs de Pau | Gambiarra Chic, Pt. 2
Lorenzo Dewberry ft. Janet Coco | Thru Wind & Sea EP
Dezi | Life’s A Bitch Single
Dirty Nice | Planet Weekend
The Discussion | All the Pretty Flowers
DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson | Danses Divines
Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band | La Fleur de Cayenne
Dwellers | Corrupt Translation Machine
Earth | WEM Dominator: Live in London NW1, 2016
Sheena Easton | Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. 1
EF | Boys From The West Single
L’Elfo | Sangue Siciliano
Emirhan | Outgrowing Older EP
Emptyset | Dissever
Entheomorphosis | Pyhä Kuilu
Chris Erichsen | Kjærtegn & Manifester
Eska | The Ordinary Life Of A Magic Woman
Estelle | Stay Alta
Ayman Fanous & Joe Morris | Zuhour
Ryan Farish | Under the Stars
Feed The Beast | Mercy
Don Felder | The Vault: Fifty Years Of Music
Felix! | Camp! EP
Feversea | Man Under Erasure
Ffa Coffi Pawb | Clymhalio Reissue
Kelly Finnigan ft. Renaldo Domino | Keep Me In Mind / Let Me Count the Reasons
First Strike | No Escape
Matt Flag | Siren Selector
Flexible Fire | Eucalyptus Single
Floral Bugs | Flegma
Florry | Sounds Like…
The Flower Pot Men | Midsummer Dreaming: An Anthology 1967-1970
Fly! | …or Die!
Robert Forster | Strawberries
Mixa Fortuna, Enrico ‘Kikko’ Sesselego & Mario Massa | Tilt
Forty Winks | Love Is a Dog From Hell EP
Four Five | Nobu Trick Single
Andy Frasco & The U.N. | Growing Pains
Fragments Of Unbecoming | Dawnbringer: Chapter VII – The Amber Emperor
Furtherset | Wounds of Melody
Maria Gajraj | Exhale.
Ganavya | Nilam
Leonel García | Arenbi
Lou Garcia | Sinais Single
Duke Garwood | Satin Warrior
G-Eazy | Helium
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru | Church of Kidane Mehret
Tommy Genesis | Baby Are You Okay?
Lisa Germano | Geek the Girl Reissue
Ghost Horizons | Live in Philadelphia
Ghouljaboy | Dante Technicolor
Behn Gillece | Pivot Point
Glasshouse Red Spider Mite | What Do You Mean The Monster… Hahaha EP
The Gliding Faces | Abandoned
Gliss Disc | Witness 2
Luhvis Goon | Jespinwaastaken Shut Up! Go On Poly AI
Philipp Gorbachev | KGC Radio
Grave Guy | $hit Expanded
Grave Guy | Ways To End The Day EP
Green Day | Saviors Édition De Luxe
The Grogans | Stagger
Benjamin Grosvenor | Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
DJ Grumble | Interplanetary Beats
Vittorio Guindani | Strame
Halfmass | Ten-Gallon Heart
Daryl Hall & John Oates | Abandoned Luncheonette Reissue
Hard Life | Ogre Single
Hard-Ons With Jerry A | You Won’t Shut Up Single
Cassia Hardy | In Relation
Darren Hayman & His Electric Guitars | Nobody You’d Know
Headphones | Headphones Reissue
Heavee | Charged Up 2
Heavyheartedmusic | The Lost Shards
Hellcrash | Inferno Crematörio
Don Henley | Inside Job Remastered
Hidden Spheres | Solina
Himari | Carmen Fantasy
Hinder | Back to Life
Holler | Next In Line
Home Is Where | Hunting Season
House Of Protection | Outrun You All EP
The Housse | Why Did They Do This? (ft. Ken Saikra) Remix Single
Kira Hummen | Her Legacy EP
I Am Fya | Homeland
Iamjakehill | 50 BMG Single
I-dle | We Are
Salem Ilese | Fridge
Iration Steppas | Dubs From The Foundation
Sofia Isella | Chlorine EP
Italia 90 | Collection
Izza | No Evil Single
Milton Jackson & Brian Kage | Fire Emoji EP
Jawbone | Jawbone II
Jizue | Mer
DJ JM | Moov
Joe Jonas | Music For People Who Believe In Love
Howard Jones | Piano Composed
Noble Jonson | A Modern Man In Search Of His Soul EP
Kim Jae Joong | Beauty in Chaos EP
Joshthiru | Up Late
Vania Junco | Vania Junco EP
Just A Gent | In My Eyes Single
K.A.A.N. | Yesterday
Sophia Kaloustian | Conclusions of Grandeur
Kataklysm | The Rabbit Hole Single
Sophia Kennedy | Squeeze Me
Kessokrap Band | Seikaka
Ketiov | The Art of Structure EP
KMFDM | Hau Ruck 2025
Koenjihyakkei 高円寺百景 | Live At Club Goodman
Jason Kolàr | A Synonym For Repetition
Will Kolenda | A Waterback Journal For Words and Things
Kratornas | Vinyl Demo
Krsnī | Neige Éternelle
Kuru | Stay True Forever
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 | Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) Deluxe Edition
Lade | 02 EP
Nico Lahs | Signals From Outer Space
Lau | Vice Undercover Instrumentals
Vicki Lawrence | Singles
Leatherman | Turn You On Vinyl
Lefay | The Noise Years
LeoStayTrill | Home Alone | EP
Lexycat | Heartstrings
Dave Liebman, Billy Hart, Adam Rudolph | Beingness
Lighter Centauri | Project Lighter
Lindstrøm | Sirius Syntoms
Eliot Lipp | Kona / Silver Bass
Live Slug Reaction | Slug Season 1 EP
Lost Friend | The Promises You Don’t Keep
Louise | Confessions
Low Before The Breeze | A Hole Beneath The Home We Shared
Lvnever | For You Funk EP
Ouija Macc | Chlorine
Machine Girl | WLFGRL 10th Anniversary Edition
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ | Room On The Porch
Johannes Malfatti | Fragments
El Mantis | El Lago De Los Ciegos
Marble Ghosts | The Greatest Divide EP
Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer | Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer
Vanesa Martín | Casa Mía
Marumari | Hidden Tracks and Rarities 2001-2005
Maximi!ian | Seminars 2: The Evaluation
MDC | The Last War
Meat Computer | Weird Alone Guy
Melanie | Right About Now
Marc Melià | Pièces Monophoniques
Melrose | Here Right Now
Meteor Infant | Pilliga Circumstance
Miagen | The Mall
Julia Michaels | Second Self EP
Midnight | Steel, Rust & Disgust
The Milkshakes | Milkshakes IV: The Men With The Golden Guitars
Kate Miller | Sprint
Minority Retort | My Kicks EP
Misc | Beat Bouquet
Moonlight Haze | Beyond
Moontype | I Let The Wind Push Down On Me
Gary Moore | Live: From Baloise Session
Morcheeba | Escape The Chaos
Moskito | Idolar
Mossback | Black Canyon City
Most Things | Bigtime
MSPaint | No Separation EP
Kenny Muney | Kenjamin Franklin
The Musalini | Live And Let Fly
Naduh | duh.
Yuka Nagase | Mofu Mohu
Namelle | High On Human
Nebula Sun | Breathe Into Form
New Chance | A Rock Unsteady
Nicolás y Los Fumadores | Nochenegra
Tomas Nilsson | Inside My Universe
The Northern Territories | A Star In Orbit Still
Not Marshall | Ellix
Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio | Vol. 2
Joaquin Núñez & Habana Safari | Ruta de la Clave
Nymphlord | Rough Blue Blanket EP
Oliverse | Illusions EP
Only The Vandal | Qmtarindoagr?
Onslaught | Origins of Aggression
Orbital | Orbital (Brown Album) Reissue
Ossuary | Abhorrent Worship
Pablopablo | Canciones En Mí
Pachyman | Another Place
Pale Saints | Slow Buildings 30th Anniversary Edition
Pan Amsterdan | Confines
Peanut Butter Sunday | Peanut Butter Sunday
Giacomo Pedicini | Down In The Valley
María Peláe | El Evangelio
Pelegrin | Al-Mahruqa Reissue
Trá Pháidín | An 424 Expanded
Phi-Psonics | Expanding to One
Tutto Piange | Dei Giorni Passati A Guardare
Nolan Pilgrim | No Prob
Private Function | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pinback. | Information Retrieved Vinyl Reissue
VC Pines | Viole(n)t Colour EP
Jimmy Pinkwave | Rose Quartz
Jeremy Pinnell | Save You Single
Planet Supreme | Descending Dark Star
Pluko | Oxy*
Jimmy Poindexter | Cruel World
Post-Death Soundtrack | In All My Nightmares I Am Alone
Duffy Power & Argent | Hell Hound: The Lost 1971 CBS Album
Protonoid | Back From the Dead and Back Again
Psychic Pigs | Psychic Pigs
Pythia | V Pt 1: Unhallowed
Queer On Acid | You On My Side
Quinie | Forefowk, Mind Me
Raison D’être | Within The Depths Of Silence And Phormations
Reneé Rapp | Bite.Me Single
Regent | Permean
Resavoir & Matt Gold | Horizon
Markus Reuter (ft. Fabio Trentini and Asaf Sirkis) | Truce <3
Mikkel Rev | Journey Beyond
Marc Ribot | Map Of A Blue City
Logan Richard | Character Traits
Rich Brian | Where Is My Head?
Riize | Odyssey
Rkomi | Decrescendo.
Rob49 | Let Me Fly
Rolie Polie Guacamole | On the Stoop
Rosellas | Eyes Of The World Single
Rotundo | We Were Desperados
Rusowsky | Daisy
Sam Ryder | Oh OK Single
Rydglek | Carnot Sykli
Aura Safari, Jimi Tenor | Bewitched By The Sea
Samlrc | Cyclical Suffering Single
Paula Sanchez | Pressure Sensitive
Sanmarco333! | Martir!
Scalpo | Partita Con La Morte 12”
Laura + Luzius Schuler | Mandà in Lunga
Schwizzle D.A.W.G. | Everything Not Lost Will Be Saved Part II
Science Man | Monarch Joy
Calum Scott | Die for You Single
SebaSchiume | Fragmentos
7Seconds | New Wind / Change In My Head
Sedona | Getting Into Heaven
Selin | Tek Kişilik Masa
Senna | Stranger To Love
Seraphic | Because I’m Sick Of Hating You Single
SexFaces | Bad Vibes OST
Sexmag | Sexorcyzm
Shallow Alcove | Doggy Paddle
Shamir | Ten
DJ Shaun-D | From Bubbling to Dutch House
She Spread Ssorrow & Luca Sigurtà | The Grimorian Tapes
Sh!tomato | Sh!tomato EP
Shkodra Elektronike | Shndrit!
Shower Curtain | Words From A Wishing Well Deluxe Edition
Gonza Silva | Pronto Estaré Bien
Silver Tears | Silver Tears
Sippix | A Model World Single
Sadie Siskin | Sadie Siskin EP
Skin / The Slads | Split 7″
Skunk Anansie | The Painful Truth
Skymender | Skymender
Sleeping At Last | Time Lies (Ludus) Single
Slowburn | Harri Larkin
Smellingsalts | Celtic + ESP Single
Smerz | Big City Life
Myles Smith | A Moment, A Minute… EP
Snowpoet | Heartstrings
Solaris | …e Alla Fine Della Storia Non C’è Alcuna Redenzione
Sparks | Mad!
Sports Team | Boys These Days
Spray | reSPRAY Vol. 1
The SteelDrivers | Outrun
Justin Stephens | Lift Your Hands Single
Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Kipp Stone | I Ain’t Want Nothin’
Stratford Rise | Stratford Rise EP
Sudden Lights | Isas Vasaras Garas Ziemas
Suede | Sci-Fi Lullabies Deluxe Edition
Summrs | Late Night Single
Geir Sundstøl | Sakte Film
Sunless Ray | Coral Single
DJ Swisherman | Assets EPDJ Swisherman | Assets EP
Tabby | Thespian
Tamtam | Where They Dwell
Tarbox | Blood & Water
Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane | Double Takes Vinyl
Tesh | Cycles + Repetitions EP
These New Puritans | Crooked Wing
Thirst | Lightshow Single
Three Weeks Before | Introvert Utopia
Thus Spoke Zarathustra | I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time For Others’ Harm
Lou Tides | Autostatic!
Tokyoswag | Ready 4 War 2.0
Toranaga U.K. | A New Order
Tramadol | Tramadol EP
Ron Trent | Lift Off
Trigger | Second Round
Reyna Tropical | Malegría en la Oscuridad
Trucs | Trucs
Trueno | El Último Baile Deluxe
DJ Trystero | Cantor’s Paradise
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou | Church of Kidane Mehret
Turin Brakes | Spacehopper
Turtle Skull | Being Here
Twenty One Children | Twenty One Children EP
Twïns | Healing Dreams
Two Hours Traffic | I Never See You Anymore EP
Unantastbar | Für Immer Wir
(Un)familiar. | Rubberneck
Unmerciful | Devouring Darkness
Ceresian Valot | Uumen
David Van Tieghem | Even As We Speak: The Music of David Van Tieghem
Various Artists | Soul 66 From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Atco, Calla, Loma, Reprise, Roulette, Stax, Volt And Warner Bros
Various Artists | Tranzas Del Swing Vol. 10
Various Artists | Young And Wild: A Decade Of American Glam Metal 1982-92
Chakra Vimana | Feed My Soul
Ella Vos | Rosebuds
VVS | D.I.M.M. EP
Martha Wainwright | Martha Wainwright 20th Anniversary Edition
Alex Warren | Bloodline ft. Jelly Roll Single
The Wedding Present | Marc Riley Sessions: Vol. 5
Anton Westerlin | Godaften
Anton Westerlin Handsome (ft. Benjamin Hav, Josva & Gilli) Single
When Rivers Meet | Addicted to You
Wipes | Don’t Tell My Parents
Witchcraft | Idag
Witchrot | Soul Cellar
Rich Woan | Ready 4 War
Julia Wolf | Pressure
XBen07 | After Dark
Yaelokre | Cole’s Response Single
Year Of No Light | Les Maîtres Fous
Larry Peace-Love Yes | Everyone On This Planet Is Family
Jude York | Heartstrings EP
Yorkston / Jaycock / Langendorf | Yorkston / Jaycock / Langendorf
You Vandal | This Is Where People Come To Die
Zahn | Seite E
Zamdane | Rahma
Thalia Zedek Band | The Boat Outside Your Window
ZeeThaNomad | Wiws (What I Wanna Say) Single
Zoobombs | Let It Bomb Reissue
Zutomayo | Cream Single
Zutzut | Altar
Zxmra | Mine, Valentine Deluxe Edition
