Happy Music Friday! This week is a fun one. Not only is it the beginning of official beach season, my birthday week, but it’s also Memorial Day weekend. Let the party begin! My personal calendar is a conglomerate of nearly every genre of music, festival, and comedy special that a decade ago I would have dreamed would be my life. Welcome to another start of a fun, sweaty, exhausting, and amazing CONCERT SEASON. The outdoor shows are back in full force and with that so are tours. Tours many times mean new albums to promote. Let’s see which band has something new for you this week. 

In these tiny moments I get to hear new music that gets my heart revving, this weeks contenders were hard to narrow down but a few are:

What album are you most looking forward to? Comment below!

To wrap up this week, we’ve got some much-anticipated arrivals that have us tapping our toes, crossing our arms, and screeching, “Finally!” We’re sure you can see which ones we think you should grab and which ones we think may deserve a pass (cough). Dive in at your own risk, and let’s hear your picks!

**All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Dates are subject to change. 

ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR May 31st, 2024

• +/- {Plus/Minus} — Further Afield (Ernest Jenning)
• Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English — Selene (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
• Alan Vega — Insurrection (In the Red)
• Anastasia Coope — Darning Woman (Jagjaguwar)
• Anna Tivel — Living Thing (Fluff and Gravy Records)
• Another Michael — Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down (Run For Cover Records)
• Anthony Phillips [Genesis] — The Golden Hour: Private Parts and Pieces XII
• Arooj Aftab — Night Reign (Verve Label Group)
• Austin Tolliver — Bad 4 U – 2/12
• Ayra Starr — The Year I Turned 21
• Babe Report — Did You Get Better
• Bad Nerves — Still Nervous (Lowly)
• Becky Hill — Believe Me Now? (Universal)
• Bed Maker — Bed Maker
• Bernard Butler — Good Grief (355 Recordings)
• Ben Platt — Honeymind 

• Big Head Todd and the Monsters — Her Way Out (Todd Park Mohr Publishing Company)
• The Bird Calls — Old Faithful (Ruination Record Co.)
• Black Sabbath — ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995
• Bloodbound — The Tales Of Nosferatu – Two Decades Of Blood (AFM)
• The Bogmen — In My Kingdom
• Bonnie McKee — Hot City
• Broken Head — The Morning Ends
• Buffalo Tom — Jump Rope
• Can — Can Live in Aston 1977
• Chve — Kalvarie (Relapse)
• Cliff Preston — Rubble and Wreckage – People & Songs
• Collington — In The Fire (Single) – Independent

• Crowded House — Gravity Stairs (BMG)
• Crowder — The Exile – Capitol
• Dave East & Mike & Keys — Apt 6E
• DIIV — Frog in Boiling Water
• Duff McKagan — Tenderness Live in Los Angeles
• Dusk — Industrie
• ELIO — something in the air
• Enuff Z’nuff —  The 1987 Demos
• Exodus — British Disaster: The Battle of ’89 (Live At The Astoria)
• Four Stroke Baron — Data Diamond (Prosthetic)
• Georgia Webster — SIGNS
• Habibi — Dreamachine (Kill Rock Stars)
• Half Waif — Ephemeral Being EP
• Hannah Bahng — The Abysmal EP
• Heliograph — The Rebellion (Single)
• Hellbutche — Hellbutcher (Metal Blade)
• High Desert Queen — Palm Reader (Magnetic Eye)
• Hollow Ship — Animated Music EP
• The Hope Conspiracy — Tools of Oppression / Rule By Deception
• Howard Jones, Human’s Lib — Dream Into Action (CD and Blu-ray reissues)
• Idaho — Lapse (Arts & Crafts)
• Imogen Clark — The Art of Getting Through (Imogen Clark)
• Iron Butterfly — Live at the Galaxy 1967
• Jessie Baylin — Strawberry Wind (Deluxe Edition)
• Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) — In Bloom
• Jon Muq — Flying Away (Easy Eye Sound)
• Kameron Marlowe — Keepin’ The Lights On (Columbia)
• Keaton Henson — Somnambulant Cycles
• King Hannah — Big Swimmer (City Slang)
• Kurupi — No Esperes
• Le Destroy — Trashumanism
• Lena — Loyal to myself
• Lisa Ann Schoenberg — Old Growth Playback

• Lowlives — Freaking Out (Spinefarm)
• Lucius — Wildewoman (The New Recordings) (Fantasy)
• The Marías — Submarine (The Marías)
• MaRynn Taylor — Get to Know Me (Broken Bow)
• Maya Hawke — Chaos Angel (Mom+Pop)
• My Diligence — Death.Horses.Black
• Myaap — YOP! EP
• Nestor — Teenage Rebel (Napalm Records)
• Neutrals — New Town Dream (Static Shock Records)
• Odesza — The Last Goodbye Tour Live (Foreign Family Collective)
• Olatuja — Olatuja
• OLD MAN LUEDECKE — SHE TOLD ME WHERE TO GO
• The Other Two (feat. New Order’s Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert) — The Other Two & You (Reissue)
• Peter Bibby — Drama King (Spinning Top Records)
• Psychotic Waltz — Bleeding Re-Release (InsideOut)
• Psychotic Waltz — A Social Grace Re-Release (InsideOut)
• The Rascals —  It’s Wonderful: The Atlantic Studio Recordings (7CD box)
• Ratt — Rarities
• Reliqa — Secrets of the Future (Nuclear Blast)
• R.E.M. — Fables of the Reconstruction (vinyl reissue)

• Rhapsody Of Fire — Challenge the Wind (AFM)
• Richard Hawley — In This City They Call You Love (BMG)
• Richard Thompson — Ship to Shore (New West Records)
• Ringo Starr — Crooked Boy (black vinyl/compact disc EP release)
• RXKNephew — Till I’m Dead 2
• Saltpig — Saltpig (Heavy Psych Sounds)
• Sam Jr. — Inner Shadow
• Scott Guild & Cindertalk — Plastic: The Album (North Street Records)
• Shaboozey — Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
• Shrapnel — In Gravity
• Squackett [Chris Squire and Steve Hackett] — A Life Within a Day (CD and Blu-ray reissue)
• Swamp Dogg — Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St (Oh Boy Records)
• Terri Clark — Terry Clark: Take Two
• Thou — Umbilical
• Tim Atlas — Enchanté
• Tom Walker — I Am
• Tyr – Best Of — The Napalm Years (Napalm)
• Unessential Oils — Unessential Oils (Warren Spicer)
• Various Artists —  Illinoise: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording)
• Various artists — No Songs Tomorrow: Darkwave, Ethereal Rock and Cold Wave 1981-1990 (4CD box with the Cure, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Soft Cell, others)
• Vetusta Morla — Figurantes
• Wallows — Model
• Willie Nelson — The Border (Sony Music Entertainment)
• Winnetka Bowling League — Sha La La (Local Weather/MDDN Records)
• Witherfall — Sounds Of The Forgotten (Deathwave)
• The Woggles — Time Has Come (Wicked Cool Records)
• Wormwood — The Star
• Zolita — Queen of Hearts (AWAL)

Until next week!

**Have an album coming out soon we should feature? Let us know! Indie, Regional, National – as long as you aren’t recording on an iPhone, hit us up! PSA – CD RELEASE SHOWS are our jam.

Check out our latest TIKTOK posts to see a recap of this week’s staff picks!