Pop & Rock Upcoming Releases
Pop & Rock Upcoming Releases
The following Pop & Rock titles are due for release / re-release in the near future.
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Aaliyah
Aaliyah [ Blackground Records / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Aaliyah is described in critical commentaries as an album of R&B, neo soul, and dance-pop, while drawing on an array of other genres such as funk, hip hop, alternative rock, electronica, and Latin music. The album's producers incorporated synthesizer... |
Aaliyah
Aaliyah (LP) [ Blackground Records / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Aaliyah is described in critical commentaries as an album of R&B, neo soul, and dance-pop, while drawing on an array of other genres such as funk, hip hop, alternative rock, electronica, and Latin music. |
Air Miami & Colourbox
Complicated Opposition (7") [ 4AD / 7in - due 22/May/2026 ] Did you know that we have not 1 but 2 World Cup songs on 4AD? Air Miami's (1995) 'World Cup Fever' and Colourbox's (1986) 'The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme'. We're on a mission to launch these as new alternative World Cup anthems for the music... |
Amyl And The Sniffers
Giddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary) [ Virgin / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Ten years ago, in a sharehouse on Chapel Street, four 20-year-olds with zero expectations wrote and recorded an EP in a single afternoon. Those six blistering minutes of music became Giddy Up. An hour later, Amyl and The Sniffers had a name, a... |
Amyl And The Sniffers
Giddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary LP) [ Virgin / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Ten years ago, in a sharehouse on Chapel Street, four 20-year-olds with zero expectations wrote and recorded an EP in a single afternoon. Those six blistering minutes of music became Giddy Up. An hour later, Amyl and The Sniffers had a name, a... |
Basement Jaxx
Where's Your Head At (Steve Angello Remix) (12") [ XL Recordings / 12in - due 22/May/2026 ] Basement Jaxx revisit their anthem 'Where's Your Head At' with a 2026-ready remix from Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello. It recharges the original's big beat energy for today's rejuvenated UK bassline club culture - nostalgic but forward-facing.... |
Bleachers
Everyone For Ten Minutes [ Dirty Hit / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Described by The New York Times as "anthemic, life-affirming pop rock," Bleachers are fronted by eleven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Jack Antonoff. Over the past decade, Bleachers have built a massive, devoted... |
Bleachers
Everyone For Ten Minutes (LP) [ Dirty Hit / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Described by The New York Times as "anthemic, life-affirming pop rock," Bleachers are fronted by eleven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Jack Antonoff. Over the past decade, Bleachers have built a massive, devoted... |
Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding (LP) [ Legacy / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, first released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and... |
Che Fu
Navigator (25th Anniversary Edition LP) [ Sony Music New Zealand / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] eleased in September 2001, Navigator features the top 20 hits 'Fade Away' (#2), 'Random' (#19) and 'Misty Frequencies' (#10). The album debuted at number one in the New Zealand charts, spending 3 weeks in the top spot and 27 weeks in the Top... |
Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
Return Of The Live Frogs: Volume 1 [ Ato / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Ahead of their inclusion on the 2026 Claypool Gold tour, The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade release a new live LP recorded during 2023's Hunt For Green October Tour (which includes a band comprised of Sean Lennon and Harry Waters among others). |
Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
Return Of The Live Frogs: Volume 1 (Green Vinyl LP) [ Ato / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Ahead of their inclusion on the 2026 Claypool Gold tour, The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade release a new live LP recorded during 2023's Hunt For Green October Tour (which includes a band comprised of Sean Lennon and Harry Waters among others). |
Dennis Brown
Yesterday Today And Tomorrow (LP) [ Studio 16 / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Dennis Brown in fine 80s style singing classics such as Rocking Time, Little Bit More, Hold onto What You Got, and Tribulation. |
ENZSO
ENZSO (LP) [ Sony Music NZ / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] In 1996 two great New Zealand music institutions joined forces to produce a unique project. ENZSO was an album of classic Split Enz songs arranged by former Split Enz keyboardist and sound engineer Eddie Rayner. The music was performed by the New... |
Fire-Toolz
Lavender Networks (LP) [ Warp / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Lavender marble 12" vinyl in printed inner sleeve in 3mm spine outer sleeve. Lavender Networks is the debut release on Warp Records by Nu Age pioneer Fire-Toolz. The Maryland-born, Chicago-based artist also produces and engineers for other artists... |
King Tubby
Surrounded By The Dreads At The National Arena (LP) [ Studio 16 / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] On the 26th September 1975 at the National Arena, Kingston, Jamaica, King Tubby's sound system entertained the excited audience gathered there to listen to the almighty live sound of The Wailers on stage and the overpowering dub music that Tubby has... |
Loris S. Sarid & Innis Chonnel
Looking For Mount Sylvan (LP) [ 12th Isle / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] The second album proper from the duo of Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid builds upon the horse box studio experiments of their initial collaborative tape Where The Round Things Live (2022) with a more refined focus on their playful synergy, all... |
Mainard Larkin
Rattlesnake Boy [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Lil' Chief Records is proud to present new signing, Mainard Larkin. Mainard previously had a run of streaming hits as hip hop act Randa, but recently he's made a surprising jump into alt-country and has created a loose concept album about a... |
Mainard Larkin
Rattlesnake Boy (LP) [ Lil' Chief Records / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Lil' Chief Records is proud to present new signing, Mainard Larkin. Mainard previously had a run of streaming hits as hip hop act Randa, but recently he's made a surprising jump into alt-country and has created a loose concept album about a... |
Marter And Yony
Rhythm Matter (LP) [ Personal Affair / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Japanese Reggae / Dub duo based in Nagano, Japan & Brooklyn, NY. Mater (Bass) & Yony (Drums), this album was recorded on cassette & 1/4" tapes back in 2011 at Studio b.p.m. Brooklyn. |
Michael Prophet
Jah Love (LP) [ Live & Learn / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Strong roots vocal album originally released in 1983 recorded at Channel One studios with the hi times band produced by Delroy Wright and Junjo Lawes for Jah Life. |
Morrissey
Deluxe Notre-Dame (Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl EP) [ Warner Records / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Off the former The Smiths frontman's 2026 solo album Make Up Is A Lie! Contains two incarnations including a previously-unreleased orchestrated version, plus rare B-sides Hello Hell and Happy New Tears. |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Hunt For The Wilderpeople (LP) [ Impressed / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] This is the first time the soundtrack has been pressed to vinyl, and lands in time for the film's 10th anniversary. The score was composed by Moniker, a New Zealand music project rooted in psychedelic pop and soundtrack composition, originating... |
Passarani
Analog Fingerprints Vol. 0 (LP) [ Numbers / 2 LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Analog Fingerprints Vol. 0 is a compilation bringing together the early 2000s works of Marco Passarani under his Analog Fingerprints alias, collecting key tracks originally released on Rome's Plasmek and Pigna labels. For Numbers, the story starts... |
Seafret
Tell Me It's Real (10th Anniversary LP) [ Sony Music UK / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] Tell Me It's Real is the debut studio album by duo Seafret. It was originally released on 29 January 2016 by Sweet Jane Recordings. It's a rare thing when a band's name perfectly encapsulates their music. Flip open a dictionary at 'sea fret' and... |
The Smiths
The Smiths [ Warner Music UK / CD - due 22/May/2026 ] Arriving in an era dominated by synth pop and gloomy post-punk, The Smith's eponymous debut was the beginning of a new era. Johnny Marr's inventive song writing and ringing guitars were catchy and melodic and were made all the more original by... |
Various Artists
Never Eclipsed: Dancehall From Philip Smart's Hc&F Studio 1985-1996 (LP) [ Eclipse / LP - due 22/May/2026 ] A lovely overview of the second phase of Philip's career, as engineer and producer at his own studio, HC&F. These ten tracks comprise favourites from his production catalogue, spanning the mid '80s when the studio really got going, right up until... |
Ali Farke Tourè
Savane (20th Anniversary Edition Splatter Vinyl LP) [ BMG / 2 LP - due 29/May/2026 ] Released in July 2006 via the World Circuit label, Savane was Ali Farka Touré's final solo album, and a deeply resonant 'farewell' work. Recorded in Bamako, Mali with his specially assembled down-home ngoni group, and often acclaimed as his finest... |
All Them Witches
House Of Mirrors [ BMG / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Nashville-based psychedelic blues rock act All Them Witches return with brand-new album, House of Mirrors, the band's first new studio album since 2020's seminal Nothing as the Ideal. The album features singles "Red Rocking Chair" and "Starting Line." |
All Them Witches
House Of Mirrors (Limited Edition LP) [ BMG / LP - due 29/May/2026 ] Nashville-based psychedelic blues rock act All Them Witches return with brand-new album, House of Mirrors, the band's first new studio album since 2020's seminal Nothing as the Ideal. The album features singles "Red Rocking Chair" and "Starting Line." |
All Them Witches
House Of Mirrors (LP) [ BMG / LP - due 29/May/2026 ] Nashville-based psychedelic blues rock act All Them Witches return with brand-new album, House of Mirrors, the band's first new studio album since 2020's seminal Nothing as the Ideal. The album features singles "Red Rocking Chair" and "Starting Line." |
Boards Of Canada
Inferno [ Warp / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Thirteen years after their last release ('Tomorrow's Harvest'), Boards Of Canada return with 'Inferno'. It is the fifth album from Scottish duo Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, and features 18 new tracks. |
Boards Of Canada
Inferno (Limited Edition LP) [ Warp / 2 LP - due 29/May/2026 ] Transparent red 2LP vinyl in printed inner sleeves in triple gatefold outer sleeve with 16 page 12" booklet. Thirteen years after their last release ('Tomorrow's Harvest'), Boards Of Canada return with 'Inferno'. It is the fifth album from... |
Boards Of Canada
Inferno (LP) [ Warp / 2 LP - due 29/May/2026 ] Thirteen years after their last release ('Tomorrow's Harvest'), Boards Of Canada return with 'Inferno'. It is the fifth album from Scottish duo Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, and features 18 new tracks. |
Bruce Springsteen
Live From Asbury Park 2024 [ Columbia / 3 CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Hear Bruce Springsteen's electrifying homecoming performance in Asbury Park at the 2024 Sea.Hear.Now festival. Spanning over three hours of powerhouse performances in front of 35,000 people, this 3CD set features Springsteen at his dynamic best,... |
Danzig
I (RSD 2026 Essential Indies Exclusive LP) [ Ume / LP - due 29/May/2026 ] The debut album that introduced Glenn Danzig's dark vision to the world, blending heavy blues riffs with ominous lyrical themes. |
Danzig
II - Lucifuge (RSD 2026 Essential Indies Exclusive LP) [ Ume / LP - due 29/May/2026 ] With Lucifuge, Danzig expanded their sound, balancing thunderous heaviness with moody, soulful undertones. Songs like "Her Black Wings" and "Long Way Back From Hell" showcase the band's evolving songwriting. |
Don Williams
Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes [ Concord / CD - due 29/May/2026 ] A collection of never-before-heard recordings from country legend Don "The Gentle Giant" Williams. The set - his latest and final album - offers rare look at Williams' voice and craft beyond his most familiar work. Uncovered by the artist's family... |
Don Williams
Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes (LP) [ Concord / LP - due 29/May/2026 ] A collection of never-before-heard recordings from country legend Don "The Gentle Giant" Williams. The set - his latest and final album - offers rare look at Williams' voice and craft beyond his most familiar work. Uncovered by the artist's family... |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Black Moon [ BMG / 2 CD - due 29/May/2026 ] Black Moon was the eighth studio album, and the first in fourteen years, by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, originally released on 27 June 1992. The music is a stripped-down, amped-up, more mainstream rock format, though in many... |
