Ninth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 24 original instrumental songs composed by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. Featuring a throwback to sixties instrumental sounds reminiscent of The Ventures, Iron Butterfly, Procol Harum and King Crimson, Horizon Of Tomorrow is a tribute to the instrumental styles of the those great sixties bands. Imagine yourself in the late 1960s in Hollywood at the filming of some great era television shows and films. These songs are an instrumental trip through that memory lane. From the surf guitar sounds of the Ventures, to the organ driven Procol Harum and Iron Butterfly moods and through the progressive sounds of early King Crimson, "Horizon Of Tomorrow" is the ultimate 60s road trip.
Tracklist:
Solitary Traveler (3:44)
Lonely Planet (2:57)
Venice Beach (2:50)
Andromeda's Dance (3:30)
Star Child (3:34)
Rare Earth (3:16)
Open Road (3:07)
Speed of Sound (4:49)
Side By Side (2:53)
Cruisin' at Midnight (3:34)
Surfin' to Mars (2:50)
The Challenge (3:11)
Around the Sun (2:59)
Sunrise (4:15)
Night Rider (3:19)
Distant Shores (3:18)
Tomorrow's Dreams (3:38)
Surfing the Expanse (3:13)
Rain Dancing (2:47)
Midsummer Nights (3:13)
Voyage to Yesterday (3:53)
Second Sight (2:53)
Arrow in the Dark (3:00)
Fear of the Dark (3:03)
UPC: 630428086623Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
"Illusion" is the 19th album by The Council of Thirteen. Featuring 14 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. The title track is ELO-inspired with flourishes of keyboards and rushes of strings. "Vika's Gone Away" is an uptempo rock anthem about love that has been lost. "Phantom Of Love" continues that theme with a story of love that never quite disappears. "The First Time We Fell In Love" is a poignant reminder of when a love was new and exciting. "Don't Walk Away Tonight", an 80's style rocker and "Shadows On The Shore" is an R&B emotive ballad that is reminiscent of Otis Redding. A little something for all types of listeners, is the hallmark of all of The Council of Thirteen's albums. Stunning album imagery captures the essence of the music within. Promotional YouTube videos are available for "Vika's Gone Away", "Illusion" and "Phantom Of Love". For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Styx, Human League, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Illusion
She Was Always My Girl
Vika's Gone Away
Phantom of Love
Fire in My Sky
Whatever We Call It
the First Time We Fell in Love
Please Don't Break My Heart
Fire Turns to Shadow
Starlight Ride to Phoenix
When the World Was Ours
Calling Through the Night
Shadows on the Shore
Don't Walk Away Tonight
UPC: 630428087620Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Twelfth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 18 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal and power pop, The Last Frontier is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Companion video clips available on YouTube for internet hits "Firestarter", "Limelight", "I'm Your Angel, I'm Your Devil", "Dreaming Of You", "Cyberbabe", "The Girl With A Thousand Faces", "How Long Is Forever" and "The Last Frontier". For fans of ELO, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Honeymoon Suit, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Bad Company, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Firestarter (4:19)
Limelight (4:41)
Pop Tart Trouble (3:42)
I'm Your Angel, I'm Your Devil (4:57)
Cyberbabe (3:33)
the Last Frontier (3:50)
the Girl with a Thousand Faces (4:35)
Dreaming of You (4:38)
So Hot, So Cool (3:30)
Round in Circles (4:17)
Where Shadows Bend (4:03)
Love Story That Never Happens (3:51)
Gold Digger Blues (4:12)
Love's a Mess I Can't Express (4:54)
Changing for the Better (3:56)
Enough Is Enough (3:31)
Arizona (4:23)
How Long Is Forever (5:53)
UPC: 630428086920Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Memories In The Rain" is the 18th album by The Council of Thirteen. Featuring 14 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. Perhaps their most 80's pop-influenced album yet, featuring "Evening Glow", the emotive ballad "Fading Light", a Valerie Carter-esque ballad "Morning Light", Fleetwood Mac inspired "Don't Let Me Wonder", proggy anthem "Starlight Empress" and "Never Again Tonight", an 80's style pop rocker. A little something for all types of listeners, is the hallmark of all of The Council of Thirteen's albums. Stunning album imagery captures the essence of the music within. Promotional YouTube videos are available for "Don't Let Me Wonder" and "Starlight Empress". For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Styx, Human League, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Evening Glow
Heartbeats' Thunder
Don't Let Me Wonder
Fading Light
Never Again Tonight
Memories in the Rain
Shadows in the Tide
Starlight Empress
When You Found Me
Haunting Through the Night
Morning Light
Shadow Games
Right Beside Me
Wild Angels Tonight
UPC: 630428087521Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
The 35th album by The Council of Thirteen features the band delving back into the solid soul, r & b and funk sound of the 70s and 80s. The lead track "Heartbeat" echoes the style and funk vibes of The Ohio Players. "August Sun" is straight out of Earth, Wind & Fire's playbook with it's soaring vocals and horn section. "Foxy Roxy" is pure funk with the flavor of George Clinton. "Monster Hunters" is a modern day Ghostbusters/Ray Parker Jr. Style song full of fun, funk and energy. The MFSB-influenced "The Council's There" features those Three Degrees styled vocals and does "Johnny Yesterday". Soulful ballads "No Forever Fire", "Under Your Spell Tonight", "Shadows On The Shore", "Ocean Boulevard" and "The Way Me Move" echo the sounds of Barry White, Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye, Natalie Cole and Patrice Rushen. The Al Jarreau styled jazzy "Leave A Light In The Hall" is followed by the Heatwave-tinged "The Groove Don't Lie" and the title track "Midnight Lights" emulates the Brothers Johnson's edgy vibe. All in all a flashback to the great sound that followed the Motown Era. For fans of Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang, Brothers Johnson, Barry White, Ohio Players, Three Degrees, MFSB, Patrice Rushen, Funkadelic and more!
Tracklist:
Heartbeat (3:56)
August Sun (4:44)
Foxy Roxy (4:55)
Monster Hunters (3:49)
the Council's Theme (5:14)
South Beach Strut (4:46)
No Forever Fire (6:18)
Johnny Yesterday (5:35)
Leave a Light in the Hall (4:37)
the Groove Don't Lie (5:01)
Under Your Spell Tonight (5:55)
Shadows on the Shore (6:49)
Ocean Boulevard (6:39)
the Way We Move (5:01)
Midnight Lights (4:19)
UPC: 630428089327Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
Thirteenth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 17 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal and power pop, Mirror Mirror is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Singles include the ELO flavored "Digital Ghost", upbeat pop anthem "Mirror Mirror", a Shooting Star-like anthem "Hold Me Tonight", "Echo In The Sound", "Angel Or Sinner" and Ultravox-ish" The Shape Of The World To Come". Companion music videos on YouTube for all of those songs and a few more. For fans of ELO, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Kansas, Starship, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Honeymoon Suite, Styx, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Echo in the Sound (3:58)
Digital Ghost (4:06)
Mirror Mirror (4:08)
Angel or Sinner (5:27)
Hold Me Tonight (4:46)
Shine Forever (4:49)
Lost in a Dream (5:36)
Just Yesterday (4:29)
Love Like Thunder, Love Like Rain (5:24)
Bring the Heat (4:19)
Shape of the World to Come (5:22)
Run to Me Forever (5:59)
Love Find Me (4:58)
Play My Wicked Game (5:16)
Destination Anywhere But Here (4:12)
Back Then (3:41)
We're Love on Fire (3:01)
UPC: 630428087026Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Fourteenth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 16 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal and power pop, Mystery In Her Eyes is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Singles include the title track, The Go-Gos influenced "Runaway Heart", an Asia-styled rocker "Whispered Fire", the Bad Company flavored "This Could Be Trouble", Blackhawk-styled "Wrong Train, Right Woman", J. Geils-inspired "Poster On The Wall" and a Heart inspired tune "Who's Gonna Love You". Video clips for these songs and more are on YouTube. For fans of ELO, Asia, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, Honeymoon Suite, Go-Go's, Heart, Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Styx, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Mystery in Her Eyes (4:25)
Runaway Heart (4:10)
Whispered Fire (4:39)
Waiting on the Wind (4:12)
This Could Be Trouble (4:55)
Who's Gonna Love You (4:50)
the Last Illusion (4:55)
I'll Run to You First (4:34)
Run with My Heart (4:10)
Stay with Me (4:15)
Wrong Train, Right Woman (4:39)
Poster on the Wall (4:02)
Highway of the Heart (5:49)
Echoes in the Flame (5:19)
One More Time (5:59)
When I Was Young (5:10)
UPC: 630428087125Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
"No Second Guess" is the 30th album by The Council of Thirteen. Featuring 14 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. A continuation of the classic/progressive/gothic rock stylings of the band. Featuring the pop hit "Last Day On Earth", the Foreigner-esque "Calling Me Back Again", the classic rockers "Against The Advice" and "No Second Guess", the fantasy adventure "Island Out Of Time" and the ethereal "Don't Be Afraid Of The Light". A little something for all types of listeners, is the hallmark of all of The Council of Thirteen's albums. Stunning album imagery captures the essence of the music within. Promotional YouTube videos will be available shortly. For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar, Journey, Styx, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Last Day on Earth (5:22)
Calling Me Back Again (5:47)
Chosen, Not Chasing (4:59)
Against the Advice (4:18)
No Second Guess (5:31)
One Way Mirror (6:59)
Don't Be Afraid of the Light (5:44)
Where Time Finally Stops (6:30)
Still I Go (6:19)
Island Out of Time (6:35)
I Remain (6:15)
Found You By Accident (5:06)
Still Standing (At the End of the Night) (4:30)
What I Remember Most (5:28)
UPC: 630428088825Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Fifteenth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 14 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal, new wave anthems and power pop, Rhythm On The Radio is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Singles include the Roxy Music inspired title track, the Eagles styled "Midnight Mirage", a new wave Animotion-styled tune "Do You Control Me?", the ELO influenced "Mirrors In The Night", the Kate Bush flavored "A Secret Never Told" and "It's Just The Way We Grow". For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, Human League, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Styx, The Buggles and more! Guest performances by Phil Manzanera and Paul Carrack.Video clips on YouTube for promotion of singles "Rhythm On The Radio", "It's Just The Way We Grow", "Mirrors In The Night", "Midnight Mirage", "A Secret Never Told", "Do You Control Me" and "Where Shadows Learn To Glow."
Tracklist:
Rhythm on the Radio (5:50)
It's Just the Way We Grow (4:40)
a Secret Never Told (4:56)
Mirrors in the Night (7:19)
Midnight Mirage (6:10)
Heaven Is Right Here with You (6:14)
Where Shadows Learn to Glow (4:51)
Voices in the Fire (5:52)
Only When You're Gone (4:45)
Crimson Siren (5:53)
Echoes of Tomorrow (6:35)
the Curtain Falls (6:21)
Do You Control Me? (4:03)
Echoes of a Promise (4:22)
UPC: 630428087224Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
"Secrets In The Dark" is the 22nd album by The Council of Thirteen. Featuring 14 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. Featuring the smash internet hits "Signal Through The Stars", an interstellar love song, "Moonlight Carousel", a vivid imaginary dream about love and relationships. Other popular tracks include "Secrets In The Dark', "Whispers In The Crowd", the moody melodic "Ocean Boulevard" and "Right In The Heart". A little something for all types of listeners, is the hallmark of all of The Council of Thirteen's albums. Stunning album imagery captures the essence of the music within. Promotional YouTube videos are available for "Secrets In The Dark", "Moonlight Carousel" and "Signal Through The Stars". For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar, Journey, Styx, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Signal Through the Stars (5:33)
Moonlight Carousel (5:36)
Right in the Heart (4:04)
Secrets in the Dark (5:50)
Say It's Real (5:04)
Darkness of the Night (5:37)
Whispers in the Crowd (5:43)
Standing in My Own Light (5:39)
Ocean Boulevard (6:37)
Riding on the Faultline (5:14)
Echoes Through the Stars (5:38)
Hearts in Motion (6:04)
Turn It Loose (5:11)
Chasing the Horizon (5:44)
UPC: 630428087927Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: CD
"Somewhere But Nowhere" is the 28th album by The Council of Thirteen. Featuring 14 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. After the Europop album "That Night", this is a return to the classic/progressive/gothic rock stylings of the band. Featuring the light pop sound of "Postcard From Myself" to the gothic rock anthem "Ashes In My Hands", the classic rocking style of the title track and "Shadows On The Glass", the Carly Simon-esque "Caught In The Current" and another progressive gothic tune "I Can Feel It In The Air". A little something for all types of listeners, is the hallmark of all of The Council of Thirteen's albums. Stunning album imagery captures the essence of the music within. Promotional YouTube videos are available for "Somewhere But Nowhere", "I Can Feel It In The Air" and "Postcard From Myself". For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benatar, Journey, Styx, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Shadows on the Glass (5:55)
Somewhere, But Nowhere (4:43)
the Fire You Bring (5:06)
Ashes in My Hands (5:21)
Where the Ground Still Knows My Name (6:44)
Every Song a Girl, Every Girl a Song (4:01)
Postcard from Myself (5:19)
Don't Say Never (Tonight) (5:02)
Fall Into Me (5:01)
I Can Feel It in the Air (5:48)
Caught in the Current (5:24)
Hollow Crown (5:16)
Sanctuary Beyond the Walls (6:41)
Northern Flame (8:00)
UPC: 630428088627Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
Eleventh full album by The Council of Thirteen, their second instrumental album, featuring 26 original instrumental songs composed by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. Featuring a throwback to sixties instrumental sounds reminiscent of The Ventures, Iron Butterfly, Procol Harum, Santana, Sir Douglas Quintet, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Baja Marimba Band, and King Crimson, Technicolor is a tribute to the instrumental styles of the those great sixties bands. Like a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack, "Technicolor" is full of sixties film and television imagery in every song, beach music, western themes, progressive anarchy and Tex-Mex styles abound. For fans of great classic rock instrumentals.
Tracklist:
Pacific Coast Highway
Santa Monica Surf
Danger Girl
Go Go Dancer
Running Around with You
the Girl Next Door
Amigos Del Sol
Santa Ana
Que Paso Chiquita
El Rancho
Casa Grande
in My Garage
the Distance Between
Technicolor
Twin Sisters
Counterpoint
Not Enough Hours in the Day
It's a Beautiful Day
Somewhere Along the Border
Night Dreams
the Heart of San Antonio
Across the Sonoran
Corazon
Cara Mia
the Lonesome Prairie
Mexican Sunrise
UPC: 630428086821Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
"That Night" is the 27th album by The Council of Thirteen. Featuring 18 new songs written by keyboardist/composer John W. Edwards. This is the band's first foray into the world of Europop. If you like A-Teens, Aqua, M2M, Toy Box and Ace Of Base then "That Night" is a natural album for fans of those groups. Featuring the smash internet hits "Up In The Clouds" inspired by M2M, the Aqua-influenced "Captain Luna", an Ace of Base-edged song "Brand New Day", the pop/rock anthem "Message In The Dark", the clouds-in-the-sky pop tune "Daydream Carousel" and a new version of our hit "Hologram Heartbeat". A little something for all types of listeners, is the hallmark of all of The Council of Thirteen's albums. Stunning album imagery captures the essence of the music within. Promotional YouTube videos are available for "Up In The Clouds", "Captain Luna". "Daydream Carousel" and "Message In The Dark. For fans of Aqua, A-Teens, Abba, M2M, Toy Box, Ace Of Base and more!
Tracklist:
Up in the Clouds (5:23)
Captain Luna (4:14)
Brand New Day (3:57)
Message in the Dark (5:31)
Starlight Confetti (4:18)
Daydream Carousel (5:09)
Intimate Nights (3:52)
Echoes of You (4:53)
Step By Step (4:48)
Forever Here (3:34)
the Dream Train (3:57)
Devil Girl (4:08)
Neon Sparks (4:22)
Head in the Clouds (4:43)
Screen Between Us (3:54)
Electric Hearts (4:23)
That Night (3:44)
Hologram Heartbeat (4:48)
UPC: 630428088429Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
Eighth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 21 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal and power pop, Time Stands Still is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Promotional companion videos on YouTube for internet hits "Dancing With The Stars Tonight", "Behind Enemy Lines", "Changing Hearts", "The Girlfriend Effect", "Zodiac Symphony", "Endless Nights", "A.I. Girlfriend", "Heart Of The Night", "Hologram Heartbeat" and "Chat Room Girl". For fans of Journey, Styx, Boston, Kansas, ELO, Foreigner, Genesis, REO Speedwagon, Honeymoon Suite and Pat Benatar.
Tracklist:
Dancing with the Stars Tonight (3:24)
Behind Enemy Lines (3:53)
Changing Hearts (3:39)
The Girlfriend Effect (3:54)
Zodiac Symphony (3:47)
Revenge of a Broken Heart (3:12)
Fire and Grace (3:34)
Time Stands Still (3:37)
Arcana's Dance (3:53)
A.I. Girlfriend (4:13)
Endless Nights (3:11)
Heart of the Night (3:41)
Dance of Love (3:39)
Heart Full of Desire (4:22)
Hologram Heartbeat (3:10)
Loving You Is My Favorite Game (4:10)
Set Me Free (4:06)
Love Ends in Shadows (4:03)
Hollywood Idol (3:37)
Crypto Queen (3:41)
Chat Room Girl (3:37)
UPC: 630428086524Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Sixteenth full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 15 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal, new wave anthems and power pop, Velvet Disguise is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Singles include the anthemic title track, "Paper Crown", "Silk Dreams", the soaring ballad "The Secret Flame", Siouxsie & The Banshees styled "Neon Guilotine", a Fleetwood Mac inspired tune "Whispers In The Night" and new wave influenced "Crave You". Video clips are available on YouTube for "Velvet Disguise", "Paper Crown", "Silk Dreams", "The Secret Flame", "Neon Guillotine" and "Whispers In The Night". For fans of ELO, Roxy Music, Kansas, Honeymoon Suite, REO Speedwagon, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Genesis, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Styx, Human League, The Buggles and more!
Tracklist:
Silk Dreams (5:06)
Velvet Disguise (4:47)
Paper Crown (4:42)
the Secret Flame (5:20)
Echoes of Forever (5:24)
Katja (4:06)
Crave You (4:45)
in the Shattered Glass (6:16)
Neon Guillotine (5:42)
Whispers in the Night (4:33)
Electric Confession (5:29)
Magnetic Fire (5:04)
Flames That Still Grow (5:25)
Voices in the Dark (6:29)
Echoes of the Future (6:09)
UPC: 630428087323Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Seventh full album by The Council of Thirteen featuring 19 original songs written by keyboardist/songwriter John W. Edwards. From power rock ballads to progressive rock anthems, symphonic metal and power pop, Where Dreams Begins is the best of symphonic cinematic rock with a progressive flare. Several successful YouTube singles are featured in this release including "The Edge Of Destiny", "Heartache's Grip", "The Love We've Lost", "If I Had A Heart", "Where Dreams Begin", "Singapore" and "Where Night Departs". For fans of Journey, Styx, Genesis, Boston, ELO, Kansas and Foreigner.
Tracklist:
The Edge of Destiny (4:39)
Heartache's Grip (4:03)
Hearts on Fire (3:37)
Hold on to Hope (3:46)
The Love We've Lost (3:29)
Follow You Anywhere (4:27)
If My Dreams Could Be Real (4:04)
That's Love (3:49)
If I Had a Heart (4:43)
Where Dreams Begin (4:44)
Let Our Love Be (3:39)
Where Night Departs (3:37)
The New Dawn (4:44)
See the Light (4:01)
Singapore (3:26)
I Can't Find My Way Home (3:57)
Simple Love (4:00)
Pray for Peace (3:54)
Flames of Love (4:49)
UPC: 630428086425Label: RenaissanceRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
In the hands of Courtney Barnett, fragments of everyday life become rich and riveting. A deft lyricist and virtuosic guitarist with inimitable musicianship, Barnett first found critical acclaim with 2013’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas and broke into the mainstream in 2015 with her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. Garnering a coveted Best New Artist Grammy nomination and numerous other accolades, the album stands as a generational classic. Barnett followed her debut with 2017’s Lotta Sea Lice, an acclaimed collaborative record with Kurt Vile, and eschewed the vignettes of her early records on 2018’s Tell Me How You Really Feel, her humid, political sophomore record. In 2021, she released Things Take Time, Take Time, a remarkable artistic step forward. On March 27th, 2026 Courtney will release her 4th studio album, Creature of Habit.
Tracklist:
A Stay In Your Lane
A Wonder
A Site Unseen (feat. Waxahatchee)
A Mostly Patient
A One Thing At A Time
B Mantis
B Sugar Plum
B Same
B Great Advice
B Another Beautiful Day
UPC: 810090098333Label: Mom & Pop MusicRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Courtney Santana may have been "30 feet from stardom" for most of her career, but she is more than ready to step into the spotlight on center stage. Produced by Jesse Dayton and Kirk Pasich. Listening to Courtney Santana belt out the refrain to the title track, "Living Through It All," on her debut solo album, you realize she just answered that question once and for all.
Tracklist:
Living Through It All
Just Keep Going
No Apology
I Only Hurt Myself (Staying Mad at You)
Hardcore Believer
Fool's Gold
Holding My Own
Fastest Way to a Broken Heart
Can You Dig It?
These Eye
UPC: 199806007099Label: Blue Elan RecordsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Coinciding with the tour, Cowboy Junkies are to release a 3-LP collection of songs from their 21st century releases to date, entitled Open To Beauty and out on May 1 via Cooking Vinyl. This 'Best Of' set will revisit selected tracks from albums Open, One Soul Now, Early 21st Century Blues, At The End of Paths Taken, Renmin Park, Demons, Sing In My Meadow, The Wilderness, All That Reckoning, Songs of the Recollection and Such Ferocious Beauty. Open To Beauty will be available as a 3 LP, 2 CD and digital set. Speaking about the new collection Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins said: "We are now 25 years into this century, the beginning of which saw us leave the world of major labels and return to making music as an independent band. We figured this was as good a time as any to look back, reassess, and reflect on the music that we have recorded over these past two and a half decades and, hence, Open to Beauty - The Best of the 21st Century." The enduring power of Cowboy Junkies' music was in evidence recently when their signature performance of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" was featured in the final episode of Netflix TV series Stranger Things.
Tracklist:
Dragging Hooks
I'm So Open
Small Swift Birds
He Will Call You Baby
Why This One
Notes Falling Slow
License To Kill
Still Lost
My Little Basquiat
Blue Eyed Saviour
Follower 2
Renmin Park
A Few Bags of Grain
Wrong Piano
Continental Drift
Late Night Radio
Angels In The Wilderness
Staring Man
Fuck, I Hate The Cold
All That Reckoning (Part 1)
Sing Me A Song
The Things We Do To Each Other
Missing Children
Five Years
What I Lost
Hard To Build, Easy To Break
Circe and Penelope
UPC: 711297927825Label: Cooking VinylRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Pacifico
Innocence
Smoke Screen
Shine Not Burn (Under the Sun)
Health+
Finish Line
Catherine Wheels
Forgive ; Regret
All Change
Guns in Their Hands
Soft Top
UPC: 684646084275Label: TruthRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Gotta go through it. And somewhere out there in the Pitch black beyond all darkness lies Peace & Purpose. The horizon you never quite crest until the inevitable end. Breathe deep - this fearful moment is the most alive you're ever gonna feel. For the last decade, Crack Cloud's vision has grown ever more expansive, more cinematic. Last go around, they dropped from The Heavens and then performed with their bare backs to an endless darkening desert. Now they've crammed all that life into some metallic and strange object called Peace & Purpose. All the terror of living. All the helplessness. All the raw human will. All glued and screwed and locked into this impossible tactile shape of dungeon dub; sour milk vox; Avant-protest music.Music armwrestling itself to the ground. Far afield of beauty. The discordant symphony of factory farming and grim timber of the meat processing plant. The grinding din of the cogs. And yet, never giving up in spite of all good sense. Even in death, we are a coterie of survivors. Look now: There's Terry Fox on his one-legged Marathon of Hope across The Great White North while cancer spreads through his lungs. A self-annihilating drive to feel alive. Rage against the dying of the light, they say. Well, how 'bout it then!?! Peace & Purpose is not in any way some art project meditation on Punk Rock. It is Punk Rock. Terrifying, inspiring, vital, invigorating and most importantly, utterly unexpected. Every goddamn stupid day is a sublime slice of fresh hell. That's the point. Gotta go through it. Wishing you Peace & Purpose - if only in that last big breath.
Tracklist:
1 - Peace ; Purpose
2 - Safe Room
3 - Not the Same Thing
4 - Life on a Farm
5 - Pick Apart
6 - Marathon of Hope
7 - Stop Cutting Me Down
8 - Shut the Fuck Up
9 - Reunion
10 - Phantom Limb
11 - Thoughts on My Faith
12 - Eris on the Run
13 - Red House
14 - Truth in Trauma
UPC: 5061041821929Label: Meat MachineRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
Crack the Sky's 20th studio album, Blessed captures the band's unique ability to blend sharp wit, emotional depth, and musical sophistication into something completely their own. Blessed carries the unmistakable Crack the Sky sound: intelligent lyrics, inventive arrangements, melodies that linger long after the album ends, and a sense of humor that never undercuts it's emotional impact. The album finds Crack the Sky operating with confidence, passion, and remarkable artistic freedom, delivering a collection of songs that are equally thoughtful and immensely enjoyable. The band celebrates it's 50th anniversary with four of it's five original members intact: John Palumbo - whose unmistakable creative vision has made Crack the Sky one of rock's most enduring treasures - guitarist and producer Rick Witkowski, and the distinctively locked rhythm section of Joe Macre (bass) and Joey D'Amico (drums). Guitarist Bobby Hird's Crack the Sky tenure spans 40+ years, and debuting keyboardist Bill Hubauer adds a progressive rock edge unheard since the band's earliest albums. Blessed feels like the work of artists who continue to challenge themselves creatively while never losing sight of what connects with listeners.
Tracklist:
Imagination
Kiss The Dog
Blessed
Stare
Mojo Man
Brain Police
I Can't Walk On Water
How Do You Sleep?
Little Men With Big Guitars
The Dance
Artificial Man
It's All In My Head
Air Strike
UPC: 990481103478Label: IconoclassicRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
"In October 1977, the Cramps ventured into Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with producer and Cramps translator extraordinaire, Alex Chilton. The band had planned on recording their song 'TV Set,' as an A side, along with another track or tracks. Mr. Chilton told them the way he liked to work was to have a band record a lot of songs and from that they would pick the best of the bunch. Luckily for Cramps fans everywhere, the band did just that. The first evidence of these sessions was unleashed upon an "unsuspecting human world" in April 1978 on the band's own Vengeance Records label. It was a two song 7-inch with a version of the Trashmen's 1963 classic 'Surfin' Bird,' pushed well beyond it's breaking point, forcing it to mutate into a much higher form of lowdown, and Jack Scott's 1959 cool burning 'The Way I Walk,' dragged back into the Stone Age... After one listen, it was clear the Cramps had absolutely tapped into Rock 'n' Roll's mainline. In November of the same year, and again from the October 1977 sessions came another two song lesson in how it's done, or undone, with easily one of the greatest A sides of all time: 'Human Fly.' The B side was held hostage by "Domino," originally sung by Roy Orbison. The Cramps' version swaggers with infinite confidence and is an absolute thrill to listen to. In the summer of 1979, young degenerates in England were treated to a 12-inch by the Cramps called Gravest Hits, which featured not only the aforementioned four tracks, but also a fifth, again from the October 1977 sessions... "What happened to the rest of the tracks from those auspicious days in October 1977? In 2026, Larry Hardy, owner and operator of In The Red Records, repelled down, deep into the vast, sunless vault of the Cramps tape collection, and resurfaced hours later, disoriented and out of breath, but overjoyed with what he'd returned to topside with: six 1/4" reels of tracks, mixed by Lux [Interior] and [Poison] Ivy... Gravest Gravy is one of the purest collections of unrestrained, wild music you'll ever hear-like Jerry Lee Lewis unchained, like Elvis meets Tarzan-like it should be. The Cramps were one of the greatest bands in the history of recorded music, and anyone who heard or saw them, knows and abides by this groovin' truth. From their inception to this day, the band has fans whose enthusiasm for their life-changing music never wavers. The Cramps made this music for the love of Rock 'n' Roll. Lux and Ivy made this record for you." - Henry Rollins
Tracklist:
TV Set
Weekend on Mars
Twist ; Shout
Jungle Hop
I Can't Hardly Stand It
Hungry
the Natives Are Restless
Domino
Can't Find My Mind
1
Rockin' Bones
1
Problem Child
1
Rocket in My Pocket
UPC: 769152437224Label: VengeanceRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
Sidings is the third full-length double LP by Craven Faults, following 2020 debut Erratics & Unconformities and 2023's Standers. These long-form releases have each been punctuated with shorter single disc albums - Enclosures at the end of 2020 and Bounds in 2024. Each one builds on Craven Faults' lore and takes a unique view of the north of England through the spectrum of slowly unfurling analogue electronic music. It draws influence from the global underground of the arts and music, via records, studios and concerts, and how the landscape outside the old mill Craven Faults calls home came to look the way it does. The journey on Sidings isn't made with people in mind. It begins in an isolated community which built up around one of the great engineering projects of it's age - 14 tunnels and 22 viaducts to open up the north - and finishes at an enclosed field on a moor in 1858. It takes in studios from Los Angeles to Rochdale from 1952 to 1980, while drawing inspiration from the progress in manmade infrastructure and the transport of goods.The devil's in the details. It always was and it always will be. It's there for those who seek it out.- Second edition 4CD box set by popular demand- First edition SOLD OUT on pre-order- Additional 500 units in new colourway box - INDIES ONLY- Includes remastered versions of all tracks from Bounds and Thwaite Watermill plus the full 'May Birching' broadcast"Haunted and otherworldly... [Sidings] has a sneaky way of rubberbanding your perception of time; some listens feel like a lightning bolt, others like an entire day" Pitchfork"Sidings is Craven Faults' best, most irresistible work to date" The Quietus
Tracklist:
Three Loaning End (4:57)
Ganger (16:20)
Up Goods Distant, Down Goods Home (4:31)
Incline Huttes (6:01)
Drover Hole Sike (3:40)
Stoneyman (14:25)
Far Closes (15:40)
Yard Loup (3:22)
Long Stoop (4:05) (from Bounds)
Groups Hollows (9:04) (from Bounds)
Lampes Mosse (5:42) (from Bounds)
Waste ; Desmesne (18:11) (from Bounds)
May Birching (74:40)
Introduction (4:14) (from Thwaite Watermill)
Odda Delf (14:42) (from Thwaite Watermill)
Deipkier (9:14) (from Thwaite Watermill)
May Birching (11:34) (from Thwaite Watermill)
Hurrocstanes (15:41) (from Thwaite Watermill)
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 843190014309Label: LeafRelease Date: 5.22.26Format: CD
This deluxe reissue (available at mid-price) features digital remastering and enhanced packaging with authentic artwork, plus new photos. Tracks: "Strange Brew," "Sunshine of Your Love," "World of Pain," "Dance the Night Away," "Blue Condition," "Tales of Brave Ulysses," "SWLABR," "We're Going Wrong," "Outside Woman Blues," "Take It Back" and "Mother's Lament."
Tracklist:
Strange Brew
Sunshine of Your Love
World of Pain
Dance the Night Away
Blue Condition
Tales of Brave Ulysses
Swlabr
We're Going Wrong
Outside Woman Blues
Take It Back
Mother's Lament
Suicidal Failure
UPC: 731453181120Label: Polydor / UmgdRelease Date: 4.7.98Format: CD
CREAM / WHEELS OF FIRE - Super Deluxe Edition chronicles the full creation of Cream's groundbreaking third album. The 5-CD set features a newly remastered stereo version of the album, plus a phase-corrected version that delivers greater detail and a crisp soundstage. Disc 2 includes previously unreleased personal reference reels sourced from the late Cream producer, Felix Pappalardi. Discs 3-4 feature live 1968 recordings from Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Disc 5 collects alternate mixes in stereo and mono, plus additional live tracks. The set is completed with a hardcover book featuring sleeve notes by Jim Faber and photos from the era. All contents are housed in a rigid slipcase with silver lamination finish. Limited Edition.
Tracklist:
*** Wheels Of Fire - In The Studio (2026 Remaster)
White Room
Sitting On Top Of The World
Passing The Time
As You Said
Pressed Rat And Warthog
Politician
Those Were The Days
Born Under A Bad Sign
Deserted Cities Of The Heart
*** Wheels Of Fire - Live At The Fillmore (2026 Remaster)
Crossroads
Spoonful
Traintime
Toad
*** Live at Winterland Ballroom (March 10, 1968) - Previously Unreleased
Tales of Brave Ulysses
Sunshine of Your Love
We're Going Wrong
N.S.U.
Steppin' Out
*** Live at Winterland Ballroom (March 10, 1968) - Previously Unreleased
Sweet Wine
Rollin' and Tumblin'
Sleepy Time Time
Passing The Time
Deserted Cities of the Heart
*** Previously Unreleased Alternatives/Rarities
White Room (Early Version Mono Mix)
Deserted Cities Of The Heart (Rough Mono Mix / No Strings)
Pressed Rat And Warthog (Alternate Mono Mix)
As You Said (Alternate Mono Mix)
Anyone For Tennis (Mono Single Mix)
Crossroads (Mono Single Version)
N.S.U. (Recorded 9 March 1968 at Winterland Ballroom)
Anyone For Tennis (Stereo Single Mix)
(...Plus additional alternate mixes and sessions)
UPC: 602488193719Label: Polydor / UmgdRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
One of the most essential collections a rock fan can own their biggest hits on one double-length disc. Proud Mary; Who'll Stop the Rain; Travelin' Band; Fortunate Son; Lodi; Down on the Corner; Susie Q; Bad Moon Risin', and more.
Tracklist:
Susie-Q
I Put a Spell on You
Proud Mary
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Green River
Commotion
Down on the Corner
Fortunate Son
Travelin' Band
Who'll Stop the Rain
Up Around the Bend
Run Through the Jungle
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Long as I Can See the Light
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Hey Tonight
Sweet Hitch-Hiker
Someday Never Comes
UPC: 025218000222Label: FantasyRelease Date: 10.25.90Format: CD
This is the ultimate greatest hits collection by one of America's all-time most beloved bands. Here are the essential 12 tracks that prove exactly why Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands ever.
Tracklist:
Born on the Bayou
Fortunate Son
Proud Mary
Down on the Corner
Green River
Bad Moon Rising
Travelin Band
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Up Around the Bend 1
Lodi 1
Hey Tonight 1
Lookin Out My Back Door
UPC: 888072355002Label: FantasyRelease Date: 4.29.14Format: CD
The world is ending, and rent is due. The empire is crumbling, and you're late refilling your meds. War is ceaseless, pandemics go unchecked, billionaires poison the well water and cops abduct neighbors while wildfires burn... but here at the hot dog stand, relief and joy are yours for five buck ninety-nine. This is PEASANTS REVOLT, the latest album from trans folksinger Creekbed Carter Hogan. Playing the part of court jester in the halls of a dying empire, Hogan croons, hollers, and grins in the face of despair as we feast together on one last humble supper before everything falls apart. A rollicking medieval-Americana manuscript, Hogan's new work anchors itself in transitions. PEASANTS REVOLT was written living and moving between the North and the South; sung by a body both pre- and post-trans affirming healthcare; and recorded during a time of genocide, federal occupation, and workers' uprisings. Decorating it's margins are influences spanning time and medium. Here, 14th century king-killer ballads sit next to Appalachian strike songs. Labor and union songs find kinship with Ethiopian jazz records. Hogan's work echoes with historical struggle, too, from the Haitian Revolution to the struggle for trans rights to the surreal futurism of Rio Grande Valley writer Fernando A. Flores. This album takes the entwinement of the personal and the political seriously, a path often walked by everyone from Hazel Dickens and John Prine to ANOHNI. The 10 tracks of PEASANTS REVOLT are themselves endlessly transitioning, hinging on mid-song shifts and building into wildfires that crackle and sputter with the courage of momentum and catchy hooks. By centering this work so deeply in the tumult of change, Hogan illuminates all of capitalism's attempts to isolate us - and the power that we regain when we refuse to face our lives and our selves alone.
Tracklist:
The Last Supper
Cutbank of Cleves
Burn
Icarus Again
Mirrors
Bluebonnets
Games of Pretend
Peasants Revolt
Hot Dog! Apocalypse
After the Wurst of It
UPC: 634457259997Label: Gar Hole RecordsRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Goodbye
Goldmine
Hard to Pretend
Paraphernalia
Augur
Country Home
Taste of Cherry
Never Hear the End of It
Rushing
Circles
UPC: 634457251571Label: CmnRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
2026 release. Swedish AOR powerhouse Creye return with renewed energy and ambition on their brand-new album IV Aftermath, a record that marks a bold new chapter in the band's evolution. With the introduction of charismatic new frontman Simon Böös and a partially refreshed line-up, Creye prove once again why they are considered one of the brightest stars in today's AOR scene, delivering songs with a distinctly modern edge crafted arrangements. UPC: 8024391154625Label: Frontiers RecordsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
The Crickets - The Alternative Chirping Crickets (Remastered and Remixed Collector's Edition) - An alternative to the original album - 36 remixes of 12 tracks, resuilting in improved mono, true stereo and removal of dislliked background voicals. A landmark restoration and one of the most important archival releases in recent memory, "The Alternative Chirping Crickets (Remastered and Remixed Collector's Edition) stands as both a tribute to Buddy Holly's genius and a technical triumph that reveals, for the first time, the pure sound that shaped rock & roll's earliest heartbeat.
Tracklist:
Oh Boy! (Mono)
Not Fade Away (Mono)
You've Got Love (Mono)
Maybe Baby (Mono)
It's Too Late (Mono)
Tell Me How (Mono)
That'll Be the Day (Mono)
I'm Looking for Someone to Love (Mono)
An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date) (Mono)
Send Me Some Lovin' (Mono)
Last Night (Mono)
Rock Me My Baby (Mono)
Oh Boy! (Stereo).Wav
Not Fade Away (Stereo)
You've Got Love (Stereo)
Maybe Baby (Stereo)
It's Too Late (Stereo)
Tell Me How (Stereo)
That'll Be the Day (Stereo)
I'm Looking for Someone to Love (Stereo)
An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date) (Stereo)
Send Me Some Lovin' (Stereo)
Last Night (Stereo)
Rock Me My Baby (Stereo)
Oh Boy (Undubbed Stereo)
Not Fade Away (Undubbed Stereo)
You've Got Love (Undubbed Stereo)
Maybe Baby (Undubbed Stereo)
It's Too Late (Undubbed Stereo)
Tell Me How (Undubbed Stereo)
That'll Be the Day (Undubbed Stereo)
I'm Looking for Someone to Love (Undubbed Stereo)
An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date) (Undubbed Stereo)
Send Me Some Lovin' (Undubbed Stereo)
Last Night (Undubbed Stereo)
Rock Me My Baby (Undubbed Stereo)
UPC: 5012814030819Label: Rollercoaster Rec.Release Date: 4.3.26Format: CD
Crippled Black Phoenix was formed in 2004 by Justin Greaves as an ever-evolving musical project driven by emotional inquiry and moral tension. Across two decades, the project has built a singular catalogue rooted in human fragility, endurance, and resistance to complacency. 'Sceaduhelm' represents the project's most inward-looking and austere statements to date. Written and recorded between 2023 and 2025, the new album turns away from grand historical narratives to examine emotional erosion, fatigue, and quiet collapse. Rather than a traditional concept record, it unfolds as a unified psychological space, where repetition, restraint, and unease carry as much weight as melody. The songwriting favors slow builds and unresolved tension, resisting catharsis in favour of endurance. Vocals are shared between Belinda Kordic, Ryan Patterson, and Justin Storms, each offering a distinct but complementary perspective within the same emotional terrain. Themes of burnout, memory, violence against the vulnerable, and love already worn thin surface without spectacle. Produced by Justin Greaves and mixed by Iver Sandoy, the sound remains deliberately raw and exposed, avoiding comfort or excess. UPC: 822603019735Label: Season Of MistRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Pleasure, shame, and survival often arrive tangled together, indistinguishable in the moment. Camgirl, from Crippling Alcoholism, takes that entanglement as it's starting point. Rather than separating desire from damage, the record allows them to coexist, tracing a path through obsession, performance, and persistence without offering clean resolution.Camgirl is the 2025 breakthrough album from Boston's Crippling Alcoholism, a record that frames pop immediacy against obsession, endurance, and collapse. Built from ear-wormy hooks and abrasive noise rock textures, the album smuggles grotesque and confrontational subject matter into songs that remain deliberately melodic. Pleasure and revulsion blend throughout, with choruses that linger even as the lyrics refuse comfort.Released on September 12, 2025, Camgirl follows a loose narrative centered on a sex worker moving through cycles of exploitation and survival, treating intimacy as spectacle and visibility as threat. Songs flicker between desire and despair, confession and performance, flooded with artificial light. Despite it's subject matter, the record resists nihilism. It's closing moments arrive quietly triumphant, not through escape or redemption, but through persistence itself.Originally released on vinyl by Portrayal of Guilt Records, the first pressing of Camgirl sold out quickly. The Flenser reissue makes the album widely available for the first time, reaffirming it as a defining statement from a band operating at the intersection of pop form, noise, and lived experience.
Tracklist:
Mr. Sentimental
Saran Wrapped Cash
LADIES' NIGHT (feat. Luxury Skin)
Pay Pigs
bedrot
MONET
Pretty in Pink (feat. Luxury Skin)
Pliers (feat. Luxury Skin)
screentime
I Have a Key to Your House
CAMGIRL
Sweet Talk (feat. Ameokama)
TARAVISTA (feat. Luxury Skin)
Mary Kate ; Ashley
despair (feat. Latter)
UPC: 769152434674Label: FlenserRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: CD