Beloved Australian five-piece POND offer a skerrick ofhope in a hostile world with their new record - their11th - Terrestrials. A cyclone of urgent, scorchedearth rock'n'roll, Terrestrials tips the hat to the soundsof then while squarely facing up to the here and now.Conceived from a place of reverence for a particularlypotent epoch in Oz rock, Terrestrials mines the soundof open sky melancholia, heat haze sizzling on theplains and jangly pub backrooms that hits an eternallypoignant nerve for anyone familiar with the sound,time and place.Like much of The Pond catalogue, Terrestrials is arecord of people and place, of exploring the identityof each, as well as where and how they intersect andinteract. Terrestrials twitches with the desperation ofpeople and planet on the brink, but ultimately bets onthe beauty of both to prevail."This one is hitting me this morning. It's got all thisstrutting, preening glam-rock/new wave energy, butit's too weird and oblique to play as pure pastiche." -Stereogum on "Terrestrials"
Tracklist:
Skyworks
Casuarina
Through the Heather
Two Hands
Roebuck Plains
The Fatal Shore
Tourmaline
Terrestrials
Personal Hell
Nashville (I'm Dying)
UPC: 617308045642Label: MangovisionRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: CD
PRESIDENT delivers the highly anticipated debut album Blood Of Your Empire - 10 tracks that delve into a world in crisis challenging mortality, faith and more.
Tracklist:
Angel Wings
DOOM LOOP
dark heaven
Pink Noise
Mercy
Sleepwalker
Dionysus
This Will Divide Us
Hate Figure (Ft. Ando San)
White Devil
UPC: 075678590238Label: AtlanticRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: CD
Mainstays of the D.C. DIY scene, Pretty Bitter live up to their name. Masters of all kinds of dissonance, they juxtapose stories of haunting and heartbreak with dazzling pop-rock arrangements. Pretty Bitter makes music that gets the emo kids dancing. They're unafraid to infuse their blistering breakdowns with hits of disco and synthpop-and that's exactly what they've done on Pleaser, their sophomore album, co-produced by Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It., Pet Symmetry) and Simon Small (Strawberry Boy) and out July 25th, 2025 via cult favorite indie label Tiny Engines. Following a string of ethereal singles, their 2022 debut Hinges formally introduced Pretty Bitter and their dreampunk to a rapidly growing audience. Fearlessly led by Mel Bleker, Pretty Bitter has been embraced by DIY fans far and wide. On Pleaser, Pretty Bitter have amped up the drama of their lush arrangements-a match made in heaven for the emotional ferocity of Bleker's lyricism. "If everything is out there, nothing's embarrassing," they sigh on "I Hope You Do," expertly toeing the line between the personal and the universal over bright, bubbling synths. On the arresting closer "Outer Heaven," Bleker sings "Time isn't a lover in the way it likes to play / I'm getting older, every due I pay / Time isn't a bandage in the way you always say / I won't be abandoned by myself again this way." Their observational, heart-on-sleeve songwriting is as effortless as their flittering between the jangly, dreamy inclinations of rock, pop, and folk. Pleaser is a triumph, an instantly lovable record that reveals just how bright Pretty Bitter's future is.
Tracklist:
Coroner's Song
Thrill Eater
Outer Heaven Dude Ranch
Tommy Deluxe Goes Hollywood
Cardiac
I Hope You Do
Bodies Under The Rose Garden
Letter To Tracey In Her Bed
Textbook (featuring Nervous)
Outer Heaven
UPC: 634457260108Label: Tiny EnginesRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: CD
Pretty Sick’s forthcoming sophomore album, Anarchy — arriving Friday, September 11 — is Sabrina Fuentes’ boldest reinvention yet: a maximal collision of shoegaze, rap, rave, and distorted alt-rock that pushes far beyond the band’s grunge roots. Created primarily with producer Oscar Scheller in Los Angeles, the record channels the emotional rawness and DIY spirit that first defined Pretty Sick while embracing explosive electronic production, heavy beats, and towering walls of sound.The album captures her refusal to follow expectations or stay confined to a single genre. Equal parts abrasive and vulnerable, Anarchy synthesizes years of experimentation into Pretty Sick’s most ambitious and emotionally charged work to date.
Tracklist:
01 "Star"
02 "Needles"
03 "Anarchy"
04 "City Kid"
05 "Hyper Independence"
06 "UrNewImTrue"
07 "Sunset"
08 "Black n Blue"
09 "home2hide"
10 "Prosperity"
UPC: 5060257966387Label: Dirty HitRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: CD
When Pulp made their return last year promising "more", they really weren't kidding. "More" was the title of the Sheffield band's first album in 24 years, and with songs that swooned, swaggered, sashayed and strutted, it quickly became a fan favorite amongst the group's starred catalog, topping charts at home and abroad. Then there was more... and "More"... onstage. Following the record's release last summer, Pulp hit the road, playing their own shows and headlining festivals the globe over. Songs from the new album enthralled and dazzled, while the modern masterpieces drawn from across Pulp's career moved hearts and minds as one. To celebrate and capture those moments of musical brilliance, and to offer listeners yet more again, this summer Pulp release "Live!", an album of recordings drawn from their iconic show at The O2 in London on 13 June 2025. An ultimate setlist, which saw the band deliver a two-part performance as they drew on songs from right across their storied career, "Live!" does not just showcase the dexterity and rich musical tapestry Pulp weave when they come together onstage; it also captures the spirit of their live shows. From moments of communal exhilaration to Jarvis Cocker's candid confessionals; heart-swelling outpourings of love, to arena-filling sing-a-longs; Pulp's words and music have always unlocked unique, intimate worlds making "Live!" a truly immersive portal to the place where those tracks 'come alive' - onstage. "A concert is an event where songs come back to life. That's why this album is called 'Live!'" explains Jarvis Cocker of this unique record in the Pulp canon. "It's both a statement of fact (it's a recording of a live band) & a challenge (come on! Everyone come alive!)."
Tracklist:
Intro Feat. Kelly MacDonald
Spike Island
Slow Jam
Sorted for E's ; Wizz
Disco 2000
Help the Aged
Farmers Market
This Is Hardcore
Sunrise
Something Changed
Grown Ups
O.U
Do You Remember the First Time?
Mis-Shapes
Got to Have Love
Babies
Common People
A Sunset
UPC: 191402062625Label: Rough Trade UsRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
'The Butcher and the Butterfly' is the band's first full-length album for One Little Indian. Produced by Paul Corkett (The Cure, Placebo, Cooper Temple Clause) at Bath Moles Studio (Elbow), the album is (as it's title suggests) a balance of visceral anger and beautiful fragility. Mixing harsh guitars and pounding drumming with Katie Jane's vocals, it moves from moshpit anthems to delicate acoustic songs with enviable dexterity. From the opening moments of 'FM Doll's vicious cabaret pounding, to the beautiful softness of 'Bird nest Hair' and the sing a long chorus of 'Princess Carwash', this is a wonderfully crafted album where extra care has clearly been taken to utilize variety and dynamics to their full effect, pushing the band's material to the next level.
Tracklist:
Suck
Medicine Jar
Ascending Stars
Join the Dots
Pull Me Under
Racing Towards the Sun
Wolverines
Birdnest Hair
Princess Carwash 1
In Red 1
FM Doll 1
Black Spring Rising 1
Childproof 1
Princess Carwash (Slight Reply) 1
Cold Light of Day 1
Butcher ; the Butterfly
UPC: 5016958065829Label: One Little IndependeRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: CD
Legendary independent New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and Quicksand are excited to announce the Friday, July 17 release of Bring On The Psychics, the brand new album from the New York City post-hardcore veterans. Marking an entirely new era for the storied three-piece — guitarist/vocalist Walter Schreifels, bassist Sergio Vega and drummer Alan Cage — Bring On The Psychics serves as the sonic bridge between the band’s heavy and influential Nineties sound and the ambitious, experimental output contained within its more recent era. Produced and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain) across 10 days, Bring On The Psychics once again finds Quicksand reinventing the sound they helped pioneer. UPC: 794558052726Label: Equal Vision RecordsRelease Date: 7.17.26Format: CD
The new 2026 version of the first Quiet Sun album ‘Mainstream’ available in a CD + Blu-Ray deluxe hardcover mediabook package containing a variety of listening options, and in a single vinyl LP gatefold format containing the 2026 new mix.
Quiet Sun was an English progressive rock band formed in the late 60’s at Dulwich College in South London which broke up in 1971. In 1975, during a break in Roxy Music's touring schedule, the original members reunited to record their only album, "Mainstream."Though short-lived, their experimental approach and technical proficiency later earned them recognition as an influential cult band in the British progressive music scene.
The album, “Mainstream”, also features Brian Eno and Ian MacCormick (aka Ian MacDonald, ex-Assistant Editor, NME, and writer of “Revolution in the Head – The Beatles’ Records & the Sixties”)
Tracklist:
Blu-Ray Audio (Disc one) - Sol Caliente
Trumpets with Motherhood
Bargain Classics
R.F.D
RFD 2
Mummy Was an Asteroid Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil
Trot
Rongwrong
Teflon Kid
Bonus tracks - Years of the Quiet Sun (Original Demo)
Trot (Original Demo) –
RFD (Warner Brothers Demo)
Talking History – Bonus Track
CD (Disc Two): 2026 remix - Sol Caliente
Trumpets with Motherhood
Bargain Classics
R.F.D
RFD 2
Mummy Was an Asteroid Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil
Trot
Rongwrong
Teflon Kid
UPC: 5020284000423Label: BfdRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: CD
CD. Sophomore, self-titled album from Michigan based seven-piece band, Racing Mount Pleasant, formerly known as Kingfisher. Emotional, transcendental, and lush.
Tracklist:
Your New Place
Tenspeed (Shallows)
Heavy Red
Emily
Seminary
You
You Pt. 2
Racing Mount Pleasant
Call It Easy
Outlast
34th Floor
Seyburn
Your Old Place
UPC: 840526506125Label: R&rRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Home in Any Language was culled from an acoustic live performance by Rain Parade at the legendary KCRW radiostation in West LA in June of 2025.Side One is that performance - three songs, old and new: the classic "What She's Done To Your Mind" from their1982 debut single, "Share Your Love" from their triumphant return LP in 2023, "Last Rays of a Dying Sun," and thelatest single, "Surprise, Surprise" from the 2024 EP "Last Stop on the Underground".Side Two consists of a 2025 Jim Hill remix of "Didn't Know What Not To Say," from the EP "Last Stop on theUnderground." This special collection ends with the ten-minute psychedelic epic "Bee and His Buzz," recorded in2023, at the same time as "Last Rays of a Dying Sun", but never released.
Tracklist:
Intro
Share Your Love
What She's Done To Your Mind
Surprise, Surprise
End Thanks
Didn't Know What Not To Say
Bee and His Buzz
UPC: 810137044279Label: Label 51 RecordingsRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Caterpillar
I Didn't Mean to Be Mean [1954]
Play It Cool
Caterpillar
I Didn't Mean to Be Mean
Long Tall Sally
You Can't Catch Me
The Crossing
Living on Love
It Ain't Me
Give That Love to Me
Let Go of Louie
My Screamin' Screamin' Mimi
The Man I Met (A Tribute to the Big Bopper)
That's Why I Cry
I Got a Feeling
Sixteen Chicks
How Low Can You Feel
Booze It!
Rockin' at the Ritz
Quit Your Triflin'
Rattlin' Daddy
Wildcat Shakeout
Backseat Boogie
I Need Love
Rockabilly Music
Rockabilly Man
My Heart's on Fire
I'm Comin' Home [Live]
Honky Tonk Man [Live]
Pan American Boogie [Live]
Born to Rock [Live]
Caterpillar [Live]
Caterpillar/Rumble on the Beach [Live]
UPC: 4000127177902Label: Bear FamilyRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
Minneapolis' Real Numbers return with a new full length album, the gorgeously pop-tastic "Was It Always This Way." Ten expectant, exuberant songs mixing hope and despair, the future and the past, all set to the sounds of late-80s/early-90s UK indiepop. While definitely picking up where their 2021 EP "Brighter Then" left off, the emphasis this time is on multi-layered guitars intended to complement the wistful and melancholy tracks with glittering awe."Was It Always This Way" refines Real Numbers' already-stunning songs, polishing the tunes into a swooningly perfect album that recalls 90s antecedents like Field Mice and St Christopher, as well as fellow pop practitioners like Ducks Ltd, Chime School and The Umbrellas. Album highlights like "Darling" and "Never Never Again" show that Real Numbers stand tall with their influences, paying close attention to the past while taking their art straight into the future with assurance and flair.
Tracklist:
This Empty Frame
I Can Tell
Darling
Star
Twist The Blade
Don't Look Away
Everlasting Happiness
Was It Always This Way
Never Never Again
Remembrance
UPC: 749846030726Label: Slumberland RecordsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
John Lennon Postage Stamp
Not Holding the Centre
Given the Circumstances
Heroine
Another Within
Can't Unpull a Trigger
Given the Circumstances [Remix]
UPC: 5012814000119Label: Long Black CoatRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
Entering it's most ambitious era to date, Refestramus expands it's sonic and visual universe with Morri's Rock Boutique, a surreal desert-western dreamscape filled with ferris wheels, neon temples, and wandering ghosts of memory. The album blends cinematic atmospheres with adventurous progressive rock, pushing the band's storytelling and musical depth further than ever before. Morri's Rock Boutique features standout contributions from Jan Christiana and Dyanne Potter Voegtlin (Octarine Sky), along with notable guest performances by David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), Rick Witkowski (Crack the Sky), Joe Deninzon (Kansas), Lynx (Old Blood), and Japanese vocalist Nam Chumo.Refestramus is the progressive rock studio ensemble and storytelling engine led by Chicago drummer and songwriter Derek Ferguson. Founded during the 2020 lockdown as a homestudio experiment, the project quickly grew into an international collaboration defined by literary imagery, cinematic world-building, and a proudly retro-but-modern prog sensibility. The name, an invented word Derek's mother used to mean "to rearrange" captures the project's ethos: recombining the strange and the beautiful into something strikingly new.
Tracklist:
Storms
Cossacks Dream
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Lakeview Samurai (feat. Nam Chumo)
Hell or NYC
Deathless
He Always Will
The Lucky Ones (feat. Rick Witkowski)
Wasteland, pt1
Another Country
UPC: 755491369951Label: Melodic RevolutionRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
Reverend Baron's singular troubadour soul may best understand the capacity music has to span the distance between points on a map and pages in a calendar. Daniel, the acoustic instrumental follow-up to 2022's Karma Chief label debut, From Anywhere..., expands the world beyond LA's concrete canyons and overpasses to the bustling, churning sea of life that is Mexico City, to the sparse, rolling landscape of Red Cloud, Nebraska. In each locale, the constant companion was a nylon-stringed acoustic guitar - with a well-traveled history of it's own.
Tracklist:
El Monte
Silver Plume
Paz
How Glad
Muchacho
The Coast 1;2
Chico
Just Because
La Frontera
Teresa
Velasco
UPC: 648564358740Label: Colemine RecordsRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
Fresh off the back of his latest #3 UK charting album 'Lovin You', Richard Ashcroft releases his first ever live album, a collection of recordings spanning his solo career as well as highlights from The Verve. This release comes before a summer of festivals and special shows take over.
Tracklist:
CD1 -
Sonnet
Out Of My Body
A Song For The Lovers
This Is How It Feels
Break The Night With Colour
Velvet Morning
The Drugs Don't Work
Hold On
CD2 -
Lucky Man
Cmon People
They Don't Own Me
Music Is Power
Bittersweet Symphony
UPC: 823375105862Label: Rpa/richard AshcroftRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
Guitar o'erlord Sir Richard Bishop: 'one guitar, six strings, no overdubs, 7/8ths improvised, 1/8 composed' are the terms for a faux vol 2 of inspired modal post-grass recitals, inherited recollections and new national anthems, a psychotic mash of uninherited recollection. Are y'all ready for some Hillbilly Erotica? RIYL: Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Orcutt
Tracklist:
Lick Skillet
Finger, Tennessee
Sweet Lips Spiritual
Back Forty Lashes
Bride of Rhythm Methodist
Finger Revisited
Hookers Bend
Postcoital Serenade
UPC: 781484098829Label: Drag CityRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD
Re-Make Re-Model collects a phenomenal collection of remixes from Richard Norris. Known for his work as half of the Grid with Dave Ball and Beyond The Wizards Sleeve with Erol Alkan, Norris has also been a go-to remixer in his own right for decades. Some of these mixes are rare; some have never been on vinyl before. Melodic, atmospheric, Balearic, they range from poolside grooves to main room floor fillers.
Tracklist:
Warpaint - Disco // Very (Richard Norris Remix)
Bryan Ferry - Alphaville (The Time and Space Machine Remix)
Gulp - Wildflower (Richard Norris Remix)
Toydrum - No One Will Ever Know (Richard Norris Remix)
Katy J Pearson - Willow's Song (Richard Norris Ritual Mix)
Hollow Hand - Before Tomorrow (Richard Norris Avalon Remix)
Lords of Misrule - Sleepless Days (Richard Norris Remix)
A Mountain of One - Bones (The Time and Space Machine Remix)
Mark Peters - Sundowning (Richard Norris Mix)
Jacco Gardner - Find Yourself (Richard Norris Mix)
Temples - Mesmerize (The Time and Space Machine Remix)
Pale Blue Eyes - How Long Is Now (Richard Norris Remix)
Jagwar Ma - Man I Need (The Time and Space Machine Dub)
Andy Bell - Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix)
Psychemagik - Mink and Shoes (Richard Norris Mix)
Justin Bond and Mindbender - One Night in Stockholm (Richard Norris Mix)
Joe Goddard - Children (Richard Norris Mix)
The Lounge Society - Anything (Richard Norris' Europe Endless Mix)
St. Etienne- Heading for the Fair (The Time and Space Machine Waltzer Remix)"
UPC: 5053760149491Label: Group MindRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
2019 release. Orchestrating My Life' is career-defining re-visitation of a lifetime of hits from Australian-born rocker Rick Springfield. The album features all the hits you know re-recorded with an electrifying mix of rock and orchestral arrangements. Rick's seventeenth studio album features new versions of 'Jessie's Girl', 'Don't Talk To Strangers', 'Love Somebody', 'Human Touch' and eight other classics. Also included is the brand new song 'Irreplaceable', a song dedicated to Rick's mother who he lost recently.
Tracklist:
Kristina
I've Done Everything for You
Don't Talk to Strangers
Jessie's Girl
Affair of the Heart
Love Somebody
Human Touch
Celebrate Youth
World Starts Turning 1
State of the Heart 1
Irreplaceable 1
My Father's Chair
UPC: 5055373546698Label: August DayRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
The follow-up to the UK #25 album 'Blood Ties', acclaimed Northern Irish rocker Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy, The Almighty, Black Star Riders) returns with 'Fire & Vengeance'. Featuring guest spots from the likes of Phil Collen of Def Leppard and Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke, 'Fire & Vengeance' brings a celebration of rock'n'roll in all it's colours created in collaboration with Keith Nelson (whose songwriting credits include Buckcherry, Alice Cooper and Velvet Revolver).
Tracklist:
Fire ; Vengeance
Hellbent ; Heaven Sent
Seek Zen Destroy
When the King Falls
You Just Lie
The Angels' Share
Last Chance to Dance
Sweet County Down
Tumbleweed Town
1
If You Think Your Country Needs You...
UPC: 5055006574111Label: Earache RecordsRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: CD
Available on vinyl in the UK for the first time, marking the album's 20th Anniversary.No Love Lost still sounds like a call to arms. Sharp, restless, and unmistakably London. Released in 2006, this debut didn't just introduce The Rifles; it announced them with urgency and a knowing nod to the lineage of The Jam and The Clash, reframed for a new generation. A cult classic.The 11 original tracks capture the immediacy of youth, nights out, and the bittersweet comedown after. Produced by Ian Broudie, it's chiming guitars, driving rhythms, and Joel Stoker's unmistakable vocal-equal parts defiance and vulnerability-set The Rifles apart. An album that soundtracked mid-2000s Britain while quietly building a loyal following that remains to this day.The 20th Anniversary vinyl edition includes two previously unreleased studio tracks from the No Love Lost sessions, recorded at Abbey Road. It comes in very limited quantities, featuring alternative artwork editions and special vinyl effects.
Tracklist:
She's Got Standards
Local Boy
One Night Stand
Hometown Blues
Peace and Quiet
Spend a Lifetime
Robin Hood
She's the Only One
Repeated Offender
When I'm Alone
Narrow Minded Social Club
She's Got Standards (Band Commentary)
Local Boy (Band Commentary)
One Night Stand (Band Commentary)
Hometown Blues (Band Commentary)
Peace and Quiet (Band Commentary)
Spend a Lifetime (Band Commentary)
Robin Hood (Band Commentary)
She's the Only One (Band Commentary)
Repeated Offender (Band Commentary)
When I'm Alone (Band Commentary)
Narrow Minded Social Club (Band Commentary)
Bonus Track a
Bonus Track B
UPC: 711297511437Label: Cooking VinylRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: CD
River Shook's self-titled solo debut arrives June 26 via their own label, Blackberry River, marking a bold new chapter after the end of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers. The album transforms a shoestring process into a sweeping, fully realized sound. With searing honesty, vivid storytelling, and a blend of soaring electric guitar and shimmering pedal steel, Shook's voice cuts through with striking clarity. The songs explore love, distance, and emotional reckoning, balancing heartbreak with resilience and defiance. Both intimate and expansive, River Shook is a powerful statement of reinvention and hard-won self-truth.
Tracklist:
FREE AT LAST
COUNTRY ANGEL
LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE
VENOM ; GOLD
FADING
BLUE VERVAIN
IF WE GOT A CHANCE
BEATER CAR
RUNNING TO GEORGIA
LOVING ME IS LIKE ROLLING A BIG OLD ROCK
UPC: 860015647139Label: Blackberry RiverRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Violence Insane in a Beautiful World is the brand-new studio album from Roger Taylor, legendary Queen songwriter, musician & singer. Roger wrote (with the exception of an exquisite cover of ‘Jealous Guy,’ which he describes as “one of the greatest, ballads ever written”), produced, sang, and performed all the songs on the album himself. Violence Insane in a Beautiful World is Roger Taylor’s seventh album in a solo career stretching back to 1977 and is his first since 2021’s critically and fan-acclaimed top 3 album Outsider.
Tracklist:
A Beautiful World – Feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir
Violence Insane
What Really Matters
Don’t Photograph Food
I See You Now
Chump
Spit In His Eye
Jealous Guy
Come On Summer (It’s Party Time) - Feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir
A Great Big Beautiful World (reprise) – Feat. The Ndlovu Youth Choir
UPC: 199584418728Label: Sony LegacyRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
The LP collects both Rudimentary Peni 7" releases pre-Death Church LP, completing the trilogy of Rudimentary Peni's first era recordings before their first hiatus. Unavailable since it's original release on the CRASS side label Corpus Christi in 1987, the much bootlegged compilation The E.P's Of R.P. finally gets an official reissue on Sealed Records.
Tracklist:
Media Person
Him Hymn
Blind Dogs
B-Ward
Crazy Chain
The Gardener
Teenage Time Killer
Hearse
Dead Living
Black President
Tower Of Strength
Play
Sacrifice
Cosmetic Plague
Subdued Violence
Only Human
The Bile Ball
Farce
Bloody Jellies
Mice Race
Defined By Age
Zero Again
Bubble
UPC: 5056321699183Label: Sealed RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD