Anna Akana/ ‘Casualty’/ Independent
Akana's debut album Casualty marks the latest progression in this prolific talent’s creative evolution.
Contact: Olivia Del Valle
Akana's debut album Casualty marks the latest progression in this prolific talent’s creative evolution.
Contact: Olivia Del Valle
Nearly four years since their last collaboration, producer-rapper duo L’Orange and Jeremiah Jae have revealed a new album, Complicate Your Life With Violence. The new record is a continuation of their 2015 concept album The Night Took Us In Like Family, which followed a 1940’s mob boss who let his guard down and was framed for murder.
Contact: Natalie Maher
Rising up out of East L.A. comes the first-ever holiday album from Los Lobos. The Grammy®-winning group researched nearly 150 Christmas-related songs from across North, Central and South America for the collections, eventually narrowing the list down to the songs they wanted to reinvent in their own inimitable style.
Contact: Max Lefkowitz
From running an organic farm to touring the mid-Atlantic on literal bicycles to signing to Atlantic Records, Illiterate Light have officially arrived with their self-titled debut LP.
Contact: Jerome Ware
The “ageless wild angel of pop” (New York Times), who celebrated her 80th birthday this year, performs songs from her upcoming album (Winter Stories, out November 29th) and classics spanning her illustrious career.
Floating Points’ first album in four years is a tempestuous blast of electronic experimentalism whose title alludes to the pressure-cooker of the current environment. As a result, Shepherd has made some of his heaviest, most propulsive work yet, nodding to the UK bass scene he emerged from in the late 2000s, such as the dystopian low-end bounce of lead single “LesAlpx.”
Contact: Natalie Maher
The deluxe release of Tamino's mesmerizing and acclaimed debut album will feature two new songs, “From Every Pore” and “Crocodile"; two new live recordings performed alongside the stunning Nagham Zikrayat Orchestra who also is featured on the original album; two demo recordings of “Chambers” and “Tummy"; and two stark live recordings from a show at La Cigale in Paris from this past spring.
Contact: Grace Fleisher
Inspired by the classic rock, funk, soul, jazz, and blues they all grew up on in their respective corners of LA, as well as the kaleidoscopic sounds of their combined Mexican, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan heritages, the new album showcases the band at their freest musically.
Contact: Hannah Schwartz
This five-track EP follows Carmichael’s 2018 Dave Cobb-produced debut, ‘Hell on an Angel,’ which was praised by The New York Times, The FADER, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Washington Post and many others.
Contact: Andrea Evenson
At only 21, Jae Stephens’ willingness to be independent and craft clever, slow-burning songs has already made her one of the most exciting new voices coming out of R&B.
Contact: Mikaela Duhs
Featuring twelve of Katy's hottest tracks, like "Teenage Dream," "Hot N Cold," "Firework," "California Gurls," and more, the album will get babies and parents alike to dance (or, slowly rock) themselves to sleep and dream sweet dreams of, among other things, "Waking up in Vegas."
Contact: Hannah Schwartz
Rick Astley celebrates his extraordinary story with the release of this new career-spanning compilation. It charts that initial run of hits ("Whenever You Need Somebody," "Together Forever" and many more) alongside recent fan favorites such as "Keep Singing," "Angels On My Side" and "Beautiful Life." It also digs into some deep cuts too, such as "Lights Out" from 2010.
Contact: Kerri Brusca
This new album features each of the live performances captured in Bruce Springsteen’s directorial debut Western Stars. The soundtrack includes every song from Springsteen’s most recent studio album of the same name, as well as a cover of Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy.”
Contact: Max Lefkowitz