Aesop Rock & Blockhead – Trouble Mountain (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
The longtime collaborators reunite for a 17-track album exploring escape, work, family, and the absurdities of everyday life. Blockhead supplies the production, with guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle, Hanni El Khatib, Baby Dayliner, Cavalier, and 4-IZE.
Al Cisneros – Dragonaut Dub (Eremite)
The Sleep and OM bassist explores roots reggae and dub, joined by Bingy on drums, Andrew Diamond on guitar and percussion, and Danny Dub on clarinet and keyboards. The independent-retail vinyl edition is a notable release for dub collectors.
Anna Butterss, John Raymond & Ben Lumsdaine – Beginningless (Northern Spy)
An adventurous jazz release built around trumpet, bass, and drums, with the trio exploring nocturnal improvisation and spacious instrumental arrangements.
Armand Hammer – Snakes & Ladders (Backwoodz Studioz)
The experimental hip-hop duo return with another challenging underground rap release, continuing their distinctive approach to abstract lyricism and unconventional production.
Artificial Brain – Antillia (Profound Lore)
The technical death-metal group push their sci-fi-inspired sound into darker, more atmospheric territory, combining blastbeats, intricate guitar work, and dense textures.
Becky Hill – REBECCA (Polydor)
A new full-length from the British dance-pop vocalist, bringing her electronic pop and club-oriented songwriting into focus.
Blackhaine – Saints in the Wethouse (XL Recordings)
The British experimental musician and rapper delivers a 12-track project, continuing his abrasive intersection of industrial electronics, underground rap, and confrontational performance.
Brainstory – Shoebox Days (Big Crown Records)
A seven-track EP from the California group, combining psychedelic soul, jazz, G-funk bass, and laid-back California groove. The release reflects on the band's former Long Beach recording studio.
Chastity – I Built This Prison Myself (Deathwish Inc.)
A new album from the Canadian alternative punk group, blending emotionally charged songwriting with heavier punk and post-hardcore influences.
Font – American Bully (Acrophase)
The experimental rock group's new album continues its exploration of angular guitars, unusual rhythmic structures, and left-field alternative rock.
Fucked Up – Year of the Rooster (Tankcrimes)
The third and final chapter of the band's ambitious Grass Can Move Stones trilogy and the concluding installment of its Zodiac Cycle. The sprawling conceptual work features a large cast of guest vocalists and revisits musical ideas from across the band's history.
GIRLBAND! – GIRLBAND! (Kartel Music Group)
A fuzzy, energetic alternative-rock release drawing on '90s guitar music, punk, and melodic indie rock.
Internet Girl – YES (PACK. Records)
A new release from the South African group, bringing together alternative pop, electronic influences, and contemporary indie sounds.
J.Bernardt – Wild Swim (Play It Again Sam)
The Balthazar and Warhaus musician returns with a solo release, exploring atmospheric alternative songwriting and melodic arrangements.
Jake Bugg – Alamo (Lovebugg Recording / Thirty Tigers)
Bugg's seventh studio album moves back toward the rootsy, folk- and country-influenced songwriting of his earlier work. Produced with Jimmy Hogarth and Steve McEwan, it features eleven songs and a more personal lyrical approach.
Jan St. Werner – Squares Will Fall (Thrill Jockey)
A new experimental electronic release from the Mouse on Mars co-founder, continuing his exploration of unusual sound structures and abstract electronic composition.
Kim Deal – Live at the Barbican (4AD)
A full recording of Deal's March 2025 performance at London's Barbican, where she performed Nobody Loves You More alongside reworked Breeders material and earlier solo songs. The performance features a 25-piece ensemble and orchestra.
Krill – Secret Language (Exploding in Sound Records)
The Chicago indie-rock band's new album finds them returning to knotty guitar arrangements and propulsive rhythms, with songwriting informed by family, home, and adulthood.
Land of Talk – LASTS (Saddle Creek)
Elizabeth Powell returns with the sixth Land of Talk album, an intimate and personal collection of alternative songwriting shaped by acoustic textures, electric guitars, and reflective lyrics.
Masayoshi Fujita – Forest of Tranquility (Erased Tapes)
The Japanese vibraphonist and composer creates an atmospheric instrumental work inspired by nature and an immersive green space originally developed for Expo 2025 in Osaka. Marimba, vibraphone, percussion, and additional acoustic instruments shape its sound.
Menahan Street Band – Illusions (Daptone Records)
A new instrumental release from the Brooklyn soul collective, continuing its blend of cinematic arrangements, vintage soul, funk, and atmospheric grooves.
Miranda Lambert – Songline (Amazon Music)
A new country release from Lambert, included among the November 13 releases in Exclaim!'s updated release calendar.
Radie Peat – No Human Tongue Can Tell (Rough Trade)
The Lankum and ØXN vocalist makes her solo album debut with a collection that draws on traditional Irish folk songs. Her commanding voice and distinctive interpretations bring new emotional weight to the material.
Sarah Mary Chadwick – Flourish (Grapefruit Records)
A raw, confrontational collection of DIY pop that incorporates spoken word, hip-hop influences, loops, and samples.
Snoh Aalegra – Legendary Love (Stem)
The Swedish-Iranian R&B vocalist returns with a 13-track album, continuing her blend of contemporary R&B, soul, and atmospheric pop.
Tami Hart – Tami Hart (Don Giovanni Records)
A new self-titled release from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter, whose work connects indie rock, acoustic songwriting, and the history of the independent queer punk scene.
U2 – Carnaval De Luz (Island Records)
The band's 16th studio album, featuring twelve tracks and guest appearances from Rosalía and Dolly Parton. A major mainstream rock release for the week.
Wavves – Cherry Soda (I Surrender Records / Bose Records)
Nathan Williams reworks the originally announced collaborative project into a Wavves-only album, drawing on early-2000s emo, pop-punk, and fuzzed-out alternative rock. The twelve-track version is now confirmed for November 13 after a two-week postponement from October 30.
Westside Gunn – Heelmatic (Griselda Records / Mass Appeal)
A new sixteen-track hip-hop release from the Griselda founder, continuing his gritty, sample-driven approach to underground East Coast rap.
Various Artists – 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan (Rubyworks)
A star-studded tribute to the Pogues songwriter, featuring interpretations of his catalog from Bruce Springsteen, U2, Hozier, The Libertines, Primal Scream, Tom Waits, and other artists.
Various Artists – Snowed In: A Merge Records Holiday Album (Merge Records)
Merge's new eleven-track holiday compilation features Charlotte Cornfield, The Tubs, Fruit Bats, Superchunk, The New Pornographers, Rosali, and others. The digital release is November 13; the vinyl edition is scheduled to ship later, in December.
Algernon Cadwallader – 20th Anniversary Demo 7" Box Set (Lauren Records)
A limited 20th-anniversary collection bringing the band's original Demo recordings back into print. The elaborate edition includes two 7-inch records, a flexi-disc, a handmade zine, a keychain, a button, and a sticker.
Cro-Mags – The Age of Quarrel: 40 Years of Quarrel (BLKIIBLK)
A 40th-anniversary revisit to the influential 1986 hardcore album, with founding vocalist and bassist Harley Flanagan joined by former members and musicians from Turnstile and Rise Against.
Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition (10 Year Anniversary Edition) (Warp Records)
A special anniversary release of Brown's landmark experimental hip-hop album, featuring alternate artwork and expanded editions. The limited vinyl edition includes an eight-page booklet, while the CD includes a bonus disc of previously unreleased instrumentals.
Def Leppard – Volume Four: The Rarities (UMe)
A substantial catalog-oriented box-set release from the British hard-rock group, included in the November 13 hard-rock and metal release schedule.
Delain – Frozen Silhouettes: 2006–2009 (HNE)
A catalog collection covering the symphonic metal band's early recording period.
John Coltrane & Wilbur Harden – The Savoy Recordings (Craft Recordings)
A major archival jazz collection bringing together the three albums recorded by Coltrane and trumpeter Wilbur Harden in 1958: Mainstream 1958, Tanganyika Strut, and Jazz Way Out. The release includes newly prepared editions sourced from the original tapes, with a three-LP, three-CD, and digital configuration.
Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose Expanded (Third Man Records)
The Jack White-produced 2004 Grammy-winning country album returns in an expanded, remastered edition. The reissue includes the previously unreleased track "Just to Have You Back" and is available in multiple formats.
Various Artists – The Savoy Recordings-related archival jazz material
The Coltrane/Harden collection is especially worth highlighting for jazz departments this week, given its three-album scope and new mastering.
Anberlin – Currency (Equal Vision Records)
A new alternative-rock release from the veteran American band.
Assumption – Paradox of the Arrow (20 Buck Spin)
A new extreme-metal release appearing in the November 13 metal release schedule.
Commoner – Former Self (Pure Noise Records)
A debut album combining emo, alternative rock, and atmospheric post-hardcore.
Royal Blood – Dead Company (Warner Records)
A new hard-rock release from the British duo.
Silvertomb – The Interpretation of Nightmares (Steamhammer)
A doom-metal release featuring musicians associated with Type O Negative and Agnostic Front.