Artist: The Armoires   Title: Octoberland (Big Stir Records) You might like if you enjoy: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Fleetwood Mac, The Sundays Tell me more: Released on Oct. 11, the Armoires' fourth album Octoberland is an exhilarating listen sure to please fans of top-tier indie rock and power...

Artist: Rainbow Title: Live In Munich 1977 (Mercury Studios) You might like if you enjoy: Deep Purple, Rainbow, Dio, Greta Van Fleet Tell me more: On Oct. 20, 1977, the only full-length concert featuring the classic Rainbow lineup of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, singer Ronnie James Dio and drummer C...

  Artist: Snow Patrol   Title: The Forest Is The Path (Republic Records)   You might like if you enjoy: U2, Keane, Doves, Snow Patrol   Tell me more: Snow Patrol is back with their first new album since 2018's Wildness. The Northern Irish trio (Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly and Johnny McDaid) off...

  Artist: Colman Gota   Title: Don't Stop Playing Guitar (Kool Kat)   You might like if you enjoy: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs   Tell me more: Crank it up! Spain's Colman Gota's aptly-titled fifth album Don't Stop Playing Guitar is a mostly rocking set of 17 track...

Artist: Oasis   Title: Definitely Maybe (Big Brother Recordings)   You might like if you enjoy: Oasis, Blur, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Paul Weller   Tell me more: August 30th saw the release of Oasis' Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary) Deluxe Editions, an eagerly-awaited reissue of the Br...

The National Parks, from left, Cam Brannelly, Sydney Macfarlene, Brady Parks andd Megan Taylor Parks performing on May 18, 2024. Photo credit: Daryl Weisser  Artist: The National Parks   Title: Wild Spirit    You might like if you enjoy: The Lumineers, the National Parks, Americana music   Tell me m...

Artist: Blue Öyster Cult   Title: 50th Anniversary Live — Second Night (Frontiers Music s.r.l.)   You might like if you enjoy: Blue Öyster Cult, Metallica, 70s classic rock   Tell me more: It's great to see Blue Öyster Cult continue to issue outstanding titles celebrating the band's incredible 50-ye...

Artist: Sparkle*Jets U.K.   Title: Box of Letters (Big Stir Records)   You might like if you enjoy: Brian Wilson, The Zombies, Pugwash, Fountains of Wayne   Tell me more: Sparkle*Jets U.K.'s Box of Letters is a euphoric listen, a disc that features Susan West (vocals, guitar), Michael Simmons (vocal...

Artist: Deep Purple   Title: =1 (earMUSIC)   You might like if you enjoy: Deep Purple, Rainbow, hard rock   Tell me more: Deep Purple's newly-released album =1 is at once a celebration of the British hard rocker's groundbreaking career and a band focused on the future. Indeed, the current lineup of ...

Artist: The Aquabats!   Title: Finally (Gloopy Records / MVD Audio)   You might like if you enjoy: The Cars, Devo, Reel Big Fish   Tell me more: Anyone who caught The Aquabats! at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April knows just how much fun the Huntington Beach-spawned musical trou...

Artist: Fastball   Title: Sonic Ranch (Sunset Blvd Records)   You might like if you enjoy: dada, Fastball, Goo Goo Dolls, Oasis   Tell me more: One of the most talented American rock bands to emerge at the dawn of the 1990s, Austin, Texas-based Fastball is back with a new album that recalls the tri...

Artist: The dB'S   Title: Stands for deciBels (Propeller Sound Recordings)   You might like if you enjoy: The dB's, Big Star, R.E.M., early Cheap Trick   Tell me more: Groundbreaking American rock outfit the dB's' 1981 debut album Stands for deciBels has just been reissued digitally as well as on au...