July 2023 New Music Releases

July’s record of recent music releases features a pair of key dwell dates, some star-studded tasks and the most recent from one of many heirs to rock’s throne.

Joni Mitchell’s comeback continues this month with the discharge of At Newport. She suffered a mind aneurysm in 2015 and needed to discover ways to stroll, speak, sing and play guitar once more. The new album was recorded throughout a shock look at 2022’s Newport Folk Festival.

E Street Band and Crazy Horse member Nils Lofgren’s solo album Mountains consists of notable assists from Neil Young, the late David Crosby and Ringo Starr. (Lofgren was a part of Starr’s All-Starr Band in 1989 and 1992.) Brian May returns with a Fortieth-anniversary deluxe field set of Star Fleet Project. The guest-packed mini-album that includes Eddie Van Halen has been expanded to 2 CDs, one vinyl LP, a vinyl single and different collector’s gadgets.

Greta Van Fleet’s Starcatcher is the follow-up to 2021’s Top 10 hit The Battle at Garden’s Gate; Ballad of Darren is Blur’s first LP in eight years. July’s pending dwell tasks additionally embody a posthumous launch from Gordon Lightfoot. At Royal Albert Hall guarantees an “unembellished live mix … without edits, overdubs, remixing or re-sequencing.”

More info on these and different new rock-related efforts will be discovered beneath. Remember to observe our constantly up to date record of 2023 New Music Releases for particulars on tasks issued all year long.

July 7
Chris Stamey [The dB’s], The Great Escape
Flamin’ Groovies, Rockin’ the Roundhouse
Jackson Browne, Running on Empty (vinyl reissue)
Rory Gallagher, All Around Man: Live in London (2CD set)
Nita Strauss [Alice Cooper], The Call of the Void

July 14
Aerosmith, Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys within the Attic, Rocks, Draw the Line, Live! Bootleg, Night within the Ruts, Rock in a Hard Place, Nine Lives, Just Push Play, Honkin’ on Bobo and Music from Another Dimension (vinyl reissues)
Brian May and Eddie Van Halen, Star Fleet Project
Duane Betts, Wild and Precious Life (Derek Trucks, Marcus King, others)
Gordon Lightfoot, At Royal Albert Hall
Marshall Crenshaw, Field Day (Fortieth anniversary expanded version)

July 21
Atlanta Rhythm Section, Time Machine (2CD set)
Blur, The Ballad of Darren
Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher
Nils Lofgren [E Street Band and Crazy Horse], Mountains

July 28
Andrew Gold, Greetings From Planet Love/The Fraternal Order of the All (compact-disc and double 10-inch splatter vinyl reissues)
Girlschool, WTFortyfive? (Duff McKagan, Phil Campbell, others)
Joni Mitchell, At Newport
Various artists, Where Were You: Independent Music From Leeds [1978-1989] (3CD clamshell field with Soft Cell, Gang of Four, Scritti Politti, Sisters of Mercy, others)

August and Beyond
Jerry Garcia, Might As Well: A Round Records Retrospective
David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: Motion Picture Soundtrack (anniversary version)
Elvis Presley, Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (3CD/Blu-ray anniversary field)
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (expanded reissue)
Cindy Wilson [The B-52’s], Realms
Pretenders, Relentless
Dolly Parton, Rockstar
Juliana Hatfield, Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO