Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in September. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.
Friday, September 7
- Adult. — This Behavior (Dais Records)
- The Alex Skolnick (Alex Skolnick of Testament) — Conundrum (Palmetto+)
- Alvaro Soler — Mar De Colores (Sony Music Entertainment Inc.)
- Amnesia Scanner — Another Life (PAN)
- Ava Luna — Moon 2 (Western Vinyl)
- Ben Danaher — Still Feel Lucky (Soundly Music, LLC)
- Ben Fisher — Does The Land Remember Me? (Treleven Music)
- The Blaze — Dancehall (Columbia Records)
- Boston Manor — Welcome To The Neighbourhood (Pure Noise Records)
- C418 — Excursions (self-released)
- Cauldron — New Gods (The End Records)
- The Chairman Dances — Child Of My Sorrow (Black Rd)
- Chilly Gonzales — Solo Piano III (Gentle Threat Ltd.)
- Chris Liebing — Burn Slow (Mute Records)
- Church Girls — Home EP (self-released)
- Dan Koshute — All The Way Always (Magna Persona)
- Donna Missal — This Time (Harvest Records)
- DOWNPOUR (members of Shadows Fall and Unearth) — DOWNPOUR (self-released)
- Elijah Wolf — On The Mtn Laurel Rd (Old Flame Records)
- Eric Bachmann (of Archers Of Loaf) — No Recover (Merge Records)
- Escape-ism (Ian Svenonius) — The Lost Record (Merge Records)
- Ferry Corsten and Saad Ayub — Synchronicity (Flashover Recordings)
- Future Thieves — Future Thieves (self-released)
- Gamblers — Corinthian Order (Gamblers)
- Ghostland Observatory — See You Later (Trashy Moped)
- Ginla — Codex (Terrible Records)
- Gold Star — Uppers & Downers (Autumn Tone Records)
- ITAL TEK — Bodied (Planet Mu)
- JEFF The Brotherhood — Magick Songs (Dine Alone Records)
- Jesse And The Dandelions — Give Up The Gold (self-released)
- Jesse Harris — Aquarelle (Secret Sun Recordings)
- Joey Purp — Quarterthing (self-released)
- Joey Sweeney & The Neon Grease — Catholic School (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
- Judy Blank — Morning Sun (Munich Records)
- Kandace Springs — Indigo (Capitol Records)
- Kathy Mattea — Pretty Bird (Captain Potato)
- Kevin Harrison & True North — Howl (self-released)
- Kilo Kish — MOTHE EP (self-released)
- KINGCROW — The Persistence (The Laser’s Edge)
- Kito — HAANI EP (Bimyou)
- LA CHNGA — Beyond The Sky (Small Stone Records)
- La Force (Ariel Engle of Broken Social Scene) — La Force (Arts & Crafts)
- Lenny Kravitz — Raise Vibration (BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited)
- LIINKS — Ridge Road (Westwood Records)
- Macy Gray — Ruby (Artistry Music)
- MAJOR. — Even More (EMPIRE)
- Maribou State — Kingdoms In Colour (Counter Records)
- Mike Farris — Silver And Stone (Compass Records Group)
- Milo Greene — Adult Contemporary (Nettwerk Records)
- Mirah — Understanding (Absolute Magnitude Recordings)
- mmph — Serenade EP (Tri Angle)
- MNEK — Language (Virgin EMI Records)
- The Molochs — Flowers In The Spring (Innovative Leisure)
- The Mommyheads — Soundtrack To The World’s End (Dead Frog Recrods)
- Morne — To The Night Unknown (Armageddon Label)
- Mothers — Render Another Ugly Method (ANTI‐)
- Nashville Pussy — Pleased To Eat You (earMUSIC)
- New Reveille — The Keep (Loud & Proud Records)
- The Night Game — The Night Game (Interscope)
- Nile Rodgers And Chic — It’s About Time (Virgin EMI Records)
- The O’Mys — Tomorrow (self-released)
- Papadosio — Content Coma (self-released)
- Paul Carrack — These Days (Carrack UK)
- Paul McCartney — Egypt Station (Capitol Records)
- Paul Simon — In The Blue Light (Legacy Recordings)
- Pig Destroyer — Head Cage (Relapse Records)
- Pile — Odds And Ends (Exploding In Sound Records)
- Pohgoh — Secret Club (New Granada Records)
- The Primals — All Love Is True Love ((RED) Southern Lord)
- Rae Spoon — Bodiesofwater (Coax Records)
- Rebecca & Fiona — Art Of Being A Girl (Stereo Stereo)
- Renée Fleming — Broadway (Decca Classics)
- Rudimental — Toast To Our Differences (Atlantic Records UK)
- Russ — Zoo (self-released)
- Ruston Kelly — Dying Star (New Rounder)
- Say Hi — Caterpillar Centipede (Euphobia Records)
- Seasaw — Big Dogs (self-released)
- Sauna Youth — Deaths (Upset The Rhythm)
- Shannen Moser — I’ll Sing (Lame-O Records)
- Spiral Deluxe (featuring Jeff Mills) — Voodoo Magic (Axis Records)
- Spiritualized — And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum Records)
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones — Young Sick Camellia (RECORDS, LLC)
- Steven A. Clark — Where Neon Goes To Die (Secretly Canadian)
- Stoned Jesus — Pilgrims (Napalm Records)
- The Stray Birds — Let It Pass (Yep Roc Records)
- Stoned Jesus — Pilgrims (Napalm Records)
- The Stryker Brothers — Burn Band (Scriptorium Rex)
- Sudakistan — Swedish Cobra (PNKSLM Recordings)
- Suicidal Tendencies — Still Cyco Punk After All These Years (Suicidal Records)
- Suicideboys — I Want To Die In New Orleans (G59 Records)
- Super City — Sanctuary (self-released)
- Swamp Dogg — Love, Loss And Auto-Tune (Joyful Noise Recordings)
- Teksti-TV 666 — Aidattu Tulevaisuus (Svart Records)
- Teleman — Family Of Aliens (Moshi Moshi Records)
- Tom Freund — East Of Lincoln (Surf Road)
- Tuomo & Markus — Dead Circles (Grand Pop)
- Waxahatchee — Great Thunder (Merge Records)
- Yotto — Hyperfall (Anjunadeep)
Friday, September 14
- Ace Clark — Black Privilege (self-released)
- Active Bird — Amends (Barsuk Records)
- Alejandro Escovedo — The Crossing (Yep Roc Records)
- Alex Clare — Three Days At Greenmount (ETC Recordings)
- Ann Wilson (of Heart) — Immortal (BMG)
- Aphex Twin — Collapse (Warp)
- Art Thieves — Russian Rats (State Line Records)
- Asleep At The Wheel — New Routes (Bismeaux Records)
- The Band Of Heathens — A Message From The People Revisited (BOH Records)
- Ben Poole — Anytime You Need Me (Manhaton Records)
- Beta Radio — Ancient Transition (Nettwerk Records)
- Billy Moon — Punk Songs (Missed Connection Records)
- Black Belt Eagle Scout — Mother Of My Children (Saddle Creek)
- Blanca — Shattered (Word Records)
- Bob Moses — Battle Lines (Domino Recording Company)
- Bosse-de-Nage — Further Still (The Flenser)
- Brandon Coleman — Resistance (Brainfeeder)
- Brant Bjork (of Kyuss) — Mankind Woman (Heavy Phych Sound Records)
- Calvin Valentine — Keep Summer Safe (Mello Music Group)
- Capital Punishment (Ben Stiller’s high school band) — Roadkill (Reissue) (Captured Tracks)
- Carrie Underwood — Cry Pretty (Capitol Records Nashville)
- Cedric Burnside — Benton County Relic (Single Lock Records)
- The Chills — Snow Bound (Fire Records)
- Coming Soon — Sentimental Jukebox (Kidderminster)
- Conan — Existential Void Guardian (Napalm Records)
- Dad Brains — Dad Brains EP (self-released)
- David Guetta — 7 (What a Music LTD)
- David Nail And The Well Ravens — Only This And Nothing More (One Five Sound)
- Dilly Dally — Heaven (Dine Alone Records)
- The Dirty Nil — Master Volume (Dine Alone Records)
- Dream Child — Until Death Do We Meet Again (Frontiers Music)
- Dunbarrow — Dunbarrow II (RidingEasy Records)
- Emma Louise — Lilac Everything (Liberation Records)
- Emma Ruth Rundle — On Dark Horses (Sargent House)
- Erik Deutsch — Falling Flowers (LoHi Records)
- Exploded View — Obey (Sacred Bones Records)
- Fatherson — Sum Of All Your Parts (Easy Life Records)
- Film School — Bright To Death (Cobraside Records)
- Fit For A King — Dark Skies (Solid State Records)
- Fred Thomas — Aftering (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
- Future Generations — Landscape (Frenchkiss Records)
- Gareth Sager & The Hungry Ghosts — Juicy Rivers (Creeping Bent)
- Good Charlotte — Generation Rx (BMG Rights Management (US) LLC)
- The Goon Sax — We’re Not Talking (Wichita Recordings)
- Grave Digger — The Living Dead (Napalm Records)
- Guerrilla Toss — Twisted Crystal (DFA Records)
- Hawkwind — Road To Utopia (Cherry Red Records)
- He Arrived By Helicopter — The Shiny Hostel (Very Special Recordings)
- The Holydrug Couple — Hyper Super Mega (Sacred Bones Records)
- Howard — Together Alone (Fashion People)
- Infernal Coil — Within A World Forgotten (Profound Lore Records)
- Jack Drag — 2018 (Burger Records)
- Jean-Michel Jarre — Planet Jarre (Columbia Records)
- Jóhann Jóhannsson — Mandy OST (Lakeshore Records)
- Jonathan Scales Fourchestra — PILLAR (Ropeadope)
- Juiceboxxx — Never Surrender Forever EP (Dangerbird Records)
- Jump, Little Children — Sparrow (self-released)
- Jungle — For Ever (XL Recordings)
- Knife Knights (Ishmael Butler and Erik Blood) — 1 Time Mirage (Sub Pop)
- Lawrence — Living Room (self-released)
- Leland And The Silver Wells — Leland And The Silver Wells (self-released)
- Living With Lions — Island (No Sleep Records)
- Lonely Parade — The Pits (Buzz Records)
- Low — Double Negative (Sub Pop)
- Loudon Wainwright III — Years In The Making (StorySound Records)
- Lyrics Born — Quite A Life (Mobile Home Recordings)
- Malcolm Holcombe — Come Hell Or High Water (Gypsy Eyes Music)
- Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound — Omnisphere (Indirecto)
- Monster Truck — True Rockers (Dine Alone Records)
- Night Shop — In The Break (Woodsist)
- North Americans — Going Steady (Driftless Recordings)
- Old Faith — Old Faith (Refresh Records)
- Ominous Eclipse — Sinister (NONE)
- Orbital — Monsters Exist (ACP Recordings Ltd)
- Pale Waves — My Mind Makes Noises (Dirty Hit)
- Paul Weller — True Meanings (Parlophone)
- PYREXIA — Unholy Requiem (Unique Leader Records)
- Richard Thompson — 13 Rivers (New West Records)
- Saint Slumber — Youth//2 EP (Kingless Co. Records)
- Sandro Perri — In Another Life (Constellation Records)
- Sextile — 3 EP (Felte)
- Shortly — Richmond EP (Triple Crown)
- Sleaford Mods — Sleaford Mods EP (Rough Trade Records)
- Slothrust — The Pact (Dangerbird Records)
- Snakes In Paradise — Step Into The Light (FRONTIERS RECORDS)
- Sons Of Raphael — A Nation Of Bloodsuckers EP (Because Music)
- Spirit Of The Beehive — Hypnic Jerks (Tiny Engines)
- Steven Page (of Barenaked Ladies) — Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II (Warner Music Canada)
- Thrice — Palms (Epitaph Records)
- Tony Bennett and Diana Krall — Love Is Here To Stay (Verve Label Group)
- The Trews — Civilianiares (MapleCore Ltd.)
- Uriah Heep — Living The Dream (FRONTIERS RECORDS)
- We Were Promised Jetpacks — The More I Sleep The Less I Dream (Big Scary Monsters Recording Company)
- Willie Nelson — My Way (Legacy Recordings)
Friday, September 21
- A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — The International Artist (Atlantic Records)
- Adam’s House Cat (Drive-By Truckers) — Town Burned Down (ATO Records)
- Advance Base — Animal Companionship (Run for Cover Records)
- Amy Helm — This Too Shall Light (Yep Roc Records)
- Anthony Roth Costanzo — ARC (Universal Music Classics)
- Bad Moves — Tell No One (Don Giovanni Records)
- Beak> — >>> (Invada Records)
- Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top) — The Big Bad Blues (Concord Records, Inc.)
- Bitchin Bajas — Rebajas (Drag City)
- The Blinders — Columbia (Modern Sky Entertainment)
- Brooks Thomas — Poison (Hornblow Recordings)
- Carl Broemel (of My Morning Jacket) — Wished Out (Stocks In Asia)
- Christine And The Queens — Chris (Because Music)
- Dragonlord (Eric Peterson of Testament) — Dominion (Universal Music Oy)
- Drew McDowall — The Third Helix (Resident Advisor)
- Elysian Fields — Pink Air (Microcultures)
- The Field — Infinite Moment (Kompakt)
- Greg Laswell — Next Time (Vanguard)
- Human People — Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears (Exploding In Sound Records)
- Hypoluxo — Running On A Fence (Broken Circles)
- Joe Bonamassa — Redemption (J&R Adventures)
- Jonathan Goldberger, JP Schlegelmilch, And Jim Black — Visitors (Skirl Records)
- Josh Groban — Bridges (Reprise Records)
- Joyce Manor — Million Dollars To Kill Me (Epitaph Records)
- The Last Bison — SÜDA (AntiFragile Music)
- Lonnie Holly — MITH (Jagjaguwar)
- Macy Gray — Ruby (Artistry Music)
- Mandy Barnett — Strange Conversation (Dame Productions)
- Mount Eerie — (after) (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
- Mountain Man — Magic Ship (Nonesuch Records Inc.)
- Mutual Benefit — Thunder Follows The Light Out (Transgressive)
- The Paper Kites — On The Corner Where You Live (Wonderlick Entertainment)
- Piles — Una Volta (Aagoo Records)
- Plainride — Life Of Ares (Ripple Music)
- Prince — Piano & A Microphone 1983 (Warner Bros. Records)
- Richard Reed Parry (of Arcade Fire) — Quiet River Of Dust Vol. 1 (ANTI‐)
- Ryan Hemsworth — Elsewhere (Last Gang/Secret Songs)
- Same Girls — Young Minded (Text Me Records)
- Say Lou Lou — Immortelle (á Deux/Cosmos Music)
- Sha La Das — Love In The Wind (Dunham Records)
- Sigala — Brighter Days (Ministry of Sound Recordings)
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators — Living The Dream (Snakepit Records)
- Sobrenadar — y (Absent Fever)
- St. Lucia — Hyperion (Columbia Records)
- Subways On The Sun — Capsize (Spartan Records)
- Suede — The Blue Hour (Rhino Entertainment)
- SUMAC — Love In Shadow (Thrill Jockey Records)
- Summer Salt — Happy Camper (Epitaph Records)
- Supersuckers — Suck It (Steamhammer)
- Tahiti 80 — The Sunsh!ne Beat Vol.1 (Human Sounds)
- Tiny Deaths — Magic (Handwritten Records)
- Tor Miller — Surviving The Suburbs (Glassnote Records)
- Transviolet — Valley EP (BMG)
- Vessel Of Light — Woodshed (Argonauta Records)
- Villagers — The Art Of Pretending To Swim (Domino Recording Company)
- VOIVOD — The Wake (Century Media)
- William Fitzsimmons — Mission Bell (Grönland Records)
- Zula — New Years (Inflated Records)
Friday, September 28
- 79.5 — Predictions (Big Crown Records)
- Against The Current — Past Lives (Fueled By Ramen)
- Aizuri Quartet — Blueprinting (New Amsterdam Records)
- Alexander Orange Drink (Alex Zarou Levine of So So Glos) — Babel On (Shea Stadium Records)
- All Them Witches — ATW (New West Records)
- alt-J — Reduxer (Infectious Music)
- Amber Arcades — European Heartbreak (Heavenly)
- Amy Ray — Holler (Compass Records)
- Anti-Flag — American Reckoning (Spinefarm Records UK)
- ATRAMENT — Scum Sect (Blood Harvest)
- Bayside — Acoustic Volume 2 (Hopeless Records)
- Beartooth — Disease (Red Bull Records)
- The Black Lillies — Stranger To Me (Attack Monkey Productions)
- The Black Queen — Infinite Games (The Black Queen)
- BLOODTRUTH — Martyrium (Unique Leader Records)
- Brother Reverend — The Tables Turn Too Often (self-released)
- Cécile McLorin Salvant — The Window (Mack Avenue)
- Cher — Dancing Queen (Warner Bros. Records)
- The Crystal Method — The Trip Home (Tiny E Records)
- Cypress Hill — Elephants On Acid (BMG)
- Cumulus — Comfort World (Trans- Records)
- Danielson — Snap Outtavit EP (Joyful Noise Recordings)
- Deep Gold — Deep Gold (self-released)
- Den-Mate — Loceke (Babe City Records)
- Dillon Francis — Wut Wut (IDGAFOS)
- DOE — Grow Into It (Big Scary Monsters)
- Evilon — Leviathan (WormHoleDeath)
- Exploded View — Obey (Sacred Bones Records)
- Fat Tony — 10,000 Hours (Don Giovanni Records)
- Four Seconds Ago (members of Periphery) — The Vacancy (Century Media Records)
- Foxhole — Well Kept Thing (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
- From The Bogs Of Aughiska — Mineral Bearing Veins (Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings)
- Getter — Visceral (self-released)
- GØGGS (featuring Ty Segall) — Pre Strike Sweep (In the Red)
- Gouge Away — Burnt Sugar (Deathwish Inc.)
- Hangman’s Chair — Banlieue Triste (Spinefarm Records UK)
- Hater — Siesta (Fire Records)
- Hippo Campus — Bambi (Transgressive)
- Jay Som and Justus Proffit — Nothing’s Changed EP (Polyvinyl)
- Jlin — Autobiography (Planet Mu)
- Joep Beving — Conatus (Deutsche Grammophon)
- John Butler Trio — Home (Nettwerk Records)
- Jon Batiste — Hollywood Africans (Verve Records)
- The Joy Formidable — AAARTH (Seradom)
- Kojo Funds — Golden Boy (Atlantic Records)
- Lala Lala — The Lamb (Sub Pop)
- The Living End — Wunderbar (BMG)
- Lucy Wainwright Roche — Little Beast (self-released)
- Lydmor — I Told You I’d Tell Them Our Story (HFN Music)
- Marissa Nadler — For My Crimes (Sacred Bones Records)
- Mary-Elaine Jenkins — Hold Still (Good Child Music)
- Mini Mansions — Works Every Time EP (Fiction Records)
- Miss World — Keeping Up With Miss World (PNKSLM Recordings)
- Mudhoney — Digital Garbage (Sub Pop)
- NAVVI — Ultra (Hush Hush Records)
- Onkel Tom — Bier Ernst (Steamhammer)
- Ouri — We Share Our Blood EP (Ghostly International)
- Palaye Royale — Boom Boom Room Side B (Sumerian Records)
- Parquet Courts — Wide Awake! Remixes EP (Rough Trade)
- People Museum — I Dreamt You In Technicolor (Girlie Action)
- RALPH — A Good Girl (604 Records)
- Restorations — LP5000 (Tiny Engines)
- Rick And Morty Original Soundtrack (Sub Pop)
- Rod Stewart — Blood Red Roses (Republic Records)
- Roosevelt — Young Romance (City Slang)
- Salopecia — Meanderthal (Hydra Head Records)
- SCHAMMASCH — Contradiction (Prosthetic Records)
- Seasick Steve — Can U Cook? (BMG)
- Shigeto — Weighted EP (Ghostly)
- Spain — Mandala Brush (Glitterhouse Records)
- Spesh — Famous World (Killroom Records)
- St. Lenox — Ten Fables Of Young Ambition And Passionate Love (Anyway)
- Starset — Vessels 2.0 (Fearless Records)
- Summer Salt — Happy Camper (Epitaph Records)
- SUNFLO’ER — No Hell (Noise Salvation)
- TAUK — Shapeshifter II: Outbreak (self-released)
- Tilian Pearson (of Dance Gavin Dance) — The Skeptic (Rise Records)
- Tim Cohen — The Modern World (Sinderlyn)
- Tim Hecker — Konoyo (Kranky)
- Tina Disco — Fastland (BMG)
- Tom Petty — An American Treasure (Reprise Records)
- Tommy And The Commies — Here Come… (Slovenly Recordings)
- Tony Joe White — Bad Mouthin’ (Yep Roc Records)
- Viagra Boys — Street Worms (YEAR0001)
- VULCAIN — Vinyle (Season Of Mist)
- VREID — Lifehunger (Season Of Mist)
- Walking Dead On Broadway — Dead Era (Long Branch Records)
- Wolfheart — Constellation Of The Black Light (Napalm Records)
- Yumi Zouma — EP III (Cascine)