It’s hard to believe we are already heading into the third month of 2025, but music fans have been gifted a trove of great new music throughout the past two months. From Ringo Starr‘s long-awaited country record, a powerful new LP from Sunny War, to a captivating posthumous project from Mac Miller, this year’s fresh releases offer something for every type of music fan.
Still, there’s plenty more where that came from to look forward to. In March, we’ll be treated to new records from Lady Gaga, Jason Isbell, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mumford & Sons, and many more. April also promises to be another jam-packed month with scheduled drops from Bon Iver, Lana Del Ray, Anderson East, and even more yet to be announced.
Keep reading to explore our calendar of new and soon-to-be-released albums arriving in 2025, which we will update regularly throughout the year.
JANUARY
JANUARY 8
Ethel Cain, Perverts [Daughters of Cain]
JANUARY 10
Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear [Domino]
Ringo Starr, Look Up [Lost Highway Records]
JANUARY 17
Early James, Medium Raw [Easy Eye Sound]
Jessica Lynn, All I Own [Daydreamer]
Mac Miller, Balloonerism [Warner]
The Weather Station, Humanhood [Fat Possum]
Willow Avalon, Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell [Assemble Sound/Atlantic]
JANUARY 24
Benjamin Booker, Lower [Fire Next Time]
Josh Gilligan, Party of One [Easy Does It]
Kane Brown, The High Road [Sony Music Entertainment]
Larkin Poe, Bloom [Tricki-Woo Records]
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, Looking for the Thread [Lambent Light Records]
JANUARY 31
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, The Purple Bird [No Quarter]
Lilly Hiatt, Forever [New West Records]
Sierra Ferrell, Trail of Flowers (Deluxe Edition) [Rounder]
FEBRUARY
February 7
Joe Ely, Love and Freedom [Rack ‘Em Records]
Miss Tess, Cher Rêve [Rights Records]
Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory [Jagjaguwar]
Wilder Woods, Curioso [Dualtone Music Group]
February 14
Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside [Reprise Records]
Ron Pope, American Man, American Music [Brooklyn Basement Records]
Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet (Deluxe) [Island]
The Lumineers, Automatic [Dualtone]
The War and Treaty, Plus One [Mercury Nashville]
February 21
CAAMP, Somewhere EP [Mom + Pop]
Patterson Hood, Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams [ATO Records]
Sam Fender, People Watching [Capitol]
Sunny War, Armageddon in a Summer Dress [New West Records]
February 28
Charles Wesley Godwin, Lonely Mountain Town [Big Loud]
Kip Moore, Solitary Tracks [Slowhearts Productions]
Miya Folick, Erotica Veronica [Nettwerk]
Sean McConnell, Skin [Silent Desert]
MARCH
March 7
Caylee Hammack, Bed of Roses [Capitol Records Nashville]
Hamilton Leithauser, This Side of the Island [Glassnote]
Jason Isbell, Foxes in the Snow [Southeastern Records]
Lady Gaga, Mayhem [Interscope Records]
March 14
Brett Eldredge, Lonestar Lovers EP [Warm and Cozy Records]
Carly Pearce, hummingbird: no rain, no flowers [Big Machine]
Charley Crockett, Lonesome Drifter [Island]
Jason Boland and the Stragglers, The last Kings of Babylon [Proud Souls / Thirty Tigers]
Neal Francis, Return to Zero [ATO]
Ruston Kelly, Dirt Emo, Vol. 2 [Rounder]
March 21
James Arthur, Pisces [Columbia]
Japanese Breakfast, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) [Dead Oceans]
Lola Kirke, Trailblazer [One Riot]
My Morning Jacket, Is [ATO Records]
Ryan Hurd, Midwest Rock & Roll [Big Machine]
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco, I Said I Love You First [Interscope]
March 24
Sam Outlaw, The Nonessential [Black Hills]
March 28
Alison Krauss & Union Station, Arcadia [Down the Road]
Lucy Dacus, Forever Is a Feeling [Geffen]
Mumford & Sons, Rushmere [Glassnote]
The Walters, Good Company [independent]
Wallows, More [Atlantic Records]
APRIL
April 4
Black Country, New Road, Forever Howlong [Ninja Tune]
Djo, The Crux [AWAL]
Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Who Believes in Angels? [Interscope Records]
Sleigh Bells, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy [Mom + Pop]
April 11
Bon Iver, Sable, Fable [Jagjaguwar]
Fancy Hagood, American Spirit: The Last Drag [independent]
Jon Pardi, Honkytonk Hollywood [Capitol Records Nashville]
OK Go, And the Adjacent Possible [Paracadute]
Spin Doctors, Face Full of Cake [Capitol Records]
April 18
Beirut, A Study of Losses [Pompeii Records]
Julien Baker & TORRES, Send a Prayer My Way [Matador]
Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow [Nonesuch]
April 25
Blue Cactus, Believer [Sleepy Cat Records]
Goose, Everything Must Go [No Coincidence Records]
Jensen McRae, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! [Dead Oceans]
Jo Schornikow, Quiet Excerpts EP [Keeled Scales]
Stereophonics, Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait [EMI]
Sunflower Bean, Mortal Primetime [Lucky Number]
Tennis, Face Down in the Garden [Mutually Detrimental]
Uwade, Florilegium [Ehiose Records/Thirty Tigers]
William Tyler, Time Indefinite [Psychic Hotline]
MAY
May 2
Esther Rose, New Bad [New West]
James Krivchenia, Performing Belief [Planet Mu]
Lucius, Lucius [Fantasy]
Maddie & Tae, Love & Light [Mercury Nashville]
May 9
Dan Wilson, good night, los angeles [independent]
Kristina Murray, Little Blue [Normaltown/New West]
Rilo Kiley, That’s How We Choose to Remember It [Saddle Creek]
The Kooks, Never/Know [VMG]
May 16
Peter Doherty, Felt Better Alive [Strap Originals]
May 21
Lana Del Rey, The Right Person Will Stay [Interscope/Polydor]
May 23
The SteelDrivers, Outrun [Sun Records]
May 30
Amy Millan, I Went to Find You [Last Gang Records]
Anderson East, Worthy [Rounder Records]
Ben Kweller, Cover the Mirrors [The Noise Company]
Mt. Joy, Hope We Have Fun [Bloom Field]
Watchhouse, Rituals [Tiptoe Tiger Music/Thirty Tigers]
