Isn’t it fun to pick out new records simply by the fetching quality of their covers? Enjoy this mega-slideshow of fresh rekkids I checked out in August! My favorite 100 releases follow…

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(Bolded items are new to the lists)

New(er) Stuff

1. Run The Jewels: RTJ 4
2. Gil Scott-Heron and Makaya McCraven: We’re New Again–A Reimagining
3. Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
4. SAULT: Untitled (Black Is) 
5. 79rs Gang: Expect the Unexpected
6. Princess Nokia: Everything is Beautiful
7. Boldy James & The Alchemist: The Price of Tea in China
8. Fire! Orchestra: Actions
9. Body Count: Carnivore
10. Tee Grizzley: The Smartest
11. Serengeti & Kenny Segal: AJAI
12. Neptunian Maximalism: Éons (band name and album title of the year, based on music’s justification of same)
13. Marx Lomax II: The Last Concert—Ankh & The Tree of Life
14. Mark Lomax II: The 400 Years Suite
15. The Third Mind: The Third Mind
16. Jyoti: Mama You Can Bet!
17. Hamell on Trial: The Pandemic Songs
18. Kahil El’Zabar: Spirit Groove (featuring David Murray)
19. Drakeo the Ruler & JoogSzn:Quit Rappin
20. KeiyaA: Forever, Ya Girl
21. Anna Högberg Attack: lena
22. The Good Ones: RWANDA, you should be loved
23. Cornershop: England is a Garden
24. Shabaka and The Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History
25. Bob Dylan: My Rough and Rowdy Ways
26. Charles McPherson: Jazz Dance Suites
27. Irreversible Entanglements: Who Sent You
28. Kesha: High Road
29. Bobby Rush: Rawer Than Raw
30. Thiago Nassif: Mente
31. Steve Earle: Ghosts of West Virginia
32. Princess Nokia: Everything Sucks
33. Lido Pimienta: Miss Colombia
34. City Girls: City on Lock
35. Bettye LaVette: Blackbirds
36. Mike & The Moonpies: Touch of You–The Lost Songs of Gary Stewart
37. James Brandon Lewis and Chad Taylor: Live in Willisau
38. Various Artists: New Improvised Music from Buenos Aires
39. Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson: Chicago Waves
40. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: Shaman!
41. Moses Sumney: grae
42. Al Bilali Soudan: Tombouctou
43. JD Allen: Toys / Die Dreaming
44. Jeff Parker: Suite for Max Brown
45. Grimes: Miss Anthropocene
46. Dehd: Flower of Devotion
47. Burna Boy: Twice as Tall
48. Mr. Wrong: Create a Place
49. Little Simz: Drop 6 (EP)
50. Moor Jewelry: True Opera (EP)
51. Quin Kirchner: The Shadows and The Light
52. K. Michelle: All Monsters are Human
53. Asher Gamedze: Dialectic Soul
54. Laraaji: Sun Piano
55. Jinx Lennon: Border Schizo Fffolk Songs for the F****d
56. Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra: If You Listen Carefully, The Music is Yours
57. Beauty Pill: Sorry You’re Here
58. Etuk Ubong: Africa Today
59. Swamp Dogg: Sorry You Couldn’t Make It
60. Julianna Barwick: Healing is a Miracle
61. Conway the Machine & The Alchemist: LULU (EP)
62. Speaker Music: Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry
63. Lori McKenna: The Balladeer
64. Psychedelic Furs: Made of Rain
65. Old 97s: Twelfth

Reissues and Past Recordings Freshly Excavated

1. Wussy: Ghosts
2. Various Artists: Turn Me Loose, White Man
3. Thelonious Monk: Palo Alto
4. Milford Graves & Don Pullen: The Complete Yale Concert
5. King Ubu Orchestru: Concert at Town Hall – Binaurality Live 1989
6. Luiz Carlos Vinhas: O Som Psicodelico De L. C. V.
7. Oneness of Juju: African Rhythms 1970-1982
8. Junior Byles: Beat Down Babylon (Deluxe Reissue)
9. Various Artists: Soul Love—The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993
10. Various Artists: All Aboard! The CN Express—Rock Steady and Boss Reggae Sounds 1967-1968
11. Ranil: Stay Safe and Sound!
12. Lee Scratch Perry with Seskain Molenga and Kalo Kawongolo: Roots from the Congo (reissue)
13. Hiroshi Yoshimura: Green
14. Milton Nascimento: Maria Maria (reissue)
15. Jon Hassell: Vernal Equinox (reissue)
16. The Awakening: Hear, Sense, and Feel
17. Bessie Jones: Get in Union
18. Joe McPhee: Black is The Color
19. Various Artists: Stone Crush—Memphis Modern Soul 1977-1987
20. Walter Bishop Jr.: Coral Keys
21. Observer All Stars & King Tubby: Dubbing with the Observer (reissue)
22. Roky Erickson / 13^th Floor Elevators: You and Me and I (Live)
23. Bryan Ferry: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974
24. Fela Kuti: Perambulator
25. No Trend: Too Many Humans/Teen Love (reissue)
26. Pharoah Sanders: Live in Paris 1975
27. Nina Simone: Fodder on My Wings
28. Yabby You & The Aggrovators: King Tubby’s Prophecies of Dub (reissue)
29. Various Artists: Léve Léve – Sao Tomé & Principe Sounds ‘70s-‘80s
30. Various Artists: Soul Jazz Records Presents Black Riot—Early Jungle, Rave, and Hardcore
31. Lee Scratch Perry: Play On, Mr. Music
32. Various Artists: Maghreb K7 Club–Synth Rai, Chaoui & Staifi (1985-1997)
33. Brother Theotis Taylor
34. Black Ark Players: Black Ark In Dub
35. Various Artists: Black Ark, Volume 2