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Scandalous
by Black Joe Lewis
March 15, 2011
The retro-soul rock quartet, featuring an eight-piece horn section, offers up a funky blend of R&B and blues reminiscent of early J. Geils Band, James Brown, and Otis Redding.
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Electric Slave
by Black Joe Lewis
August 27, 2013
The third release from the Austin soul and blues-rock band includes production from Stuart Sikes and John Congleton on three tracks.
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Backlash
by Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
February 10, 2017
The fifth full-length release for the Austin soul/funk band was produced by Stuart Sikes.
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Partie Traumatic
by Black Kids
July 22, 2008
The quintet from Jacksonville, Florida, releases its debut album produced by Bernard Butler.
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Engines Of Demolition
by Black Label Society
March 27, 2026
The latest full-length release from Zakk Wylde-led metal band Black Label Society was produced with John "JD" DeServio and Adam Fuller.
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Order of the Black
by Black Label Society
August 10, 2010
The band led by Zakk Wylde makes a metal album of explosive, ear-splitting jams.
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200 Million Thousand
by Black Lips
February 24, 2009
The fifth album for the Atlanta rock band is the follow-up to its 2007 album "Good Bad Not Evil."
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Good Bad Not Evil
by Black Lips
September 11, 2007
The fifth studio album for the group from Georgia.
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Satan's Graffiti or God's Art?
by Black Lips
May 5, 2017
The eighth full-length studio release for the Atlanta rock band was produced by Sean Lennon.
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Arabia Mountain
by Black Lips
June 7, 2011
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Sing in a World That's Falling Apart
by Black Lips
January 24, 2020
The ninth full-length studio release for the Atlanta garage rock band features influences from country music.
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Apocalypse Love
by Black Lips
October 14, 2022
The latest full-length release for Atlanta garage rock band Black Lips was written during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Underneath the Rainbow
by Black Lips
March 18, 2014
The first release in three years for the Atlanta rock band was recorded in New York with Tommy Brenneck and in Tennessee with Patrick Carney.
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It's Immaterial
by Black Marble
October 14, 2016
Chris Stewart continues Black Marble without Ty Kube on its second full-length release.
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Fast Idol
by Black Marble
October 22, 2021
This is the fourth full-length release for the electronic project of Los Angeles-based Chris Stewart.
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Bigger Than Life
by Black Marble
October 25, 2019
The third full-length release for the Chris Stewart music project was self-recorded and produced.
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A Different Arrangement
by Black Marble
October 9, 2012
The debut full-length release for the Brooklyn duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube was influenced by synth-based music of the 1980s.
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Schlagenheim
by Black Midi
June 21, 2019
The debut full-length release for the rock band who met at BRIT School was recorded by producer Dan Carey.
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Hellfire
by Black Midi
July 15, 2022
The third full-length release for British post-punk rock band Black Midi was produced by Marta Salogni.
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Cavalcade
by Black Midi
May 28, 2021
The second full-length studio release for the British rock band was produced with John "Spud" Murphy (and one track by Marta Salogni).
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If There's a Hell Below
by Black Milk
October 28, 2014
The sixth full-length studio release for the rapper features guest appearances from such artist as Blu, Bun B, Random Axe, and Pete Rock.
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Fever
by Black Milk
February 23, 2018
The seventh full-length solo release for the Detroit rapper/producer features guest appearances from Ab, Dwele, and Sudie.
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Album of the Year
by Black Milk
September 14, 2010
The Detroit producer introduces some funk and rock music with a backing band on his fourth full-length solo album.
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Tronic
by Black Milk
October 28, 2008
The latest release for the Detroit rapper/producer features guest appearances by Dwele, Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, and DJ Premier.
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No Poison No Paradise
by Black Milk
October 15, 2013
The latest release for the Dallas-based rapper/producer features guest appearances from Ab, Black Thought, Dwele, Robert Glasper, Mel, Quelle Chris, and Tone Trezure.
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Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz
by Black Mold
August 11, 2009
This is the debut album for Chad VanGaalen's solo electronic project.
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Condemned To Hope
by Black Moth
November 4, 2014
The second full-length release for the British metal band was produced by James Sclavunos.
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Cobra Juicy
by Black Moth Super Rainbow
October 23, 2012
The fifth full-length release for the five-piece experimental band was funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign.
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Panic Blooms
by Black Moth Super Rainbow
May 4, 2018
The sixth full-length release for the Pennsylvania experimental electronic band is its first full-length album in six years.
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Eating Us
by Black Moth Super Rainbow
May 26, 2009
The fourth album for the Pittsburgh indie band was produced by Dave Fridmann.
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Destroyer
by Black Mountain
May 24, 2019
The fifth full-length release for the Canadian psychedelic rock band was inspired by frontman Stephen McBean receiving his driver's license in 2017 and is its first with and Adam Bulgasem and Rachel Fannan.
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Black Mountain
by Black Mountain
January 18, 2005
This is the debut LP for Stephen McBean's Black Mountain project, which shares members with Jerk With A Bomb and Pink Mountaintops.
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Wilderness Heart
by Black Mountain
September 14, 2010
Vancouver singer/songwriter Stephen McBean returns as the main musical mastermind behind this psychedelic rock outfit, combining stoner metal with dreamy pop.
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IV
by Black Mountain
April 1, 2016
The first studio release in more than five years [not including the Year Zero soundtrack] for the Vancouver rock band was produced by Randall Dunn.
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In The Future
by Black Mountain
January 22, 2008
The Canadian indie rock band releases its sophomore album.
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Year Zero: The Original Soundtrack
by Black Mountain
April 3, 2012
The soundtrack to the postapocalyptic surf movie includes four previous songs from the Vancouver rock band and five new songs.
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Fortune
by Black Prairie
April 22, 2014
The fourth full-length release for what was a bluegrass side project of the Decemberists was produced by Vance Powell.
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Black Pumas
by Black Pumas
June 21, 2019
The debut full-length release for the Austin duo of Adrian Quesada and Eric Burton who were named Best New Band at the 2019 Austin Music Awards.
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Chronicles of a Diamond
by Black Pumas
October 27, 2023
The second full-length release from Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada as Black Pumas features mixing by Shawn Everett.
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All My Relations
by Black Pus
March 19, 2013
The second release for Lightning Bolt's Brian Chippendale as Black Pus was produced by Keith Souza and Seth Manchester.
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Specter at the Feast
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
March 19, 2013
The sixth full-length studio release for the Los Angeles alternative rock trio was written in Santa Cruz and includes a cover of The Call's "Let The Day Begin." [Michael Been, the father of lead singer Robert, fronted The Call and passed away in 2010.]
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Howl
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
August 23, 2005
A radical departure from previous efforts, the band's third album adds a lot of acoustic guitars and other Americana and blues elements into the mix.
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Beat The Devil's Tattoo
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
March 9, 2010
With new drummer Leah Shapiro (who replaced Nick Jago), the rock band from San Francisco works to mix its rock side with the country/acoustic sound it revealed in 2005's Howl.
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Baby 81
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
May 1, 2007
After sitting out an album, drummer Nick Jago rejoins his BRMC bandmates, who return with a harder-edged recording than their 2005 acoustic departure 'Howl.'
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Take Them On, On Your Own
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
September 2, 2003
The London-by-way-of-Los-Angeles-by-way-of-San Francisco rockers known as JAMC--er, make that BRMC--return with their second LP, which actually finds the group distancing themselves (at least a little) from the Jesus and Mary Chain-influenced sound of their debut.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
April 3, 2001
The major-label debut from the British-influenced rockers from Los Angeles.
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Wrong Creatures
by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
January 12, 2018
The eighth full-length studio release for the Los Angeles-based rock band was produced by Nick Launay.
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Black Rivers
by Black Rivers
November 26, 2015
The debut full-length release for former Doves members Jez and Andy Williams was mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer.
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Game Tested Streets Approved
by Black Rob
July 26, 2011
The New York rapper returns with a new album and a new label, moving to Duck Down Records from Bad Boy.
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The Door Behind the Door
by Black Ryder
February 24, 2015
This is the second full-length release from the Los Angeles-based Australian duo of Aimee Nash and Scott Van Ryper.
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Vol. 4 [Super Deluxe Edition] [Box Set]
by Black Sabbath
February 12, 2021
The remaster of the British heavy metal band's 1972 album includes previously unreleased studio outtakes, alternative takes, false starts, and 16 live tracks from several concerts from March 1973.
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Sabotage [Super Deluxe Edition] [Box Set]
by Black Sabbath
June 11, 2021
The deluxe reissue of the British rock band's sixth studio release includes a new remaster of the album, 16 live tracks (13 previously unreleased) from the 1975 North American Tour and the Japanese 7" single that contained "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" and "Hole In The Sky."
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13
by Black Sabbath
June 11, 2013
The first release since 1978's Never Say Die! with Ozzy Osbourne was produced by Rick Rubin and includes former Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk taking over for Bill Ward.
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No Fear of Time
by Black Star
May 3, 2022
The first full-length release in 24 years for Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli as Black Star was produced by Madlib and streams exclusively through the podcast app Luminary.
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Heavy Fire
by Black Star Riders
February 3, 2017
The third full-length release for the hard rock band that includes Thin Lizzy's Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, Damon Johnson, and Jimmy DeGrasso, as well ex-Ratt member Robbie Crane, was produced by Nick Raskulinecz.
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Another State of Grace
by Black Star Riders
September 6, 2019
The fourth full-length release for the hard rock band sees Breaking Benjamin/Black Label Society's Chad Szeliga and Stone Sour's Christian Martucci joining after the departure of Jimmy DeGrasso and Damon Johnson.
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All Hell Breaks Loose
by Black Star Riders
May 28, 2013
The debut release for the hard rock band formed by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham with Ricky Warwick, Jimmy DeGrasso, Marco Mendoza, and Damon Johnson was produced by Kevin Shirley.
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Kentucky
by Black Stone Cherry
April 1, 2016
The fifth full-length release for the Kentucky hard rock band was recorded with producer David Barrick.
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Magic Mountain
by Black Stone Cherry
May 6, 2014
The fourth full-length release for the Kentucky hard rock band was produced by Joe Barresi.
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Black Tambourine
by Black Tambourine
March 30, 2010
The compilation, which includes six unreleased songs, as well as tracks released earlier on 1999's "Complete Recordings," for the Washington, D.C.-area indie pop band which was originally formed as a side project for members of Whorl and Velocity Girl with Pam Berry as the lead singer.
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OneTwoThreeFour [EP]
by Black Tambourine
May 15, 2012
The first EP of new material in 20 years from the indie pop quartet is a four-track EP covering The Ramones.
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Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 [EP]
by Black Thought
June 1, 2018
The debut five-track solo EP from The Roots' Tariq Trotter was produced by 9th Wonder and The Soul Council.
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Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able
by Black Thought
October 16, 2020
The full-length solo studio release for The Roots' Tariq Trotter under the name Black Thought features guest appearances from C.S. Armstrong, Killer Mike, OSHUN, Portugal. The Man, Pusha T, ScHoolboy Q, Swizz Beatz, and The Last Artful, Dodgr.
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Post-Mortem
by Black Tide
August 23, 2011
The New York-based heavy metal band releases its sophomore full-length album produced by Josh Wilbur and GGGarth.
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Seven Horses for Seven Kings
by Black to Comm
January 25, 2019
The latest release for German ambient experimental artist Marc Richter as Black to Comm is his first on the Thrill Jockey label.
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Earth
by Black to Comm
March 5, 2012
The seventh full-length release from Marc Richter as Black To Comm is a soundtrack to a film by Singapore director Ho Tzu Nyen.
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Tend No Wounds [EP]
by Black Tusk
July 23, 2013
This is the six-track EP from the Savannah sludge trio.
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Pillars of Ash
by Black Tusk
January 29, 2016
The fifth full-length release for the Savannah, Georgia-based sludge metal band is its final album with bassist Jonathan Athon, who died in a motorcycle accident in November 2014.
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Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones
by Black Veil Brides
January 8, 2013
Produced by John Feldmann, the third release for the metal band is a concept album set in a post-apocalyptic future where a group of rebels called The Wild Ones fight against an organization named F.E.A.R.
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Set the World On Fire
by Black Veil Brides
June 14, 2011
The LA-based glam-rock group make their major label debut with the release of their sophomore album.
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Vale
by Black Veil Brides
January 12, 2018
The fifth full-length studio release for the Los Angeles-based glam-rock band led by Andy Biersack was produced by John Feldmann.
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Black Yaya
by Black Yaya
March 2, 2015
The debut full-length solo release for David Ivar was self-recorded.
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Imani, Vol. 1
by Blackalicious
September 18, 2015
The fourth full-length for the California rap duo features guest appearances from Amde of The Watts Prophets, Bosko, Imani Coppola, DJ D Sharp, Fantastic Negrito, Danielle Flax, Lateef, Lyrics Born, Monophonics, Myron, Vursatyl & Jumbo of Lifesavas, and Zap Mama.
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The Craft
by Blackalicious
September 27, 2005
The San Francisco rap duo of Gift of Gab (aka Timothy Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) return with a third album.
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Be Right Here
by Blackberry Smoke
February 16, 2024
The eighth full-length studio release from Atlanta country rock quintet Blackberry Smoke was produced by Dave Cobb.
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Holding All the Roses
by Blackberry Smoke
February 10, 2015
The fourth full-length studio release for the Georgia country rock was produced by Brendan O'Brien
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Like an Arrow
by Blackberry Smoke
October 14, 2016
The fifth full-length studio release for the country/southern rock band was self-produced and features a guest appearance from Gregg Allman.
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Find a Light
by Blackberry Smoke
April 6, 2018
The sixth full-length studio release for the Atlanta Southern rock band features guest appearances from Robert Randolph, Amanda Shires and the Wood Brothers.
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You Hear Georgia
by Blackberry Smoke
May 28, 2021
The seventh full-length studio release for the Atlanta rock band was produced by Dave Cobb and features guest appearances from Jamey Johnson and Warren Haynes.
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Blackfield V
by Blackfield
February 10, 2017
Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen reformed the art rock project in 2016 with Tomer Z and Eran Mitelman for its fifth release which includes three songs produced by Alan Parsons.
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South
by Blackie & the Rodeo Kings
January 14, 2014
This is the eighth full-length release for the Canadian roots rock trio of Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden, and Tom Wilson.
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Adults
by Blacklisters
September 18, 2015
This is the second full-length release from the British noise rock band led by Billy Mason-Wood.
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Fuck Death
by Blackout Beach
November 15, 2011
Carey Mercer recorded his second album under the name Blackout Beach by himself.
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Skin Of Evil
by Blackout Beach
January 20, 2009
The second full-length solo album for Frog Eyes/Swan Lake's Carey Mercer.
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Kill This Love [EP]
by BlackPink
April 5, 2019
The K-pop girl group (who recently became the first Korean act to perform at Coachella) make their Interscope debut with this five-song, Korean-language EP.
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The Album
by BlackPink
October 2, 2020
The debut full-length studio release for the South Korean pop group features guest appearances from Cardi B and Selena Gomez.
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DEADLINE [EP]
by BlackPink
February 27, 2026
The five-track EP from K-pop group BlackPink includes production by Cirkut, Diplo, Dr. Luke, and Teddy.
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Born Pink
by BlackPink
September 16, 2022
The second full-length studio release for South Korean pop group Blackpink features songs written by such artists as Danny Chung, Brian Lee, Teddy Park,
Natalia Kills' Teddy Sinclair, and Willy Sinclair.
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Level II
by Blackstreet
March 11, 2003
The newly-reformed Teddy Riley creation returns with its fourth album.
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Not Here Not Gone
by Blackwater Holylight
January 30, 2026
The latest full-length release from the Los Angeles-based doom/psychedelic rock band originally from Oregon was recorded in Texas by Sonny Diperri.
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That's Your Lot
by Blaenavon
April 7, 2017
The debut full-length release for the British indie pop trio of Ben Gregory, Harris McMillan, and Frank Wright was recorded with Jim Abbiss.
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House of Jacks
by Blair Dunlop
May 26, 2014
This is the second full-length release for the son of Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings.
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Audio Day Dream
by Blake Lewis
December 4, 2007
The American Idol runner-up releases his debut album.
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Mutable Set
by Blake Mills
May 8, 2020
The fourth full-length release for the California songwriter/producer features songs co-written with Cass McCombs.
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If I'm Honest
by Blake Shelton
May 20, 2016
The 10th full-length release for the Nashville country singer is the first album since his divorce from Miranda Lambert and features guest appearances from The Oak Ridge Boys as well as current girlfriend, Gwen Stefani.
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Based on a True Story...
by Blake Shelton
March 26, 2013
The eighth full-length studio release for the country singer who also appears as a coach/judge on NBC's The Voice features Pistol Annies and Gwen Sebastian as guests.
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Hillbilly Bone [EP]
by Blake Shelton
March 2, 2010
The second EP album for the country singer features a duet with Trace Adkins.
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Red River Blue
by Blake Shelton
July 12, 2011
The country crooner, and judge/coach on NBC's The Voice, releases his latest album.
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Startin' Fires
by Blake Shelton
November 18, 2008
The fifth album for the country artist features Miranda Lambert as a guest on one track.
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All About Tonight
by Blake Shelton
August 10, 2010
The Southern rocker releases an album full of hell-raising, liquored-up country hits.
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