August 2023 Albums You Need to Know About

As we head into the heat of August, a long list of artists are gearing up to release their latest batches of music. The month kicks off with new records from indie-rockers The Front Bottoms, Americana standout Joshua Ray Walker and a Ray Price retrospective from Vince Gill and Paul Franklin.

The coming weeks also include highly-anticipated LPs from Neil Young, Hozier, Rhiannon Giddens, Morgan Wade and more. Take a look at our compressive list of August 2023 albums to keep on your radar:

August 4:

Beth Bombara, It All Goes Up
Chris Farren, Doom Singer
Girl Ray, Prestige
Current Joys, Love + Pop
Joshua Ray Walker, What Is It Even? 
Girl Ray, Prestige
King Calaway, Tennessee Waiting
M.A.G.S., Destroyer
Quavo, Rocket Power
Rachel Bobbitt, The Half We Still Have (EP)
Rick Springfield, Automatic
Stolen Jars, I Won’t Let Me Down
The Front Bottoms, You Are Who You Hang Out With
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin, Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys

August 11:

Easy Eye Sound, Tell Everybody
Hurry, Don’t Look Back
Neil Young, Chrome Dreams
PJ Western, Here I Go
Public Image Ltd., End of World
The Hives, The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

August 18:

Bobby Rush, All My Love For You
Cautious Clay, KARPEH
Cory Wong, The Lucky One
Diners, DOMINO
East Forest, Music For The Deck Of The Titanic
Genesis Owusu, STRUGGLER
Grace Potter, Mother Road
Gregory Alan Isakov, Appaloosa Bones
Hozier, Unreal Unearth
Idina Menzel, Drama Queen
Jill Andrews, Modern Age
Maia Sharp, Reckless Thoughts
Margaret Glaspy, Echo the Diamond
Osees, Intercepted Message
Rhiannon Giddens, You’re the One
Shamir, Homo Anxietatem
Voth, Memories of You 

August 25:

Be Your Own Pet, Mommy
Becca Mancari, Left Hand
Blind Boys of Alabama, Echoes of the South
Buck Meek, Haunted Mountain
Candlebox, The Long Goodbye
Cindy Wilson, Realms
Crooks & Nannies, Real Life
Hannah Dasher, The Other Damn Half 
Hiss Golden Messenger, Jump for Joy
Islands, And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs
Morgan Wade, Psychopath 
Nellie McKay, Hey Guys, Watch This
Ratboys, The Window
SPELLLING, SPELLLING & the Mystery School
Rebounder, Sundress Songs (EP)
The Armed, Perfect Saviors
Tim McGraw, Standing Room Only
Turnpike Troubadours, A Cat in the Rain

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