5 New Albums To Check Out This November

Tacos may rule Tuesdays, but Fridays are all about new albums. This week’s list of new releases features offerings from Rosalía, Finger Eleven, Mavis Staples, and more. Whether you favor CDs, vinyl, or digital downloads, it is time to start making your shopping list. Here is a look at this week’s new music and five new albums that you definitely need to check out.

Rosalía — Lux (Columbia)

International superstar Rosalía will release her fourth studio album on Friday. At only 33 years old, the Spanish singer has already been nominated for 296 major awards worldwide, winning 88, including two Grammy Awards, 11 Latin Grammy Awards, a Billboard Latin Music Award, and four MTV Video Music Awards. The new album was recorded with the London Symphony under conductor Daníel Bjarnason. It includes guest appearances by international artists like Björk, Carminho, Yves Tumor, and several others. Lux takes its inspiration from Rosalía‘s romantic relationships and her relationship with God, and it explores themes of feminine mystique, transformation, and transcendence.

Finger Eleven — Last Night on Earth (Better Noise Music)

Canadian rockers Finger Eleven return this Friday with Last Night on Earth, their eighth studio album. It is the band’s first album of new music in ten years. Following an eight-year hiatus, the group began working on their Greatest Hits album in 2023. The project refueled the band’s creative juices, and they decided that it was time to get back in the studio. Last Night on Earth was Finger Eleven’s most collaborative effort yet, with everyone getting together in person, writing, and making decisions and revisions together. The result was a focus on big, rich, full sound, even on softer songs. The Black Sabbath-influenced lead single “Blue Sky Mystery” was released on August 1st.

DJ Snake — Nomad (Geffen)

On Friday, Award-winning French producer and EDM artist DJ Snake releases his first album in six years. Nomad, his third studio effort, is said to offer a blending of musical styles and cultures, featuring songs in French, English, and Spanish. While most of the details on the album have been kept under wraps, collaborations with J Balvin, Travis Scott, Future, and Stray Kids have been announced.

Mavis Staples — Sad And Beautiful World (ANTI-)

R&B, Gospel, Soul, and Blues singer Mavis Staples is still going strong at 86 years old. She is a four-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll, Blues, and Gospel Hall of Famer. Sad and Beautiful is the 14th solo album for the former member of the Staple Singers. It will feature a mix of new originals and updated versions of classics of the American songbook. Sad and Beautiful World will include collaborations with artists like Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, and Jeff Tweedy.

Kings of Leon — EP #2 (Love Tap/Virgin)

After putting out their ninth studio album last year, alt-rockers Kings of Leon are back with a 4-track EP. Oddly enough, the EP, the band’s sixth, is titled EP#2. The four-time Grammy winners that made smash hits out of “Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody” have been posting little sneak peeks on their official Instagram account for weeks in the lead-up to Friday’s release. The four brothers (Caleb, Jared, Matthew, and Nathan) Followill have not given up much info beyond snippets of the songs and some studio photos, but they did give out the track listing: 1) All the Little Sheep, 2) To Space, 3) Pit to the Rind, and 4) The Wolf.

The Best of the Rest

If none of the above releases fit your musical tastes, here are some of the other new albums, compilations, and re-releases due out on November 7:

• Armand Hammer and The Alchemist — Mercy (Backwoodz Studios)
• Armor for Sleep — There Is No Memory (Equal Vision Records)
• Benee — Ur An Angel I’m Just Particles (Republic Records)
• Brad Paisley — Snow Globe Town (Loaded Goat Records)
• Brian Wilson — Live at the Roxy Theatre: 25th Anniversary Edition (Oglio Records)
• Chris Thile — Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2 (Nonesuch)
• Clark — Steep Stims (Throttle)
• Constant Smiles — Moonflowers (Felte)
• The Cranberries — MTV Unplugged (Island)
• Crasher — Odditi Populaire (Mothland)
• Del Water Gap — Chasing the Chimera (Mom+Pop)
• Drain — …Is Your Friend (Epitaph)
• Emmylou Harris — Spyboy: Reissue (New West Records)
• Frida Kill — City Gurl (Get Better Records)
• Hatchie — Liquorice (Secretly Canadian)
• Helado Negro — The Last Sound on Earth EP (Big Dada)
• Herb Alpert — Christmas Time Is Here (Herb Alpert Presents)
• Hirons — Future Perfect EP (Western Vinyl)
• Hüsker Dü — 1985: The Miracle Year (Numero)
• Jade LeMac — It’s Always At Night EP (Warner Music Canada)
• Jake Owen — Dreams to Dream (Good Company Entertainment)
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Bold As Love: Super Deluxe Edition (Legacy Recordings)
• Luke Bell — The King Is Back (Thirty Tigers)
• Midlake — A Bridge To Far (Bella Union)
• The Mountain Goats — Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (Cadmean Dawn)
• Paul Kelly — Seventy (Cooking Vinyl)
• Portugal. the Man — SHISH (Knik)
• Sam Gellaitry — Anywhere Here Is Perfect (Warner Records)
• Sessa — Pequena Vertigem de Amo (Mexican Summer)
• Slash – Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival (earMUSIC )
• Sorry — COSPLAY (Domino)
• Steve Gunn — Daylight Daylight (No Quarter Records)
• Sunflowers — You Have Fallen… Congratulations! (Fuzz Club)
• Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers — GLORY (Community Music)
• Tristen — Unpopular Music (Well Kept Secret)
• Westbound Train — Sing the Ghost Away (Westbound Train)
• Westerman — A Jackal’s Wedding (Partisan Records)
• White Lies — Night Light (Play It Again Sam)
• Willie Nelson — Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle (Sony Music Entertainment)
• Wings — Wings (Capitol/UME)
• Young Miko — Do Not Disturb (The Wave Music Group)