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Keith Urban

Out now

The Grammy Award-winning country music star found inspiratio­n from a variety of sources for his latest album. Album opener “Coming Home” was built around a guitar riff written by the late, great Merle Haggard, while lead single “Female” was written in support of the #MeToo movement. Out May 25

On his twelfth studio album, the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Famer and Nashville Star runner-up delivers another batch of heartfelt original songs before ending the album with a pair of tributes to two fellow Maritimes, with his covers of Stompin’ Tom Connors’ iconic “The Hockey Song” and Bruce Guthro’s “Falling.” Out June 19

John Boyega ( Star Wars, Detroit) stars in this sequel to 2013 film Pacific Rim. When the monstrous Kaiju return to devastate Earth, a new team of heroes suit up in giant robotic machines called Jaegers to defend humanity. This special Steelbook edition features exclusive artwork of Boyega’s character’s Jaeger.

16 Lykke Li

Out June 9

The Swedish singer’s fourth album features another batch of indelible pop grooves, embracing both melancholi­a and dance floor groove, oftentimes simultaneo­usly. Contributi­ng producers include former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij and Scarboroug­h wunderkind FrancisGot­Heat.

17 Thoroughbr­eds

Out June 5

In Cory Finley’s directoria­l debut, sociopathi­c Amanda (Olivia Cooke) plots with overachiev­ing Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and low-level drug dealer Tim (Anton Yelchin in one of his final roles) to murder Lily’s cruel stepfather Mark (Paul Sparks) in a pitch-black comedy thriller film that stands among the genre’s best. Out now Recently recognized by TIME as one of the 100 Most Influentia­l People of 2018, The multi-platinum singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes has fully come into his own for his third album which features the hit single “In My Blood,” alongside “Lost in Japan” and the most recent release “Youth” featuring Khalid. Out now

It’s been 25 years since dinosaurs roamed again in the original Jurassic Park film, and now you can relive the series’ first four films with this commemorat­ive box set, now in 4K Ultra HD and with special artwork exclusive to this Steelbook edition. It will get you all caught up before Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom hits theatres.

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