Updates + Additions
New Releases
“I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted to This World,” Steve Slagg – Sept. 20
“Beautifully Broken,” Jelly Roll – Oct. 11
“Seven Hours After Violet,” Seven Hours After Violet – Oct. 11
“The Butterfly,” Bryce Fox – Oct. 18
“Shining,” Swallow the Sun – Oct. 18
“Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute to Don Heffington,” various artists – Oct. 18
“Cartoon Darkness,” Amyl and the Sniffers – Oct. 25
“Annie’s House,” William Harries Graham – Oct. 25
“You Still Got Me,” Beth Hart – Oct. 25
“Shelters,” Josh Lovelace – Oct. 25
“Ten Modern American Work Songs,” St. Lenox – Oct. 25
“Take Off from Mercy,” Contour – Nov. 1
“All Access Areas,” FLO – Nov. 15
New Music Friday: Aug. 23, 2024
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“My Everything (Tenth Anniversary Edition),” Ariana Grande (2014 album; with four bonus tracks, including “Too Close” and “Cadillac Song”; Hear here; Republic)
“DAYS BEFORE RODEO,” Travis Scott (10th anniversary of his 2014 mixtape; Hear here; Read here; Cactus Jack / Epic)
“La Pantera Negra,” Myke Towers (guests: Bad Bunny, Peso Pluma, Darell, Omar Montes, et al; Hear here; Warner Music Latina)
“Feel,” Pet Shop Boys (five-song EP; Hear here; x2 Recordings Limited / Parlophone)
“Nature’s Voice,” Cloudchord & Jeff Pierre (five-song EP; Hear here; Nettwerk)
“For the Dreamers,” Ingrid Michaelson (her first album in five years; producers: Amy Stroup, Anna Schulze, Ariza; Hear here; Cabin 24 Records)
“The Hard Way,” Pete Yorn (producer: Josh Gudwin; Hear here; Vinyl; Shelly Music)
“lovelytheband,” lovelytheband (alt-pop trio’s fourth album; new single: “day run out”; Hear here; Happy Accident)
“IMPOSSIBLE DREAM,” Aaron Lazar (duets with Josh Groban, Leslie Odom Jr., Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Kelli O’Hara, et al; Hear here; Studio Seven Media)
“For Every Set of Eyes,” J. Mamana (indie rock artist’s second album; new single: “New America”; Hear here; Holy Family)
“Sweet Delusions,” Eddy Lee Ryder (alt-country artist’s debut album; Hear here; Nah Man Music)
“reminders of you,” Savanna Leigh (six-song EP; Hear here; Savanna Leigh)
“A Chosen Family,” Smith & Thell (five-song EP; Hear here; Playground Music)
“Now It’s Quiet,” Rory Taillon (Ottawa-based alt-folk singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producers: Taillon, Dean Watson; Hear here; Rory Taillon)
“Something Stirs When You Sing,” Mike Evin (producer: Chris Stringer; new single: “Outside With a Guitar”; Hear here; Mike Evin)
“Inner Space Explorers Pt. 1,” New World Revolution (four-song EP; Hear here; You Control The Planet Records)
Arm in arm, we laughed like kids / At all the silly things we did
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Get By, Jelly Roll
WE PRAY, Coldplay feat. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna, TINI
Rains in Heaven, NCT DREAM
Receipts, Diplo & Mau P feat. Gunna
Two Blue Chairs & You, Zac Brown Band
Lost Stars / Murder on the Dancefloor, New Radicals … their first new music in 25 years
Poppin Out (Mistakes), Chxrry22
Whiter Shade of Pale, Jake Shimabukuro & Mick Fleetwood
Please Slow Down, SYML
Trail of Destruction, Kim Wilde
What’s Fair, Blondshell
Butterfly, Bryce Fox
Sweat, Any Gabrielly
BOOGIE MAN, SosMula
Taking One For The Team, worlds greatest dad
Do You Haunt Me, Hazlett
French Horns, The Bad Plus
Don’t Change a Thing, Mark Bryan
Pathways, Julian Taylor feat. Allison Russell
Wait For You, Myles Smith
Fighting For (Hailey Whitters Version), Evan Honer & Hailey Whitters
Aggressive Sales Tactics, Jimmy & The Veil
Pass It On Down, The Wilder Blue
Take Me, Apryll Aileen
Not Afraid, New Monarch
You Can’t Hurt Me No More, Kevin Gordon
Cabin Fever, Seafoam Walls
Rodeo Clown, Havelin
Open Space, IAMTHELIVING
Window Seat, Cuchulain
What About You?, Spooky Mansion
Backroad Believer, Trey Calloway
River or a Road, Abbey Blackwell
honeycomb art on a billion twins, DUNUMS
Portland, Dean Drouillard
Cómplices De Luto, Alex E. Chávez
Over and Over Again, Terra Renae
Today’s Birthdays
This Week In … 1988
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Roll With It,” Steve Winwood
Biggest Movers Within the Top 40 – “Monkey,” George Michael (from No. 8 to No. 2) and “Missed Opportunity,” Daryl Hall & John Oates (from No. 36 to No. 30)
Highest Debut (No. 61) – “Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do?,” Steve Winwood
Biggest Movers Within the Hot 100 – “Red Red Wine,” UB40 (from No. 85 to No. 67) and “Never Tear Us Apart,” INXS (from No. 86 to No. 68)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Mary, Mary,” Run-D.M.C.
No. 1 Album – “Roll With It,” Steve Winwood
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “The Only Way Is Up,” Yazz and the Plastic Population
No. 1 Album – “Kylie,” Kylie Minogue
In Canada
(Source: MuchMusic)
No. 1 Song – “I’m Still Searching,” Glass Tiger
No. 1 Album – “Tracy Chapman,” Tracy Chapman
Music News
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> Megan Thee Stallion Set as Host for MTV Video Music Awards | Variety
> Imagine Dragons Drummer Daniel Platzman Reveals Why He’s Leaving Band After More Than 10 Years | People
> Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars: A Match Made in Grammy Heaven | Billboard
> Rick Springfield Says He ‘Feels Like I’m in My 20s’ as He Celebrates 75th Birthday | People
Tour + Festival News
> Janet Jackson Announces Las Vegas Residency: ‘This Is Going to Be a Lot of Fun’ | People
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.