Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Aghori Mhori Mei,” Smashing Pumpkins – Aug. 2
“Ultra 85,” Logic – Aug. 9
“That’s What It’s All About,” Lisa Loeb and The Hollow Trees – Aug. 23
“Woodland,” Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Aug. 23
“On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System,” The Bug Club – Aug. 30
“Glory,” The Airborne Toxic Event – Sept. 6
“Viewfinder,” Wendy Eisenberg – Sept. 13
“Tattoos,” Brantley Gilbert – Sept. 13
“Waiting for a Sign,” Hataałii – Sept. 13
“Puccini: Love Affairs,” Jonas Kaufmann – Sept. 13
“Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine,” Allegra Krieger – Sept. 13
“Don’t Be Dumb,” A$AP Rocky – Sept. 20
“Changes All the Time,” James Bay – Sept. 20
“Shine Away,” Naked Giants – Oct. 4
“Oh Brother,” Dawes – Oct. 11
“Slow Burn,” Boney James – Oct. 18
“Fate & Alcohol,” Japandroids – Oct. 18
“Music For People Who Believe In Love,” Joe Jonas – Oct. 18
“Blues Experience,” Jake Shimabukuro & Mick Fleetwood – Oct. 18
“Come Ahead,” Primal Scream – Nov. 8
New Music Friday: July 19, 2024
Vinyl
“Punk Goes Christmas,” various artists – Oct. 11
Music Books
“Harry Styles: A Sign of the Times,” Annie Zaleski – Sept. 17
Just Released
“MIRADA,” Ivan Cornejo (Hear here; Zaragoza / Interscope)
“City Cinderella,” JT (City Girls rapper’s debut solo album; guests: DJ Khaled, Stunna Girl, CLIP, Jeezy; See/Read here; Quality Control Music)
“Autobiography (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition),” Ashlee Simpson (digital release; 2004 debut album; with three bonus tracks, along with an ATMOS version of “Pieces of Me”; Hear here; Interscope / UMe)
“Bose x NME: C24,” various artists (seven-song mixtape, featuring Teddy Swims, Laufey, Artemas, Royel Otis, Lola Young, Samara Cyn, and Tehya; Hear here; NME)
“Anything,” Cereus Bright (Hear here; Nettwerk)
“Supernatural,” Barns Courtney (British singer-songwriter’s third album; Hear here; Avenue A / Virgin)
“Waiting For The End To Come,” Beta Radio (Hear here; Nettwerk)
“Lifetime,” Juliana Madrid (four-song EP; new single: “Give Me Evil”; Hear here; See here; Neon Gold)
“Still in Bloom,” L.C. Franke (orchestral pop singer-songwriter’s debut album; Hear here; Side Hustle)
“You Take Me To Dinner But You’ll Never Feed My Soul,” Felicity (Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter’s five-song debut EP; Hear here; East Music Row)
“City of Glass,” AJ Lee & Blue Summit (Santa Cruz band’s third album; Hear here; Signature Sounds)
“Better Days,” Tron Austin (seven-song EP; Hear here; Tron music)
“All of the Things You Said,” Coastal Club (Cincinnati-based indie pop trio’s seven-song EP; Hear here; Coastal Club)
“Okay With Every Part,” JESSIA (six-song EP; Hear here; JESSIA Music Inc.)
I need a friend and a lover divine
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Work It Out, Joe Jonas
Polkamania!, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Up All Night, James Bay feat. The Lumineers & Noah Kahan
Drugs, Joy Oladokun
15 MINUTES, Madison Beer
Yes, Big Sean
AFRO, Yandel
Call Whoever This Makes You Think Of (Except Your Narcissist Ex), Lily Kershaw
Mother, ZZ Ward
Dead Man, Alessia Cara
Nack Nostalgia, Royel Otis
Shoot, G Herbo & Skilla Baby
even forever, Amy Allen
Free Like, Maddie & Tae
MUD, Dorothy
Rather Be Lonely, David Archuleta
Wagon Wheel, Rhonda Vincent
I’m in Love (Subaru), Sports Team
Hopscotch, Isabella&Sebastian
At Least I Tried, Smith & Thell & Wrabel
Judge, Kimberly Dawn
Birds Before Rain, She Was the Carnation and the Rose
Just the Rain, Jackie and her brother
nervous, chasing luma
The World Above, Alice Phoebe Lou
I Don’t Know About You, Hannah Anders
Confetti, Kylie Fox
Drink Along, Josh Gallagher
The Perfect Girl, Violent Vickie
The Best, Rachel Grae
Digging in the Dust, Jason Charles Miller
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Bob Newhart (comedy legend whose debut album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” topped the U.S. chart for 14 weeks in 1960 and won him Grammy Album of the Year and Best New Artist)
Pinche Peach (Brujeria vocalist)
Happy Traum (Greenwich Village folk singer and Bob Dylan collaborator)
Bob Booker (writer and producer of the Grammy-winning comedy album “The First Family”)
Bernice Johnson Reagon (founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock)
This Week In … 1986
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “Invisible Touch,” Genesis
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Papa Don’t Preach,” Madonna (from No. 24 to No. 12)
Highest Debut (No. 40) – “Dancing on the Ceiling,” Lionel Richie
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone),” Glass Tiger (from No. 86 to No. 59)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Peter Gunn,” The Art of Noise feat. Duane Eddy
No. 1 Album – “Winner in You,” Patti LaBelle
Music News
> Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors List | NPR
> Priscilla Presley Sues Former Associates, Alleging Elder Abuse and Financial Fraud | USA Today
> Legendary L.A. Recording Studio Record Plant to Close Down After 55 Years | NME
> Bruce Springsteen Is Now a Billionaire, Forbes Estimates | Variety
> Bette Midler Had No Idea ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ Would Be a Smash Hit: ‘We Didn’t Know What We Had’ | People
> Neil Young’s ‘On the Beach’ at 50: His Bummed-Out Masterpiece Reigns Supreme | Rolling Stone
> Country Music Is Booming Again. This Time, the Fans Are in Charge | The Wall Street Journal
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.