Updates + Additions
New Releases
“in the light and shadows,” Camylio – July 5
“Charm,” Clairo – July 12
“Children of the Moon,” State Faults – July 26
“Blonde,” Tigirlily Gold – July 26
“Saint Sinner,” Elsy Wameyo – July 26
“Driven to Drive,” Joe Ely – Aug. 2
“Mucho Mistrust,” Fake Fruit – Aug. 23
“A Modern Day Distraction,” Jake Bugg – Sept. 20
“Someday, Now,” Katy J Pearson – Sept. 20
“Dirt On My Diamonds, Volume 2,” Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Sept. 20
“Stream of Life,” Maxïmo Park – Sept. 27
“Revelation,” Leif Vollebekk – Sept. 27
“Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables,” Dolly Parton – Nov. 15
This Week's Vinyl Releases
Reissues
“It’s a Beautiful Thing: The Best of Ocean Colour Scene,” Ocean Colour Scene – July 5
“Louis in London,” Louis Armstrong – July 12
“For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (Expanded Edition),” Van Halen – July 12
“Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Oasis – Aug. 30
“Hello Herbie” and “Another Day,” The Oscar Peterson Trio – Sept. 13
Just Released
“Crying in the Club,” GROOVY (New Jersey native’s 10-song EP; guests: B Jack$, Kanii, Vayda, R2R Moe; Hear here; Defiant / Warner)“Express&B,” 4Fargo (Decatur, GA singer-songwriter’s eight-song debut EP; Hear here; Republic)
“Mental Trillness 2,” Juicy J (guests: Sukihana, Project Pat, Xavier Wolf, idontknowjeffery; Hear here; Trippy Music LLC / Stem)
“Paranoid in Hell,” Pardoner (four-song EP; producer: Justus Proffit; Hear here; Convulse)
“Waiting for God in the Garden,” CLAY (six-song EP; new single: “Same Wall [Intro]”; Hear here; Independent Co.)
“All American Heartbreak,” Shawn Perry (country singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Perry, Ben Schigel; new single: “Hookin’ Up”; Hear here; Neon Billy / The Label Group / Virgin Music Group)
“The Raw Factor,” Omniscence (unreleased album from 1996; Hear here; Below System)
“Dirt Roads,” Bella Blaq (CodeSwitch Distro)
There's a storm that's raging / Through my frozen heart tonight
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Pink Skies, Zach Bryan
Nice to Meet You, Imagine Dragons
Hero, Charlie Puth
Silver Tongue, Prince … 2004 “virtual B-side” to “Call My Name”; lyrics by Nikka Costa
Hell or High Water (from “Twisters: The Album”), Bailey Zimmerman
I Wanna Thank Me, Meghan Trainor feat. Niecy Nash
Love Bites, Nelly Furtado, Tove Lo & SG Lewis
Wanna Be Loved, The Red Clay Strays
Old Fashioned Feeling, Midland
Gimme a Second, Rich the Kid & Peso Pluma
Push, Skrillex, Hamdi & Taichu
How Sweet / Bubble Gum, NewJeans
Cozy, Jeremy Zucker, Lauv & Alexander 23
trouble, Camylio
Caught Up, FLO
Turn it up, PinkPantheress
You Came Along, Billy Ray Cyrus
Touchy Subject, Peach PRC
Feel Like That, Sublime & Stick Figure feat. Bradley Nowell
UFO, Smith & Thell
Thank You for Leaving, Sports & Gus Dapperton
Beach Chair, Uncle Kracker
Pitta Patta, Ginger Winn
The Ghost of D.B. Cooper, Goodnight, Texas
Melting Mirror, Storefront Church
Ghost Moves, Ghost Party
Turn the Key, Piper Butcher
Sandringham, Haich Ber Na
Rotten Mind, Fashion Club & Julie Byrne
The Rock / Magical Thinking, Gabe Goodman
Don’t Mind Me, Con Brio
Saliva, Past Life Romeo
Summer Poppin’, Brian James
Airplane Window, Peach Tree Rascals
Dirty Love, wht.rbbt.obj
Home Song, Wild Remedy
Misty Miles, Ben Sollee
In Love with Tennessee, Kimberly Dawn
MOVE!, j.aaron
Black Leather, Claire London
This Mess, Britnee Kellogg
Shark Week, LITTRELL
Blue, Sheyna Gee
Traffic, Gabriella Zauna
Horns and Halos, Blacklist Union
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Omar Geles (Latin Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter)
Charlie Colin (bassist and founding member of Train)
This Week In … 1973
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Stevie Wonder
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Right Place Wrong Time,” Dr. John (from No. 34 to No. 25)
Highest Debut (No. 59) – “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth),” George Harrison
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” Bette Midler (from No. 85 to No. 63)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Cosmic Sea,” The Mystic Moods
No. 1 Album – “Houses of the Holy,” Led Zeppelin
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> The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time | Rolling Stone
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.