Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Changes All the Time,” James Bay – new release date: Oct. 4
“Honky Tonks & Country Songs,” Joe Nichols – Oct. 25
“Anthem Sprinter,” John Van Deusen – Nov. 1
“Always Look Up,” Van Zant – Nov. 22
“Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023,” various artists – Nov. 29
“Slowly, It Dawns,” Victoria Canal – Jan. 17, 2025
“Dear Life,” David Gray – Jan. 17, 2025
“Curioso,” Wilder Woods – Feb. 7, 2025
“Sweet Illusions,” Peter Capaldi – March 28, 2025
New Music Friday: Sept. 20, 2024
Reissues
“Danse Macabre: De Luxe,” Duran Duran – Oct. 11
“Brass Tacks (10th Anniversary Edition),” NRBQ – Oct. 18
“Orboretum: The Orb Collection,” The Orb – Oct. 25
“Can Live in Keele 1977,” Can – Nov. 1
“He Moved Through the Fair: The Complete 1960s Recordings,” Davy Graham – Nov. 29
“1992,” Leo Sayer – Nov. 29
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Eat,” BETTY (indie pop/rock band’s 11th album; Hear here; BETTY)
“What It Cost,” Foreign Fields (Wisconsin-based indie rock duo’s fourth album; Hear here; Nettwerk)
“Better Luck Next Time,” worlds greatest dad (Hear here; Gold Vinyl out Oct. 11; SideOneDummy)
“Misery,” Together Pangea (four-song EP; Hear here; Nettwerk)
“Pavlova’s Dog,” The Meringues (Kingston, Ontario post-punk band’s second album; Hear here; The Meringues)
“In the Wake of a Dying Sun,” Dan Morgan (Hear here; Throwing Shapes)
“A Time For Everything,” Divine Sweater (Hear here; Better Company Records)
“Tannersville,” Vakili Band (four-song EP; Hear here; Vakili Band)
“Fentanyl,” Fentanyl (Hear here; Convulse)
“The In Between,” Kevin Gordon (his first album in six years; Hear here; Kevin Gordon)
Here is my confession / May I be your possession
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Tragedy at Sea, Big Sad
Hide Anymore / Devil In My Eyes, Wilder Woods
Clear Your Mind, Tobias Bergson
Reckless Nights, Ashtyn Barbaree
Proud, The Clearwater Swimmers
Lifting Heavy Things, Nick Gusman and the Coyotes
Glow, Tara Van
Midnight Robber, Eric Sleeper
All Bets Are Off, Awksymoron
Neon Dream, Billie Zizi
Wolfcry, Lynn Rosenblood
Landslides (people change), Bottlemoth
Wax & Feathers, MANJA
The Auctioneer, The Kody Norris Show
Latin American Idiot, Jon Roger Band wilder
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Tito Jackson (guitarist and founding member of The Jackson 5)
Tommy Cash (singer and brother of Johnny Cash)
Billy Sherrill (engineer on recordings for Kenny Rogers, Kenny Chesney, The Chicks, The Marshall Tucker Band, et al)
This Week In … 1979
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “My Sharona,” The Knack
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Spooky,” Atlanta Rhythm Section (from No. 39 to No. 30)
Highest Debut (No. 81) – “Hell On Wheels,” Cher
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Dirty White Boy,” Foreigner (from No. 65 to No. 50)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Voulez-Vous,” ABBA
No. 1 Album – “In Through the Out Door,” Led Zeppelin
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Cars,” Gary Numan
No. 1 Album – “The Pleasure Principle,” Gary Numan
Tour + Festival News
> A Perfect Circle, Primus, Puscifer Reteam for ‘Sessanta V2 Tour’ | New York Post
> Pharrell Williams Cancels Something in the Water Festival This Year | HYPEBEAST
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.