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Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Sleigher,” Ben Folds – Oct. 25
“Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024,” Bryan Adams – Nov. 15
“Reboot II,” Brooks & Dunn – Nov. 15
“Negative Spaces,” Poppy – Nov. 15
“Christmas Bells Are Ringing!,” Clay Aiken – Nov. 22
“WILD THING,” Bella Mackenzie – Nov. 22
“Until the Heat Dies,” Fire Action – Nov. 29
“Opus Dei Revisited,” Laibach – Dec. 13
“Rome,” The National – Dec. 13
“KOKO,” Lottery Winners – Feb. 21, 2025
New Music Friday: Sept. 27, 2024
Reissues
“Into the Gap (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Thompson Twins – Nov. 8
“The Academy in Peril” and “Paris 1919 (Deluxe Remastered Edition),” John Cale – Nov. 15
“Best of Country & Western,” Ray Charles – Nov. 15
“Harlem Street Singer,” Reverend Gary Davis – Nov. 15
“I’m Jimmy Reed,” Jimmy Reed – Nov. 15
“How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (20th Anniversary),” U2 – Nov. 22
“Live at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey – December 30, 1978,” Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Nov. 29
Vinyl Releases
“Stones in the Road (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Mary Chapin Carpenter – Nov. 15
“The Greatest Hits,” 3 Doors Down – Nov. 15
“See You at the Fair,” Ben Webster – Nov. 15
“Everywhere,” Tim McGraw – Nov. 29
“5 Seconds of Summer (10th Anniversary Edition),” 5 Seconds of Summer – Dec. 13
“Evacuate the Dancefloor,” Cascada – Jan. 24, 2025
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Antics (The Twentieth Anniversary Edition),” Interpol (Digital Edition; 2004 album; with B-side “Direction” and a 2005 live show in Mexico City; Hear here; Matador)
“Now In a Minute,” Susan O’Neill (producer: Christian Best; new single: “Rewire”; Hear here; Star House Collective)
“Let Me Be Real,” Star Forest (Hear here; Silver Comet)
“birdwatching,” Cliffdiver (Hear here; SideOneDummy)
“Soft,” Kate Vogel (Hear here; Kate Vogel)
“Once Upon a Time in the Desert,” Brant Bjork Trio (Hear here; Duna Records)
“New Moon,” Arun Ramamurthy Trio (Hear here; Greenleaf Music)
“Black Umbrellas,” Big Sad (Tampa indie punk band’s debut album; Hear here; New Granada)
“LOST and FOUND,” Brodie (debut album; Hear here; Brodie Street Records)
I'll say it again in the land of the free / Use your freedom of choice
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Alone, The Cure
Soltera, Shakira
Seventeen Memories, Rexford
If I Beg You, Flower Face
100%, We Found a Lovebird
Strange Bird, The Grip Weeds
The End, SCHØØL
Gallows, CrowJane feat. Blaine L. Reininger
Ginger, Charlie Lane
Beholden to No One, Sandra Kluge
watercolour, Carla Aakre
Your Robot Took My Job, Spike Polite & Sewage
confirm it, Izzy Raye
IDK New Reality, S.C.A.B.
Echoes Between Us, Ezra Veda
Remember Me, Dakota 66
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Catherine “Cat” Glover (dancer and backup vocalist for Prince)
Freddie Salem (former Outlaws singer-guitarist)
Benny Golson (jazz saxophonist-composer)
Luis Leguia (longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist and pioneer of carbon fiber instruments)
Kathryn Crosby (singer and widow of Bing Crosby)
This Week In … 1990
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Release Me,” Wilson Phillips
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Praying for Time,” George Michael (from No. 18 to No. 8)
Highest Debut (No. 83) – “Stranded,” Heart
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice (from No. 57 to No. 23)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Jealous,” Gene Loves Jezebel
No. 1 Album – “Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em,” MC Hammer
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Show Me Heaven,” Maria McKee
No. 1 Album – “In Concert,” José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “Release Me,” Wilson Phillips
No. 1 Album – “Wilson Phillips,” Wilson Phillips
Music News
> Diddy Eager to Testify in Own Defense at Federal Sex Trafficking Trial, Lawyer Reveals | New York Post
> Heart’s Ann Wilson Says the ‘Worst Is Over’ After Finishing Cancer Treatment: ‘Chemo Is No Joke’ | People
> Barbra Streisand Documentary Featuring Never-Before-Seen Photos & More Is Coming | Billboard
> TikTok to Shut Down Short-Lived Music-Streaming Service | The Wall Street Journal
Tour + Festival News
> Oasis Tour Heading to the U.S., Canada, Asia and Australia | NME
> Billy Joel Announces 2025 Shows With Stevie Nicks, Sting | New York Post
> Mary J. Blige Announces 2025 For My Fans Tour | Billboard
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.