Updates + Additions
New Releases
“EUSEXUA,” FKA twigs – Sept. 13
“Nati Infiniti,” Alessandro Cortini – Oct. 4
“You Feel It Too,” Palomino Band – Oct. 4
“Gunsmoke,” Texas Hippie Coalition – Oct. 4
“Joker: Folie à Deux (Music From the Motion Picture),” various artists – Oct. 4
“Far Away With You,” Woody Platt – Oct. 11
“Don’t Mind If I Do,” Riley Green – Oct. 18
“Grande-Terre,” Roy Hargrove’s Crisol – Oct. 18
“The Gift of Love,” Jennifer Hudson – Oct. 18
“The Last Cantina,” People Years – Oct. 18
“American Spirit,” Fancy Hagood – Oct. 25
“Mama’s Boys,” The Oak Ridge Boys – Oct. 25
“Magpie,” Peach Pit – Oct. 25
“Night Palace,” Mount Eerie – Nov. 1
“liminal space,” mxmtoon – Nov. 1
“No Hill for a Climber,” Neal Morse & The Resonance – Nov. 8
“From Zero,” Linkin Park – Nov. 15
“Brighter Days,” Dwight Yoakam – Nov. 15
“TRAИƧA,” various artists – Nov. 22
“Midwinter Swimmers,” the innocence mission – Nov. 29
“A Philly Christmas Party,” The Philly Specials – Nov. 29
“12,” White Denim – Dec. 6
New Music Friday: Sept. 6, 2024
Reissues
“New Jill Swing 1988-94,” various artists – Sept. 27
“Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision,” Jimi Hendrix – new release date: Oct. 4
“The Singles – The First Fifty Years,” ABBA – Oct. 25
“Bird in Kansas City,” Charlie Parker – Oct. 25
“Weezer (The Blue Album): 30th Anniversary Edition,” Weezer – Nov. 1
“Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (20th Anniversary Edition),” TV on the Radio – Nov. 15
“Best of Unplucked,” Stornoway – Nov. 29
“Invisible Hour,” Joe Henry – Dec. 6
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Time Traveler,” Garth Brooks (Amazon-Exclusive Digital Release; 2023 album; Pearl)
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” various artists (Hear here; WaterTower Music / Warner)
“C,XOXO (Magic City Edition),” Camila Cabello (2024 album; with four extra tracks; new single: “Godspeed”; Hear here; Interscope)
“Black Mona Lisa Vol. 2: The Cookout Sessions,” Billy Porter (six-song EP; Hear here; Casablanca / Republic)
“[pieces],” Oscar Lang (Hear here; Oscar Lang)
“Escape Artist (Disc 1),” Yacht Rock Revue (Hear here; PleaseRock)
“Rose Main Reading Room,” Peel Dream Magazine (trio’s fourth album; Hear here; Topshelf)
“Roll With Me,” Duke Robillard (unreleased blues album from 2005; Hear here; Stony Plain)
“As Written, Vol. 2,” Avery Lynch (nine-track EP; Hear here; Records Label LLC)
“Everything I’ve Ever Known,” Monica Aben (five-song EP; Hear here; Monica Aben)
“Afterparty Fever!!!,” The Okmoniks (Hear here; Slovenly Recordings)
“In the Back of My Mind,” Williams Fuentes (four-song debut EP; Hear here; Cascade)
“HOPE,” Manizha (Russian art-pop star’s four-song EP; Hear here; Youthemic)
“Half Asleep,” Leyya (indie pop duo’s third album; Hear here; Minor Changes / Ink Music)
You got your hands in my back pockets / And Sam Cooke's singin' on the radio
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Ego, Halsey
Neva Play, Megan Thee Stallion feat. RM
I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom), Dwight Yoakam feat. Post Malone
The Emptiness Machine, Linkin Park
Don’t Lie, The Chainsmokers & Kim Petras
Piece By Piece, Pharrell Williams
MESSED UP AS ME (2:45am version), Keith Urban
Ruby Rosary, A$AP Rocky feat. J. Cole
Pop Seeds, The Jesus and Mary Chain
Laredo, Leon Bridges
Friday Night Heartbreaker, Jon Pardi
Loving You, Joss Stone feat. Shaggy
Unt, Pinhead Gunpowder (Billie Joe Armstrong’s side project)
Sad Boiii, BENEE
Glimpse, Future Islands
Home (Phillip’s Version), Phillip Phillips
Losing Game, Fancy Hagood
Midnight Shining, Lykke Li
Fall of Summer (NC State Version), Scotty McCreery
Found a Friend in You, Southern Avenue
All I Ever Wanted, Ivy
X’s, Maddox Batson
End of the Road, Bermuda Search Party
Opening, numün
Bad Witch, Alina Pash
Unraveling, Leigh Nash feat. Roland Orzabal
Skip a Beat, Sarina
CA$H, j.aaron
In the Dark, LVNDR.SOUND
Come With Me, JES
Sunlight!, elijah woods
Caramel Whiskey, Lauren Freebird
Santa Ana Wind, Ross Flora
Talk, Laila
Paper Noose, New Monarch
Couldn’t Get to Heaven, Taylor Hollingsworth
More of That, Pillow Fite
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Sérgio Mendes (Brazilian music legend)
Rich Homie Quan (Atlanta rapper)
Peter Kubik (founding guitarist for Austrian black metal band Abigor)
James Darren (teen idol singer and actor)
Danielle Moore (Crazy P)
This Week In … 2009
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Love Drunk,” Boys Like Girls (from No. 33 to No. 26)
Highest Debut (No. 90) – “I’m Alive,” Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Whatcha Say,” Jason Derulo (from No. 54 to No. 24)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Closer to Love,” Mat Kearney
No. 1 Album – “Keep on Loving You,” Reba McEntire
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Run This Town,” Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West
No. 1 Album – “Humbug,” Arctic Monkeys
In Canada
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas
No. 1 Album – “The E.N.D.,” Black Eyed Peas
Music News
> English Teacher Win 2024 Mercury Prize for ‘This Could Be Texas’ | Pitchfork
> Selena Gomez Is Now a Billionaire, According to Bloomberg | Billboard
> Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ Returns to U.K. No. 1 30 Years After It First Topped Charts | Official Charts
> Jimi Hendrix Documentary in the Works From ‘Greatest Night in Pop’ Director | Variety
> Cars Frontman Ric Ocasek’s Song Catalog Acquired by Primary Wave Music | Variety
> The Guitarist Who Could Make Indie Rock Big Again | The Wall Street Journal
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.