Pause & Play Today: April 12, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Big Mess,” Danny Elfman – June 11
“No Love Songs for Laura,” Kyle Falconer – June 11
“Love No Less Than a Queen,” Trampolene – July 16
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UPCOMING RELEASES (release date TBD)
“Detour de Force,” Barenaked Ladies – summer 2021
REISSUES
“A Revolution in Sound: Pop Culture and the Classical Avant-Garde,” various artists – May 21
“Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956–1980)” and “On a Friday Evening,” Bill Evans – June 25
NEW SONGS
Flip, Barenaked Ladies
Cowboys, Slayyyter
Titanium / Mercury, Dave
Too Bad, Bedroom
Fly Wizard Fly, Mashup & Cozy Condition
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Herbie Hancock (81)
John Kay (77)
Alex Briley [Village People] (74)
J.D. Nicholas [Commodores] (69)
Pat Travers (67)
Vince Gill (64)
Will Sergeant [Echo & The Bunnymen] (63)
Art Alexakis (59)
Amy Ray (57)
Sean Welch [The Beautiful South] (56)
Sarah Cracknell [Saint Etienne] (54)
Toby Gad (53)
Nicholas Hexum [311] (51)
Guy Berryman [Coldplay] (43)
Brian McFadden [Westlife] (41)
Joe Rickard [Red] (34)
Brendon Urie [Panic! At The Disco] (34)
Jessie James Decker (33)
Oh Sehun [Exo] (27)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Boxcar Willie (1931-1999)
Arthur Freed (1894-1973)
RELEASED ON APRIL 12 IN … 1984
“Grace Under Pressure,” Rush (featuring “Distant Early Warning,” “The Body Electric” and “Red Sector A”; producers: Rush, Peter Henderson; Anthem)
R.I.P.
Trinity (reggae artist)
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