Pause & Play Today: Aug. 18, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Let’s Rattle,” D.D. Verni & The Cadillac Band – Sept. 17
“Mettal / Jazz EP,” Rodrigo y Gabriela – Sept. 24
“Priestess,” YULLOLA – Oct. 15
“Radical,” Every Time I Die – Oct. 22
“KIDZ BOP 2022,” KIDZ BOP Kids – Oct. 22
“Sympathy for Life,” Parquet Courts – Oct. 22
“Which Way to Happy,” Penelope Isles – Nov. 5
“The Future,” Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Nov. 5
Artist Merch Shop: See the New Arrivals. »
UPCOMING RELEASES (no release date yet)
“Silk Sonic,” Bruno Mars + Anderson .Paak – pushed back to January 2022
REISSUES
“The Gurrumul Story,” Gurrumul – Oct. 29
VINYL
“Killer,” Alice Cooper – Oct. 29
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Survivor, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Back From the Dead, Halestorm
I’ve Got To Get To You, Dion with Boz Scaggs & Joe Menza and Mike Menza
Thelma + Louise, Bastille
Post-Boredom, Every Time I Die
Freedom Highway, The Specials
Psychedelic Views, Sad Night Dynamite feat. IDK
Lord of the Flies, Myles Cameron & Downtown Kayoto
Kanpai, Alice Longyu Gao
Losing Game, In-Sides
Feel It Now, Nue
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Maxine Brown (82)
Sarah Dash [Labelle] (76)
Barbara Harris [The Toys] (76)
Nigel Griggs [Split Enz] (72)
Dennis Elliott [Foreigner] (71)
John Rees [Men At Work] (70)
Tony Garnier (66)
Steve Wilkinson [The Wilkinsons] (66)
Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz (65)
Ron Strykert [Men At Work] (64)
Zac Maloy [The Nixons] (53)
Everlast (52)
Masta Killa (52)
Aphex Twin (50)
Brad Tursi [Old Dominion] (42)
Mika (38)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Scott McKenzie (1939-2012)
Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
Tony Jackson [The Searchers] (1938-2003)
Paul Mares (1900-1949)
RELEASED ON AUG. 18 IN … 1978
“Who Are You,” The Who (their eighth studio album and their last with drummer Keith Moon, featuring “Who Are You,” “Had Enough,” “New Song” and “Sister Disco”; producers: Glyn Johns, Jon Astley; MCA)
R.I.P.
Squeak (Chicago hip-hop group Pivot Gang)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> R. Kelly Trial Opens: ‘This Case Is About a Predator’ | The New York Times
> Garth Brooks Cancels All Stadium Tour Dates Scheduled for 2021 Due to Covid Fears | Taste of Country
> Country Star Sam Hunt Pleads Guilty to DUI Charges in Nashville | Tennessean
> What Makes A Good—Or Bad—Cover Song? | NPR
> ISC Is Taking Entries Now for a Special Promotion Called DEMO YOUR LYRICS | International Songwriting Competition *
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