Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Street Light Moon,” Sons of Sevilla – Sept. 5
“CREAM,” Kassa Overall – Sept. 12
“Blueprints,” Umphrey’s McGee – Sept. 12
“In the Red,” The Prize – Sept. 19
“Eldora,” Chase Rice – Sept. 19
“Streets of September,” Jack Schneider – Sept. 19
“Real Warmth,” Joan Shelley – Sept. 19
“Jesus Loves,” Zach Williams – Sept. 19
“bones,” Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Sept. 26
“The Hard Way,” Cameron Whitcomb – Sept. 26
“Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love,” Brennen Leigh – Oct. 3
“X’s For Eyes,” The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Oct. 3
“I Know What I Want,” Lily Rose – Oct. 3
“Ghost World,” Alison Wonderland – Oct. 3
“Starlit Alchemy,” Rachael Yamagata – Oct. 3
“Sky Is Falling,” dust – Oct. 10
“Hallelujah! Don’t Let the Devil Fool Ya,” Robert Finley – Oct. 10
“Buddhist Hipsters,” The Orb – Oct. 10
“Swimming Towards the Sand,” Rachel Bobbitt – Oct. 17
“My Heart Is An Outlaw,” Casey Dienel – Oct. 17
“All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade,” Of Monsters and Men – Oct. 17
“Easier Said Than Done,” The Southern River Band – Oct. 17
“All Hat,” Joshua Hedley – Oct. 24
“A Different Kind of Animosity,” Ferkaad – Oct. 31
New Music Friday: Aug. 8, 2025
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Reissues
“Fool for the City (50th Anniversary Edition),” Foghat – Sept. 12
“Jerry Reed Live / Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce / Texas Bound and Flyin’ / Dixie Dreams,” Jerry Reed – Sept. 26
“Naked Eyes,” Naked Eyes – Oct. 10
“I Robot (Super Deluxe Edition Box Set),” The Alan Parsons Project – Oct. 17
“Rum Sodomy & the Lash (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” The Pogues – Oct. 24
“Eye to the Telescope (Stargazer Edition),” KT Tunstall – Oct. 31
“The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1989,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Nov. 7
Vinyl
“Abyss (10th Anniversary),” Chelsea Wolfe – Oct. 31
DVDs + Blu-ray
“The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3,” Tenacious D – Oct. 3
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Live at WOMAD 1982,” Peter Gabriel (nine-song set, including “Shock the Monkey” and “Biko”; Hear here; Real World)
“The Last Wun,” Gunna (25 tracks; guests: Offset, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Asake, Nechie; Hear here; Young Stoner Life / 300 Entertainment)
“Will I Make It Out Alive?,” Mudi Sama (British-born, Nigerian-raised indie artist’s seven-song debut EP; new single: “End of the World”; Hear here; Special Projects / Avenue A / Neon Gold)
“Beneath the Sand,” Joshua Josué (Portland-based Chicano rocker’s debut album; Hear here; Electric CholoLand Records)
“Fair Weather Wife,” Verna Margaret (three-song EP; Hear here; Iron Thunder Records)
“Fitting In,” Ross Thorn (Duluth, MN-based folk-Americana singer-songwriter’s second album; Hear here; Ross Thorn)
“Bungalow Heaven,” Bungalow Jonathan (Canadian artist’s debut album; Hear here; The Bungalow)
Quarter moon walkin' through the Milky Way
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
A Little More, Ed Sheeran
Bowery, Zach Bryan feat. Kings of Leon
milk of the madonna, Deftones
Holy Water, Marshmello x Jelly Roll
Snow White, Laufey
Vampire Bat, Glass Animals
Bus Back to Richmond / More Than Friends, Lucy Dacus
Little Things, Lauren Alaina
NO CAP, Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
WANTCHU, keshi
Of Course I Do, Lily Rose
Them Old Love Songs, Jake Owen
Feather on a Glass, Asymmetric Universe
Giddy Up, Twinnie
Ceiling Fan, Lauren Freebird
Simple Side of Me, Nicki Bluhm
Tequila Time, Annie Bosko
Kabhi, TroyBoi
stay close by, Tamar Berk
If you need me to be the villain (Then maybe I am), Sarina
After Hours, Wes Hoffman & Friends
Will You Think About Me, Maddie Lenhart
My Heart’s Dead!, Teenage Joans
Recombination, Kaneb Andrews
Spread It Around, STUPIDITY
Dream Small, Pete Muller
Fade Away, Little Bihlman
Dog Days, Krooked Tongue
The Spaceman – Ground Control, Sleep Nation
Anything For Your Love, Paul Schalda
Pressed Flat / I Should Forget, Steel Wool
Brainstorm, Thermality
Apples, Brye
Bittersweet, Megan Nadin
In My Place, Monolink
Lennie Dale (Fly Fly Fly), James Clarke Five
What’s Good, ixaras
Run., Nadia Younes
Additional Animals, LAPTOP
Who Cares If I’m Alone, Lavendine
Can’t Stop Loving You, ARK IDENTITY
hbd lucy, Zsela
Drivin’ Me, Canyon Lights
Won’t Tell You Goodbye, Lauren Lovelle
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Michael Lydon (a founding editor of Rolling Stone and rock writer)
Eddie Palmieri (Grammy-winning Latin jazz musician)
Col Joyce (Australian rock pioneer)
This Week In … 1975
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “One of These Nights,” Eagles
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Holdin’ On to Yesterday,” Ambrosia (from No. 31 to No. 25)
Highest Debut (No. 76) – “Solitaire,” Carpenters
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Get Down Tonight,” KC and the Sunshine Band (from No. 51 to No. 32)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Sneakin’ Up Behind You,” The Brecker Brothers (peaked at No. 58)
No. 1 Album – “One of These Nights,” Eagles
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Barbados,” Typically Tropical
No. 1 Album – “Horizon,” Carpenters
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “The Hustle,” Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
No. 1 Album – “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy,” Elton John
Music News
> Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband and Former Manager, Dies at 48 | The Associated Press
> BET Hip Hop and Soul Train Awards Indefinitely Suspended | NewsNation
> Emmylou Harris and Brad Paisley Headed to Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame | The Associated Press
> HYBE Chairman Expresses Regret Over Investigations, Says He’s Returning to South Korea | Variety
> Ariana Grande Sends Surprise ‘Wicked’ Care Package to 9-Year-Old Influencer with Stage 4 Cancer | People
> Jeannie Seely Will Be Honored at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville Following Her Death at 85 | People
Tour + Festival News
> Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings to Now Reunite as the Guess Who for First Performance in Canada After 23 Years | exclaim!
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