Updates + Additions
New Releases
“RYUJIN,” RYUJIN – Jan. 12, 2024
“Prelude to Ecstasy,” The Last Dinner Party – Feb. 2, 2024
“Chupetones,” Meth Math – Feb. 2, 2024
“VENUS,” Zara Larsson – Feb. 9, 2024
“Love Is the Call,” Cast – Feb. 16, 2024
“Swing Fever,” Rod Stewart with Jools Holland – Feb. 23, 2024
“Focus on Nature,” The Bevis Frond – March 1, 2024
“Mountainhead,” Everything Everything – March 1, 2024
“Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album,” Kaiser Chiefs – March 1, 2024
“Saint-Saëns,” Lang Lang – March 1, 2024
“Broken,” Walter Trout – March 1, 2024
“Honestly,” Kat Eaton – March 22, 2024
“Temporary Light,” Newmoon – March 22, 2024
“El Magnifico,” Ed Harcourt – March 29, 2024
Reissues
“Where I Should Be,” Peter Frampton – Feb. 2, 2024“Band on the Run (50th Anniversary Edition),” Paul McCartney & Wings – Feb. 2, 2024
Vinyl
“Be Thankful For What You Got (50th Anniversary Edition),” William DeVaughn – Feb. 2, 2024“The Singer and the Song (Half-Speed Master Edition),” Labi Siffre – Feb. 2, 2024
“An Evening With Silk Sonic,” Silk Sonic – Feb. 9, 2024
“Dreamtime,” The Cult – Feb. 23, 2024
DVD + Blu-ray
“The Thank You Australia Concert: Live 1976,” Neil Diamond – Jan. 19, 2024New Music Friday: Dec. 8, 2023
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream,” PALACE (three-song EP; producer: Adam Jaffrey; Hear here; Fiction)
“Illuminated 1989,” The Veldt (producer: Robin Guthrie; 5BC)
“We Stayed Indoors,” Plastic Barricades (London indie rock band’s third album; See here; Plastic Tribe)
“Light in the Attic & Friends,” various artists (Light in the Attic)
“Tristan,” Birdmask (five-song EP; See here; MVKA)
“25th Century Crooner,” Robert Marleigh & Gone Marshall (producer: Jason Rosettel Bukelini; guests: Helena Novosel, George Hess, Roni Vroom, Bukelini; See here; Camerado Media)
“Christmas Vol. 2,” ALA.NI (five-song EP; new single: “You Broke My Heart [On Christmas Eve]”; ALA.NI)
We've come together on this special day / To sing our message loud and clear
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Dilemma, Green Day
Baby You’re a Star, Loukeman
Talk of the Town, Shed Seven
Without You, Joanna Sternberg
My Love is a Loneliness, San Fermin
Bubba, HOVVDY
Cherrier, Hua Li
Fuetazo, Isabella Lovestory feat. Villano Antillano
This Winter, Gareth Donkin
Atlantis, Mary Middlefield
Secret World, Still Corners
Sealed With a Kiss (60th Anniversary Edition) / A Little Bit Of Christmas Time, Brian Hyland
Toys, Lagoona Bloo
Atlantis, Mary Middlefield
Days Unchanged, Asia Chow
Spring Street, Ashley Elle
Let This Christmas Be Mine, January Sixteen
For You, Thee Sinseers
Love, Lust, and Wreckage, Vento, Ziggy, Hawk & McCarthy
Gypsy Heart, Megan Knight
Earthshine, Misha Penton
Infected and Controlled, RIKETS
Feel I Found a Friend, Love Me My Alien
Christmas Time Is You, Eckman & Borelius
What’s That Feeling?, Georgie Boyd
Love, Dad of the Year
Creeping Through My Head, RHEA
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Robert H. Precht (producer of “The Ed Sullivan Show” oversaw Beatles appearances)
Denny Laine (Moody Blues and Wings guitarist and co-founder)
This Week In … 1972
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” The Temptations
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Me & Mrs. Jones,” Billy Paul (from No. 23 to No. 13)
Highest Debut (No. 60) – “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” James Taylor
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Been to Canaan,” Carole King (from No. 88 to No. 50)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Work to Do,” The Isley Brothers
Music News
> Blur Is Going on Another Hiatus According to Frontman Damon Albarn: ‘It’s Too Much for Me’ | American Songwriter
> The 100 Best Songs of 2023: Staff Picks | Billboard
> The LeeVees: Tiny Desk Concert | NPR
Tour News
> Def Leppard & Journey Plot Summer Stadium Tour With Big-Name Openers | Deadline
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.