Updates + Additions
New Releases
“I Said I Love You First, Selena Gomez & benny blanco – March 21
“Susto Stringband: Volume One,” Susto Stringband – March 28
“Te Whare Tīwekaweka,” Marlon Williams – April 4
“And the Adjacent Possible,” OK Go – April 11
“A Study of Losses,” Beirut – April 18
“Adapting // Crawling,” Iron Lung – April 18
“Pink Silence,” Cloth – April 25
“Paper Doll,” Samantha Fish – April 25
“Time Indefinite,” William Tyler – April 25
“The Shape I’m In,” Sterling Drake – May 2
“Little Blue,” Kristina Murray – May 2
“Who Will Look After the Dogs?,” PUP – May 2
“the world is still here and so are we,” Mclusky – May 9
“The Ugly Side of Me,” Tetrarch – May 9
“Goodbye Small Head,” Ms. Ezra Furman – May 16
“Flickering Resonance,” Pelican – May 16
“I Went to Find You,” Amy Millan – May 30
New Music Friday: Feb. 14, 2025
Reissues
“The Sunlandic Twins (20th Anniversary Edition),” of Montreal – March 14
“Live at the Greek,” Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – March 14
“March of Time (The Best of 40 Years),” Helloween – March 28
“Evolver,” Lunchbox – April 18
“Moving Up,” Luciano – April 25
“A Box of Scaffold,” Scaffold – April 25
“Going Out of My Head: Adventures on the Indie Dancefloor 1995-1999,” various artists – April 25
“Listen Like Thieves (40th Anniversary Extended Edition),” INXS – May 9
“SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” Sly & The Family Stone – CD + Vinyl: May 9
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“SOS Deluxe: LANA,” SZA (38 songs; Top Dawg / RCA)
“$ome $exy $ongs 4 U,” PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake (21 songs; Hear here; Read here; OVO Sound / Republic)
“SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” Sly & The Family Stone (Questlove’s new documentary features seven rare edits and previously unreleased alternate versions, along with three unreleased new edits by Questlove and remixer-producer J.PERIOD; Hear here; Trailer; CD and Double Vinyl out May 9; Epic / Legacy)
“Back to My Roots,” Candi Staton (her 32nd album; producers: Staton, son Marcus Williams; Hear here; Beracah Records)
“Recorded in the East Village, NYC,” BEAU (four-song EP; Hear here; Immortal)
“For Those That Wander By,” John Howard (Think Like a Key Music)
“Shapeshifter,” Alannah Thornburgh (Irish traditional harp player’s debut album; Hear here; Alannah Thornburgh)
“RetroActive,” The Tearaways (15-track power-pop collection; Hear here; Dirty Water)
You've only got my heart on a string / And everything aflutter
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Please Please Please, Sabrina Carpenter feat. Dolly Parton
Scared of Loving You, Selena Gomez & benny blanco
Everything Is Peaceful Love, Bon Iver
Set You Free, Jack Harlow
She Hates Me, Dierks Bentley
High Fashion, Addison Rae
Gods of Rock N Roll, Billy Morrison & Ozzy Osbourne feat. Steve Stevens
Swoon, Peter Murphy
Love Is All Pain, The WAEVE
Too Soon For Sorry, Lucette
ICNBYH, Cuco
Yesterday, CocoRosie
Secreto de Amor (La Noche), Joan Sebastian & Sinego
keep my head down, EKKSTACY
Respiro 6, Olivia Belli
Truce, Hailey Knox
Back Away, Matt Wallace
My Only Heart, Nightjacket
You and Me, Takes an Army
Found in You, Stefanie Michaela
Algorithm, Cult of Venus
Champagne Bubbles, Ashlie Amber
Paper Hearts, Karisa
Hounds, Darcie Haven
Running Backwards, Nicole McCabe
Car Crash, Sean Solomon
Pushing Daisies, Star 99
Beginning of Life / My Maker, Keegan Powell & The Jetpacks
In Her Hands (You’ll Never Be Free), Nephila
Beautiful Distraction, Nakima
Follow the Money, Rettward von Doernberg
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Tommy Hunt (The Flamingos)
This Week In … 1997
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Un-Break My Heart,” Toni Braxton
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “On & On,” Erykah Badu (from No. 27 to No. 15)
Highest Debut (No. 66) – “Please Don’t Go,” No Mercy
Biggest Movers Within the Hot 100 – “Watch Me Do My Thing,” Immature (from No. 76 to No. 43)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “At Night I Pray,” Wild Orchid
No. 1 Album – “Tragic Kingdom,” No Doubt
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Discotheque,” U2
No. 1 Album – “White on Blonde,” Texas
Music News
> Mariah Carey ‘So Grateful’ To Be Nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame For 2nd Year in a Row: ‘This Means So Much’ | Billboard
> Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025: First-Time Nominees Like Outkast, Phish, Billy Idol and Chubby Checker Face Returning Candidates Oasis and Mariah Carey | Variety
| Pitchfork
> Brian Setzer Has Autoimmune Disease and Says He Cannot Play Guitar | Music Radar
> Roy Orbison Biopic Due From ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Producer | Variety
Tour + Festival News
> Halsey Announces 2025 For My Last Trick Tour | People
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