Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Lonestar Lovers,” Brett Eldredge – March 14
“Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1,” Jessica Simpson – March 21
“Diamond City,” Will Johnson – April 4
“NPC,” Maz – April 4
“Bunky Becky Birthday Boy,” Sleigh Bells – April 4
“Hex Key,” Mamalarky – April 11
“We’ve Got It All,” Cumulus – April 18
“Superheaven,” Superheaven – April 18
“Desire!,” Friend of a Friend – April 25
“Why Not More?,” Coco Jones – April 25
“Weirdo,” Emma-Jean Thackray – April 25
“Mid Death Crisis,” Wednesday 13 – April 25
“What Not To,” Tucker Wetmore – April 25
“Jonatan,” Yung Lean – May 2
“Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!,” Counting Crows – May 9
“In Between Revisited: Jazzanova Live,” Jazzanova – May 9
“For the Love of It All,” Brandon Woody – May 9
“Caveman Wakes Up,” Friendship – May 16
“Look Out Highway,” Charlie Musselwhite – May 16
“LETHAL,” Rico Nasty – May 16
“ANGIE,” spill tab – May 16
“Hope We Have Fun,” Mt. Joy – May 30
“Magic, Alive!,” McKinley Dixon – June 6
New Music Friday: Feb. 21, 2025
Reissues
“Looking Back – Living the Years,” Mike + The Mechanics – March 14
“hummingbird: no rain, no flowers (deluxe),” Carly Pearce – March 14
“NOW That’s What I Call Gold – The Ultimate Hits,” various artists – March 14
“Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) (Expanded Edition),” The Alan Parsons Project – March 21
“Sentient,” Santana – March 28
“On View At The Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters,” Kenny Burrell with Art Blakey – April 11
“Lullabies From Heaven – Melanie’s Children’s Album,” Melanie – April 25
“East Bound and Down / Jerry Reed Rides Again / Sweet Love Feelings / Half Singin’ & Half Pickin’,” Jerry Reed – May 2
“Beyond Today: Live at The Farm – San Francisco 1986,” Translator – May 9
“Live at the Volksbühne, Berlin, New Year’s Eve, 2005,” Throbbing Gristle – May 16
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Primal Extensions,” Nicolas Bougaïeff (four-song EP; Hear here; NovaMute)
“Give Up the Fear (+3),” Nia Smith (British musician’s debut EP; Hear here; Mercury)
“New York, London, Paris, Munich (Expanded Edition),” M (Download; 1979 debut album, featuring “Pop Muzik”; with 21 bonus tracks; Hear here; Union Square Music / BMG Rights Management)
“Middle,” Jesse Welles (producer: Eddie Spear; Hear here; Jesse Welles)
“Sincerely, Rolling Stone,” Allie Colleen (five-song EP; Hear here; Evangeline)
“Synrise – Early Tape Recordings 1981-83,” Rüdiger Lorenz (Hear here; Bureau B)
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Call Me When You Break Up, Selena Gomez & benny bianco with Gracie Abrams
BUTTERFLY, MARINA
Taste, Coco Jones
ExtraL, JENNIE & Doechii
Trappa Rappa, Quavo
It’s Amazing to Be Young, Fontaines D.C.
no rain, Carly Pearce
Use My Heart Against Me, Jessica Simpson
I Will Not Break, Disturbed
Update, Burna Boy
Dream Woman, Suki Waterhouse
Too Much, Dove Cameron
LV Bag, Don Toliver & Speedy feat. j-hope & Pharrell Williams
Forever Yung, Yung Lean
I’d Rather Be Lonely, Jaime Wyatt
Two Times, Blondshell
Come to Me, Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill
A thousand lies, Smerz
Crazy Things, Andy Frasco & The U.N.
The Way She Lies, Spencer Hatcher
I Wanna Be Free, DJ Design feat. Gennessee
Mourning in the Evening, Mecha Mecha
icu <3, DANGER SPOON
Athensville, Leslie Jordan
Fireball, Mason Via
A Long Shadow, The Promised End
Like a Lady, Hannah Anders
Dealing With the Devil, VILT
Say Too Much, Michael Isaak
UGLY, Oswald Slain
Help Me Make It Through the Night, Annie Bosko
Joke, McMillin
I’m Still Looking for the Light, Mountaintop Junkshop
Paper Boy, Kat Velasco
Blue Radio, Frank Meyer
Left Me Lonesome, Kevin Denney
The Setting Sons, The Modbeats
I Don’t Miss You, Wendy Eisenberg
Circuits, Poster Club
Careless Cry, Farehaven
Somewhere, Nowhere, Bagdad
warning, Piper Connolly
Higher & Higher, Terra Lightfoot
I Wanna Get Paid, The Wild High
Going For It, Awavez
Lost Angeles, Dream, Ivory
You Know Better, The Ritualists
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Jerry Butler (R&B legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer)
Karl Cochran (KISS collaborator and member of Ace Frehley’s band in the 1990s)
This Week In … 1977
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Blinded By the Light,” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Rich Girl,” Daryl Hall & John Oates (from No. 28 to No. 21)
Highest Debut (No. 72) – “All Strung Out On You,” John Travolta
Biggest Movers Within the Hot 100 – “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” Rod Stewart (from No. 77 to No. 46)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “You Know Like I Know,” Ozark Mountain Daredevils
No. 1 Album – “A Star Is Born,” Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “When I Need You,” Leo Sayer
No. 1 Album – “20 Golden Greats,” The Shadows
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “Blinded By the Light,” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
No. 1 Album – “Wings Over America,” Wings
Music News
> Voletta Wallace, Mom of The Notorious B.I.G., and Keeper of His Legacy, Dies at 78 | USA Today
> Lady Gaga Sets Massive Free Concert at Brazil’s Copacabana Beach in May | Variety
> Phil Collins Offers Rare Insight into the State of His Health: ‘I’ve Been Sick. I Mean, Very Sick’ | People
> Diddy’s Lawyer Quits Defense Team: ‘Under No Circumstances Can I Continue’ | The Hollywood Reporter
Tour + Festival News
> Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan to Headline WorldPride Music Festival in Washington, D.C. | The Hollywood Reporter
> BLACKPINK Announces 2025 World Tour Dates | HYPEBEAST
> Big Time Rush to Perform Every Song from Their Hit Nickelodeon Series on 2025 Tour | People
Dedicated to Ginny and Winnie. We miss you, girls.