Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Lo,” Paula Cole – March 1
“AUDIO VERTIGO,” Elbow – March 22
“HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE,” Ghøstkid – March 22
“To Keep Him Here,” Hello Emerson – March 29
“Everything You Wanted,” If Not For Me – March 29
“Hawaiian Cowboy,” Slack Key Ohana – April 5
“Acid on the Dancefloor,” Acid Tongue – April 12
“sentiment,” Claire Rousay – April 19
“The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift – April 19
“REBEL,” Anne Wilson – April 19
“Light Verse,” Iron & Wine – April 26
“A Dream Is All We Know,” The Lemon Twigs – May 3
“Reasonable Woman,” Sia – release date + preorder links, May 3
“Lives Outgrown,” Beth Gibbons – May 17
“Sam’s Place,” Little Feat – May 17
“hi, my name is insecure.,” Sam Tompkins – May 24
New Music Friday: Feb. 9, 2024
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)“Second Hand Smoke,” Eric Hirshberg “Who Are the Weird Sisters?,” The Weird Sisters (Hear here; The Weird Sisters)
“Mere Survival,” Joe Wong (musician, film + television composer’s second album; producer: Wong; guests: Nate Mendel, Jim Keltner, Money Mark, Anna Waronker, Craig Wedren, and a 30-piece orchestra; See here; Joe Wong)
“The Thing Is,” The Thing (NYC psych-garage band’s second album; new single: “Midnight”; See here; Onion Records)
“Across the Room,” Lake Hills x Frythm (six-song EP; Hear here; Alpha Pup Records)
“The Complicators,” The Complicators (Hear here; Pirates Press Records)
“This Is How Democracy Dies,” Brigata Vendetta (Hear here; Brigata Vendetta)
“King of the Avenue,” Hunting Lions (Hear here; Pirates Press)
“Allina,” Smerz (eight-track EP; Hear here; Shopping Recordings)
“Lizzy and the Palm,” Lizzy and the Palm (debut album; Hear here; Brick Mansion Recordings)
“GOOSE,” Mol Sullivan (producer: Sima Cunningham; Hear here; Mol Sullivan)
They say that looks don't count for much / If so, there goes your proof
New Songs Playlist
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MAGIC, meija & JAWNY
Burial Ground, The Decemberists … their first new single in six years
Invisible Armor, Paula Cole
Change, Kate Nash
One More Night, Only the Poets
MAKIMA, Araya
Time in the World, Laura Reznek
Je Me Souviens, Tandoori Knights
Wrestling with Plato, Benjamin Croft
INSTANT, JUL!ET
Toulouse, Alexander IV
Every Moment, Nick Kizirnis
Flip the Switch, Asher Angel
H2HAVEYOU, 1010benja
Kite, Benjamin Ingrosso
Good Time Machine, Jake Bush
Spark of Hope, The Collection
Where Are the Giants, Wyn Starks
Someone Just Like You, Molly D’Ago
Old Beliefs, Brain Crayons
Chuga, Benjamin Barth
Soft, Line Beauclair
Emerge, Nan Macmillan
Gone in a Day, Armchair Boogie
Modern Religion, Conscious Pilot
Social Machine, Young Hadene
Read the Room, The Anti Groupies
Poison ivy, Dj G-me feat. Dontay
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Henry Fambrough (last surviving of the Spinners)
Mojo Nixon (alt-rock singer-songwriter)
Toby Keith (country singer-songwriter)
Mallorca Lee (Ultra Sonic)
DJ Katapila (Ghanaian producer)
This Week In … 1985
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “I Want to Know What Love Is,” Foreigner
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “The Heat Is On,” Glenn Frey (from No. 29 to No. 13)
Highest Debut (No. 53) – “Save a Prayer,” Duran Duran
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “The Heat Is On,” Glenn Frey (from No. 29 to No. 13) and “High On You,” Survivor (from No. 63 to No. 47)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Smalltown Boy,” Bronski Beat
Music News
> Taylor Swift Appears Onstage at Tokyo Dome Ahead of Travis Kelce’s Super Bowl Appearance | People
> The Beatles Conquered New York 60 Years Ago Today | The New York Times
> Nick Cave Scoring Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’ | Variety
> Warner Music to Lay Off 10% of Staff in Effort to ‘Double Down on Core Business’ | Variety
Tour News
> Morat Announces Stadium Tour in Latin America | Billboard
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.