Updates + Additions
New Releases
“The Return of Magik,” Rwake – March 14
“hexed!,” Aya – March 28
“The Long Way Round,” Maya Delilah – album title, release date + preorder links – March 28
“Loose Talk,” Bryan Ferry – March 28
“Lost & Found,” Free Range – March 28
“Arcadia,” Alison Krauss & Union Station – March 28
“Belonging,” Branford Marsalis Quartet – album title, release date + preorder links: March 28
“Forever Howlong,” Black Country, New Road – April 4
“Rush-Hour des Lebens,” Odd Couple – April 4
“ANIMETAL,” Within Destruction – April 11
“Send a Prayer My Way,” Julien Baker & TORRES – April 18
“Back From Hell,” Caliban – April 25
“(The) Forever Dream,” Fly Anakin – April 25
“Still Blooming,” Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – April 25
“Always Will Be,” Amy Irving and the Goolis Orchestra – April 25
“Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait,” Stereophonics – April 25
“Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live,” Pet Shop Boys – May 2
“Never/Know,” The Kooks – May 9
“CODA,” Novelists – May 16
“Worthy,” Anderson East – May 30
“I Got Too Sad for My Friends,” Shura – May 30
New Music Friday: Jan. 31, 2025
More Upcoming Releases
(without release date)
“MAD!,” Sparks – 2025
Music Books
“Life In Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay,” Debs Wild & Malcolm Croft – Oct. 2
Memoir Title TBA, Brandy – Oct. 7
“How Does It Feel: The Jim Lea Autobiography,” Jim Lea – Oct. 7
“Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams & Rumours,” Zoe Howe – Oct. 21
“This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley,” Layne Staley – Nov. 11
Gifts
Deals
Decorations
Greeting Cards
Flowers
Candy
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“The Red Clay Strays Live AF from Callaghan’s,” The Red Clay Strays (four-song EP; Hear here; RCA)
“Brother Elsey,” Brother Elsey (Nashville-based band’s debut album; producer: Drew Long; new single: “Seeking”; Hear here; River House Artists)
“This Love Is Gonna Last,” Charles “Wigg” Walker (Nashville-based soul singer’s first album in more than a decade; Hear here; Charles “Wigg” Walker)
“Cover Story,” Russ Taff (Hear here; Imagine House / Vere Music)
“Showbiz!,” MIKE (Hear here; 10k)
“Cowboys in Pinstriped Suits,” Black Eyed Sons (debut album; Hear here; Off Yer Rocka Recordings)
“Early Clues,” The Grip Weeds (three-song EP; Hear here; JEM)
“The Devil You Know,” Forget the Whale (Hear here; Forget the Whale)
“Viking (Vybz Is King): 10th Year Anniversary,” Vybz Kartel (2015 album; with seven new songs; Hear here; Adidjahiem Records / TJ Records)
Started humming a song from 1962
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
I’m the Problem, Morgan Wallen
Love Hangover, JENNIE & Dominic Fike
Blue Jean Baby, Zach Bryan
Horses in Heaven, Randy Travis
You’re All I Got / So Long, The Lumineers
Sunshine in the Room, James Bay feat. Jon Batiste
I Dare You, Rascal Flatts & Jonas Brothers
Do Things My Own Way, Sparks
There’s Always Gonna Be Something, Stereophonics
Around You, Kip Moore
Lonesome Drifter, Charley Crockett
Fortune Teller Blues, Joe Bonamassa & Sammy Hagar
Love You Too, Ledisi
Down Close, Nels Cline
Coraline, Lyn Lapid
Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine, Luke Spiller
Jesus Loves, Zach Williams
Horses, Jesse Welles
Hardly, Free Range
Love Don’t Come Easy, FAKE SUEDE
i shouldn’t call you, Lindsay Ell & Nightly
ALOH ALOH, Kapo
Summer Daze, Kat Greta
WDYK, Jordan Harvey
Like a Stone, Micah Fletcher
Ether, Mammal Talk
CRUSH, Rogue Rising
Stronger, Lucy Korts
Red Again, Magenta Moon
Undone, Nick Faye
High Spirits, The Barlow
Runaway, Jadelyn
Cornpone the King of Jive, Edgar Breau
Slave to the Voices, Molosser Crude
All in Time, Olivia Reid
Blue Ain’t the Word, The Kody Norris Show
Magician, Zoë Kilgren Band
On My Mind, Ash & Felukah
Anything But Age, Sarah Segal-Lazar
Dark Fires, Emily Daccarett
Overcommitted, bog berries
Desolation Boys, Total F*cking Darkness
Estoy Focus, Dyan
T-Minus (Zero), Megan Payne
Today’s Birthdays
Music Birthdays for the Week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1 … check out the new layout of that page!
This Week In … 1986
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “That’s What Friends Are For,” Dionne & Friends
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Silent Running,” Mike + The Mechanics (from No. 40 to No. 30)
Highest Debut (No. 64) – “Sanctify Yourself,” Simple Minds
Biggest Movers Within the Hot 100 – “This Could Be the Night,” Loverboy (from No. 87 to No. 61)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “To Live and Die in L.A.,” Wang Chung (peaked at No. 41)
No. 1 Album – “The Broadway Album,” Barbra Streisand
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.,” a-ha
No. 1 Album – “Brothers in Arms,” Dire Straits
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “That’s What Friends Are For,” Dionne & Friends
No. 1 Album – “Brothers in Arms,” Dire Straits
Music News
> Nirvana Reunite at FireAid As Music’s Biggest Acts Raise Money for L.A. Wildfire Relief | The Associated Press
> So Long, Marianne Faithfull: The Woman Who Refused to Go Quietly | Rolling Stone
> Marianne Faithfull’s 10 Greatest Musical Moments | Variety
> ‘SNL’ 50th Anniversary Concert to Feature Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Backstreet Boys and More | Variety
> Sum 41 Say Farewell: The Canadian Pop-Punk Legends on the Highs and Lows of Their Unpredictable Career | Billboard
> Nicole Kidman Reveals She Owns the Original Handwritten Lyrics to Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ | People
> ‘He Said If I Divorced Him, He’d Kill Us All’: Candi Staton on Abuse, Alcohol and the Story of ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ | The Guardian
> Faye Webster: Tiny Desk Concert | NPR
Tour + Festival News
> Lainey Wilson Sets Whirlwind World Tour Dates | Billboard
> GloRilla Announces Her ‘The GLORIOUS Tour’ | HYPEBEAST
> Murder By Death Announce Farewell Tour | Stereogum
Dedicated to Ginny and Winnie. We miss you, girls.