Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Live from Auditorio Nacional, CDMX,” The Warning – Aug. 22
“This Time Around,” Colbie Caillat – Aug. 29
“Desire On Ice,” Tav Falco – Sept. 12
“Roses and Basil,” Amanda Pascali – Sept. 12
“Song of the Saints,” Phil Wickham – Sept. 12
“In the Shadow of the Mountain,” Cole Chaney – Sept. 19
“Blurrr,” Joanne Robertson – Sept. 19
“Is It Now?,” Automatic – Sept. 26
“Inland See,” Bitchin Bajas – Sept. 26
“Here For It All,” Mariah Carey – Sept. 26
“The Hello Crows,” The Hello Crows – Sept. 30
“Horizons/West,” Thrice – Oct. 3
“Fatal Optimist,” Madi Diaz – Oct. 10
“The Consequence of Love,” Rianne Downey – Oct. 17
“The Rest of the Story,” Big Wreck – Oct. 24
“Protomensch,” Felsmann + Tiley – Feb. 13, 2026
New Music Friday: July 25, 2025
Reissues
“Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition),” Slipknot – Sept. 5
“Chameleon: The Very Best of Toyah,” Toyah – Sept. 5
“Blues For Allah (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Grateful Dead – Sept. 12
“Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited: Live At LOCKN’,” Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell – Sept. 12
“Buckingham Nicks,” Buckingham Nicks – Sept. 19
“Southside (Deluxe Edition),” Texas – new release date: Oct. 17
Music Books
“Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself,” David Archuleta – Feb. 17, 2026
“Livin’ Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock,” David Hamilton Golland – March 5, 2026
“Cher’s Believe (33 1/3),” Lior Phillips – May 14, 2026
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Don’t Tap the Glass,” Tyler, the Creator (Hear here; Columbia)
“Blue Sky,” Luke Tyler Shelton (soulful rocker’s seven-song debut EP; producers: Shooter Jennings, Jonathan Wilson; Hear here; Concord)
“Love Is the Only Key,” The McCrary Sisters (producers: Steve Crawford, Church on the Rock; Hear here; The McCrary Sisters)
“Chrysalis,” Borderline (New Zealand band’s five-song EP; Hear here; EMPIRE)
“Enough,” Mary-Clair (Nashville singer-songwriter’s debut album; Hear here; Vere Music)
“Skyline,” Dave Pope Trio (Hear here; Blue Canoe)
“Nancy 11,” Nancy Ajram (Hear here; Believe)
“Lonely Driver,” Powloh (Naarm/Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist’s seven-song EP; Hear here; Powloh)
“Good Timin’,” Thanks Light… (six-song EP; Hear here; Enjoy Ears Records)
“Taking My Side,” Emma Harner (five-song EP; Hear here; Emma Harner)
Don't forget me as the colors fade / When the lights go down / It's just an empty stage / Okay
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Ensenada, Sublime
Thodi Si Daaru, AP Dhillon & Shreya Ghoshal
You Know Who the F*ck We Are, Motion City Soundtrack
Houston, Janet Devlin
Broken Promises, Luke Marzec
Salvador, Najee feat. Brian Simpson
Rotation, CASH ONLY x Patrick Meeks feat. Holly Ellison
Modern Life, Elizma
Amuri, Amanda Pascali
On the Run, Matías Roden
Get to Know, The Bankes Brothers
Trash Man, Dan Pallotta
Now I Can’t Dance, Brodie Christ
for once in my life, Gobe
Summer’s Here, Annabel Gutherz
Killswitch, THE FELL
Must Be Nice, Midnight Channel
Sweetheart, Avery Lynch
I Am the Highway, Wolfberg
Letting Go, exPorter
Hold the Door, Dylan De Braga
Dangerous, Diane King
High Vibe, Jordan Power
Go Away, The Manic Standstill
Lucky Day, The Bats
AY NAKO!, Mikey Jose
Lefroy, Rogan Mei
Until You Are Sorry, Carolina East
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
George Kooymans (Golden Earring singer/guitarist and founding member)
Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer)
Vince Calandra (“Ed Sullivan Show” talent booker helped bring on The Beatles)
Preta Gil (Brazilian singer)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (“The Cosby Show” star shared a Grammy Award in 2015 for Best Traditional R&B Performance for a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Jesus Children” on Robert Glasper’s “Black Radio 2” album; he was also nominated for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2022 for his LP “Hiding In Plain View”)
Owen Gray (Jamaican reggae pioneer)
Laura Vinson (Canadian country singer-songwriter)
Helen Cornelius (country singer had a string of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown)
Robbie Pardlo (City High)
This Week In … 1964
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Rag Doll,” The Four Seasons
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Everybody Loves Somebody,” Dean Martin (from No. 34 to No. 13)
Highest Debut (No. 21) – “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “C’mon and Swim,” Bobby Freeman (from No. 100 to No. 58)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Kick That Little Foot Sally Ann,” Round Robin
No. 1 Album – “Hello, Dolly!,” Louis Armstrong
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles
No. 1 Album – “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles
In Canada
(Source: CHUM Chart)
No. 1 Song – “Rag Doll,” The Four Seasons
No. 1 Album – “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles
Music News
> Flowers, Beer Bottles and an Orchestra – Fans Pay Respects to Ozzy | BBC
> Ozzy Osbourne’s 15 Most Essential Songs, From ‘Black Sabbath’ to ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’ | Variety
> Ozzy Osbourne’s Controversies Through the Years: A Timeline | Billboard
> Is Gen X Dying Before Our Eyes? | The Hollywood Reporter
Tour + Festival News
> Dia De Los Deftones 2025 Line-up Announced with Clipse, 2Hollis, Rico Nasty, Deafheaven and More | NME
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