Updates + Additions
New Releases
New Music Friday: July 4, 2025
Reissues
“Rock and Roll Survivors / Rock and Roll Survivors Live Opera 1974,” Fanny – Sept. 19
“Southside (Deluxe Edition),” Texas – new release date: Sept. 19
“The Virgin Suicides Redux,” AIR – Sept. 26
“Watching the Sky – The Bangles Box Set,” Bangles – Sept. 26
“Extended Stimulation: 12″ Pop Adventures on the Dancefloor 1983-1988,” various artists – Sept. 26
Music Books
“The Songwriter’s Notebook: An All-Levels Workbook for Inspired Lyric Writing,” Courtney Fortune – Feb. 3, 2026
“Won’t Back Down: Heartland Rock and the Fight for America,” Erin Osmon – April 28, 2026
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra,” Ben Folds (guests: Regina Spektor, Tall Heights, Steven Reineke; Hear here; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)
“Catching feelings,” Cerrone & Christine and the Queens (four-song EP; Hear here; Malligator Préférence / Because Music)
“Half Moon Bay,” The Moving Stills (Australian alt indie quartet’s six-song EP; new single: “Tsunami”; Hear here; GYROstream)
“After Two Years of Grinding, All We Have Are These Measly Demos,” Dads On Couches (five-song EP; Hear here; Punkerton)
“The Legends of Surf Guitar,” various artists (1995 surf band reunion concert at the Lighthouse nightclub in Hermosa Beach, CA; Clear Aqua Double Vinyl; Hear here; Download; Oglio Entertainment)
“HEARTLAND : PART I,” MORGXN (five-song EP; Hear here; Spaghetti & Meatballs LLC)
“Hard Is Hard,” Tomás Doncker & The True Groove All-Stars (five-song EP; producer: James Dellatacoma; Hear here; True Groove)
“Flies on Dead Fruit,” Johnny Raincloud (Hear here; Johnny Raincloud)
How many years can some people exist / Before they’re allowed to be free?
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Clive’s Song, Paul Weller feat. Robert Plant
Sippin’ On Top of the World, Russell Dickerson
peter pan. / tony soprano., Brent Faiyaz
Same Old Show, Griff Lynch feat. James Dean Bradfield
9-2-5, Boko Yout
un-American Dream, Szlachetka
Born the Wrong Time, Club 8
Muse, Raphaela
Average American, Colby Acuff
Hilltop, Greenness
Morning Light, MELZ
Casual, LLOREN
Inside Your Dirty Mind, Sex-O-Rama
Right at the Wrong Time, Scott Quinn
6am, Ariana Colletti
Minute Man, Sam Varga
Not Anymore, Benny Morrell
Dark Days Are Over, Jont
Mark & Kyle, Icarus Phoenix
Fly With Me, John Glacier
Gaslight, Hillary Reynolds
Old Expressions, Whiskey Jack & Kiera Jas
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Mark Snow (“X-Files,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Blue Bloods” composer)
Young Noble (Outlawz rapper worked with 2Pac)
Derek Fuhrmann (songwriter co-wrote Phillip Phillips’ “Gone, Gone, Gone”)
This Week In … 2014
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea feat. Charli xcx
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Love Runs Out,” OneRepublic (from No. 30 to No. 23)
Highest Debut (No. 14) – “Maps,” Maroon 5
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Wasted,” Tiësto feat. Matthew Koma (from No. 76 to No. 54)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “You & I,” One Direction (only reached No. 68)
No. 1 Album – “Ultraviolence,” Lana Del Rey
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Problem,” Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
No. 1 Album – “X,” Ed Sheeran
In Canada
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Stay With Me,” Sam Smith
No. 1 Album – “Ultraviolence,” Lana Del Rey
Music News
> Oasis Returns with Anthemic Show After Brothers Bury Hatchet and Reform | People
Tour + Festival News
> Kelly Clarkson Cancels Opening Night of Las Vegas Residency: ‘I Am Devastated’ | Variety
> Usher Cancels Long-Awaited Australian Arena Shows | Billboard
> NKOTB Brings Nostalgia, Rat-Pack Style and High-Flying Spectacle to Las Vegas Residency | People
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