Pause & Play Today: June 13, 2022
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“MJ The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording),” various artists – July 15
“Generation Radio,” Generation Radio – Aug. 5
“Deathrattle Sing For Me,” Norma Jean – Aug. 12
“Dream of Me,” Holy Now – Aug. 26
“The Painter,” William Orbit – Aug. 26
“Drift,” Pianos Become the Teeth – Aug. 26
“The God Machine,” Blind Guardian – Sept. 2
“Expert in a Dying Field,” The Beths – Sept. 16
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“TÍU,” Of Monsters and Men (five-song EP; new single: “Lonely Weather”; See here; Republic)
“Contra,” OLAN (Atlanta-based artist’s debut album; Hear here; Anjunadeep)
“Geranium,” Equipe de Foot (French new-wave alt-rock duo’s third album; Hear here; Yapéno / Modulor)
“Whales,” flipturn (four-song EP; flipturn)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Silence Is Golden, The Beths
Glitter and Gold, Imen Siar
Hautavajo, Vermilia | See here
Electric Powder, Lydia Can’t Breathe
Satellite, Deleo | See here
Who Loves You Baby, Joe Barksdale
Purple Glue / No Hope, Devin James Fry
Charming, Katrien
Places, Holy Now
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Bob McGrath (90)
Dennis Locorriere (73)
Howard Leese (71)
Bo Donaldson (68)
Rolf Brendel [Nena] (65)
Paul De Lisle [Smash Mouth] (59)
David Gray (54)
Denise Pearson (54)
Søren Rasted [Aqua] (53)
Jamie Walters (53)
Rivers Cuomo (52)
Natalie MacMaster (50)
Raz B (37)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Sam Most (1930-2013)
Graeme Bell (1914-2012)
Jimmy Dean (1928-2010)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
RANDOM LYRICS
“In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don’t care if I live or die?”
RELEASED ON JUNE 13 … IN 1995
“Jagged Little Pill,” Alanis Morisette (her third album was a worldwide smash, selling more than 33 million copies; featuring “You Oughta Know,” “Hand In My Pocket,” “Ironic” and “You Learn”; it was nominated for nine Grammy Awards and won five, including Album of the Year; producer: Glen Ballard; Maverick / Reprise)
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