Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Yikes Almighty,” Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra – July 18
“Snipe Hunter,” Tyler Childers – July 25
“Fire & Honey,” Wild Mountain Mystics – Aug. 1
“Hangover Terrace,” Ron Sexsmith – Aug. 29
“Ain’t In It for My Health,” Zach Top – Aug. 29
“JEM Records Celebrates David Bowie,” various artists – Aug. 29
“Champion Sound,” Faithless – Sept. 5
“Breach,” twenty one pilots – release date + preorder links: Sept. 5
“The Blue Nowhere,” Between the Buried and Me – Sept. 12
“I Believe in You, My Honeydew,” Josh Ritter – Sept. 12
“The Way the West Was Won,” Dallas Burrow – Sept. 26
“Let It Hiss,” The Barr Brothers – Oct. 17
New Music Friday: June 13, 2025
Reissues
“Live From the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper,” Elton John – July 25
“Sunset Boulevard,” Elvis Presley – Aug. 1
“Stax Revue: Live In ’65!,” various artists – Aug. 8
“Rapture of the Deep (20th Anniversary Edition),” Deep Purple – Aug. 29
“The Complete Warner Classics Recordings,” Itzhak Perlman – Aug. 29
“Joe Meek: A Curious Mind – Outer Space! Horror! Death Discs! The Wild West! Demos!,” various artists – Aug. 29
“Greatest Hits,” Metronomy – Sept. 5
Vinyl
“Dancing in the Street (40th Anniversary Edition),” David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Aug. 29
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Live From The O2 London,” Jonas Brothers (Download; 24 tracks; Hear here; On Tour; Merch; Republic)
“Dopamine,” Lil Tecca (Download; 17 tracks; Hear here; On Tour; Galactic Records / Republic)
“Alive in the Catacombs,” Queens of the Stone Age (Download; five-song EP; Hear here; Matador)
“VICTORY,” Slick Rick (Download; his first album since 1999; Hear here; Mass Appeal)
“VSQ Performs the Hits of 2025,” Vitamin String Quartet (six-song EP, featuring string versions of hits by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, Tate McRae, Gracie Abrams and Alex Warren; Hear here; On Tour; CMH Label Group / Vitamin Records)
“Heritage Listed,” Mikayla Pasterfield (Australian singer-songwriter’s four-song debut EP; new single: “End of the World”; Hear here; Camden Press)
“Speak To My Dreams,” Joshua Gellman (Hear here; Joshua Gellman)
They say I got brains, but they ain't doing me no good
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
The Contract, twenty one pilots
2 Pair, Kane Brown
Carolina Honey, Marcus King Band
Things We Tell Ourselves in the Dark, Between the Buried and Me
Godspeed, Mavis Staples
Folded, Kehlani
Won’t Stop, Gunna
Big Bite, Crystal Waters x ManyFew
Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder), Chris Stamey feat. The Lemon Twigs … a cover of The Beach Boys
What Mattered Most, Ty Herndon + LeAnn Rimes
Warum, Felsmann + Tiley
Obsession, Jehnny Beth
CAN YOU SHOW ME, KAYKO
Longtime Friend, The Wildmans
It’s So Good, Mowgli
Voices, Jack Barksdale
actually, i have time, Julia Jade
Love Is a Game, Malvika
Waiting for You, Riley Michaels
Piensa En Mí, Night Ritualz
Jump Like this and Hop Over, Icarus Phoenix
You Like Me, Magenta Moon
Toxic, Kenadi Dodds (“America’s Got Talent” finalist)
Never Whatever, CVCHE
Hell or Hollywood, The Violent Hour feat. Zakk Wylde
A Thing For You, J. Isaiah Evans and The Boss Tweed
Diamonds and Gold, Lew Apollo
Immortality, VILT
Let’s Fight, Chorus of Courage feat. Mèr
Damn Broke, Chris Andreucci
Exits, Gale Forces
It Gets Better, Mark Robert Cash
500 Symphonies, Andy Stochansky
Scarecrow Village, Paige O
Okoboji, Lily Vakili
Cornerstone, Ross Flora
Beach Bum, Mayzie Belle
Imposter Syndrome, Trip to Paris
One More Night, Mollie Elizabeth
Late Night Theme, Blake Theriot
Safe For Another Day, Surely Shirley
actually, I have time, Julia Jade
Where Love Goes to Die, Junior Sisk
If You Can Bluff, Wild Mountain Mystics
Sunny Days, Shay Wolf
Diamonds in the Sky, Lavendine
Guns for the Children, The Spikes
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Cheo Zorrilla (Dominican singer-songwriter)
This Week In … 2013
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Can’t Hold Us,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (from No. 10 to No. 4)
Highest Debut (No. 26) – “Clouds,” Zach Sobiech
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Treasure,” Bruno Mars (from No. 71 to No. 30)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “DONE.,” The Band Perry (peaked at No. 43)
No. 1 Album – “Random Access Memories,” Daft Punk
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
No. 1 Album – “Settle,” Disclosure
In Canada
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
No. 1 Album – “Random Access Memories,” Daft Punk
Music News
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Tour + Festival News
> twenty one pilots Announce The Clancy Tour: Breach 2025 | People
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