Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Ain’t Done With the Blues,” Buddy Guy – Aug. 1
“Wild Horses,” Chris Janson – Aug. 1
“West of Broadway,” Rachael & Vilray – Aug. 1
“rECKless dRIVing,” Retail Drugs – Aug. 1
“Black Star,” Amaarae – Aug. 8
“Music For Writers,” Steve Gunn – Aug. 15
“Tchaikovsky: The Seasons,” Yunchan Lim – Aug. 22
“Garden State,” Jeremy Zucker – Aug. 22
“Bless You & Be Well,” Chartreuse – Aug. 29
“Anemoia,” SG Lewis – Sept. 5
“Mark William Lewis,” Mark William Lewis – Sept. 12
“Sunlight in the Shadows,” Miles Kane – Oct. 17
New Music Friday: June 20, 2025
Reissues
“Aerie / Rocky Mountain High / Farewell Andromeda / Back Home Again,” – John Denver – Aug. 1
“We Go Together / We Love to Sing About Jesus / Let’s Build a World Together / Together Again,” – George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Aug. 1
“Willie Nelson: With Ray Price, Roger Miller, Faron Young and Hank Snow,” Willie Nelson – Aug. 1
“Made in Japan (Super Deluxe Edition),” Deep Purple – Aug. 15
“Here You Are,” Anne Murray – Sept. 5
“Everything Is Now, Volume 1: The Early Years 1978-1982,” Spandau Ballet – Sept. 12
Vinyl
“Out of the Blue,” Electric Light Orchestra – Aug. 15
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“The Zorthian Tapes,” Alex Amen (L.A. singer-songwriter’s seven-song debut EP; Hear here; Country Worm Studios)
“Sunfaded,” GUNNAR (new single: “Bitter”; Hear here; Preach Records)
“It’s a Beautiful Day, What a Beautiful Day,” Skinhead (Hear here; Closed Casket Activities)
“American Death,” Caleb L’Etoile (new single: “Kerosene”; Hear here; Trash Island)
“Nine Lives,” Bee Blackwell (four-song EP; new single: “CLAWS”; Hear here; emobabyman records)
“The Ocean Understands,” (four-song EP; Hear here; Charlie Nieland)
Now everybody, do the propaganda / And sing along to the age of paranoia
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Drive, Ed Sheeran … from “F1 The Album”
Outside, Cardi B
Unravelling, Muse
Next to You, Erykah Badu x The Alchemist
ATTENTION!, Kesha, Slayyyter & Rose Gray
hometown, Jeremy Zucker
6 Months Later, Megan Moroney
Dominate, Three Days Grace
Wait So Long, Swedish Mafia House
I Want You Here All the Time, Big Time Rush
Oh Sh*t! (I’m In Love), Lamont Landers
Love Is the Only Key, The McCrary Sisters
Holy Water Whiskey, Lord Abstract
Knock Down, Drag Out, The Wild Things
making the most of it, Michelle Núñez
FREEDOM, Dan Sindel
ego, Megg Jacobs
American Dreamin’, Lakelin Lemmings
Star Guitar, Original Pairs
The Emperor Wears No Clothes, Digney Fignus
Sound and Fury, Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim
Fit In, Kelsie Watts … star of Broadway’s “SIX The Musical”
Americana / Da Da Da, Cleo Reed
Kiss My Bluegrass Goodbye, Kevin Denney
GOOD TIME, Amafella
Arise, VAZUM
Higher, 3DAH!
Wildflower Highway, Ryan Brown
OUT LOUD!!, Jenna DeVries
My Tattoos, Sam Paige
Get Lost!, Mercy Land
Lightning in a Bottle, Erin Grand
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Patrick Walden (Babyshambles guitarist)
Marcia Resnick (photographer of punk’s heyday)
James Prime (Deacon Blue keyboardist)
Lou Christie (1960s-’70s singer best known for “Lightnin’ Strikes” and “Two Faces Have I”)
This Week In … 1993
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “That’s the Way Love Goes,” Janet Jackson
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “What’s Up?,” 4 Non Blondes (from No. 34 to No. 25)
Highest Debut (No. 82) – “Dur dur d’être bébé! (It’s Tough to Be a Baby),” Jordy
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “A Bad Goodbye,” Clint Black with Wynonna (from No. 94 to No. 59)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Walking In My Shoes,” Depeche Mode
No. 1 Album – “janet.,” Janet Jackson
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Dreams,” Gabrielle
No. 1 Album – “Emergency On Planet Earth,” Jamiroquai
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “That’s the Way Love Goes,” Janet Jackson
No. 1 Album – “janet.,” Janet Jackson
Music News
> Dr. Demento Announces His Retirement After 55 Years on the Air | The New York Times
> Dua Lipa Brings Out Jamiroquai at Emotional Wembley Debut | BBC
> Bad Bunny Reveals Reason Why He Refuses To Tour in the U.S. | HYPEBEAST
Tour + Festival News
> Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Change Plan for Full Refunds, Not Announcing Future Dates Yet | The Hollywood Reporter
Dedicated to Ginny and Winnie. We miss you, girls.