Updates + Additions
New Releases
“The Star Chapter: TOGETHER,” TOMORROW X TOGETHER – July 21
“THIMK,” Stephen Bishop – Aug. 15
“Transformation Time,” Bardo – Aug. 22
“Falling in Love,” Matteo Bocelli – Sept. 12
“Back of My Mind,” Drew Pulliam – Sept. 12
“Ready to Roll,” Teenage Bottlerocket – Sept. 12
“We Demand a Permanent Sate of Happiness,” Deaf Club – Sept. 19
“Lost Ones,” Chase McDaniel – Sept. 19
“Better Broken,” Sarah McLachlan – Sept. 19
“Mid-City,” Tyron Benoit – Sept. 26
“Where the Earth Bends,” Daffo – Sept. 26
“Hard Road,” Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Sept. 26
“Cherry Valley,” Carter Faith – Oct. 3
New Music Friday: June 27, 2025
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Reissues
“No Need to Argue (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” The Cranberries – Aug. 15
“OneRepublic: The Collection,” OneRepublic – Aug. 15
“The Singles,” Pretenders – Aug. 15
“Machina/The Machines of God (25th Anniversary Edition),” Smashing Pumpkins – Aug. 22
“Angelina,” Louis Prima – Sept. 12
“Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005,” Cream – Oct. 24
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING,” Lizzo (guests: SZA, Doja Cat; Hear here; Nice Life Recording Company / Atlantic)
“Automatic (Deluxe Edition),” The Lumineers (2025 album; with four bonus acoustic tracks and a cover of Leon Russell’s “A Song for You”; Hear here; Dualtone)
“Dayglow (Superbloom),” Dayglow (2024 album; with six new songs; Hear here; Mercury)
“Carefree, very,” Evening Elephants (L.A. alt-rock duo’s seven-song debut EP; new single: “Sugar Coated Envy [Home]”; Hear here; Republic)
“HiROQUEST 3: Paragon,” Steve Aoki (deluxe version of 2023’s “Paragon,” with 20 new songs; Hear here; DJ Kid Millionaire)
“Reckon So,” Landon Smith (six-song debut EP; producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; Lucille / MCA / Republic)
“Clay,” Herbert & Momoko (Hear here; Strut)
“The Other Side,” Reid T. Dillon (debut solo album from Flatland Cavalry guitarist; producer: Scott Faris; Hear here; Make Wake Records / Stem)
“MVD LUV,” Juan Wauters (Hear here; Captured Tracks)
“This Will End In Tears,” Kyle Ray (five-song debut EP; Hear here; Rannells Records)
“Never Never,” LAMMPING (first of a four-album sonic voyage; Hear here; We Are Busy Bodies)
“The War on Love,” TIHANE (her debut album; producers: Segnon Tiewul, TIHANE; Hear here; TIHANE)
Travelling twice the speed of sound / It's easy to get burned
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
On My Mind, Alex Warren & ROSÉ
All Night, Maroon 5
Lover Girl, Laufey
Polo, Kim Petras
Survive, Lewis Capaldi
Mad, Reneé Rapp
y3llow bike, hard life
Tell No Lie, Lecrae & Jackie Hill Perry
Naked, 41
Jersey in July, Dom Innarella
Sex, Drugs, & Country Music, Carter Faith
Slipping Through (No Kings), The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Free, Jacquie Roar
Get On This Ride, The Dollyrots
Roses, Drew Pulliam
Remember Me, Micah McLaurin
Country Girls! (Who Runs the World), Annie Bosko
Knots, McMillin
Flat Circle, Sydney Sprague
The Sun, Badlands
Decadence, Waverly Drive
Poor Girl, Tchotchke
Terrible Date, Andrew Spice
I Can’t Remember Anything, Maddie Lenhart
Kerosene, Erica Knox
Ravioli, Indigo Syndicate
All Humans Must Be Destroyed, SKOLD
Do You Like Girls?, Ixaras
Miss Take, HAYS
Paper Cut, Verna Margaret
Flip Dat, Tim Barusta
He’s Country, Teddy Barneycastle
Save Ourselves, Syante
Anxiously Attached, Lauren Lovelle
Still in Love, ARK IDENTITY
Yes I Will, Of the Dell
Creep Smoothie, VIAL
Burning Out, Abbey Lane
Loosen Up, HUGEL x Dawty feat. Preston Harris
One More For the Road, Nick Cain
FIGHT!, King Kaye
Everything is Temporary, The Valery Trails
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Walter Scott Jr. (The Whispers)
Rebekah Del Rio (singer in iconic “Mulholland Drive” scene)
Lalo Schifrin (Grammy-winning composer of “Mission: Impossible” and “Mannix” themes)
This Week In … 1973
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “My Love,” Paul McCartney and Wings
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Yesterday Once More,” Carpenters (from No. 38 to No. 16)
Highest Debut (No. 75) – “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day,” Chicago
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Plastic Man,” The Temptations (from No. 77 to No. 51)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “My Heart Just Keeps On Breakin’,” The Chi-Lites
No. 1 Album – “Living in the Material World,” George Harrison
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me,” Slade
No. 1 Album – “That’ll Be the Day,” various artists
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “Playground in My Mind,” Clint Holmes
No. 1 Album – “Living in the Material World,” George Harrison
Music News
> Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ Tour Bomb Plot Suspect Indicted in Germany | TMZ
> Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom End Engagement, Break Up After 9 Years | People
> Rico Nasty: Tiny Desk Concert | NPR
> The Best Albums of 2025 (So Far) | Variety
Tour + Festival News
> Tour News: Kendrick Lamar, Julie Doiron, My Morning Jacket, Bass Drum of Death, Clay Birds, More | Brooklyn Vegan
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