Updates + Additions

New Releases

“Openness Trio,” Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson & Carlos Niño – July 11

“When You Come Back I Have So Much To Tell You,” Dream, Ivory – July 18

“Στoν Eλaιώνa / Ston Elaióna,” John Also Bennett – July 25

“In the Heart of the Mountain,” Ben Nichols – July 25

“Deluxe Edition,” Nihilistic Easyrider – July 25

“Life Advice,” Soft Bait – July 25

“New Radiations,” Marissa Nadler – Aug. 15

“Gentō,” Bioscope – Aug. 22

“Fever,” The Imaginaries – Aug. 22

“Barbara,” Old Dominion – Aug. 22

“Songs in the Key of Yikes,” Superchunk – Aug. 22

“Once Upon a Time in California,” Belinda Carlisle – Aug. 29

“Double Infinity,” Big Thief – Sept. 5

“24 Hr Sports,” El Michels Affair – Sept. 5

“Memory Impulse Autonomy,” Rhys Fulber – Sept. 5

“The Art of Loving,” Olivia Dean – Sept. 26

“Perfect Strangers,” Tom Speight – Sept. 26

“Fight Another Day,” James Morrison – Oct. 3

New Music Friday: June 6, 2025

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Reissues

“Live at the Oval 1971,” The Who – Aug. 22

“Ocean Drive (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Lighthouse Family – Aug. 29

“When Will They Ever Learn? A Story of U.S. Folk Music 1963-1969,” various artists – Aug. 29

Vinyl

“His California Album,” Bobby Blue Bland – July 11

“She Hangs Brightly” and “Among My Swan,” Mazzy Star – July 25

“How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (10th Anniversary Edition),” Florence + The Machine – Aug. 29

“Smackwater Jack” and “Body Heat,” Quincy Jones – Sept. 19

“In Colour (10th Anniversary),” Jamie xx – Nov. 14

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Just Released

(Surprise releases + more)

“Everybody Swoons,” The Hallelujah Ward (Milwaukee-based indie rock band’s debut album; new single: “Social Grace”; Hear here; Foreign Leisure)

“Close to the Knife,” Blue Foundation (guests: Sonya Kitchell, Helena Gao, Scarlet Rae; Hear here; Blue Foundation)

“A Perfect Pearl,” Chad Price Peace Coalition (Hear here; SofaBurn Records / Double Helix Records)

“Dive Bar Beauty Queen,” Ashland Craft (country singer-songwriter’s second album; Hear here; Leo33)

“Sun and Flamingos,” Bedolina (producers: Brian McTear, Amy Morrissey; Hear here; Miner Street Recordings)

“Here We Go Again,” AudioGust (new single: “Seattle”; Hear here; AudioGust)

“ACTIVATE!,” Robots in Love (New Zealand dark electro band’s debut album; Hear here; Robots in Love)

I'll never learn to be just me first by myself

New Songs Playlist

(Click on title to stream)

Incomprehensible, Big Thief
Tell Us Apart, Crying City 
Main Character, Chxrry 
Defense / Virginia Tech, Panda Bear 
The Rope, Wunderhorse 
Last Night Was a Mistake, Sohodolls 
Miles, Austin Snell 
Billboards, Holly Hebe 
Godmother, Love Axe 
CONTROL, Martin Wave 
Stick, Fruit LoOops 
No Rain No Tears, Veronica Fusaro 
Walk Away, Canyon Lights 
Stuck, Baba Pen & The Bim Bam Band 
Can’t Be Like This Forever, The Moving Stills 
H O L Y, MORGXN 
Fire Escape, Superstar Crush 
I’m a Mystic, Ishi 
Permafrost, KIDSØ 
Only Love Will Save Us, Rhys Fulber 
hell when you come around, kirby baby 
Martyrs, Jack Barksdale with Sarah Jarosz 
Have Mercy, Dyer Davis 
The One That Got Away, Anthea 
The Looking Glass, Mystic Tea Party 
Life Without Her, M4TR 

R.I.P.

Marcie Jones (lead singer of Australian girl group Marcie & The Cookies)

Pepé Willie (“Godfather of the Minneapolis Sound” and mentor to Prince and Morris Day)

Alf Clausen (Emmy-winning composer for “The Simpsons”)

James Lowe (lead singer of The Electric Prunes)

This Week In … 1982

(Source: Billboard)

No. 1 Song – “Ebony and Ivory,” Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 

Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Hurts So Good,” John Cougar (from No. 37 to No. 29) 

Highest Debut (No. 52) – “Do I Do,” Stevie Wonder 

Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Angel In Blue,” J. Geils Band (from No. 87 to No. 70) 

Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Secret Journey,” The Police 

No. 1 Album – “Tug of War,” Paul McCartney 

In U.K.

(Source: Official Charts)

No. 1 Song – “House of Fun,” Madness 

No. 1 Album – “Avalon,” Roxy Music 

In Canada

(Source: RPM)

No. 1 Song – “Ebony and Ivory,” Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder  

No. 1 Album – “Asia,” Asia

Dedicated to Ginny and Winnie. We miss you, girls. 

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