Pause & Play Today: June 30, 2022
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2,” Calvin Harris – Aug. 5
“Bigger. Messier.,” Danny Elfman – Aug. 12
“As Above, So Below,” Sampha the Great – Sept. 9
“Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey featuring Tennishu and R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND,” Butcher Brown – Sept. 16
“Internal Radio,” Eerie Wanda – Sept. 23
“Sonder,” Dermot Kennedy – Sept. 23
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UPCOMING RELEASES (no release date yet)
“Being Funny in a Foreign Language,” The 1975 – 2022
REISSUES
“Animals (2018 Remix),” Pink Floyd – Sept. 16
VINYL
“The Fat of the Land (25th Anniversary Edition),” The Prodigy – Nov. 4
MUSIC BOOKS
“The Byrds: 1964-1967,” The Byrds – Sept. 20
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Swing,” José González (four songs; Hear here; Mute)
“I Want Some!,” Richie Quake (NYC indie artist’s debut album; guest: Anna Shoemaker; Hear here; Mass Appeal)
“Coming Home,” Nurdjana (six-song EP; Hear here; Nurdjana)
”SELF,” Desarae Dee (five-song EP; Hear here; DESARAEDEEMUSIC)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
i’m too pretty for this, Claire Rosinkranz |
Dreamer, Dermot Kennedy |
Hot In It, Tiësto & Charli XCX |
We’re Not In Orbit Yet …, Broken Bells |
High, Forgetmyname
Heading Out, MARBLES |
hate you to love myself, Francisco Martin |
Jaisalmer, The Valery Trails |
Uncertainty and the Unknown, Briana Marela
somebody to you, Lyle Kam |
Unknown Road, Sara Syms
It Ain’t a Thing, New Potato Caboose
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Tony Hatch (83)
Eddie Rambeau (79)
Gene Cotton (78)
Glenn Shorrock (78)
Andy Scott (73)
Stanley Clarke (71)
Hal Lindes (69)
Brian Vollmer (67)
Esa-Pekka Salonen (64)
Brendan Perry (63)
Yngwie Malmsteen (59)
Phil Anselmo (54)
Tom Drummond (53)
James Adam Shelley (39)
Cole Swindell (39)
Fantasia Barrino (38)
Getting caught up …
June 29 Birthdays: Garland Jeffreys (79), Ian Paice (74), Don Dokken (69), Colin Hay (69), Robert Forster (65), Anne-Sophie Mutter (59), Stedman Pearson (58), Brian D’Arcy James (54), Matthew Good (51), DJ Shadow (50), Sam Farrar (44), Nicole Scherzinger (44), Aundrea Fimbres (39)
IN REMEMBRANCE
June 30:
Smoke Dawg (1996-2018)
Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
Joe Henderson (1937-2001)
June 29:
Benny Mardones (1946-2020)
George McCorkle (1946-2007)
Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002)
Horst Jankowski (1936-1998)
Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993)
Lowell George (1945-1979)
Tim Buckley (1947-1975)
Shorty Long (1940-1969)
Eric Dolphy (1928-1964)
RANDOM LYRICS
“Take your passion
And make it happen”
RELEASED ON JUNE 30 … IN 1986
“True Blue,” Madonna (her third album reached No. 1 in a then record-setting 28 countries and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide; in the U.S., she scored three No. 1 singles: “Live to Tell,” “Papa Don’t Preach” and “Open Your Heart”; two more singles, “True Blue” and “La Isla Bonita,” went Top 5; producers: Madonna, Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard; Sire)
RELEASED ON JUNE 29 … IN 1981
“Kim Wilde,” Kim Wilde (her debut album, featuring “Kids in America,” “Water on Glass” and “Chequered Love”; the gold-selling album reached No. 3 in the U.K. and didn’t chart in the U.S. until a year later; producer: Ricky Wilde; Rak)
R.I.P.
MUSIC HEADLINES
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> Denzel Curry: Tiny Desk Concert | NPR
> ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’: The Long Road to Making the Documentary | Billboard
> ‘Born in the U.S.A.’: 17 of America’s Most Patriotic (and Un-Patriotic) Musical Offerings | The Hollywood Reporter