Updates + Additions

New Releases

“trustfall,” Stephen Stanley – April 25

“VSQ Performs Frank Ocean,” Vitamin String Quartet – April 25

“Sincerely,” Kali Uchis – May 9

“13 Months of Sunshine,” Aminé – May 16

“Music For People Who Believe In Love,” Joe Jonas – release date + preorder links: May 23

“Chrome Dipped,” CIVIC – May 30

“Almost Static,” Keep – May 30

“Medicine,” Grace Potter – May 30

“Lighthouse,” Career Woman – June 6

“Midnight Ragas,” Eric Hilton – June 20

“Hang a Star,” Pleasure Pill – June 27

“Preacher Kids,” Robert Randolph – June 27

“Spanish Moss,” Cole Swindell – June 27

“. (PERIOD),” Kesha – July 4

“Landscape from Memory,” Rival Consoles – July 4

“motionblur,” Split Chain – July 11

New Music Friday: March 28, 2025

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Reissues

“Horslips at the BBC,” Horslips – May 30

“Homosapien” and “XL-1,” Pete Shelley – June 6

“Coles Corner (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Richard Hawley – July 4

Vinyl

“Naturally (20th Anniversary Edition),” Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – May 2

“Mr. Scrapper’s Blues,” Scrapper Blackwell – May 16

“This Is Buddy Guy!,” Buddy Guy – May 16

“Discography: The Complete Singles Collection 1985-1991,” Pet Shop Boys – May 30

Just Released

(Surprise releases + more)

“Days Before Dreamboy,” Lil Nas X (eight-song digital EP collection of his recent singles; Hear here; Columbia)

“Based On a True Story,” Will Smith (his first album in 20 years; guests: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jaden, Teyana Taylor, B. Simone, Jac Ross, Rave Sermon, Joyner Lucas, et al; Hear here; Rave In The Wasteland / SLANG)

“Red Shelter,” Shurr Jr. (Sioux Falls, SD-based indie rock band’s debut EP; Hear here; Max Trax)

“Something Good Out of Nothing (Part A),” Luke Marzec (four-song EP; new single: “Growing Up With You”; Hear here; Swift Half Records)

“The Great Reveal,” WENDYGO (progressive rock trio’s debut album; producer: Ajay Mathur; Hear here; Yakketeeyak Music)

“MOONSHINE,” Nether Hour (Hear here; Nether Family Records)

Please don't put your life in the hands of a rock 'n' roll band / Who'll throw it all away

New Songs Playlist

(Click on title to stream)

Physical, Dua Lipa feat. Troye Sivan 
Dirt, Julien Baker & TORRES 
Find My Way to You, I’m With Her 
Use Me, Bow Wow & Chris Brown 
death wish, Lyn Lapid 
Still Walking With Me, Joe Bonamassa 
Nothing I Need, Lord Huron 
Mayberry, Rascal Flatts & Blake Shelton 
The Heart of the Highway, Spin Doctors 
Household, Lauren Alaina 
Cheer Me On, Malcolm Todd
Babyface Maniacs, Yung Lean 
DOA (from “Death of a Unicorn”), St. Vincent 
60 Years Ago, Bachman-Turner Overdrive … their first new music in more than 25 years 
Soft Girl Era, Ari Lennox 
Can’t Lose You / Here With Me, Charles Kelley 
No Tellin’, Caroline Jones 
That Someday, Trace Adkins
Line Up the Stars, Pleasure Pill 
5 Days Out, 2 Days Back, Alison Brown & Steve Martin feat. Tim O’Brien 
Relentless Love, Sophie Ellis-Bextor 
Anywhere the Wind Blows, Missy Raines & Allegheny feat. Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick, Ellie Hakanson 
Dead or Alive, Evening Elephants 
Worthy, Jackie Evancho 
Creatures of Chaos, The Rasmus 
Karaoke Queen, Allison Ponthier
Blue, Chezile 
Driving Myself Insane, HAYS 
Lay My Burden Down, Reed Turchi 
heaven tonight, Virginia to Vegas 
Upside Down, GUNNAR 
31.Bleep (01), corto.alto 
Feelings Lie, Mark Robert Cash 
Anti-Inflammatory, Jon Lindsay
Fake Flowers at Sunset, Hallelujah The Hills
Resurrecting Reasons, Disciple 
Oracle, Tears’ Heaven 
GRIN, Sophia Warren 
BAD BOY, BAMBII 
Sweeter Than Tupelo Honey, Junior Sisk 
Moved Around You, JESSIA 
Bite My Tongue, Blue Cactus 
Enslaved, VILT 
Come & Gone, Ian James Bain 
The Wake, The Ritualists 
shoulda run, Lyubov Kay 
Honeytrap, Dropsonic feat. William DuVall 
Love Story, Konstantin Kobra
Free Man, The Southern Dukes
Dead Inside, The Witching Hour 
Fika, Tamir Barzilay 
Real to Me, Laurence DaNova 

R.I.P.

Terry Manning (Memphis producer/engineer worked with Stax, Led Zeppelin, Big Star, ZZ Top, et al)

This Week In … 1999

(Source: Billboard)

No. 1 Song – “Believe,” Cher 

Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “All Night Long,” Faith Evans (from No. 19 to No. 11) 

Highest Debut (No. 61) – “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen),” Baz Luhrmann 

Biggest Movers Within the Hot 100 – “What’s It Gonna Be?!,” Busta Rhymes feat. Janet (from No. 65 to No. 8) 

Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Sweetest Thing,” U2  

No. 1 Album – “FanMail,” TLC 

In U.K.

(Source: Official Charts)

No. 1 Song – “Flat Beat,” Mr. Oizo 

No. 1 Album – “13,” Blur 

In Canada

(Source: RPM)

No. 1 Song – “Every Morning,” Sugar Ray 

No. 1 Album – “.. baby one more time,” Britney Spears 

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

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