Pause & Play Today: March 30, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“No Gods No Masters,” Garbage – June 11
“Ten Songs of Worship and Praise for Our Tumultuous Times,” St. Lenox – June 11
“Pink Noise,” Laura Mvula – July 2
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REISSUES
“The Summer House Sessions,” Don Cherry – June 18
JUST RELEASED
“Graz,” Nils Frahm (nine-track album arrives on Piano Day, the annual celebration Frahm co-founded in 2015; it was recorded at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, in 2009; Erased Tapes)
“Dirty Damn Tricks,” The L.A. Maybe (new single: “Oh Sugar”; See here; The L.A. Maybe)
“Boomerang Kids,” Tripper and the Wild Things (five-song EP; Hear here; Boom Kid)
NEW SONGS
MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (SATAN’S EXTENDED VERSION), Lil Nas X
The Men Who Rule the World, Garbage
Saints and Liars, Gary Numan
Nextra, deadmau5
Numb, Waterparks
Sinking Feeling, Wavves
Homicide, Merkules & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
U SUCK, Juliana Eye
Paisley Underground / Help Me, Us
Cherry Bomb, Feral
Broken By You, Jessica Pearson and the East Wind
Friends, Katie Kittermaster
Roadblock, IOVA
Ting Tun Up (Part II), Skiifall feat. Knucks
M.O.E., BILLYTHEKID
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Graeme Edge (80)
Eric Clapton (76)
Ronnie Rice [The New Colony Six] (76)
Jim “Dandy” Mangrum (73)
Lene Lovich (72)
MC Hammer (59)
Tracy Chapman (57)
Joey Castillo (55)
Celine Dion (53)
Norah Jones (42)
Justin Moore (37)
Thomas Rhett (30)
NF (30)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Bill Withers (1938-2020)
Phil Ramone (1934-2013)
Sean Levert (1968-2008)
Timi Yuro (1940-2004)
Paul A. Rothchild (1935-1995)
RELEASED ON MARCH 30 IN … 1987
“Sign o’ the Times,” Prince (featuring “Sign o’ the Times,” “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” “U Got the Look” feat. Sheena Easton and “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”; producer: Prince; Paisley Park / Warner)
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