Pause & Play Today: May 11, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Butterfly 3000,” King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – June 11
“The Golden Hour,” Dave Koz & Cory Wong – June 11
“Path of Wellness,” Sleater-Kinney – June 11
“Country Westerns,” Country Westerns – June 18
“Party for Joey: A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato,” various artists – June 25
“To the Maxx (The Album),” Trey Maxx – July 2
“Triage,” Rodney Crowell – July 23
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REISSUES
“The Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon,” Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – July 2
VINYL
“Going Somewhere,” Colin Hay – June 4
“The Drifters’ Golden Hits,” The Drifters – June 25
“What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?,” The Vaccines – July 2
“White People,” Handsome Boy Modeling School – July 9
“The Sound of Music (An Original Soundtrack Recording),” Julie Andrews, et al – July 16
MUSIC BOOKS
“My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History,” John Illsley – Oct. 26
“Three Pianos: A Memoir,” Andrew McMahon – Oct. 26
DVD / BLU-RAY
“French Exit,” Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, et al – June 15
“The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Season One,” Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, et al – June 15
“Godzilla vs. Kong,” Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, et al – June 15
“Nobody,” Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Aleksei Serebryakov, RZA, et al – June 22
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Worry With You, Sleater-Kinney
Something Has to Change, Rodney Crowell
No Hard Feelings, Wolf Alice
Butterflies, Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet
662, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Say Wuttt?!, The Golden Pony
Are You Happy?, Oscar Lang
Awash, Runnner
Toi, Danyka
Restless, Nathan Lawr
Elevator, Goodge
Problems, Sheps
Don’t Lose the Beautiful, Radiance
WORDS, Edouard Landry
She Got a Thing, Seth Michael
American Summer, Megan Ashley
Convenient, Jenny Palacios
snow, Mae Krell
John/Joseph, The Narcotix
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Carla Bley (85)
Eric Burdon (80)
Mark Herndon [Alabama] (66)
Martha Quinn (62)
Tim Raybon (58)
Keith West [Heartland] (53)
Kardinal Offishall (45)
Perttu Kivilaakso [Apocalyptica] (43)
Ace Hood (33)
Prince Royce (32)
Howard Lawrence [Disclosure] (27)
Sabrina Carpenter (22)
IN REMEMBRANCE
John Rutsey [original Rush drummer] (1953-2008)
Noel Redding (1945-2003)
Bob Marley (1945-1981)
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
RELEASED ON MAY 11 IN … 1970
“Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More,” various artists (triple album from the counterculture festival featured performances by Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Who, Sly & The Family Stone, Joe Cocker, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, etc.; the album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard chart and went double platinum; producer: Eric Blackstead; sound engineer: Eddie Kramer; Cotillion / Atlantic)
R.I.P.
Rob Farr (Warrior bassist)
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