Pause & Play Today: May 26, 2022
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“I’m Looking,” Power Pose – July 1
“Cover to Cover,” The Brother Brothers – Aug. 5
“90 in November,” Why Bonnie – Aug. 19
“demon time,” Mura Masa – Sept. 16
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REISSUES
“Just To Satisfy You / Waylon / Country-Folk With The Kimberlys,” Waylon Jennings – July 8
“Earl’s Closet: The Lost Archive of Earl McGrath, 1970-1980,” various artists – July 15
“Waiting for Columbus (Super Deluxe Edition),” Little Feat – July 29
“Or So It Seems,” Duet Emmo – Aug. 19
VINYL
“The Party’s Over (40th Anniversary Edition),” Talk Talk – July 15
“Blood, Sweat & Tears 3,” Blood, Sweat & Tears – July 29
MUSIC BOOKS
“The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic,” Peter Shapiro – Aug. 2
Calvin Klein: The New Pride Collection. »
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“The Eminem Show (Expanded Edition),” Eminem (20th anniversary digital edition of his 2002 album, featuring previously unreleased tracks, instrumentals, and more; Read here; Aftermath / Interscope / UMe)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Midnight Sun, Matoma & JP Cooper
The One, M.I.A. | 
The Wake Up Re-Call, Starita & Otis McDonald feat. Illa J, Zay Bcuz & NicX | See here
Holiday, Plato III |
Candy Hearts, In the Valley Below
Honey, Power Pose |
Flauta, Ir Sais + Farina + Konshens |
I Wanna Get Away With You, Katrina Burgoyne | See here
To Be a Star, Kabwasa | See here
Enough, Chrome Daphne |
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Garry Peterson [The Guess Who] (77)
Stevie Nicks (74)
Hank Williams Jr. (73)
Berni Flint (70)
Dave Robbins [BlackHawk] (63)
Lenny Kravitz (58)
Phillip Rhodes [Gin Blossoms] (54)
Joey Kibble (51)
Lauryn Hill (47)
Nathan Cochran [MercyMe] (44)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994)
William Powell [The O’Jays] (1942-1977)
Little Willie John (1937-1968)
Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)
Viktor Herbert (1859-1924)
RELEASED ON MAY 26 … IN 1967
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” The Beatles (their eighth album spent 27 weeks at No. 1 in the U.K. and 15 weeks atop the Billboard 200; it was scheduled to be released on June 1 in the U.K. but was rush-released; featuring “A Day in the Life,” the title track, “With a Little Help From My Friends,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” and “When I’m Sixty-Four”; producer: George Martin; Parlophone)
R.I.P.
Andy Fletcher (keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode)
Alan White (Yes drummer)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> Brandy Sends Shots at Jack Harlow With ‘First Class’ Freestyle | HYPEBEAST
> Justin Timberlake Sells Song Catalog to Blackstone-Backed Fund | The Wall Street Journal
> Brian Jackson, a Key Gil Scott-Heron Collaborator, Reintroduces Himself | The New York Times
> Clem Snide Debuts New Podcast Series, A Life In Song | Double Elvis
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