Updates + Additions
New Releases
“América!,” Orquesta Akokán – July 17
“Beard,” Syd – July 17
“LOVE IS THE LAW,” Love Spells – July 24
“The Thread,” WILLOW – July 24
“The Lost Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording),” various artists – July 24
“Blue Island,” Ravyn Lenae – Aug. 7
“Chuck Timely & The Hourglass,” ROLE MODEL – Aug. 7
“Bad Things Feel Good,” Rowena Wise – Aug. 7
“I Am a Prism,” Judah & The Lion – Aug. 14
“Jenius,” Paul Heaton – Aug. 21
“Reel 2 Reel 4 Real,” Ray Wylie Hubbard – Aug. 21
“Songs for the Heavy Hearted,” Chris Pierce – Aug. 21
“Merciful,” Gerry Beckley – Aug. 28
“Don’t Call It Love,” Jonathan Bree – Aug. 28
“Dark Asylum,” Kamelot – Aug. 28
“It’s a Dying Art,” Little Big Town – Aug. 28
“Reunion,” Mama’s Broke – Aug. 28
“Here Because of Hope,” Ezra Collective – Sept. 18
“That’s Just Me,” Riley Green – Sept. 18
“Sugar on Blackstone,” Kristin Hersh – Sept. 18
“Heartland Rock and Roll,” Corey Kent – Sept. 25
“Look Out, Heart,” Exile – Oct. 23
DVD + Blu-ray
“Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” – July 7
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“K-POPS! (Music from and inspired by K-POPS! Motion Picture),” Anderson .Paak (featuring JID, G-DRAGON, aespa, NMIXX, DEAN, and members of SEVENTEEN, ATEEZ, and (G)I-DLE; Hear here; Read here; Capitol)
“LEMONADE – The 2nd Album,” aespa (Download; guests: Ty Dolla $ign, Becky G, G-DRAGON; Hear here; CD out June 12; SM Entertainment)
“Detour,” Kim Petras (her third album; 13 songs; Hear here; BunHead Records / Amigo Records)
“(Mine),” Hilary Duff (seven-song EP, featuring re-recordings of her greatest hits; Hear here; Read here; On Tour; Atlantic)
“Power Ballad (Music From The Motion Picture),” Paul Rudd & Nick Jonas (released in select theaters on May 29, before expanding wide on June 5; Hear here; Trailer; Republic)
“How do I relate to you?,” corook (six-song EP; producers: corook, James Allen, Kevin Farzad, Valley Boy; Hear here; Atlantic)
“Almost OK,” John Gallagher Jr. (singer-Broadway star’s five-song EP; Hear here; Grand Phony Music)
“Earth City 2: Nightfolk,” Ethan Gold (Hear here; Electrik Gold)
I don't know a soul who's not been battered / I don't have a friend who feels at ease
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
hate that i made you love me, Ariana Grande
Legendary Lovers (Save Me), Katy Perry & Chief Keef
Play Your Games, Greta Van Fleet
The Wave, Jungle
Pieces of Me, Kinsley
Immigrants, Freddie Gibbs
Maktoub, Alewya
You Don’t Know Me, Isabel Dumaa
Return to Bhibo, Barry Can’t Swim
Mad About It, Dasha
Can You Be Mine, Timbaland & Justin Blau
Never Really Mine, Kaitlin Butts
Callin, Syd feat. Blu june
Look Out, Heart, Exile
Simple, Yelawolf
The Grind, Saint Micah
a little treat, Amy Rose Mills
Turn This Town (Into a Honky Tonk), Spencer Hatcher
Plangent Rose, Ren Genevieve
Newton’s First Law, Maddie Lenhart
Bonfire, Bryan Ruby
Pelagic Drift, Age of Life
Split Ends, Hayley Payne
No One Is a River, Veronica D’Souza
Surbile, Stefania Sistu
Let’s Play Bongos, Killian Walsh
Your Shadow’s Gone, LaCosta Tucker
Lying Together, Dani Jack
The Right Line, Van Chamberlain
Love2Hate, Satya
The Lord Has Bled a Line, Jesus Is the Path to Heaven
Be Under No Illusion, Solar Eyes
So Close, Kim McClay
Favorite Enemy, Lexie
Today’s Birthdays
This Week In … 1967
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “Groovin’,” The Young Rascals
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “When You’re Young and In Love,” The Marvelettes (from No. 39 to No. 28)
Highest Debut (No. 51) – “Windy,” The Association
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Sunday Will Never Be the Same,” Spanky and Our Gang (from No. 98 to No. 49)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Little Games,” The Yardbirds (peaked at No. 51)
No. 1 Album – “More of the Monkees,” The Monkees
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Silence Is Golden,” The Tremeloes
No. 1 Album – “More of the Monkees,” The Monkees
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “I Got Rhythm,” The Happenings
No. 1 Album – “The Mamas & the Papas Deliver,” The Mamas & the Papas
Music News
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Tour + Festival News
> Tom Morello Unveils Power to the People Festival, Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters & More | Billboard
> Alanis Morissette, Morrissey, Tool to Headline Riot Fest 2026 | Pitchfork
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