Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall,” Dua Lipa – Dec. 6
“The Show: Live On Tour,” Niall Horan – new release date: Dec. 13
“Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom,” The Delines – Feb. 14, 2025
“Phonetics On and On,” Horsegirl – Feb. 14, 2025
“Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams,” Patterson Hood – Feb. 21, 2025
“The Sky, the Earth & All Between,” Architects – Feb. 28, 2025
“Alter Ego,” LISA – Feb. 28, 2025
“Tsunami Sea,” Spiritbox – March 7, 2025
“Underneath,” Floodlights – March 21, 2025
“El Cabron,” Pug Johnson – March 28, 2025
“When Youth Fades Away,” Somebody’s Child – March 28, 2025
New Music Friday: Nov. 22, 2024
Reissues
“Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010,” The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Feb. 7, 2025
“The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition),” Genesis – March 28, 2025
Vinyl
“Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders,” Sonny Rollins – Feb. 14, 2025
“Brittney Spencer (Amazon Exclusive Songline),” Brittney Spencer – Feb. 14, 2025
Music Books
“Taylor Swift and the Philosophy of Re-recording: The Art of Taylor’s Versions,” Brandon Polite – Jan. 23, 2025
“You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song,” Robert Mann – Feb. 12, 2025
“Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats,” Audrey Golden – July 15, 2025
“Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story,” Barry Mazor – July 22, 2025
Black Friday Week | Gift Ideas | Deals | Decor | Festive Favorites | Holiday Looks | Top 100+ | Stocking Stuffers | Toys
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Letting Go,” Jeannie Ortega (her first album in nearly 10 years; Hear here; Jeannette Ortega-Law)
“Deadbeat Disco,” Sleep Nation (Hear here; Heart Songs Music Group)
“Anachronist,” Brand New Colony (five-song EP; Hear here; Brand New Colony)
Feel like a brand new person / I finally know what it's like
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Cloud Away, Floodlights
All I Have, Terra Renae
Sculptures From Under the City Ice, Christian Winther
Better If You Let It, The Young Mothers
Far Too Long, Matt Zaddy
Hours and Miles, Hunger Anthem
Somewhere, Peter Landi
how do you do it, Izzy Raye
Dance, Sam Moss
Lie to Me, Jaws of Brooklyn
Kiss Me Like You Miss Her, Adult Leisure
Christmas Everyday, Madison Olds
Supposed To Be, Basil Breen
All Geared Up, Crash & The Crapenters
Let the Dust Fall, TYDE
Change My Mind, Ryan Nelson
The Game, Leo Vann
If We Make It Through December, Kopper & Kash
Stand, Phillip Kanakis & Kathryn Shipley feat. Dimitris Nezis, Lee Newton, Nita Perez, Holly Fischer & Frank Fasano
Santa’s on a Boogie Board, Danny Kensy
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Andy Paley (songwriter and producer of Brian Wilson’s 1988 album “Brian Wilson”)
Saafir (rapper and “Menace II Society” actor)
J Saul Kane, aka Depth Charge (trip-hop producer)
Vic Flick (guitarist on James Bond theme song)
Colin “Smiley” Petersen (original Bee Gees drummer)
Dennis Byron (Bee Gees disco-era drummer)
Charles Dumont (composer of Édith Piaf’s “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien”)
Tommy Alverson (Texas country singer-songwriter)
This Week In … 1962
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” The 4 Seasons
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro),” Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (from No. 39 to No. 17)
Highest Debut (No. 75) – “Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah,” Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Telstar,” The Tornadoes (from No. 71 to No. 39)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail,” The Everly Brothers
No. 1 Album – “Peter, Paul and Mary,” Peter, Paul and Mary
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Lovesick Blues,” Frank Ifield
No. 1 Album – “West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording),” various artists
In Canada
(Source: CHUM Chart)
No. 1 Song – “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” The 4 Seasons
* Canada did not have an album chart at the time
Music News
> One Direction Stars Join Family and Friends of Liam Payne at Funeral | BBC
> Apple to Produce New Fleetwood Mac Documentary | Pitchfork
> Beyoncé to Perform Halftime Show During Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens Christmas Day Game | People
> 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time: The Full Staff List | Billboard
Tour + Festival News
> Post Malone Plots 2025 North American Big Ass Stadium Tour With Jelly Roll | Billboard
> J Balvin Plots ‘Back to the Rayo’ 2025 North American Trek | Variety
Dedicated to Winnie G. We miss you, girl.