New Releases
“Strength,” Samory I – Nov. 17
“Where the Flowers Meet the Dew,” Zach Russell – Dec. 1
“New Lost Ages,” Tyler Ramsey – Feb. 9, 2024
“Traumatic Livelihood,” Jazmin Bean – Feb. 23, 2024
“All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade,” The Libertines – March 8, 2024
“Cuckoo Storm,” Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley – March 8, 2024
Reissues
“A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974,” Aretha Franklin – Dec. 1
“TRUSTFALL – Tour Deluxe Edition,” P!NK – Dec. 1
“Violent Femmes (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” Violent Femmes – Dec. 1
Vinyl
“Tuesday Night Music Club (30th Anniversary Edition),” Sheryl Crow – Dec. 1
“Loose,” Nelly Furtado – Dec. 1
“Gaucho,” Steely Dan – Dec. 1
Albums Released This Month in 1983
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“MEDUZA,” MEDUZA (double EP; Hear here; Republic)
“I Think About It All the Time,” shallow pools (Boston-based indie-pop band’s debut album; See here; Equal Vision)
“And Then You Pray For Me,” Westside Gunn (veteran rapper says this is his final studio album; guests: Rick Ross, Ty Dolla $ign, Denzel Curry, Jeezy, KayCyy, Conway the Machine, et al; Hear/Read here; Griselda Records / EMPIRE)
“Hunca Munca,” HALEY (her 11th album; producer: former Low bassist Steve Garrington; Hear here; Graveface)
“Harvest Highway,” Jimmy Rankin (producer: Joel Plaskett; new single: “Sue St. Marie”; Hear here; Linus Entertainment)
“Healing Power,” Terra Lightfoot (Canadian singer-songwriter’s sixth album; producer: Gus van Go; Hear here; Sonic Unyon)
“ZUMA 85,” Allah-Las (Hear here; Calico Discos / Innovative Leisure)
“Runaway Heart,” Katie Fee (country singer-songwriter’s debut album; Hear here; Midwest Town Records)
“Live Wires, Black Sheep,” Loose Fang (Hear here; How Weird Sounds)
“Cadillac Music,” Caskey (producer: Anonymass; See here; Caskey)
“death of a fairytale,” Dear Dear (Daffodil Records)
“Time Drips On My Bed,” Federico Aubele (Brooklyn-based Argentine singer-songwriter’s seventh album; See here; 13Records)
“The World’s So Cruel,” SANDS (new single: “Through This Avenue – The Game”; Hear here; SANDS)
“NÜ WRECKARD,” Brian Lisik & Hard Legs (Hear here; Cherokee Queen)
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Sad Forever, Lauren Spencer Smith
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, Emmet Cohen + Houston Person
Sunshine, Crush Club
Killer Killer, Mightmare
Parker Solar Probe / Deep Green, South Hill Experiment
Carnal Liberation, Dogma
I Miss You, Caleb Lee Hutchinson
Breaking Point (F U), Logan Michael
Still, kindred.
18, Hannah Anders
Sublime, Lxandra
I Tried, Aidan Skira
Dear Future Me, Stella Prince
Walls, Mike Melan
Ghost Inside, Raygun Carver
Where We Belong, DeeCRACKS
Today’s Birthdays
Music Birthdays for the Week of Oct. 15-21This Week In … 1988
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 –“Red Red Wine,” UB40
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Desire,” U2 (from No. 37 to No. 25)
Top Debut (No. 49) – “I Don’t Want Your Love,” Duran Duran
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Didn’t Know It Was Love,” Survivor (from No. 95 to No. 80)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution,” Tracy Chapman
Music News
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