Updates / Additions
New Releases
“NOW That’s What I Call Music! 88,” various artists – Oct. 27“The Maybe Man,” AJR – Nov. 3
“The Doman Tracks,” Heather Anne Lomax – Nov. 3
“The Comeback Kid,” Marnie Stern – March 8, 2024
This Week's Vinyl Releases
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions),” Ed Sheeran (bonus performances recorded at the homes of 14 fans between recent tour dates; See/Read here; Gingerman / Atlantic)
“3D: The Remixes,” Jung Kook (seven-song EP; Read here; BIGHIT MUSIC)
“Double,” Michele Morrone (Italian actor-singer’s second album; See here; Republic)
“Finish What You Started,” kerri (guests: Skinny Atlas, VITO; new single: “Next Time I’ll Choose Love”; See here; Nettwerk)
“Sines and Symptoms,” Liam Barrack (four-song EP; producer: Ryan Worsley; Hear here; Liam Barrack)
“Bury the Lede,” Dessa (rapper-singer’s first album in five years; new single: “Decoy”; See here; Doomtree)
“PEACH,” PEACH (Bristol desert-rock, post-punk group’s debut album; producer: Peter Miles; See here; PEACH)
“Love, Hope, Nostalgia,” DiElle (five-song EP; new single: “Stone By Stone”; Hear here; DiElle)
“Always & Always,” The Julies (full-length debut album; producer: Kyle Pulley; Hear here; Lost in Ohio)
“Downtown!,” Equipment Pointed Ankh (Louisville, KY band’s fourth album; Hear here; Torn Light)
“One Lover Leaves,” Mike O’Dowd (Australian indie-folk artist’s debut album; Hear here; Mike O’Dowd Music)
“Granny Music,” GIRL SCOUT (five-song EP; new single: “Bruises”; See here; Made Music)
“Burn You Up,” Lucia Stavros (producer: Kevin Abdella; new single: “Lena Lightly”; Hear here; Stavros Productions)
“Selective Deafness,” Menajerie (Meanjin/Brisbane-based neo-soul group’s eight-song debut EP; See here; Menajerie)
“Let’s Play Again,” Creatures at Play (Hear here; Creatures at Play)
If you're gonna have a hit / You gotta make it fit / So they cut it down to 3:05
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
How I Love You, Rhodes
Icarus, Cattle & Cane
Young in America, Barns Courtney
Calabasas, Goldfinch
I Hate You, NEEDSHES
Burning Bridges, milkshed.
San Jose, Spunsugar
r(EMOTE), L’Rain
Ripe, JHart
BAD START, StrateJacket
Dixie, Caskey
Reverse, Zacari
embarrassing, Britta Raci
Afterlife, KID BLOOM
Good Time (1:08), Jagwar Twin
Rose Colored Lenses, Jenny Stenger
C’est la vie, The Bankes Brothers
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Russell Batiste (drummer for Funky Meters and Vida Blue)
This Week In … 1997
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “Honey,” Mariah Carey
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “My Love Is the Shhh!,” Something for the People feat. Trina & Tamara (from No. 31 to No. 22)
Top Debut (No. 2) – “4 Seasons of Loneliness,” Boyz II Men
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Avenues,” Refugee Camp All Stars feat. Pras (from No. 68 to No. 46)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Free,” Ultra Naté
Music News
> U2 Pay Tribute to Absent Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. at Opening of Las Vegas Sphere Residency | NME
> Stevie Nicks Says ‘There’s No Reason’ for Fleetwood Mac to Continue After Christine McVie’s Death | Independent
> Sia Shows Off Facelift After Years of Hiding Her Face | People
> SiriusXM to Launch New Year-Round John Mayer Curated Channel | RadioInsight
> Doja Cat’s ‘Paint the Town Red’ Tops Hot 100 for Second Week, Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ Rules Radio | Billboard
Tour News
> Mariah Carey Announces ‘Merry Christmas One and All’ 2023 Tour | Variety> Foo Fighters Announce Summer 2024 Stadium Tour | Rolling Stone
> Ms. Lauryn Hill Announces The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour | Consequence
> Porno for Pyros Postpone Reunion Tour to Work on New Music | Rolling Stone