Pause & Play Today: Oct. 21, 2022
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Forget Me, Lewis Capaldi
Monotonía, Shakira + Ozuna
Ready As I’ll Never Be, Tanya Tucker
Try Jesus, Elle King
Place Your Debts, Jimmy Eat World
Don’t Leave Me Lonely, Clean Bandit & Elley Duhé
Just Wanna Rock, Lil Uzi Vert
Love You Bad, Preston Pablo
I Still Love You, Jessie James Decker with Billy Currington
PULSE, MICHELLE
20, Air Traffic Controller
superhuman, Bishop Briggs
Tea & Sympathy, Hamish Anderson
Time Will Heal, DiElle
Worst Day, ILLUNIUM & MAX
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“Midnights (3am Edition),” Taylor Swift (digital deluxe edition of “Midnights,” with seven bonus tracks; Read here; Republic)
“The Mourning,” Black Veil Brides (four-song EP; producer: Erik Ron; Sumerian)
“American Bollywood – ACT IV: Denouement,” Young the Giant (See here; Jungle Youth / AWAL Recordings)
“A Summer’s Day Can Break Your Heart,” PLASMAS (five-song debut EP; producer: Guy Galactic; Juteopolis)
“Feel,” Happy To Be Here (five-song EP; The Bakery)
“Muramuke,” Muramuke feat. Barbara Panther, Matthew Herbert (Accidental)
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“MERCY,” John Cale – Jan. 20, 2023
“Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent,” Lewis Capaldi – May 19, 2023
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Manfred Mann (82)
Steve Cropper (81)
Elvin Bishop (80)
Ron Elliott (79)
Lee Loughnane (76)
Charlotte Caffey (69)
Marc Johnson (69)
Fred Hersch (67)
Julian Cope (65)
Steve Lukather (65)
Nick Oliveri (51)
Charlie Lowell [Jars of Clay] (49)
Josh Ritter (46)
Matthew Ramsey [Old Dominion] (45)
Kane Brown (29)
Doja Cat (27)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Paul Fox (1951-2007)
Sandy West (1959-2006)
Elliott Smith (1969-2003)
Shannon Hoon (1967-1995)
Maxene Andrews (1916-1995)
RELEASED ON OCT. 21 … IN 1977
“Bat Out of Hell,” Meat Loaf (his debut album is one of the best-selling LPs of all time, with sales of more than 43 million copies worldwide; it was the brainchild of Jim Steinman, who wrote all the tracks; featuring “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth [Hot Summer Night],” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and “All Revved Up with No Place to Go”; producer: Todd Rundgren; Cleveland International / Epic)
R.I.P.
Andy McKaie (longtime MCA/Universal music executive)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters To Cancer This Week | Deadline
> Taylor Swift Releases 7 New Songs Just Hours After New Album ‘Midnights’ | Pitchfork
> Alis Lesley: The ‘Female Elvis’ Who Takes Centre Stage on Bob Dylan’s New Book Cover | The Guardian
> Joni Mitchell to Headline a ‘Joni Jam’ in 2023 With Brandi Carlile | Variety