Updates + Additions
New Releases
“Lux,” Rosalía – Nov. 7
“ace,” Ashley Cooke – Nov. 14
“Honeymoons,” Greenness – Nov. 14
“(((((ultraSOUND))))),” The Neighbourhood – Nov. 14
“Tranquilizer,” Oneohtrix Point Never – Nov. 21
“Sugar & Plastic Plates,” Tickles – Nov. 28
“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” Jeremy Allen White – Dec. 5
“Kickstarter,” Bullet – Jan. 9, 2026
“III,” Pullman – Jan. 9, 2026
“locket,” Madison Beer – Jan. 16, 2026
“Visions,” Alice Merton – Jan. 16, 2026
“The Demise of Planet X,” Sleaford Mods – Jan. 16, 2026
“Vacancy,” Ali Lennox – Jan. 23, 2026
“Appalachia,” Emily Scott Robinson – Jan. 30, 2026
“Normal Isn’t,” Puscifer – Feb. 6, 2026
“Paper Masks,” Phew & Danielle de Picciotto – Feb. 20, 2026
“HOTLIFE,” Tiga – April 17, 2026
“Sweat,” Melanie C – May 1, 2026
New Music Friday: Oct. 24, 2025
Reissues
“Live at The Village Gate,” Dr. John – Nov. 21
“Tonight’s the Night (50th Anniversary),” Neil Young – Nov. 28
“The Factory Singles,” Happy Mondays – Dec. 5
“Peter Live Volume Three: 4th & B San Diego 2000,” Peter Murphy – Dec. 12
“Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005,” Cream – new release date: Jan. 30, 2026
“Give It Back To You (10th Anniversary Edition),” The Record Company – Feb. 20, 2026
Holiday Releases
“Jingle All the Way,” Béla Fleck & the Flecktones – Nov. 21
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“love? … or something like it,” Halle (debut solo album from one-half of Chloe x Halle; guests: Chloe, H.E.R., GloRilla, Mariah the Scientist; Hear here; Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia)
“Empress,” Katie Schecter (producer: husband and Cage the Elephant guitarist Nick Bockrath; Hear here; Katie Schecter)
“The Kasambwe Brothers,” The Kasambwe Brothers (debut album from Malawi artists based in North Adams, MA; recorded with Harlan Steinberger of Hen House Studios; Hear here; MASS MoCA Records – a new imprint of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art)
“noise ( meaning ),” Monte Booker (L.A.-based producer’s debut album; Hear here; EQT)
“Low Life Club,” MEGG (South Bay-born, Nashville-based alternative/pop-punk artist’s six-song EP; Hear here; MEGG)
“UNFURL,” BBQ Pope (Toronto indie rock trio’s second album; producer: Dylan Frankland; Hear here; BBQ Pope)
“Dance Me,” Katie Knipp (producer: Pancho Tomaselli; Hear here; Katie Knipp)
“Dre Dupuis,” Dre Dupuis (St. Catharines, Ontario-based singer-songwriter’s debut album; new single: “Daylight”; Hear here; Double-Double Records)
“Crooked Home,” Hunter Root (Pennsylvania-based multi-instrumentalist’s fifth album; producer: Anders Osborne; new single: “’94”; Hear here; Tolok Records)
“When the Future Arrives Without You,” Grey Factor (27 unreleased tracks from 1979-1981; Hear here; Damaged Disco)
“i like floor to ceiling windows a lot,” Sandra Kluge (six-song EP; Hear here; Sandra Kluge)
“The Upward Bird,” bat zoo (debut album; Hear here; Lekker Collective)
“Level 1,” The Polybius Cabinet (darkwave band’s debut album; Hear here; The Polybius Cabinet)
“Busy Being in Love,” Sophie Lilah (Boorloo/Perth indie-folk/alt singer-songwriter’s debut album; Hear here; Sophie Lilah)
“Call Your Mother,” Bryan Dubay (Hear here; SLEF Records)
We've got no future, we've got no past / Here today, built to last
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Asking for a Friend, Foo Fighters
Rubber Band Man, Mumford & Sons with Hozier
Beautiful Things, Megan Moroney
Stampede / Teenage Heaven, The Stray Cats
Scared of the Dark, Em Beihold
Ameonna, deadmau5
Magic City, tana
SLOW IT DOWN, AJ Vitanza
I Linger On, Elliott Skinner
The Burning of Cork, Cardinals
Weightless, Pullman
Nothing Gold Can Stay, Mergui & Zevia
Dancing With My Broken Heart, Micah McLaurin
QB1, Timmy Skelly
All That Matters Now, Sour Ops
Drive Me Crazy, Maddie Lenhart
If Only It Was Up to Me, Fields of Jake
Fantasy, Esther Anaya
Home Built Mess, Paul Minnich
Makes Sense, Hope Douds
The Professional, SoulChef feat. Mickey Factz
Don’t Let ’Em (Get Inside of Your Head), Julian Taylor feat. Jim James
High Tide, DahL
Baby Jupiter, Soulive
Tourist Mind, Miss Grit
Are You Talking To Me, Matt Pond PA & Anya Marina
Look Up, HOLOSOIL
Southside, Queen Quail
Have a Nice Trip, See You Next Fall, Moondough
Born American, Kentucky
Piranha, Oxis
Thread, Local Weatherman
6pm, Gordon’s Grandson
Put It On, Koncept
Apple Pie, Harmony
Balada Malvada, Cazzu
The News, Florentenes
Month of Sundays, Echomatica
CheckYourPocket, BlackGummy & ALLiZEN
Turn Around, Drayton Farley
No Place, Clay Brown & The Trouble Round Town
A Lot of That Lately, Lia Caton
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Dave Ball (Soft Cell synth-pop pioneer)
Steve Massie (radio and label veteran)
Anthony Jackson (contrabass creator and session bassist famous of opening bass line on The O’Jays’ “For the Love of Money”)
Roberta Alexander (acclaimed soprano)
Jack White (producer of Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” and “Self Control”)
Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit bassist)
This Week In … 1978
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “Kiss You All Over,” Exile
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Double Vision,” Foreigner (from No. 20 to No. 13)
Highest Debut (No. 63) – “Alive Again,” Chicago
Biggest Movers Within the Hot 100 – “Strange Way,” Firefall (from No. 62 to No. 45) and “The Power of Gold,” Dan Fogelberg / Tim Weisberg (from No. 82 to No. 65)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Dreadlock Holiday,” 10cc (peaked at No. 44)
No. 1 Album – “Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture,” various artists
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Summer Nights,” John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
No. 1 Album – “Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture,” various artists
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “Hot Child in the City,” Nick Gilder
No. 1 Album – “Don’t Look Back,” Boston
Music News
> After Months of the Same Songs on the Hot 100, ‘Billboard’ Tweaks Its Rules | NPR
> Taylor Swift, LL Cool J, David Byrne Among 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees | Variety
> Latin Billboard Music Awards: Bad Bunny Receives Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century Award From Rita Moreno | The Hollywood Reporter
> Bon Jovi Is Going on Tour, ‘Deeply Grateful’ to Return After Intense Vocal Struggles | USA Today
> Nelly Furtado Is Taking a ‘Step Away’ from Performing ‘for the Foreseeable Future’ | People
Tour + Festival News
> Foo Fighters Set North American Stadium Tour | Variety
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