Updates + Additions
New Releases
“High, Lonesome and Then Some.,” Todd Snider – Oct. 17
“My Second Last Album,” Bahamas – Oct. 24
“Stardust,” Danny Brown – Nov. 7
“SHISH,” Portugal. The Man – Nov. 7
“Panorama,” Hélène Barbier – Nov. 14
“Lear,” Ethan Daniel Davidson – Nov. 14
“On This Day,” Tony Molina – Nov. 14
“Vesper Sparrow,” JJJJJerome Ellis – Nov. 14
“Somebody In New York Loves You!,” S.C.A.B. – Nov. 21
“Quarantième: Live à Paris,” Dream Theater – Nov. 28
“Spíra,” Ólöf Arnalds – Dec. 5
“Jiggy Buckaroo,” Ryan Charles – Dec. 5
“The Light For Days,” Jacob Collier – Dec. 5
“The Waterboys Present: Rips From the Cutting Room Floor,” The Waterboys – Dec. 5
“Can’t Take My Story Away,” Elles Bailey – Jan. 16, 2026
“BRITPOP,” Robbie Williams – new release date: Feb. 6, 2026
“Laced,” Morgan Myles – Feb. 13, 2026
New Music Friday: Sept. 26, 2025
Holiday Releases
“Every Day Is Christmas,” Chris Blue – Oct. 17
“Verve // Remixed Holiday,” various artists – Oct. 24
“Nollaig – A Christmas Journey,” Celtic Woman – Nov. 7
“Home for the Holidays,” Lindsey Stirling – Nov. 7
“The Chess Records Christmas Album,” various artists – Nov. 14
“The Greatest Gift of All,” Stryper – Nov. 21
Reissues
“More Acoustic Junk,” Cowboy Junkies – Oct. 24
“Outsider Art: The Other Best of the Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025,” The Blue Aeroplanes – Oct. 31
“Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition),” The Cars – Oct. 31
“Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Super Deluxe Edition),” Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Oct. 31
“Live in Willisau, Switzerland 1983,” James Newton Quartet – Nov. 7
“A Single Woman: The Complete Elektra Recordings,” Nina Simone – Nov. 7
“A Secret Sense of Rhythm : A Secret Sense of Sin (The Complete ZTT Propaganda),” Propaganda – Nov. 14
“Black and Blue (Deluxe Edition),” The Rolling Stones – Nov. 14
“Songs From the Big Chair (Deluxe Edition),” Tears For Fears – Nov. 14
“The Best of Creed,” Creed – Nov. 21
“Soul On My Boots: The Collection,” King – Nov. 21
“One Way Ticket to Hell … And Back (20th Anniversary Edition),” The Darkness – Nov. 28
“Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005,” Cream – new release date: Feb. 20, 2026
Vinyl
“Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs,” Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Nov. 7
“Floetic,” Floetry – Nov. 14
“Pies Descalzos,” Shakira – Nov. 14
“In the Wee Small Hours,” Frank Sinatra – Nov. 14
“Live From Glastonbury (A BBC Recording),” Olivia Rodrigo – Dec. 5
“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” Bad Bunny – Jan. 16, 2026
Music Books
“Phases: A Memoir,” Brandy – title + new release date: March 31, 2026
“Cher: The Memoir, Part Two,” Cher – new release date: May 19, 2026
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Tension Tour//Live 2025,” Kylie Minogue (Download; 32 tracks; Hear here; BMG Rights Management)
“Introducing…Lamont Landers,” Lamont Landers (Decatur, AL native’s seven-song debut EP; producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; Lucille / MCA)
“Fall City,” Lil Mosey (new single: “Margiela Pink”; Hear here; Cinq Music)
“The Misery Suite,” Black Guy Fawkes (his fifth record; Hear here; Asbestos Records)
“HOW TO SING FOR MONEY,” Maggie Andrew (seven-song EP; Hear here; turtlemusik)
“conditions of an orphan//,” KennyHoopla (five-song EP; Hear here; GARBAGEHILL RECORDS / The Orchard)
“Permission,” Alex Wong (seven-song EP; Hear here; Shamus Records)
“Prized Burden,” Charlie Bruber (Minneapolis multi-instrumentalist’s second solo album; new single: “Vai e Volta”; Hear here; Fun One Records)
“Bird in a Cage,” Caryn Dixon (five-song EP; Hear here; Caryn Dixon)
“The Men, The Boys & Your Guy,” Spyro (Hear here; Cinq Music)
“Phantasmagoria,” Ani Glass (Hear here; Ani Glass)
“Big in Japan,” Georgia Weber and the Sleeved Hearts (six-song EP; Hear here; Princess Veronica Records)
“And Then I Go Up,” Ev. G (guests: Brock Geiger, Will Maclellan; Hear here; EVG Music)
“Cowboy Up,” Kaylee Bell (Australian-based singer-songwriter’s fourth album; Hear here; Kaylee Bell Music)
“what is it with me?,” Siena Fantini (four-song EP; Hear here; Siena Fantini Music)
I have changed, oh, but you, you remain ageless
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Dracula, Tame Impala
TIT FOR TAT, Tate McRae
One of the Greats, Florence + The Machine
NOT OK, 5 Seconds of Summer
out of body, Khalid
War Pigs (Charity Version), Judas Priest feat. Ozzy Osbourne
Better Man Than Me, Marshmello & Hudson Westbrook
Last Night On Earth, Finger Eleven
Moon, Daniel Caesar feat. Bon Iver
BOSS, Gina Alice
You Never Know (Goldfrapp Remix), Goldfrapp
Butterflies, All Time Low
unlearning you, Crying City
Solid Gold, Billy Currington
Chapter Two, Maps
Ephemeral, Lydia Luce & Luke Sital-Singh
Anything Without You, Sabine McCalla
A Ghost Walked Through Me, Ed Harcourt
Stay (If You Wanna Dance), Myles Smith
Giving Up Air, The Temper Trap
Chore Boy, Shlohmo feat. Salem
Too Much Sugar, Jeremy Pinnell
booboo2, Yaeji feat. underscores & Aliyah’s Interlude
Afterlife, Charlotte Sands
Comedown Phase, Orchid Mantis
F*ck me!, Katy & the Null Sets
I guess it’s fine, jnr.
Bending the Iron, Nick Dumas
Icebreaker, Remy Garrison
Serious, Indigo De Souza
balance, Monte Booker
Skyflower, Memphis LK
Echo, Lillian King
The Ick, Trousdale
Something New, Kaia Fincher
Head Spinning, Coleman Jennings
Fathom, 84 Tigers
City Bones, Velcro Sunset
Static Rain, Shiverfield
Run For Our Lives, Bird Streets
Growing Roots, Elles Bailey
Falta Algo, Chuwi
Heal, hoxie rae
Telepathy, Matt Pond PA & Anya Marina
Last Night, Queen Quail
5am in Soho, DJ HYDRA
Famous Band, Ladybird
Technicolor Dreams, Justin Maki
Gym, Eckhardt and the House
Bad Idea, Sadlands
nice to know you, Ash Molloy
Corazones Desechables, Katzù Oso
Siestas ahí, Juana Molina
The Girl Who Faded Away, Promiseland & Emma Acs
One Human Being, Lily Vakili
That’s My Missouri, Renata The Band
Devil’s Advocate, Arsenic Kitchen
Damn Sure Does, Hayden Coffman
sick in japan, Indigo Syndicate
Piece of Mind, The Earls of Babylon
The Reckoning, Cindy Lawson
Göttingen, Aline Mayne
The 10th Realm, Long After Midnight feat. T.J. Miller
We All Deserve to Be Beautiful, Arc Iris feat. WILLOW
P A R A Z I T, The Laughing Stock
On For Me, Bahkin
Perfect, Rettward von Doernberg
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
Danny Thompson (double bassist and founding member of Pentangle)
B-King (Colombian rapper)
Ron Carroll (house music vocalist known as “The Minister of Sound”)
Sonny Curtis (Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as a member of The Crickets, wrote “I Fought the Law” and “Love Is All Around”)
This Week In … 1987
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 Song – “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Little Lies,” Fleetwood Mac (from No. 37 to No. 29)
Highest Debut (No. 40) – “Bad,” Michael Jackson
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Sugar Free,” Wa Wa Nee (from No. 91 to No. 72)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Solitude Standing,” Suzanne Vega
No. 1 Album – “La Bamba (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” various artists
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Never Gonna Give You Up,” Rick Astley
No. 1 Album – “Bad,” Michael Jackson
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “La Bamba,” Los Lobos
No. 1 Album – “La Bamba (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” various artists
Music News
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Tour + Festival News
> Ed Sheeran, Conan Gray, Nelly, Zara Larsson Join iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball Tour | Rolling Stone
> Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, Post Malone to Headline Stagecoach 2026 | Rolling Stone
> Zayn Malik Announces Las Vegas Residency | TMZ
> The Most Anticipated Tours of 2025 and 2026 | Variety
Dedicated to Ginny and Winnie. We miss you, girls.