Things are heating up here in Charlotte and so are the new releases. This week there is one that is highly anticipated from a lot of people and it is up first and I am interested in it as well as his prior two were great. I have a couple others I want to hear this week and all are marked in Blue. Let me know what you want to hear and if I missed anything, let us know so everyone can learn about it. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

•   Harry Styles – Harry’s House – (Columbia Records): I have to admit, I really like his prior two releases. I didn’t have a choice of listening to them as my girls think he’s dreamy. But little did I know I would enjoy them almost as much. Can’t wait to hear what he has in store for us with this release.

•   Gavin DeGraw – Face the River – (RCA Records / Sony): Gavin DeGraw has such a great voice and can write a killer pop song. They tell great stories and are catchy as hell. He can write a melody and a great chorus. Here is hoping for more of the same.

•   Train – AM Gold – (Sunken Forest / Columbia Records / Sony): Train used to be a band I enjoyed a lot. Then band members started leaving and all that was left was Pat Monahan, the lead singer. All the heart and soul of the band was gone. The songs became cardboard cutouts of one another and lacked any of the magic the band used to have. It was now the Pat show. He keeps adding members to the band, but he has lost his way. I will give it one listen in hopes it will recapture some of the magic, but I think all hope might be lost.

And the rest of your choices…

•   Flume – Palaces – (Future Classic)

•   Hanson – Red Green Blue – (3CG Records)

•   CoreLeoni – III – (Atomic Fire Records)

•   The Police – Around the World  Restored & Expanded – (Mercury Studios)

•   Van Morrison – What’s It Gonna Take – (Exile Music Ltd)

•   Rick Astley – Whenever You Need Somebody (Deluxe Edition) – (BMG Rights)

•   Seth McFarlane – Blue Skies – (Fuzzy Door Productions / Verve Label Group / UMG)

•   The Clash – Combat Rock + The People’s Hall (Special Edition) – (Sony Music)

•   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Dirty Does Dylan – (NGDB Records)

•   Various Artists – Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler (All Star Concert Celebration) – (Blackbird Production Partners)

•   Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak – (Belting Bronco Records / Warner Records)

•   John Coltrane – My Favorite Things (Remaster) – (1961 Atlantic Recordings)

•   Mavis Staples & Levon Helms – Carry Me Home – (ANTI)

•   Everything Everything – Raw Data Feel – (Infinity Industries / AWAL Recordings)

•   Alex Izenberg – I’m Not Here – (Domino Recordings)

•   Porridge Radio – Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky – (Secretly Canadian)

•   Charlie Hickey – Nervous at Night – (Saddest Factory Records / Dead Oceans)

•   Lykke Li – Eyeye – (Play It Again Sam / Crush Music)

•   The Unlikely Candidates – Panther Island – (The Century Family)

•   Cola – Deep in View – (Fire Talk)

•   mxmtoon – Rising – (AWAL Recordings)

•   Spice – VIV – (Dais Records)

•   Amanda Cook – State of the Union – (Provident Label Group / Sony)

•   Craig Finn – A Legacy of Rentals – (Positive Jams / Thirty Tigers)

•   Family Time – The Golden Years – (22Twenty)

•   Delta Spirit – One is One – (New West Records)

•   James LaBrie – Beautiful Shade of Grey – (InsideOutMusic)

•   Eliza & the Delusionals – Now and Then – (Cooking Vinyl)

•   Avi Kaplan – Floating on a Dream – (Fantasy Records / Concord)

•   xPropaganda – The Heart Is Strange (Deluxe Edition) – (UMC / Universal)

•   Body Type – Everything is Dangerous But Nothing is Surprising – (Poison City Records)

•   Cave In – Heavy Pendulum – (Relapse Records)

•   Anvil – Impact is Imminent – (AFM Records / Soulfood Music)

•   Evergrey – A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) – (Napalm Records)

•   Luminous Vault – Animate the Emptiness – (Profound Lore)

•   Malevolence – Malicious Intent – (MLVLTD / Nuclear Blast)

•   Septicflesh – Modern Primitive – (Nuclear Blast)

•   John Doe – Fables in a Foreign Land – (Fat Possum Records)

•   Sadistic Ritual – The Enigma, Boundless – (Prosthetic Records)

•   Polterguts – Gods Over Broken People – (Blood Blast Distribution)

•   Blut Aud Nord – Disharmonium: Undreamable Abyss – (Debemur Morti Productions)

•   Gronibard – Regarde les Hommes Sucer – (Gronibard)

•   Hexing – Welcome to Salem – (Hexing) – no video

•   Come to Grief – When the World Dies – (Translation Loss Records)

•   Soak – If I Never Know You Like This Again – (Rough Trade Records)

•   The Lickerish Quartet – Threesome, Vol. 3 E.P. – (Stranger Danger Records And Tapes)

•   Da Candyman – Emotionally Scarred – (S.T.R.I.P. Clique Entertainment / Mr. G Rock Productions) – No Video

•   Rebelution – Live in St. Augustine – (Round Hill Records)

•   Chris Standring – Simple Things – (Ultimate Vibe Recordings)

•   Joey Alexander – Origin – (Mack Avenue Records)

•   High Valley – Way Back – (Cage Free Music)

•   Model Home – Saturn in the Basement – (Disciples)

•   Lea Sen – You of Now, Pt. 1 E.P. – (Partisan Records)

•   Banditos – Right On – (Egghunt Records)

•   The Kingdom Will Burn – The Void and The Vengeance – (Scarlet Records)