Happy New Year and welcome to the first Friday New Release post of 2023. I hope this will be a great year for new music, but it is starting out with a whimper and I hope it goes out like a lion. We only have a handful of releases for you this week. Don’t worry, the next few weeks will have a lot more and some I am excited about. This week, nothing for me, but hopefully there is something for you to listen to as we kick off the year. Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed this week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend
Iggy Pop – Every Loser – (Gold Tooth Records / Atlantic Records)
Olivia Newton-John – Greatest Hits Vol. 2/Deluxe Edition – (Primary Wave Music)
Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children – (Spinefarm Records / Universal)
L.A. Edwards – Out of the Heart of Darkness – (Bitchin’ Music Group)
JVRA – Veracity – (J Vera Records)
Kidd Keratic – To Be Loved E.P. – (Kidd Keratic)
Gabriella Aplin – Phosphorescent – (Never Fade Records)
Doom Flower – Limestone Ritual – (Record Label & Doom Flower)
Ouija Macc & Golden Bsp – Hideous – (Chapter 17 Records)
RuPaul – Black Butta – (RuCo Inc.)
Javis Mays – New Beginnings E.P. – (JaMays Music)
Halestorm – Back From the Dead (Deluxe Edition) – (Atlantic Records)
Cheap Trick – Live at the Whiskey 1977 (45th Anniversary 4CD Set) – (Real Gone Music)
Frank Zappa – Waka/Wazoo – (Universal Music)
Seether – Disclaimer (Deluxe Edition) – (Craft Recordings / Concord)
Kansas – Another Fork in the Road: 50 Years of Kansas – (Inside Out Music)
Bloodclot! – Souls – (Upstate Records / Blood Blast Distribution)
Jacquees – Sincerely For You – (Cash Money Records)
Marcotic – Mobile Home Rich – (Mobile Home Records)
Percussor – Ravenous Despondency – (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
Circa Survive – Two Dreams – (Rise Records)
Mimi Barks – Deadgirl – (Silent Cult)
Mori Calliope – Sinderella – (Universal Music)
Kiss – Creatures of the Night (40th Anniversary Edition) – (UMe / UMG)
Queen – The Miracle (Deluxe Edition or Collector’s Edition) – (Hollywood Records)
Nickelback – Get Rollin’ – (Nickelback II Productions / BMG Rights Mgmt)
Disturbed – Divisive – (Reprise Records)
Michael Jackson – Thriller 40 – (Sony Music)
Dolly Parton – Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection – (Sony Music)
Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe – (Geffen Records)
Mammoth WVH – Mammoth WVH (Deluxe Edition) – (EX1 Records)
Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
Last in Line – A Day in the Life E.P. – (earMusic / Edel Music)
Louis Tomlinson – Faith in the Future – (78 Productions Ltd / BMG Rights)
Black Eyed Peas – Elevation – (Epic Records)
Morris Day – Last Call – (Morris Day Entertainment)
Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony – (Tricki-Woo)
Epica – The Alchemy Project – (Atomic Fire Records)
Enuff Z’Nuff – Finer Than Sin – (Frontiers Records)
The Pretty Reckless – Other Worlds – (Goin’ Down Inc. / Fearless Records / Concord)
Devin Townsend – Lightwork – (Hevy Devy Records / InsideOutMusic)
Dean Lewis – The Hardest Love – (Island Records / Universal)
Dermot Kennedy – Sonder – (Riggins Recordings / Interscope Records / Island Records) 
First Aid Kit – Palomino – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
Teddy Swims – Sleeping is Exhausting E.P. – (Swims Int. / Warner Records)
Luke Evans – A Song For You – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
Dayseeker – Dark Sun – (Spinefarm Records / Universal)
Joe Lynn Turner – Belly of the Beast – (Mascot Label Group / Music Theories Recordings): Joe Lynn Turner is throwing all caution the wind, he is letting go of the wigs and letting loose the metal. I’m really excited about this one as he has one of the greatest rock voices out there and I can’t wait to see what he brings us this time around.
Foo Fighters – The Essential Foo Fighters – (Legacy Recordings)
Beatles – Revolver (Super Deluxe) – (Calderstone Productions / Universal)
Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World – (RCA Records / Sony Music)
The Damned – A Night of a Thousand Vampires – (earMusic / Edel Music)
Fear Factory – Recoded – (Nuclear Blast)
Taylor Swift – Midnights – (Taylor Swift): She’s BACK!!! Taylor is knocking out albums faster than Aaron Judge was hitting homeruns. This one is supposed to be about dreams or nightmares she has had…or something like that. All I know are my kids are excited. And Taylor will sell more albums than anyone and she hasn’t even released one single for this album yet…as a result, no video to show. If I get up in this morning and there is one, I will update.
Stryper – The Final Battle – (Frontiers Records): Micheal Sweet and company are back again. Talk about putting out a lot of albums. Michael Sweet is a freaking machine. And I think the quality has been there so I am on board for another one. Bring it Mr. Sweet!!
Skid Row – The Gang’s All Here – (earMusic / Edel Music & Entertainment): Skid Row is doing something they haven’t done since Sebastian Bach left the band and that is have people optimistically anticipating a new album. That is all because they now have Eric Gronwell (formerly of the band H.E.A.T.) as their lead singer. Hell, I want to hear it now as I love Eric. Can’t wait for this one.
Alter Bridge – Pawns & Kings – (Napalm Records): Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy return with another album. I will admit, I have been a little bored lately with their releases. Now, I love Tremonti releases and Myles solo stuff, but Alter Bridge has left me with a feeling somethings missing. Hopefully this will recapture some of the early magic.
Ellefson / Soto – Vacation in the Underworld – (Rat Pak Records): Jeff Scott Soto and former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson join forces for what I hope is a total beast of an album. It is cool sometimes to hear Soto go heavy. My review on this will be one of the last reviews in the Jeff Scott Soto Series so it will be awhile before we get to it.
The Cult – Under the Midnight Sun – (Black Hill Records / Round Hill Records): Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy bless us with another album as it has been 6 years since the last. Sign me up please!!
Richard Marx – Songwriter – (Shelter Music Group / BMG Rights Mgt): Can you believe Richard Marx is on his 13th Studio album. Crazy! But thankfully for us he is as I will always take new music from. I’ve been a fan of this pop artist since his mullet days! This album consists of songs in 4 different genres – pop, rock, country and ballads. Interesting.
Monster Truck – Warriors – (BMG Rights Mgmt): This Canadian hard rock, blues rock, southern rock band is back with another album. Have they run their course. I hope not, can’t wait to see what they have in store for us this time around.
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