Friday New Releases – January 13, 2022

The second week of the year and we have a much larger selection for you this week. And one that I am actually interested in hearing and then will decide if I get. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed and as always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

  • 81ihmfvhpTL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  VV – Neon Noir – (Heartagram Records): Former lead singer of the band H.I.M., Ville Valo is going solo and I am looking forward to hearing this as I have always loved his tone and I found H.I.M. pretty interesting so this will be first listen this week.
  • A1metz67q2L._AC_UY218_  Margo Price – Strays – (Loma Vista Recordings / Concord)
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Friday New Releases – January 6, 2023

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

  • 91WpPAyS6ML._AC_UY218_  Iggy Pop – Every Loser – (Gold Tooth Records / Atlantic Records)
  • 7122ay-Gb4L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Olivia Newton-John – Greatest Hits Vol. 2/Deluxe Edition – (Primary Wave Music)
  • 91cVTAPIztL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children – (Spinefarm Records / Universal)
  • 61Z67N8WrHL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  L.A. Edwards – Out of the Heart of Darkness – (Bitchin’ Music Group)
  • 71TNgM+GFdL._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  JVRA – Veracity – (J Vera Records)
  • 91yRtZrORxL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Kidd Keratic – To Be Loved E.P. – (Kidd Keratic)
  • 81mVBYUQm4L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Gabriella Aplin – Phosphorescent – (Never Fade Records)
  • 81lCGdGMe6L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Doom Flower – Limestone Ritual – (Record Label & Doom Flower)
  • 818H5KYLIcL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Ouija Macc & Golden Bsp – Hideous – (Chapter 17 Records)
  • 815UPypFsCL._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  RuPaul – Black Butta – (RuCo Inc.)
  • download-27  Javis Mays – New Beginnings E.P. – (JaMays Music)

What to Expect in New Music for 2023???

2023 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums will come out in the year. Since today would normaly be a Friday New Release post, let’s look at the new releases coming our way in 2023. There are quite a few we already know about, but some haven’t been officially announced or even a date set yet.

Last year, there were a few artist I was hoping would release an album that might have or might not have released one.  It is always fun to hope for new music from these bands, but sometimes there are disappointments.  Here are the ones I was hoping to get new albums from last year and what actually happened…

  • Def Leppard – They’ve been writing…will we get the new album in 2022??  Or at least The Collection Vol. 4 which is the final in the series – We did get a fantastic new album called ‘Diamond Star Halos’ but no The Collection Volume 4!!!
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!! – We did get 3 Off the Soundboard releases and the Creatures of the Night Box Set, so that was at least a success!
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!! – STILL NOTHING…But did get a Use Your Illusion Box Set…big whoop!
  • Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set, but will he get around to releasing it?? We did get a 10 song E.P. with highlights from the Rock Opera which was fantastic, but no full release yet of The Life & Times of Eddie Gage’
  • Poison – I think it is time for a new album! NOPE! They did the Stadium Tour with Def Leppard & Motley Crue…but nothing new and doesn’t look like there will be any time soon.
  • Will Hoge – His last one was 2020 so now is the time for another! And we got it!! It is amazing and called ‘Wings On My Shoes’
  • Billy Idol – He teased us with an E.P. in 2021.  A full album would be nice. Okay, No full album, but another killer E.P. I think I could take an E.P. a year.

Okay, are there albums I want to see this year from some of my favorite bands that haven’t been announced or in some cases even rumored?  Of course there are.  These are the bands I want new albums from this year…but it might not happen.

  • Def Leppard – Too soon for a new album, but give us The Collection Vol. 4!!
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  At least give us another Soundboard LP.
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album!
  • Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set for over 3 years and still nothing much, but will he get around to releasing the full Life & Times of Eddie Gage? I hope so.
  • Ace Frehley – It is time for a new album…no Origins, Vol 3…a new album!!
  • Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!!

From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2023, but no dates announced yet. The ones I would give a try will be highlighted in Blue. The ones with Dates Announced are at the bottom of this post. The list is building up nicely!!

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The Top Rock Albums of 2022

I can’t believe we are through with another year. And what a year it was, It saw me complete my goal of one post for every day of the year and it saw me start and still not finish the massive Jeff Scott Soto Series. I still have about 6 months to go on that one. Crazy. It saw some struggles as I had a minor surgery but the two week recovery was hard and then I got sick and was miserable for another two weeks and that put a massive damper on my enthusiasm for writing. For October, I barely wrote anything. Thankfully, I keep ahead so it had no impact on my readers, you probably didn’t even notice, but for me, it was hard. But we are way past that now and all is good.

With the Soto series and the Scorpions series, I actually didn’t spend much time with new releases, but I did have a bunch that I liked and wish I spent more time with. So, we are going to go through the Top 10 Rock Albums of 2022 and of course there will be some honorable mentions, a worst of album and some of my favorite Non-Rock albums. Sit back, grab a cup of coffee if it is morning, or a beer if it is any other time of day…and enjoy!!

TOP ROCK ALBUMS OF 2022:

#10 – HALESTORM – BACK FROM THE DEAD: Lzzy Hale and the boys are back from the dead and they are rocking the hell out of you with this one. With the title track, then “Wicked Ways” and “The Steeple”, they showed they mean business and are carrying the torch for rock. Listen to this and you know Rock Ain’t Dead!! And if you want more great ones, I really like “Psycho Crazy” and the ballad “Raise Your Horns”…oh sooooo good!!

#9 – H.E.A.T. – FORCE MAJEURE: I thought there last album was amazing with Erik Gronwell on vocals, but Erik left and is now with Skid Row who also released an album this year. Original H.E.A.T. lead singer, Kenny Leckremo, returned and they released another stellar release. I like it way better than the new Skid Row…sorry Erik. Such stellar tracks as “Back to the Rhythm”, “Nationwide”, “Tainted Blood” and “Demon Eyes” to only name a handful.

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Friday New Releases – December 16, 2022

Welcome to the last Friday New Releases post of 2022. The next two weeks there aren’t enough releases to bother posting so this is it. We will return on or about January 6, 2023 assuming there is enough releases that week. I am getting the Halestorm Deluxe Edition album for Back From the Dead, but that is it for me. What are you interested in this week? Let us know what that may be and what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

  • 814pgB+ZCWL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Halestorm – Back From the Dead (Deluxe Edition) – (Atlantic Records)
  • Cheap Trick – Live at the Whiskey 1977 (45th Anniversary 4CD Set) – (Real Gone Music)
  • 71vXZMaPclL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Frank Zappa – Waka/Wazoo – (Universal Music)
  • 61IiPaWGE5L._AC_UY218_  Seether – Disclaimer (Deluxe Edition) – (Craft Recordings / Concord)81u+BDbDNeL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_  Kansas – Another Fork in the Road: 50 Years of Kansas – (Inside Out Music)
  • 61VULrgOH9L._AC_UY218_  Bloodclot! – Souls – (Upstate Records / Blood Blast Distribution)
  • 81EZA01Q4LL._AC_UY218_  Jacquees – Sincerely For You – (Cash Money Records)
  • download-11  Marcotic – Mobile Home Rich – (Mobile Home Records)
  • 71Zqm2wM+rL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Percussor – Ravenous Despondency – (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
  • 81aKRtdmk7L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Circa Survive – Two Dreams – (Rise Records)
  • 61o2ZZ76wqL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Mimi Barks – Deadgirl – (Silent Cult)
  • 714jkOsMNTL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Mori Calliope – Sinderella – (Universal Music)

Friday New Releases – December 9, 2022

Happy Friday! Fridays are always great since we get new releases and it is the start of the weekend. But this one might be the very last Friday New Releases as I’m done…well…I’m done for 2022! As there aren’t enough releases the next few Fridays to do a post. But it will be back in 2023!!! 2023?? Wow, is almost that time already…time flies. It is typical this time of year for releases to slow down as artists hold off on releasing if they can’t get it out early enough before Christmas. Now, between now and next week, if I find enough to do the 16th’s releases, I will do one. Cross your fingers, but if we do, that is for sure the last one for the year. For me, there is really nothing I need. Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Have a great weekend.

  • 81y0NQ+oPIL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Journey – Live in Concert at Lollapalooza – (Frontiers Records)
  • 71tqnuY209L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  David Crosby – Live at Capitol Theatre – (Three Blind Mice / BMG Rights Mgt)
  • 8193-lYhq4L._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  Sabu – Banshee – (Frontiers Records)
  • 91GoZLs1cdL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Rob Moratti – Epical – (Frontiers Records)
  • 61FtpkrCQNL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Landfall – Elevate – (Frontiers Records)
  • 811JBZ8ayJL._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  Nevena – Nevena – (Frontiers Records)
  • 813286Gw+lL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Tony DeCarlo – Dancing in the Moonlight – (Frontiers Records)
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Friday New Releases – December 2, 2022

We are getting closer to Christmas and the end of the year so releases tend to start slowing down and this week is pretty slow. A couple great box sets coming and I can’t believe Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s album ‘Trouble’ is 25 years old already. I think I’ll give that one a listen for sure. Let me know what you want to hear this week and what we may have missed on the list. Thanks for stopping by and next week will have a few more releases then this week.

  • 81vqT8FPJoL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Trouble is 25 – (Mascot Label Group / Provogue)
  • 81L+W--B49L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen – The Legendary Typewrite Tape: 6/25/64 Jorma’s House – (Fantility Corp & Jorma Kaukonen / Omnivore Recordings)
  • 811uUJhGR8L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor 1972 (Super Deluxe Edition) – (Capitol Records / Brother Records)
  • 71tfZoyqMWL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Paul McCartney – The 7″ Singles – (MPL Communications)
  • 91jAjIsXtPL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Cody Johnson – Cody Johnson & the Rockin’ CJB Live – (CoJo Music / Warner Music)
  • 91sOJCPZ96L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  NOFX – Double Album – (Fat Wreck Chords)
  • 81fp9elQ8tL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Elvis Presley – Elvis on Tour – (RCA Records / Sony Music)
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Friday New Releases – November 25, 2022

Welcome to Black Friday and as a result, there aren’t a ton of new releases this week. In fact, it is Black Friday Record Store Day for 2022 so that is taking the steam away from the new releases. If you want the RSD releases…go to the bottom of the list and they are all there. I have nothing I really want from either the new releases or the RSD list so my wallet is getting a break which is great after last week’s Kiss box set for Creatures of the Night. It needs a break!! Let me know what you want or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

  • 91nNvcyCJIL._SX522_  Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Live at the Fillmore, 1997 – (Petty Legacy LLC / Warner)
  • 91rXKIkhRnL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  David Bowie – Divine Symmetry – (Parlophone Records / Jones & Tintoretto Entertainment)
  • 818Do20TNwL._AC_UY436_QL65_  Ringo Starr – Live at the Greek Theater 2019 – (BFD)
  •   Sword – III – (Massacre Records / Soulfood Music)
  • 91GHLorI7JL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Our Mirage – Eclipse – (Arising Empire)
  • 61dZYsenr+L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Stormzy – This is What I Mean – (Def Jam / Hashtag Merky Music / Universal)
  • 81LxzWFEVNL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Felix Riebl – Everyday Amen – (My Shore Productions / AWAL Recordings)
  • 81nHRBv-J3L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  High Command – Eclipse of the Dual Moons – (Southern Lord)
  • 81ddjsxASvL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Leather – We Are the Chosen – (Steamhammer)
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Friday New Releases – November 18, 2022

Happy Friday and let me tell you I’m happy. My Kiss Creatures of the Night Box Set should be here this afternoon and I can’t wait as that is my big purchase for myself as I need everything Kiss!! But have my eye on that Queen The Miracle Box Set as well and might get that one too! We will see. Let me know what you are wanting this week or what we might have missed. Thanks as always for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

The two I want….

  • 71BSGYa8aWL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Kiss – Creatures of the Night (40th Anniversary Edition) – (UMe / UMG)
  • 517Tlhq8o1L._SX522_  Queen – The Miracle (Deluxe Edition or Collector’s Edition) – (Hollywood Records)

And all the rest…

  • 91uu2Obvj2L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Nickelback – Get Rollin’ – (Nickelback II Productions / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • 91KKEzXIt0L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Disturbed – Divisive – (Reprise Records)
  • 91lK6RPCdjL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Michael Jackson – Thriller 40 – (Sony Music)
  • 61NnD6awUzL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Dolly Parton – Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection – (Sony Music)
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Friday New Releases – November 11, 2022

November is in full swing. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, but before then be thankful for the new music releases we have this week. We only have around 40 for you, but that is still quite a lot. There are couple I might pick up, but nothing I have to have right here and now. Let me know what you want to hear this week and what we may have missed. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

  • 81K2lT0mX8L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion Super Deluxe – (Geffen Records)
  • A1rU9TkoqBL._AC_UL640_FMwebp_QL65_  Mammoth WVH – Mammoth WVH (Deluxe Edition) – (EX1 Records)
  • 71ss5xyE-pL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • 71Hm6S7eVfL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Last in Line – A Day in the Life E.P. – (earMusic / Edel Music)
  • 61P08SO01rL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Louis Tomlinson – Faith in the Future – (78 Productions Ltd / BMG Rights)
  • 61uAzj7XbwL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Black Eyed Peas – Elevation – (Epic Records)
  • 81iKtaiIp6L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Morris Day – Last Call – (Morris Day Entertainment)
  • 71p4IABC4nL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony – (Tricki-Woo)
  • 91u6Ie8UX1L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Epica – The Alchemy Project – (Atomic Fire Records)
  • 71r4dxuS6sL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Enuff Z’Nuff – Finer Than Sin – (Frontiers Records)
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