Category: Pop Music

Friday New Releases – May 17, 2024

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Alright, it is Friday!!! And I can’t wait. Why? You may ask. Because I am getting not just a new album from Collective Soul celebrating their 30th anniversary, but a Double Album at that!! Yeah baby!! And that is where my focus will be there this week. What are you interested in this week? Let me know and let me know if we missed anything. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

  • Collective Soul – Here to Eternity – (Fuzze-Flex Records)
  • Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft – (Darkroom / Interscope Records)
  • Slash – Orgy of the Damned – (Snakepit Records / Gibson Records)
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Friday New Releases – May 10, 2024

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Happy Friday! And it is time for another batch of new releases and that always make Friday’s the best day of the week. We have around 30+ this time around so hopefully there is something for you. Me, I’ll try the new Sebastian Bach and maybe Judah & the Lion and if I find time, I’ll try out some more later down the road. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

  • Sebastian Bach – Child Within The Man – (Reigning Phoenix Music)
  • Kings of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun – (LoveTap Records / Capitol Records)
  • Powerman 5000 – Abandon Ship – (Cleopatra Records)
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Friday New Releases – May 3, 2024

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Can you believe it is already May? Man, these months keep flying by. Luckily each month and Friday brings us new releases and we have a handful for you today. The only one for this week that I want to hear is the new P.O.D. album ‘Veritas’. For you Pop fans, you have new Dua Lipa and Sia so that should make you happy. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

  •  P.O.D. – Veritas – (Mascot Label Group)
  • Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism – (Warner Records)
  •  Sia – Reasonable Woman – (Atlantic Records)
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My Sunday Song – “Bad romance” by Lady Gaga

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For My Sunday Song #409, we tackled Harrison’s next pick of “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga which was an unexpected, but welcome pick. The song is from Lady Gaga’s E.P. ‘The Fame Monster’ and was written by Lady Gaga and RedOne. The song did pretty well going #1 on the Top 40 Charts and #1 on the Dance charts as well, but held to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. To say it was popular is an understatement as it sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Crazy for a single. And the video, well it has over 1.7 Billion views. That is Billion with a B.

The song was inspired by the paranoia Lady Gaga felt while on tour for her debut album. It also draws from her quite unhealthy relationships she has had and is drawn to like a moth to a flame. Too many bad romances I guess. There is a big shout out Alfred Hitchcock movies with the lines…”I want your psycho, your vertigo schtick (Schtick, hey!) / Want you in my rear window, baby, you’re sick” which also points to unhealthy attachments that meet these adjectives.

The song is pure dance pop inspired by electro pop and it is full of synthesizers and drum machines. The song has one of the most catchiest openings with the “Oh-oh-oh’s” and then the “Ra-ra-ah-ah-ah / Roma Roma-ma / Gaga, “ooh la-la”. The minute you hear that you know the song and I think if you have a car full of people, they will all sing along. There is a rap piece in the middle and she even goes French for some lyrics. All making the song a massive earworm. One of the best pop songs she has ever done.

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Friday New Releases – April 19, 2024

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Welcome to will be a massive New Release day for one artist as Taylor Swift has a brand new album this week. No, not a “Taylor Version” of an old album, but a brand new one. The woman is a machine with as much product as she puts out. And for the rest of us, there is the new Pearl Jam record and that first song and title track, Dark Matter, is pretty awesome. There a ton of other releases today as well so check them out and let us know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

  • Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department – (Republic Records)
  • Pearl Jam – Dark Matter – (Monkeywrench / Republic Records)
  • Bruce Springsteen – Best of Bruce Springsteen – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
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Friday New Releases – April 12, 2024

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Welcome to another Friday New Releases. This week we might not have a ton of releases but there are some good ones I am wanting to hear. First for me this week is Will Hoge’s new album ‘Tenderhearted Boys’. I am a huge fan of this talented singer/songwriter. One of my favorites. I can’t wait to hear what is in store this time around. Next is is the greatest hits compilation from Linkin Park with 20 of their biggest hits. Then, I want to check out the new Mark Knopfler and the new Blue Oyster Cult. You country fans might be excited by Ernest and maybe Tyler Hubbard. Take a look through the list and let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

  • Will Hoge – Tenderhearted Boys – (EDLO Records / Soundly Music)
  • Linkin Park – Papercuts – (Warner Records)
  •  Mark Knopfler – One Deep River – (British Grove Records / EMI / Will D. Side Ltd / Universal)
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Friday New Releases – March 29, 2024

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We are to the end of another month and it was a great month of new music for me. I’m glad though it is ending in a whimper as I need a break for the wallet and time to catch up on what I already picked up this month. So, nothing for me this week. What are you wanting to hear. Let us know and what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

  •  Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell – (Rise Records)
  •  Aaron Lewis – The Hill – (Big Machine Label Group)
  •  Michael Schenker Group – Is It Loud Enough? Michael Schenker 1980-1983 – (Chrysalis)
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Friday New Releases – March 22, 2024

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March keeps flying by and we have another long list of releases for you this week. The last two weeks for me have been huge with a ton of releases I was dying to hear and some I bought. This week, there is only one I want to hear and it is the new album by Gary Clark Jr. He has impressed me a lot and so I want to see what he has in store for us this go around. And who am I kidding, I’ll probably stream Alestorm because who doesn’t need a little Pirate Metal in their life. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

  •  Gary Clark Jr. – JPEG Raw – (Warner Records)
  •  Cruzh – The Jungle Revolution – (Frontiers Records)
  • Alestorm – Voyage of the Dead Marauder E.P. – (Napalm Records)
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Friday New Releases – March 15, 2024

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Welcome to Friday New Releases and are there some huge releases this week. Man, what a good week. For me, the biggest is the new solo album from Scott Stapp who I have become a big fan of as his solo albums are phenomenal!! But that isn’t all! Not even close. We get the brand new Black Crowes album, Justin Timberlake and Kasey Musgraves albums. I have a lot of listening to do now as that is 4 releases I am dying to stream and/or buy. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • Scott Stapp – Higher Power – (Napalm Records)
  •  The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards – (Silver Arrow Records)
  •  Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was – (RCA Records)
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Friday New Releases – March 8, 2024

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This week is going to be an awesome week. Why? Because the new Judas Priest album, ‘Invincible Shield’ is out. My Target Deluxe Edition is on its way and can’t wait to spin it!! I’m also waiting on the 50th Anniversary Alice Cooper ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ album. I might check out the Norah Jones release too. For a lot of other people, I am sure the Ariana Grande new one will be a popular choice. And there some George Lynch fans out there (not me) who will want the new The End Machine album. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

  • Judas Priest – Invincible Shield – (Sony Music)
  •  Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine – (Republic Records)
  •  Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (50th Anniversary) – (Warner Records)
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