Friday New Releases – March 7, 2025

March kicks off with a bang with a major release from Lady Gaga!! For those of a different ilk, you’ve got Scorpion Child, Neil Young, Jethro Tull and even Jason Isbell. Ok, you can’t forget Tobymac or even Spiritbox . So many to name so instead of me naming them, just look at the list below. I will give Scorpion Child a listen and then decide if I should order. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • Lady Gaga – Mayhem – (Interscope Records)
  • Scorpion Child – I Saw The End As It Passed Right Through – (SoNo Recording Group)
  • Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow – (Southeastern Records)
  • TobyMac – Heaven On My Mind – (ForeFront Records / Capitol Records)
  • Neil Young – Oceanside Countryside – (The Other Shoe Productions / Reprise Records)
  • Spiritbox – Tsunami Sea – (Pale Chord Music / Rise Records)
  • Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant – (InsideOutMusic)
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Friday New Releases – February 28, 2025

Wow! Another month has ended but the new releases keep on coming. We have around 50 for you this week. I only have one on order but it is one I already own on several formats. It is Bon Jovi’s Slipper When Wet. This time I am getting the liquid vinyl. Can’t wait to show it off. And for you Timothy Chalamet lovers, his soundtrack to the Bob Dylan biopic is out now in a physical format. I’ve heard that Timothy’s vocals were so spot on that even Bob Dylan thought the vocals sucked. (Sorry, stole that joke from somewhere on Facebook I believe). Let me know what you want to listen to this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (Deluxe Version) – (Island Records)
  • Architects – The Sky, The Earth & All Between – (Epitaph)
  • Timothy Chalamet – A Complete Unknown Soundtrack – (Columbia Records)
  • Kip Moore – Solitary Tracks – (Slowhearts Production)
  • Supertramp – Live in Paris 1979 – (Mercury Studios)
  • Ella Fitzgerald – The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum – (Verve Records)
  • Perfect Plan – Heart of a Lion – (Frontiers Records)
  • Robin McAuley – Soulbound – (Frontiers Records)
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Friday New Releases – February 21, 2025

Welcome back to Friday New Releases. This week, I have a couple on pre-order with Jason Bieler and David Lee Roth and I can’t wait to get them. There is also some more rock available with Killswitch Engage and Dirty Honey and for those pop people there is Mat Kearney and Tate McRae plus a whole lot more. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra – The Escapologists
  • David Lee Roth – The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 – (Rhino Entertainment / Warner Music)
  • Killswitch Engage – This Consequence – (Metal Blade Records)
  • Dirty Honey – Mayhem And Revelry Live – (Dirt Records)
  • Mat Kearney – Mat Kearney (Still Drowning in Nostalgia) – (Middle Kid Records)
  • Tate McRae – So Close To What – (RCA Records / Sony Music)
  • Silverstein – Antibloom – (UNFD)
  • Sam Fender – People Watching – (Polydor Records / Universal Music)
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Friday New Releases – February 14, 2025

Happy Valentines Day! For those that don’t celebrate this date, you now can by buying some new music. A bunch of good ones coming your way including a brand new Greatest Hits from Rick Springfield and this one covers everything in the 2000’s so stuff you might not realize he has done. It has a great track listing. There is some Lacuna Coil and even a box set fro Gillan!! Plus you metal bangers might like Dynazty and Crazy Lixx as well. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • Rick Springfield – Big Hits: Rick Springfield’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 – (Sing)
  • Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire – (Century Media Records / 119 Productions)
  • The Lumineers – Automatic – (Dualtone Music Group / MNRK Records)
  • Gillan – 1978-1982 Deluxe – (Edsel Records)
  • Dynazty – Game of Faces – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Crazy Lixx – Thrill of a Bite – (Frontiers Records)
  • Ginger Evil – The Way It Burns – (Frontiers Records)
  • Mantric Momentum – Alienized – (Frontiers Records)
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Friday New Releases – February 7, 2025

For me, February is kicking off with a bang. I have Wilder Woods coming and if you don’t know it is Bear Rinehart’s side project away from Needtobreathe. And if that wasn’t enough, you get the re-recorded debut album from Will Hoge called Carousel…in case you missed it first time around. There are almost 50 albums this month, so hopefully there is something for you. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • Wilder Woods – Curioso – (Dualtone Music Group / MNRK Records)
  • Will Hoge – Carousel – (Will Hoge)
  • Dave Matthews Band – Where Are You Going: The Singles – (RCA Records / Sony Music)
  • Dream Theater – Parasomnia – (Ytse Jams Inc. / InsideOutMusic)
  • Nessa Barrett – Aftercare (Deluxe) – (Warner Records)
  • Kendrick Lamar – GNX – (PG Lang / Interscope Records)
  • Guided By Voices – Universe Room – (GBV Inc)
  • Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking – (Sony Music)
  • Thundermother – Dirty & Divine – (AFM Records / Soulfood Music Distribution)
  • JohnnySwim – When the War is Over – (Mr And Mrs Swim)
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Friday New Releases – January 31, 2025

Man, we are already to the end of January and the month flew by. Luckily for you, we have another large batch of releases for you to peruse. I thought about the W.A.S.P. box set but at $126 for the CD and $250 for the Vinyl, not sure I’m that big a fan. Other than that, I don’t really have anything I want to grab…maybe stream only. 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.

  • W.A.S.P. – 7 Savage: 1984-1992 (Box Set) – (Madfish Records)
  • Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai – G3: 25th Anniversary Tour – (EarMusic)
  • Dio – The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 – (Niji Entertainment Group / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Saliva – Revelation: Retold – (Judge & Jury Records)
  • All That Remains – Antifragile – (All That Remains)
  • The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow – (XO / Republic Records)
  • Kim Wilde – Closer – (Wildflower Records / Cherry Red Records)
  • The Night Flight Orchestra – Give Us The Moon – (Napalm Records)
  • Rory – Restoration – (Sadcore)
  • Pentagram – Lightning In a Bottle – (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  • Great American Ghost – Tragedy of the Commons – (Sharptone)
  • The Hellacopters – Overdriver – (Nuclear Blast)
  • moe. – Circle of Giants – (Fatboy Records / ATO Records)
  • Kilmara – Journey To The Sun – (Roar)
  • Robert Ascroft – Echo Still Remains – (Hand Drawn Dracula)
  • Lilly Hiatt – Forever – (New West Records)
  • Penny & Sparrow – Lefty – (I Love You / Thirty Tigers)
  • Rumer — In Session – (Rumer/Ciancia Management)
  • Everyone Says Hi – Everyone Says Hi – (Prediction Records / Chrysalis)
  • Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey From A Winter Stone – (Nonesuch)
  • L.S. Dunes – Violet – (Fantasy Records)
  • Jonathan Hulten – Eyes of the Living Night – (KScope / Snapper Music)
  • Tayne – Love – (Inside Job / MNRK Records)
  • Maribou State — Hallucinating Love – (Ninja Tune)
  • Canty — Dim Binge – (Full Time Hobby)
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy — The Purple Bird – (No Quarter)
  • Brooke Combe — Dancing at the Edge of the World – (Modern Sky UK)
  • Charlie Houston – Big After I Die – (Arts & Crafts Productions)
  • Eddie Chacon – Lay Low – (Stones Throw Records)
  • Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains — Âge Fleuve – (InFiné)
  • Jaye Jayle — After Alter – (Pelagic Records)
  • Johnny Lloyd — Punchline – (Xtra Mile Recordings)
  • Eterna — Debunker – (section1)
  • Pink Chameleons — Harmony – (Soliti)
  • Prison — Downstate – (Drag City)
  • N NAO — Nouveau Langage – (Mothland)
  • Pentire — Love on TV EP – (Pentire)
  • Damon Locks — List of Demands – (International Anthem)
  • Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado – House of Sticks – (Mascot Label Group / Provogue)
  • Jan Arden – Mixtape – (Universal Music)

Friday New Releases – January 24, 2025

Happy Friday and we have a ton of releases for you today including some really big names like Teddy Swim, Kane Brown, Eric Clapton and The Weeknd to name a few. There is nothing really for me this week…I might tryout Larkin Poe’s new one but that is probably it. 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.

  • Kane Brown – The High Road – (Sony Music Nashville)
  • Eric Clapton – Meanwhile – (Surfdog / Eric Clapton)
  • Larkin Poe – Bloom – (Tricki Woo)
  • Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy: Part 2 – (Warner Records)
  • The Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow – (XO Records/Republic)
  • Thin Lizzy — Acoustic Sessions – (Universal Music)
  • Joey McIntyre – Freedom – (Bowen Arrow Productions)
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Friday New Releases – January 17, 2025

Another slow week to kick off the year unless you like David Gray, Mac Miller and Steve Hackett plus Frontiers Records releases. For me, nothing that grabs my attention fully. I am still enjoying Tremonti’s new one from last week. Let me know what you want to hear or we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

  • David Gray – Dear Life – (Laugh A Minute Records)
  • Mac Miller – Balloonerism – (Warner Records)
  • Steve Hackett – Live Magic at Trading Boundaries – (InsideOutMusic)
  • The Big Deal – Electrified – (Frontiers Records)
  • Landfall – Wide Open Sky -(Frontiers Records)
  • Rufus Wainwright — Dream Requiem – (Warner Classics)
  • The Weather Station – Humanhood – (Fat Possum Records)
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Friday New Releases – January 10, 2025

Welcome to the first Friday New Release post of 2025. There are not a lot this week, but some really big names so hopefully something for you. Me…I’m Tremonti and Franz Ferdinand all the way!! Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and get ready for another year of Friday New Releases!!!

  • Tremonti – The End Will Show Us How – (Napalm Records)
  • Franz Ferdinand – The Human Fear – (Domino Record Co.)
  • Ringo Starr – Look Up – (Lost Highway Records / Rockabella / UMG Recordings)
  • The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Magnum – Live at KK’s Steel Mill – (Steamhammer)
  • Stick To Your Guns – Keep Planting Flowers – (Sharptone)
  • Ben Barnes – Where the Light Gets In – (Ben Barnes)
  • Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out – (City Slang)
  • Moonchild Sanelly – Full Moon – (Transgressive)
  • Krokofant – 6 – (Is It Jazz? Records)
  • Fynn Kliemann – Tod – (twoFinger Records)
  • Mon Rovîa – Act 4: Atonement – (Nettwerk Music Group)

What to Expect in Music in 2025?

2025 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums will come out in the year. Since today would normally be a Friday New Release post, let’s look at the new releases coming our way in 2025. 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 – It is time for The Collection Vol. 4!! Come on boys, give it to us!! Or a new album…whichever you want. Well – we didn’t get a new album, but we got a new live album ‘One Night Only: Live at the Leadmill’ which was pretty great.  
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  Time to start up more Soundboard LPs or another box set…give us something! Still nothing!! No new album, no more Soundboards LPs and not even a release of The Final Show from MSG…come on guys (or label) and hurry it up. Give us something other than Anniversary Editions with nothing new.
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album! – Still nothing…no new albums…more tour announcements. Honestly, I don’t really care anymore so what.
  • 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. – Nothing at all from him in 2024 but live shows.  Dude!! Where is the new music???
  • Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!! – No, no Richie album, but we got a new album with ‘Forever’ and it wasn’t half bad.  Still waiting on that 40th Anniversary Box Set!!
  • Robbie Williams – Hey Robbie, time for a new pop album…no more Trance please!! – No new album but at the end of the year he released a Biopic with his character as a monkey. Movie will get a wide release in 2025 and a soundtrack…which is on order.

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 – It is time for The Collection Vol. 4!! Come on boys, give it to us!! Or a new album…whichever you want.
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  Time to start up more Soundboard LPs or another box set…give us something! Even give us the Blu Ray of the final Kiss show that I was at, that would be awesome too!!
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album! Do we even care anymore? Not really, but I’ll keep on the list.
  • 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.
  • Billy Idol – There are rumors of a new album and even Steve Stevens showed a test pressing..could it be??!!
  • Paul Laine – In 2024, there were rumors of a solo album and a full Jet City Junkies release…please…please…Give us both!!!
  • Creed – They had a massively successful tour in 2024 and it will continue in 2025…will there be new music? Oh, please say it will be so!

From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2025 or are rumored, 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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