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!!

Continue reading “What to Expect in Music in 2025?”

FRIDAY NEW RELEASES

There are no more Friday New Release posts for the year as there are so few and so insignificant of releases that it is not worth posting anything. Instead, I wanted to remind everyone that at the top of every page is a “NEW RELEASE” button that will take you to a list of all releases that I know about that are coming out in the next several months. In fact, I even have one out listed that is May 2025. A bunch are already announced and a ton more to go. Please click on that and check it out. It will probably be January 10th or even 17th before we come back with Friday New Releases.

Thanks for the support and see you back here soon.

Friday New Releases – December 6, 2024

This is the final Friday New Release post of 2024. There are fewer and fewer releases as we get closer to the end of the year and not enough each week to do a post (<10 per week). If you want to see everything coming out…go to the New Release tab above and bookmark it. It even has a nice list started for 2025.

We have a handful you this week and nothing I have to have. I might stream The Rolling Stones and Tori Amos ones, but that is it for me. 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.

  • The Rolling Stones – Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush – (Mercury Studios)
  • Tori Amos – Diving Deep Live – (Decca Records / Universal)
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Fruitcake – (Island Records)
  • Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa Live From The Royal Albert Hall – (Warner Records)
  • Jethro Tull – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album: Fresh Snow at Christmas – (InsideOutMusic)
  • Hozier – Unreal Unearth Unending – (Rubyworks / Columbia Records)
  • Until I Wake – Renovate – (Fearless Records / Concord)
  • Lucinda Williams – Sings the Beatles from Abbey Road – (Highway 20 Records)
  • Interpol – Live at Third Man Records – (Third Man Records)
  • Powell-Payne – Voila – (Frontiers Records)
  • Tarja – Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest – (earMusic / Edel Music & Entertainment)
  • Gleemer – End of the Nail – (Other People Records)
  • Neckbreakker – Within the Viscera – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Magic Kingdom – Blaze of Rage – (Sharptone)
  • Rose – Rosie – (Atlantic Records)
  • Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature – (EMI / Universal)
  • The Blasters – Over There: Live at the Venue, London The Complete Concert – (Liberation Hall)
  • Dax – From A Man’s Perspective – (Records Label, LLC / Columbia)

Friday New Releases – November 29, 2024

There are only a handful of new releases for this Friday. Why? Well, it is Black Friday so no one wants to compete with the Record Store Day Black Friday Sale!! So, that list is here for your viewing pleasure. There a couple things I wouldn’t mind getting, but I won’t be around for Black Friday so I’ll have to pay the late tax if I can’t find it online. Oh well. What do you want this week? Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • Phil Collins – Live From the Board: Official Bootleg – (Craft Recordings / Rhino Records)
  • Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 – (Rhino Records)
  • Jazz Sabbath – The 1968 Tapes – (Blacklake)
  • Regina Spektor – Songs – (Sire Records)
  • Fire Action – Until the Heat Dies – (Steamhammer)
  • Bedsore – Dreaming the Strife for Love – (2o Buck Spin)
  • The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers – (Therese Records)
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – November 29, 2024”

Friday New Releases – November 22, 2024

This is the last big release Friday of the month as next week is Thanksgiving in the U.S. and new album releases are limited (unless you are Record Store Day for Black Friday). But this week, what are you looking forward to hear? I am expecting the Bon Jovi debut Deluxe Edition & their Japanese Greatest Hits album. I might check out the Storace album. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • Storace – Crossfire – (Frontiers Records)
  • Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi (Deluxe Edition) – (Island Records)
  • Bon Jovi – All The Best 1984-2024 (Super Deluxe) – (Universal Japan)
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Aghori Mhori Mei – (Martha’s Music) – CD & Vinyl
  • U2 – How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Re-Assembled Edition) – (Island Records)
  • Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla (50th Anniversary Remixed & Remastered) – (MNRK Heavy)
  • Bryan Adams – Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024 (Box Set) – (BAD) – CD Box Set
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – November 22, 2024”

Friday New Releases – November 15, 2024

A few big ones this week most especially the brand new Linkin Park album with their new singer. I’m interested in hearing this one. My daughter, on the other hand, is looking forward to Shawn Mendes. He’s the first singer she really liked. And a whole bunch 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!!

  • Linkin Park – From Zero – (Warner Records)
  • Shawn Mendes – Shawn – (Island Records / UMG)
  • Dwight Yoakam – Brighter Days – (Via Entertainment)
  • Brooks & Dunn – Reboot II – (Sony Music Nashville)
  • Gwen Stefani – Bouquet – (Interscope Records)
  • Mary J. Blige – Gratitude – (300 Entertainment)
  • Nickelback – Live From Nashville – (BMG)
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – November 15, 2024”

Friday New Releases – November 8, 2024

Another Friday and another load of new releases. Not as many as we’ve seen in the past and a handful of reissues. One I’m getting is the Ratt 40th Anniversary of ‘Out of the Cellar’. Let me 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.

  • Ratt – Out of the Cellar (40th Anniversary) – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Neal Morse – No Hill For a Climber – (InsideOutMusic)
  • Talking Heads – 77 Super – (Rhino / Warner Records)
  • The Pineapple Thief – Last to Run – (KScope)
  • State Champs – State Champs – (Pure Noise Records)
  • Nathan Evans – 1994 – (Better Now Records / Universal Music)
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – November 8, 2024”

Friday New Releases – November 1, 2024

We are already in November, the year is winding down but that doesn’t mean the new releases are. Here is a new batch of albums for you this week. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. Nothing for me this week, sadly! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • Skillet – Revolution – (Hear It Loud)
  • The Cure – Songs of a Lost World – (Polydor Records / Lost Music Ltd / Universal)
  • VOLA – Friend of a Phantom – (Mascot Label Group)
  • Willie Nelson – Last Leaf on the Tree – (Legacy Recordings)
  • Weezer – Weezer (Blue 30th Anniversary) – (Geffen)
  • Elvis Costello – King of America & Other Realms (Super Deluxe) – (UMe)
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – November 1, 2024”

Friday New Releases – October 25, 2024

Happy Friday…the releases are hot & heavy this month so a great way to close out the month! Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. I have the Whitesnake box set and the H.I.M. Greatest Hits collection on order. Can’t wait to get them both. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

  • Whitesnake – Into the Light: The Solo Albums – (Saltburn LLC / Rhino Entertainment)
  • Mr. Big – The Big Finish Live – (Evoxs)
  • HIM – When Love & Death Embrace: Best of 1997-2003 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Dug Pinnick – Thingamajigger – (Rat Pak Records)
  • Halsey – The Great Impersonator – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns – (Black River Entertainment)
  • Tears for Fears – Songs for a Nervous Planet – (Concord Records)
  • Duran Duran – Danse Macabre: De Luxe – (BMG Rights Mgmt) – Physical release as digital came out on October 11th.
  • 311 – Full Bloom – (Skp, Inc.)
  • Queen – Queen 1 (2024 Mix) – (Hollywood Records)
  • Motorhead – We Take No Prisoners The Singles 1995-2006 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • ABBA – The Singles: The First Fifty Years – (Polydor)
  • Josh Lovelace – Shelters – (Stonycroft Records / Missing Piece Records)
  • Devin Townsend – PowerNerd – (HevyDevy Records / InsideOutMusic)
  • Atreyu – The Pronoia Sessions – (Spinefarm Music Group)
  • Amyl and the Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness – (Virgin Music International)
  • Bastille – “&” (Ampersand) – (Best Laid Plans Records / Universal Music)
  • Green Day – American Idiot (20th Anniversary) – (Reprise Records)
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Live at Fillmore East, 1969 – (Atlantic Records)
  • The Allman Brothers Band – Final Concert 10-28-14 – (Peach Records)
  • Pixies – The Night the Zombies Came – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Beth Hart – You Still Got Me – (Mascot Label Group / Provogue)
  • Bryan Ferry – Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Andrea Bocelli – Duets (30th Anniversary) – (Decca Records / Universal Music)
  • Frank Sinatra – L.A. is my Lady – (Frank Sinatra Enterprises)
  • The Oak Ridge Boys – Mama Boys – (Lightning Rod Records)
  • Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat – (Chrysalis Records / Partisan Records)
  • Chuck Prophet – Wake the Dead – (Yep Roc Records)
  • Casandra’s Crossing – Garden of Earthly Delights – (Frontiers Records)
  • Behemoth – XXX Years Ov Blasphemy – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Fit for an Autopsy – The Nothing That Is – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Gaerea – Coma – (Season of Mist)
  • Trauma Ray – Chameleon – (Dais Records)
  • Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible – (Sharptone)
  • Nitrogods – Valley of the Gods – (Massacre Records / Soulfood Music Distribution)
  • Miranda And The Beat – Can’t Take It – (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
  • League of Distortion – Galvanize – (Napalm Records)
  • Baldwin – Rally E.P. – (Edgewater Music Group)
  • Mark Bryan – Popped – (Mark Bryan Music Publishing)
  • The Effigies – Burned – (Effigies)
  • Courteeners – Pink Cactus Cafe – (Ignition Records)
  • Harpyie – Voodoo – (Metalville)
  • St. Lenox – Ten Modern American Work Songs – (Don Giovanni Records)
  • Onsloow – Full Speed Anywhere Else – (Tiny Engines)
  • Beach Weather – Melt – (Last Nite / Arista Records / Sony Music)
  • Fievel is Glauque – Rong Weicknes – (Fat Possum Records)
  • Amythyst Kiah – Still + Bright – (Rounder Records / Concord)
  • Katie Gavin – What A Relief – (Saddest Factory Records)
  • Pom Pom Squad – Mirror Starts Moving Without Me – (City Slang)
  • Soccer Mommy – Evergreen – (Loma Vista Recordings / Concord)
  • Naked Roommate – Pass the Loofah – (Naked Roommate)
  • One True Pairing – Endless Rain – (Domino Recordings)
  • Little Moon – Dear Divine – (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Elderbrook – Another Touch – (Mine Recordings)
  • Lone Justice – Viva Lone Justice – (AFAR)
  • Ben Folds – Sleigher – (New West Records)