WAPS/WKTL Music Chart for May 19, 2025
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new music ADDS on The Summit this week
Royel Otis "Moody" (Interscope/Capitol)
Tom Odell "Don't Let Me Go" (Virgin/Red Light)
Wolf Alice "Bloom Baby Bloom" (RCA)
Imogen Clark "Squinters" (Imogen Clark)
CURRENT plays per week on The Summit this week
24 Jesse Welles Horses (Q-Prime) *Single release
23 Jack White Archbishop Harold Holmes () 'No Name' LP
23 Bon Iver Everything Is Peaceful Love (Secretly Group) 'Sable, fAble' LP …out 4/7/25
23 Caamp Let Things Go (Mom & Pop) 'Somewhere' EP
23 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You (RCA Music) 'A Minute…' EP
22 Counting Crows Spaceman In Tulsa (BMG Music) 'Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets' LP
22 My Morning Jacket Time Waited (ATO Records) 'Is' LP
21 The Black Keys The Night Before (Warner Music) 'No Rain, No Flowers' LP … (8/8/25)
20 Mumford & Sons Rushmere (Glassnote) 'Rushmere' LP… out 3/28/25
19 Lola Young Messy (Day One/Island/Republic) 'This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway' LP
18 Kashus Culpepper After Me? (Big Loud Music) 'After Me?' EP
17 Wet Leg Catch These Fists (Domino Recordings) 'Moisturizer' LP …out 7/11/25
17 Clover County Ultraviolet (Thirty Tigers) 'Porch Lights' EP
17 Lorde What Was That? (Republic) 'Virgin' LP …out 6/27/25
16 The Head and the Heart After The Setting Sun (Interscope Capitol) 'Aperture' LP
16 MJ Lenderman Wristwatch (Anti-/Epitaph) 'Manning Fireworks' LP
15 Lucius Gold Rush (Concord Music Group) *Single - LP & tour forthcoming
15 Nick Phoenix Saturn (Pasadena Records) 'It Starts At Zero' LP
15 Julien Baker & TORRES Sugar In The Tank (Beggars Group) 'Send a Prayer My Way' LP
14 Hamilton Leithauser Knockin' Heart (Glassnote Music) 'This Side Of The Island' LP
14 Bebe Stockwell Minor Inconveniences (Columbia) *Single - LP in-the-works
14 Stereophonics There's Always Gonna Be Something (Universal/Syndicate/JMA Promo) 'Make Em Laugh, Make Em Cry…' LP
14 Amyl and the Sniffers U Should Not Be Doing That (clean edit) (Thirty Tigers) 'Cartoon Darkness' LP … out 10/25/24
13 Lord Huron Nothing I Need (Universal Republic) *Single release
13 James Bay & Jon Batiste Sunshine In The Room (Universal Republic) *Single (duet together)
13 Elton John & Brandi Carlile Who Believes In Angels? (Interscope) 'Who Believes In Angels' LP
12 Larkin Poe Easy Love Pt. 1 (ATO/Red Light) 'Bloom' LP
12 Chappell Roan The Giver (Universal Republic) *single - not on LP
12 Fontaines D.C. It's Amazing To Be Young (Beggars Group) 'Romance' LP (Deluxe Edition)
12 Leon Bridges Laredo (Columbia) 'Leon' LP
10 Charley Crockett Lonesome Drifter (Island/Republic) 'Lonesome Drifter' LP …out 3/14/25
9 Goose Give It Time (11e1even Group) 'Everything Must Go' LP …out 4/25/25
9 Charles Wesley Godwin It's The Little Things (Big Loud Music) 'Lovely Mountain Town' EP
7 Palmyra Arizona (Oh Boy! Records) 'Restless' LP
7 Yuno Blest (Sub Pop) debut full LP, out 5-16-25
7 Matt Berninger Bonnet Of Pins (Concord Music Group) *Single - LP forthcoming
7 Michael Franti & Spearhead Break Up With Everything (Thirty Tigers) 'Welcome To The Family' LP …out 3/28/25
7 Olivia Wolf Cosmic Appalachian Radio (MTTM Records) 'Silver Rounds' LP
7 Andy Frasco & The U.N. Crazy Things (Fun Machine Records) 'Growing Pains' LP …out 5/23/25
7 Pete Yorn The Hard Way (Shelly Music) 'The Hard Way' LP
7 tUnE-yArDs Heartbreak (4AD/Beggars Group) 'Better Dreaming' LP …out 5/16/25
7 Michigander I'll Be OK (C3 Music) *Single
7 Valerie June Joy, Joy (Concord Music Group) 'Owls, Omens and Oracles' LP …out 4/11/25
7 Everything Is Recorded Never Felt Better (XL/Beggars Group) 'Temporary' LP …UK prod. Richard Russell
7 Haim Relationships (Columbia) *Single
7 Good Neighbours Ripple (Interscope Capitol) *Single release - hot new band
7 Joseph Arthur Rise (Joseph Arthur) *Single - and full solo LP coming
7 Ryan Shaw Rising Up (Ryan Shaw Music) 'Rising Up' LP…early 2026
7 Anderson East Say I Love You (Concord Music) 'Worthy' LP …out 5/30/25
7 Young Gun Silver Fox Stevie & Sly (Blue Elan Records) 'Pleasure' LP
7 Samantha Fish Sweet Southern Sounds (Rounder/Concord) 'Paper Doll' LP …out 4/25/25
7 Paul Thorn Tough Times Don't Last (Thirty Tigers) 'Life Is Just A Vapor'
7 The Shootouts Trampoline (TransOceanic Music) 'Switchback' LP …out 5/30/25
7 Southern Avenue Upside (Alligator Records) 'Family' LP
7 Hunter Metts Weathervane (Position Music) *Single - emerging artist
7 Cat Ridgeway What If? (The Orchard) 'Sprinter' LP
7 Neal Francis What's Left Of Me (ATO Records) 'Return To Zero' LP …out 3/14/25
6 ALO Blank Canvas (Brushfire Records) 'Frames' LP
6 The Vindys Electric (The Vindys) *Single
6 Ron Pope Mama Drove A Mustang (Brooklyn Basement) 'American Man, American Music' LP
6 Japanese Breakfast Picture Window (Dead Oceans/Secretly Group) 'For Melancholy Brunettes (And Sad Women)' LP
5 Billy Idol & Avril Lavigne 77 (BMG) 'Dream Into It' LP
5 SOMBR Back To Friends (Warner Music) *Single - NYC buzzworthy new artist
5 Bartees Strange Backseat Banton (4AD/Beggars Group) 'Horror' LP
5 Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts Big Change (Warner Music) *Single
5 Sierra Hull Boom (Sierra Hull Music) 'A Tip Toe High Wire' LP
5 Mt. Joy Coyote (Mt. Joy) *Single
5 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Deadstick (Virgin Records) 'Phantom Island' LP …out 6/13/25
5 Sparks Drown In A Sea Of Tears (Canvasback/Transgressive) 'MAD!' LP …out 5/23/25
5 Steve Forbert Ebenezer's Back In Town (Steve Forbert Music) *SIngle - new LP forthcoming
5 Chuck Prophet First Came The Thunder (Yep Roc) 'Wake The Dead' LP
5 Momma I Want You (Fever) (Polyvinyl) 'Welcome To My Blue Sky' LP …out 4/4/25
5 Circa Waves Let's Leave Together (PIAS Music) 'Death & Love' LP
5 Ghost Hounds She Runs Hot (Amplify Music) 'Almost Home' LP
5 Pulp Spike Island (Rough Trade Records) 'More' LP …out 6/6/25
5 John Butler Trippin' On You (Red Light Management) *Single - forthcoming LP TBA
4 Maribou State All I Need (Ninja Tune) 'Hallucinating Love' LP
4 Sports Team Bang Bang Bang (Bright Antenna) 'Boys These Days' …out 5/23/25
4 DJO Basic Being Basic (AWAL Music) 'The Crux' LP …out 4/3/25
4 Mike Farris Ease On (Malaco Music) 'The Sound of Muscle Shoals' LP
4 Swanpalace Every (Swanpalace) *single - trio based in part in Athens, OH
4 Trousdale Growing Pains (Zula/Independent Co.) 'Growing Pains' LP
4 Jon Muq Hello Sunshine (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 'Flying Away' LP ('Mook' like Mookie)
4 Red Wanting Blue Hey '84 (Blue Elan Records) 'Light It Up' LP
4 Red Wanting Blue Light It Up (Blue Elan) 'Light It Up' LP
4 Justice & Tame Impala Neverender (Virgin Music Group) 'Hyperdrama' LP
4 Leif Vollebekk Peace of Mind (Evening) (Canadian)
3 John Faye Asking For A Friend (John Faye) 'The Long Game' LP
3 The Cat Empire Going To Live (BMG Music) 'Bird In Paradise' LP
3 Bob Mould Here We Go Crazy (BMG) 'Here We Go Crazy' LP …out 3/7/25
3 Red Wanting Blue Look Up (Blue Elan) 'Light It Up' LP
3 Birdtalker Season of Charade (Birdtalker) 'All Means, No End' LP
3 Jon Muq Shake Shake (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 'Flying Away' LP ('Mook' like Mookie)
2 Zach Bryan & John Mayer Better Days (Warner Music) 'The Great American Bar Scene' LP
2 Honeyglaze Don't (Fat Possum Records) 'Real Deal' LP
2 Red Wanting Blue Fine & Dandy (Blue Elan) 'Light It Up' LP
2 Jon Batiste Fur Elise Batiste (Verve/Interscope) 'Beethoven Blues' LP …out 11/15/24
2 Red Wanting Blue Goliath (LP version) (Blue Elan Records) 'Light It Up' LP
2 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps (Interscope) 'Fever To Tell' LP (2003)
2 Leif Vollebekk Peace Of Mind (Morning) (Canadian)
2 Zach Bryan & Noeline Hoffman Pink Skies (Warner Music) 'The Great American Bar Scene' LP
2 Zach Bryan & Bruce Springsteen Sandpaper (Warner Music) 'The Great American Bar Scene' LP
2 Laufey Silver Lining (Laufey/inTune) *Single - she's from Iceland
1 Jon Batiste 5th Symphony In Congo Square (Verve/Interscope) 'Beethoven Blues' LP … out 11/15/24
1 Jade Bird Dreams (Glassnote Music) 'Who Wants To Talk About Love?' LP …out 7/18/25
1 Sleep Token Emergence (RCA Records) 'Even In Arcadia' LP (their 5th album)
1 Imogen Heap Headlock (radio mix) (Megaphonic Records) 'Speak For Youtself' LP (2005)
1 Lambrini Girls Love (City Slang) 'Who Let The Dogs Out' LP
Re-CURRENT plays per week on The Summit this week
15 Peach Pit Magpie (Columbia) 'Magpie' LP
14 Cage the Elephant Metaverse (RCA) 'Neon Pill' LP
10 Billie Eilish Birds of a Feather (Interscope) 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' LP
1 Lyle Lovett 12th of June (Verve) '12th of June' LP
1 Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram 662 (Alligator Records) '662' LP
1 Lizzo About Damn Time (clean) (Atlantic) 'Special' LP
1 Amy Shark Adore (RCA) 'Night Thinker' EP
1 U2 & A.R. Rahman Ahimsa (Interscope) single only
1 Will Hoge Ain't How It Used To Be (Soundly Music) 'Wings On My Shoes' LP
1 Taj Mahal & Keb Mo All Around The World (Concord) 'TajMo' CD
1 Metric All Comes Crashing (Thirty Tigers) 'Formentera' LP
1 Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple All In Good Time (Sub Pop) 'Light Verse' LP
1 Tyler Childers All Your'n (Mine) (RCA) 'Country Squire' LP
1 Duran Duran Anniversary (BMG) 'Future Past' LP
1 Lucero Back In Ohio (Thirty Tigers) 'When You Found Me' LP
1 Grace Potter & Lucius Back To Me (Concord Music) 'Daylight' LP
1 Leon Bridges Bad Bad News (Columbia) 'Good Thing' LP
1 The Strokes Bad Decisions (RCA) 'The New Abnormal' LP
1 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams (Warner Music) 'I've Tried Everything But Therapy PART II' LP
1 The Interrupters Bad Guy (live) (Anti-/Epitaph) single only cover song recorded live
1 Clairo Bags (Fader Label) 'Immunity' LP
1 Declan McKenna Be An Astronaut (Q-Prime) 'Zeros' LP
1 Japanese Breakfast Be Sweet (Secretly Group/C3) 'Jubilee' LP
1 Maneskin Beggin' (Arista) 'Chosen' EP (2017)
1 The Smashing Pumpkins Beguiled (Martha's Music) 'Atum: ARockOperaInThreeActs' 3LP out4/21/23
1 Cage the Elephant Black Madonna (RCA) 'Social Cues' LP
1 Amythyst Kiah Black Myself (Rounder/Concord) 'Wary + Strange' LP
1 Robert Plant & Chrissie Hynde Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Nonesuch/Warner Bros) 'Carry Fire' CD
1 X Ambassadors BOOM (Kid In A Korner/Interscope) 'Orion' CD
1 The Killers Boy (Island/Republic) single only
1 Coin Brad Pitt (Capitol) 'Uncanny Valley' LP
1 The Lumineers Brightside (Dualtone) 'Brightside' LP
1 Brandi Carlile Broken Horses (Low Country Sound/Elektra) 'In These Silent Days' LP
1 Khruangbin & Leon Bridges B-Side (Funky Buziness Records) 'Texas Moon' EP
1 Samantha Fish Bulletproof (Concord Music) 'Kill or be Kind' LP
1 Eli Paperboy Reed Burn Me Up (Yep Roc) '99 Cent Dreams' LP
1 Tianna Esperanza Buy You A New Attitude (BMG) 'Terror' LP
1 Billy Strings & Willie Nelson California Sober (Reprise) Single - LP forthcoming! 1 Wet Leg Chaise Longue (Domino) 'Wet Leg' LP …out 4/8/22 1 The War on Drugs Change (radio edit) (Atlantic) 'I Don't Live Here Anymore' LP 1 Jenny Lewis Cherry Baby (Blue Note/Capitol) 'Joy'all' LP 1 Soccer Mommy Circle the Drain (Concord) 'Color Theory' LP 1 Vampire Weekend Classical (Columbia) 'Only God Was Above Us' LP 1 Black Pumas Colors (ATO Records) 'Black Pumas' LP 1 Sunflower Bean Come For Me (Mom & Pop) 'King of the Dudes' EP 1 Natalie Merchant Come On, Aphrodite (Warner Music) 'Keep Your Courage' LP …out 4/14/23 1 boygenius Cool About It (Interscope) 'The Record' LP 1 Peter Gabriel The Court (Dark Side Mix) (Peter Gabriel/Real World) 'i/o' LP 1 Gorillaz Cracker Island (Warner Music) 'Cracker Island' LP …out 2/24/23 1 Glass Animals Creatures In Heaven (Republic) 'I Love You So Much' LP …out 7/19/24
1 The Smashing Pumpkins Cyr (Sumerian Records) 'Cyr' LP
1 Bully Days Move Slow (Sub Pop) 'Lucky For You' LP
1 Rodrigo Y Gabriela Descending To Nowhere (ATO Records/Red Light) 'In Between Thoughts… A New World' LP …out 4/21/23
1 Yola Diamond Studded Shoes (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 'Stand For Myself' LP
1 Absofacto Dissolve (Atlantic Records) 'Thousand Peaces' EP
1 The Suffers Don't Bother Me (Missing Piece) 'It Starts With Love' LP
1 Maggie Rogers Don't Forget Me (UMG) 'Don't Forget Me' LP …out 4/12/24
1 Teddy Swims The Door (Warner Music) 'I've Tried Everything But Therapy' LP
1 Portugal the Man Dummy (Atlantic) 'Chris Black Changed My Life' out 6/23/23
1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Easy Now (The Orchard) 'Council Skies' LP …out 6/2/23
1 Counting Crows Elevator Boots (BMG) 'Butter Miracle, Suite One' EP
1 Wilco Evicted (dBPM) 'Cousin' LP …out 9/29/23
1 Maggie Rose Fake Flowers (Big Loud) 'No One Gets Out Alive' LP
1 Portugal the Man Feel It Still (Atlantic) 'Woodstock' CD
1 Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Find Your People (Magnolia Tree/Tone Tree Music) 'Strangers No More' LP
1 Cannons Fire For You (Columbia) 'Shadows' CD
1 Josh Ritter For Your Soul (Thirty Tigers) 'Spectral Lines' LP
1 Jon Batiste Freedom (Verve Forecast/Interscope) 'We Are' LP
1 The Chicks Gaslighter (Columbia) 'Gaslighter' LP
1 Bruce Springsteen Ghosts (radio edit) (Columbia Records) 'Letter To You' LP
1 The Lumineers Gloria (Dualtone) 'III' LP
1 The Heavy Heavy Go Down River (ATO/Red Light) 'Life and Life Only' EP
1 The Revivalists Good Old Days (Concord Music) 'Pour It Out Into The Night' LP
1 Mumford & Sons & Pharrell Williams Good People (Glassnote) *Single - collaboration
1 Illenium & Jon Bellion Good Things Fall Apart (Astralwerks/Capitol) *single only*
1 Seratones Gotta Get To Know Ya (New West Records) 'Power' CD
1 Matt Maeson & Lana Del Rey Hallucinogenics (Atlantic Records) single only
1 Ashley Monroe Hands On You (Warner Music Nashville/Warner Bros.) 'Sparrow' CD
1 The Heavy Heavy Happiness (ATO Records) 'One Of A Kind' LP …out 9/6/24
1 Spoon The Hardest Cut (Matador/Beggars) 'Lucifer on the Sofa' LP
1 Vampire Weekend Harmony Hall (short edit) (Columbia) 'Father of the Bride' LP
1 Jason Mraz Have It All (Atlantic/RRP) 'Know.' CD
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Heartless (Stax/Concord) 'South of Here' LP …out 6/28/24
1 Bakar Hell N Back (Red Music) 'Will You Be My Yellow?' EP
1 Pink Floyd Hey, Hey, Rise Up! (for Ukraine) (Columbia) *Single - first Pink Floyd since 1994
1 Good Neighbours Home (Capitol) *Single - UK Duo
1 Jason Isbell Hope The High Road (Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers) 'The Nashville Sound' LP
1 Rag'N'Bone Man Human (Columbia) 'Human' CD
1 Lenny Kravitz Human (BMG) 'Blue Electric Light' LP
1 Arlo Parks Hurt (Transgressive) 'Collapsed in Sunbeams' LP
1 Lake Street Dive Hypotheticals (Nonesuch) 'Obviously' LP
1 The 1975 I'm In Love With You (Dirty Hit) 'Being Funny In A Foreign Language' LP
1 Charley Crockett I'm Just A Clown (Thirty Tigers) 'The Man From Waco' LP
1 The Red Clay Strays I'm Still Fine (RCA Records) 'Made By These Moments' LP
1 Jon Batiste I Need You (Verve Forecast/Interscope) 'We Are' LP
1 Billie Joe Armstrong I Think We're Alone Now (Warner Music) 'No Fun Mondays' LP
1 Red Wanting Blue & Liz Brasher I've Got A Feeling It Hurts (Blue Elan Records) 'The Wanting' CD
1 Maggie Rogers In The Living Room (Capitol/Interscope) *Single release
1 Welshly Arms Indestructable (Republic) 'No Place Is Home' LP
1 Tame Impala Is It True (Interscope) 'The Slow Rush' LP
1 The Black Keys It Ain't Over (Warner Music) 'Dropout Boogie' LP
1 Brandi Carlile The Joke (Elektra/Atlantic) 'By the Way, I Forgive You' LP
1 Phoebe Bridgers Kyoto (Secretly Group) 'Punisher' LP
1 John Mayer Last Train Home (Columbia) 'Sob Rock' LP
1 The Pretenders Let The Sun Come In (Rhino) 'Relentless' LP …out 9/15/23
1 Margo Price Letting Me Down (Loma Vista/Concord) 'That's How Rumors Get Started' LP
1 Twenty One Pilots Level Of Concern (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra) *single only*
1 Margo Price A Little Pain (Third Man Records) 'All American Made' LP
1 The Rolling Stones Living In A Ghost Town (Interscope) single only
1 Modern English Long In The Tooth (Modern English/Planetary) *Single - new LP in Jan. 2024
1 Durand Jones & The Indications Long Way Home (Dead Oceans/Secretly Group) 'American Love Call' LP
1 Bob Moses Love Brand New (Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol) 'The Silence in Between' LP
1 The Avett Brothers Love Of A Girl (Thirty Tigers) 'The Avett Brothers' LP …out 5/17/24
1 Inhaler Love Will Get You There (Interscope) 'Cuts and Bruises' LP (their 2nd LP)
1 Devon Gilfillian Love You Anyway (Fantasy/Concord) 'Love You Anyway' LP
1 The War and Treaty Lover's Game (Mercury Nashville) 'Lover's Game' LP
1 Julian Lennon Lucky Ones (BMG) 'Jude' LP
1 Billie Eilish Lunch (Darkroom/Interscope/Capitol) 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' LP
1 Bonnie Raitt Made Up Mind (Red Wing Records/Bonnie Raitt) 'Just Like That' LP …out 4/22/22
1 Elvis Costello & The Imposters Magnificent Hurt (Capitol) 'The Boy Named If' LP …out 1/14/22
1 Jain Makeba (RCA/Jain) 'Zanaka' re-issue (2023)
1 Ber Meant To Be (in2une Music) 'And I'm Still Thinking About That' EP
1 The Rolling Stones Mess It Up (radio version) (Geffen/Interscope) 'Hackney Diamonds' LP
1 White Reaper Might Be Right (Elektra/EMG) 'You Deserve Love' CD
1 Dave Matthews Band Monsters (RCA) 'Walk Around The Moon' LP …out 5/19/23
1 Black Pumas More Than A Love Song (ATO/Red Light) 'Chronicles Of A Diamond' LP …out 10/27/23
1 Jackson Browne My Cleveland Heart (Inside Recordings) 'Downhill from Everywhere' LP
1 Jack Johnson My Mind Is For Sale (Brushfire/Universal) 'All the Light Above It Too' CD
1 Coldplay & BTS My Universe (Atlantic) 'Music of the Spheres' LP
1 Cage the Elephant Neon Pill (RCA/Q-Prime) 'Neon Pill' LP …out 5/17/24
1 Lissie Night Moves (ATO Records) 'Carving Canyons' LP
1 Hozier Nobody's Soldier (Columbia) 'Unreal Unearth: Unaired' EP
1 Ripe Noise In The Forest (Glassnote Music) 'Bright Blues' LP …out 3/10/23
1 Sparks Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is (Island Records) 'The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte' LP
1 Everything But The Girl Nothing Left To Lose (Buzzin' Fly/Verve) 'Fuse' LP …out 4/21/23
1 The Beatles Now And Then (Capitol) 'Now And Then' single (completed 2023)
1 Hiss Golden Messenger Nugrape (Merge Records) 'Jump For Joy' LP …out 8/25/23
1 Beck & Phoenix Odyssey (Capitol) collaborative single - together!
1 Joe P Off My Mind (Atlantic) 'Emily Can't Sing' EP
1 Caamp Officer of Love (Mom & Pop) *single only*
1 Femi Kuti One People, One World (Knitting Factory Records) 'One People, One World' CD
1 Mitski The Only Heartbreaker (Dead Oceans/Secretly Group) 'Laurel Hell' LP …out 2/4/22
1 Caamp The Otter (Mom & Pop) 'Lavender Days' LP
1 Peter Gabriel Panopticom (Bright Side Mix) (Real World) 'i/o' LP
1 Death Cab For Cutie Pepper (Atlantic) 'Asphalt Meadows' LP
1 The Wood Brothers Pilgrim (Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers) 'Heart is the Hero' LP …out 4/14/23
1 Dermot Kennedy Power Over Me (Interscope) 'Without Fear' LP
1 Low Cut Connie Private Lives (Cosign) 'Private Lives' CD
1 Cage the Elephant Ready To Let Go (RCA/Q-Prime) 'Social Cues' CD
1 The Highwomen Redesigning Women (Elektra) 'The Highwomen' LP
1 Foo Fighters Rescued (RCA) 'But Here We Are' LP
1 Pearl Jam Retrograde (Monkeywrench/Republic) 'Gigaton' LP
1 Waxahatchee Right Back To It (Anti-) 'Tiger's Blood' LP
1 Peter Gabriel Road To Joy (Bright Side Mix) (Real World Records) 'i/o' LP
1 The Record Company Roll With It (Round Hill Records) 'The 4th Album' LP
1 Greta Van Fleet Safari Song (Republic Records) 'From the Fires' double EP
1 LovelyTheBand Sail Away (The Orchard) single only
1 Gigi Perez The Sailor Song (Island/Republic) single; huge streams; LP forthcoming
1 Twenty One Pilots Saturday (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra) 'Scaled and Icy' CD
1 Eddie Vedder Save It For Later (Monkeywrench) 'The Bear', Season 3 (Hulu TV Show)
1 Moon Taxi Say (12th South/BMG) 'Silver Dream' LP
1 Lana Del Rey Say Yes To Heaven (Interscope) *Single
1 Michael Marcagi Scared To Start (Warner Music) 'American Romance' EP
1 The Rolling Stones & The War on Drugs Scarlett (The War On Drugs Remix) (UMe) special TWOD remix version
1 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Searching For My Love (Rounder/Concord) 'Raise the Roof' LP
1 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under (Interscope) 'Seventeen Going Under' LP
1 Jesse Malin & Bruce Springsteen She Don't Love Me Now (Glassnote Music) 'Silver Patron Saints' 3xLP J. Malin Tribute LP
1 The Interrupters She's Kerosene (Hellcat/Epitaph) 'Fight The Good Fight' CD
1 The Last Dinner Party Sinner (Island-Republic) 'Prelude To Ecstasy' LP
1 Rosa Linn SNAP (Columbia) *single only*
1 Pete Yorn Someday, Someday (Shelly Music/Monotone) 'The Hard Way' LP
1 Scars on 45 Someone You Loved (Scars On 45) 'Rarities - EP 1' EP
1 Zach Bryan Something In The Orange (Warner Music) 'American Heartbreak' 3xLP
1 Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley Spin It Faster (Mad Bunny) single only
1 Johnny Marr Spirit Power and Soul (BMG) 'Fever Dreams, Parts 1-4' LP …out 2/25/22
1 Fontaines D.C. Starburster (XL/Beggars Group) 'Romance' LP
1 Myles Smith Stargazing (RCA) *Single - breaking, buzzworthy new act
1 Allison Russell Stay Right Here (Fantasy/Concord) 'The Returner' LP …out 9/8/23
1 Ray LaMontagne Step Into Your Power (Thirty Tigers) 'Long Way Home' …out 8/16/24
1 Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Sugar & Spice (Dorpa) *single only*
1 Brandi Carlile Sugartooth (Atlantic) 'By The Way, I Forgive You' LP
1 Michael Stipe Sunday Morning (Verve) 'I'll Be Your Mirror: Tribute to Velvet Underground' LP
1 JD McPherson Sunshine Getaway (New West) 'Nite Owls' LP …out 9/27/24
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Survivor (Stax/Concord) 'The Future' LP
1 Milky Chance Synchronize (Muggelig) 'Trip Tape II' LP
1 beabadoobee Take A Bite (Dirty Hit) 'This is How Tomorrow Moves' LP …out 8/16/24
1 Jack White Taking Me Back (Third Man/The Orchard) 'Fear of the Dawn' LP …out 4/8/22
1 Beyonce & Rhiannon Giddens Texas Hold 'Em (Columbia) 'Cowboy Carter' LP …out 3/29/24
1 Southern Avenue That's All (Southern Avenue) *Single - cover of Genesis
1 Vampire Weekend This Life (radio edit) (Columbia) 'Father of the Bride' LP
1 Charlie Mars Times Have Changed (The Orchard) 'Times Have Changed' LP
1 Phoenix Tonight (Glassnote) 'Alpha Zulu' LP …out 11/4/22
1 The Struts Too Good At Raising Hell (Big Machine Label Group) *Single - new LP forthcoming
1 Hozier Too Sweet (Columbia) 'Unheard' EP
1 Royal Blood Trouble's Coming (Warner Music) 'Typhoons' LP
1 Billy Joel Turn The Lights Back On (Columbia) *Single - more news coming!
1 Janelle Monae Turntables (Atlantic) 'All In: Fight for Democracy' Soundtrack
1 Alt J U & Me (Atlantic) 'The Dream' LP
1 Red Wanting Blue Ulysses (Blue Elan Records) 'The Wanting' CD
1 Foo Fighters Under You (RCA) 'But Here We Are' LP
1 Stephen Sanchez Until I Found You (Republic) 'Easy On My Eyes' EP
1 James Bay & The Lumineers Up All Night (Island/Republic) 'Changes All the Time' LP
1 The Head and the Heart Virginia (Wind In The Night) (Warner Music) 'Every Shade Of Blue' LP
1 Foals Wake Me Up (Warner Music/Q-Prime) *single only* new LP coming early '22
1 The Black Crowes Wanting and Waiting (Megaforce/ATO/Red Light) (let's not say this LP title)
1 Jade Jackson & Aubrie Sellers Waste Your Time (Anti-) 'Breaking Point' LP
1 John Mellencamp & Bruce Springsteen Wasted Days (Republic) 'Strictly A One-Eyed Jack' LP
1 AJR Way Less Sad (BMG/Verve Forecast) 'OK Orchestra' LP
1 The National & Bon Iver Weird Goodbyes (4AD/Beggars Group) single only new LP forthcoming
1 Gary Clark Jr. & Stevie Wonder What About The Children (Warner Music) 'JPEG Raw' LP
1 Trombone Shorty & Lauren Daigle What It Takes (Blue Note/Capitol) 'Lifted'
1 Local Natives When Am I Gonna Lose You (Loma Vista/Concord) 'Violet Street' LP
1 Bully Where To Start (Sub Pop) 'Sugaregg' LP
1 The Black Keys Wild Child (Warner Music) 'Dropout Boogie' …out 5/13/22
1 The Avett Brothers Women Like You (Concord Music Group) 'The Third Gleam' EP
1 The Red Clay Strays Wondering Why (Thirty Tigers) 'Moment of Truth' LP
1 Amos Lee Worry No More (Dualtone) 'Dreamland' LP …out 2/11/22
1 Mavis Staples Worthy (Anti-) digital single (Staple Singers icon)
1 Pearl Jam Wreckage (Republic) 'Dark Matter' LP
1 Vance Joy & benny blanco You (Interscope) 'Friends Keep Secrets 2' LP
Local Music Spotlights This Week
2 15 60 75 The Numbers Band Crazed And Restless 'Endure' LP (first in 10 years!)
2 The Commonheart Trying To Get Over 'For Work or Love' LP
2 Ghost Hounds Good Old Days 'A Little Calamity' LP
2 Leisure Beams Lickity Split 'Beam Weaver' EP
2 Hardy Mums & Coralilly Something New To Find *Local from Athens area
2 Katy Robinson & The Wanderers Pretty Truth *Single release - full band
2 Rolling Boxcar International One Day (Day One) 'The Beginning of Light and Movement' LP
2 The Sweet Spot I'm Out *Single - Akron band
1 Angela Perley Ghoul For You *Halloween Single!
1 Angela Perley Let Go '4:30' LP
1 Angela Perley Star Dreamer 'Turn Me Loose' LP
1 Annadale I Wish I Was The Tree That You Lived In
1 The Beyonderers The 37th Parallel *instrumental surf music from Akron
1 Big Pop Can't Even Tell *Akron based 'super group'
1 Big Pop Coming Down *Single - local, emerging, ROCKING!
1 Black Wolf and the Thief Attn! Single released 8/2024
1 Candace Campana No Average Joe *Single
1 Chayla Hope Falling
1 The Clarks No. 9 *Single release
1 The Clarks Stay 'Stay' EP
1 Coleville Lucky Side Of The Street *Single
1 Colorvine Rocket (Acoustic)
1 Cory Grinder & The Playboy Scouts (Honky Tonkin') All I'll Ever Do *New EP
1 Del Sinchak & Anthony LaMarca Happy Times Polka single
1 Detention Good and Ready 'Patchwork' EP
1 Detention Peachy Keen *Single - Akron hometown success story!
1 Easton Union The Great Rust Belt *Akron based Roots-Americana
1 Tim Easton Everything You're Afraid Of 'Find Your Way' LP
1 Tim Easton You Don't Really Know Me 'You Don't Really Know Me' LP
1 The Fifth Wheel Best Days 'Tilt' LP
1 Free Black! & Wesley Bright Don't Make Me (Clean)
1 The Ghost Club If I Fell 'King Whatever' LP …out 4/26/24
1 Harvey Gold Your Side Of The Room 'It's Messy, Vol. 1'
1 Golems Of The Red Planet Re'cha
1 Golems Of The Red Planet Ziphim *Single (Harvey Gold + friends)
1 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Here In '68 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
1 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Living In Coal Country 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
1 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Until I See You Again 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
1 Guided By Voices The Batman Sees The Ball 'Earth Man Blues' LP
1 Guided By Voices Excited Ones 'Crystal Nun's Cathedral' LP
1 Guided By Voices Serene King 'Strut Of Kings' LP
1 Jack Harris Take My Hand *Single, from Cleveland
1 Jack Harris Up, Up & Away *Single - local/CLE act
1 Indre Shadow, Shadow
1 JD and Ken Weirdness Trip
1 JD Eicher Evergreen 'Court Street' EP
1 JD Eicher History *Single
1 JD Eicher Where We're Going *single only*
1 JD Eicher The Will To Live *Single release
1 Bethany Joy Nothing Else 'Bethany Joy' EP
1 Kim Deal Crystal Breath 'Nobody Loves You More' LP ..out 11/22/24
1 Labra Brothers Be Cool
1 Benny Lava & The Guavas Get Along
1 Librarians With Hickeys Hello Operator 'How To Make Friends By Telephone' LP
1 Librarians With Hickeys That Time Is Now 'Long Overdue' LP (national release)
1 Lydia Loveless Love Is Not Enough 'Daughter' LP (from Columbus, OH)
1 Pete Milo Green Tea 7' Vinyl Single
1 MojoFlo Body Language *Single
1 Jared Mullins Girl From The East Side *Single - Cleveland based
1 MUNNYCAT Giddy Up
1 MUNNYCAT Howya Like Me Now *Single, duo from Youngstown
1 MUNNYCAT Lift You Up *Single - ft. artist 'L.G.' (from Youngstown)
1 Northcoast Ramblers Cuyahoga from CLE-Akron area
1 Papi and the Smears Touch too Much
1 Plastic Lemonde News To Me
1 Poobah Through These Eyes
1 Recess Home Away From Home
1 Red Wanting Blue Lawyers, Guns, and Money (clean edit) Single for 'Operation Mend' charity organization
1 Red Wanting Blue Run For Your Life 'Light It Up' LP
1 Ike Reilly It's Hard To Leave You For The Ocean (Youngstown connection - semi-local)
1 Riley Burke Band Love Me Too *Single - Youngstown artist
1 Katy Robinson Another Day We'll Shine *Single release
1 Rolling Boxcar International Now I'll Take The Now 'Shadowlands' LP
1 The Scenic Route Wild *Single
1 Shadows of Knight & Michael Weber Wild Man (7' version) *7' on Little Steven's label
1 Marc Lee Shannon No Nobody
1 Marc Lee Shannon Riser 'My Other Brothers' LP
1 Shelby Olive Nothing Wrong With Me *Single
1 The Silverlites & Joseph Arthur Don't Go, Don't Stay 'Supergroup' - single - LP coming in 2025
1 Snarls Fixed Gear 'What About Flowers' EP - from Columbus
1 Snarls Marbles 'Burst' CD
1 Spirit of the Bear Wires
1 Sumbuck Moss 'Lucky' LP (solo project)
1 Tracey Thomas Oh Virginia
1 Floco Torres Flamenco Single
1 Truss Selfish *Single - Cleveland band
1 The Vindys Bugs 'Bugs' CD
1 The Vindys Elton Glasses Baby *Single - first new since 2020
1 The Vindys If I Want 'Bugs' CD
1 The Waitresses Slide (1978)
1 Welshly Arms Are You Lonely 'Wasted Words & Bad Decisions' LP
1 Zach Moran 'Shaila' LP