WAPS/WKTL Music Chart for December 9, 2024
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new music ADDS on The Summit this week
Waxahatchee "Much Ado About Nothing" (Anti-/Epitaph)
Illiterate Light "Payphone" (Thirty Tigers)
Paul Thorn "Tough Times Don't Last" (Thirty Tigers)
Ben Goldsmith "Crazy" (Ben Goldsmith)
CURRENT plays per week on The Summit this week
23 Billy Strings Gild The Lily (Warner Music) 'Highway Prayers' LP
23 Jonah Kagen God Needs The Devil (Arista) *Digital Single
22 Fontaines D.C. Favourite (XL/Beggars Group) 'Romance' LP
22 U2 Picture Of You (X+W) (Interscope Capitol Group) 'How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb' LP
22 Fruition Scars (Fruition) 'How To Make Mistakes' LP
22 Jack White That's How I'm Feeling (Third Man Records) 'No Name' LP
21 Southern Avenue Found A Friend In You (Alligator Records) *Single - new LP details forthcoming
21 Orla Gartland Little Chaos (The Orchard) 'Everyone Needs A Hero' LP … out 10/4/24
21 Hozier Nobody's Soldier (Columbia) 'Unreal Unearth: Unaired' EP
21 Leon Bridges Peaceful Place (Columbia) 'Leon' LP …out 10/4/24
21 MJ Lenderman She's Leaving You (Anti-) 'Manning Fireworks' LP
21 James Bay & The Lumineers Up All Night (Island/Republic) *Single - new LP forthcoming
20 Michael Kiwanuka Floating Parade (Geffen/Interscope) *Single - new LP forthcoming
17 The Killers Bright Lights (Island/Republic) *Tour single - for 20th Anniversary
16 Lady Blackbird Like A Woman (BMG) 'Slang Spirituals' LP
15 Maggie Rogers In The Living Room (Capitol/Interscope) *Single release
15 Bon Iver S P E Y S I D E (Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group) 'Sable' EP … out 10/18/24
15 Myles Smith Stargazing (RCA) *Single - breaking, buzzworthy new act
14 The Head and the Heart Arrow (Verve Forecast) *Single - LP in early 2025
14 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Call Me (Whatever You Like) (Stax/Concord) 'South Of Here' LP
14 Vampire Weekend Classical (Columbia) 'Only God Was Above Us' LP
14 The Cure A Fragile Thing (LP Version) (Interscope/Capitol) 'Songs Of A Lost World' …out 11/1/24
14 Thee Sacred Souls Live For You (Daptone/Red Light) 'Got A Story To Tell' LP …out 10/4/24
14 Lola Young Messy (Day One/Island/Republic) 'This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway' LP
14 Lucius Old Tape (Fantasy/Concord) *Single - with Adam G. of The War on Drugs
14 Jesse Malin & Bruce Springsteen She Don't Love Me Now (Glassnote Music) 'Silver Patron Saints' 3xLP J. Malin Tribute LP
14 Joe P Violet (Atlantic) *Single release
13 Billie Eilish Birds of a Feather (Interscope) 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' LP
12 Suki Waterhouse Supersad (Sub Pop) 'Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin' LP
10 Wilder Woods Hide Anymore (Dualtone) 'Curioso' LP …out 2/7/25
10 Gigi Perez The Sailor Song (Island/Republic) single; huge streams; LP forthcoming
9 The Red Clay Strays I'm Still Fine (RCA Records) 'Made By These Moments' LP
9 Sammy Rae & The Friends Thieves (Nettwerk Music) 'Something For Everybody' LP
8 Carbon Leaf Backmask 1983 (Carbon Leaf) 'Time Is The Playground' LP
8 The Silverlites & Joseph Arthur Don't Go, Don't Stay (The Orchard) 'Supergroup' - single - LP coming in 2025
8 The Heavy Heavy Feel (ATO/Red Light) 'One Of A Kind' LP
8 Yola Future Enemies (S-Curve/Planetary) 'My Way' EP …out 11/15/24
8 Michigander Giving Up (C3 Music) *New single - album forthcoming
8 Jana Mila I Wasn't Gonna (New West) 'Chameleon' LP
8 Shemekia Copeland & Alejandro Escovedo Is There Anybody Up There (Alligator Records) 'Blame It On Eve' LP
8 Momma Ohio All The Time (Polyvinyl) *Single, new LP in 2025
8 Eric Clapton One Woman (Surfdog Records) 'Meanwhile' LP… out 1/24/25
8 Trampled By Turtles & Leann Rimes Out Of Time (Thirty Tigers) 'Always Here' EP
8 David Gray Plus & Minus (David Gray/Secretly Distribution) 'Dear Life' …out 1/17/25
8 The Cactus Blossoms Something's Got A Hold On Me (Walkie Talkie Records) 'Every Time I Think About You' LP
7 Sharon Van Etten Afterlife (Secretly Group/Jagjaguwar) 'Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory' LP
7 Ray LaMontagne And They Called Her California (Thirty Tigers) 'Long Way Home' LP
7 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams (Warner Music) 'I've Tried Everything But Therapy PART II' LP
7 beabadoobee Beaches (Dirty Hit) 'This Is How Tomorrow Moves' LP
7 Declan McKenna Champagne (Q-Prime) *newly released single for tour with Sabrina Carpenter
7 Honeyglaze Don't (Fat Possum Records) 'Real Deal' LP
7 Jon Muq Hello Sunshine (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 'Flying Away' LP ('Mook' like Mookie)
7 The Bug Club Lonsdale Slipons (Sub Pop) 'On The Intricate Inner-Workings Of The System' LP
7 Tom Petty Never Be You (MCA/Warner Music/Rhino/Red Light) 'Long After Dark' Deluxe Re-Issue/Box Set (2024)
7 Michael Kiwanuka The Rest Of Me (Interscope Capitol Label Group) 'Small Changes' LP
7 Mk.gee ROCKMAN (Virgin Music Group) *Single (pronounced: 'mc-gee')
7 Jon Muq Shake Shake (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 'Flying Away' LP ('Mook' like Mookie)
7 Lilly Hiatt Shouldn't Be (New West Records) 'Forever' LP … out 1/31/25
7 Amythyst Kiah Silk and Petals (Rounder/Concord Music) 'Still + Bright' LP
7 Brigitte Calls Me Baby Too Easy (ATO Records) 'The Future Is Our Way Out' LP
7 The Smile Zero Sum (XL Recordings/Beggars Group) 'Cutouts' LP
6 Tano Jones Revelry Light It (lit) (Tano Jones Revelry) 'Spinning North' LP
6 Red Wanting Blue Light It Up (Blue Elan) 'Light It Up' LP
6 Zach Bryan Pink Skies (Warner Music) 'The Great American Bar Scene' LP
6 flipturn Rodeo Clown (Dualtone) 'Burnout Days' LP …out 1/24/25
6 Father John Misty She Cleans Up (Sub Pop) 'Mahashashana' LP …forthcoming LP (date TBA)
6 Mt. Joy She Wants To Go Dancing (Bloom Field Records) *Single release
5 Hayes Carll & Band of Heathens Any Other Way (BOH Records) 'Hayes & The Heathens' LP
5 Soul Asylum High Road (Blue Elan) 'Slowly But Surely' LP …out 9/27/24
5 Chappell Roan My Kink Is Karma () 'Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' LP
5 Dwight Yoakam Wide Open Heart (Via Records/Thirty Tigers) *Single - new Studio LP is forthcoming
4 Imogen Clark All Hard Feelings (Imogen Clark) 'The Art of Getting Through' LP
4 The Dare All Night (Republic/UMG) 'What's Wrong With New York?' LP
4 Zach Bryan & John Mayer Better Days (Warner Music) 'The Great American Bar Scene' LP
4 Chappell Roan Casual (Island/Republic/Universal) 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' LP
4 Sports Team Condensation (Bright Antenna) 'Boys These Days' LP …out 2/28/25
4 Wyatt Flores Don't Wanna Say Goodnight (Island Records/Republic) 'Welcome To The Plains' LP …out 10/18/24
4 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Field of Vision (Virgin Music Group) 'Flight b741' LP …their 26th album (!?!?!?)
4 Jon Batiste Fur Elise Batiste (Verve/Interscope) 'Beethoven Blues' LP …out 11/15/24
4 Red Wanting Blue Goliath (LP version) (Blue Elan Records) 'Light It Up' LP
4 Palmyra Happy Pills (Oh Boy! Records) 'Belladonna' EP
4 Red Wanting Blue Hey '84 (Blue Elan Records) 'Light It Up' LP
4 Chappell Roan HOT TO GO! (Island/Universal) 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' LP
4 Victoria Canal June Baby (Parlophone/Atlantic) 'Slowly, It Dawns' …out 1/17/25
4 Tunde Adebimpe Magnetic (Mute) SAY: 'tune-day Ad-uh-bimp-eyy'
4 Peach Pit Magpie (Columbia) 'Magpie' LP
4 Wyatt Flores Milwaukee (Island) 'Half Life' EP
4 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club () 'Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' LP
4 Hamish Anderson Stir Crazy (Hamish Anderson) 'Electric' LP
4 Karen O & Danger Mouse Superbreath (Syndicate) *Single - deluxe edition to 'Lux Prima' LP
4 Amyl and the Sniffers U Should Not Be Doing That (clean edit) (Thirty Tigers) 'Cartoon Darkness' LP … out 10/25/24
4 Chuck Prophet Wake The Dead (Chuck Prophet) 'Wake The Dead' LP
4 Blondshell What's Fair (Partisan Records) *Single - LP details coming up
4 Inhaler Your House (Interscope Capitol Label Group) 'Open Wide' LP …out 2/7/25
3 Jon Batiste 5th Symphony In Congo Square (Verve/Interscope) 'Beethoven Blues' LP … out 11/15/24
3 Strung Like A Horse Find Your Way Home (Transoceanic Records) 'Dirt' LP
3 Airborne Toxic Event Glory (Red Light Management/ATO) 'Glory' LP
3 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! (Island/Republic) *Digital single - major breakthrough artist!
3 Noeline Hoffman Lightning In July (Prairie Fire) (La Honda Records) 'Purple Gas' EP
3 Ghost Hounds & Patty Griffin Long Ride Home (Ghost Hounds) *Single - band from Pittsburgh
3 Soul Asylum The Only Thing I'm Missing (Blue Elan Music) 'Slowly But Surely' LP
3 Sam Fender People Watching (Interscope/Capitol) Single - new material in 2025! 3 Chappell Roan Red Wine Supernova (Island/Universal) 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' LP 3 Zach Bryan & Bruce Springsteen Sandpaper (Warner Music) 'The Great American Bar Scene' LP 3 High Plains Drifters Summer Girl (Redux) (High Plains Drifters) *Single
3 Suzie Chism Till The Wheels Fall Off (Suzie Chism Music) *Single - full LP forthcoming
2 Eliza Thorn Alibi (Eliza Thorn Music) 'Somebody New' LP … out 9/13/24
2 Noah Kahan Dial Drunk (Republic) 'Stick Season (We'll All be Here Forever)' LP
2 Noah Kahan & Post Malone Dial Drunk (Universal Republic) 'Stick Season (We'll All be Here Forever)' LP
2 Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Empty Trainload of Sky (Q-Prime) *LP forthcoming
2 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Here In '68 (Omnivore Recordings) 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
2 The Grimm Hit Me Now (The Grimm) 'Hit Me Now' EP
2 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers If These Hills Could Talk (Omnivore Recordings) 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
2 Noah Kahan & Kacey Musgraves She Calls Me Back (Republic) 'Stick Season (Forever)' Deluxe Edition LP
2 Noah Kahan Stick Season (Republic) 'Stick Season' LP
2 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Until I See You Again (Omnivore Recordings) 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
1 Noah Kahan Homesick (Republic) 'Stick Season' LP
1 Noah Kahan & Sam Fender Homesick (clean) (Republic) *Single - special duet re-record
1 Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Living In Coal Country (Omnivore Recordings) 'Can't Outrun A Memory' LP
1 Noah Kahan & Hozier Northern Attitude (Republic) 'Stick Season (Forever)' deluxe edition LP
1 Zach Bryan & Noah Kahan Sarah's Place (Warner Music) 'Boys of Faith' EP
1 Noah Kahan & Brandi Carlile You're Gonna Go Far (Republic) 'Stick Season (Forever)' Deluxe Edition LP
Re-CURRENT plays per week on The Summit this week
2 Josh Ritter For Your Soul (Thirty Tigers) 'Spectral Lines' LP
2 Dermot Kennedy Giants (Interscope) 'Without Fear' deluxe edition LP
2 The Last Dinner Party Nothing Matters (Island/Republic) single; debut LP forthcoming
2 Ripe Settling (Glassnote Music) 'Bright Blues' LP …out 3/10/23
2 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit When We Were Close (Thirty Tigers) 'Weathervanes' LP
2 John Mayer Wild Blue (Columbia) 'Sob Rock' LP
1 Lyle Lovett 12th of June (Verve) '12th of June' LP
1 Lizzo About Damn Time (clean) (Atlantic) 'Special' LP
1 Amy Shark Adore (RCA) 'Night Thinker' EP
1 Earl St. Clair Ain't Got It Like That (Island/Def Jam) 'My Name Is Earl' EP (duet feat. 'PJ')
1 Shemekia Copeland Ain't Got Time For Hate (Alligator Records) 'America's Child' CD
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 The Flaming Lips All For the Life of the City (Warner Bros.) 'King's Mouth' LP
1 Phoenix Alpha Zulu (Glassnote) 'Alpha Zulu' LP …out 11/4/22
1 Nathaniel Rateliff And It's Still Alright (Concord Music) 'And It's Still Alright' LP
1 The Rolling Stones Angry (Interscope) 'Hackney Diamonds' LP …out 10/20/23
1 Harry Styles As It Was (Columbia) 'Harry's House' LP
1 Bully Atom Bomb (Sub Pop) digital-release single
1 U2 Atomic City (Interscope) *Single - tied in with Las Vegas residency
1 Lucero Back In Ohio (Thirty Tigers) 'When You Found Me' LP
1 The Strokes Bad Decisions (RCA) 'The New Abnormal' LP
1 Kings of Leon The Bandit (RCA Records) 'When You See Yourself' LP
1 AJR Bang (BMG/Verve Forecast) 'OK Orchestra' LP
1 The Black Keys Beautiful People (Stay High) (Warner Music) 'Ohio Players' LP
1 Manchester Orchestra Bed Head (Loma Vista/Concord) 'The Million Masks of God' LP
1 Awolnation The Best (Red Bull Records) 'Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders' CD
1 Samantha Fish Better Be Lonely (Concord/Rounder) 'Faster' LP
1 Billy Idol Bitter Taste (Dark Horse Records/BMG) 'The Roadside' EP
1 Our Native Daughters Black Myself (Smithsonian Folkways) 'Songs of our Native Daughters' LP
1 Maren Morris & Hozier The Bones (Columbia) 'Girl' CD
1 X Ambassadors BOOM (Kid In A Korner/Interscope) 'Orion' CD
1 Waxahatchee Bored (Anti-) 'Tigers Blood' LP
1 The Killers Boy (Island/Republic) *single only*
1 Tears For Fears Break The Man (Concord Music) 'The Tipping Point' LP
1 St. Vincent Broken Man (Virgin) 'All Born Screaming' LP …out 4/26/24
1 Khruangbin & Leon Bridges B-Side (Funky Buziness Records) 'Texas Moon' EP
1 Samantha Fish Bulletproof (Concord Music) 'Kill or be Kind' LP
1 Tianna Esperanza Buy You A New Attitude (BMG) 'Terror' LP
1 Valerie June Call Me A Fool (Fantasy Records/Concord) 'The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers' LP
1 Jon Batiste Calling Your Name (Verve/Interscope) 'World Music Radio' LP … out 8/18/23
1 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Can't Let Go (Rounder/Concord) 'Raise the Roof' LP
1 Kacey Musgraves Cardinal (Interscope) 'Deeper Well' LP
1 The Killers Caution (Island/Republic) 'Imploding the Mirage' LP
1 Cedric Burnside Closer (Provogue Music/Mascot Label Group) 'Hill Country Love' LP
1 Milky Chance Colorado (Dorpa) single only
1 Black Pumas Colors (ATO Records) 'Black Pumas' LP
1 Cosmo Sheldrake Come Along (AWAL/in2UNE Music) 'The Much Much How How and I' CD
1 Natalie Merchant Come On, Aphrodite (Warner Music) 'Keep Your Courage' LP …out 4/14/23
1 Muse Compliance (Warner Music/Q-Prime) 'Will of the People' LP
1 Gorillaz Cracker Island (Warner Music) 'Cracker Island' LP …out 2/24/23
1 Twenty One Pilots The Craving (Fueled By Ramen/Elektra/Atlantic) 'Clancy' LP
1 Glass Animals Creatures In Heaven (Republic) 'I Love You So * Much' LP …out 7/19/24
1 Matt Maeson Cringe (Atlantic) 'Bank on the Funeral' LP
1 Orville Peck Dead of Night (Sub Pop) 'Pony' LP
1 Orville Peck & Beck Death Valley High (Warner Music) *Single - collaborative
1 Absofacto Dissolve (Atlantic Records) 'Thousand Peaces' EP
1 Maggie Rogers Don't Forget Me (UMG) 'Don't Forget Me' LP …out 4/12/24
1 Quasi Doomscrollers (Sub Pop) 'Breaking the Balls of History' LP
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 Adele Easy On Me (Columbia) '30' LP
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 Coldplay feelslikeimfallinginlove (Atlantic) 'Moon Music' LP …out 10/4/24
1 Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Find Your People (Magnolia Tree/Tone Tree Music) 'Strangers No More' LP
1 Nikki Lane First High (New West) 'Denim & Diamonds' LP
1 Maggie Rose For Your Consideration (Soundly Music) 'Have A Seat' LP
1 Jon Batiste Freedom (Verve Forecast/Interscope) 'We Are' LP
1 Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram & Buddy Guy Fresh Out (Alligator Records) 'Kingfish' CD
1 Depeche Mode Ghosts Again (Columbia) 'Memento Mori' LP… out 3/24/23
1 Foo Fighters The Glass (RCA) 'But Here We Are…' LP
1 The Heavy Heavy Go Down River (ATO/Red Light) 'Life and Life Only' EP
1 Lizzo Good As Hell (clean) (Atlantic Records) 'Barbershop: The Next Cut' soundtrack (2016)
1 The Revivalists Good Old Days (Concord Music) 'Pour It Out Into The Night' LP
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 Kathleen Edwards Hard On Everyone (Dualtone Music) 'Total Freedom' LP
1 Jason Mraz Have It All (acoustic version) (Elektra/Atlantic) 'Know.' CD
1 Amanda Shires Hawk For The Dove (ATO Records) 'Take It Like A Man' LP
1 Glass Animals Heat Waves (Republic) 'Dreamland' LP
1 Bakar Hell N Back (Red Music) 'Will You Be My Yellow?' EP
1 Red Wanting Blue High and Dry (Blue Elan Records) 'The Wanting' CD
1 The Avett Brothers High Steppin' (American/Republic) 'Closer Than Together' LP
1 Dave Alvin Highway 61 Revisited (Yep Roc) 'From An Old Guitar' LP
1 Mt. Joy Highway Queen (Open Management/C3) *Single - LP details forthcoming
1 Greta Van Fleet Highway Tune (Lava/Republic) 'From the Fires' double EP
1 The Lone Bellow Honey (Dualtone) 'Love Songs For Losers' LP
1 Arlo Parks Hope (Transgressive) 'Collapsed in Sunbeams' LP
1 The Record Company How High (Concord) 'Play Loud' LP
1 KennyHoopla How Will I Rest In Peace… (Arista) *single only* from CLE originally!
1 Lenny Kravitz Human (BMG) 'Blue Electric Light' LP
1 Sleater-Kinney Hurry On Home (Mom & Pop) 'The Center Won't Hold' LP
1 The Marias Hush (Atlantic) 'Cinema' LP
1 The War on Drugs I Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic) 'I Don't Live Here Anymore' LP
1 The Growlers I'll Be Around (Cult Records) 'City Club' (produced by Julian Casablancas)
1 Charley Crockett I'm Just A Clown (Thirty Tigers) 'The Man From Waco' 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 Black Pumas Ice Cream (Pay Phone) (ATO Records) 'Chronicles of a Diamond' LP
1 Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires If We Were Vampires (Thirty Tigers) 'The Nashville Sound' LP
1 Brigitte Calls Me Baby Impressively Average (ATO Records/Red Light Management) 'This House is Made of Corners' EP
1 Tyler Childers In Your Love (RCA Records) 'Rustin' In The Rain' …out 9/8/23
1 Tame Impala Is It True (Interscope) 'The Slow Rush' LP
1 Silversun Pickups It Doesn't Matter Why (Q-Prime Music) 'Widow's Weeds' CD
1 Bethany Cosentino It's Fine (clean edit) (Concord) 'Natural Disaster' LP
1 Fontaines D.C. Jackie Down The Line (Partisan Records) 'Skinty Fia' …out 4/22/22
1 Brandi Carlile The Joke (Elektra/Atlantic) 'By the Way, I Forgive You' LP
1 Inhaler Just To Keep You Satisfied (Interscope) 'Cuts & Bruises' LP (their 2nd LP)
1 Slowdive kisses (Dead Oceans) 'Everything Is Alive' LP …out 9/1/23
1 Phoebe Bridgers Kyoto (Secretly Group) 'Punisher' LP
1 Beirut Landslide (Beggars Group/4AD) 'Gallipoli' LP
1 Major Lazer & Marcus Mumford Lay Your Head On Me (Columbia) 'Music is the Weapon' LP
1 Silk Sonic Leave The Door Open (Atlantic) 'An Evening with Silk Sonic' LP
1 J.S. Ondara Lebanon (Verve/Interscope) 'Tales of America' LP
1 Smith Lemon (Hitmaker Music) *Single; viral buzz; mystery artist
1 Elle King The Let Go (RCA) 'In Isolation' EP
1 The Pretenders Let The Sun Come In (Rhino) 'Relentless' LP …out 9/15/23
1 Margo Price A Little Pain (Third Man Records) 'All American Made' LP
1 Melody Gardot & Sting Little Something (Interscope) *single only*
1 Better Than Ezra Live A Little (Shelter Music) 'Super Magick' LP
1 The Mavericks & Nicole Atkins Live Close By (Mono Mundo/Thirty Tigers) 'Moon & Stars' LP …out 5/17/24
1 Milky Chance Living In A Haze (Muggelig Records) *Single
1 Durand Jones & The Indications Long Way Home (Dead Oceans/Secretly Group) 'American Love Call' LP
1 Foo Fighters Love Dies Young (RCA) 'Medicine at Midnight' LP
1 My Morning Jacket Love Love Love (ATO/Red Light) 'My Morning Jacket' LP
1 Devon Gilfillian Love You Anyway (Fantasy/Concord) 'Love You Anyway' LP
1 Maggie Rogers Love You For A Long Time (Capitol Records) *single only*
1 Julian Lennon Lucky Ones (BMG) 'Jude' LP
1 Billie Eilish Lunch (Darkroom/Interscope/Capitol) 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' LP
1 Dave Matthews Band Madman's Eyes (RCA/Red Light) 'Walk Around The Moon' LP… out 5/19/23
1 Elvis Costello & The Imposters Magnificent Hurt (Capitol) 'The Boy Named If' LP …out 1/14/22
1 Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Midnight Heat (Alligator Records) 'Live In London' LP
1 Vance Joy Missing Piece (Atlantic) single only
1 Bleachers Modern Girl (Dirty Hit (UK)) 'Bleachers' LP …out 3/8/24
1 Royel Otis Murder On The Dance Floor (Triple J Radio Australia) *Single / Aussie duo band
1 Spoon My Babe (Beggars Group) 'Lucifer on the Sofa' LP
1 Mitski My Love Mine All Mine (Dead Oceans) 'The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We' LP
1 Erasure Nerves Of Steel (Mute) 'The Neon' CD
1 Bruce Springsteen Nightshift (Columbia) 'Only the Strong Survive' (covers LP) out 11/11/22
1 Hozier & Mavis Staples Nina Cried Power (Columbia) 'Wasteland, Baby!' LP
1 Big Thief Not (4AD/Beggars Group) 'Two Hands' LP
1 boygenius Not Strong Enough (Interscope) 'The Record' LP
1 Sparks Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is (Island Records) 'The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte' LP
1 The Beatles Now And Then (Capitol) 'Now And Then' single (completed 2023)
1 The Raconteurs Now That You're Gone (Monotone/Third Man Records) 'Help Us Stranger' LP
1 Joe P Off My Mind (Atlantic) 'Emily Can't Sing' EP
1 Caamp Officer of Love (Mom & Pop) *single only*
1 Adele Oh My God (Columbia) '30' LP
1 Blink 182 One More Time (Columbia) 'One More Time…' LP
1 Caamp The Otter (Mom & Pop) 'Lavender Days' LP
1 The Dip Paddle To The Stars (Dualtone) 'Sticking With It' 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 Low Cut Connie Private Lives (Cosign) 'Private Lives' CD
1 Jenny Lewis Psychos (Blue Note/Capitol) 'Joy'all' LP …out 6/9/23
1 Cage the Elephant Rainbow (RCA/Q-Prime) 'Neon Pill' LP
1 Ben Rector & Steve Winwood Range Rover (Ben Rector) single only
1 Cage the Elephant Ready To Let Go (RCA/Q-Prime) 'Social Cues' CD
1 Pete Yorn Real Good Love (Pete Yorn) 'The Hard Way' LP
1 The Highwomen Redesigning Women (Elektra) 'The Highwomen' LP
1 The Rolling Stones Ride 'Em On Down (Polydor/Interscope) 'Blue and Lonesome'
1 Peter Gabriel Road To Joy (Bright Side Mix) (Real World Records) 'i/o' LP
1 Momma Rockstar (Polyvinyl) 'Household Name' LP
1 The Record Company Roll With It (Round Hill Records) 'The 4th Album' LP
1 B.B. King & Eric Clapton Rollin' & Tumblin' (Warner Music) 'Ridin' With the King' CD 20th anniv reissue
1 The Wallflowers Roots And Wings (New West Records) 'Exit Wounds' LP
1 LovelyTheBand Sail Away (The Orchard) single only
1 The Lumineers Salt And The Sea (Dualtone) 'III' LP
1 Sleater-Kinney Say It Like You Mean It (Loma Vista/Concord) 'Little Rope' LP
1 Lana Del Rey Say Yes To Heaven (Interscope) *Single
1 J.S. Ondara Saying Goodbye (Verve/Interscope) 'Tales of America' CD
1 Thirty Seconds To Mars Seasons (Concord Music) 'It's The End Of The World…' LP
1 Silk Sonic Skate (Atlantic) 'An Evening with Silk Sonic' LP
1 Cage the Elephant Skin and Bones (Q-Prime) 'Social Cues' LP
1 Pete Yorn Someday, Someday (Shelly Music/Monotone) 'The Hard Way' LP
1 Zach Bryan Something In The Orange (Warner Music) 'American Heartbreak' 3xLP
1 Lizzo & Sza Special (Atlantic) *Single - duet song with 'SZA'
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 Yola Stand For Myself (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) 'Stand For Myself' LP
1 Fontaines D.C. Starburster (XL/Beggars Group) 'Romance' LP
1 Ray LaMontagne Strong Enough (RCA) 'Monovision' LP
1 Modest Mouse The Sun Hasn't Left (Epic Records) 'The Golden Casket' LP
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 Beck Thinking About You (Capitol) *Standalone single
1 The Jayhawks This Forgotten Town (Thirty Tigers) 'XOXO' LP
1 Paramore This Is Why (Atlantic) 'This is Why' LP
1 Andra Day Tigress & Tweed (Warner Music) 'United States vs. Billie Holiday' Soundtrack
1 Charlie Mars Times Have Changed (The Orchard) 'Times Have Changed' LP
1 Phoenix Tonight (Glassnote) 'Alpha Zulu' LP …out 11/4/22
1 Ex Hex Tough Enough (Merge Records) 'It's Real' LP
1 Future Islands The Tower (Beggars Group) 'People Who Aren't There Anymore' LP
1 Lizzo Truth Hurts (clean version) (Atlantic) 'Cuz I Love You' CD (deluxe edition))
1 Janelle Monae Turntables (Atlantic) 'All In: Fight for Democracy' Soundtrack
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 The Red Clay Strays Wanna Be Loved (RCA Records) 'Made by These Moments' LP …out 7/26/24
1 The Black Crowes Wanting and Waiting (Megaforce/ATO/Red Light) (let's not say this LP title)
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 Brittany Howard What Now (Island/Republic) 'What Now' LP …out 2/9/24
1 Local Natives When Am I Gonna Lose You (Loma Vista/Concord) 'Violet Street' LP
1 The Lumineers Where We Are (Dualtone) 'Brightside' LP
1 Spoon Wild (Matador/Beggars Group) 'Lucifer on the Sofa' LP
1 The Black Keys Wild Child (Warner Music) 'Dropout Boogie' …out 5/13/22
1 The Heavy Hours Wildfire (BMG) 'Wildfire' EP
1 The Revivalists Wish I Knew You (Wind-Up/Concord) 'Men Amongst Mountains'
1 Amos Lee Worry No More (Dualtone) 'Dreamland' LP …out 2/11/22
1 Raye Worth It (RAYE/The Orchard) 'My 21st Century Blues' LP
1 Imagine Dragons Wrecked (Interscope) 'Mercury - Act 1' CD
1 Brandi Carlile & Lucius You And Me On The Rock (Elektra) 'In These Silent Days' LP
1 Andy Frasco & The U.N. You Do You (Soundly Music) 'L'Optimist' LP
1 The National You Had Your Soul With You (4AD/Beggars Group) 'I Am Easy To Find' LP
1 The Killers Your Side of Town (Island) 'Rebel Diamonds' greatest hits LP
Local Music Spotlights This Week
2 Anna Kathleen Kinda Like You (Radio Edit)
2 Tim Easton Everything You're Afraid Of 'Find Your Way' LP
2 MojoFlo Body Language *Single
2 Katy Robinson Head Above The Water
2 Marc Lee Shannon Riser 'My Other Brothers' LP
2 The Vindys If I Want 'Bugs' CD
1 15 60 75 The Numbers Band Crazed And Restless 'Endure' LP (first in 10 years!)
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 Brian Bacon Pull The Weight (Clean edit)
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 Leanne Binder Little Bitta (How Does It Make You Feel)
1 Black Wolf and the Thief Attn! Single released 8/2024
1 Bored Approval Keep Me In Mind
1 Brooke Surgener Gimme Gimme
1 The Building Trying, Tired 'Indianola Pizza Dough' LP
1 Buzz Clic Adventure Antenna Ball 'Biggest Hits & Greatest Misses' CD
1 By Light We Loom Don't Give Up On Me *Single
1 Candace Campana Hay In My Hairbrush
1 Candace Campana No Average Joe *Single
1 Barry Carroll Better *Single
1 Chayla Hope Falling
1 City of Invention Radio (Clean Edit)
1 The Clarks No. 9 *Single release
1 The Clarks Stay 'Stay' EP
1 Cloud Nothings Am I Something 'The Shadow I Remember' LP
1 Coleville Lucky Side Of The Street *Single
1 The Commonheart Trying To Get Over 'For Work or Love' LP
1 Dave Rich & His Enablers Sound Of Moving On
1 Detention Peachy Keen *Single - Akron hometown success story!
1 Easton Union Don't Wanna Be Lonely
1 Tim Easton You Don't Really Know Me 'You Don't Really Know Me' LP
1 Rami Feinstein It's Gotta Mean Something *Single - new LP forthcoming*
1 Rami Feinstein & Angie Haze I'll Stand By You *Single - Pretenders cover
1 The Fifth Wheel Best Days 'Tilt' LP
1 Ray Flanagan & Brent Kirby With This Time *2-song EP
1 Flock Of Moons Vestlments Of The Devil
1 Free Black! Don't Make Me (Radio Edit)
1 Free Black! & Wesley Bright Don't Make Me (Clean)
1 Golems Of The Red Planet Ziphim *Single (Harvey Gold + friends)
1 Gone Tomorrow Shot One Over The Bow *Youngstown band
1 Kenny Greco Sleepwalking *Single
1 Guided By Voices Excited Ones 'Crystal Nun's Cathedral' LP …out 3/4/22
1 Guided By Voices Seedling 'Welshpool Frillies' LP …out 7/19/23
1 Jack Harris Take My Hand *Single, from Cleveland
1 Jack Harris Up, Up & Away *Single - local/CLE act
1 Angie Haze Smooth Like You (Radio Edit)
1 Hollin Kings Wicked Love
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 Carlos Jones Holdback Syndrome *Single
1 The Katawicks Dark Cloud *Single
1 Kim Deal Crystal Breath 'Nobody Loves You More' LP ..out 11/22/24
1 Librarians With Hickeys Hello Operator *New LP forthcoming - fall 2024
1 Lydia Loveless Love Is Not Enough 'Daughter' LP (from Columbus, OH)
1 Jessica Lea Mayfield Emotional Abandonment 7' Single vinyl release
1 The Michael Weber Show Golden Days (Slipping Away) 'The Michael Weber Show…Alone' EP
1 Jared Mullins Girl From The East Side *Single - Cleveland based
1 Hardy Mums & Coralilly Something New To Find *Local from Athens area
1 Northcoast Ramblers Cuyahoga from CLE-Akron area
1 The Ohio Weather Band Rubber Town (Clean)
1 Red Wanting Blue Lawyers, Guns, and Money (clean edit) Single for 'Operation Mend' charity organization
1 Red Wanting Blue Lily White (Peppermint Session) 'Peppermint Sessions' EP (and video)
1 Ike Reilly It's Hard To Leave You For The Ocean (Youngstown connection - semi-local)
1 Katy Robinson Another Day We'll Shine *Single release
1 Sad Planets Yesterday Girls 'Akron, Ohio' LP
1 Saintseneca Wait A Minute *Single
1 The Scenic Route Wild *Single
1 Marc Lee Shannon Steady On *Single
1 Shelby Olive Nothing Wrong With Me *Single
1 The Shootouts Rattlesnake Whiskey 'Bullseye!' LP
1 Snarls After You (Samantha's Song)
1 Snarls Marbles 'Burst' CD
1 Floco Torres Flamenco Single
1 Truss Selfish *Single - Cleveland band
1 Unit 5 No One's Girl (1981)
1 The Vindys Elton Glasses Baby *Single - first new since 2020
1 Welshly Arms Are You Lonely 'Wasted Words & Bad Decisions' LP
1 Wishgarden Tell Me Anything