Happy Music Friday! This week is a fun one. My personal calendar is a conglomerate of near every genre of music, festival, and comedy special that a decade ago I would have dreamed would be my life. Easter is near and all bunny ears, dipped and painted eggs to hide are being prepared, millions of baskets are filling to the brim with candy, and everyone is planning a superior family meal. Oh the holidays – definitely a favorite.

To wrap up this week, we’ve got some much-anticipated arrivals that have us tapping our toes, crossing our arms, and screeching, “Finally!” We’re sure you can see which ones we think you should grab and which ones we think may deserve a pass (cough). Dive in at your own risk, and let’s hear your picks!

Featured Artist of the Week:

Exclusive Artist Interview: Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big (album out today!)

Exert from our interview with him this week:

Guitar Virtuoso Chats About His New Record The Dio Album and Mr. Big’s Upcoming Farewell  Tour

It was the summer of 1989 and I was working a closing shift at my job in a local music store. Since the boss and his daughters went home early, I tuned the office radio to a favorite rock channel to help pass the time. The disc jockey was talking about a song from a newly formed supergroup that was getting a lot of requests and he said local legend bassist Billy Sheehan ( I’m originally from Buffalo, NY) was a part of it. My ears perked up and I ignored the phone lines for a few seconds when I heard the opening bass line and guitar riffs of “Addicted To That Rush” and needless to say I was addicted. That was the first time I remember hearing the work of Paul Gilbert. Since then, he has become a staple in my listening library from vinyl to CD to streaming with Mr. Big and Racer X’s music and his solo work earning permanent spots in my collection. Go check out his 2019 solo release Behold Electric Guitar and well, simply, behold. 

See the interview we did with him this week here!

**All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Dates are subject to change. 

ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR April 7th, 2023

Friday, April 7th

• Allan Clarke [Hollies] — I’ll Never Forget
• American Grandma — Rare Knives of Light
• Amy Irving — Born In a Trunk
• Andy Fairweather Low [Roger Waters/Eric Clapton] — Flang Dang (vinyl release)
• Angel Vivaldi — Away With Words Part 2 EP (Self)
• Aryn Michelle — Beautiful EP – Independent
• Barney Bones — Escapism EP
• Ben Gregory — episode (Transgressive)
• Biako — Feelings Happen
• Billie Marten — Drop Cherries (Fiction Records)
• Blondshell — Blondshell (Partisan Records)
• Braid — Frame & Canvas (25th Anniversary Edition)
• Brandee Younger — Brand New Life (Impulse)
• Calvin Johnson — Gallows Wine (K Records)
• Charlie Hill — Chuck Pond
• Chet Baker — Chet Baker Sings and Plays (Vinyl Reissue)
• Chris Cubeta — APOE (Grand Jury Music)
• Chloe Adams — The Monster You Made Me
• Covet — catharsis
• Crocodiles — Upside Down in Heaven (Lolipop Records)
• Cub Sport — Jesus At the Gay Bar (Cub Sport Records)
• Daniel Caesar — Never Enough (Republic Records)
• Darlene Love — Live 1982 (Liberation Hall)
• David Haerle — El Camino Sierra (Spirit House Records)
• Daydream Nation — Leisure (DGC)
• Daughter — Stereo Mind (Glassnote Records)
• DeeBaby — Junkie Mode
• Desire Marea — On the Romance of Being
• Devon Church — Strange Strangers (Felte Records)
• Devon Gilfillian — Love You Anyway (Fantasy Records)
• Dionne Warwick — The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973
• Discreation — Iron Times (Massacre)
• Donnie Doolittle — Donnie Doolittle
• Ellie Goulding — Higher Than Heaven (Polydor Records)
• Emma Tricca — Aspirin Sun (Bella Union)
• FACS — Still Life in Decay (Trouble In Mind Records)
• Fire-Toolz — I am upset because I see something that is not there. (Hausu Mountain)
• Forest Bees — Between the Lines
• The Get Right Band — iTopia
• The Golden Grass — Life Is Much Stranger (Heavy Psych Sounds)
• Godsleep — Lies to Survive
• Güero — Wednesdays
• The Hackles — What a beautiful thing I have made (Jealous Butcher)
• Hatchie — Giving the World Away (Deluxe Edition)
• Hayden — Are We Good (Arts & Crafts)
• Heather Woods Broderick — Labyrinth (Western Vinyl)
• HMLTD — The Worm (Lucky Number)
• Healthyliving — Songs Of Abundance, Psalms Of Grief (Self)
• Heathen Foray — Oathbreaker (Massacre)
• HOODLUM — Southside Story
• Ian Jones — Results Not Typical (Self-released)
• Ian Munsick — White Buffalo
• Jake Ybarra — Something in the Water (Charlotte Avenue Entertainment)
• Jana Horn — The Window is the Dream (No Quarter)
• JSteph — ishtwbu (Single) – Independent
• Jimi Cravity — The Last Amen (Single) – Independent
• Johnny Thunders — From The Beginning To The End Box Set (Cleopatra)
• Jukebox the Ghost — Cheers Deluxe
• Kärbholz — Kapitel 11: Barrikaden (Metalville)
• Kem — Live album
• KISS – Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie, New York 1984 (UMe)
• La Fonda — We Are Infinite
• Lights – dEd
• Linkin Park — Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (Warner)
• Lisa Heller — SADIE EP (AWAL)
• Lo! — The Gleaners (Pelagic)
• Lucy Kruger and The Lost Boys — Heaving
• Magnolia Electric Co. — Sojourner Box Set
• Mamas and the Papas — The Mamas and the Papas (remastered)
• Matthew Logan Vasquez — As All Get Out (Nine Mile Records)
• Mazey Haze — Back to the Start EP (LUSTRE)
• Mediocre — To Know You’re Screwed EP (Dangerbird Records)
• Meyhem Lauren x Madlib x DJ Muggs — Champagne For Breakfast (Soul Assassin Records)
• Millyz — Blanco 6
• Mudhoney — Plastic Eternity (Sub Pop)
• Nathan Fake — Crystal Vision (Cambria Instruments)
• THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS — CONTINUE AS A GUEST
• NEWSKI — Friend Rock
• NF — HOPE (Capitol)
• North Americans — Long Cool World
• One Horse Band — Useless Propaganda (Go Down)
• Oracle Sisters — Hydranism
• Overcoats — Winner
• Paul Gilbert — The Dio Album (Music Theories)
• Powerwolf — Interludium (Napalm Records)
• Rachika Nayar — fragments (expanded)
• Rae Sremmurd — SREMM4LIFE (Eardrummer Records/Interscope Records)
• Raider — Trial By Chaos (Self)
• Relent — World War Me EP – Rockfest Records
• Rise Of The Northstar — Showdown (Atomic Fire)
• Rittz — MellowLOvation Music
• Robbie Fulks — Bluegrass Vacation (Compass Records)
• Ruston Kelly — The Weakness (Rounder Records)
• sadie — Tides EP (sadieworld)
• SAM CORBETT — NUTANA
• Sarathy Korwar — KAL (Real World)
• Savage Hands — Rock Bottom EP (SharpTone)
• SaviorSkin — Invicta Mori
• Scowl — Psychic Dance Routine EP
• Silverstein — Misery Made Me Deluxe
• Sunrot — The Unfailing Rope (Prosthetic)
• Susanna Hoffs — The Deep End (Baroque Folk)
• Teleman — Good Time​/​Hard Time
• THEY — Nü Moon
• Thomas Bangalter — Mythologies (Warner Classics)
• Travis Greene — Expect Impossible (NYE Live) – Capitol
• Tribulation — Hamaratia EP (Century Media)
• Various Artists — The Aggression Sessions EP (Nuclear Blast)
• Various Artists — Late Night Basie
• Various Artists — Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist OST (Vinyl Reissue)
• Voïvod — Angel Rat (Reissue)
• Voïvod — Nothingface (Reissue)
• Walter Smith III — return to casual (Blue Note Records)
• Walter Smith III — return to casual
• Wande Coal — Legend Or No Legend
• Waters of March — Waters of March EP
• Wednesday — Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)
• Whenyoung — Paragon Songs (AntiFragile Music)
• Winny — Winny EP
• Worriers — Warm Blanket (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
• Yaeji — With a Hammer (XL Records)
• ZEDNED — ZEDNED
• µ-Ziq — 1977

New Singles:

Sleep Signals have kicked off THE SINKING SHIPS TOUR: PART II, which began April 6th in Spokane, WA at The Big Dipper Spokane and concludes on May 14th. The tour is in support of the band’s new single “Fearless” that released to all major platforms today, April 7, 2023.

RIVAL SONS UNVEIL OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “BIRD IN THE HAND”

2X GRAMMY® AWARD-NOMINATED BAND HERALD EAGERLY AWAITED NEW ALBUM

WITH LATEST INSTALLMENT IN NEW SERIES OF NARRATIVE VISUALS 

EPIC NORTH AMERICAN LIVE SCHEDULE INCLUDES SPECIAL GUEST RUN ONSMASHING PUMPKINS’ “THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE” SUMMER TOUR,BEGINNING AUGUST 1 IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT  “THE DARKFIGHTER TOUR” GETS UNDERWAY MAY 11 IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKWITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE BLACK ANGELS, THE RECORD COMPANY,AND STARCRAWLER (ON SELECT DATES) DARKFIGHTER ARRIVES VIA LOW COUNTRY SOUND/ATLANTIC RECORDSON FRIDAY, JUNE 2.

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER ASHLEY McBRYDE DEBUTS
MORE NEW MUSIC: “THE DEVIL I KNOW” New Track Follows Critically Acclaimed Chart-Climbing Single “Light On In The Kitchen” Returns to Grand Ole Opry Stage April 11 + Tickets On Sale for Spring/Summer Tour at AshleyMcBryde.com

DILLON FRANCIS UNVEILS “PRETTY PEOPLE” FEATURING INJI + VIDEO

THIS MIXTAPE IS FIRE TOO FORTHCOMING

Until next week!

**Have an album coming out soon we should feature? Let us know! Indie, Regional, National – as long as you aren’t recording on an iPhone, hit us up! PSA – CD RELEASE SHOWS are our jam.