Olivia Rodrigo once again has the number one album in the country:
In the tracking week ending Aug. 26, Sour earned 133,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. (up 133%), according to MRC Data. Of that sum, album sales comprise 84,000 (up 1,201%), with vinyl LP sales equaling 76,000 of that figure (the second-largest sales week for a vinyl album since MRC Data began electronically tracking sales in 1991).
Thief Club released a new single “Holy City.”
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The Ataris will be performing Blue Skies Broken Hearts Next Twelve Exits for a livestream on Thursday.
Read More “The Ataris Announce Livestream”
This week’s newsletter has my first impressions on the new Every Time I Die album, thoughts on Turnstile’s masterpiece, and some other random commentary on music, movies, and TV shows I consumed over the past week. There’s also a playlist of songs I enjoyed last week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Great Good Fine Ok have teamed up with John Splithoff for the new song “See Me Here, See Me Now.”
Read More “Great Good Fine Ok – “See Me Here, See Me Now””
The Wonder Years is getting rebooted and the first trailer has been released.
Read More “‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot”
Kim Petras has released the new single “Future Starts Now.”
Read More “Kim Petras – “Future Starts Now””
Kacey Musgraves has released a video for the new song “Justified.”
Read More “Kacey Musgraves – “Justified” Video”
Courtney Barnett has shared her take on “I’ll Be Your Mirror.”
Read More “Courtney Barnett Covers Velvet Underground”
If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the comments to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
Read More “Albums in Stores – Aug. 27th, 2021”
Grayscale have released the new song “Live Again.”
Read More “Grayscale – “Live Again””
The Beatles have announced another reissue of Let It Be, including 27 unreleased recordings.
Read More “The Beatles Reissue ‘Let It Be’”
Chvrches performed “Good Girls” on Fallon last night.
Read More “Chvrches Perform on Fallon”
Rina Sawayama has shared a cover of “Enter Sandman.”
Read More “Rina Sawayama Covers Metallica”
Gorillaz have surprise released a new three-track EP on all streaming services.