NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Releases For The Week of July 13, 2018

Super troopers of the album chart.

Mamma mia! It’s time for the newest update of the hottest albums and singles on the schedule. Will you take a chance on them? These are the notable digital and physical releases headed into the market this Friday:

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Soundtrack) (iTunes)
This sequel and subsequent soundtrack likely won’t do as well as the original Mamma Mia! film from a decade ago, but this collection, featuring more covers from ABBA‘s catalog, should interest fans and longtime supporters of the band. A new version of “Fernando”, a duet between Cher and Andy Garcia, is currently receiving airplay at the AC format.

Notable albums out this week: Amy Shark‘s Love Monster (iTunes), Black Atlass‘s Pain & Pleasure (iTunes), Chris Lane‘s Laps Around The Sun (iTunes), Rayland Baxter‘s Wide Awake (iTunes), The Vamps‘s Night & Day (Day Edition) (iTunes), Wet‘s Still Run (iTunes), Wiz Khalifa‘s Rolling Papers II (iTunes)

Notable EPs out this week: Andreas Moss‘s Andreas Moss (iTunes), DREAMERS‘s Launch (iTunes), Kiana Ledé‘s Selfless (iTunes), NEEDTOBREATHE‘s Forever On Your Side (Niles City Sound Sessions) (iTunes), The Lumineers‘s C-Sides (iTunes)

New digital singles that you can buy this week include:
“16 Steps”, Martin Jensen featuring Olivia Holt (iTunes)
“A Little More”, Alessia Cara (iTunes)
“About You”, Tyron Hapi featuring Laurell (iTunes)
“Almost Love (R3HAB Remix)”, Sabrina Carpenter (iTunes)
“Both Sides”, Chantel Jeffries featuring Vory (iTunes)
“Don’t Fall For It”, Russ (iTunes)
“Don’t Go”, Vice featuring Becky G & Mr. Eazi (iTunes)
“Eastside”, Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid (iTunes)
“Feels Like Summer” and “Summertime Magic”, Childish Gambino (iTunes)
“Frozen Frames (Acoustic)”, Hannah Jane Lewis (iTunes)
“God Is A Woman”, Ariana Grande (iTunes)
“Harvest Love”, Tash Sultana (iTunes)
“Heaven Wasn’t Made For Me”, Terror Jr (iTunes)
“Hit The Lights”, Ghosted featuring RØMANS (iTunes)
“Honest”, Kim Cesarion (iTunes)
“I Choose Me”, Anna Dellaria (iTunes)
“If You Could See Me Now”, Savanna (iTunes)
“If You Wanna Love Somebody (Acoustic)”, Tom Odell (iTunes)
“It Was You”, Norah Jones (iTunes)
“Joke”, Third Eye Blind (iTunes)
“Jumpsuit” and “Nico And The Niners”, Twenty One Pilots (iTunes)
“Keep A Little Soul (1982)”, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (iTunes)
“Leaving You Behind”, Moontower (iTunes)
“Let Me Live/Let Me Die”, Des Rocs (iTunes)
“Li Di Da”, The Internet (iTunes)
“Like I Used To”, Tinashe (iTunes)
“Lucky Man”, Hearts & Colors (iTunes)
“Mama Look At Me Now” and “Satisfied”, Galantis / featuring MAX (iTunes)
“Moonglow”, Cape Cub (iTunes)
“Ooh Yea”, Fabolous featuring Ty Dolla $ign (iTunes)
“Road To Happiness”, Cam (iTunes)
“Schedules”, Sigrid (iTunes)
“Shadowboxer”, Good Charlotte (iTunes)
“Single-Minded”, Anna Mae (iTunes)
“Stay Awake With Me”, Dan Owen (iTunes)
“Still Wondering”, Jocelyn Alice (iTunes)
“Summer”, WILD (iTunes)
“Sun In Our Eyes”, MØ & Diplo (iTunes)
“The City”, Louis The Child with Quinn XCII (iTunes)
“Toothbrush”, Top Bunk (iTunes)
“Touch”, Great Good Fine OK (iTunes)
“Venus & River”, Capital Cities (iTunes)
“Wishing You Away”, HOLYCHILD (iTunes)

Next week: look out for new albums from Meg Myers, The Internet and more. For Adam’s personal picks of the week, listen to the PGTC Friday Faves list on Spotify!

RADIO REPORT: POP! Goes The Picks (August 2015) (Part Two)

It’s time once again to analyze the airwaves and find out if your favorite new singles will be lighting up the national charts during the month. Which tracks will climb to the top and which ones will hit a stop? Here’s a small selection of new songs being serviced in August on the Alternative and Triple A formats in the second part of this month’s Radio Report:

ALTERNATIVE (*) and TRIPLE A (**)

MAC DEMARCO – “The Way You’d Love Her” (August 4) (**)
Label: Captured Tracks
August 7 marks the release of DeMarco’s new mini-album, Another One, though the full set of eight songs is available to stream as of now. The 25-year-old Canadian singer/songwriter managed to crack the top 30 on the Billboard 200 last year with Salad Days and the new set should keep his days on the listing alive. The Current, based out of Minneapolis, added the cut several weeks ago.

MEG MYERS – “Lemon Eyes” (August 4) (*)
Label: Atlantic
Tennessee-born Myers is on the verge of releasing a full-length album after a couple of successful EPs, and so far, the 28-year-old singer has managed two top 20 singles on the Alternative survey. Coincidentally, the two have one-word titles: “Desire” (from last year) and “Sorry” (from early this year.) I’m sure she won’t be too bitter if the single becomes another moderate hit at the format.

RAYLAND BAXTER – “Yellow Eyes” (August 4) (**)
Label: ATO
Still deep into the optometry section of the monthly radio post, we find another musician based in Nashville, though one that’s on the hunt for their breakout hit on the airwaves. Coming from a musical family, the americana and folk singer definitely has a place waiting for him on the Triple A format. Baxter’s single is already spinning on Nashville’s Lightning 100 and Philadelphia’s WXPN.

ALABAMA SHAKES – “Gimme All Your Love” (August 11) (* + **)
Label: ATO
Sharing the same label as Baxter is this quartet, who interrupt the short chart run of the album cut “Future People” (currently top 30 on the Triple A chart based off unsolicited airplay) with this official second single from the former #1 album Sound & Color. If some GRAMMY “Love” doesn’t come in for their material later this year, it will certainly be a disappointment. Watch out for this.

SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS – “Sugar” (August 11) (**)
Label: Party Fowl/Thirty Tigers
Last week, this song came up in my Spotify Discovery Weekly review as one of my favorite selections on the playlist. However, the New York group is already being buzzed about for some great live performances, which is converting into adds and larger streams data at digital platforms. We’ve already had several “Sugar” titles at different radio formats this year, but this one is just as sweet.

GRACE POTTER – “Empty Heart” (August 18) (**)
Label: Hollywood
32-year-old Potter and her group The Nocturnals have been rocking out together for over a decade, but for her latest release, it’s a solo outing. Midnight is the name of the album, which is due in a few weeks. First single “Alive Tonight” stalled out fairly quickly and, thus, with no single at radio, the time has come to get something out there. It certainly has a better chance to gain some play.

TYLER LYLE – “Feel Free” (August 18) (**)
Label: All Who Wander
Independent singer Lyle, originally from Georgia, has been writing and recording music for some time now. You may remember a video for his song “Werewolf” that gained some nice coverage online in 2013. This past June, his latest album, The Native Genius Of Desert Plants, bloomed at digital retail and streaming, and it’s a solid batch of songs. This bluesy single is among the best on it.

VANCE JOY – “Fire And The Flood” (August 25) (*)
Label: F-Stop/Atlantic
After the multi-format hit that was “Riptide” and the top five followup “Mess Is Mine” on Alternative radio, the Melbourne singer is now in stores with an expanded edition of his Dream Your Life Away album, originally released last September. Though “Great Summer” from the soundtrack to Paper Towns wasn’t included on it, this release was, and a music video debuted for it last week.

Which of these new songs would you like to see on top of the charts? Let me know! Comment below or click the “Get Social!” tab to find PGTC on social media.