June 9 is a big day in rock ’n’ roll. Let us count the ways:
1 | In 1964, Bob Dylan recorded Mr. Tambourine Man in a New York City studio.
2 | In 1972, Bruce Springsteen signed with Columbia Records.
3 | In 1978, The Rolling Stones released Some Girls.
4 | In 1994, TLC singer Left Eye set fire to her boyfriend’s Atlanta mansion and burned it to the ground.
5 | In 1998, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall had a fight at London hotel. (Man, I would pay anything to see video of that!)
Then, let us count the birthdays:
1 | In 1891, Cole Porter was born.
2 | In 1934, Jackie Wilson was born.
3 | In 1941, Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord was born.
4 | In 1970, Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons was born.
5 | In 1978, Matthew Bellamy of Muse was born.
On top of all that, next week brings another 420-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes to your world. Let us count the plays:
Aerial | Activities Of Daily Living
Airbag | The Century Of The Self
Airrica | Hi Speed Lover
AJJ | Disposable Everything Else Deluxe Edition
Alarm! | Alarm!
Alley Catss | M Helux
Almeda | Fk It EP
Annabel | Worldviews
Angel Sword | World Fighter
Angelwings Marmalade | As The Motherboard Watched Back
Anohni And The Johnsons | Breaking
Solo Ansamblis & Roe Deers | SArmxRD
Apes | Penitence
Ars Nova | Sunshine & Shadows
As For The Future | As For The Future
Astral Swans / Julie Doiron | Split EP
David August | Workouts
Bronze Avery | Heatwave
Bad Breeding | Contempt
Balwezo Westijiz | Tower Of Famine
Jill Barber | Encore!
Been Stellar | Scream From New York, NY
George Benson | Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon
Bilal ft. Questlove, Robert Glasper & Burniss Travis | Live At Glasshaus
Gabriel Birnbaum | Patron Saint of Tireless Losers
Black Country Communion | V
Blvck Hippie | Basketball Camp
Blamhaus | That Epic Pickle
Blanco Brown | Cedar Walls Whiskey EP
Bluegill x Subvertigo Split | Bluegill x Subvertigo Split
Bôa | Worry
Bödel | Bilan Faller Single
Body Farm / Dry Socket | Split LP
Boulder Fields | With All the Other Ghosts
David Bowie | Rock ’N’ Roll Star
Boys’ Shorts | Something To Forget EP
British Murder Boys | Active Agents And House Boys
Lindsey Buckingham | 20th Century Lindsey
Bvdlvd | Loud ’n’ Short
Cadaverous Condition | Never Arrive, Never Return
John Cage / Aaron Dilloway | Rozart Mix
John Cale | POPtical Illusion
Camerata Mediolanense | Atalanta Fugiens
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs | Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits
Isobel Campbell | Bow to Love
Candy Shop | Girls Don’t Cry
Cannon | Comet’s Coming
Care Again | Sit Outside
Daniel Carter, Matthew Putman, Federico Ughi | Stream Of A Dream
Thibault Cauvin | L’heure Miroir
Celer | Gems II
Chained | Cut Out The Stigma EP
Channel Tres | Head Rush
Charlieeeee | Dogbowl EP
Chicken | 4evaLit
Julie Christmas | Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
Cignature | Sweetie But Saltie
Codeko | Reel Me In
Cola | The Gloss
Alfredo Colón | Blood Burden
Luke Combs | Fathers & Sons
Concréte | Concréte2
Construct Of Lethe | A Kindness Dealt In Venom
Copper Sounds | Sequenced Ceramics
Jess Cornelius | Care/Taking
Carly Cosgrove | The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty
Crumb | Amama
Crypt Sermon | The Stygian Rose
Crywolf | Let Me Be Your Womb
CSR | L’Heure Bleue
Jim Cuddy | All The World Fades Away
Dagoba | Different Breed
Ooyamada Daisanmyaku 大山田大山脈 | Dyspepsia Original Soundtrack
Darkend | Viaticum
Darkened | Defilers Of The Light
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band | Dancing On The Edge
Dayseeker | Replica Vinyl
The Decemberists | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
Delay Grounds | Digital Spiritual
Dendera | Mask Of Lies
Dead Posey | Are You In A Cult?
The Dead Tongues | Body Of Light / I Am A Cloud
Dellafuente | Torii Yama
Desolat | Get Sick And Let Me Watch You Die
Diamante Eléctrico | Malhablado
Sheena Dham | Familiarity Heuristic
Giovanni Di Domenico, Pak Yan Lau And John Also Bennett | Tidal Perspectives
Christ Dillinger | There’s Evil In This Club
Lonnie Donegan | All The Hits & More 1955-62
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs | Broken Hearted Blue
The Doobie Brothers | Best of the Doobies: Volumes 1 & 2
Ellen Doty | Every Little Scene
Downfall Of Mankind | Purgatory
Drakomafia | Francesco Totti
The Dream Machine | Small Time Monsters
Dreamslain | Forge Of Rebellion
Dub Phizix | Like A Rope EP
Dup Sys | Pure Materials
The Early November | The Early November
The Early Planets | The Waits / inBetween Music
Earth Tongue | Great Haunting
Ebbb | All At Once
Echotide | As Our Floodlights Gave Way To Dawn
David Edren | Daarbuiten
Eivør | Enn
Embryonic Autopsy | Origins Of The Deformed
The Erotics | Destined to Damnation
Everglow | Zombie
Fax Gang & Parannoul | Scattersun
Feet | Make It Up
Fellwarden | Legend
Fidlar | Fix Me
Jamie Finlay | Sun Dogs
F1regek | Cableworks
Fireground | Love Letter
Floating World Pictures with Ocean Moon | Floating World Pictures with Ocean Moon
Florrie | The Lost Ones
Flowerbomb | Gloom Scroll Vol. 2
Fluids | Reduced Capabilities
Eamon Fogarty | I’m An Animal Now
Forbidden Society | Lonely Road
Forest Law | Zero
Forgotten Tomb | Nightfloating
Fórn | The Departure of Consciousness
Home Frango | Fresh And Tender
Fräulein | Sink or Swim
Fr1th | Mind Blossom
Fu Manchu | The Return Of Tomorrow
Fuzziliers | Sail The Seven Seas
Sheff G | Antics
Diamanda Galás | In Concert
Enzo Garcia | There They Are, Albert
Jerry Garcia Band | GarciaLive Vol. 21: February 13th, 1976 Keystone Berkeley
Garlands | Turn The Sky
Genix | You.Me.Now
Geoffroy | Good Boy
Sheida Gharachedaghi & Mohammad Reza Aslani | Chess of the Wind
Joe Ghatt | Caper
Ghost Party | Ghost Moves
Joe Gittleman | Hold Up
John Glacier | Duppy Gun
Tuzza Globale | Villa Di Tuzza
Sam Goku | Radiants
Golgotha | Spreading The Wings Of Hope
John Grant | The Art Of The Lie
C.B. Green | Say What You Wanna Do
Ryan David Green | Off and Running
Will Gregory Moog Ensemble | Heat Ray
Margo Guryan | Words And Music
Haldi & ans Flamingo | Muusika
Half-Baked Non-Sequitur | Give Up
Halvcirkel | Vida
Lalah Hathaway | Vantablack
Madeline Hawthorne | Tales From Late Nights & Long Drives
Headie One | The Last One
H3rman, Iac SIde | Faraon
Hermanos Gutiérrez | Sonido Cósmico
Hifi Sean & David McAlmont | Daylight
Hockey Dad | Rebuild Repeat
Billie Holiday | Body and Soul Reissue
The Hollywood Stars | Starstruck
HootMinus | Waning Dissipation
HotLung | In Spite Of
Fana Hues | Moth
Christian Hyshka | Rescue
Iamagod & Clypto | More Suede
Immersion | Nanocluster Vol. 2
The Impressions | Lost Legends of Surf Guitar
Infekt | Play It Twice
Vijay Iyer | Trouble
Jão | Supernova
Jev. | When Angels Cry
Jenny Don’t And The Spurs | Broken Hearted Blue
Jev. | When Angels Cry
Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O | True Story
Bessie Jones, John Davis & the Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young | The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert
Jordy | Sex With Myself
Tony K | Villain ft. Reem Single
Kaminski | A.I. Jesus
Dim Kelly | Homily
Khalid | Adore U
Kid Floral | Airhead Tape, Vol. 2
Kneecap | Fine Art
Knock Over City | The Campaign
Mlody Korden | Goyard Torba
Matt Krahula & Friends | Last Goodbye 11
KRM & KRMU | Disconnect
Kurtains | So What
The LaFontaines | Business As Usual
Pau Laggies | Club 614
Liz Lamere | One Never Knows
Dr. Pete Larson and his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band | Michigan Traditional Music
L.A. Sagne | II
Laurel | Palpitations
Forest Law | Zero
Lay | Step
Leo/need | Hoshi Wo Tsunagu/Purpose
Lil Heroin | Im Backk
Lilly | Lilly EP
Mike Lindsay | Supershapes Vol. 1
Little Feat | Feats Don’t Fail Me Now 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Tove Lo And SG Lewis | Heat EP
Lonesome River Band | The Winning Hand
Maví Lou | Grapefruit Meditation
Lucifer’s Hammer | Be and Exist
Lucki | Gemini
Lullanas | Pretty Lies & Time Machines
Alex Madeline | Unexpected Direction
Norio Maeda | Rock Communication Yagibushi Reissue
Bobby Mahoney | Another Deadbeat Summer
Raven Maize | Forever Together (CASSIMM Remix)
Malguist | I
Malignancy | …Discontinued
Manero E Os Nauseados | Prazo De Vaildade EP
The March Violets | Hammer the Last Nail
Marcel Wave | Something Looming
JasonMartin and DJ Quk | Chupacabra
Kevin Richard Martin & KMRU | Disconnect
Dan Mason ダン·メイソン | Florescence
Paul McCartney & Wings | One Hand Clapping
Loreena McKennitt | The Mask and Mirror Live 30th Anniversary Edition
James Vincent McMorrow | Wide Open, Horses
Blind Willie McTell | Statesboro Blues: Collected Recordings 1927-1950
The Means Of Production | The Means Of Production
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes | ¡Blow it… At Madison’s Quinceañera!
Melanie | Arabesque
Midlife | Mildlife Remixed II
Midwxst | E30
Mitch Miller | The Yellow Rose of Texas: Selected A & B Sides 1950-62
Michael Mizrahi | Dreamspace
MLF | 2plus2 EP
Moby | Always Centered At Night
Victoria Monét | Alright
Moneybagg Yo | Speak Now
Mono | Oath
MonoDios | !MD!
Monsters Of Folk | Monsters Of Folk 15th Anniversary Edition
Delilah Montagu | The Bird EP
Dylan Moon | One More Again
PJ Morton | Cape Town to Cairo
Sam Morton | Daffodils & Dirt
Mr. Sam & The People People | Again! Again!
Martha Skye Murphy | Um
Mustafa | Gaza is Calling
µ-Ziq | Grush
Myriad Drone | Arka Morgana Reissue
Bif Naked | Champion
Nayeon | NA
Neighbourly | Alla Discoteca
New Horizon | Conquerors
New Regency Orchestra | New Regency Orchestra
Nobigdyl. | The People We Became.
Normani | Dopamine
Nusar3000 | 3000
NxWorries | Why Lawd?
Mary Ocher | Your Guide To Revolution
Iris Official | Heart of an Artist: Resurrection (Relived Edition)
OldPets | Pray On My Downfall
Oneohtrix Point Never | Again Deluxe Edition
OrangeTone | Portail Opaque
Orquesta del Desierto | Two
Ortrotasce | Dispatches From Solitude
Pangea De Futura | War Milk
Paradise In Flames | Blindness
Parannoul 파란노을 | Scattersun
Mariah Parker | Windows Through Time
Pashanim | 2000
Thomas Paul | To The Hand From Above
JP Payton | Mtn Blue
Axel Rudy Pell | Risen Symbol
Perchta | D’muata
Fernando Perdomo | Self
Jesse Perlstein & Shinya Sugimoto | Fallen
Grace Pettis | Down To The Letter
Picture Parlour | Face In The Picture EP
Peso Pluma | Éxodo
Pocketboy Solid | Pocketboy Solid
Pre-Med | Hawkestrel Presents Pre-Med: Old Habits Die Hard
Pride Month Barbie | All The Girls In The Room Say ‘Sorry’
Poperttelli | Disjointed Dreams
Porta d’Oro | Così Dentro Come Fuori
Precious Bloom | Flashlight
Primus | The Desaturating Seven Reissue
Anna Prior | Almost Love EP
Project V | There’s No Sorrow
J Prozac | Obsession
Quartabê | Repescagem
Raise A Suilen | Savage
Ratt | Rarities
Raveena | Where Butterflies Go In The Rain
Sugaray Rayford | Human Decency
Red Means Run | Things You Hold True
Red Wanting Blue | Light It Up
Regal | Not Another Summer
Replacire | The Center That Cannot Hold
Returning We Hear The Larks | Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea
Rezn | Burden
Rifflord | 39 Serpent Power
RJD2 | Visions Out Of Limelight
Carson Robinson | My Future
Julius Rodriguez | Evergreen
The Rogues | Bloody Sunday Single
Royal Trux | Twin Infinitives Reissue
Bree Runway | Just Like That
Russian Baths | Mirror
Jordan St. Cyr | My Foundation
Saquam | Lukewarm Warp Expanded
Beco Sativa | Maracujá
Scarcity | The Promise of Rain
ScHoolboy Q | Oxymoron Vinyl Reissue
School Drugs | Disposition
Sculpture Club | Sculpture Club
Sea Girls | Midnight Butterflies
Seal | Seal Deluxe Edition
Tevet Sela | Sweet Tears
Selena | Amor Prohibido 30th Anniversary Edition
Senyawa | Vajranala
David Serby | Low Hanging Stars
Seth | La France des Maudits
Finlay Shakespeare | Directions Out Of Town
Shamash | Done With Misery
Avery Sharpe / Double Quartet | I Am My Neighbors Keeper
Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion | Rectangles And Circumstance
Mike Shinoda | Post Traumatic Vinyl Reissue
Sibiir | Undergang
Siculicidium | Az Elidegenedés Melankóliája
Sideshow | F.U.N. T.O.Y.
Jeffrey Silverstein | Roseway EP
Sirplus | Squares
SJBravo | We Never Dream Deluxe Edition
Skaiwater | Gigi
Ski ft. Swrcfx | Groove 17
Skjöld | Elliptical EP
Skorri | Randyrtsport
Eli S-L | Promotion
Slow Salvation | Call A Friend
Smush | If You Were Here I’d Be Home Now
Snarls | With Love
Nika Son | Aslope
Dorian Sorriaux | Children Of The Moon
The Speed Of Sound | Mind Palace Single
Deem Spencer | All These Crying Birds
Bruce Springsteen | Born In The U.S.A. 40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue
Squid Pisser | Dreams Of Puke
Stand Still | Steps Ascending
Staples Jr. Singers | Searching
Stefflon Don | Island 54
Lindsey Stirling | Duality
Stonekind | Hollow Ground
Les Stroud | Mother Earth Deluxe Edition
Stumbleine | Deleted Scene
$uicideboy$ | New World Depression
Sunmi | Balloon Iin Love
Super Junior | Show Time
Swallow The Sun | Songs From The North I, II & III
Swiftumz | Simply the Best
Tarkan | Kuantum 51
Telepathic Band | Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2
Jack Tempchin | More of Less
CCTemple | First Exploration
This Is Lorelei | Box for Buddy, Box for Star
Conn Thornton | Meteorite Season
Tilman | The Spirit Continues
Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West | Fluids In Motion EP
T-Low | Holy Shit
Don Toliver | Hardstone Psycho
TV Torrance | Knuckle Sandwich
Alexa Torres Quartet | In Situ
Adri Torrón | Sin Título
Devin Townsend | Terria Vinyl Reissue
Joey Trap | All My Friends Take Acid
Trendz | Dreamlike
Truth | Truth Reissue
UFO | Ain’t Misbehavin’ Reissue
UFO | The Visitor Reissue
Ulcerate | Cutting The Throat Of God
Under The Reefs Orchestra | Live at The Freehouse
Various Artists | Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A.
Various Artists | Illinoise: A New Musical
Various Artists | Mr. Bongo
Various Artists | NEF100: Burn After Hearing
Various Artists | Nø Format! Remixed 2004-2024
Various Artists | Stereophonic: Original Cast Recording
Various Artists | 10 Years of So Young Magazine
Vendel | Out in the Fields
Veps | Dedicated
Vicky Von Vicky | Broken Chairs EP
Filippo Vignato / Hank Roberts | Adagio
Vintage Yell | If It Hadn’t Been For Love Single
Violence Gratuite | Baleine à Boss
Viruette | Your Lacuna
Vmrrobotic | Straight To Hell
Walt Disco | The Warping
Walter the Producer | Please Help Me I’m Scared
Weki Meki | CoinciDestiny
White Lies | Big TV Expanded
White Lies | Ritual Expanded
Wild Remedy | Songs From Home EP
T.Williams | Emotions
Wine & Warpaint | Disassociate
Marv Won | I’m Fine, Thanks For Asking
Oliver Wood | Fat Cat Silhouette
Wøøls | Santa Rosa EP
Curtis Worgan | I Love You (Acoustic Version)
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Xiaowang 小王 | Kachakacha
Denny Zeitlin | Panoply
Lay Zhang | Step
Sefi Zisling | The Librarian
Zombies in Miami | GPI
Zombiezilla | Zombiezilla
Zsela | Big For You
Zu | The Lost Demo
