Birch Street Radio

Sunday, June 28, 2026


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The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:

Muse - Nightshift Superstar - A disco-tinged track from The Wow! Signal, which The Irish Times approvingly describes as "a glam odyssey that fuses metal, techno, science fiction and prog rock into an overstuffed inferno of absurdity."
Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys - The first single from Lost Weekend, Bridgers' first album in six years.
Valley - Vending Machine - The Toronto alt-pop trio says it's latest single is "a song about transactional relationships."
Pete York - Idyllwild - From the upcoming album All The Beauty, this song's lyrics suggest making happy memories with one's child.
Brooke Annibale - Make You Mine - We previously featured a couple of early singles, and now add this track from the just-released album, Bolder Font.

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:

Goose - Big Modern! - The title track from the latest album from the touring jam band that has become a prolific recording group as well.
Violet Grohl - Big Memory - Another pick from her debut album, Be Sweet To Me
Switchfoot - Absolution - Lead singer Jon Foreman says the new album Forever Now is largely about "trying to unearth the things we want to keep buried and the parts of ourselves that inevitably surface in other ways.”
Courtney Barnett - One Thing At A Time - Can we all relate to how hard it is to find some peace and quiet swimming in my mind?"
Margaret Glaspy - Michigan - From the upcoming LP I Am Both. Memorable line: "You said you didn't need me / Well who's standing in whose driveway?"

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:

The Revivalists - Heart Stop - This will be the opening track on Get It Honest, the LA band's sixth studio album, coming in July.
The Falls - The Other Side - Another piece of solid alt-rock from this emerging Manchester UK band, following up "Open Fire."
Lucy Dacus - Planting Tomatoes - "Living in the moment, I can feel the moment passing," Dacus sings in this life-is-fleeting song. The little details remind us of Courtney Barnett lyrics.
Metric - Leave You On A High - The closing track from Romanticize the Dive, the Toronto band's10th LP.
Rolling Stones - In The Stars - From the upcoming album Foreign Tongues. These guys have been making records for six decades, and this track would fit in any one of them.

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:

Brian Fallon - Not Bad for New Jersey - Half of a double-single the NJ native just released, his first original solo songs in over five years. It opens with that 70s Jersey-shore sound.
Pete Yorn - All The Beauty - Yes, another NJ-born musician in our New Music bin this week, with the title track from an LP due in July.
Future Islands - Sail - Recorded for but not included on 2020's As Long As You Are, this song is on the band's new 20-year retrospective, From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth.
Theo Day - Leave You Behind - This 24-year-old Montreal singer-songwriter shows his Mumford and Sons influences on this new single.
Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons - The title track from the artist's 18th album, wherein reptiles represent today's oligarchs and overlords.

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr - Home to Us - McCartney's The Boys of Dungeon Lane includes this nostalgic duet with Ringo plus backing vocals by Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri.
Peter Gabriel - Won't Stand Down (Bright Side Mix) - The fifth song to be released from o\i is "a song to encourage some sort of activism,” says Gabriel.
Night Talks - People Pleaser - The LA band's latest single is about "overcoming your tendencies to put everyone else first."
Sonic Whip - Over and Out - The latest song to spin out from the Dutch trio's new album.
Broken Social Scene - Only The Good I Keep - With the full release of Remember the Humans, we pull out one more track for the New Music bin.