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Welcome to The Bad Penny’s New and Improved Music Releases Calendar – Videos Included!

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, New Releases on 06/22/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

(Note: Bolded entries signify the albums we’re most interested in checking out.)

6.26.26

Atta Boy – Silt (Diamond City)
BCMC (Cooper Crain and Bill MacKay) – Stash (Drag City)
Jordan Burchel – With Everything Going On (self-release)
Chalk Teeth – s/t (DNLT)
Change Life – s/t (Meritorio)
Dead Pioneers – Wagon Burner (Hassle)

Forsmán – Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur (Metal Blade)
Haggus – The Mincecore Manifesto EP (Tankcrimes)
• On Tyranny: Haggus Frontman Blasts Punk Bands’ Silence on Gaza, ICE
Into Eternity – Scattering of Ashes 20th anniversary vinyl edition (M-Theory)
Julez and the Rollerz – Dirty Little Rock ‘N’ Roller (Lolipop)
Junius – Sotera (Prosthetic)
Lowrev (feat. Joshua Fiedler of The Juliana Theory) – It’s Hard to Lie to Strangers (Equal Vision)
Aaron MF Olson – Songs Album II (Country Thyme)
Outshine – Truthsayer (Eclipse)
Pixies – B-Sides 1988-1996 (vinyl only) (4AD)
• From the Vault: Are the Pixies Milking It With Their Multitudinous Video Releases?
Prime Creation – Souls of the Fallen (ROAR)
• 10 Best Swedish Heavy Bands Ever, According to Native Sons Prime Creation
Miracle – Living Likeness of My Electric Daemon (Relapse)

Nancy Sinatra – Movin’ With Nancy reissue (Light in the Attic)
Thætas – The Irredeemable Age (Profound Lore)
Toilet Rats – Black Cats (Steadfast/ Sweet Cheetah)
• Toilet Rats’ Boss Says Cats and Rats ‘Unite Against Common Foes’
Truck Violence – The weathervane is my body (The Flenser)

Unlettered – Devil’s Bowl (self-release)
• Post-Punk Band Unlettered Spell Joy for Foster Dogs

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The Bad Penny’s New Releases Calendar Returns, Better Than Ever (and Better Late Than Never)

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, New Releases with tags on 10/23/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

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Note to guests of The Bad Penny: The new releases calendar is up and running again. Find it here or click the “New Releases” widget on the right side of the homepage.

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2024 New Releases Calendar

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, New Releases with tags , , , , , , , , , on 12/31/2023 by Kurt Orzeck

Excited about the new year? Dreading it? Either way, a litany of new releases confirmed for 2024 should delight you at least a little bit. Pay extra attention to the entries in bold — those are the releases that The Bad Penny is most looking forward to hearing.

January 5

Babys – Live at the Bottom Line, 1979 (Omnivore)
Children’s Hour – Going Home (Drag City)
Jordsjuk – Siste Skanse single (Indie) 
Kevin Burt & Big Medicine – Thank You, Brother Bill; Tribute to Bill Withers (Gulf Coast)
Morgue Terror – s/t (self-release)
Oddeven – Darkness (Eclipse)
Pile – Hot Air Balloon EP (Exploding in Sound)
Sprints – Letter to Self (City Slang)
Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)

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The Bad Penny New Music Releases Schedule 2014

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, MP3s, New Releases, Sound Off on 04/14/2014 by Kurt Orzeck

APRIL 15

The Afghan Whigs Do to the Beast (first new album in 16 years; Sub Pop)
The Both
(Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) – s/t (SuperEgo)
• stream: “Milwaukee
Crookes – Soapbox (Modern Outsider)
• stream: “Play Dumb
• video: “Play Dumb
Deleted ScenesLithium Burn (Park the Van/ Nevado)
• video: “Stutter
• stream: “Stutter
Ex-CultMidnight Passenger (Goner)
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The Bad Penny New Music Releases Schedule

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, MP3s, New Releases on 12/19/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

JANUARY 2011

Byrds of Paradise – TBA (Don Giovanni)
• Bad Penny download: “Barefoot Generation
Cut Copy – TBA (TBA)
Dave Hause (Loved Ones guitarist/vocalist) – TBA (Paper + Plastick)
Iron and WineKiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros.)
Haroula RoseThese Open Roads (TBA)
SpectralsSpectrals Extended Play EP (physical version; previously available digitally; Moshi Moshi)
• Bad Penny download: “Chip a Tooth (Spoil a Smile)Continue reading