Media Monarchy plays Garbage, Brian Eno, John C. Reilly aka Mister Romantic and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for May 16, 2025. ♬
Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Ride Your Pony” (Lee Dorsey Cover // Vinyl)
‘Ride Your Pony b/w (You’re A) Bad Girl’
Sundazed/Columbia – Apr. 21, 2012
*Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Ride Your Pony” (Lee Dorsey Cover // Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lREuKhkG57c // https://www.discogs.com/release/3590065-Paul-Revere-The-Raiders-Ride-Your-Pony // https://www.bear-family.com/revere-paul-and-the-raiders-ride-your-pony-you-re-a-bad-girl-7inch-45rpm-ps-ltd.html // Paul Revere & the Raiders delivered a ton of magnificent flavors during their ’59–’72 run as hit-makers, from boogie and rhythm & blues to lush psych-pop. However, the years 1965 and 1966 may well be the group’s most beloved era. And two originally unissued numbers from this prime moment are featured here. An August ’65 cover of Lee Dorsey’s “Ride Your Pony” is stock Raiders at their most floor-filling. On the flipside, “(You’re a) Bad Girl” is one full summer’s leap (recorded in July ’66), and is a stunning folk-punk romp.*
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Garbage – “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty”
‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’
BMG – May 30, 2025
*Garbage – “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty” https://soundcloud.com/garbageofficial/get-out-my-face-aka-bad-kitty // https://garbage.tmstor.es // The second single to preview ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light,’ the upcoming album by Garbage, due on May 30th via BMG.*
Counting Crows – “Spaceman In Tulsa”
‘Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!’
BMG – May 9, 2025
*Counting Crows – “Spaceman In Tulsa” https://soundcloud.com/countingcrows/spaceman-in-tulsa // https://countingcrows.lnk.to/BMTCSTW // From ‘Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!,’ the just-released album by Counting Crows, available now via BMG.*
The Kooks – “Compass Will Fracture”
‘Never/Know’
Virgin Music Group – May 9, 2025
*The Kooks – “Compass Will Fracture” https://soundcloud.com/kooksmusic/compass-will-fracture // https://thekooks.lnk.to/NeverKnowAlbumTP // From ‘Never/Know,’ the just-released album by The Kooks, available now via Virgin Music Group.*
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Brian Eno – “What We Are” (w/Beatie Wolfe)
‘Luminal’
Verve – June 6, 2025
*Brian Eno – “What We Are” (w/Beatie Wolfe) https://youtu.be/7zJOWk3yQco // https://brianeno.lnk.to/Luminal // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatie_Wolfe // From ‘Luminal,’ the upcoming collaborative album by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe, due on June 6th via Verve.*
Soccer Mommy – “She Is” (Stripped Version)
‘Evergreen (Stripped)’ (EP)
Loma Vista Recordings – June 6, 2025
*Soccer Mommy – “She Is” (Stripped Version) https://youtu.be/wpfpzLLc-wk // https://lnk.soccermommyband.com/EGstripped // From ‘Evergreen (Stripped),’ the just-released EP of stripped versions of songs from Soccer Mommy’s 2024 album, ‘Evergreen’. Due on June 6th via Loma Vista Recordings.*
Tanita Tikaram – “This Perfect Friend”
‘LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right)’
Cooking Vinyl – October 10, 2025
*Tanita Tikaram – “This Perfect Friend” https://youtu.be/XVeqP0h_so0 // https://tt.bio.to/LIAR // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanita_Tikaram // The lead single to preview ‘LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right),’ the upcoming sophomore album (coming 37 years after her multi-million selling debut album, ‘Ancient Heart’), by Tanita Tikaram. Due on October 10th via Cooking Vinyl.*
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CMAT – “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me”
‘EURO-COUNTRY’
AWAL – August 29, 2025
*CMAT – “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” https://soundcloud.com/cmatbaby/track-6 // https://cmat.ffm.to/EURO-COUNTRY // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMAT_(musician) // From ‘EURO-COUNTRY,’ the upcoming album by Irish singer-songwriter, Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, under her moniker CMAT. Due on August 29th via AWAL.*
Spacey Jane – “Whateverrrr”
‘If That Makes Sense’
Concord Records – May 9, 2025
*Spacey Jane – “Whateverrrr” https://soundcloud.com/spacey-jane/whateverrrr // https://found.ee/SpaceyJane-ITMS // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacey_Jane // From ‘If That Makes Sense,’ the just-released album by Australian pop band, Spacey Jane. Available now via Concord.*
Turin Brakes – “Spacehopper”
‘Spacehopper’
Cooking Vinyl – May 23, 2025
*Turin Brakes – “Spacehopper” https://soundcloud.com/turinbrakes/spacehopper // https://turinbrakes.lnk.to/Spacehopper // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin_Brakes // The title track of the upcoming tenth studio album by English rock band, Turin Brakes, due on May 23rd via Cooking Vinyl.*
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Cory Hanson – “Bird On A Swing”
‘I Love People’
Drag City Records – July 25, 2025
*Cory Hanson – “Bird On A Swing” https://soundcloud.com/coryhanson/bird-on-a-swing // https://coryhanson.lnk.to/ilovepeople // From ‘I Love People,’ the upcoming solo album by Wand front man, Cory Hanson. Due on July 25th via Drag City Records.*
Mister Romantic – “What’ll I Do?” (Irving Berlin Cover)
‘What’s Not To Love?’
Eternal Magic Recordings – June 13, 2025
*Mister Romantic – “What’ll I Do?” (Irving Berlin Cover) https://soundcloud.com/johncreillyismisterromantic/whatll-i-do // https://misterromantic.lnk.to/WhatsNotToLove // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What’ll_I_Do // This song written by Irving Berlin in 1923 will be included on ‘What’s Not To Love?,’ the upcoming album by actor, John C. Reilly – under his moniker Mister Romantic. Due on June 13th via Reilly’s label Eternal Magic Recordings.*
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Ramones – “I Wanna Be Well” (Live) // “Havana Affair” (Live)
‘It’s Alive’
Sire – April 1979
*Ramones – “I Wanna Be Well” (Live) // “Havana Affair” (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLVnN3LNhAg // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzB0Q5t28Lw // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Alive_(Ramones_album) // ‘It’s Alive’ was the first live album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, titled after the 1974 horror film of the same name. Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on December 31, 1977 and released in April 1979 as a 2-LP set, the album draws from the band’s first three studio albums: ‘Ramones’ (1976), ‘Leave Home’ (1977), and ‘Rocket to Russia’ (1977). Tommy Ramone said, “Since it was New Year’s Eve, our management brought in some balloons and gave everybody these ‘Gabba gabba hey’ signs to wave around. It was very celebratory. Johnny Thunders was there, and Sid Vicious with his new girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Elton John was there, dressed up like Marlon Brando in The Wild One. We’d honed our craft really sharp by then. The Ramones’ sound was basically the essence of rock ‘n’ roll. That’s what we were going for.”*