This June, WAR will release Why Can’t We Be Friends? (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition), celebrating the multi-million-selling, blockbuster album that topped charts and left an indelible mark on music history. This deluxe 3CD and digital set commemorates 50 years of some of the band's most iconic songs, including its timeless title track, “Why Can’t We Be Friends?,” the perennially cool “Low Rider,” “So” and more. First released in 1975, Why Can’t We Be Friends?

Critically acclaimed Canadian roots-rock band The Commoners are back and ready to kick off their biggest year yet!

Riding high off the strength of their previous releases, Find A Better Way and Restless, The Commoners return to the EU/UK in May 2025 for a four-week tour across five countries, bringing with them a brand-new offering: a nine-song live album, The Commoners: Live in the UK, recorded during their 2024 tour. The album will be released by Gypsy Soul Records on May 16th.

Celebrated blues singer and guitarist Larry McCray is set to release his powerful new album Heartbreak City on June 13, 2025, via KTBA Records, the label founded by Joe Bonamassa.

Backline, a nonprofit organization connecting music industry professionals and their family members with mental health and wellness resources, has been named Tour Services Company of the Year at the 36th Annual Pollstar Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on April 16, 2025.

Nola Blue Records announces the June 6th release of Just Stay High from The Alexis P. Suter Band, distributed by MVD Distribution. Just Stay High emerged during the pandemic as a series of Zoom writing sessions among Suter, her long-time friends and collaborators Vicki Bell and Ray Grappone, and album co-producer Byron Isaacs (The Lumineers). A remote collaboration not unlike others yielding albums born during that time, as this unique project progressed, it took a powerful turn.

For more than half a century, Norman Greenbaum’s 1969 anthem “Spirit in the Sky” has captivated listeners of all generations with its euphoric energy and bold, genre-bending sound. Now, Craft Recordings celebrates the song’s era-defying legacy with two special releases: a brand-new Dolby Atmos® mix of the single available to stream/download today, and a vinyl reissue of Greenbaum’s kaleidoscopic debut album, Spirit in the Sky, arriving June 13.

OK Go returns with And the Adjacent Possible, the band’s ambitious fifth studio album and first full-length release since 2014’s Hungry Ghosts.

Brody Buster, a lifelong musician who first started his career and played professionally at the young age of twelve, is set to release his new album Redemption on April 20, 2025 (Pre-Sale link: https://brodybustermusic.com/redemption-pre-sale.

Sympleaf Sport CBD, a holistic whole health CBD brand featuring products developed to complement an active lifestyle, whose CBD oil received NSF Certified for Sport® in 2023 and helped usher in its partnership with the Atlanta Braves, has announced it will be continuing its partnership with the organization as a Proud Partner for the 2025 season. 

Today, 2ŁØT unleashes a bold new remix of their title track “Entropy,” reimagined by none other than global dance music pioneer Paul Oakenfold. A high-energy reinvention of the band’s emotional centerpiece, the “fffffffx)” expands the reach of their genre-blurring sound into the world of electronic dance music—layering cinematic builds, infectious beats, and euphoric drops around Rudy Love Jr.’s stirring vocals.