*INTERESTING* NEW RELEASES: FRIDAY JULY 4TH, 2025
Do it lady! You know...on your birthday!
I’ve seen a sentiment bouncing around the internet where people aren’t feeling very patriotic this yeah, as they watch our government dismantle itself in the name of tax cuts for the rich, more hardship on the poor, and snatching up our own citizens and shipping them off to foreign gulags. And that’s barely the tip of it. That said, this may be a good time to remind everyone that July 4th is also my birthday - so if you’re not feeling patriotic, celebrate me instead.
This July 4th I am attending the Glacier View Alaska 4th of July Car Launch - and if those words mean zilch to you, I invite you to this *crash* course for your knowledge (note: since I am posting this ex post July 4th, the video footage above was actual 2025 video that I shot from this year’s Car Launch).
Anyway, here’s our evergreen reminder that each week we will be adding all the releases highlighted on these pages to Spotify playlists - divided up by each month. Smash the little ⨁ sign next to the shuffle icon of each playlist if you want to save it to your library (recommended). We’re in the month of July now, so a new playlist link for July 2025 is included below.
January 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 01
February 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 02
March 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 03
April 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 04
May 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 05
June 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 06
July 2025 Spotify Playlist - 2025 - 07
If you haven’t been here in a minute, have a look at a couple of new features we’ve implemented:
Since some folks who read these weekly rundowns do not use Spotify, each hyperlinked artist/release on the lists below will take you to that release’s “Songlink.” - which is a link aggregator to all the places online where you can find this record (i.e., spotify, apple music, bandcamp and more). Hopefully this will be more inclusive despite us being spotify stans here at TSA.
We’ve also added some “file under” tags to each release to help folks scan for genres that fit with what you normally listen to (or that will help you branch out). Please note that whatever genre we claim a record fits into should be the ultimate decision henceforth. There will be zero room for discussion and/or nuance here (and if you’re not fluent in sarcasm, you’re probably going to be in the dark quite a bit reading these pages). Also, we’re probably going to consult musicmap just to be safe.
In the meantime, let’s get into some select new releases from FRIDAY, JULY 4th, 2025, and let us know if we missed anything worth hearing!
It’s a super-light week because of the holiday so we’re just gonna highlight one release:
Dropkick Murphys ::FOR THE PEOPLE:: If you’ve been paying attention to the social justice message that has always been a thread in the Dropkick Murphy’s music, then it should come as no surprise that it has been amplified in recent weeks and months - with that amplification starting around November 2024 and ticking up in January 2025. This record was aptly released on America’s Independence Day.