3,2,1 – New Music Monday / 08-03-26

(3,2,1 New Music Monday Intro)

Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.

This week, we’ve got Shaboozey chasing another song-of-the-summer moment, Ariana Grande blooming with a new album, and Buffalo Traffic Jam turning viral folk into a full debut.

Plus, Greta Van Fleet stands tall, Cardi B drops a surprise, and Green Day brings Nimrods to vinyl before the movie hits theaters.

(Countdown Video)

3 major album drops.

A couple years ago, I felt that this guy had the song of the summer for 2024

(Shaboozey – “A Bar Song” clip)

Well, Shaboozey is back again with maybe a candidate for 2026?

(Shaboozey – “Cowgirl”)

Even if it doesn’t take that title. The rest of the album – The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales is a blast to enjoy. There’s some storytelling tracks from Jamie Foxx and Sam Elliott as well guest features from Leon Bridges, Gunna, and Orville Peck.

(Shaboozey with Orville Peck – “The Epilogue”)

Next, we have the artist that always makes me flash back to this scene in The Santa Clause

(“The Santa Clause – Hot Chocolate Recipe” clip)

I Googled it – it’s not her. Anyway – she does have a new album out called Petal. Here’s the title track from Miss Ariana Grande.

(Ariana Grande – “Petal”)

I have been looking forward to this next one. The single releases have been thoroughly enjoyed in my household… or at least my earbuds while in my house.

(“Luckiest Man Alive” clip)

This is Buffalo Traffic Jam – they have a sound like Gomez or Ray Lamontagne. And now – we have 14 tracks to enjoy all packaged under the album title of: Pictures of You

(“Pictures of You” clip)

2 new singles.

Greta Van Fleet have announced that their upcoming fourth album – Palace For The People – will be out October 9th. Don’t worry – they did share the album’s new single “Saw You Stand”

(“Saw You Stand” clip)

Also new this week — Cardi B with “AH HA.”

(“AH HA” clip)

It’s a surprise single, it’s playful, and since it’s Cardi B, we can’t play you too much of the song because… well, you know.

It’s Cardi B.

(Record Scratch video)

And finally, 1 vinyl

This album – or I should say soundtrack – is available on all the media platforms, but Green Day always does a good job with their vinyl variants.

And this one almost plays like a greatest-hits album.

(“Brain Stew” cut)

It’s 2 LPs, and apparently, there is a “Woodstock Mud” variant color.

I’m just surprised we get the music before the actual film.

Nimrods is due out August 14th.

(“I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.” cut)

That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.

This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday

Until next time.

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released yesterday back in 1995…

Coolio took one of Stevie Wonder’s songs…

and transformed it into a darker kind of masterpiece.

“Gangsta’s Paradise.”

(Music Cut #2)

The song was created for the 1995 movie Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer

and “Gangsta’s Paradise” was built on Stevie Wonder’s 1976 song “Pastime Paradise.”

(Music Cut #3)

But Stevie would not approve the use of his music

unless the track was profanity-free.

Soooooo, Coolio had to go back and do some editing.

And honestly,

with Stevie’s rule,

it just may have helped the song

become a global smash —

because without the naughty words

“Gangsta’s Paradise”

could be played . . . everywhere.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“They say I got to learn, but nobody’s here to teach me
If they can’t understand it, how can they reach me?” – Coolio

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released on this day in 1994…

this wasn’t just Green Day’s breakthrough.

It changed rock radio.

“Basket Case.”

(Music Cut #2)

Billie Joe Armstrong was writing about anxiety attacks

and feeling like he was losing his mind –

years before he understood he had panic disorder.

(Music Cut #3)

Which makes the music video

hit a little differently:

Green Day filmed it

inside an abandoned mental institution.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Do you have the time to listen to me whine
About nothin’ and everything all at once?” – Green Day

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By July 31st of 1997…

it wasn’t from a galaxy far, far away.

It was from here –

and heard everywhere.

White Town with “Your Woman.”

(Music Cut #2)

“Your Woman”

sounded like the future

in 1997:

And it was built around

this dark horn riff

people sometimes thought

sounded like Darth Vader

entering the room.

(Music Cut #3 – “Imperial March” cut)

But the riff was not from Star Wars.

It came from a 1932 recording called “My Woman.”

(Music Cut #4 – “My Woman” cut)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Now I know your heart, I know your mind
You don’t even know you’re being unkind.” – White Town

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Movies That Matter / 07-31-26

(Movies That Matter Intro)

Welcome to Movies That Matter, where we look at three movies worth knowing about this weekend.

Spider-Man is swinging back into theaters, Christopher Nolan is still ruling the box office, and Woody and Buzz just joined the billion-dollar club.

(Countdown Video)

What’s new?

The first standalone Spider-Man movie since 2021’s No Way Home opens this weekend: Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

(Spider-Man clip)

Tom Holland returns as Spider-Man alongside Zendaya and a cast that includes Sadie Sink.

Holland might be wearing the suit again for the first time in nearly five years – but this weekend, he could also be competing… against himself.

(The Odyssey clip with Tom Holland – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox_O4QGQ82k)

That’s Tom Holland again. Hope you like him this weekend.

There’s also Matt Damon.

(The Odyssey clip with Matt Damon)

Let’s talk about director Christopher Nolan, because The Odyssey remained number one during its second weekend, earning approximately $87 million domestically.

So now, it has already earned nearly $290 million domestically and approximately $640 million worldwide.

That’s a lot of money – and speaking of which…

(Toy Story 5 clip)

Even after more than a month in theaters, Toy Story 5 remained third at the domestic box office last weekend.

It has now passed $1 billion worldwide.

Woody and Buzz have been around for more than 30 years – and their newest movie just became the biggest movie of 2026.

(Toy Story 5 clip)

That’s this weekend’s Movies That Matter – there should be something waiting for you at the movie theatresr. Now, let’s get the extra butter popcorn going.

(Movies That Matter Still)

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 – song’s intro)

Back in 1990…
this song arrived in January…
but by July 30th, that summer, its power was everywhere.
Snap! with “The Power.”

(Music Cut #2 – “I’m the lyrical Jesse James”)

“The Power” is a dance-floor anthem

built around one of the most recognizable

vocal hooks of the early ’90s.

(Music Cut #3 – “I’ve got the power”)

That famous “I’ve got the power” vocal came from Jocelyn Brown.

The rap was from Chill Rob G.

The beat pulled from Mantronix.

behind the scenes though, it was basically a sample custody battle.

But somehow – Snap! turned all of that into one of the biggest dance songs of 1990.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Bang the bass, turn up the treble
Radical mind, day and night all the time.” – SNAP!

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By July 29th of 1994…

the Beastie Boys gave us not just a song

but also music video that you couldn’t get away from that summer

“Sabotage.”

(Music Cut #2)

“Sabotage” sounds like pure betrayal.

Like someone is plotting

against the Beastie Boys

from some dark room with a red phone

and a bad mustache.

(Music Cut #3)

But the song was actually inspired

by their producer – Mario C,

who was pushing them to just finish the album.

So, one of the angriest songs of the ’90s was basically about

the Beastie Boys being told to finish their homework.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“‘Cause what you see, you might not get.” – Beastie Boys

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By July 28th of 1997…

few people had heard of Sister Hazel.

Then this song came along –

“All for You.”

(Music Cut #2)

Ken Block wrote it before Sister Hazel even existed.

And then the band had already recorded an earlier version

before the hit version took off.

But after the success of “All for You,”

Sister Hazel didn’t just become a ’90s radio memory

(Music Cut #3)

Instead, they helped launch The Rock Boat —

a floating music festival that brought together bands

like Better Than Ezra, Tonic, Collective Soul, Vertical Horizon,

and Zac Brown Band.

And later, they even crossed into country –

with Hootie or I should say, Darius Rucker

on a song literally called “Karaoke Song.”

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Rain comes pouring down, falling from blue skies
Words without a sound, coming from your eyes.” – Sister Hazel

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MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By the summer of 1998…

Everclear turned a really painful memory

into one of the band’s biggest songs.

“Father of Mine.”

(Music Cut #2)

Lead singer Art Alexakis was writing from the real pain

of growing up after his father left.

And the kid carrying that story in the music video?

(Music Cut #3)

That was Steven Anthony Lawrence…

Years later would become Beans on Even Stevens.

(Quick slide of Beans)

Before the Disney Channel made him

that weird neighbor kid,

he was in one of the heaviest videos

of the late ’90s.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Tell me, what do you see
When you look back at your wasted life
And you don’t see me?” – Everclear

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3,2,1 – New Music Monday / 07-27-26

(3,2,1 New Music Monday Intro)

Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.

This week, we’ve got Charli xcx turning the page on BRAT, The Strokes returning with their first album in six years, and Shania Twain bringing back country-pop royalty.

Plus, KATSEYE goes wild, Martin Garrix teams up with U2, and David Bowie’s Blackstar is back on vinyl.

(Countdown Video)

3 major album drops.

First up – After the lime-green world of BRAT, Charli xcx easily could have tried to do the same thing again, but in another color.

(“Rock Music” clip)

Instead, this album – Music, Fashion, Film – leans into something more rock-influenced.

It’s 11 songs in just over 30 minutes, and it very much sounds like Charli being very Charli

(“Wink Wink” clip)

Next, The Strokes are back with their 7th album, Reality Awaits.

Once again, they brought in Rick Rubin to produce.

(“Going Shopping” clip)

The Strokes are still sounding like they’re slightly annoyed you showed up.

And then we have Shania Twain with her new album: Little Miss Twain.

(“Little Miss Twain” clip)

The title track goes all the way back before she was Shania – back when she was young Eilleen Twain, singing in bars as a kid while her mother dreamed she might become the next Tanya Tucker.

And now, Tanya Tucker is actually on the song.

(more “Little Miss Twain” clip)

2 new singles.

Let’s go with KATSEYE and their song “Animal.”

(“Animal” clip)

The global girl group gets a little wild on this one, and the music video even brings in Demi Moore for some extra star power.

(More “Animal” clip)

Also new this week: Martin Garrix and U2 are together with “Fireflies.”

(“Fireflies” clip)

This is not their first connection – Martin Garrix previously worked with Bono and The Edge on “We Are the People” for Euro 2020.

(Record Scratch video)

And finally, 1 vinyl pick.

Released in 2016 on Bowie’s birthday, Blackstar became David Bowie’s final studio album just two days before his death.

So yes, this is more than just a reissue.

(“Blackstar” clip)

That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.

This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday

Until next time.

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