New Music Friday? More Like Bob Seger Friday

New Music Friday? More Like Bob Seger Friday
Bob Seger Portrait Session

It’s a huge music day, and no doubt the new releases from Lorde, Fleet Foxes, Young Thug, and 2 Chainz are what many of you are checking out right now. But in the grand scheme of all the newly available music, you might not actually be making the most of your time. Here are, succinctly, some wiser options:

What’s this? A dispute over royalties with Bob Seger’s label Capitol Records have kept Seger’s music off digital platforms right as they became the most prevalent medium for music listening. Some of his early albums, in fact, never even made their way to CD. Today, however, 13 of Seger’s albums, alone and with his legendary Silver Bullet Band, have hit Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music,…