New Music Friday - May 7, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Czarface & MF DOOM - Super What? Listen: "The King and Eye" Listen: "DOOM Unto Others"
	Iceage - Seek Shelter Watch: "The Holding Hand" Watch: "Vendetta"
	Mia Joy - Spirit Tamer Watch: "Freak" Watch: "Saturn"
	nasimiYu - P O T I O N S Watch: "watercolor" Watch: "secretsecret"
	Tony Allen - There Is No End Watch: "Osmosis" (featuring Skepta & Ben Okri) Watch: "Stumbling Down" (featuring Sampa the Great)

Other Full-Length Releases

ALLBLACK - TY4FWM Watch: "Ego" (featuring Drakeo The Ruler) Watch: "We Straight" (Cal-A & Vince Staples)

Daniel Bachman - Axacan Listen: "Blues in the Anthropocene" Listen: "Coronach"

Little Snake - A Fragmented Love Story, Written by the Infinite Helix Architect Watch: "Fallen Angels" (featuring Flying Lotus) Listen: "Raining Teeth" (with Tutara Peak)

Pile - In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room Listen: In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room

Sophia Kennedy - Monsters Watch: "Cat on My Tongue" Watch: "I Can See You"

Squid - Bright Green Field Watch: "Narrator" (featuring Martha Skye Murphy) Watch: "Paddling"

Sufjan Stevens - Convocations Watch: "Meditation V" Watch: "Lamentation II"

Undo K from Hot - G.A.S. Get a Star Watch: "750 Dispel" Listen: "Get a Star"

Weezer - Van Weezer Watch: "Grapes of Wrath" Watch: "I Need Some of That"

Wiki & NAH - Telephonebooth Watch: "Hip Hop" Watch: "Things Stuff"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Angel Olsen - Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories Watch: "Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling)" Watch: "More Than This"

Anjimile - Reunion Watch: "In Your Eyes (Reflection)" (featuring Jay Som) Watch: "1978 (Reunion)" (featuring Lomelda)

Axis: Sova - Fractal Watch: "(Don’t Wanna Have That) Dream" Listen: "Fractal USA"

Iron & Wine - Archive Series Vol. 5: Tallahassee Recordings Watch: "This Solemn Day" Listen: "Calm on the Valley"

Lucinda Chua - Antidotes 2 Watch: "Until I Fall" Watch: "Torch Song"

Mitski - This Is Where We Fall Soundtrack Listen: "The Baddy Man" Listen: "The End"

New Order - Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace)' Watch: "The Perfect Kiss" (Live at Alexandra Palace) Watch: "Bizarre Love Triangle" (Live at Alexandra Palace)

My Favorite Things of the Week

I'm trying something new here. Rather than just a album that was announced during the week that I'm excited about, I will start posting a few things that I've liked from the week. This will include new album announcements, songs, covers, and videos!

Angel Olsen announced her fourth album, All Mirrors, a few weeks back. I'm incredibly excited for it and, yes, I have preordered it (possibly twice, I'm not sure if my first order went through). She already released one amazing track from the new album, but released a second this week, "Lark."

Sleater-Kinney released The Center Won't Hold, their incredible, St. Vincent-produced ninth album, earlier this month. They released a new video for one of the album's tracks this week, "Can I Go On." The video starts out innocent-looking enough, with a pair of older ladies about to enjoy some tea together. Things quickly devolve, however, into a knock-down drag-out bout, complete with stripping and mud.

Lucy Dacus has been releasing one-off singles every few months this year. She's released four so far and her latest is a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark." The cover is dedicated to both Springsteen and Dacus' father.

Finally, in album announcement news, FKA twigs announced her sophomore album, Magdalene!

pitchfork.com

The album follows her incredible LP1 and will feature Future and production from Jack Antonoff, who seems to be becoming one of the biggest names in pop production today (he also produced new albums from Lana Del Rey, Kevin Abstract, and Taylor Swift). She previously released one song from the album, "cellophane," and released "holy terrain" along with the album's announcement. The album will be released on October 25.

Check of my Upcoming Releases page for more new albums!

Also announced this week:

Anyway Gang - Anyway Gang (November 29)
Bishop Nehru - My Disregarded Thoughts (November 8)
Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (January 17)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I Made a Place (November 15)
Cigarettes After Sex - Cry (October 25)
Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 1 (November 1)
Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿ (October 4)
David Bowie - David Bowie: Conversation Piece (November 15)
Editors - Black Gold (October 25)
Foxes in Fiction - Trillium Killer (October 18)
Freddie Mercury - Never Boring (October 11)
Jacques Greene - Dawn Chorus (October 18)
Jeff Goldblum - I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (November 1)
Kanye West - Jesus Is King (September 27)
Kele Okereke - 2042 (November 8)
La Neve - The Vital Cord (October 14)
N.E.R.D. - In Search Of Box Set Reissue (October 25)
Prince - 1999 Remastered (November 29)
R.E.M. - Monster 25th Anniversary Reissue (November 1)
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 50th Anniversary Edition (November 1)
Sudan Archives - Athena (November 1)
Swans - Leaving Meaning (October 25)
Tindersticks - No Treasure But Hope (November 15)
Water from Your Eyes - Somebody Else’s Song (October 25)
Weezer - Van Weezer (May 15)
The Who - WHO (November 22)
Wild Nothing - Live from Brooklyn Steel (September 27)

New Music Friday - September 2, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Angel Olsen - My Woman My Woman is either Olsen's third or fourth album (depending on what you consider her debut cassette to be); it is her first since her increased profile from 2014's Burn Your Fire for No Witness. On the new album, Olsen seeks to get away from the lo-fi folk music she became known for on previous records. The sound is certainly more confident and aggressive, and possibly her best work to date. Watch: "Sister" Watch: "Shut Up Kiss Me"

Other Full-Length Releases

Jamie T - Trick Watch: "Tinfoil Boy" Watch: "Power Over Men"

Travis Scott - Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Watch: "Pick Up the Phone" (featuring Young Thug & Quavo)

Y La Bamba - Ojos del Sol Watch: "Libre" Listen: "Ostrich"

Zomby - Ultra Listen: "Quandary" (featuring Darkstar) Listen: "Her"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Action Bronson - "Descendant of the Stars" Listen: "Descendant of the Stars"

Hodgy Beats - Dukkha Listen: "Anime" Listen: "Talk It Out"

No Age - "Separation"/"Serf to Serf" Listen: "Separation" Listen: "Serf to Serf"

Nouvelle Vague - Athol Brose Watch: "Athol Brose"

Ted Leo & Publicist Split 7”

Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith, & Patti Smith - Killer Road Watch: "Fearfully in Danger" Watch: "Killer Road"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending June 11)

Bonnaroo was this past weekend and I'm starting to regret not maintaining it as my yearly tradition, especially now that they have flushable toilets (that was always my least favorite part of the festival). Regardless, there are many more fests to come over the summer that I will be making my way to in order to see some of my favorite artists, many of whom have albums coming out soon! Check those out over at my Upcoming Releases page!

This week, folk/indie chanteuse Angel Olsen announced her third album, My Woman.

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Olsen first landed on my radar late in 2014, long after the release of her sophomore record, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, when she re-released the album and put out a music video for "Windows."

In ways, she reminded me of another of my favorites, Sharon Van Etten; similar enough to appeal to the same tastes, but unique enough to stand out on her own.

Earlier this month, she released a new song and video, "Intern," and followed that up on Monday with the announcement of the new album.

My Woman is set to be released on September 2.

Also announced this week:

Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words (August 26)
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound (July 1)
Deap Vally - Femejism (September 16)
Lisa Hannigan - At Swim (August 19)
Local Natives - Sunlit Youth (September 9)
Steven Tyler - We’re All Somebody from Somewhere (July 15)
Wye Oak - Tween (out now)

New Music Tuesday - November 18, 2014

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New Full-Length Releases

Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers Stott released his previous record, Luxury Problems, in 2012, but released a collaborative record, Drop the Vowels, with Miles Whittaker under the name Millie & Andrea earlier this year. His follow-up was recorded and mixed in the first half of this year, using various instruments, vocals, and found sounds. Listen: "Violence" Listen: "Faith in Strangers"

Ariel Pink - pom pom This is the tenth album from eclectic experimental pop performer Ariel Pink, though it's his first credited just to his own name and not to his band The Haunted Graffiti. Pink started slow in his career, but gradually built up acclaim and attention to the point that his two previous records are considered among the best of the decade (so far). His latest sees him sharing songwriting credit with Kim Fowley, a cult pop icon, who wrote songs for Ariel while in the hospital. Watch: "Picture Me Gone" Watch: "Put Your Number in My Phone"

Bryan Ferry - Avonmore Bryan Ferry is the former frontman for Roxy Music, which officially called it quits earlier this year (though many would argue that the actual end was long ago). He's been performing as a solo artist since the early 1970s. Avonmore is his fifteenth solo record, and sees him working with Todd Terje, Johnny Marr, Nile Rodgers, and even Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Watch: "Loop De Li" Listen: "Driving Me Wild"

Paul Smith & Peter Brewis - Frozen By Sight Smith is the frontman for Maxïmo Park, while Brewis fronts Field Music. The two have worked together in the past, Smith has been a frequent member of Brewis' side project The Week That Was. The two frontmen came together earlier this year to begin recording an album together, at Field Music Studio in Sunderland, England. Watch: "Los Angeles Street Cleaner" Listen: "Barcelona (At Eye Level)"

RL Grime - Void RL Grime is the stage name of LA-based producer Henry Steinway, who has made a name for himself with remixes for such acts as Shlohmoh, Chief Keef, and Jamie Lidell. He's released a number of singles and EPs throughout his short career, but this is his debut album. Here, he enlists some help from Big Sean, How to Dress Well, and a number of other guest artists. Watch: "Valhalla" (featuring Djemba Djemba) Watch: "Core"

Savages & Bo Ningen - Words to the Blind Savages became one of my new favorites with the release of last year's Silence Yourself. Their follow-up is a collaborative experimental album with another female-led group, Japanese acid rockers Bo Ningen. The album is one long (37 minutes) "simultaneous sonic poem" track. Watch: Trailer 1 Watch: Trailer 2

TV on the Radio - Seeds This Brooklyn-based indie rock band has already released four amazing albums throughout their 13 year career. With an EP from frontman Tunde Adebimpe's side project Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band last year and the passing of member Gerard Smith in 2011, I wasn't sure we'd be seeing anything new from them for awhile. They began hinting at a new album about a year ago, along with a new single. This is another great release from the band! Watch: "Careful You" Watch: "Happy Idiot"

Other New Releases

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness Deluxe Edition This indie folk singer built a name for herself early in her career through working with more established artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy and LeRoy Bach of Wilco. In that time, she's also garnered praise for her own music, releasing a number of albums since 2010. Her hard work paid off in the form of this highly-regarded record, released earlier this year. This Deluxe Edition includes five bonus tracks. Watch: "Windows" Watch: "Hi-Five"

Annie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The iconic movie and musical, Annie, has been remade for more modern audiences, starring Quvenzhané Wallis in the titular role. The movie's soundtrack is also reimagined, with new versions of the musical's songs from Sia, Beck, and the movie's cast. Watch: Sia - "You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile" Listen: Sia & Beck - "Moonquake Lake"

The Art of McCartney Paul McCartney has had a long and celebrated career with a number of prominent groups, and as a solo artist. In that time, he's also inspired a lot of other musicians. Many of those artists come together here to present their own versions of his songs. We see contemporaries, like Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, and relative newcomers, Jamie Cullum and Corinne Bailey Rae, contributing to the new record. Watch: Corinne Bailey Rae - "Bluebird" Watch: Billy Joel - "Maybe I'm Amazed"

Brian Eno - Nerve Net Reissue Brian Eno has been active for over four decades and is showing no signs of slowing down. This week, we're seeing a couple of re-releases of his early 90s work. Nerve Net was originally released in 1992 and saw him returning to a more rock-oriented sound. Listen: "Fractal Zoom" Listen: "Wire Shock"

Brian Eno - The Shutov Assembly Reissue The Shutov Assembly was also released in 1992 and came out a few months after Nerve Net. The album was a tribute to Russian artist Sergei Shutov, something that he could use as he created his work. Listen: "Stedelijk" Listen: "Lanzarote"

Charlie Cunningham - Outside Things EP Charlie Cunningham is a new one for me. I checked him out following a Stereogum article on him and was quickly reminded of one his fellow British folkster Fink. This is his debut release. Watch: "Lights Off" Listen: "Outside Things"

David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed Nothing Has Changed is a career-spanning compilation from Bowie. In order to highlight the progression in his career, the album moves in reverse chronological order from 2014 (and a new song) to 1964, then back to the present. Watch: "Where Are We Now?" Listen: "Lets Dance" (Single Edit)

David Bowie - "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" The new single from Bowie's new compilation is also getting its own release this week. The track book-ends the compilation, appearing at both the beginning and the end. Watch: "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" Listen: "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"

Depeche Mode - Live in Berlin This is the seventh live album from Depeche Mode, which was recorded at O2 World in Germany in November of last year. The album accompanies a concert film directed by Anton Corbijn. Watch: "Enjoy the Silence" Watch: "Should Be Higher"

Fugazi - First Demo This is one of the first recordings from the band, recorded after the band had performed only ten shows together in 1988. The demo is getting its first official release now, coming 13 years after the last studio album from the band. Listen: "Waiting Room" Listen: "Merchandise"

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Lorde may be young, but she's already being given some impressive tasks. She was recently  asked to curate the soundtrack for the first part of the final segment of the Hunger Games movie franchise. She's done an impressive job; she has a couple of incredible tracks of her own, and brings together work from Chvrches, Charli XCX, The Chemical Brothers, and a number of other impressive musicians. Watch: Lorde - "Yellow Flicker Beat" Listen: Chvrches - "Dead Air"

Kim Deal - "Biker Gone"/"Beautiful Moon" Kim Deal is best known as the bassist for the Pixies, which she left in 2013. Since then, she's been focusing on a series of singles. "Biker Gone" and "Beautiful Moon" are her ninth and tenth releases. Watch: "Biker Gone" Listen: "Beautiful Moon"

Manchester Orchestra - Hope Manchester Orchestra released their fourth studio album, Cope, in April of this year. Hope is the companion album to that release, with each track being an acoustic version of an accompanying track from Cope. Listen: "Trees" Listen: "Cope"

Marissa Nadler - Before July EP Marissa Nadler released the incredible July in February of this year; safe to say that it is one of my favorites of the year. Before July comprises a number of b-sides and demos, including a cover of Elliott Smith's "Pitseleh." Listen: "Pitseleh"

Noel Gallagher's High-Flying Birds - "In the Heat of the Moment"/"Do the Damage" This former Oasis lead guitarist and vocalist will be releasing his sophomore album, Chasing Yesterday, with his project High-Flying Birds in March of next year. "In the Heat of the Moment" is the lead single from the album. Its B-side was initially intended to be the lead track off of the new record, but was later dropped from the release. Watch: "In the Heat of the Moment" Watch: "Do the Damage"

Ty Segall - $ingle$ 2 It seems almost just yesterday that Segall released his seventh album Manipulator. He is quickly following that up with a new singles compilation, bringing together non-album tracks recorded over the past few years. Listen: "Spiders" Listen: "Hand Glams"

While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records Bloodshot Records, founded in 1993, is an independent label with a focus on roots indie and punk rock, and alternative country. This is a compilation of covers of songs originally performed by artists on the label, predominantly by artists not on the label. The record includes contributions from Andrew Bird, Split Single, Ted Leo, and Blitzen Trapper. Listen: Blitzen Trapper - "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)" Listen: William Elliott Whitmore - "I Wish I Was the Moon"

Whirr/Nothing - Split Single Whirr and Nothing share a member, guitarist Nick Bassett (who is also a former member of Deafheaven). Whirr released their latest album in September, while Nothing released theirs in March. Now, the two sibling bands have come together for this split single and a few new tracks. Watch: Nothing - "Chloroform" Listen: Whirr - "Ease"

Wilco - Alpha Mike Foxtrot Wilco (the band) has been together for two decades. To celebrate their entry into their third decade as a band, they have a couple of new releases. Alpha Mike Foxtrot is a four-disc pressing of studio rarities from the band. Listen: "Handshake Drugs" (First Version) Listen: "I Shall Be"

Wilco - What's Your 20? Wilco's second anniversary release is a "greatest hits" of sorts. It pulls together some of the most celebrated tracks from the band's twenty years and eight studio albums. Listen: "I Must Be High" Listen: "Box Full of Letters"