New Music Friday - May 17, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Ani DiFranco - Unprecedented Sh!t Listen: "Unprecedented Sh!t" Listen: "The Thing at Hand"
	Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Watch: "Floating on a Moment" Watch: "Reaching Out"
	Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Watch: "LUNCH" Watch: "BITTERSUITE"
	Kaïa Kater - Strange Medicine Watch: "Fédon" Watch: "Maker Taker"
	Rapsody - Please Don’t Cry Watch: "3:AM" (featuring Erykah Badu) Watch: "Back in My Bag"

Other Full-Length Releases

The Avett Brothers - The Avett Brothers Watch: "Forever Now" Watch: "Orion’s Belt"

Blitzen Trapper - 100s of 1000s, Millions of Billions Watch: "Planetarium" Watch: "Cosmic Backseat Education"

Cage the Elephant - Neon Pill Watch: "Out Loud" Watch: "Metaverse"

Crumb - AMAMA Watch: "AMAMA" Watch: "The Bug"

Guster - Ooh La La Watch: "Keep Going" Watch: "Maybe We’re Alright"

Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN Listen: "#RICHAXXHAITIAN" Listen: "(…)"

of Montreal - Lady on the Cusp Watch: "Rude Girl on Rotation" Watch: "Yung Hearts Bleed Free"

One Step Closer - All You Embrace Watch: "Leap Years" Watch: "Giant’s Despair"

PALLBEARER - Mind Burns Alive Watch: "Where the Light Fades" Watch: "Endless Place"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral: Chaos Watch: "Weird & Wonderful" Watch: "Last Laugh"

Charlotte Cardin - A Week in Nashville Listen: "Did Life Work Out for You" Listen: "Lonely with Our Love"

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News: 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition Watch: "Ocean Breathes Salty" (Poolside Remix) Watch: "Bury Me with It" (Jacknife Lee Remix)

Stop Making Sense: A Tribute Album Watch: Paramore - "Burning Down the House" Watch: Chicano Batman - "Crosseyed and Painless" (featuring Money Mark)

Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (10 Year Anniversary Edition) Watch: "Hey Mami" (Rick Wade Remix) Watch: "The Cosmos"

New Music Friday - January 29, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams Watch: "Green Eyes" Watch: "Caroline"
	The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings Watch: "Raindrops" Watch: "Feuds with Guns"
	Four Tet & Madlib - Sound Ancestors Listen: "Dirtknock" Listen: "Road of the Lonely Ones"
	Lia Ices - Family Album Watch: "Hymn" Watch: "Young on the Mountain"
	The Notwist - Vertigo Days Watch: "Al Sur" (featuring Juana Molina) Listen: "Oh Sweet Fire"

Other Full-Length Releases

Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love Watch: "Do or Die" Watch: "Simultaneously"

Baio - Dead Hand Control Watch: "Endless Me, Endlessly" Watch: "What Do You Say When I’m Not There?"

The Body - I’ve Seen All I Need to See Listen: "A Lament" Listen: "Tied Up and Locked In"

Goat Girl - On All Fours Watch: "The Crack" Watch: "Badibaba"

Langhorne Slim - Strawberry Mansion Watch: "Panic Attack" Watch: "Summer Days"

LNZNDRF - II Watch: "Brace Yourself" Watch: "You Still Rip"

portrayal of guilt - We Are Always Alone Watch: "It’s Already Over”/“Masochistic Oath" Watch: "A Tempting Pain"

The Sonder Bombs - Clothbound Watch: "Crying Is Cool" Listen: "k."

Weezer - OK Human Watch: "All My Favorite Songs" Watch: "Numbers"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Buke & Gase / So Percussion - A Record Of Watch: "Hold It In" Watch: "Diazepam"

katie day - urdata Listen: "data" (Tomberlin Cover) Listen: "leaving"  (Laura Les Remix)

The Killers - Imploding the Mirage Watch: "C’est La Vie" Listen: "Blowback" (Acoustic)

Martin Gore - The Third Chimpanzee E.P. Watch: "Mandrill" Watch: "Howler"

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? Watch: "Angelene" (Demo) Listen: "Is This Desire?"

Pynch - Somebody Else Watch: "Somebody Else" Watch: "The Whole World’s Going Crazy (For Love)"

New Music Friday - June 9, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Chuck Berry - Chuck Chuck Berry passed away this past March at the age of 90. He left behind a completed final album, his first in almost four decades. The record hearkens back to the early days of the style that he helped to establish and even includes a "sequel" of sorts to one of his most popular tunes, "Lady B Goode" (perhaps obviously, a new take on "Johnny B Goode"). Watch: "Big Boys" Watch: "Darlin'"

Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie - Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie Buckingham and McVie are both members of the long-running band Fleetwood Mac. Both have maintained solo careers, releasing a fair number of records between them. Their latest was originally intended to be the latest from the full band (and would have been their first in 14 years), but multiple delays prevented that from occurring. So, the album is just credited to these two, though Fleetwood and Mac (John McVie) both contribute to the record. Listen: "Feel About You" Listen: "In My World"

Phoenix - Ti Amo Ti Amo is the sixth album from this French band. Recorded in Paris, the album is intended to recall Italian discos in the summer. Though it was written to address a darker world view, the end result ended up being light, poppy, and vibrant. An album about love to perhaps counteract a less than loving world environment. Watch: "J-Boy" Watch: "Goodbye Soleil"

The Secret Sisters - You Don’t Own Me Anumore The Secret Sisters are not so secretly made up of actual sisters Laura and Lydia Rogers. The two have been recording together since 2009 and released their debut self-titled album in 2010. You Don't Own Me is their first album since being dropped by Republic and sees them joining New West Records. The album was produced by Brandi Carlile with another pair of siblings, the Hanseroth twins. Watch: "Tennessee River Runs Low" Watch: "You Don’t Own Me Anymore"

SZA - CTRL We had a long wait for this debut album from SZA (something I see frustratingly often from female hip hop artists). The album, then titled A, was first announced in 2014 but saw several delays. With her unique mix of genres and immensely honest lyrics, she has made the long wait well worth it. This album has been on repeat for me nearly since the day it was released. Watch: "Love Galore" (featuring Travis Scott) Watch: "Drew Barrymore"

Other Full-Length Releases

Agent Blå - Agent Blå Listen: "Rote Learning" Listen: "Strand"

Ani DiFranco - Binary Watch: "Play God" Listen: "Zizzing" (featuring Justin Vernon)

Big Thief - Capacity Watch: "Mythological Beauty" Listen: "Mary"

Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa Watch: "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" Watch: "New Rules"

Hoop - Super Genuine Listen: "Marlin Spike" Listen: "Baseboards" (featuring Briana Marela)

Kirin J Callinan - Bravado Watch: "Living Each Day" (featuring Connan Mockasin) Watch: "S.A.D."

London Grammar - Truth Is a Beautiful Thing Watch: "Big Picture" Watch: "Oh Woman Oh Man"

Mark McGuire - Ideas of Beginnings Listen: "Serpent Mound Coyote Song" Listen: "Beginning of Winter"

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Planetarium Watch: "Mercury" Watch: "Venus"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Ariana Grande - One Love Manchester Listen: "One Last Time" Listen: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

BEAK> - "Sex Music" Watch: "Sex Music" Listen: "Sex Music" (Win Butler’s ‘Knight Rider’ Remix)

Bob Dylan & Neil Young - Live on Air 1988

Bonobo - Bambro Koyo Ganda Watch: "Bambro Koyo Ganda" (featuring Innov Gnawa)

ILOVEMAKONNEN - Fun Summer Vol. 1 EP Listen: "Super Chef 2" Listen: "Lonely Girl"

It Comes at Night: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Brian McOmber - "The Triumph of Death" (featuring Angel Deradoorian)

Miles Davis - The Legendary 1960 European Tour

Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie - The Complete Broadcasts

Paul Simon - The Concert in Hyde Park Watch: "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" Watch: "The Obvious Child"

Sia - "Free Me" Watch: "Free Me"

Vic Mensa - The Manuscript Watch: "OMG" (featuring Pusha T) Watch: "Rage"