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 30, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Jay-Z - 4:44 In case you didn't know, Jay-Z is married to Beyoncé. Last year, she released, Lemonade, which seemed to reference his infidelity. 4:44 serves in part as a response to that record, owning up to those transgressions. Similar to records released by his wife and sister-in-law last year, the album mixes the laying bare of personal issues with a broader community message. It also features some surprising collaborators, particularly James Blake, who also worked on Lemonade. Watch: "The Story of O.J." Watch: "Moonlight"

Moon Diagrams - Lifetime of Love Moon Diagrams is the project of Deerhunter drummer Moses Archuleta. He's recorded his debut over the course of a decade. To construct the record, he chose thrifted LPs, based only on their covers. He took samples from the records, broke them apart and put them back together. Finally, he layered vocals on top, but never pulls away from the unique tapestry created with his ransom samples. Watch: "Bodymaker" Listen: "End of Heartache"

Public Enemy - Nothing Is Quick in the Desert Though no longer the most immediate group to come to mind in the modern hip hop landscape, Public Enemy has been going strong for more than 30 years and have reliably released new music every few years. The 14th studio album follows their 2015 effort, Man Plans God Laughs. Time has made them no less political, though this is not Chuck D's only channel of rage. He has also recently joined with former members of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave and B-Real from Cypress Hill as Prophets of Rage. Listen: "Yesterday Man" Listen: "Toxic"

Terry - Remember Terry Terry is a supergroup of sorts. The Melbourne, Australia-based indie pop band consists of members from UV Race, Total Control, Eastlink, and Dick Diver. Remember Terry is their sophomore album, following last year's TERRY HQ. Watch: "Take Me to the City" Watch: "Glory"

Other Full-Length Releases

Baio - Man of the World Watch: "PHILOSOPHY!" Watch: "Man of the World"

Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 Watch: "Feels" (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, and Big Sean) Listen: "Prayers Up" (featuring Travis Scott & A-Trak)

Lapalux - Ruinism Watch: "Rotted Arp" (featuring Louisahhhh) Watch: "Flickering" (featuring JFDR)

Washed Out - Mister Mellow Watch: "Get Lost" Watch: "Instant Calm"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Beach Boys - 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow Listen: "Aren’t You Glad" Listen: "All Day All Night" (Whistle In)

Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities Watch: "Chariot" Listen: "Baseball Diamond"

Clams Casino - Instrumentals 4 Listen: "Wavey" Listen: "Summertime"

The Coathangers - Parasite EP Watch: "Captain’s Dead" Listen: "Parasite"

Echo & the Bunnymen - It’s All Live Now Listen: "Crocodiles" Listen: "She Cracked"

Nots - Cruel Friend/Violence 7” Listen: "Cruel Friend" Listen: "Violence"

of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Reissue Watch: "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean" Watch: "Gronlandic Edit"

Trouble - "Snake Eyes"/"Mother’s Gone” 7" Listen: "Snake Eyes" Listen: "Mother’s Gone"

New Music Friday - November 20, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Adele - 25 This year, Adele ensured that any artist who may have thought that 2015 was their year would be terribly wrong. Starting a couple of months into the second half of the year, it started to become clear that something was soon to come from the world's favorite singer. The general release timeframe was announced back in August. In the relatively short time time between its release and the end of the year, it had already broken many of the year's records. Watch: "Hello"

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and the Rajasthan Express - Junun Jonny Greenwood is generally best known as the guitarist for Radiohead, but has had an active solo career with studio albums and composition work since 2003. Early last year, Greenwood traveled to Rajasthan, India to work with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express ensemble for a truly international new album. The recording process was captured in a documentary of the same name, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Listen: "Roked"

Other Full-Length Releases

Arca - Mutant Watch: "EN" Watch: "Vanity"

Bill Wells & Friends - Nursery Rhymes Listen: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (featuring Satomi Matsuzaki) Listen: "Three Blind Mice" (featuring Karen Mantler & Yo La Tengo)

Cavanaugh - Time and Materials Listen: "Typecast" (featuring P.O.S., Hemlock Ernst, & Busdriver) Listen: "Pinky"

Hurricane #1 - Find What You Love and Let It Kill You

WoodzSTHLM - Lighthouse Listen: "Woman"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Baio - The Names (Expansion Pack)

Beach Boys - Beach Boys’ Party! Uncovered and Unplugged Listen: "I Should Have Known Better" Listen: "Blowin in the Wind"

Freddie Gibbs - Shadow of a Doubt Watch: "Fuckin’ Up the Count" Listen: "Packages" (featuring ManMan Savage)

Guided By Voices - Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War

iLoveMakonnen - iLoveMakonnen 2 Listen: "Second Chance" Listen: "Flippin All Night"

Indie for the Holidays Listen: Sondre Lerche & Jherek Bischoff - "Surviving Christmas" Listen: Robert Pollard - "What Begins on New Years Day"

Led Zeppelin - Mothership Listen: "Whole Lotta Love" Listen: "Immigrant Song"

M83 - Digital Shades Reissue Listen: "Coloring the Void" Listen: "By the Kiss"

M83 - Saturdays=Youth Reissue Listen: "Couleurs" Listen: "Midnight Souls Still Remain"

Natalie Prass - Side By Side Listen: "Sound of Silence" Listen: "REALiTi"

Punch Brothers - The Wireless Listen: "Sleek White Baby"

Queen - A Night at the Odeon Listen: "Bohemian Rhapsody" Listen: "White Queen"

Roger Waters - Roger Waters The Wall

Stevie Wonder - Someday at Christmas Listen: "Someday at Christmas"

Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants Reissue Listen: "Juanita : Kiteless : To Dream of Love" Listen: "Pearl’s Girl"

Velvet Underground: The Complete Matrix Tapes Watch: "We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" Listen: "Sister Ray"

The Who - Live in Hyde Park