New Music Friday - May 6, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

ANOHNI - Hopelessness ANOHNI has had a long career spanning more than fifteen years. She has previously performed as Antony and the Johnsons, releasing four albums over then years. Hopelessness is her first solo album, and first under a new name. The album covers a range of social and political issues, from drone strikes, to the environment, and the culture of masculinity. Watch: "Drone Bomb Me" Listen: "Crisis"

Death Grips - Bottomless Pit You can't always believe a band when they say they're done. Even though they announced their "disbandment" in 2014, Death Grips has released an album, a soundtrack, and an EP since then. Now, they've released yet another album. The release follows their Interview 2016 EP, released with a strange long-form music video, earlier this year. Listen: "Giving Bad People Good Ideas" Listen: "Eh"

James Blake - The Colour in Anything While I'm often annoyed by surprise releases, sometimes they're just about the best news I can get. That was the case when James Blake announced his third album for release just hours later. On the album, he continues his blend of ambient, post-dubstep, and soul, and he sounds better than ever. The record features old collaborators like Bon Iver and new, Frank Ocean, as well as artwork from Sir Quentin Blake. Watch: "I Need a Forest Fire" (featuring Bon Iver) Listen: "Radio Silence"

Julianna Barwick - Will Julianna Barwick has made a career out of using her own voice as an orchestral instrument, looping and layering it in ways that make you forget that she doesn't use much traditional instrumentation. She continues this work on her third full-length, with contributions from Mas Ysa and Chairlift drummer Jamie Ingalls. Watch: "Nebula" Watch: "Same" (featuring Mas Ysa)

Little Scream - Cult Following I really don't remember how or when I first heard of Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer, but I know that absolutely loved her debut album, The Golden Record. It's been quite a while since that album, five years to be exact. She strays a bit from the sound on that first album. She started with a fairly traditional folk style, but adds elements of pop, avant garde, and funk on Cult Following. Watch: "Love as a Weapon" Listen: "Someone Will Notice"

Other Full-Length Releases

Beverly - The Blue Swell Watch: "South Collins" Watch: "Victoria"

Carlos Niño - Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening! Watch: "Calimayan" Listen: "It’s All Happening!"

Chris Cohen - As If Apart Watch: "As If Apart" Listen: "Torrey Pine"

Dieterich & Barnes - The Coral Casino

Half Waif - Probably Depths Watch: "Nest" Listen: "Turn Me Around"

Jean-Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise Watch: "What You Want" (featuring Peaches) Watch: "Exit" (featuring Edward Snowden)

JMSN - It Is. Watch: "Most of All" Watch: "Cruel Intentions"/"Good Ol' Case of the Blues"

Kaytranada - 99.9% Watch: "Glowed Up" (featuring Anderson .Paak) Watch: "Lite Spots"

LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Watch: "Beneath the Concrete" Watch: "I&I"

Shit Robot - What Follows Watch: "End of the Trail" Watch: "Lose Control" (featuring Nancy Whang)

Tourist - U Watch: "To Have You Back" Watch: "Run"

White Lung - Paradise Watch: "Below" Watch: "Hungry"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beach Boys - Live at the Fillmore East

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - More Revery Reissue Listen: "A Dream of the Sea"

Cream - Classic Album Selection Listen: "Sunshine of Your Love" Listen: "Spoonful"

D∆WN - Infrared EP Listen: "How I Get" Listen: "Paint It Blue"

Destroyer - My Mystery 12” Watch: "My Mystery" (DJ johnedward-collins@gmail.com remix) Listen: "My Mystery"

Fir - "Summer Wasn’t There" 7” Listen: "Summer Wasn’t There" Listen: "Winter Doesn’t Care"

Frank Zappa - The New Maternity Reissue

J Dilla - Jay Love Japan Reissue Listen: "Yesterday" Listen: "Believe in God" (featuring Ma Dukes)

Michael Jackson - Bad Reissue Watch: "Bad" Watch: "Smooth Criminal"

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Reissue Watch: "Rock with You" Watch: "Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough"

Michael Jackson - Thriller Reissue Watch: "Thriller" Watch: "Billie Jean"

Miles Davis - Chicago Jazz Festival 1990 Listen: "Hannibal" Listen: "Human Nature"

Miles Davis and John Coltrane - Copenhagen March 24th 1960 Listen: "So What"

MUNA - The Loudspeaker EP Watch: "Winterbreak" Listen: "Loudspeaker"

Patience - "The Church"/"My Own Intervention" Watch: "The Church" Listen: "My Own Invention"

Rufus Wainwright - Poses Reissue Watch: "Going to a Town" Listen: "Poses"

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker Deluxe Box Set Listen: "Locked Away" (Outtake)

New Music Tuesday - 07/01/2014

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New Full-Length Releases

Beverly - Careers Before embarking on her solo career, Frankie Rose was a member of several bands. She worked with Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls and Crystal Stilts before releasing Frankie Rose and The Outs in 2010. After three solo records, she's returning to recording as part of a band, joining up with Drew Citron to form Beverly. Watch: "Honey Do" Listen: "You Can't Get It Right"

Eno · Hyde - High Life Brian Eno must have really enjoyed working with fellow house luminary Karl Hyde. Although they released their first album together, Someday World, just this past May, they're already putting out its follow-up. Unlike many quick follow-up albums, this doesn't feel like a record of rejected songs, demos and b-sides, but is its own fully fledged-out record, proving that these two have a lot to contribute together. Listen: "DBF"

Sean Watkins - All I Do Is Lie After a seven-year hiatus, Sean Watkins reunited with his sister, Sara, and Chris Thile as Nickel Creek, who released a new album, A Dotted Line, in April. Sean has wasted no time in getting back to his solo career, however. All I Do Is Lie is his fourth solo record. Listen: "Wave As We Run" Listen: "Since the Day That I Was Born"

Other New Releases

2776: A Levinson Bros & Rob Kutner Presentation Just in time for America's Independence Day, the Levinson Brothers and Rob Kutner have put out an album that sets us 1000 years past the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the future. The album features contributions from a number of comedians and musicians. Proceeds from sales will go to benefit the OneKid OneWorld charity. Watch: Aimee Mann - "I'm Cured" Listen: Neko Case & Kelly Hogan - "These Aren't the Droids"

Broken Ankles - Broken Ankles: Acapellas and Instrumentals Producer Girl Talk and rapper Freeway put out a free EP as Broken Ankles back in April. Now, they are releasing the broken out vocals and instrumentals from the record as its own free release. Perhaps this is an invitation to other producers to create their own mixes of the songs? Download: DatPiff.com

Content Content is a collection of songs mixed and compiled by Ralph Lawson released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 2020Vision. Featured artists on this release include Maya Jane Coles, Groove Armada, and Simian Mobile Disco. Listen: Simian Mobile Disco - "Parson's Nose"

Essáy - Ocarina EP Ocarina is the latest EP from German producer Essáy. The primary track from the release features the ocarina instrument, which many would recognize for its use in the Zelda games. In addition to the title track, other producers lend remixes to the EP. Listen: "Ocarina" Listen: "Ocarina" (The Field Remix)

Jon Hopkins - "We Disappear" 12" Jon Hopkins, British producer, has had a very productive 2013 and '14. He released his fourth studio album, Immunity, compiled the soundtrack for How I Live Now, and worked on music with Natasha Khan, Coldplay, and Moderat. His latest project sees him teaming up with Tanzanian-British singer Lulu James. Watch: "We Disappear" Listen: "We Disappear" (Instrumental)

Levon Helm - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3 Midnight Ramble refers to a barn that was owned by the now-deceased Levon Helm. There, he would hold intimate concerts, inviting other artists to come perform. The Midnight Ramble Sessions collects recordings from those shows. The latest features Amy Helm, Little Sammy Davis, and Chris Robinson. Listen: Levon Helm - "The Same Thing"

Liars - "Pro Anti Anti" Liars put out an incredible seventh studio album, Mess, in March of this year. "Pro Anti Anti" is one of the tracks from the album, and is getting its single release with a handful of remixes of the track as b-sides. Watch: "Pro Anti Anti" Listen: "Pro Anti Anti" (Factory Floor Remix)

Lucius - "Genevieve"/"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Indie pop act Lucius released their debut record, Wildewoman, in October of last year. "Genevieve" is one of the tracks from that record, getting its single released backed with a cover of a classic Tears for Fears track. Listen: "Genevieve" Listen: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

Mark Kozelek - Live at Biko On April 6 of this year, Mark Kozelek (also known as Sun Kil Moon) performed at the Circolo Arco Biko in Milan, Italy. That performance, with a fairly quick turn-around, is getting released as the latest of his many live recordings. Listen: "Gustavo" Listen: "Micheline"

Moby - "The Only Thing" "The Only Thing" is Moby's contribution to the soundtrack for the film Third Person, a Paul Haggis film set to be released this summer. Watch: "The Only Thing"

Modeselektor - Modeselektion Vol. 3 Modeselektion is a collection of tracks hand-selected by Modeselektor. This is the third installment from the group, which includes tracks by Nosaj Thing, The Fall, and Fennesz. Listen: The Fall - "Fibre Book Troll" (snippet) Listen: Fennesz - "TOM" (snippet)

Pink Floyd - Division Bell Box Set It's been twenty years since the release of Pink Floyd's iconic fourteenth album. To celebrate its anniversary, it is getting re-released as a box set. It features the first true release of the record on vinyl. Watch: "High Hopes" Listen: "Coming Back to Life"

Ryan Adams - "Gimme Something Good" Ryan Adams is gearing up to release his fourteenth album this coming September. "Gimme Something Good" is the first single from that record. Listen: "Gimme Something Good" Listen: "Achin' for More"

Scotty ATL - OTR2SJ EP Scotty ATL is a young rapper from, obviously, Atlanta. In his short career, he has released four albums and mixtapes. His latest EP is sponsored by the Scion AV project and features no samples. Listen: "Pray Alone" Listen: "What's the Formula"

Simian Mobile Disco - "Tangents" It's been a couple of years since the release of SMD's last record, Unpatterns, but in that time, they've released a seemingly endless stream of singles. They have announced a new album, Whorl, for release in September, so "Tangents" may well be the last in that line. Listen: "Tangents"

Vito & Druzzi - Moon Temple EP Vito & Druzzi are two members of the now defunct  The Rapture, which disbanded earlier this year. Moon Temple is their first release together. Listen: Snippets

Zeds Dead - Somewhere Else EP Zeds Dead is a dub step and electrohouse outfit out of Toronto. Active since 2009, their latest EP includes contributions from Twin Shadow, Perry Farrell, and Memorecks. Watch: "Lost You" Listen: "Collapse"