New Music Friday - January 31, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	MIKE - Showbiz! Watch: "You’re the Only One Watching" Watch: "man in the mirror”/“Artist of the Century"
	Pink Siifu - BLACK’!ANTIQUE Watch: "Last One Alive’!" Watch: "WHOUWITHHO+" (with Kal Banx)
	The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow Watch: "São Paulo" (with Anitta) Watch: "Dancing in the Flames"

Other Full-Length Releases

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - The Purple Bird Watch: "Our Home" (featuring Tim O’Brien) Watch: "London May"

Freckle - Freckle Listen: "Taraval" Listen: "Who’s Sitting on the Moon"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Geologist & D.S. - A Shaw Deal Watch: "Route 9 Falls" Watch: "Loose Gravel"

JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (DIRECTOR’S CUT) Watch: "PROTECT THE CROSS" Watch: "JPEGULTRA!" (featuring Denzel Curry)

Peel Dream Magazine - Modern Meta Physic (Deluxe Edition) Listen: "Callers" (Demo) Listen: "Mustard Yellow Carpet Ride" (Demo)

New Music Friday - May 5, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

The Afghan Whigs - In Spades The Afghan Whigs returned from a 16-year break with 2014's Do to the Beast. The wait for the follow-up has been, thankfully, much shorter. Beast was a good album, but did not quite rise to the level of their previous work. They've spent the three years since their comeback reissuing their earlier work. Perhaps going back over their past work helped on this record, it's more of a return to form. Watch: "Oriole" Watch: "Demon in Profile"

Blondie - Pollinator Blondie had their own recent return in 2011 with Panic of Girls, their first album in eight years. Pollinator is their third record since that return. The album sees the band moving towards some interesting writing collaborations. Nic Valensi, Sia, Charli XCX, Dev Hynes, David Sitek, and Johnny Marr all contributed to tracks. Watch: "Long Time" Watch: "Fun"

Juana Molina - Halo Juana Molina is an experimental artist from Argentina. She started her career as a sketch comedy actress, and achieved fame in the pursuit, but shifted to a music career in the mid-90s. Twenty-plus years into her music career, she has come to be regarded as one of the best of Argentine avant-garde music. Halo is her seventh album. Watch: "Lentísimo halo" Listen: "Cosoco"

Logic - Everybody Logic is Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, a mixed-race rapper from Maryland. His music often touches on the dynamics of being biracial and his experiences moving between both worlds. His third studio album includes features from Juicy J, Chuck D, and Killer Mike, among many others. Watch: "Black SpiderMan" (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) Listen: "Everybody"

Perfume Genius - No Shape Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, began his career making music that was often quiet and reserved. His third album, 2014's Too Bright, saw him become more defiant and bombastic. The follow-up is a bit less so, but still light years away from his early sound. In many ways, it sounds happier than his past work, perhaps inspired, at least in part, by his settling into a long-term relationship. None of this is to say that the output has suffered, this is another incredible album from the artist! Watch: "Slip Away" Watch: "Die 4 You"

Other Full-Length Releases

Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel - I Can Spin a Rainbow Watch: "Beyond the Beach" Watch: "The Clock at the Back of the Cage"

Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder Listen: "Raise the Drawbridges?" Listen: "Sponge Bath"

Black Lips - Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art? Watch: "Can’t Hold On" Listen: "Occidental Front" (featuring Yoko Ono)

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Best Troubador Watch: "Mama Tried" Watch: "Bad Actor" (featuring Elsa Oldham)

Cayetana - New Kind of Normal Watch: "Mesa" Watch: "Bus Ticket"

Day Wave - The Days We Had Watch: "Promises" Watch: "Something Here"

Hoops - Routines Watch: "On Top" Listen: "On Letting Go"

Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley Listen: "Where I’ll Find You" Listen: "Wild Indifference"

Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog Watch: "One More Love Song" Watch: "On the Level"

Nightlands - I Can Feel the Night Around Me Watch: "Lost Moon" Listen: "Depending on You"

NIIA - I Watch: "Hurt You First" Watch: "Sideline" (featuring Jazmine Sullivan)

Nite Jewel - Real High Watch: "The Answer" Watch: "2 Good 2 Be True"

Pond - The Weather Watch: "30000 Megatons" Watch: "Sweep Me Off My Feet"

Walter Martin - My Kinda Music Listen: "Hey Matt" (featuring Matt Berninger) Listen: "Trip on a Ship" (featuring Laura Gibson)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story — An Album to Benefit War Child Watch: Dolly Parton - "The Story" Listen: Pearl Jam - "Again Today"

DANGERDOOM - The Mouse & the Mask Reissue Listen: "The Mask" (featuring Ghostface Killah) Listen: "Mad Nice" (featuring Black Thought & Vinny Price)

Flasher - "Winnie"/"Burn Blue" Listen: "Winnie" Listen: "Burn Blue"

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 1984-2014

Small Circle - melatonin EP Reissue Listen: "We Belong Here" Listen: "Please Don't Touch the Moon"

Southern Poverty Law Center Listen: Bonnie “Prince” Billy - "Treasure Map"

New Music Friday - March 18, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Cullen Omori - New Misery Cullen Omori was the lead singer of Smith Westerns with his brother Cameron, and a few others, starting in 2007. Unfortunately, the band members went their separate ways two years ago. A few of the former members have started new projects, including Cullen. While some of the others have started all new bands, Cullen has gone solo. New Misery is his debut album. Watch: "Cinnamon" Listen: "Sour Silk"

Glitterbust - Glitterbust Kim Gordon also recently left the band that she started her career with. After thirty years, and a marriage, together, the Sonic Youth disbanded in 2011. The band's members have started new projects since, most notably Gordon, Thurston Moore, and Lee Ranaldo. Gordon previously released Coming Apart with Body/Head in 2013. This year, she's releasing a new album with a new band; one she started with Alex Knost of Tomorrows Tulips. Watch: "The Highline" Listen: "Soft Landing"

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression James Osterberg has had a incredible career as a musician. He started out with The Stooges in 1967 and released his first solo album as Iggy Pop in 1977. He's done many types of music, from punk to art rock to new wave, and even French-language chanson. On his latest album, he's back to his rock roots and getting some help from younger rock icons, Joshua Homme and Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age, and Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys. Unfortunately, he has implied that this may be his last record, though he's made it a good one! Listen: "Gardenia" Listen: "Break into Your Heart"

Koi Child - Koi Child I don't have any major issues with Iggy Azalea, except that she represents a missed opportunity in my eyes: she's a rapper from Australia, but doesn't seek to represent Australian hiphop. Koi Child may be able to fill that void. They are a jazz rap group hailing from Perth. They formed two years ago as a combination of two other acts, Childs Play and Kashikoi. Their debut album is produced by another Australian musician, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. Watch: "1-5-9" Watch: "Black Panda"

Other Full-Length Releases

AJ Cornell & Tim Darcy - Too Significant to Ignore Watch: "Too Significant to Ignore (Big Black Bowl)" Listen: "Automatic Ecstasy"

Baauer - Aa Listen: "Kung Fu" (featuring Pusha T & Future) Listen: "Temple" (featuring M.I.A. & G-Dragon)

Belave - Indigo, Streams, Lash

The Body - Nobody Deserves Happiness Watch: "Two Snakes" Watch: "The Fall & the Guilt"

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Bitchin Bajas - Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties Watch: "Your Hard Work Is About to Pay Off" Listen: "Pretty Saro"

Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land Watch: "Exit 353" Watch: "Qachina"

Lust for Youth - Compassion Watch: "Sudden Ambitions" Listen: "Stardom"

Primal Scream - Chaosmosis Watch: "Where the Light Gets In" (featuring Sky Ferreira) Listen: "I Can Change"

Sean Watkins - What to Fear Watch: "What to Fear" Listen: "Keep Your Promises II"

Underworld - Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future Watch: "I Exhale" Listen: "Ova Nova"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Burial - Burial Reissue Listen: "Distant Lights" Listen: "Prayer"

Burial - Untrue Reissue Listen: "In McDonalds" Listen: "Archangel"

Eliza Shaddad - Run EP Watch: "Wars" Listen: "Run"

iLoveMakonnen - Drink More Water 6 Watch: "Leave U 4 Myself" Watch: "Live for Real"

Sremmlife Crew - Trailmix Watch: Rae Sremmurd - "Over Here" (featuring Bobo Swae) Listen: Rae Sremmurd - "Doggin" (featuring D-JaySremm & Riff 3X)