New Music Friday - March 23, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Alice Bag - Blueprint Bag is a titan of the punk scene, sitting at the forefront of the riot grrl movement. She founded Bags in 1977, and was involved with a number of bands over the following decades. She released her first solo record, Alice Bag, in 2016. Watch: "77" Watch: "Se Cree Joven"

Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain Andrews cites Aretha Franklin as the figure who helped her teach herself to sing, though she does not cite the legendary performer or her contemporaries as influences. Her style combines folk and country, with a throwback feel to the 70s. There's a bit of soul and gospel thrown in there, too. Watch: "Kindness of Strangers" Listen: "I’ve Hurt Worse"

Erika Wennerstrom - Sweet Unknown Erika Wennerstrom is the frontwoman for Heartless Bastards. The band is still together, but she is breaking out with a solo career for the first time in the band's 15-year span. We had the chance to see her perform when she returned home (the band is from Cincinnati) for a show. She was amazing and super nice; I am excited for this first solo outing! Watch: "Extraordinary Love" Watch: "Twisted Highway"

The Messthetics - The Messthetics Fugazi were a post-hardcore band out of DC who were one of the earliest proponents of the DIY sound. They've been on hiatus since 2003, but two members, Brendan Canty and Joe Lally, have now formed this new band. This is the first project for both since their other band's hiatus and they are currently touring behind this debut album. Listen: "Quantum Path" Listen: "Serpent Tongue"

Other Full-Length Releases

Bonny Doon - Longwave Watch: "Long Wave" Listen: "I Am Here (I Am Alive)"

Cavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade Watch: "Phase Modulation Shuffle" Watch: "Make Out, Fade Out"

George Ezra - Staying at Tamara’s Watch: "Saviour" (featuring First Aid Kit) Watch: "Paradise"

Guided By Voices - Space Gun Watch: "Space Gun" Listen: "Flight Advantage"

Jack White - Boarding House Reach Watch: "Connected By Love" Watch: "Over and Over and Over"

Field Report - Summertime Songs Listen: "Never Look Back" Listen: "Summertime"

Preoccupations - New Material Watch: "Disarray" Watch: "Antidote"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Band of Horses - Cease to Begin Reissue Watch: "No One’s Gonna Love You" Watch: "Is There a Ghost"

Ben Frost - All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated Watch: "All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated" Listen: "Self-Portrait in Aquamarine"

Bob Dylan - Folksinger’s Choice Radio Broadcast Listen: "Death of Emmett Till" Listen: "Lonesome Whistle Blues"

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Live…San Francisco

Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won Remastered Listen: "Immigrant Song" (Live) Listen: "Whole Lotta Love " (Live)

Mark Pritchard - The Four Worlds Watch: "Come Get Us" (featuring Gregory Whitehead) Watch: "Glasspops"

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour

Tom Waits - Blue Valentine Reissue Listen: "Red Shoes By the Drugstore" Listen: "Blue Valentines"

Tom Waits - Closing Time Reissue Listen: "Closing Time" Listen: "Lonely"

Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs Reissue Listen: "Foreign Affair" Listen: "Barber Shop"

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night Reissue Listen: "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" Listen: "New Coat of Paint"

Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine Reissue Listen: "Heartattack and Vine" Listen: "Jersey Girl"

Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner Reissue Listen: "Eggs and Sausage" Listen: "Better Off without a Wife"

Tom Waits - Small Change Reissue Listen: "Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38)" Listen: "The Piano Has Been Drinking"

New Music Friday - February 19, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Animal Collective - Painting With Animal Collective's tenth album has them returning to the smaller lineup they had for 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion; Deakin is again the member who sat out. The album comes after a short break in which members focused on other projects, both music- and life-related. They came back together last year to write and record this latest record. Watch: "FloriDada" Watch: "Golden Gal"

BJ the Chicago Kid - In My Mind BJ the Chicago Kid is Bryan James Sledge and he hails from, you guessed it, Chicago. He's been in the music industry for more than a decade and released his debut album, Pineapple Now-Laters, in 2012. His follow-up, and first album on Motown, sees him getting some help from fellow Chicago musician and budding taste-maker Chance The Rapper. Watch: "Nothin’ but Love" (featuring Joey Badass) Watch: "Church" (featuring Chance The Rapper)

Mavis Staples - Livin’ on a High Note Mavis Staples, a member of the famed Staples Singles gospel group, has enjoyed a bit of a career resurgence as of late with the help of a number of younger musicians. Her latest solo record features production from M. Ward and new songs written for Staples by Neko Case, Nick Cave, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArDs, and Aloe Blacc. Listen: "High Note" Listen: "Jesus Lay Down Beside Me"

Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light Need Your Light is the fourth album from this New York band. On it they are joined by an old collaborator, Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend. Ra Ra Riot frontman Wes Miles previously worked with Rostam in the band Discovery. He helped write and produce two of the album's tracks, the remaining were produced by Ryan Hadlock. Watch: "Foreign Lovers" Watch: "Water"

TEEN - Love Yes TEEN is made up of the Lieberson sisters, Kristina, Katherine, and Lizzie, along with Boshra AlSaadi. Kristina was previously the keyboardist for Here We Go Magic, but formed this band in 2010. This is their third album, written on the road and recorded shortly after their tour for 2014's The Way in Color. Watch: "Free Time" Listen: "Tokyo"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex Listen: "melody in high feedback tone" Listen: "liquid gate"

LNZNDRF - LNZNDRF Watch: "Future You" Listen: "Kind Things"

Lushlife - Ritualize Listen: "The Ecstatic Cult" (featuring Killer Mike) Listen: "Strawberry Mansion" (featuring Freeway)

Matmos - Ultimate Care II Watch: "Ultimate Care II Excerpt 3" Watch: "Ultimate Care II Excerpt Five"

Wild Nothing - Life of Pause Watch: "To Know You”/“TV Queen" Listen: "Reichpop"

Wolfmother - Victorious Watch: "Victorious" Watch: "Pretty Peggy"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel Reissue Listen: "A Ghost Story" Listen: "Recent Bedroom"

Girls, Vol. 3 (Music from the HBO Original Series) Listen: Waxahatchee - "With You" Listen: BØRNS - "Past Lives"

Good for You Listen: Courtney Barnett - "Three Packs a Day" Listen: Fraser A. Gorman - "Skyscraper Skyline Blues"

Iggy Pop, Tarwater, & Alva Noto - Leaves of Grass Listen: "From Pent-Up Aching Rivers"

Marching Church - Coming Down: Sessions in April Listen: "Coming Down"

The Soft Moon - Deeper Remixes Vol. 2 Listen: "Deeper" (Fango Remix) Listen: "Feel" (Ninos du Brasil Remix)

Sonic Youth - Murray Street Reissue Listen: "The Empty Page" Listen: "Disconnection Notice"

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Reissue Listen: "Reena" Listen: "Incinerate"

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse Reissue Listen: "Pattern Recognition" Listen: "Unmade Bed"

A Bigger Splash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: St. Vincent - "Emotional Rescue"

Stars Wars Headspace Listen: Flying Lotus - "R2 Where R U?" Listen: Röyksopp - "Bounty Hunters"

Yoko Ono - Yes, I’m a Witch Too Listen: "Forgive Me My Love" (Death Cab for Cutie Remix)