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Monday, April 1, 2019

New Music Friday - March 29, 2019

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

Billie Eilish - When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

She may be 17, but Eilish has already been making a big splash over the past couple of years. She released her debut, don't smile at me, in 2017, which topped the U.S. alternative chart. It's early to say, but her follow-up may easily outperform on the charts, having already broken records to pre-adds on Apple Music!

Watch: "bury a friend"
Watch: "when the party's over"

Brutus - Nest

The pre-released singles for this album hit me hard and started a weeks-long obsession with this post-metal band from Belgium. I've spent that time listening to their debut, Burst, and playing "War" on repeat. I am beyond excited for this follow-up release and see it as an early contender for one of my favorites for the year!

Watch: "Cemetery"
Listen: "War"

Lion Babe - Cosmic Wind

Cosmic Wind is the second album from this duo of Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman, following 2016's Begin. This sees them parting ways with Interscope Records, with a self-released album featuring Leikeli47, Bilal, and Raekwon.

Watch: "The Wave" (featuring Leikeli47)
Watch: "Western World" (featuring Raekwon)

Marvin Gaye - You’re the Man

You're the Man is Gaye's first posthumous album since 1997's Vulnerable and was initially intended as a follow-up to What's Going On, though many of the songs have seen release on prior compilations. The album also includes a few new mixes of Gaye's songs, courtesy of Salaam Remi.

Listen: "You Are That Special One"
Listen: "Woman of the World"

Mdou Moctar - Ilana

Mdou Moctar is a Tuareg singer from Niger. He, along with Bombino and Tinariwen, has been an instrumental artist in the combination of traditional Tuareg music with modern pop and rock. He began his career in 2008 with Anar. Ilana is his fifth album.

Listen: "Kamane Tarhanin"
Listen: "Wiwasharnine"

Other Full-Length Releases

Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra - Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)

Listen: "I. Lento—Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabila"

C Duncan - Health

Watch: "Impossible"
Watch: "Health"

Chris Cohen - Chris Cohen

Watch: "Green Eyes"
Watch: "Sweet William"

Fennesz - Agora

Listen: "In My Room"
Listen: "We Trigger the Sun"

Good Cop Bad Cap - Good Cop Bad Cop

Watch: "Silk & Leather"
Listen: "When You’re Not Winning"

K Á R Y Y N - The Quanta Series

Listen: "EVER"
Listen: "YAJNA"

Laura Stevenson - The Big Freeze

Listen: "Dermatillomania"
Listen: "Living Room, NY"

Phil Cook - As Far As I Can See

Listen: "As Far As I Can See"
Listen: "If I Had a Needle and Thread"

Real Life Buildings - Ohio and West

Listen: "Bitter"
Listen: "An Expectation"

Quelle Chris - Guns

Watch: "Obamacare"
Listen: "Guns"

Show Me the Body - Dog Whistle

Watch: "Camp Orchestra"
Watch: "Madonna Rocket"

UNKLE - THE ROAD: PART II / LOST HIGHWAY

Watch: "Ar.Mour" (featuring Elliott Power, & Miink)
Listen: "The Other Side" (featuring Tom Smith)

White Denim - Side Effects

Listen: "Shanalala"
Listen: "NY Money"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Hanna: Season 1 - Music from the Amazon Original Series

Listen: Karen O - "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Listen: Geoff Barrow - "The Ghost of Her Mother"

John Frusciante - The Empyrean Reissue

Listen: "Unreachable"
Listen: "Central"

Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap Reissue

Watch: "My Babe"
Watch: "Take It So Hard"

Liela Moss - A Little Bit of Rain

Listen: "I Can’t Stand the Rain"
Listen: "Here Comes the Rain Again"

Ty Segall - Deforming Lobes

Listen: "Love Fuzz"

Sunday, June 12, 2016

New Music Friday - May 6, 2016

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

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