New Music Friday - November 1, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	The Cure - Songs of a Lost World Watch: "Alone" Watch: "A Fragile Thing"
	Flying Lotus - Spirit Box Watch: "Let Me Cook" (featuring Dawn Richard) Listen: "Ingo Swann"
	Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed Watch: "Foxglove" Watch: "Seed of a Seed"
	mxmtoon - liminal space Watch: "the situation" (featuring Kero Kero Bonito) Watch: "dramatic escape"
	Tyler, the Creator - CHROMAKOPIA Watch: "Noid" Watch: "Thought I Was Dead"

Other Full-Length Releases

Autre Ne Veut - Love, Guess Who?? Watch: "About to Lose" Watch: "Itchy Blood"

Contour - Take Off from Mercy Watch: "Theresa" Watch: "Mercy"

EarthGang - Perfect Fantasy Watch: "U Gotta" (featuring @Pharrell) Watch: "Godly" (featuring Damon Albarn)

Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 1nce Watch: "On the Set" Watch: "Cosmo Freestyle"

Jennifer Castle - Camelot Watch: "Lucky #8" Watch: "Earthsong"

Katrina Ford - H.E.A.R.T. Watch: "Cry Wolf" Watch: "Killing It"

Mount Eerie - Night Palace Watch: "Broom of Wind" Watch: "I Saw Another Bird"

Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon - First Sounds Watch: "Maria" Watch: "Circular"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

deary - Aurelia Watch: "The Drift" Watch: "Selene"

Elvis Costello - King of American & Other Realms Listen: "Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line" (Live) Listen: "I’ll Wear It Proudly"

Hosono House Revisited Watch: Haruomi Hosono & Mac DeMarco - "Boku Wa Chotto" Listen: Haruomi Hosono & Sam Gendel - "My Love Is Peach-Colored"

J Spaceman & John Coxon - Music for William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton Watch: "Mother’s Milk" Listen: "I Was Stranded"

Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope Deluxe Watch: "Here Today" Listen: "Nothing to Lose"

Weezer - Blue Album (30th Anniversary Edition) Watch: "Undone - The Sweater Song" (Third Practice) Listen: "My Name Is Jonas"

Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree Watch: "Do You Realize??" Watch: "Last Leaf"

New Music Friday - May 29, 2020

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists Deerhoof went in a different direction with their last album. 2017's Mountain Moves, bringing a large number of collaborators. The follow-up hearkens back to earlier work, with a title that indicates the band's isolationist approach and their conceptual view towards the future. Watch: "Future Teenage Cave Artists" Watch: "“Farewell” Symphony"

Lady Gaga - Chromatica Lady Gaga's sixth album was one of many that were delayed due to the coronavirus epidemic, originally scheduled for an April release. The album includes features from several other pop icons, including Ariana Grande and Elton John. Watch: "Rain on Me" (featuring Ariana Grande) Watch: "Stupid Love"

Mrs. Piss - Self-Surgery Mrs. Piss is a new project from Jess Gowrie and Chelsea Wolfe. The project started while the pair were touring for Wolfe's 2017 album, Hiss Spun. The project has given them a new opportunity to work together and a platform on which to bring in other female performers. Watch: "Knelt" Watch: "Downer Surrounded by Uppers"

Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice Italian Ice is the fifth album from this New Jersey artist, following 2017's Goodnight Rhonda Lee. On the album, Atkins collaborates with a number of her contemporaries, including McKenzie Smith (of Midlake), bassist David Hood, and Britt Daniel (of Spoon). Watch: "Captain" (featuring Britt Daniel) Watch: "Domino"

PINS - Hot Slick PINS became a fast favorite of mine after the release of their 2015 sophomore album, Wild Nights. I waited dutifully for a follow-up and gobbled up every interim project released, including the 2017 EP, Bad Thing, and frontwoman Faith Vern's collaborations with Iggy Pop. Finally, their third album is here, and I am beyond excited! Watch: "Hot Slick" Watch: "Bad Girls Forever"

Other Full-Length Releases

Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners Watch: "Lose This Number" Watch: "Talk"

Jade Hairpins - Harmony Avenue Watch: "J Terrapin" Watch: "(Don’t Break My) Devotion"

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo Watch: "Frank Lucas" (featuring Benny the Butcher) Watch: "1985"

The Memories - Pickles & Pies Listen: "Second Try" Listen: "The Sign" (featuring Colleen Green)

Painted Zeros - When You Found Forever Watch: "Break" Watch: "Commuter Rage"

Thomas Wesley - Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil Watch: "On Mine" (featuring Noah Cyrus) Watch: "Real Life Stuff" (featuring Julia Michaels, & Clever)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Alex Lahey - Between the Kitchen and the Living Room Watch: "Let’s Go Out" (Bedroom Version) Listen: "Every Day’s the Weekend" (Laundry Version)

Baths - Pop Music / False B-Sides II Watch: "Mikaela Corridor" Watch: "Wistful (Fata Morgana)"

Capone: Original Motion Picture Score Listen: "mama’s hurt" Listen: "this is Al that’s left"

Esther Rose - My Favorite Mistakes Listen: "Blue on Blue" Listen: "My Favorite Mistake"

Flying Lotus - Flamagra (Instrumentals) Listen: "Black Balloons Reprise" (Instrumental) Listen: "Yellow Belly" (Instrumental)

Iggy Pop - The Idiot/Lust for Life Reissue Watch: "Lust for Life" Listen: "Neighborhood Threat"

K-os - Boshido Listen: "Crucial" (Kaytranada Remix) Listen: "Free Style"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel Watch: "This Thing" Watch: "Mars for the Rich"

Lily & Horn Horse - Republicans for Bernie Watch: "Balloon" Listen: "Crosby, Stills and Nash"

The Soft Pink Truth - Am I Free to Go?

New Music Friday - October 9, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect I annoyed my boyfriend a bit last week when Protomartyr's "Why Does It Shake?" got stuck in my head. I was singing the title refrain over and over, and the lyrics confused him a bit. I finally had to play him the original song. The Detroit-based post-punk band has a foreboding sound that recalls the darker elements of the genre. They are part of an excellent revival of the genre that sounds much different from the British revival more than 15 years ago. Listen: "Why Does It Shake?" Listen: "Dope Cloud"

Saintseneca - Such Things Sometimes a free concert is all you need to get into a new band. Northside, Cincinnati hosts a Rock 'n Roll Carnival every year for Independence Day and Columbus, Ohio-based Saintseneca played this year. Although I didn't see them in person, I could hear their music streaming down the street and loved what I heard (I'm also always a sucker for bands from Indiana and Ohio). It wasn't long until they announced this new album, an excellent set of songs that prove they sound just as great recorded. Watch: "River" Watch: "Bad Ideas"

The Zombies - Still Got That Hunger It's amazing how many bands who got started in the 1960s are still going strong. The British band The Zombies became best known for the hits "Time of the Season" and "She's Not There." The group went through several cycles of breakups and reunions before their last reunion in 2004. This is their third album since that reunion, though just their sixth overall. Listen: "Moving On" Listen: "I Want You Back Again"

Other Full-Length Releases

Alex G - Beach Music Watch: "Bug" Watch: "Kicker"

City & Colour - If I Should Go Before You Watch: "If I Should Go Before You" Watch: "Woman"

The Game - The Documentary 2 Watch: "100" (featuring Drake) Listen: "On Me" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)

Selena Gomez - Revival Watch: "Good for You" (featuring A$AP Rocky) Watch: "Same Old Love"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Decemberists - Florasongs EP Watch: "Cavalry Captain" Listen: "Why Would I Now?"

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Live in No Particular Order: 2009-2014 Listen: "Truth" Listen: "I Don’t Wanna Pray"

Flying Lotus - You’re Dead! Deluxe Watch: "Coronas, the Terminator" Listen: "Protector"

Johnny Marr - Adrenaline Baby Listen: "Bigmouth Strikes Again" Listen: "Playland"

Kelela - Hallucinogen EP Watch: "Rewind" Listen: "Hallucinogen"

Mastodon - Once More ‘Round the Sun Reissue Watch: "High Road" Watch: "The Motherload"

Weyes Blood - Cardamom Times EP Watch: "In the Beginning" Listen: "Cardamom"

Zomby - Let’s Jam Listen: "Acid Surf" Listen: "Bloom"