New Music Friday - March 25, 2022

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Aldous Harding - Warm Chris Watch: "Lawn" Watch: "Fever"
	Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future Watch: "Zatoichi" (featuring slowthai) Watch: "Walkin"
	Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity Watch: "Protection from Evil" Watch: "Electricity"
	Kilo Kish - AMERICAN GURL Watch: "DEATH FANTASY" (with Miguel) Watch: "AMERICAN GURL"
	Phife Dawg - Forever Watch: "French Kiss Trois" (featuring Redman & Illa J) Watch: "Nutshell Pt. 2" (featuring Busta Rhymes & Redman)

Other Full-Length Releases

Anand Wilder - I Don’t Know My Words Watch: "Fever Seizure" Watch: "Delirium Passes"

Barrie - Barbara Watch: "Quarry" Watch: "Concrete"

Bellows - Next of Kin Watch: "McNally Jackson" Watch: "Rancher’s Pride"

Buddy - Superghetto Watch: "Wait Too Long" (featuring Blxst) Watch: "Hoochie Mama"

Camp Cope - Running with the Hurricane Listen: "Jealous" Listen: "Running with the Hurricane"

Destroyer - Labrynthitis Watch: "Tintoretto, It’s for You" Watch: "June"

Ginla - Everything Watch: "Carousel" (featuring Adrienne Lenker) Watch: "You"

Guerilla Toss - Famously Alive Watch: "Cannibal Capital" Watch: "Famously Alive"

Kevin Devine - Nothing’s Real, So Nothing’s Wrong Watch: "Albatross" Watch: "How Can I Help You?"

Maren Morris - Humble Quest Watch: "Circles Around This Town" Watch: "Background Music"

Nigo - I Know Nigo Watch: "Hear Me Clearly" (with Pusha T) Watch: "Arya" (featuring A$AP Rocky)

P.E. - The Leather Leon Watch: "Blue Nude (Reclined)" Watch: "Tears in the Rain" (featuring A. Savage)

Walter Martin - The Bear Watch: "The Bear" Watch: "Hunters in the Snow"

Young Prisms - Drifter Watch: "Honeydew" Watch: "Outside Air"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Cadence Weapon - Parallel World Deluxe Edition Watch: "SENNA" (Remix) (featuring Logan & Jacques Greene) Watch: "Play No Games" (Harrison Remix)

Emma Ruth Rundle - Orpheus Looking Back Listen: "Pump Organ Song" Listen: "Gilded Cage"

Fucked Up - Do All Words Can Do Listen: "Do All Words Can Do" Listen: "What Would You Do"

The Killers - Pressure Machine Deluxe Edition Watch: "Quiet Town" Watch: "The Getting By II"

Tinariwen - Amassakoul Reissue Watch: "Taskiwt Tadjat" Listen: "Amassakoul N’Ténéré"

Tinariwen - Radio Tisdas Sessions Reissue Listen: "Zin Es Gourdemen" Listen: "Nar Djenetbouba"

Weezer - SZNZ: Spring Watch: "A Little Bit of Love" Watch: "Opening Night"

New Music Friday - June 23, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Algiers - The Underside of Power When a band is named for the location of one of the first anti-colonialism struggles, you know their music is going to be politically-tinged. The Atlanta-born band released their debut album in 2015 in the midst of race struggles here in the U.S. Events over the intervening two years have only served to bolster their anger, but also focus their music. They serve as the perfect post-punk/gospel voice to all of our collective anger. Watch: "The Underside of Power" Watch: "Cleveland"

Bedouine - Bedouine Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian, a Syrian-born, Saudi Arabia- and U.S.-raised singer and songwriter who immigrated to the United States as a child. With a folk sound reminiscent at times of Joni Mitchell or Nick Drake, she sings both of her childhood in Syria and Saudi Arabia, and also responds to the current climate in her country of birth. This incredible album has made Korkejian one of my favorite newcomers of the year! Watch: "One of These Days" Watch: "Solitary Daughter"

Laurel Halo - Dust Halo is an electronic artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan, influenced in part by the techno scene in nearby Detroit. She's released three albums (including this one) on the influential Hyperdub label, all of them earning her high praise. She often works with artists from a variety of disciplines, including John Cale and Julia Holter. Watch: "Jelly" Listen: "Moontalk"

Love Theme - Love Theme Love Theme is the new project from Alex Zhang Hungtai, formerly of Dirty Beaches. The new project is in collaboration with Austin Milne and Joshua Frank. The project is far from being Hungtai's only undertaking since ending Dirty Beaches. Two years ago, he released a music video as Last Lizard; last year, he released a record, Knave of Hearts, under his own name; and just earlier this year, he appeared on "Twin Peaks" as a member of the band Trouble with David Lynch's son, Riley. Listen: "Desert Exile" Listen: "She's Here"

Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory Vince Staples released an incredible debut album, Summertime '06, in 2015. While no doubt a modern hip hop album, it was reminiscent (to me, at least) to West Coast hip hop from the mid-90s. His follow-up is a more experimental album, pulling styles from club music and techno. He also brings an impressive list of guests to this album, including Kendrick Lamar and a returned favor from Damon Albarn (Staples appeared on Gorillaz' latest album, Humanz). Watch: "Big Fish" Watch: "Rain Come Down"

Other Full-Length Releases

DJ Khaled - Grateful Watch: "I’m the One" (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, & Lil Wayne) Watch: "Wild Thoughts" (featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)

Ex Eye - Ex Eye Watch: "Xenolith; The Anvil" Listen: "Opposition/Perihelion; The Coil"

Guerilla Toss - GT Ultra Watch: "The String Game" Watch: "Skull Pop"

Jeff Tweedy - Together at Last Listen: "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" Listen: "Laminated Cat"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe Watch: "The Lord of Lightning vs. Balrog" Watch: "Invisible Face"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Aces - I Don’t Like Being Honest EP Watch: "Physical" Listen: "Baby Who"

Baby Driver: Music from the Motion Picture Watch: Danger Mouse - "Chase Me" (featuring Run the Jewels & Big Boi) Listen: Kid Koala - "Was He Slow?"

Crumb - Locket Listen: "Plants" Listen: "Locket"

Daphni - fabriclive 93 Listen: "Face to Face" Listen: "Tin"

LateNightTales: BADBADNOTGOOD Listen: BADBADNOTGOOD - "To You" Listen: Boards of Canada - "Olson"

Mutual Benefit - Just Another Diamond Day Listen: "Diamond Day" Listen: "Glow Worms"

Prince - Purple Rain Reissue Listen: "Electric Intercourse" Listen: "Father’s Song"

Radiohead - OKNOTOK Watch: "I Promise" Watch: "Man of War"

Silicon Valley: Music from the HBO Original Series Listen: Danny Brown - "Kool Aid" Listen: Wu-Tang Clan - "Don’t Stop"

New Music Friday - March 4, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Fatima Al Qadiri - Brute Fatima Al Qadiri is a Kuwaiti producer and artist who has built to strong solo career for herself starting with a 2010 mixtape for DIS Magazine under the name Ayshay. Last year, she partner with three other musicians as Future Brown and released a self-titled album with them. Incorporating sounds from protests, her sophomore album was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and her own experiences with demonstrators clashing with authority. Listen: "Battery" Listen: "Oubliette"

Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered Kendrick sure loves his surprise releases; last year's opus, To Pimp a Butterfly, was released in March with little forewarning and this follow-up is no different. The album consists of demos from the recording of To Pimp a Butterfly and contains many of the same themes. None of the tracks have names, they are just identified by a datestamp.

Loretta Lynn - Full Circle Loretta Lynn is a strong enough songwriter-singer (that's the order she prefers it) that I can overlook some questionable political endorsements. The legendary country star is 83 years old and in her sixth decade of creating music. She's slowing down just a little bit, this is her first album in 12 years, but she still shows the same prowess in the songs she's created. Listen: "Everything It Takes" (featuring Elvis Costello) Listen: "Who’s Gonna Miss Me?"

Poliça - United Crushers United Crushers comes after a bit of a whirlwind period for Poliça, and especially members Channy Leaneagh and Ryan Olson who got married and had a child last year. Through all of that, the band finished writing and recording the album. This is another record inspired by protest, as protests were erupting in the band's home city of Minneapolis as they were preparing the album. Watch: "Wedding" Watch: "Lime Habit"

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - A Man Alive Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's fourth album was produced by tUnE-yArDs' frontwoman Merrill Garbus. It's a move that marries Garbus' signature idiosyncratic funk with Thao Nguyen's unique brand of folk. The album is also a more personal outing for Nguyen, who has often tackled social issues in her music. Here, she deals with her own past and her relationship with her father. Watch: "Astonished Man" Watch: "Nobody Dies"

Other Full-Length Releases

Big Ups - Before a Million Universes Watch: "National Parks" Listen: "Hope for Someone"

Carter Tanton - Jettison the Valley Listen: "Through the Garden Gates" Listen: "Twentynine Palms" (featuring Sharon Van Etten)

The Coral - Distance Inbetween Watch: "Chasing the Tail of a Dream" Watch: "Miss Fortune"

Guerilla Toss - Eraser Stargazer Listen: "Diamond Girls" Listen: "Grass Shack"

Kano - Made in the Manor Watch: "3 Wheel-ups" (featuring Giggs) Watch: "Endz"

The Knocks - 55 Watch: "I Wish (My Taylor Swift)" (featuring Matthew Koma) Listen: "Best for Last" (featuring Walk the Moon)

La Sera - Music for Listening to Music To Watch: "10 Headed Goat Wizard" Watch: "I Need an Angel"

Låpsley - Long Way Home Watch: "Love Is Blind" Watch: "Cliff"

Lionlimb - Shoo Watch: "Bored Today" Listen: "Just Because"

M. Ward - More Rain Watch: "Girl from Conejo Valley" Watch: "Confession"

Melaena Cadiz - Sunfair Watch: "At the Symphony" Listen: "Last Night in My Dream"

Miike Snow - iii Watch: "Genghis Khan" Watch: "Heart Is Full"

Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are Watch: "Rushing" Watch: "Cold to See Clear"

Prince Rama - Xtreme Now Listen: "Bahia" Listen: "Now Is the Time of Emotion"

Ray LaMontagne - Ouroboros Watch: "Hey, No Pressure" Listen: "In My Own Way"

Robert Pollard - Of Course You Are Listen: "My Daughter Yes She Knows" Listen: "Of Course You Are"

Samiyam - Animals Have Feelings Listen: "Dartgun" Listen: "Mr. Wonderful" (featuring Action Bronson)

Sound of Ceres - Nostalgia for Infinity Watch: "Bryn Marina" Listen: "My Spiral Arm"

Tiga - No Fantasy Required Listen: "Planet E" Listen: "Don’t Break My Heart"

TOKiMONSTA - Fovere Watch: "Put It Down" (featuring Anderson .Paak & KRNE) Listen: "Giving Up" (featuring Jonny Pierce)

Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything Watch: "Memory" Listen: "Issues"

Wussy - Forever Sounds Watch: "Dropping Houses" Watch: "She’s Killed Hundreds"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Big Pink - Empire Underground EP Watch: "Hightimes" Listen: "Beautiful Criminal"

Day Wave - Hard to Read EP Listen: "Stuck" Listen: "Hard to Read"

et aliae - Rose EP Listen: "Sober" (featuring D∆WN) Listen: "Only U"

Innerspace Orchestra - "One Way Glass" Listen: "One Way Glass"

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - "Sunny Afternoon" Watch: "Sunny Afternoon" Listen: "Lucid Sapphire"

The Little Flames - The Day Is Not Today Listen: "The Day Is Not Today" Listen: "Close My Eyes"

The Long Road Listen: Robert Plant - "The Blanket of Night" Listen: Kindness - "A Retelling"