New Music Friday - June 17, 2022

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Bartees Strange - Farm to Table Watch: "Cosigns" Watch: "Wretched"
	Hercules & Love Affair - In Amber Watch: "Poisonous Storytelling" Watch: "Grace"
	Perfume Genius - Ugly Season Watch: "Pop Song" Watch: "Eye in the Wall"
	Yaya Bey - Remember Your North Star Watch: "keisha" Watch: "fxck it then"
	ZORA - Z1 Watch: "RUNNITUP" (featuring Myia Thornton) Listen: "HAPPIEST I’VE EVER BEEN"

Other Full-Length Releases

Alanis Morissette - the storm before the calm Listen: "light—the lightworker’s lament" Listen: "safety—empath in paradise"

Anteloper - Pink Dolphins Watch: "Earthlings" Watch: "One Living Genus"

Drake - Honestly, Nevermind Watch: "Falling Back" Watch: "Jimmy Cooks" (featuring 21 Savage)

Flasher - Love Is Yours Watch: "Love Is Yours" Watch: "Sideways"

Foals - Life Is Yours Watch: "2AM" Watch: "Looking High"

Fresh Pepper - Fresh Pepper Listen: "Prep Cook in the Weeds" Listen: "Congee Around Me"

Logic - Vinyl Days Listen: "Vinyl Days" (featuring DJ Premier) Listen: "Quasi"

Pet Fox - A Face in Your Life Watch: "Only Warning" Listen: "A Face in Your Life"

Revelatory Sound System - Revelators Watch: "George the Revelator" Watch: "Grieving"

Sound of Ceres - Emerald Sea Watch: "Arm of Golden Flame" Watch: "The Fawn"

Spencer Krug - Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty One Listen: "How We Have to Live" Listen: "Slipping In and Out of the Pool"

TV Priest - My Other People Watch: "Bury Me in My Shoes" Watch: "It Was a Gift"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 50th Anniversary Watch: "Starman" Listen: "Ziggy Stardust"

Hazel English - Summer Nights Watch: "Summer Nights" Watch: "All Dressed Up"

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Soundtrack Listen: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah - "We Ain’t Come to Lose" Listen: Mike Patton - "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Theme"

Tirzah - Highgrade Listen: "Beating" (Tone Remix) Listen: "Colourgrade" (Arca Vortex Remix)

New Music Friday - September 1, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Hercules and Love Affair - Omnion Hercules and Love Affair was started by producer Andy Butler in 2004. They saw their first success in 2008 with the track "Blind", a collaboration with Anohni. Since, they have released three albums, including Omnion. Their fourth records features both past collaborators, Rouge Mary, and some new featured voices, Sharon van Etten and Faris Badwan. Watch: "Controller" (featuring Faris Badwan) Watch: "Omnion" (featuring Sharon van Etten)

LCD Soundsystem - american dream Turns out LCD Soundsystem's 2011 farewell concert at Madison Square Garden was not the end for them, though they did take an extended break. In 2015, they released a Christmas single, then played a few shows (mostly festival appearances) through 2016. They released the first singles from the eventual comeback album in May. The return is a bit annoying following the spectacle of their farewell, but is still a welcome one. Watch: "tonite" Listen: "american dream"

Madeline Kenney - Night Night at the First Landing Madeline Kenney is a musician, and baker, and painter, and neuroscientist, hailing from Seattle. She released her debut EP, Signals, in 2016.  The EP was produced by Chaz Bear (better known as Chaz Bundick or Toro Y Moi). He returns to produced her debut full-length. Watch: "Rita" Watch: "Always"

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Echo of Pleasure The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have been around since 2007, making indie pop influenced by the shoegaze alt-rock of the 80s and 90s. They stripped their sound back a bit for their previous record, 2014's Days of Abandon, but return to the fuller sound of their earlier records for this follow-up, their fourth album overall. Watch: "When I Dance with You" Watch: "So True"

Other Full-Length Releases

Daughter - Music from Before the Storm Listen: "Burn It Down" Listen: "Glass"

Duds - A Nature or a Degree Listen: "Elastic Feel"

Maneka - Is You Is Listen: "Dracula" (featuring Katie Capri) Listen: "Tiger Baby" (featuring Jordyn Blakely)

Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun Watch: "Coolverine" Watch: "Party in the Dark"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Knife - Live at Terminal 5