New Music Friday - September 22, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Amadou & Mariam - La Confusion Watch: "Bofou Safou" Watch: "La Confusion"

Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun                           Watch: "16 Psyche" Watch: "The Culling"

Jhené Aiko - Trip         Watch: "Sativa" (featuring Rae Sremmurd) Listen: "Moments" (featuring Big Sean)

Kele Okereke - Fatherland                       Watch: "Yemaya" Watch: "Do U Right"

Moses Sumney - Aromanticism Watch: "Indulge Me" Watch: "Doomed"

Other Full-Length Releases

Ben Stevenson - Cara Cara Watch: "Honeycola" Listen: "Cara Cara"

The Blow - Brand New Abyss Watch: "The Woman You Want Her to Be" Listen: "Get Up"

Cut Copy - Haiku from Zero Watch: "Airborne" Watch: "Standing in the Middle of the Field"

DJ Kay Slay - The Big Brother Listen: "Wild One" (featuring Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, & Meet Sims) Listen: "Cold Summer" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Gates, Mac Miller, & Rell)

Fergie - Double Dutchess Watch: "You Already Know" (featuring Nicki Minaj) Watch: "Save It Til Morning"

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers Listen: "Anthem for No State, Pt. III" Listen: "Undoing a Luciferian Towers"

Hiss Golden Messenger - Hallelujah Anyhow Watch: "When the Wall Comes Down" Listen: "Domino (Time Will Tell)"

The Horrors - V Watch: "Machine" Watch: "Weighed Down"

Howard Ivans - Beautiful Tired Bodies Watch: "Come On" Watch: "King of Careless"

Jaws of Love - Tasha Sits Close to the Piano Watch: "Jaws of Love" Watch: "Love Me Like I’m Gone"

The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful Watch: "The Man" Watch: "Run for Cover"

Macklemore - Gemini Watch: "Good Old Days" (featuring Kesha) Watch: "Glorious" (featuring Skylar Grey)

Rapsody - Laila’s Wisdom Watch: "Power" (featuring Kendrick Lamar & Lance Skiiiwalker) Listen: "Laila’s Wisdom"

Lily & Horn Horse - Next to Me Listen: "Next to Me, Pt. 1" Listen: "Scumbag’s Apprentice"

Linda Perhacs - I’m a Harmony Listen: "Winds of the Sky" Listen: "The Dancer"

METZ - Strange Peace Watch: "Cellophane" Watch: "Drained Lake"

Omni - Multi-task Watch: "Southbound Station" Listen: "Equestrian"

Peach Pyramid - Repeating Myself Watch: "Trying" Watch: "Repeating Myself"

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps Watch: "Motion Sickness" Watch: "Funeral"

Prawn - Run Watch: "Rooftops" Listen: "North Lynx"

Van Morrison - Roll with the Punches Watch: "Transformation" Watch: "Bring It on Home to Me"

Wand - Plum Watch: "Bee Karma" Watch: "Plum"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Björk - "The Gate" Watch: "The Gate"

Brian Wilson - Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology Watch: "Heroes and Villains" Listen: "Run James Run"

Burial - "Rodent" 10” Listen: "Rodent" Listen: "Rodent" (Kode9 Remix)

Jamie Lidell - Extended Beginnings Listen: "You Rewind" Listen: "Love Me Please"

The Lemon Twigs - Brothers of Destruction Listen: "Night Song" Listen: "Why Didn’t You Say That?"

Mastodon - Cold Dark Place Watch: "Toe to Toes" Listen: "Blue Walsh"

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request 50th Anniversary Reissue Watch: "Sing This All Together" Watch: "Citadel"

Sincerely, L. Cohen: A Live Celebration of Leonard Cohen Listen: Delicate Steve - "Hallelujah"

New Music Friday - October 7, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Norah Jones - Day Breaks Norah Jones started her career making piano-driven jazz, but began exploring pop and folk on recent albums. Her sixth album sees her returning to the style that earned her early fame. The record is made up mostly of original tracks with a handful of covers. Watch: "Carry On" Watch: "Flipside"

Phantogram - Three Phantogram are one of the bands central to a recent resurgence of synth-heavy indie pop. With each album, their sounds has veered more in the direction of conventional pop (at least pop as it exists today). While this is certainly their most mainstream-friendly album, they also come off as more self-assured on this record. Watch: "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" Watch: "You’re Mine"

Other Full-Length Releases

Balance and Composure - Light We Made Watch: "Afterparty" Listen: "Spinning"

GTA - Good Times Ahead Watch: "A Little Bit of This" (featuring Vince Staples) Watch: "Feel It" (featuring What So & Tunji)

Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee Watch: "Tell Her I’m Just Dancing" Listen: "Biloxi"

Kaiser Chiefs - Stay Together Watch: "Hole in My Soul" Watch: "Parachute"

Matt Kivel - Fires on the Plain Watch: "The Water" Watch: "Permanence" (featuring Robin Pecknold)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Lizzo - Coconut Oil Watch: "Phone" Listen: "Coconut Oil"

Lushlife - No Dead Languages Listen: "The League of Frightened Men" Listen: "No Dead Languages"

Oasis - Be Here Now Reissue Watch: "D’You Know What I Mean?" Listen: "My Big Mouth"

The Time Is Now Listen: Sugar for Sugar - "Bizarre Love Triangle" Listen: Lower Dens - "Maneater"

Weezer - White Album Deluxe Watch: "King of the World" Watch: "Thank God for Girls"

New Music Tuesday - February 3, 2015

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New Full-Length Albums

Big Noble - First Light Big Noble is the side project of Interpol's Daniel Kessler with sound designer Joseph Fraioli. Their first album takes on the interplay between "popular music and sound design" and uses field recordings, guitar, and sound manipulation. Watch: "Peg" Watch: "Stay Gold"

Bob Dylan - Shadows in the Night Bob Dylan has been active for more than half a century and, as one of our most celebrated songwriters, has seen much of his music covered by various other musicians. This time around, he is the one doing the covering. His latest record features songs originally sung by Frank Sinatra. Dylan is far from a crooner, he has his own distinctive voice, which lends a unique style to these songs. Listen: "Stay with Me" Listen: "Full Moon and Empty Arms"

Mount Eerie - Sauna Sauna is the fifth full-length album from Mount Eerie and their first in three years. The album is meant to evoke the feel of an actual sauna, stuffy and heavy, but still very relaxing. The album was recorded in a reclaimed church in Washington state. Watch: "Sauna" Watch: "This"

Murder By Death - Big Dark Love Recently, Bloomington-based band Murder By Death relocated a couple of hours south to Louisville. The band has settled into a well-established sound over their 15 years and seven albums together. Their latest sees them experimenting a bit on their sound, but still holding to their whiskey-voiced folk rock. Listen: "Big Dark Love" Listen: "Solitary One"

Ricked Wicky - I Sell the Circus The once-impossibly-prolific band Guided By Voices broke up last year, but it looks like their members will remain active on their own. Former frontman Robert Pollard is busy with a new project, Ricked Wicky. Pollard takes the name from his first made-up band name from his youth and brings in former collaborators Todd Tobias and Nick Mitchell to help. Listen: "Mobility" Listen: "A Real Stab"

Other New Releases

Billie Holiday - At Storyville The latest release from the legendary Billie Holiday was recorded at the Storyville Club in Boston in October 1951 and October 1953. More than half a century after the original recording, the music is getting a new release. Purchase: Amazon

Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future Reissue Built to Spill are getting set to release a new album in April of this year. First, they are re-releasing their fifth album which was originally released in 2001. Listen: "Strange" Listen: "The Host"

Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack It seems like a lot of movies that are otherwise uninteresting to me are getting really good soundtracks. Fifty Shades of Grey is the latest such film. It's unlikely I'll ever see it, but with new tracks from The Weeknd, Sia, and Jessie Ware, I may have its soundtrack on repeat. Watch: The Weeknd - "Earned It" Listen: Jessie Ware - "Meet Me in the Middle"

Hiss Golden Messenger - Southern Grammar EP Hiss Golden Messenger released his fifth album, Lateness of Dancers, in September of last year. He's following that up with a short new EP, which features two new songs, and a live version of the title track. A studio version of the title song was on his previous album. Listen: "He Wrote the Book" Listen: "Brother, Do You Know the Road?"

Hodgy Beats & Don Cannon - DENATAPE 2 Mixtape We may have already had the first Odd Future release of the year with Award Tour II last week, but Hodgy Beats is not far behind with his own follow-up mixtape. He released his first mixtape, DENATAPE, in 2009 and is releasing his follow-up to that this year, though he's released other mixtapes in the time between. Listen: "Self Titled" Listen: "Miyagi’s Prime"

Joni Mitchell - Newport Folk Festival 19th July 1969 The second-oldest live recording this week comes from Joni Mitchell and her 1969 performance at the Newport Folk Festival. The show came towards the beginning of her career and saw her performing songs that would become classics, as well as some of her rarer tracks. Listen: "The Circle Game"

Kali Uchis - Por Vida EP Kali Uchis is a Colombian singer-songwriter who has been featured on songs from Tyler, the Creator in the past. On her latest release (available as a free download from her site), Tyler returns the favor. The release also features production from Kaytranada and BADBADNOTGOOD. Watch: "Know What I Want" Listen: "Lottery"

Ty Segall Band - Live in San Francisco Ty Segall's prolific slate of new releases continues with his latest live album. The album was recorded over the course of two nights at The Rickshaw Shop and covers several years' worth of output. Listen: "What’s Inside Your Heart"