New Music Friday - January 24, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Anna B Savage - You and i are Earth Watch: "Agnes" (featuring Anna Mike) Watch: "Lighthouse"
	Benjamin Booker - Lower Watch: "SLOW DANCE IN A GAY BAR" Watch: "LWA IN THE TRAILER PARK"
	DITZ - Never Exhale Watch: "Taxi Man" Listen: "Space/Smile"
	FKA Twigs - Eusexua Watch: "Eusexua" Watch: "Perfect Stranger"

Other Full-Length Releases

C Duncan - It’s Only a Love Song Watch: "It’s Only a Love Song" Watch: "Think About It"

Eric Clapton - Meanwhile Watch: "Stand and Deliver" (with Van Morrison) Watch: "One Woman"

Mogwai - The Bad Fire Watch: "Lion Rumpus" Watch: "Fanzine Made of Flesh"

Tunng - Love You All Over Again Watch: "Didn’t Know Why" Watch: "Everything Else"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Iggy Pop - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 Watch: "Five Foot One" Watch: "The Passenger"

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 - January 25, 2019

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Essential Full-Length Releases

DAWN - new breed Maybe it's due to Mardi Gras, but I feel like I've been learning a lot about the culture of New Orleans and Mardi Gras recently. Members of Arcade Fire recorded a version of "Iko Iko" (you know the melody even if you don't know the song), and there's this fifth album from Dawn Richard. The artist explore her home city on the record, which includes references to Mardi Gras Indians. Watch: "jealousy" Watch: "sauce"

Eerie Wanda - Pet Town Eerie Wanda is Marina Tadic, a Dutch-Croatian singer, songwriter, and visual artist signed to Indiana's Joyful Noise Recordings. Pet Town is her second album, though first for the label. Watch: "Pet Town" Watch: "Moon"

Leyla McCalla - Capitalist Blues This is the third album from this talented folk cellist. The Capitalist Blues will not be her only album of 2019, though. She is also reuniting with former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Rhiannon Giddens for Our Native Daughters (along with Amethyst Kiah and Allison Russell) for a self-titled record. Watch: "Money Is King" Watch: "Capitalist Blues"

Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center This album from Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst was released with fairly little press ahead of the record, but did not come from nowhere. The two first met in 2016 and Oberst featured on a song from Bridgers' debut album, Stranger in the Alps. They started recording their first full album together last summer. Watch: "Dylan Thomas" Listen: "Didn’t Know What I Was in For"

Other Full-Length Releases

Bring Me the Horizon - amo Watch: "wonderful life" (featuring Dani Filth) Watch: "nihilist blues" (featuring Grimes)

Keuning - Prismism Watch: "Restless Legs" Watch: "Prismism"

FIDLAR - Almost Free Watch: "By Myself" Watch: "Too Real"

Mike Krol - Power Chords Watch: "What’s the Rhythm" Listen: "An Ambulance"

Swervedriver - Future Ruins Watch: "The Lonely Crowd Fades in the Air" Watch: "Drone Lover"

TOY - Happy in the Hollow Watch: "Sequence One" Watch: "You Make Me Forget Myself"

William Tyler - Goes West Watch: "Fail Safe" Listen: "Call Me When I’m Breathing Again"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Doors - Stockholm ‘68

Eagles of Death Metal - Death By Sexy Vinyl Reissue Watch: "I Want You So Hard" Watch: "I Got a Feeling (Just Nineteen)"

Florence + The Machine - "Moderation" Listen: "Moderation" Listen: "Haunted House"

Iggy Pop - New Values Vinyl Reissue Listen: "Tell Me a Story" Listen: "New Values"

Makthaverskan - "Demands"/"Onkel" Listen: "Demands" Listen: "Onkel"

Mary Lattimore - Hundreds of Days Remixes Listen: "Baltic Birch" (Steve Moore Remix) Listen: "Hello from the Edge of Earth" (Kjartan Holm Remix)

Weezer - Weezer (Teal Album) Watch: "Take On Me" Listen: "Billie Jean"

Zola Jesus - Remixed By Johnny Jewel Watch: "Ash to Bone" Listen: "Wiseblood"

New Music Friday - March 18, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Cullen Omori - New Misery Cullen Omori was the lead singer of Smith Westerns with his brother Cameron, and a few others, starting in 2007. Unfortunately, the band members went their separate ways two years ago. A few of the former members have started new projects, including Cullen. While some of the others have started all new bands, Cullen has gone solo. New Misery is his debut album. Watch: "Cinnamon" Listen: "Sour Silk"

Glitterbust - Glitterbust Kim Gordon also recently left the band that she started her career with. After thirty years, and a marriage, together, the Sonic Youth disbanded in 2011. The band's members have started new projects since, most notably Gordon, Thurston Moore, and Lee Ranaldo. Gordon previously released Coming Apart with Body/Head in 2013. This year, she's releasing a new album with a new band; one she started with Alex Knost of Tomorrows Tulips. Watch: "The Highline" Listen: "Soft Landing"

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression James Osterberg has had a incredible career as a musician. He started out with The Stooges in 1967 and released his first solo album as Iggy Pop in 1977. He's done many types of music, from punk to art rock to new wave, and even French-language chanson. On his latest album, he's back to his rock roots and getting some help from younger rock icons, Joshua Homme and Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age, and Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys. Unfortunately, he has implied that this may be his last record, though he's made it a good one! Listen: "Gardenia" Listen: "Break into Your Heart"

Koi Child - Koi Child I don't have any major issues with Iggy Azalea, except that she represents a missed opportunity in my eyes: she's a rapper from Australia, but doesn't seek to represent Australian hiphop. Koi Child may be able to fill that void. They are a jazz rap group hailing from Perth. They formed two years ago as a combination of two other acts, Childs Play and Kashikoi. Their debut album is produced by another Australian musician, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. Watch: "1-5-9" Watch: "Black Panda"

Other Full-Length Releases

AJ Cornell & Tim Darcy - Too Significant to Ignore Watch: "Too Significant to Ignore (Big Black Bowl)" Listen: "Automatic Ecstasy"

Baauer - Aa Listen: "Kung Fu" (featuring Pusha T & Future) Listen: "Temple" (featuring M.I.A. & G-Dragon)

Belave - Indigo, Streams, Lash

The Body - Nobody Deserves Happiness Watch: "Two Snakes" Watch: "The Fall & the Guilt"

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Bitchin Bajas - Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties Watch: "Your Hard Work Is About to Pay Off" Listen: "Pretty Saro"

Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land Watch: "Exit 353" Watch: "Qachina"

Lust for Youth - Compassion Watch: "Sudden Ambitions" Listen: "Stardom"

Primal Scream - Chaosmosis Watch: "Where the Light Gets In" (featuring Sky Ferreira) Listen: "I Can Change"

Sean Watkins - What to Fear Watch: "What to Fear" Listen: "Keep Your Promises II"

Underworld - Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future Watch: "I Exhale" Listen: "Ova Nova"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Burial - Burial Reissue Listen: "Distant Lights" Listen: "Prayer"

Burial - Untrue Reissue Listen: "In McDonalds" Listen: "Archangel"

Eliza Shaddad - Run EP Watch: "Wars" Listen: "Run"

iLoveMakonnen - Drink More Water 6 Watch: "Leave U 4 Myself" Watch: "Live for Real"

Sremmlife Crew - Trailmix Watch: Rae Sremmurd - "Over Here" (featuring Bobo Swae) Listen: Rae Sremmurd - "Doggin" (featuring D-JaySremm & Riff 3X)