New Music Friday - September 20, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes Watch: "Bells and Whistles" Watch: "All Threes" (featuring Cat Power)
	Kate Pierson - Radios and Rainbows Watch: "Evil Love" Watch: "Radios and Rainbows"
	Manu Chao - Viva Tu Watch: "São Paolo Motoboy" Watch: "Viva Tu"
	Nubya Garcia - Odyssey Watch: "Clarity" Watch: "Odyssey"
	Tasha - All This and So Much More Watch: "The Beginning" Watch: "Love’s Changing"

Other Full-Length Releases

The Alchemist - The Genuine Articulate Watch: "Ferraris in the Rain" (featuring ScHoolboy Q) Watch: "Seasons Change"

Dave Guy - Ruby Listen: "7th Heaven" Listen: "Diamond Encore"

FIDLAR - Surviving the Dream Watch: "FIX ME" Watch: "GET OFF MY WAVE"

Honeyglaze - Real Deal Watch: "Cold Caller" Watch: "Pretty Girls"

Jamie xx - In Waves Watch: "Treat Each Other Right" Watch: "Life" (featuring Robyn)

Joan as Police Woman - Lemons, Limes and Orchids Watch: "Long for Ruin" Watch: "Full-Time Heist"

Kim Beggs - Beneath Your Skin Listen: "Bury Me Inside Your Heart"

Nelly Furtado - 7 Watch: "Corazón" (with Bomba Estéreo) Watch: "Honesty"

Nina Ryser - Water Giants Watch: "Underestimate" Listen: "Things I Claim"

Regional Justice Center - FREEDOM, SWEET FREEDOM Listen: "SWEET FREEDOM" Listen: "FREEDOM"

Sunset Rubdown - Always Happy to Explode Watch: "Reappearing Rat" Watch: "Candles"

Thurston More - Flow Critical Lucidity Watch: "Sans Limites" (featuring Laetitia Sadler) Listen: "We Get High"

The WAEVE - City Light Watch: "You Saw" Watch: "Broken Boys"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Bob Dylan and The Band - The 1974 Live Recordings Listen: "Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues" (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY - January 30, 1974) Listen: "Forever Young" (Live in Seattle, Feb 9, 1974 Afternoon Show)

Camera Obscura - Look to the Demos Listen: "Baby Huey (Hard Times)" (Demo) Listen: "Liberty Print" (Demo)

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage Tour ‘82 Listen: "Landslide" (Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 10/22/82) Listen: "Don’t Stop" (Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 10/21/82)

Future - MIXTAPE PLUTO Watch: "TOO FAST" Watch: "PLUTOSKI"

Indigo De Souza - WHOLESOME EVIL FANTASY Watch: "EVIL" Watch: "WHOLESOME"

Johnny Marr - Boomslang (2024 Deluxe Edition) Watch: "All Out Attack" Watch: "The Way That It Was"

Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima Reissue Watch: "Super Breath" Listen: "Lux Prima"

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Into the Wild Listen: "Into the Wild" Listen: "White Rabbit"

Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin - Watch: Ian Hunter - "Dead On" Watch: The Hold Steady - "Death Star"

Tanukichan - Circles Watch: "city bus" Listen: "It Gets Easier" (featuring Wisp)

New Music Friday - August 28, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Beach House - Depression Cherry Beach House's previous two records, Teen Dream and Bloom, brought the band to new levels of commercial acclaim and popularity. Despite this, they sought to return to the simpler sound employed on their first two albums. The effort came in part from frustration in trying to recreate live what had been accomplished on those records. The frustration led to creative stagnation for the duo, but they were able to build on past ideas to create another fantastic record. Listen: "Sparks" Listen: "PPP"

Destroyer - Poison Season Even if it weren't for the amazing-ness that is the New Pornographers, many of its members would still be among the most highly-celebrated modern musicians. Destroyer's Dan Bejar is one of those musicians. He started Destroyer three years before his more ubiquitous band formed, and has pushed the envelope ever since. On his latest, he adds lush string arrangements to his already unique brand of baroque-inspired pop. Watch: "Times Square" Watch: "Girl in a Sling"

Foals - What Went Down Up until their last album, 2013's Holy Fire, Foals had felt a bit like a Bloc Party clone. Now, don't get me wrong; I did and still do really enjoy their debut album. Perhaps helped by the fact that Bloc Party had fallen off the radar a bit, Holy Fire was something very different, and even more amazing, from the band. What Went Down continues that progress and helps the band stand out even more in the crowded indie rock field. Watch: "What Went Down" Watch: "Mountain at My Gates"

Hamilton Leithauser & Paul Maroon - Dear God My worry over The Walkmen's hiatus last year was extremely short-lived since three of the band's members quickly released incredible records to fill the void. Two of the members are back at it this year with a limited edition collaborative album; frontman Hamilton Leithauser and guitarist Paul Maroon. The album is the second post-hiatus outing for Leithauser, and the first for Maroon, though he did help out on Black Hours. Listen: "How & Why"

Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There Throughout their career, Yo La Tengo has become known for their unique takes on others' music. In 1990, they released an album, Fakebook, almost completely made up of covers. They return to that format for their latest album, with their own interpretations of songs originally by Hank Williams, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Cure, and many more! Watch: "Friday I’m in Love" Watch: "Automatic Doom"

Other Full-Length Releases

All Dogs - Kicking Every Day Listen: "Skin" Listen: "How Long"

Frog Eyes - Pickpocket’s Locket Watch: "Joe with the Jam" Listen: "Two Girls (One for Heaven and the Other for Rome)"

Gin Wigmore - Blood to Bone Watch: "New Rush" Watch: "Written in the Water - Die Regardless"

Ruby Amanfu - Standing Still Watch: "Shadow on the Wall" Listen: "Streetlights"

Tamaryn - Cranekiss Watch: "Cranekiss" Watch: "Hands All Over Me"

The Weeknd - Beauty Before the Madness Watch: "Tell Your Friends" Watch: "I Can’t Feel My Face"

Willis Earl Beal - Noctunes Listen: "Flying So Low" Listen: "Survive"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Cee-Lo Green - "Sign of the Times" Watch: "Sign of the Times"

Jamie xx - "Loud Places" Remix 12” Listen: "Loud Places" (John Talabot Loud Synths Reconstruction) Listen: "Loud Places" (Barnt E-Mix)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival Listen: "Purple Haze" Listen: "Stone Free"

LAMC #16 Listen: La Luz - "Believe My Eyes" Listen: Scully - "Don’t Want That"

Mark Lanegan - Houston: Publishing Demos 2002 Listen: "No Cross" Listen: "I’ll Go Where You Send Me"

Mos Def & Ski Beatz - "Sensei on the Block" Listen: "Sensei on the Block"

Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds - "Lock All the Doors" Watch: "Lock All the Doors"

Toro Y Moi - Samantha Watch: "Dada Art" Listen: "Want" (featuring Washed Out)

New Music Tuesday - June 2, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Algiers - Algiers Algiers is a three-piece band out of Atlanta. Though they've been performing together for eight years, this is just their first album. The band is well-informed by many of the indie and experimental bands that came before them, but also incorporate a bit of gospel, influenced by frontman Franklin James Fisher's upbringing in the church. Watch: "Black Eunuch" Watch: "Irony. Utility. Pretext"

Daughn Gibson - Carnation Daughn Gibson, real name Josh Martin, is a singer and songwriter from Pennsylvania. He began his career as the guitarist for Pearls and Brass, but struck out on his own as a solo artist with the release of 2012's All Hell. Carnation is his third record. Watch: "Daddy I Cut My Hair" Listen: "It Wants Everything"

Florence + The Machine - How Big How Blue How Beautiful Every album from Florence + The Machine has been great, with excellent songwriting and even better vocals. Frontwoman Florence Welch describes their third album as the most personal that the band has made, coming after a period where she had a "bit of a nervous breakdown" and dealt with her alcohol abuse. Because of this, the album feels the most fully mature and sincere of the three. Watch: "St. Jude" Watch: "What Kind of Man"

Jamie xx - In Colour Jamie xx is a member of the UK band The xx, but he has had the most active solo career of the bandmates. In addition to the production work for the band, he has also produced for Gil-Scott Heron & Alicia Keys. With his first solo album, he furthers the electronic, house, and techno dominance that British musicians have held over the past few years. Watch: "Gosh" Watch: "Loud Places" (featuring Romy)

Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes Over the past year or so, Mark Kozelek has proven himself to be an artist best experienced on record rather that live. He has begun several one-sided feuds, both with other musicians and with journalists, from the stage and come off as a bit of an ass. Still, he remains an incredible musician and songwriter; something that remains evident on his seventh album under the name Sun Kil Moon. Listen: "Ali/Spinks 2" Listen: "Garden of Lavender"

Other Full-Length Releases

Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands Watch: "Things Happen" Listen: "Right on Time"

Major Lazer - Peace Is the Mission Watch: "Lean On" (featuring MØ) Watch: "Powerful"

Melody Gardot - Currency of Man Watch: "Preacherman" Watch: "Same to You"

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Django & Jimmie Watch: "It's All Going to Pot" Watch: "Missing Ol' Johnny Cash"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Bleachers - Like a River Runs Listen: Sia - "Like a River Runs" Listen: "Like a River Runs" (Jack's 2015 Rework)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Reissue Listen: "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth" Listen: "Heavy Metal"

Communions - Communions EP Listen: "Summer's Oath" Listen: "Out of My World"

The Cribs - "Different Angle"/"Orange Star Rattle" Watch: "Different Angle" Listen: "Orange Star Rattle"

Mastodon - Crack the Skye Reissue Listen: "Divinations" Listen: "The Czar"

Motel Pools - Motel Pools EP Listen: "Human Cannonball" (featuring Kyp Malone)

Porcelain Raft - Half Awake EP Listen: "All in My Head" Listen: "Half Awake"