New Music Friday - March 22, 2024

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

	Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future Watch: "sadness as a gift" Watch: "fool"
	Empress Of - For Your Consideration Watch: "Femenine" Watch: "For Your Consideration"
	Jlin - Akoma Listen: "The Precision of Infinity" (featuring Philip Glass) Listen: "Eye Am"
	Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves Watch: "Spinning" Watch: "Evening Mood"
	Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood Watch: "Right Back to It" (featuring MJ Lenderman) Watch: "365"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cakes Da Killa - Svengali Watch: "Mind Reader" (featuring Stout) Watch: "Svengali"

Elbow - AUDIO VERTIGO Watch: "Lovers’ Leap" Watch: "Balu"

Francis of Delirium - Lighthouse Watch: "Blue Tuesday" Watch: "Give It Back to Me"

Gary Clark Jr. - JPEG RAW Watch: "JPEG RAW" Watch: "This Is Who We Are" (featuring Naala)

Gossip - Real Power Watch: "Crazy Again" Watch: "Real Power"

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes Watch: "Chemical Animal" Watch: "jamcod"

Magic Tuber Stringband - Needlefall Listen: "Needlefall" Listen: "Twelfth House"

Matt Champion - Mika’s Laundry Watch: "Slow Motion" (with JENNIE) Watch: "Dogfish"

Restorations - Restorations Listen: "Field Recordings" Listen: "Charm"

Rosie Tucker - UTOPIA NOW Watch: "All My Exes Live in Vortexes" Watch: "Paperclip Maximizer"

Sam Evian - Plunge Watch: "Wild Days" Watch: "Rollin’ In"

SiR - Heavy Watch: "HEAVY" Watch: "YOU"

The Staves - All Now Watch: "All Now" Watch: "I Don’t Say It, But I Feel It"

ZOMBI - Direct Inject Listen: "The Post-Atomic Horror" Listen: "Direct Inject"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Maynard James Keenan - Cinquanta

Wild Pink - Strawberry Eraser Listen: "Unconcious Pilot" Listen: "Air Drumming Fix You"

Wye Oak - Shriek: Variations Listen: "Shriek" (Variation) Listen: "Logic of Color" (Variation)

My Favorite Things of the Week

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We spent it, as usual, visiting family in North Carolina. New music tends to slow down during holiday weeks, but here are some of the things I've found recently and love!

I don't have a favorite cover this week, but instead a remix. Jlin is an IDM and electronic music artist from Indiana, known for a percussion-heavy, rhythmic sound. She has brought that sound to St. Vincent's "Smoking Section," from her most recent album.

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib released a collaborative album, Bandana, back in June. They've released numerous music videos for tracks from the album, most revolving around a drug lord character played by Gibbs. In the latest, for "Gat Damn," he plays a cantankerous 80s-style R&B frontman. What amuses me most about the video is the fictional band's violinist; whether intentional or not, I get a kick out of how he holds the instrument.

Dan Bejar sat out the most recent albums from The New Pornographers but will be returning with a new album from Destroyer in January. He has already released one new song, "Crimson Tide," from the album and returned last week with "It Just Doesn't Happen."

Stormzy announced a new album!

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He is a grime and hip hop artist from London. He developed an appeal far beyond his home country with his debut album, 2017's Gang Signs & Prayer. After releasing a handful of songs, he recently announced his follow-up, Heavy Is the Head, which is set for release on December 13.

Some more albums to get excited about!

Avey Tare - Conference of Birds/Birds in Disguise (December 5)
Max Bloom - “Bottle” (out now)
Morrissey - I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (March)
Nada Surf - Never Not Together (February 7)
Nicolas Godin - Concrete and Glass (January 24)
PARTYNEXTDOOR - TBA (January)
Rebecca Foon - Waxing Moon (February 21)
Selena Gomez - TBA (January 10)
The Turning (Original Music Picture Soundtrack) (January 24)