New Music Friday - March 30, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Frankie Cosmos - Vessel Vessel is the third album for Cosmos and follows her relative break-out, 2016's Next Thing, which earned a few best-of spots for the year. Though Cosmos has served as the stage name for Greta Kline, this album serves as the first outing of Frankie Cosmos as a band, moving the project further away from its bedroom pop beginnings. Watch: "Being Alive" Watch: "Jesse"

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour On her third album, Musgraves makes a combination work that I never would imagined together, disco country! It's not the entire album, but the stand-out track "High Horse" beautifully combines two genres that haven't traditionally been my favorites. The rest of the album is a great listen, as well, though is far more beholden to country sounds from bygone decades. Watch: "High Horse" Watch: "Butterflies"

Kate Nash - Yesterday Was Forever Yesterday Was Forever sees Nash again taking on a crowdfunding approach to recording and releasing her music. 2013's Girl Talk was funded through PledgeMusic, this latest was a Kickstarter campaign. She returns more to her early career sound on this latest record, and tackles subjects like mental illness. Watch: "Drink About You" Watch: "Life in Pink"

MF Doom & Czarface - Czarface Meets Metal Face! MF DOOM has become well-known for his collaborations, which have included work with Danger Mouse, Madlib, and Bishop Nehru. He's back with yet another collab, this time with Czarface, itself a collaboration between Wu-Tang's Inspectah Deck and the duo 7L & Esoteric. Watch: "Bomb Thrown" Listen: "Nautical Depth"

Other Full-Length Releases

Amen Dunes - Freedom Watch: "Miki Dora" Watch: "Blue Rose"

Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On Listen: "Cary’s Dream" Listen: "Turn Twice"

The Vaccines - Combat Sports Watch: "I Can’t Quit" Listen: "Nightclub"

The Voidz - Virtue Watch: "QYURRUS" Watch: "All Wordz Are Made Up"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Flame 1 - "Fog"/"Shrine" Listen: "Fog" Listen: "Shrine"

Frou Frou - Details Reissue Watch: "Must Be Dreaming" Listen: "Let Go"

Future Islands - In the Fall Reissue Listen: "In the Fall" (featuring Katrina Ford)

Joan Shelley - Rivers and Vessels EP Listen: "Time Has Told Me" Listen: "Magnolia"

No Joy/Sonic Boom - No Joy/Sonic Boom Watch: "Triangle Probably" Watch: "Obsession"

Pink Floyd - London 1966/1967

The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy, Watch: "Call Out My Name" Listen: "I Was Never There" (featuring Gesaffelstein)

New Music Friday - May 5, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

The Afghan Whigs - In Spades The Afghan Whigs returned from a 16-year break with 2014's Do to the Beast. The wait for the follow-up has been, thankfully, much shorter. Beast was a good album, but did not quite rise to the level of their previous work. They've spent the three years since their comeback reissuing their earlier work. Perhaps going back over their past work helped on this record, it's more of a return to form. Watch: "Oriole" Watch: "Demon in Profile"

Blondie - Pollinator Blondie had their own recent return in 2011 with Panic of Girls, their first album in eight years. Pollinator is their third record since that return. The album sees the band moving towards some interesting writing collaborations. Nic Valensi, Sia, Charli XCX, Dev Hynes, David Sitek, and Johnny Marr all contributed to tracks. Watch: "Long Time" Watch: "Fun"

Juana Molina - Halo Juana Molina is an experimental artist from Argentina. She started her career as a sketch comedy actress, and achieved fame in the pursuit, but shifted to a music career in the mid-90s. Twenty-plus years into her music career, she has come to be regarded as one of the best of Argentine avant-garde music. Halo is her seventh album. Watch: "Lentísimo halo" Listen: "Cosoco"

Logic - Everybody Logic is Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, a mixed-race rapper from Maryland. His music often touches on the dynamics of being biracial and his experiences moving between both worlds. His third studio album includes features from Juicy J, Chuck D, and Killer Mike, among many others. Watch: "Black SpiderMan" (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) Listen: "Everybody"

Perfume Genius - No Shape Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, began his career making music that was often quiet and reserved. His third album, 2014's Too Bright, saw him become more defiant and bombastic. The follow-up is a bit less so, but still light years away from his early sound. In many ways, it sounds happier than his past work, perhaps inspired, at least in part, by his settling into a long-term relationship. None of this is to say that the output has suffered, this is another incredible album from the artist! Watch: "Slip Away" Watch: "Die 4 You"

Other Full-Length Releases

Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel - I Can Spin a Rainbow Watch: "Beyond the Beach" Watch: "The Clock at the Back of the Cage"

Big Walnuts Yonder - Big Walnuts Yonder Listen: "Raise the Drawbridges?" Listen: "Sponge Bath"

Black Lips - Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art? Watch: "Can’t Hold On" Listen: "Occidental Front" (featuring Yoko Ono)

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Best Troubador Watch: "Mama Tried" Watch: "Bad Actor" (featuring Elsa Oldham)

Cayetana - New Kind of Normal Watch: "Mesa" Watch: "Bus Ticket"

Day Wave - The Days We Had Watch: "Promises" Watch: "Something Here"

Hoops - Routines Watch: "On Top" Listen: "On Letting Go"

Joan Shelley - Joan Shelley Listen: "Where I’ll Find You" Listen: "Wild Indifference"

Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog Watch: "One More Love Song" Watch: "On the Level"

Nightlands - I Can Feel the Night Around Me Watch: "Lost Moon" Listen: "Depending on You"

NIIA - I Watch: "Hurt You First" Watch: "Sideline" (featuring Jazmine Sullivan)

Nite Jewel - Real High Watch: "The Answer" Watch: "2 Good 2 Be True"

Pond - The Weather Watch: "30000 Megatons" Watch: "Sweep Me Off My Feet"

Walter Martin - My Kinda Music Listen: "Hey Matt" (featuring Matt Berninger) Listen: "Trip on a Ship" (featuring Laura Gibson)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story — An Album to Benefit War Child Watch: Dolly Parton - "The Story" Listen: Pearl Jam - "Again Today"

DANGERDOOM - The Mouse & the Mask Reissue Listen: "The Mask" (featuring Ghostface Killah) Listen: "Mad Nice" (featuring Black Thought & Vinny Price)

Flasher - "Winnie"/"Burn Blue" Listen: "Winnie" Listen: "Burn Blue"

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 1984-2014

Small Circle - melatonin EP Reissue Listen: "We Belong Here" Listen: "Please Don't Touch the Moon"

Southern Poverty Law Center Listen: Bonnie “Prince” Billy - "Treasure Map"