New Music Friday - November 24, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Guided By Voices - Nowhere to Go but Up Listen: "For the Home" Listen: "The Race Is On, The King Is Dead"

Other Full-Length Releases

Joe Jackson - Mr. Joe Jackson Presents Max Champion in ‘What a Racket!’ Listen: "The Bishop and the Actress" Listen: "Health & Safety"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Dylan Baldi - On the Way to Vesuvius Listen: "closer to the zone" Listen: "hazy summer alley with flowers"

Light in the Attic & Friends Watch: Ethan & Maya Hawke - "We Don’t Run" Watch: Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart - "How Could You Let Me Go"

New Music Friday - January 18, 2019

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Deerhunter - Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? Eight albums in and Deerhunter is as good as ever. It's been a minute since the band's last album, 2015's Fading Frontier, though we got an album from one side project (Moses Archuleta's Moon Diagrams released Lifetime of Love in 2017) and an instrumental tour-only cassette from the band. Their record includes production from Cate Le Bon and Ben H. Allen III, who they have worked with previously. Watch: "Death in Midsummer"

James Blake - Assume Form At the start of his career, James Blake's sound was more sonic, with his voice serving as an additional instrument, rather than being lyric-driven. That's gradually changed with each album, culminating in this record, which has many references to his relationship with actress Jameela Jamil. Watch: "Don’t Miss It" Watch: "Mile High" (featuring Travis Scott & Metro Boomin)

Ronnie Milsap - Ronnie Milsap: The Duets Ronnie Milsap has been an influential figure in country music for more than half of a century. On his 29th album, he partners up with some contemporaries and some younger artists for a collection of duets. Collaborators on the record include Luke Bryan, Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves, and Willie Nelson. Listen: "No Getting Over Me" (featuring Kacey Musgraves) Listen: "A Woman’s Love" (featuring Willie Nelson)

Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow Across her previous four studio albums, Van Etten's sound has been an often-forlorn folk. On her fifth album, she's changing things up more than a bit. Written while she was pregnant with her child and delving into acting, its lyrics show someone more at ease in life and looking back a bit. It's also a more rock-driven sound, showcasing a different instrumentation than her previous records. Watch: "Comeback Kid" Watch: "Seventeen"

Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace Following the release of his 2017 album, Boo Boo, Chaz Bear eschewed the standard promotional tour in favor of playing a series of DJ sets. He's influenced by those club sounds for this latest record, his sixth. Watch: "Freelance" Watch: "Ordinary Pleasure"

Other Full-Length Releases

Buke & Gase - Scholars Watch: "Scholars" Watch: "Derby"

Future - The WIZRD Watch: "Crushed Up" Watch: "Jumpin on a Jet"

Guster - Look Alive Watch: "Don’t Go" Listen: "Look Alive"

Joe Jackson - Fool Watch: "Fabulously Absolute" Listen: "Big Black Cloud"

Lost Under Heaven - Love Hates What You Become Watch: "For the Wild" Watch: "Post Millennial Tension"

Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life Watch: "Light On" Watch: "Give a Little"

M. Ward - What a Wonderful Industry Listen: "Motorcycle Ride" Listen: "War & Peace"

Steve Gunn - The Unseen in Between Watch: "New Moon" Watch: "Vagabond"

The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Watch: "VTr" Listen: "Videograms"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood Vinyl Reissue Listen: "Open Spaces" Listen: "Future Markets"

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Tides: Music for Yoga and Meditation Listen: "Tides I" Listen: "Tides II"

New Order - Total Vinyl Reissue Listen: "Ceremony" Listen: "Hellbent"

Prince - The Little Box of Prince Listen: "Let’s Go Crazy" Listen: "Computer Blue"

New Music Friday - October 2, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Autre Ne Veut - Age of Transparency Autre Ne Veut has a somewhat unique style of singing. It's pleading, emotional, and borders almost on whiny, stopping just short enough to be still be enjoyable. He released his sophomore album, Anxiety, in 2013 to broad critical acclaim, getting featured on numerous year-end lists. On his follow-up, he doesn't stray from his brand of twisted R&B, crafting another great collection of songs. Watch: "Age of Transparency" Watch: "World War Pt. 2"

Deafheaven - New Bermuda Deafheaven is one of those rare black metal bands who have also gained a certain degree of "hipster cred." Their sophomore album, Sunbather, saw them getting rave reviews from traditionally indie-focused sites like Pitchfork and Stereogum. And like Autre Ne Veut, they have a well-received second album to live up to. They've done so by digging into the heavier elements of their sound. The stray somewhat from the shoegaze elements that helped make them popular with the likes of Pitchfork, but somehow not alienating any of that fanbase. Listen: "Brought to the Water" Listen: "Come Back"

Janet Jackson - Unbreakable All hail! It seems forever since we last heard from Miss Jackson (yeah, I'm nasty); she released her last album, Discipline, back in 2008. At nearly 50 years old, Janet proves that she still has it, this 11th studio album was her seventh to hit number one on the charts and made her one of very few artists to top the charts four decades in row. She continues to do what she does well with a great collection of dance floor-ready tunes. Watch: "No Sleep" (featuring J. Cole) Watch: "BURNITUP!" (featuring Missy Elliott)

Nicolas Godin - Contrepoint Nicolas Godin is one-half of the French ambient duo Air. Though the two have 20 years and eight albums together, this is just Godin's first solo record (his music partner, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, released his first nine years ago). Many artists are inspired by those who came before, but Godin is looking way back for this one, with an album of neo-classical compositions inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach. Watch: "Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde" Watch: "Orca"

Wavves - V Though I started listening to Wavves back in their days of irreverent pop punk, around and before the release of King of the Beach, it was their last album  (Afraid of Heights) that put them on another level in terms of my feelings of their music. The music was still had punk influences, but seemed far more mature in subject matter. They continue with that maturity on this, their fifth album (duh). If anything, they've calmed down even more on this one, but it's another great record from the band. Watch: "Way Too Much" Listen: "My Head Hurts"

Other Full-Length Releases

Blitzen Trapper - All Across This Land Watch: "All Across This Land" Listen: "Lonesome Angel"

Chad Valley - Entirely New Blue Watch: "True" Watch: "Seventeen"

Childbirth - Women’s Rights Listen: "Let’s Be Bad" Listen: "Cool Mom"

Darkstar - Foam Island Watch: "Pin Secure" Watch: "Stoke the Fire"

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down Watch: "Complexity" Listen: "Silverlake"

Editors - In Dream Watch: "Life Is a Fear" Watch: "No Harm"

The Foetals - Meet The Foetals Listen: "Fine"

Gemma - As Ever Listen: "As Ever"

Jessica Care Moore - Black Tea: The Legend of Jesse James Watch: "This Is a Bus with Wings" Watch: "Catch Me If You Can" (featuring Talib Kweli)

Joe Jackson - Fast Forward Listen: "Fast Forward" Listen: "A Little Smile"

Kyle - Smyle Watch: "Really? Yeah!" Listen: "Remember Me?" (featuring Chance The Rapper)

Line & Circle - Split Figure Watch: "Mine Is Mine" Listen: "Split Figure"

Monika - Secret in the Dark Watch: "Secret in the Dark" Listen: "Shake Your Hands" (featuring Andrew Wyatt)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

A-Trak - "We All Fall Down" Watch: "We All Fall Down" (featuring Jamie Lidell)

Baloji - 64 Bits & Malachite EP Watch: "Capture" (featuring Petite Noir & Muanza)

Dear Janet Naytronix & tUnE-yArDs - "What Have You Done for Me Lately"

Garbage - Garbage Reissue Listen: "Queer"

Hamilton Leithauser & Paul Maroon - I Could Have Sworn Listen: "Cry Out for Me" Listen: "Utica Avenue"

Hippo Campus - South EP Watch: "South" Watch: "Violet"

Kamasi Washington - The Epic LP Reissue Listen: "Re Run Home" Listen: "Miss Understanding"

No Escape Soundtrack Watch: Jim James - "Take Care of You"

Paul McCartney - The Pipes of Peace Reissue Watch: "Say Say Say"

Paul McCartney - Tug of War Reissue Listen: "Ebony & Ivory"

Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna