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Saturday, July 23, 2022

New Music Friday - July 8, 2022

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

	AJ Lambert - Dirt Soda Watch: "Staff of the Flag" Watch: "How Many"
	Metric - Formentera Watch: "All Comes Crashing" Watch: "Doomscroller"
	Party Dozen - The Real Work Watch: "Macca the Mutt" (featuring Nick Cave) Watch: "The Worker"
	Quinton Brock - My Shadow Watch: "My Shadow" Watch: "Touch"

Other Full-Length Releases

Delicate Steve - After Hours

Watch: "Street Breeze"
Watch: "Playing in a Band"

Laura Veirs - Found Light

Watch: "Winter Windows"
Watch: "Seaside Haiku"

Spiral Stairs - Medley Attack!!

Watch: "Pressure Drop [End of the Hurricane]"
Listen: "Too Late"

Viagra Boys - Cave World

Watch: "Big Boy" (featuring Jason Williamson)
Watch: "Ain’t No Thief"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

La Luz - "Endless Afternoon"/"San Fernando Shadow Blues"

Listen: "Endless Afternoon"
Listen: "San Fernando Shadow Blues"

Wet - Pink Room

Watch: "Turn the Lights Down Low"
Listen: "Pink Room"

Saturday, October 6, 2018

New Music Friday - May 11, 2018

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Though the Arctic Monkeys were one of the core bands of the post-punk revival movement of the early-to-mid aughts, they've changed their sound with nearly every record. Their last, AM, recalled psychedelic and blues rocks sounds. This one, as best as I can describe it, is skeezy 70s lounge singer. It's the band at their least immediate, but the sound has grown on me since the record was released.

Watch: "Four out of Five"
Watch: "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"

Beach House - 7

The seventh album from this duo follows a closet-cleaning B-sides release and a departure from their longtime producer, Chris Coady. While still identifiably a Beach House record, it does see them progressing their sound and making a more adventurous album than any of their previous work.

Watch: "Lemon Glow"
Watch: "Dark Spring"

Jess Williamson - Cosmic Wink

Coming just a couple of years after her sophomore album, Heart Song, Williamson's third covers an unlikely trio of life events. On the album, she sings of new love, moving cross country, and the aging of her canine friend.

Watch: "I See the White"
Watch: "Wild Rain"

La Luz - Floating Points

Floating Points is the third album from this LA-based band. A prominent theme of the album is dreams, subtly inferred by the album's title. They combine this with the "surf noir" sound they've already become known for.

Watch: "Cicada"
Watch: "Mean Dream"

SSION - O

SSION is the project of Cody Critcheloe and covers music, as well as visual and live performance. His more than 20 year career includes artwork design and direction for artists ranging from Charli XCX and the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs. O is his third solo record.

Watch: "At Least the Sky Is Blue" (featuring Ariel Pink)
Watch: "Comeback"

Other Full-Length Releases

Ament - Heaven/Hell

Watch: "Safe in the Car"
Listen: "The Noise, the Noise"

The Body - I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer

Listen: "Can Carry No Weight"
Listen: "Nothing Stirs"

Mark Kozelek - Mark Kozelek

Listen: "The Mark Kozelek Museum"
Listen: "My Love for You Is Undying"

The Sea and Cake - Any Day

Listen: "Any Day"
Listen: "These Falling Arms"

Simian Mobile Disco - Hey Sister

Watch: "Caught in a Wave"
Watch: "Hey Sister"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives Remixes Part 1

Listen: "Blue Train Lines" (Nina Kraviz Main Mix)

Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives Remixes Part 2

Listen: "Four Years and One Day" (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
Listen: "Four Years and One Day" (Gerd Janson Remix)

Ty Dolla $ign - "Clout"

Watch: "Clout" (featuring 21 Savage)

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

New Music Friday - August 7, 2015

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

Chelsea Wolfe's music lies at the intersection of folk and metal, with a distinctive dark folk sound honed over five albums. Her latest was inspired by a story of a worker's suicide at a Foxconn factory (Foxconn is a company which manufactures many of our electronics). Wolfe and her cowriter, Karlos Ayala, tried to explore the feelings of frustration and desperation that the worker must have felt.

Watch: "Carrion Flowers"
Listen: "After the Fall"

La Luz - Weirdo Shrine

"Surf noir" band La Luz released their debut album, It's Alive, in 2013. Shortly thereafter, the band was involved in a serious car accident (which they all survived with minimal injuries), but didn't let that derail them. They got back on the road and returned to the studio to record a follow-up. 2015 has been a good year for all-girl rock bands so far; these girls are just making it even better.

Watch: "Black Hole, Weirdo Shrine"
Listen: "Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere"

Langhorne Slim and The Law - The Spirit Moves

The Spirit Moves is the sixth album from Langhorne Slim and just the second to be credited to him and his longtime backing band, The Law. The album follows some changes in his personal and professional lives. The musician is now sober and has made his first move from his home studio in New York City to record in Nashville. These changes are reflected on the album, which he describes as simultaneously raw and relatable.

Listen: "Changes"
Listen: "Spirit Moves"

Public Enemy - Man Plans, God Laughs

Given Flavor Flav's focus on the world of reality TV and the rise of another new group of hip hop artists, it's easy to forget that Public Enemy has been going strong since the early 1980s. Their 13th album comes just three years after the release of The Evil Empire of Everything. On this latest album, the group was inspired by those who came after, including Kanye West, Run the Jewels, and Kendrick Lamar.

Watch: "No Sympathy from the Devil"
Watch: "Man Plans, God Laughs"

Other Full-Length Releases