New Music Friday - September 18, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Baio - The Names Chris Baio began his career in the music biz as bassist for Vampire Weekend; choosing his last name as a mononym when he began solo production work. He released his debut EP, Sunburn, three years ago. With this album, he becomes the second member of Vampire Weekend to release an album outside of the band; the first was Rostam Batmanglij with Discovery (a band formed with Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles) in 2009. The style of his solo work differs from his main band's, drawing inspiration from electronic and dance music. Watch: "Endless Rhythm" Watch: "Sister of Pearl"

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love Though she had a few hits, including 1962's "He a Rebel", Darlene Love has become more known for her tradition of performing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Letterman's show, which she did from 1986 until his final season just last year. Perhaps, with the show being over, it is the right time to remind fans that she can sing non-Christmas music just as well. This is her first non-holiday album since 1998's Unconditional Love. Watch: "Forbidden Nights" Listen: "Among the Believers"

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon My first exposure to Lana Del Rey was on her now-infamously bad 2012 Saturday Night Live performance. I wasn't impressed and didn't really pay her any mind until last year's Ultraviolence, which I liked a lot. She began working on this record very shortly after that record, but the sound is more similar to her earlier work, with influences ranging from trip hop to trap. Watch: "High By the Beach" Watch: "Music to Watch Boys To"

Mac Miller - GO:OD AM Mac Miller is another artist who I have warmed up to recently. I ignored him at first; he rode in during a wave of white bro hip hop and I assumed he was just another one of those. I started to check him out when he realized that frequently collaborated with some of my favorite young rappers, like Earl Sweatshirt and  Vince Staples. The first single from this album was impressive and my opinion of his music was changed. Watch: "100 Grandkids" Watch: "Brand Name"

Other Full-Length Releases

Air Waves - Parting Glances Watch: "Fantasy" Listen: "Horse Race" (featuring Jana Hunter)

Battles - La Di Da Di Watch: "The Yabba" Watch: "Dot Net"

David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock Watch: "Rattle That Lock" Watch: "Today"

Duran Duran - Paper Gods Watch: "Last Night in the City" (featuring Kiesza) Watch: "What Are the Chances"

Glen Hansard - Didn’t He Ramble Watch: "Winning Streak" Watch: "Lowly Deserter"

HeCTA - The Diet Watch: "The Concept" Listen: "Till Someone Gets Hurt"

Hollywood Vampires - Hollywood Vampires Listen: "School’s Out”/“Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" Listen: "Whole Lotta Love"

Homeshake - Midnight Snack Watch: "Give It to Me" Listen: "Faded"

Keith Richards - Crosseyed Heart Watch: "Trouble" Listen: "Substantial Damage"

King Midas Sound & Fennesz - Edition One Watch: "Lighthouse Version" Listen: "Waves"

Le Butcherettes - A Raw Youth Listen: "Shave the Pride" Listen: "My Half" (featuring John Frusciante)

Mild High Club - Timeline Watch: "Undeniable" Watch: "Windowpane"

Natasha Kmeto - Inevitable Watch: "I Thought You Had a Boyfriend" Listen: "Grind" (featuring Tunde Adebimpe)

Ought - Sun Coming Down Watch: "Sun’s Coming Down" Listen: "Beautiful Blue Sky"

Primitive Parts - Parts Primitive Listen: "Miracle Skin" Listen: "Troubles"

Saul Williams - MartyrLoserKing Watch: "Burundi" (featuring Emily Kokal)

Say Hi - Bleeder’s Digest Listen: "The Grass Is Always Greener" Listen: "Creatures of the Night"

Skylar Spence - Prom King Watch: "Can’t You See" Watch: "Affairs"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Angel Haze - Back to the Woods Listen: "Babe Ruthless" Listen: "Moonrise Kingdom"

Bob Dylan - Finjan Club Reissue Listen: "Quit Your Low Down Ways" Listen: "Let Me Die in My Footsteps"

CocoRosie - Heartache City Watch: "Lost Girls" Listen: "Heartache City"

Diet Cig - "Sleep Talk"/"Dinner Date" Watch: "Dinner Date" Watch: "Sleep Talk"

Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Live on KSWM: The 1999 Broadcast

Frankie Broyles - "Color Set"/"Capturer" Listen: "Color Set" Listen: "Capturer"

My Brightest Diamond - I Had Grown Wild Listen: "Say What" Listen: "Bronze Head"

Stars - Lost & Found EP Listen: "A Simple Song"

Yung - These Thoughts Are Like Mandatory Chores Watch: "God" Listen: "Blue Uniforms"

Zola Jesus - Nail EP Watch: "Nail" Listen: "Circles"

New Music Tuesday - 05/20/2014

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New Full-Length Releases

Archie Bronson Outfit - Wild Crush Archie Bronson Outfit don't seem to do anything haphazardly. This is their third album in eight years and just fourth overall since their debut in 2004. The new album comes with a slight lineup change, bassist Dorian Hobday is replaced by Kristian Robinson. The output is still as strong as ever, though, their deliberateness in making each record continues to show. Watch: "We Are Floating" Listen: "Two Doves on a Lake"

Billy Corgan - AEGEA Billy Corgan, frontman for the Smashing Pumpkins, has remains active with that band with an album in 2012 and two expected in 2015. He is also an active solo artist. He released his first album, TheFutureEmbrace, was released in 2005. Now, nine years later, comes a follow up, though it was recorded just two years after his first. Listen: "#3"

Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain Conor Oberst made his name as Bright Eyes and has been primarily known for recording in groups, from Bright Eyes to the Mystic Valley Band to Monsters of Folk. Over the past few years, though, he has become more comfortable using his own name. This is his first since 2008's self-titled record. Watch: "Zigzagging Toward the Light" Listen: "Hundreds of Ways"

Guided By Voices - Cool Planet These guys just aren't going to stop anytime soon. Despite a short lull last year, they are quickly getting back to their habit of releasing new albums every few months. Cool Planet was preceded by Motivational Jumpsuit in February. Listen: "Cool Planet" Listen: "Males of Wormwood Mars"

Le Butcherettes - Cry Is for the Flies Le Butcherettes is a female-led punk/garage band from Guadalajara, Mexico. They first came to my attention a few weeks ago with the release of a single featuring guest vocals from Shirley Manson of Garage. That's not the only big-name connection the band has, either. They have a sound reminiscent of early Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, have opened for the Dead Weather and been produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta. Not bad for a young band! Listen: "Shame, You're All I Got" (featuring Shirley Manson) Listen: "Demon Stuck in Your Eye"

The Roots - ...And Then Shoot Your Cousin It seemed that, when The Roots became Jimmy Fallon's house band in 2009, that would be their primary function. That turned out not to be the case. With ...And Then Shoot Your Cousin, they have released three albums since that time (five if you count the collaborations with John Legend and Elvis Costello). One, undun, is often considered one of their best. The band is easily capable of being the best late-night band and an incredible recording band. Watch: "Understand" Watch: "When the People Cheer"

White Sea - In Cold Blood White Sea is a frequent collaborator of French dream pop musician M83. She was also a child actress (appearing on 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd), is a contributor to movie scores and the front woman for her own band, The Romanovs. In Cold Blood is the first full length as a solo artist. Listen: "Future Husbands Past Lives" Listen: "Prague"

Other New Releases

Blood Orange - Uncle Ace Remixes Dev Hynes released his sophomore album, Cupid Deluxe, under the name Blood Orange last year. Now, one of the stand-out tracks from the album is getting its own remix EP. Listen: "Uncle Ace" (a/just/ed Remix) Watch: "Uncle Ace" (Kindness Remix)

The Flaming Lips - 7 Skies H3 7 Skies H3 was The Flaming Lips contribution to Record Store Day 2014. The recording was initially a 24-hour song contained in a real human skull (released in a limited set of 13). The release for Record Store Day was condensed to just 50 minutes of the original running time. Listen: "Forever Floating" Listen: "Radiation Wind"

The Fault in Our Stars: Music from the Motion Picture One of the latest popular book phenomenons is getting its own film. The movie's soundtrack features tracks from Grouplove, The Radio Dept., Charli XCX and Lykke Li. Watch: Charli XCX - "Boom Clap" Watch: Lykke Li - "No One Ever Loved"

Future Islands - Wave Like Home Reissue Future Islands blew up earlier this year with an incredible album and everyone's favorite David Letterman live performance. Wave Like Home was their first album, released in 2008, and getting reissued now. Listen: "Little Dreamer" Listen: "Old Friend"

Oasis - Definitely Maybe Reissue While Oasis hit their biggest year nearly two decades ago (and are no longer together), their debut album is getting reissued, as well. The re-release comes in the year of the album's 20th anniversary. Watch: "Supersonic" Watch: "Cigarettes & Alcohol"

R.E.M. - Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988-2011 R.E.M. ended their 21-year run three years ago, but we've been getting a fairly steady stream of unreleased material and re-releases since. The latest pulls together demos, live recordings and covers from 1988 to the end. Buy: iTunes

R.E.M. - Unplugged 1991/2001 ...and during their 20+ years, the band performed on MTV Unplugged twice, ten years apart. In addition to the rarities collection, recordings from those two live sessions are getting released. Listen: "Losing My Religion" Listen: "Imitation of Life"

SBTRKT - Transitions II Transitions is SBTRKT's 2014 project, being released in three separate EPs. The first portion was released two weeks earlier and the final will be out two weeks following. Watch: "Kyoto"

Upset - "Linus" Upset is the new project of former Best Coast and Vivian Girls drummer Ali Koehler. The band released their first album, She's Gone, in October, and are following it up with a new single. Listen: "Linus"

Wild Beasts - "A Simple Beautiful Truth" Remixes Wild Beasts released their fourth album, Present Tense, earlier this year. One of the tracks from the album is now getting its requisite remix treatment, with contributions from Lone and Djrum. Watch: "A Simple Beautiful Truth" Listen: "A Simple Beautiful Truth" (Lone Remix)