New Music Friday - July 15, 2022

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	beabadoobee - Beatopia Watch: "Talk" Watch: "See You Soon"
	black midi - Hellfire Watch: "Welcome to Hell" Watch: "Eat Men Eat"
	Lizzo - Special Watch: "About Damn Time" Listen: "Special"
	Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights Watch: "Sunshine" (featuring Foushée) Watch: "Static"
	Tami Neilson - Kingmaker Watch: "Beyond the Stars" (featuring Willie Nelson) Watch: "Baby, You’re a Gun"

Other Full-Length Releases

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - XI: BLEED HERE NOW Watch: "Millennium Actress" (featuring Amanda Palmer) Watch: "Contra Mundum"

The A’s - Fruit Watch: "He Needs Me" Watch: "Why I’m Grieving"

Belief - Belief Watch: "Jung" Watch: "I WANT TO BE"

Ben Shemie - Desiderata Watch: "The Eye" Watch: "The Mirror”/“The Future Indefinite"

Goon - Hour of Green Evening Watch: "Ochre" Watch: "Angelnumber 1210"

Interpol - The Other Side of Make-Believe Watch: "Toni" Watch: "Something Changed"

Launder - Happening Watch: "Become" (featuring Soko) Watch: "Intake"

Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy Watch: "Another Sketch" Watch: "Backwards" (featuring Sampha)

Nightlands - Moonshine Watch: "Moonshine" Watch: "No Kiss for the Lonely"

Richard Reed Parry & Susie Ibarra - Heart and Breath: Rhythm and Tone Fields Watch: "Field II: Slow Drift" Watch: "Field VIII: Hands"

Superorganism - World Wide Pop Watch: "Teenager" Watch: "It’s Raining" (featuring Stephen Malkmus)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head Vinyl Reissue Watch: "So What’Cha Want" Watch: "Pass the Mic"

Regressive Left - On the Wrong Side of History Watch: "The Wrong Side of History" Watch: "Bad Faith" (featuring Mandy, Indiana)

Safety Trance - Noches de Terror Watch: "El Alma Que Te Trajo" (featuring Arca) Listen: "Besos de Fuego"

New Music Friday - August 13, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson Watch: "Drug Zone" Watch: "First 48 Freestyle"
	Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson - Refuge Watch: "In a Cistern"/"Into Clouds" Watch: "A Cat & Aran in Repose"
	Ka - A Martyr’s Reward Watch: "I Notice" Listen: "I Need All That"
	Wednesday - Twin Plagues Watch: "One More Last One" Watch: "How Can You Live If You Can’t Love How Can You If You Do"

Other Full-Length Releases

A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Pono Listen: "Beat Up Shoes" Listen: "Hit Reset"

The Killers - Pressure Machine Watch: "Quiet Town" Watch: "Dustland" (featuring Bruce Springsteen)

Pet Symmetry - Future Suits Watch: "2021: A Personal Space Odyssey" Listen: "Pet Sympathy"

Quicksand - Distant Populations Watch: "Missile Command" Watch: "Inversion"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Chain Cult - "We’re Not Alone"/"Always a Mess" Watch: "We’re Not Alone"

Lizzo - Rumors Watch: "Rumors"

My Favorite Things of the Week

Good news from the world of '90s alternative rock, John Frusciante is rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers! Frusciante has been the on-again-off-again as the guitarist for the group, last leaving the band in 2009. He was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer, who is now departing. I'm excited to see what their next album will sound like with the iconic guitarist back in the fold!

As always, keep an eye on my Upcoming Releases page for new music that I'm excited about!

Lizzo has released several music videos for tracks from her third album, Cuz I Love You. Though she previously released a video for "Good as Hell," she released another video for the track this week. This video sees her joining up with the Southern University marching band in multiple roles; including bandleader, flutist, and dancer. The video brought out some real marching band nostalgia for me!

As beloved an artist as Frank Ocean is, I've heard surprisingly few covers from his contemporaries. This week, Nilüfer Yanya offered her take on "Super Rich Kids," for Triple J's Like a Version series.

Greg Dulli will be releasing a new solo album early next year, and released the album's first single, "Pantomima." The song bodes well for a great album from the artist!

The next album from The Flaming Lips will be a collaborative album with Deap Vally.

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The two bands have formed a new group, called Deap Lips, and will release a self-titled album on March 13. The collaboration is one that is both surprising, and perfectly sensical.

Other upcoming albums:

Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks in the Road (May 1)
Brian Fallon - Local Honey (March 27)
Caribou - Suddenly (February 28)
Cindy Lee - What’s Tonight to Eternity (February 14)
Dirty Projectors - Sing the Melody (out now)
Greg Dulli - Random Desire (February 21)
Halsey - Manic (January 17)
Kaytranada - BUBBA (out now)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (February 7)
M. Ward - Migration Stories (April 3)
The Professionals - The Professionals (January 17)
Swamp Dogg - Sorry You Couldn’t Make It (March 6)
Wrekmeister Harmonies - We Love to Look at the Carnage (February 21)

New Music Friday - April 19, 2019

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Heather Woods Broderick - Invitation Watch: "White Tail" Watch: "I Try"

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Watch: "Juice" Watch: "Cuz I Love You"

The Tallest Man on Earth - I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream Listen: "I’m a Stranger Now" Listen: "My Dear"

Sad Planets - Akron, Ohio Watch: "Yesterday Girls" Watch: "Just Landed" (featuring J Mascis)

Wand - Laughing Matter Watch: "Scarecrow" Watch: "Walkie Talkie"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cage the Elephant - Social Cues Watch: "Ready to Let Go" Watch: "House of Glass"

Diane Coffee - Internet Arms Watch: "Not Ready to Go" Listen: "Lights Off"

Drugdealer - Raw Honey Watch: "Fools" Listen: "Honey" (featuring Weyes Blood)

Gang of Four - Happy Now Watch: "Paper Thin" Listen: "White Lies"

Jens Lekman & Annika Norlin - CORRESPONDENCE Listen: "Who Really Needs Who?" Listen: "On the Edge of Time"

Kelsey Lu - Blood Watch: "Blood" Watch: "Due West"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Angelique Kidjo - Celia Listen: "Quimbara" Listen: "Bemba Colorá"

Béyonce - Homecoming Listen: "Before I Let Go" Listen: "Party"

Carla dal Forno - "So Much Better"/"Fever Walk" Watch: "So Much Better" Listen: "Fever Walk"

Kevin Abstract - Ghettobaby Listen: "Joy Ride" Listen: "Corpus Christi"

More Pain - More Pain

Self Defense Family - Performative Guilt Listen: "Rest in Peace for the Error Shall Not Be Repeated"

New Music Friday - October 7, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Norah Jones - Day Breaks Norah Jones started her career making piano-driven jazz, but began exploring pop and folk on recent albums. Her sixth album sees her returning to the style that earned her early fame. The record is made up mostly of original tracks with a handful of covers. Watch: "Carry On" Watch: "Flipside"

Phantogram - Three Phantogram are one of the bands central to a recent resurgence of synth-heavy indie pop. With each album, their sounds has veered more in the direction of conventional pop (at least pop as it exists today). While this is certainly their most mainstream-friendly album, they also come off as more self-assured on this record. Watch: "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" Watch: "You’re Mine"

Other Full-Length Releases

Balance and Composure - Light We Made Watch: "Afterparty" Listen: "Spinning"

GTA - Good Times Ahead Watch: "A Little Bit of This" (featuring Vince Staples) Watch: "Feel It" (featuring What So & Tunji)

Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee Watch: "Tell Her I’m Just Dancing" Listen: "Biloxi"

Kaiser Chiefs - Stay Together Watch: "Hole in My Soul" Watch: "Parachute"

Matt Kivel - Fires on the Plain Watch: "The Water" Watch: "Permanence" (featuring Robin Pecknold)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Lizzo - Coconut Oil Watch: "Phone" Listen: "Coconut Oil"

Lushlife - No Dead Languages Listen: "The League of Frightened Men" Listen: "No Dead Languages"

Oasis - Be Here Now Reissue Watch: "D’You Know What I Mean?" Listen: "My Big Mouth"

The Time Is Now Listen: Sugar for Sugar - "Bizarre Love Triangle" Listen: Lower Dens - "Maneater"

Weezer - White Album Deluxe Watch: "King of the World" Watch: "Thank God for Girls"