New Music Friday - March 28, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	CocoRosie - Little Death Wishes Watch: "Cut Stitch Scar" Watch: "Least I Have You"
	Destroyer - Dan’s Boogie Watch: "Cataract Time" Watch: "Dan’s Boogie"
	Lucy Dacus - Forever Is a Feeling Watch: "Ankles" Watch: "Best Guess"
	Perfume Genius - Glory Watch: "It’s a Mirror" Watch: "No Front Teeth" (featuring Aldous Harding)
	SPELLLING - Portrait of My Heart Watch: "Portrait of My Heart" Watch: "Destiny Arrives"

Other Full-Length Releases

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia Watch: "Looks Like the End of the Road" Watch: "Granite Mills"

BACKXWASH - Only Dust Remains Watch: "WAKE UP" Watch: "9th Heaven"

Bria Salmena - Big Dog Watch: "Stretch the Struggle" Watch: "Hammer"

Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barratt - Loose Talk Watch: "Orchestra" Watch: "Loose Talk"

Butler, Blake & Grant - Butler, Blake & Grant Watch: "Bring an End" Listen: "The 90s"

Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power Watch: "Magnolia" Watch: "Heathen"

Dean Wareham - That’s the Price of Loving Me Watch: "You Were the Ones I Had to Betray" Watch: "That’s the Price of Loving Me"

Great Grandpa - Patience Moonbeam Watch: "Junior" Watch: "Ladybug"

Hannah Cohen - Earthstar Morning Watch: "Draggin’" Watch: "Dusty"

Jessie Reyez - Paid in Memories Watch: "NYB" Watch: "L.O.Y.L."

Mess Esque - Jay Marie, Comfort Me Watch: "Take Me to Your Infinite Garden" Watch: "Let Me Know You"

Mumford & Sons - Rushmere Watch: "Rushmere" Watch: "Caroline"

Yukimi - For You Watch: "Stream of Consciousness" (featuring Lianne La Havas) Watch: "Make Me Whole"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Anna St. Louis - Home Recordings Watch: "Everything" (Demo) Watch: "Visitor" (Demo)

Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine: Brighter Days Ahead Watch: "dandelion" Watch: "past life"

GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (Deluxe Edition) Watch: "Telescope" Watch: "Uncharted Waters"

My Favorite Things of the Week

I'm trying something new here. Rather than just a album that was announced during the week that I'm excited about, I will start posting a few things that I've liked from the week. This will include new album announcements, songs, covers, and videos!

Angel Olsen announced her fourth album, All Mirrors, a few weeks back. I'm incredibly excited for it and, yes, I have preordered it (possibly twice, I'm not sure if my first order went through). She already released one amazing track from the new album, but released a second this week, "Lark."

Sleater-Kinney released The Center Won't Hold, their incredible, St. Vincent-produced ninth album, earlier this month. They released a new video for one of the album's tracks this week, "Can I Go On." The video starts out innocent-looking enough, with a pair of older ladies about to enjoy some tea together. Things quickly devolve, however, into a knock-down drag-out bout, complete with stripping and mud.

Lucy Dacus has been releasing one-off singles every few months this year. She's released four so far and her latest is a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark." The cover is dedicated to both Springsteen and Dacus' father.

Finally, in album announcement news, FKA twigs announced her sophomore album, Magdalene!

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The album follows her incredible LP1 and will feature Future and production from Jack Antonoff, who seems to be becoming one of the biggest names in pop production today (he also produced new albums from Lana Del Rey, Kevin Abstract, and Taylor Swift). She previously released one song from the album, "cellophane," and released "holy terrain" along with the album's announcement. The album will be released on October 25.

Check of my Upcoming Releases page for more new albums!

Also announced this week:

Anyway Gang - Anyway Gang (November 29)
Bishop Nehru - My Disregarded Thoughts (November 8)
Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (January 17)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I Made a Place (November 15)
Cigarettes After Sex - Cry (October 25)
Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 1 (November 1)
Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿ (October 4)
David Bowie - David Bowie: Conversation Piece (November 15)
Editors - Black Gold (October 25)
Foxes in Fiction - Trillium Killer (October 18)
Freddie Mercury - Never Boring (October 11)
Jacques Greene - Dawn Chorus (October 18)
Jeff Goldblum - I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (November 1)
Kanye West - Jesus Is King (September 27)
Kele Okereke - 2042 (November 8)
La Neve - The Vital Cord (October 14)
N.E.R.D. - In Search Of Box Set Reissue (October 25)
Prince - 1999 Remastered (November 29)
R.E.M. - Monster 25th Anniversary Reissue (November 1)
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 50th Anniversary Edition (November 1)
Sudan Archives - Athena (November 1)
Swans - Leaving Meaning (October 25)
Tindersticks - No Treasure But Hope (November 15)
Water from Your Eyes - Somebody Else’s Song (October 25)
Weezer - Van Weezer (May 15)
The Who - WHO (November 22)
Wild Nothing - Live from Brooklyn Steel (September 27)

New Music Friday - March 2, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends This band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 2015 and released their self-titled debut in 2016. They are known for their DIY approach to indie rock, but take on a more stripped back approach for their sophomore record. The result is more in-line with their live shows, taking advantage of being a small band. Listen: "The Face of God" Listen: "How to Socialise & Make Friends"

Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden I Need to Start a Garden is the debut album for this artist from Oregon. Haley's music draws from a number of influences, from her own religious upbringing, to Bob Dylan, to more elusive female folk singers like Vashti Bunyan. Watch: "Oom Sha La La" Listen: "Drinking Song"

Lucy Dacus - Historian I saw Lucy Dacus open for Hamilton Leithauser in early 2017. She mostly played from her first album, No Burden, but also performed at least one new song. I am not 100% sure if any of those songs made it onto this record, but they were the first indication that the follow-up to her 2016 record would be just as amazing! Watch: "Addictions" Listen: "Night Shift"

Suuns - Felt I'm am still obsessed with the incredible debut album, Zeroes QC, from this band. While I don't think they've ever quite recaptured the work on that record on subsequent albums, but have remained excellent on each. They are already on their fourth album in just under ten years (fifth if you count the collaborative album with Jerusalem in My Heart). Their latest still find that artsy groove, but aims for something more emotional. Watch: "Watch You, Watch Me" Watch: "Make It Real"

Tracey Thorn - Record Tracey Thorn was one-half of Everything but the Girl until 2000. She released her first solo album in 1982, the same year that EBTG started, but did not return to her solo career until 2007 with Out of the Woods. Since that return, has released two more studio albums (including this one), a Christmas record, and 3 EPs. Watch: "Queen" Watch: "Sister" (featuring Corinne Bailey Rae)

Other Full-Length Releases

Barbagallo - Danse dans les ailleurs Watch: "L’échappée" Listen: "Longtemps possible"

The Breeders - All Nerve Watch: "Wait in the Car" Listen: "Nervous Mary"

Gwenno - Le Kov Watch: "Tir Ha Mor" Listen: "Hi A Skoellyas Liv A Dhagrow"

Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds Watch: "Loving You" Watch: "Over the Midnight"

Jorge Elbrecht - Here Lies Listen: "Guillotine" (featuring Geneva Jacuzzi) Listen: "Here Lies" (featuring Tamaryn)

The Men - Drift Listen: "Killed Someone" Listen: "Maybe I’m Crazy"

Paddy Hanna - Frankly, I Mutate Listen: "Bad Boys" Listen: "Mario Lanza"

Sonny Smith - Rod for Your Love Watch: "Burnin’ Up" (featuring Angel Olsen) Watch: "Pictures of You"

Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough Watch: "Number One (In New York)" Watch: "Above the Bodega (Local Business)"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer Vinyl Reissue Listen: "California Girls" Listen: "Surfin’ Safari"

Everything Everything - A Deeper Sea Watch: "Breadwinner" Watch: "The Mariana"

Helena Deland - From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. 1 Listen: "There Are a Thousand"

Lost Girls - Feeling

Lucius - NUDES Watch: "Eventually" Listen: "Woman"

Margaret Glaspy - Born Yesterday Listen: "Before We Were Together"

Our Voltage Listen: Damaged Bug - "Pilot’s Pipe"

Ryuichi Sakamoto - async remodels Listen: "async" (Arca Remix) Listen: "solari" (Fennesz Remix)