New Music Friday - March 10, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Fever Ray - Radical Romantics Watch: "What They Call Us" Watch: "Carbon Dioxide"
	Frankie Rose - Love as Projection Watch: "Sixteen Ways" Listen: "Anything"
	King Khan - The Nature of Things Watch: "Snarlin’ Little Malcolm" Listen: "The Nature of Things"
	Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My Watch: "Oh Me, Oh My" (featuring Michael Stipe) Watch: "Kindness Will Follow Your Tears" (featuring Bon Iver)
	Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation Watch: "Flowers" Watch: "River"

Other Full-Length Releases

Dutch Uncles - True Entertainment Watch: "True Entertainment" Watch: "Poppin’"

H. Hawkline - Milk for Flowers Watch: "Plastic Man" Watch: "Empty Room"

Nicholas Krgovich - Ducks Listen: "Ducks" Listen: "Front Stoop #2"

Shana Cleveland - Manzanita Watch: "Faces in the Firelight" Watch: "A Ghost"

Sleaford Mods - UK GRIM Watch: "UK GRIM" Watch: "Force 10 from Navarone" (featuring Florence Shaw)

Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation 2 Watch: "After These Messages" (featuring Amani) Watch: "Best Year Ever"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants - Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels, 1992–1995 Listen: Anohni - "People Are Small" Listen: Meng & Ecker - "Golden Showers"

Bleary Eyed - Bleary Eyed Watch: "Run" Watch: "Wreck"

Death Cab for Cutie - Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic) Listen: "Asphalt Meadows" (Acoustic) Listen: "Here to Forever" (Acoustic)

Manchester Orchestra - The Valley of Vision Watch: "The Way" Watch: "Capital Karma"

Nia Archives - Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall Watch: "Conveniency" Watch: "So Tell Me…"

Tim Burgess - Atypical Music Listen: "Flamingo" (Andy Votel Remix) Listen: "Sure Enough" (Eyedress Remix)

New Music Friday - January 29, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams Watch: "Green Eyes" Watch: "Caroline"
	The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings Watch: "Raindrops" Watch: "Feuds with Guns"
	Four Tet & Madlib - Sound Ancestors Listen: "Dirtknock" Listen: "Road of the Lonely Ones"
	Lia Ices - Family Album Watch: "Hymn" Watch: "Young on the Mountain"
	The Notwist - Vertigo Days Watch: "Al Sur" (featuring Juana Molina) Listen: "Oh Sweet Fire"

Other Full-Length Releases

Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love Watch: "Do or Die" Watch: "Simultaneously"

Baio - Dead Hand Control Watch: "Endless Me, Endlessly" Watch: "What Do You Say When I’m Not There?"

The Body - I’ve Seen All I Need to See Listen: "A Lament" Listen: "Tied Up and Locked In"

Goat Girl - On All Fours Watch: "The Crack" Watch: "Badibaba"

Langhorne Slim - Strawberry Mansion Watch: "Panic Attack" Watch: "Summer Days"

LNZNDRF - II Watch: "Brace Yourself" Watch: "You Still Rip"

portrayal of guilt - We Are Always Alone Watch: "It’s Already Over”/“Masochistic Oath" Watch: "A Tempting Pain"

The Sonder Bombs - Clothbound Watch: "Crying Is Cool" Listen: "k."

Weezer - OK Human Watch: "All My Favorite Songs" Watch: "Numbers"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Buke & Gase / So Percussion - A Record Of Watch: "Hold It In" Watch: "Diazepam"

katie day - urdata Listen: "data" (Tomberlin Cover) Listen: "leaving"  (Laura Les Remix)

The Killers - Imploding the Mirage Watch: "C’est La Vie" Listen: "Blowback" (Acoustic)

Martin Gore - The Third Chimpanzee E.P. Watch: "Mandrill" Watch: "Howler"

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? Watch: "Angelene" (Demo) Listen: "Is This Desire?"

Pynch - Somebody Else Watch: "Somebody Else" Watch: "The Whole World’s Going Crazy (For Love)"

My Favorite Things of the Week

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We spent it, as usual, visiting family in North Carolina. New music tends to slow down during holiday weeks, but here are some of the things I've found recently and love!

I don't have a favorite cover this week, but instead a remix. Jlin is an IDM and electronic music artist from Indiana, known for a percussion-heavy, rhythmic sound. She has brought that sound to St. Vincent's "Smoking Section," from her most recent album.

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib released a collaborative album, Bandana, back in June. They've released numerous music videos for tracks from the album, most revolving around a drug lord character played by Gibbs. In the latest, for "Gat Damn," he plays a cantankerous 80s-style R&B frontman. What amuses me most about the video is the fictional band's violinist; whether intentional or not, I get a kick out of how he holds the instrument.

Dan Bejar sat out the most recent albums from The New Pornographers but will be returning with a new album from Destroyer in January. He has already released one new song, "Crimson Tide," from the album and returned last week with "It Just Doesn't Happen."

Stormzy announced a new album!

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He is a grime and hip hop artist from London. He developed an appeal far beyond his home country with his debut album, 2017's Gang Signs & Prayer. After releasing a handful of songs, he recently announced his follow-up, Heavy Is the Head, which is set for release on December 13.

Some more albums to get excited about!

Avey Tare - Conference of Birds/Birds in Disguise (December 5)
Max Bloom - “Bottle” (out now)
Morrissey - I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (March)
Nada Surf - Never Not Together (February 7)
Nicolas Godin - Concrete and Glass (January 24)
PARTYNEXTDOOR - TBA (January)
Rebecca Foon - Waxing Moon (February 21)
Selena Gomez - TBA (January 10)
The Turning (Original Music Picture Soundtrack) (January 24)

New Music Friday - October 30, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

EL VY - Return to the Moon Matt Berninger has typically been a one-band man, performing with The National for more than 15 years (that band is still active). Last year, he formed EL VY with Brent Knopf of Ramona Falls and formerly of Menomena. The collaboration was stewing for many years, but they finally were able to get together and release their debut album this year, combining Berninger's distinctive baritone vocals and Knopf's penchant for poppier sounds. Watch: "I’m the Man to Be" Watch: "Need a Friend"

Martin Courtney - Many Moons Martin Courtney is known for his work with the sunny indie pop band Real Estate. This year, he is following in the footsteps of bandmates who have already embarked on solo careers: Matthew Mondanile and Alex Bleeker, both of whom also released albums this year. He gets some help from members of another band, Woods; Jarvis Taveniere provided production on a few tracks and Aaron Neveu played percussion. Watch: "Northern Highway" Listen: "Airport Bar"

Other Full-Length Releases

The Chills - Silver Bullets Listen: "Warm Waveform" Listen: "America Says Hello"

Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - If I Can Dream Listen: "If I Can Dream" Listen: "An American Trilogy"

Escort - Animal Nature Watch: "My Life" Listen: "Actor Out of Work"

Kirk Knight - Late Night Special Listen: "Dead Friends" (featuring Noname Gypsy & Thundercat) Listen: "Start Running"

Le Volume Courbe - I Wish Dee Dee Ramone Was Here with Me Watch: "The House" Watch: "Rusty"

Med, Blu & Madlib - Bad Neighbor Watch: "Knock Knock" (featuring MF DOOM) Listen: "Finer Things" (featuring Likewise & Phonte)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - It’s a Holiday Soul Party Watch: "Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects" Watch: "8 Days (of Hanukkah)"

Sports - All of Something Watch: "Reality TV" Watch: "The Washing Machine"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Reissue Watch: "You Oughta Know" Watch: "Ironic"

Amy Listen: "Stronger Than Me" Listen: "Back to Black"

Laced - Laced Listen: "Clear"

Mark Kozelek - Dreams of Childhood Listen: "Beautiful Letter Dreams" Listen: "I Dreamed of My Sister"

Moses Sumney - "Seeds"/"Pleas" Listen: "Seeds" Listen: "Pleas"

Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth Reissue Listen: "Pacifico" Listen: "Diamonds on the Face of Evil"

The Velvet Underground - Loaded Reissue Listen: "Rock & Roll" (Mono Single Cotillion 45-44133)

We Love Disney Listen: Jessie Ware - "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" Listen: Kacey Musgraves - "A Spoonful of Sugar"

Weezer - "Thank God for Girls" Watch: "Thank God for Girls"