New Music Friday - November 15, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	070 Shake - Petrichor Watch: "Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues" Watch: "Song to the Siren" (with Courtney Love)
	Denzel Curry - King of the Mischievous South Watch: "Still in the Paint" (with LAZER DIM 700 & Bktherula) Watch: "GOT ME GEEKED"
	Dolly Parton & Family - Smoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables Listen: "A Rose Won’t Fix It" (featuring Heidi Parton) Listen: "Smoky Mountain DNA"
	Mary J. Blige - Gratitude Watch: "Breathing" (featuring Fabolous) Watch: "Here I Am"
	Wussy - Cincinnati Ohio Watch: "Sure as the Sun" Watch: "Inhaler"

Other Full-Length Releases

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Du Blonde - Sniff More Gritty Watch: "Next Big Thing" Watch: "TV Star"

Dwight Yoakam - Brighter Days Watch: "I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)" (featuring Post Malone) Listen: "Brighter Days"

Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan - Scraping the Divine Listen: "Burdened by Solar Mass" Listen: "Sphere of Saturn"

Maxo Kream - Personification Watch: "CRACC ERA" (with Tyler, The Creator) Watch: "HIGHER THAN EVER" (featuring Rob49 & Skills Baby)

Poppy - Negative Spaces Watch: "they’re all around us" Watch: "hey there"

Warmduscher - Too Cold to Hold Watch: "Fashion Week" Watch: "Pure at the Heart"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Adrian Younge - Linear Labs: São Paulo Watch: "Esperando Por Você" Watch: "Sprialing" (with Bilal)

The Black Keys - Ohio Players: The Trophy Edition Watch: "Stay in Your Grave" (featuring Alice Cooper) Watch: "Mi Tormenta" (featuring DannyLux)

Chelsea Wolfe - Unbound Watch: "Place in the Sun" (Unbound) Watch: "The Liminal" (Unbound)

George Harrison - Living in the Material World Super Deluxe Edition Watch: "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (Take 18) Watch: "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)"

Gordi & SOAK - Lunch at Dune Watch: "Lunch at Dune" Watch: "Lunch at Dune" (Castle at Bohermeen Version)

Hard-Fi - Don’t Go Making Plans Watch: "Don’t Go Making Plans" Watch: "Always and Forever"

Major Lazer - Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do Deluxe Edition Watch: "Nobody Move" (with Vybz Kartel) Watch: "Pon De Streets"

Medium Build - Marietta Watch: "Yoke" (with Julien Baker) Watch: "John & Lydia"

MF DOOM - MM..FOOD (20th Anniversary Edition) Watch: "One Beer" (Madlib Remix) Watch: "Beef Rapp"

St. Vincent - Todos Nacen Gritando Watch: "Hombre Roto" Watch: "Todos Nacen Gritando"

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty 20th Anniversary Edition Watch: "Final Fantasy" Listen: "Dreams"

World News - Mindsnap Listen: "Mindsnap" Listen: "Junkie"

New Music Friday - April 28, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Feist - Pleasure It's been six years since the release Feist's previous record, Metals, and it's seemed like a long wait. She started promoting this record with cryptic posts on Instagram in March, referencing the album's title and lead single. The album was recorded with Mocky and Renaud Letang, and features a contribution from Jarvis Cocker (formerly of Pulp). Watch: "Pleasure" Listen: "Century" (featuring Jarvis Cocker)

Gorillaz - Humanz Damon Albarn maintains a lot of projects. He has long been the frontman of Blur, has had an active solo career, and is the primary creator behind Gorillaz. Blur and Gorillaz were both fairly quiet in the first part of the decade. In 2015, he reunited with Blur to release The Magic Whip, their first album in over a decade. The return of Gorillaz was also long-promised. It's out now, only a relatively-short six years following their last output, and with a variety of features, ranging from Savages' Jehnny Beth to Vince Staples. Watch: "Andromeda" (featuring D.R.A.M.) Watch: "Ascension" (featuring Vince Staples)

Mary J. Blige - Strength of a Woman Blige's music has always reflected aspects of her personal life. Strength of a Woman is no different; it follows her 2016 divorce from Martin Isaacs. Also a consummate collaborator, her thirteenth album sees her working with a wide variety of contemporaries (Missy Elliott) and younger artists and producers (Jazmine Sullivan and Kaytranada). Watch: "Love Yourself" (featuring Kanye West) Listen: "U + Me (Love Lesson)"

Mew - Visuals Visuals is the seventh album from this Danish band, following 2015's + -. The album was written while the band was touring in promotion of that last record. The album is the first that the band has recorded following the departure of guitarist Bo Madsen. Even in his absence, the band manages to retain their distinctive prog-influenced sound. Watch: "Twist Quest" Watch: "85 Videos"

Sylvan Esso - What Now This duo of Mountain Man's Amelia Meath and Megafaun's Nick Sanborn released an incredible self-titled debut album in 2014. The success of the album shifted the focus of both members away from their other projects. Much of the time since their debut has been spent touring and recording together. They started releasing tracks for this follow-up back in September with the double single "Radio" and "Kick Jump Twist". Watch: "Kick Jump Twist" Watch: "Radio"

Other Full-Length Releases

BNQT - Vol. 1 Listen: "Mind of a Man" Listen: "Restart"

Cashmere Cat - 9 Watch: "Trust Nobody" (featuring Selena Gomez & Troy Lanez) Watch: "9 (After Coachella)" (featuring MØ & Sophie)

Colin Stetson - All This I Do for Glory Watch: "In the Clinches" Watch: "Spindrift"

JMSN - Whatever Makes You Happy Watch: "Where Do U Go" Listen: "Drinkin’"

Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle Watch: "Beehive" Listen: "Nocturne"

Morning Teleportation - Salivating for Symbiosis Watch: "Re-wiring Easily" Listen: "Calm Is Intention Devouring Its Frailty"

Thurston Moore - Rock ’n’ Roll Consciousness Watch: "Smoke of Dreams" Listen: "Cease Fire"

Wale - SHINE Watch: "Running Back" (featuring Lil Wayne) Watch: "Fashion Week" (featuring G-Eazy)

Willie Nelson - God’s Problem Child Watch: "He Won’t Ever Be Gone" Watch: "Old Timer"

Wilsen - I Go Missing in My Sleep Watch: "Centipede" Watch: "Garden"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Circle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Jonsí - "Simple Gifts" Listen: Danny Elfman - "Happy Little Robots"

Kweku Collins - grey Listen: "Lucky Ones"

Majid Jordan - "Phases" Watch: "Phases"

Ryan Adams - Prisoner B-Sides Listen: "Stop Talking" Listen: "What If We’re Wrong"

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live

Swans - The Great Annihilator Reissue Listen: "Killing for Company"

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection

New Music Tuesday - December 2, 2014

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New Full-Length Releases

The Grates - Dream Team I'm not completely sure how I heard of them, but The Grates have been a favorite of mine for a pretty long while. They are, however, an Australian band who hasn't quite seemed to have their stride stateside, so I've usually found out about new albums long after they actually came out. I got lucky on this go-around and managed to find out about this new release before it happened. Watch: "Holiday Home" Listen: "Call Me"

Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions For her thirteenth studio album, Blige continues on a trajectory started in 2013, when she collaborated on new versions of songs from Sam Smith and Disclosure. She traveled to England to write and record with the aforementioned musicians, as well as Naughty Boy, Emeli Sandé, and others. The result is still her, but has an undeniable influence from modern British house music. Watch: "Right Now" Watch: "Whole Damn Year"

She & Him - Classics She & Him seem to be out of the habit of naming albums for the number release it is in their discography. The title, though, still tells you exactly what you're getting. For their fifth album, they've recorded their own versions of classic songs. Watch: "Stay Awhile" Listen: "Time After Time"

Walk the Moon - Talking Is Hard This young Cincinnati-based band continues to get a lot of positive press going into their third album. They also continue to do what they do best, make infectious dance-tinged indie pop. It's exciting to see them doing so well. Watch: "Shut Up and Dance" Listen: "Different Colors"

Willie & Bobbie Nelson - December Day Another year, another Willie Nelson album, it's pretty much guaranteed at this point. For his latest, he pairs with his sister, Bobbie, who plays piano throughout the record. Nelson was inspired by jamming with his touring band, and those members are also present on the record. Watch: "Laws of Nature" Watch: "Summer of Roses"

Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow It's been a little while since we last heard from Wu-Tang as a whole, seven years since 8 Diagrams. This new one was announced as far back as 2012, but several members were unsure as to whether it would actually happen. Things seemed to be back on track last year, and now we have this new record whose message couldn't be more timely. Watch: "A Better Tomorrow" Listen: "Ruckus in B Minor"

Other New Releases

Circulatory System - Made a Sound PIAPTK is trying out something new, releasing singles which can be played either on a turntable or in a CD player. Their latest release in the project comes from Elephant 6 member Circulatory System. Listen: "It Never Made a Sound"

Leonard Cohen - Live in Dublin Even at 80-years-old, Cohen is still going strong, he released his thirteenth album, Popular Problems, earlier this year and it following that up with a new live album. Live in Dublin was recorded in September of last year at the O2 in Dublin. Listen: "So Long Marianne" Listen: "Save the Last Dance for Me"

Los Campesinos! - A Los Campesinos! Christmas It seems like Christmas albums are usually the domain of pop musicians, but it's becoming more and more common to see them from a broader variety of performers. English band Los Campesinos! is adding their own to the mix. The EP brings together a number of holiday songs the band has recorded over the past few years, along with a cover of Mud's "Lonely This Christmas." Listen: "When Christmas Comes" Listen: "Lonely This Christmas"

M. Ward - Transistor Radio Reissue M. Ward isn't letting his new album with Zooey Deschanel be his only release today, he is also reissuing his fourth studio album, which was originally released in 2005. Listen: "Lullaby + Exile" Listen: "You Still Believe in Me"

Nicole Atkins - Slow Phaser: Expanded Deluxe Edition Nicole Atkins released her third album back in February. The record's reissue comes with a set of live songs recorded at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. Watch: "Who Killed the Moonlight" Watch: "Girl You Look Amazing"

Pixies - Doolittle 25 Expanded Reissue To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their sophomore album, the Pixies have released a remastered and expanded version of the record. The reissue includes the original album, along with b-sides, a couple of John Peel sessions, and demos. Watch: "Debaser" Listen: "Hey"

Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain Deluxe Edition Songs: Ohia was a fairly-well-known but much-celebrated Ohio band fronted by the now-deceased Jason Molina. Didn't It Rain was their second-to-last album, originally released in 2002. This re-release comes with a second disc of demos. Listen: "Didn't It Rain" Listen: "Ring the Bell"

Sun Kil Moon - "The Possum" Mark Kozelek seems determined to make this a busy year for himself. He's already released an album under the name Sun Kil Moon, a live album under his own name, and a Christmas album. Now, for his final act for the year, he has a new single out. Listen: "The Possum"

Tall Tall Trees - The Seasonal EP Tall Tall Trees is the stage moniker for Mike Savino; and, while he plays banjo, produces a form of folk unlike anything I've ever heard. For his latest EP, he enlists the help of violinist Kishi Bashi, who lends vocals, production, and his own voice to the release. Listen: "Picture Picture" Listen: "How Did It Get Dark So Fast?"

Yo La Tengo - Extra Painful Yo La Tengo's sixth album, Painful, was originally released in 1993. This renamed reissue comes packaged with a bonus disc of live and demo versions of the album's tracks. Listen: "Nowhere Near" Listen: "Big Day Coming"