New Music Friday - June 20, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Surusinghe - i can’t remember the name of this, but that’s ok Watch: "Kinda Like That" (featuring Kassie Krut) Watch: "All Night"
	U.S. Girls - Scratch It Watch: "Bookends" Watch: "Like James Said"
	Yaya Bey - Do It Afraid Watch: "dream girl" Watch: "spin cycle"

Other Full-Length Releases

BAMBII - Infinity Club II Watch: "Mirror" (featuring Jessy Lanza & Yaeji) Listen: "Remember" (featuring Raven Lenae & Scruffier)

HAIM - I quit Watch: "Relationships" Watch: "Down to Be Wrong"

Matmos - Metallic Life Review Watch: "The Rust Belt" Watch: "Changing States"

S.G. Goodman - Painting by the Signs Watch: "Fire Sign" Watch: "Satellite"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

28 Years Later: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Young Fathers - ˚Remember" Listen: Young Fathers - "Mania"

The Buccaneers: Season 2: Original Series Soundtrack Listen: Suki Waterhouse - "Featherweight" Listen: Madi Diaz - "Something to Burn"

Ric Wilson - AMERICA RUNS ON DISCO Watch: "When Pigs Fly" (featuring Kiéla Adira & Crl Crrll) Listen: "America Runs on Disco" (with Nic Hanson)

SunYears - Spanner in the Works Listen: "Absolute Beginners" Listen: "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz"

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - CURSE Watch: "BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES" Listen: "CURSE"

New Music Friday - February 19, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Animal Collective - Painting With Animal Collective's tenth album has them returning to the smaller lineup they had for 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion; Deakin is again the member who sat out. The album comes after a short break in which members focused on other projects, both music- and life-related. They came back together last year to write and record this latest record. Watch: "FloriDada" Watch: "Golden Gal"

BJ the Chicago Kid - In My Mind BJ the Chicago Kid is Bryan James Sledge and he hails from, you guessed it, Chicago. He's been in the music industry for more than a decade and released his debut album, Pineapple Now-Laters, in 2012. His follow-up, and first album on Motown, sees him getting some help from fellow Chicago musician and budding taste-maker Chance The Rapper. Watch: "Nothin’ but Love" (featuring Joey Badass) Watch: "Church" (featuring Chance The Rapper)

Mavis Staples - Livin’ on a High Note Mavis Staples, a member of the famed Staples Singles gospel group, has enjoyed a bit of a career resurgence as of late with the help of a number of younger musicians. Her latest solo record features production from M. Ward and new songs written for Staples by Neko Case, Nick Cave, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArDs, and Aloe Blacc. Listen: "High Note" Listen: "Jesus Lay Down Beside Me"

Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light Need Your Light is the fourth album from this New York band. On it they are joined by an old collaborator, Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend. Ra Ra Riot frontman Wes Miles previously worked with Rostam in the band Discovery. He helped write and produce two of the album's tracks, the remaining were produced by Ryan Hadlock. Watch: "Foreign Lovers" Watch: "Water"

TEEN - Love Yes TEEN is made up of the Lieberson sisters, Kristina, Katherine, and Lizzie, along with Boshra AlSaadi. Kristina was previously the keyboardist for Here We Go Magic, but formed this band in 2010. This is their third album, written on the road and recorded shortly after their tour for 2014's The Way in Color. Watch: "Free Time" Listen: "Tokyo"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex Listen: "melody in high feedback tone" Listen: "liquid gate"

LNZNDRF - LNZNDRF Watch: "Future You" Listen: "Kind Things"

Lushlife - Ritualize Listen: "The Ecstatic Cult" (featuring Killer Mike) Listen: "Strawberry Mansion" (featuring Freeway)

Matmos - Ultimate Care II Watch: "Ultimate Care II Excerpt 3" Watch: "Ultimate Care II Excerpt Five"

Wild Nothing - Life of Pause Watch: "To Know You”/“TV Queen" Listen: "Reichpop"

Wolfmother - Victorious Watch: "Victorious" Watch: "Pretty Peggy"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel Reissue Listen: "A Ghost Story" Listen: "Recent Bedroom"

Girls, Vol. 3 (Music from the HBO Original Series) Listen: Waxahatchee - "With You" Listen: BØRNS - "Past Lives"

Good for You Listen: Courtney Barnett - "Three Packs a Day" Listen: Fraser A. Gorman - "Skyscraper Skyline Blues"

Iggy Pop, Tarwater, & Alva Noto - Leaves of Grass Listen: "From Pent-Up Aching Rivers"

Marching Church - Coming Down: Sessions in April Listen: "Coming Down"

The Soft Moon - Deeper Remixes Vol. 2 Listen: "Deeper" (Fango Remix) Listen: "Feel" (Ninos du Brasil Remix)

Sonic Youth - Murray Street Reissue Listen: "The Empty Page" Listen: "Disconnection Notice"

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Reissue Listen: "Reena" Listen: "Incinerate"

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse Reissue Listen: "Pattern Recognition" Listen: "Unmade Bed"

A Bigger Splash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: St. Vincent - "Emotional Rescue"

Stars Wars Headspace Listen: Flying Lotus - "R2 Where R U?" Listen: Röyksopp - "Bounty Hunters"

Yoko Ono - Yes, I’m a Witch Too Listen: "Forgive Me My Love" (Death Cab for Cutie Remix)

New Music Friday December 4, 2015

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Full-Length Releases

Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams Watch: "Adventure of a Lifetime" Watch: "Birds"

Deantoni Parks - Technoself Listen: "Our Shadows"

Leo Abrahams - Daylight Watch: "The Chain" Watch: "Halo Effect"

Matmos - Why Pay More

Pimp C - Long Live the Pimp Listen: "Friends" (featuring Nas & Juicy J) Listen: "3 Way Freak" (featuring Lil Wayne)

Plaitum - Plaitum Watch: "LMHY" Listen: "Carousel"

Rick Ross - Black Market Watch: "Sorry" (featuring Chris Brown) Listen: "D.O.P.E." (featuring Future)

Sunn O))) - Kannon Listen: "Kannon 2"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Bloodshot Six Pack to Go Listen: Deer Tick - "If I Should Fall Out of Grace with God"

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Reissue Listen: "The Ledge" Listen: "Tusk"

Johnny Cash - Live in Denmark 1971 Watch: "Sunday Morning Comin’ Down" Watch: "I Walk the Line"

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy Anniversary Edition Listen: "For Real" Listen: "So Come Back, I’m Waiting"

Phoenix - "Alone on Christmas Day" Listen: "Alone on Christmas Day" (featuring Bill Murray)

Polo - "Visions of Fortune" Listen: "Visions of Fortune"

Ringo Starr - Ringo Starr: The Lifetime of Peace & Love Tribute Concert Listen: Ben Folds - "Oh My My" Listen: The Head and the Heart - "Octopus’s Garden"

Swans - Love of Life Reissue Listen: "Love of Life" Listen: "God Loves America"

Swans - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity Reissue Listen: "Song for Dead Time" Listen: "Power and Sacrifice"

Them - The Complete Them Listen: "Gloria" (demo)