New Music Friday - October 30, 2020

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Ariana Grande - positions positions is the sixth album from Grande, and her third in just over two years. The new album, which is primarily focused on the theme of sex, features contributions from the Weeknd, Doja Cat, and Ty Dolla $ign. Watch: "positions" Watch: "34+35"

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full This is an interesting combination, Thou's sludge metal meeting ERR's ambient folk. Together, they present something beyond just Thou with a different lead singer, but a new style that combines them both and brings in elements of 90s-era alternative rock. Listen: "Ancestral Recall" Listen: "The Valley"

Mourn - Self Worth This has been a pretty good year for female-led indie rock out of Spain. We got a new album from Melenas in May and one from Hinds in June. Now, Catalonian Mourn is releasing their fourth album, following 2018's Sorpresa Familia. Watch: "This Feeling Is Disgusting" Watch: "Men"

Sam Smith - Love Goes Smith's follow-up to 2017's The Thrill of It All was originally supposed to be released in June, but COVID changed a lot of album release plans. Now, they are releasing the record with a new title and new cover art, but still a record that aims to drive them away from the ballad-driven work of prior records and in more of a pop-focused direction. Watch: "How Do You Sleep?" Watch: "Dancing with a Stranger" (featuring Normani)

War on Women - Wonderful Hell War on Women is a band about as political as one may assume from their name. They often tackle subjects like abortion, rape, and misogyny. Wonderful Hell is their third album, released in what may be a turning point of a year relative to women's rights. Watch: "Wonderful Hell" Watch: "White Lies"

Other Full-Length Releases

Autechre - PLUS Listen: "DekDre Scap B" Listen: "ecol4"

Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface Watch: "We Are All Cowards Now" Watch: "Hetty O’Hara Confidential"

Jim-E Stack - EPHEMERA Watch: "Note to Self" (featuring Empress Of) Watch: "Can We" (featuring Kacy Hill)

MadeInTYO - Never Forgotten Watch: "BET Uncut" (featuring Chance The Rapper & Smino) Listen: "Money Up" (featuring Toro Y Moi)

Nothing - The Great Dismal Watch: "Say Less" Watch: "Bernie Sanders"

Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Watch: "Long Road Home" Listen: "Auto & Allo"

Puscifer - Existential Reckoning Watch: "Apocalyptical" Watch: "Theorem"

Sinai Vessel - Ground Aswim Watch: "Shameplant" Watch: "Guest in Your Life"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 1.: The Early Years (1963 to 1967) Watch: "House of the Rising Sun" Watch: "Urge for Going"

Okkervil River - A Dream in the Dark: Two Decades of Okkervil River

OutKast - Stankonia 20th Anniversary Reissue Watch: "B.O.B." Watch: "So Fresh, So Clean"

Stevie Nicks - Live in Concert: The 24 Karat Gold Tour Watch: "Gypsy" Watch: "Rhiannon"

Suuns - FICTION Watch: "Pray" Watch: "FICTION"

Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences (Alternate Versions) Watch: "Lie Like You Want Me Back" Watch: "My Palms Are Your Reference to Hold to Your Heart"

New Music Friday - June 15, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Buddy Guy - The Blues Is Alive and Well At 82, Buddy Guy is proving that it's not just the blues that is alive and well. This is 18th album from the legendary blues man, coming just three years after the Grammy-winning Born to Play Guitar. Listen: "Cognac" (featuring Jeff Beck & Keith Richards) Listen: "You Did the Crime" (featuring Mick Jagger)

Christina Aguilera - Liberation Aguilera was a ubiquitous figure in late '90s and early 2000s pop. She's taken a bit of a break since 2012's Lotus, focusing on her television duties (hosting and acting). She's back with her eighth album, with features from Demi Lovato, GoldLink, Ty Dolla $ign, and 2 Chainz. Watch: "Fall in Line" (featuring Demi Lovato) Watch: "Accelerate" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign, & 2 Chainz)

MOURN - Sorpresa Familia MOURN is a four-piece from Barcelona, Spain. Sorpresa Familia is their third album and follows 2014's Ha, Ha, He!. The album covers a recent difficult time for the band, during which they made mismanagement  accusations towards their previous label. Thankfully, they were able to get out and continue making music! Watch: "Fun at the Geysers" Watch: "Barcelona City Tour"

serpentwithfeet - soil This is the first album from serpentwithfeet, following his 2016 EP blisters. His music is hard to perfectly categorize. He started with a desire to become a classical singer, but fell into neo-soul scenes in Philadelphia. His classical leanings are still prevalent in his style, but with more contemporary instrumentation and more than a little experimentation. Watch: "bless ur heart" Watch: "cherubim"

SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES SOPHIE is a Scottish musician and producer. She has produced for a wide variety of pop musicians including MØ, Charli XCX, and Madonna, as well as Let's Eat Grandma, Vince Staples, and Cashmere Cat. She's also been an active artist in her own right with a number of singles over the past few years. This is her first studio album. Watch: "Faceshopping" Listen: "Immaterial"

Other Full-Length Releases

Arthur Buck - Arthur Buck Watch: "I Am the Moment" Watch: "Are You Electrified?"

Chromeo - Head Over Heels Watch: "Must’ve Been" (featuring DRAM) Watch: "Juice"

Jay Rock - Redemption Watch: "The Bloodiest" Watch: "WIN"

John Parish - Bird Dog Dante Listen: "Sorry for Your Loss" (featuring PJ Harvey) Listen: "Rachel" (featuring Aldous Harding)

Johnny Marr - Call the Comet Watch: "Hi Hello" Listen: "Rise"

Kevin Krauter - Toss Up Watch: "Keep Falling in Love" Listen: "Rollerskate"

Matty - Déjàvu Listen: "Clear" Listen: "Déjàvu"

Melody’s Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage Watch: "Breathe In, Breathe Out" Watch: "Desert Horse"

Nas - NASIR Listen: "Adam and Eve" Listen: "Bonjour"

Palberta - Roach Goin’ Down Listen: "Roach Goin’ Down" Listen: "Ziddy"

R+R=NOW - Colagically Speaking Listen: "Colors in the Dark" Listen: "Change of Tone"

stuart A. staples - Arrythmia Watch: "A New Real" Watch: "Memories of Love"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Fucked Up - High Rise 7” Listen: "High Rise"

The Gaslight Anthem - The ’59 Sound Sessions Listen: "The ’59 Sound" Listen: "Placeholder"

The Killers - Career Box Watch: "Somebody Told Me" Watch: "The Man"

Protomartyr - Consolation E.P. Watch: "Wheel of Fortune" (featuring Kelley Deal) Listen: "You Always Win" (featuring Kelley Deal)

The Rolling Stones - Studio Albums Collection 1971 - 2016 Listen: "Brown Sugar" Listen: "Blue and Lonesome"

S&S Presents: Dreams Watch: Yumi Zouma - "France (Grand Boulevards)" Watch: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - "Yugoslavia"

Trentemøller - The Last Resort Reissue Watch: "Take Me into Your Skin" Watch: "Vamp"

Uncle Drew: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Watch: A$AP Ferg - "Harlem Anthem" Listen: A$AP Rocky, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage - "Cocky" (featuring London On Da Track)

New Music Friday - June 3, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House After the release of their excellent self-titled debut album in 2011, it seemed Faris Badwan had forgotten about his side project with Rachel Zeffira. In the time since, he refocused on his main band, The Horrors, and released two albums with them. Last year, the duo released a soundtrack for the film The Duke of Burgundy. That seemed to bring them back to life; just over a year after the soundtrack, they're back again with their sophomore album. Watch: "Drag" Watch: "Chameleon"

The Kills - Ash & Ice I thought The Kills had been forgotten by their members as well. Their last album was Blood Pressures, released in 2011. Following that album, vocalist Alison Mosshart returned to her side project, The Dead Weather, and released Dodge & Burn last year. Not long after, she got back with Jamie Hince for The Kills' fifth album; two welcome returns in two years! Watch: "Siberian Nights" Watch: "Heart of a Dog"

Ladyhawke - Wild Things Ladyhawke's Pip Brown has been performing for 15 years, but has taken time between each album's release; with only three over her career. Her last record was 2012's Anxiety. Her third album doesn't follow four years of idleness for the artist. She had recorded a collection of darker songs, but felt it didn't reflect her. She went back to the drawing board with producer Tommy English to lighten things up. Watch: "A Love Song" Watch: "Sweet Fascination"

Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger Paul Simon has been at it for almost six decades and has never shown any signs of slowing down. His latest follows 2011's So Beautiful or So What. The album sees Simon experimenting a bit; using new tools and working with new collaborators. He recorded three songs on the record with Italian electronic producer Clap! Clap! Not many artists in their 70s are willing to try something new, but Simon's willingness to experiment earned him another acclaimed record. Watch: "Wristband" Listen: "Cool Papa Bell"

Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death Following an 18-year career, Tegan and Sara scored their highest-charting album with Heartthrob in 2013. Now, they are in the unenviable position of following that up. They do so by proving that they can still produce some of the greatest pop songs of this generation. With an obvious call-back to 80s synthpop on many of the album's tracks, they even manage to make a sometimes grating style of music appealing! Watch: "100x" Watch: "Boyfriend"

Other Full-Length Releases

Amber Arcades - Fading Lines Watch: "Right Now" Watch: "Fading Lines"

And the Kids - Friends Share Lovers Listen: "Kick Rocks" Listen: "Friends Share Lovers"

Classixx - Faraway Reach Watch: "Whatever I Want" (featuring T-Pain) Listen: "Just Let Go" (featuring How to Dress Well)

Erin Tobey - Middlemaze Listen: "Work it Out" Listen: "All Over the World"

Fear of Men - Fall Forever Watch: "Trauma" Watch: "Island"

Kino Kimino - Bait Is for Sissies Watch: "Passion" Watch: "Rosy Rudiger"

Minor Victories - Minor Victories Watch: "Breaking My Light" Watch: "Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)"

Moonface & Siinai - My Best Human Face Watch: "Risto’s Riff" Listen: "Them Call Themselves Old Punks"

Mourn - Ha, Ha, He. Listen: "Evil Dead" Listen: "Storyteller"

Psychic Ills - Inner Journey Out Listen: "Another Change" Listen: "I Don’t Mind" (featuring Hope Sandoval)

Saqqara Mastabas - Libras Listen: "Uto on the Upswing" Listen: "Smoking in the Mountain, Embalming in the Valley"

Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Line Watch: "Park Bench Smile" Watch: "Ancient Jules"

Whitney - Light Upon the Lake Watch: "Golden Days" Watch: "No Woman"

William Tyler - Modern Country Listen: "Kingdom of Jones" Listen: "Sunken Garden"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Bishop Nehru - Magic 19 Watch: "It’s Whateva" Listen: "$acred Visions"

Charge It to the Game - Urban Hall of Fame Watch: "Bite Me" (featuring Hemlock Ernst) Listen: "Andale"

David Bowie - A Reality Tour Reissue Watch: "Rebel Rebel" Watch: "Heroes"

Mac Miller - Best Day Ever Reissue Watch: "Best Day Ever" Watch: "Senior Skip Day"

Madeline Kenney - Signals Watch: "Tricky Way" Listen: "Signals"

Me Before You: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Jessie Ware - "Till the End" Listen: Imagine Dragons - "Not Today"

Naomi Pilgrim - Sink Like a Stone Watch: "No Gun" Listen: "I Wonder"

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Reissue Listen: "Astronomy Domine" Listen: "Lucifer Sam"

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets Reissue Listen: "A Saucerful of Secrets" Listen: "Let There Be More Light"

Pink Floyd - More Reissue Listen: "Cirrus Minor" Listen: "The Nile Song"

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Reissue Listen: "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" Listen: "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"

Refugee Listen: Bonnie “Prince” Billy - "Most People" Listen: Jenny Lysander - "The Horn Still Blows"

Songs of Summer Listen: The Mountain Goats - "Summer" Listen: Baio - "Don’t Fight Fate"

Speedy Ortiz - Foiled Again Listen: "Death Note" Listen: "Emma O"

Vic Mensa - There’s a Lot Going On Watch: "There’s a Lot Going On" Listen: "Danger"