New Music Friday - December 3, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Arca - KICK ii Watch: "Born Yesterday" (featuring Sia) Watch: "Prada”/“Rakata"
	Marissa Paternoster - Peace Meter Watch: "White Dove" Watch: "I Lost You"
	Pile of Love - Pile of Love Listen: "Those Things" Listen: "The Ride"
	Tom Morello - The Atlas Underground Flood Watch: "Warrior Spirit" (featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela) Watch: "The Lost Cause" (featuring Manchester Orchestra)

Other Full-Length Releases

Arca - KicK iii Watch: "Electra Rex" Listen: "Bruja"

Arca - kick iiii Listen: "Whoresong" Listen: "Lost Woman Found"

Arca - kiCK iiiii Listen: "Tierno" Listen: "Sanctuary" (featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto)

Failure - Wild Type Droid Watch: "Submarines" Watch: "Headstand"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Boss - "Cash ‘Em In"/"Red Signal" Listen: "Cash ‘Em In" Listen: "Red Signal"

Chastity Belt - "Fake"/"Fear" Watch: "Fear" Watch: "Fake"

Cults - Cults Vinyl Reissue Listen: "Beach Ball" Listen: "Bad Things"

Hilary Woods - Feral Hymns Listen: "I" Listen: "IV"

Khalid - Scenic Drive Watch: "Present" Watch: "Scenic Drive"

Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (Blu-Ray Edition) Watch: "Tales from the Trash Stratum" (with Elizabeth Fraser) Watch: "Lost but Never Alone"

Rostam - Changephobia Remixes: Part I + II Watch: "From the Back of a Cab" (Ben Böhmer Remix) Listen: "4Runner" (Backyard Version)

Tierra Whack - Rap? Watch: "Meagan Good" Watch: "Millions"

West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Kali Uchis & Ozuna - "Another Day in America"

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation Deluxe Edition Listen: "Goodbye Again" (Live on XMU) Listen: "Posters"

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 1, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer Josh Tillman has been a very prolific artist since starting his career in 2004, with 12 album both under the name J. Tillman and under his newer moniker, Father John Misty. He's followed up his last record, 2017's Pure Comedy, fairly quickly, with an album he jokingly referred to as its Pure Comedy 2 while touring for the previous record. Watch: "Mr. Tillman" Watch: "Date Night"

LUMP - LUMP LUMP is the latest record from the spectacular Laura Marling, partnering with Mike Lindsay of TUNNG. It's a short, but sweet album. Vocally, the record is similar to her solo work, but Lindsay's involvement lends a different instrumentation to her sound. Watch: "Curse of the Contemporary" Watch: "May I Be the Light"

Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past Prass scrapped the initial follow-up to her 2015 self-titled debut following the 2016 election. A different record came out of her frustration with the results. She channels those frustrations into an R&B-inflected record that calls for unity in these times. Watch: "Short Court Style" Watch: "The Fire"

Neko Case - Hell-On Only Neko Case could make me look beyond the worst album art I've seen this year (I'm sorry Neko, though I still love you). She is as masterful as ever on her seventh album, showcasing the sounds she's developed both as a solo artist and with The New Pornographers, as well as introducing some new ideas. Watch: "Last Lion of Albion" Watch: "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" (featuring Mark Lanegan)

The Saxophones - Songs of The Saxophones The Saxophones are the husband-wife duo of Alexi Erenkov and Alison Alderdice. They've released a series of short EPs together over the past couple of year, this is their first studio album. Watch: "Mysteries Revealed" Listen: "Picture"

Other Full-Length Releases

Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge - The Midnight Hour Listen: "Black Beacon" Listen: "Better Endeavor"

Juliana Daugherty - Light Listen: "Light" Listen: "Sweetheart"

Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of Watch: "Black Snow" Watch: "The Station"

Phil Cook - PEOPLE ARE MY DRUG Watch: "Miles Away" (featuring Amelia Meath) Listen: "Steampowered Blues"

Richard Edwards - Verdugo Watch: "Minefield" Listen: "Beekeeper"

Roger Daltrey - As Long As I Have You Watch: "As Long As I Have You" Listen: "I’ve Got Your Love"

Sam Evian - You, Forever Watch: "IDGAF" Watch: "You, Forever"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Cold Cave - You & Me & Infinity EP Watch: "You & Me & Infinity" Listen: "My Heart Is Immortal"

The Flaming Lips - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Watch: "The Captain" Watch: "Do You Realize??"

Mazzy Star - Still Watch: "Quiet, the Winter Harbor" Listen: "Still"

Paul Simon - Graceland - The Remixes Listen: "Graceland" (MK & KC Lights Remix) Listen: "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" (Thievery Corporation Remix)