New Music Friday - November 10, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Beirut - Hadsel Watch: "So Many Plans" Listen: "The Tern"
	Lila Blue - Sweet Pea Watch: "Sweet Pea" Watch: "Changeling"
	Wiki & Tony Seltzer - 14K Figaro Watch: "Numb" Watch: "Lilypad"

Other Full-Length Releases

Art Feynman - Be Good the Crazy Boys Watch: "All I Can Do" Watch: "Early Signs of Rhythm"

Cold War Kids - Cold War Kids Watch: "Run Away with Me" Watch: "Stray"

KC Rae - Think I’m Gonna Die Watch: "Bathroom Floor" Listen: "Don’t Make Me Laugh"

Pure Bathing Culture - Chalice Watch: "The River" Watch: "The Sun"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Adam Miller - Illusion Pool Watch: "Camera" Listen: "Illusion Pool"

Cat Power - Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert Listen: "Like a Rolling Stone" Listen: "Ballad of a Thin Man"

Daneshevskaya - Long Is the Tunnel Watch: "Big Bird" Watch: "Challenger Deep"

Fenne Lily - Big Picture (Expanded Edition) Watch: "Hollywood and Fear" Watch: "Pick"

The Halluci Nation - Path of the Heel Watch: "Tree of Woe" (featuring Damian Abraham) Listen: "The Eater of Worlds" (featuring Northern Cree)

New Order - Substance 1987 Remastered Listen: "Thieves Like Us" (12” Extended)

R.E.M. - Up (25th Anniversary Edition) Watch: "Daysleeper" (Party of Five Recording) Watch: "At My Most Beautiful"

Yo La Tengo - The Bunker Sessions Watch: "Sinatra Drive Breakdown" Listen: "Stockholm Syndrome"

New Music Friday - November 18, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

D∆WN - Redemption Dawn Richard left the made-on-TV band Danity Kane behind in 2009 (disregarding a short-lived reunion four years later), and embarked on a string of critically-acclaimed solo releases starting with 2013's Goldenheart. Redemption completes a trilogy started with that album; exploring a theme of self-realization. Listen: "Renegades" Listen: "Vines" (Interlude)

Justice - Woman The duo Justice became the poster boy for modern French house music when they released their debut album in 2007. Woman is their third album, following a five year break in new studio recordings. The album isn't much of a departure, their sound is still epic, with hard rock riffs, choirs, and industrial sounds. Watch: "Alakazam!" Watch: "Fire"

Pink Martini - Je Dis Oui! Pink Martini is a 20+ year-old music group whose sound is a combination of jazz, Latin, and pop. Known for featuring other prominent artists on their recordings, their seventh album has contributions from Ari Shapiro, Kathleen Saadat, and Rufus Wainwright. Listen: "Al Bint Al Shalabiya" Listen: "Joli garçon"

Other Full-Length Releases

2Leaves - Every Ocean Tells a Story Listen: "Napo" Listen: "Ene"

Cory Hanson - The Unborn Capitalist from Limbo Listen: "Ordinary People"

Floating Room - s u n l e s s Listen: "Fun" Listen: "Bed"

Split Single - Metal Frames Watch: "Blank Ribbons" Listen: "Leave My Mind"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Frankie Cosmos - Covers

Jay Som - Turn Into Reissue Watch: "Ghost" Listen: "Turn Into"

Jhené Aiko - "Maniac" Listen: "Maniac"

Lanikai - Lanikai Watch: "I’m Glad" Watch: "I Need Love"

Let All the Children Boogie: A Tribute to David Bowie Listen: Ted Leo - "Heroes" Listen: Antibalas - "Let’s Dance"

Lou Reed - Lou Reed - The RCA & Arista Album Collection, Vol. 1 Listen: "Perfect Day" Listen: "No Money Down"

PC Music - Volume 2 Watch: Danny L Harle - "Super Natural" (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen) Watch: Hannah Diamond - "Fade Away"

Pink Floyd - Animals Reissue Listen: "Dogs" Listen: "Sheep"

R.E.M. - Out of Time Reissue Listen: "Half a World Away" Listen: "Belong"

Sylvan Esso - "Radio" Watch: "Radio"

Thee Oh Sees - An Odd Entrances Listen: "Poem" Listen: "You Will Find It Here"

This Is the Kit - "Christmastime Is Here"/"La Peregrinacion" Listen: "Christmastime Is Here" Listen: "La Peregrinación"

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele Reissue Listen: "Hey Jupiter" Listen: "Little Amsterdam"

The Who - My Generation Super Deluxe Reissue Listen: "My Generation" Listen: "Baba O’Riley"

New Music Friday - July 29, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

NAO - For All We Know NAO is Neo Joshua, a soul and funk singer hailing from Nottingham, England. She studied jazz in college before going on to provide vocals for Kwabs and Jarvis Cocker. She also served as a member of The Boxettes, an a cappella group. She began her solo career in 2014, releasing an EP that neared the top of the British charts. For All We Know is her first full solo record. Watch: "Fool to Love" Watch: "Bad Blood"

Trim - 1-800 DINOSAUR Presents Trim The weirdly-named 1-800 DINOSAUR is James Blake's own music label. Though he specializes in electronic-tinged R&B, he's shown a great deal of love for hip-hop, both with his collaborations and the artists he signs to his label. Trim is one of his latest signees. Trim's been in the British rap game for over a decade, but this is his first proper album following a large number of mixtapes and EPs. Watch: "RPG" Listen: "Before I Lied"

True Neutral Crew - Soft Rules Daveed Diggs is a busy man. He just ended his run as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson on Hamilton, released a new album and EP with Clipping., and somehow found the time to also release this new album with his other group, True Neutral Crew. This is the first album with this band, following EPs released in 2013 and 2014. Listen: "Modern Art" Listen: "More a Kid"

Other Full-Length Releases

Owen - The King of Whys Listen: "Settled Down" Listen: "Lost"

Steve Adamyk Band - Graceland Listen: "Through My Fingers" Listen: "Carry On"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson and Friends Listen: "Fun Fun Fun" Listen: "Our Prayer"

Father John Misty - "Real Love Baby" Listen: "Real Love Baby"

The Land: Music from the Motion Picture Listen: Nas & Erykah Badu - "This Bitter Land" Listen: Pusha T & Jeremih - "Paid"

Massive Attack - "The Spoils"/"Come Near Me" Watch: "Come Near Me" (featuring Ghostpoet) Watch: "The Spoils" (featuring Hope Sandoval)

New Order - "People on the High Line" Listen: "People on the High Line"

R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office Reissue Watch: "Wolves, Lower" Listen: "Gardening at Night"

R.E.M. - Eponymous Reissue Listen: "Radio Free Europe" Listen: "Driver 8"

R.E.M. - Life’s Rich Pageant Reissue Listen: "I Believe" Listen: "Begin the Begin"

Ramones - Ramones Deluxe Edition Reissue Listen: "Blitzkrieg Bop" Listen: "Beat on the Brat"

Star Trek Beyond: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Watch: Rihanna - "Sledgehammer"

Titus Andronicus - S+@dium Rock: Five Nights at the Opera Watch: "69 Stones"