New Music Friday - August 30, 2024

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

	Big Sean - Better Me Than You Watch: "Yes" Watch: "Who You Are (Superstar)"
	Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal Listen: "DEATH ROLL" Listen: "BLOOM"
	Jónsi - First Light Listen: "Flicker" Listen: "Cherry Blossom"
	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Wild God Watch: "Long Dark Night" Watch: "O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)"
	Oceanator - Everything Is Love and Death Watch: "Get Out" Watch: "Drift Away" (featuring NNAMDÏ)

Other Full-Length Releases

The Bug Club - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System Watch: "Lonsdale Slipons" Watch: "A Bit Like James Bond"

Cal in Red - Low Low Watch: "Flagstaff" Watch: "She Won’t Say"

Jon Hopkins - RITUAL Watch: "part v – evocation" Watch: "part ii - palace / illusion"

Laurie Anderson - Amelia Listen: "India and on Down to Australia" (featuring ANOHNI) Listen: "Road to Mandalay"

Steve Wynn - Make It Right Watch: "Making Good on My Promises" Listen: "What Were You Expecting"

Tycho - Infinite Health Watch: "Phantom" Watch: "Green"

Zedd - Telos Watch: "Lucky" (featuring Remi Wolf) Watch: "1685" (featuring Muse)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Chelsea Wolfe - UNDONE Watch: "Tunnel Lights" (††† Remix) Watch: "Everything Turns Blue" (Justin K Broadrick Remix)

Guided by Voices - "I Am a Scientist"/"Tractor Rape Chain" Listen: "I Am a Scientist" Listen: "Tractor Rape Chain"

John Legend - My Favorite Dream Watch: "L-O-V-E" (featuring Chrissy, Luna, & Miles) Watch: "For You"

Kehlani - While We Wait 2 Watch: "When He’s Not There" (featuring Lucky Daye) Watch: "Clothes Off" (featuring KWN)

Oasis - Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Edition) Watch: "Columbia" (Sawmills Outtake) Watch: "Sad Song" (Mauldeth Road West Demo, Nov ‘92)

RZA - A Ballet Through Mud Listen: "The Night Dances When You Least Expect It" Listen: "Aeolian Beauty"

Ty Segall - Love Rudiments Watch: "The Dance" Watch: "Honeymoon"

Wings of Desire - Shut Up & Listen Watch: "OUTTAMYMIND" Watch: "Some Old Place I Used to Know"

Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London Watch: "Rain Can’t Reach Us" Watch: "Walk Through Fire" (featuring Tony Allen)

New Music Friday - August 6, 2021

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

	Abstract Mindset - Dreams Still Inspire Watch: "A Wise Tale" Listen: "I Feel Good"
	Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson Watch: "State" Listen: "Don’t Think About Me"
	LION BABE - Rainbow Child Watch: "Rainbows" (featuring Ghostface Killah) Watch: "Get Up" (featuring Trinidad James)
	Nas - King’s Disease II Watch: "Rare" Listen: "EPMD 2" (featuring Eminem & EPMD)
	Tinashe - 333 Watch: "Pasadena" (with Buddy) Watch: "Bouncin"

Other Full-Length Releases

Damon & Naomi - A Sky Record Watch: "The Aftertime" Listen: "Sailing By" (with Kurihara)

Foxing - Draw Down the Moon Watch: "Go Down Together" Watch: "Where the Lightning Strikes Twice"

Kississippi - Mood Ring Watch: "Big Dipper" Watch: "Moonover"

Liars - The Apple Drop Watch: "Sekwar" Watch: "Big Appetite"

RZA - RZA vs Bobby Digital Watch: "Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater" (with DJ Scratch)

Ty Segall - Harmonizer Listen: "Harmonizer" Listen: "Whisper"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone Listen: Gregory Alan Isakov - "Salt and the Sea" Listen: The Lumineers - "Caves"

Benét - Game Over! Watch: "Shoot Your Shot" Watch: "Plz"

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary Edition Watch: "Cosmic Empire" (Day 2 Demo / Take 1) Watch: "Isn’t It a Pity" (Take 27)

Homeboy Sandman - Angelitu Watch: "Go Hard" Watch: "Conjugal Visit to the Prison State of Mind"

Khruangbin - Mordechai Remixes Watch: "Pelota" (Cut a Rug Mix) Listen: "Time (You and I)" (Put a Smile on DJ's Face Mix)

Little Dragon - New Me, Same Us Listen: "Hold On" (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix) Listen: "Hold On" (Ela Minus Remix)

METZ - Live at the Opera House Watch: "Pulse" Watch: "A Boat to Drown in"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending August 26)

It was my 30th birthday this weekend, on Friday to be exact. My weekend has been filled with good friends, celebrations, and the impending dread that life is pretty much over (just kidding). I've been blessed to have a pretty good life, and to have a few dedicated readers of this blog. To those of you out there reading this, I thank you, and remind you to check out my Upcoming Releases page!

This week, the RZA announced a new album, Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues.

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Though not billed as a Wu-Tang Clan album, many members of the legendary hip hop group will appear on the record. As a group, they released their last widely-available album, A Better Tomorrow, in 2014. They did follow that up in 2015 with Once Upon a Time in Shoalin, but only released one copy of the album and sold it ’to the highest bidder.

That album saw them become mired in a controversy not of their own making because that buyer was the much-beloved [*sarcasm*] Martin Shkreli. The band placed 88-year commercial ban on the record (not all members were on board with that decision). With that ban coming to an end in 2103, it's unlikely any of us will ever hear the record.

The new album was announced on Friday along with a new track, "People Say".



Also announced this week:

Beck - Colors (October 13)
The Jet Age of Tomorrow - God’s Poop or Clouds? (September 15)
Karl Blau - Out Her Space (November 17)
King Krule - “Czech One” (out now)
Lindstrøm - It’s Alright Between Us As It Is (October 20)
Morrissey - Low in High School (November 17)
Quiet Slang - We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags (October 20)
Stars - There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light (October 13)
Syd - Always Never Home (September 8)
Wiki - No Mountains in Manhattan (out now)
William Patrick Corgan - Ogilala (October 13)