New Music Friday - June 2, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Juan Wauters - Wandering Rebel Watch: "Modus Operandi" (featuring Frankie Cosmos) Watch: "Milanesa al Pan" (featuring Zoe Gotusso)
	Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy Watch: "Down in the Willow Grove" (featuring Brandi Carlile) Watch: "Harvest" (featuring Andrew Bird & Chris Stills)
	The Saxophones - To Be a Cloud Watch: "Desert Flower" Watch: "Boy Crazy"
	Speakers Corner Quartet - Further Out Than the Edge Watch: "Geronimo Blues" (featuring Kae Tempest) Watch: "On Grounds" (featuring Coby Sey)
	Tanya Tucker - Sweet Western Sound Watch: "Kindness" Watch: "Breakfast in Birmingham" (featuring Brandi Carlile)

Other Full-Length Releases

Beach Fossils - Bunny Watch: "Don’t Fade Away" Watch: "Dare Me"

Ben Folds - What Matters Most Watch: "Exhausting Lover" Watch: "Winslow Gardens"

Bully - Lucky for You Watch: "Days Move Slow" Watch: "Hard to Love"

Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Watch: "The Glass" Watch: "The Teacher"

Jam City - Jam City Presents EFM Watch: "Times Square" (featuring Aidan) Watch: "Wild N Sweet" (featuring Empress Of)

Lost Under Heaven - Something Is Announced By Your Life! Watch: "Shadowboxing" Watch: "I Surrender"

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Council Skies Watch: "Easy Now" Watch: "Dead to the World"

Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert Watch: "Make Way" Watch: "Elimination Dances"

WITCH - Zango Watch: "Avalanche of Love" (featuring Sampa The Great) Listen: "Nshingilile" (featuring Keith Kabwe)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

American Nightmare - Dedicated to the Next World Listen: "SELF CHECK-OUT"

Bob Dylan - Shadow Kingdom Watch: "Forever Young" Listen: "Queen Jane Approximately"

Synthia - "So Low"/"You & I" Listen: "So Low" Listen: "You & I" (featuring MALLA)

Tom Waits - Closing Time Reissue Listen: "Ol’ 55" Listen: "Closing Time"

New Music Friday - April 22, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

A$AP Ferg - Always Strive and Prosper Along with A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg has become a pillar of the A$AP Mob collective. He released his debut album, Trap Lord, in 2013, following that up with a mixtape and a number of non-album singles since. His new album showcases the diversity of the current hip hop scene and his own style; at times recalling Kendrick Lamar's consciousness, at others the irreverence of Future. Watch: "Let It Bang" (featuring ScHoolboy Q) Watch: "New Level" (featuring Future)

Parakeet - KASA Parakeet is the side project of Yuck's Mariko Doi. She started the band 2011 with James L. Thomas of The History of Apple Pie. They released their first single way back in 2012, and have been steadily rolling them out since. KASA is their debut full-length. Listen: "Sugar Rush" Listen: "Summer Apathy"

Rufus Wainwright - Take All My Loves Wainwright's lyrics have always had a bit of a Shakespearean quality to them, it would only make sense for him to write music to accompany Shakespeare's work. Released with Deutsche Grammophon to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death, Wainwright sets nine of his sonnets to music. The album features a number of other artists, including: Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, Florence Welch, and his sister Martha. Watch: "A Woman’s Face Reprise" Watch: "When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes" (featuring Florence Welch)

Other Full-Length Releases

Andy Stott - Too Many Voices Watch: "Butterflies" Listen: "Selfish"

Guided By Voices - Please Be Honest Listen: "My Zodiac Companion" Listen: "Eye Shop Heaven"

We Are Scientists - Helter Skelter Watch: "Buckle" Watch: "Too Late"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Death from Above 1979 - Live at Third Man Records Listen: "Right On Frankenstein"

Patio - Luxury Listen: "Arbitrary Numbers"

Shugo Tokumaru - "Hikageno"/"Vektor" Watch: "Vektor"

New Music Tuesday - 03/04/2014

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New Full-Length Releases

The Men - Tomorrow's Hits The Men have been one of the most consistent bands during their fairly short tenure. They've released an album every year since the of the first record, Immaculada. Tomorrow's Hits is their fifth record in as many years.They're continuing their mix of punk and classic rock, but still introducing something new with every record. Watch: "Pearly Gates" Listen: "Settle Me Down"

Real Estate - Atlas Real Estate has always had a laid-back, beachy sound. While they maintain that aesthetic here, their third album sees them expanding their sound and lyrical content. I really came to love their 2011 album Days and can only hope that I love this record just as much! Watch: "Crime" Watch: "Talking Backwards"

Rick Ross - Mastermind While I've known who Rick Ross is for several years, I never really bothered to check his music out. However, he was featured on one my favorite albums from last year, Pusha T's My Name Is My Name. His verse on the track "Hold On" ended up being one of my favorite parts of the album; so I had to give his own work a listen. Mastermind is his sixth studio album. Watch: "War Ready" (featuring Jeezy) Watch: "Nobody" (featuring French Montana and Puff Daddy)

Roman Remains - Zeal In college, Duke Spirit became one of my favorite bands. Lead singer Leila Moss has a cool rocker-girl vibe and they seemed to serve as the perfect counter-part to all of the male-led indie bands we saw so much of. We haven't heard from that band since 2011's Bruiser, but Leila and bandmate Toby Butler emerged last year as Roman Remains with a less guitar-driven sound than their main act. This is their first full-length record. Watch: "This Stone Is Starting to Bleed" Listen: "Gazebo"

We Are Scientists - TV en Francais We Are Scientists are indie band out of California. Their music tends to take on a cheeky, silly vibe, but they prove themselves to be excellent musicians. TV en Francais is the band's fifth official studio album. Watch: "Dumb Luck" Watch: "Make It Easy"

Other New Releases

Divine Fits - Live at Third Man Records Jack White's Third Man Records seems to have become a requisite stopping point for many of today's hottest musicians. The label is almost constantly releasing live albums and singles recorded at their Nashville studio. The latest live release comes from my favorite indie supergroup, Divine Fits. They performed songs from their excellent debut album A Thing Called Divine Fits. Order: Third Man Records

Jagwar Ma - "Uncertainty" Jagwar Ma released a highly-regarded debut album, Howlin', in August of last year. I was a little late to their game, but have come to enjoy the record as well. The latest single and video are for the album track "Uncertainty." Watch: "Uncertainty"

Kimono Kult - Hiding in the Light EP Kimono Kult is a side project of John Frusciante (who will soon be releasing another solo record) and The Mars Volta's Omar Rodríguez-López. It's a brand new project from the musicians and this is their first release. Listen: "Todos Menos El Dolor" Listen: "La Cancion De Alejandra"

Lily Allen - "Air Balloon" Lily Allen is gearing up for the release of her third full-length album, Sheezus, in May. This is the third single released from the album, which sounds like it will be just as cheeky as her previous work. Watch: "Air Balloon"

Rufus Wainwright - Vibrate Rufus Wainwright is a part of the notable Wainwright/McGarrigle family of musicians, but has long established himself as a solo performer. This is a greatest hits album which compiles some of his more excellent work over the past twenty years of his career. Watch: "Vibrate" Watch: "Out of the Game"

St. Carolyn By Sea; Suite from There Will Be Blood Bryce Dessner of The National has really started to establish himself as a classical composer and performer. This split single sees him sharing the bill with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, who has also done some composing work, with five movie scores to his name so far. Listen: Johnny Greenwood - "Suite from There Will Be Blood"