New Music Friday - August 12, 2022

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes Watch: "No Gold Teeth" Watch: "Because"
	Megan Thee Stallion - Traumazine Watch: "Budget" (featuring Latto) Watch: "Sweetest Pie" (featuring Dua Lipa)
	Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset Watch: "Go On" Watch: "Edge of the Edge"
	Rat Tally - In My Car Watch: "Longshot" Listen: "In My Car"
	Sylvan Esso - No Rules Sandy Watch: "Didn’t Care" Watch: "Your Reality"

Other Full-Length Releases

Doll Spirit Vessel - What Stays Watch: "What Stays" Watch: "Something Small"

Hudson Mohawke - Cry Sugar Watch: "Stump" Watch: "Bicstan"

Kasabian - The Alchemist’s Euphoria Watch: "SCRIPTVRE" Watch: "CHEMICALS"

Kiwi Jr. - Chopper Watch: "Night Vision" Watch: "Unspeakable Things"

OSEES - A Foul Form Watch: "Funeral Solution" Watch: "Perm Act"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

After Dark 4 Watch: Sally Shapiro - "Purple Colored Sky" Listen: WOL†RAM - "Sad Ibiza Song"

Alicia Keys - KEYS II Watch: "Come for Me" (Unlocked) (featuring Khalid & Lucky Daye) Watch: "Trillions" (featuring Brent Faiyaz)

Bella Poarch - Dolls Watch: "Dolls" Watch: "Living Hell"

Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex Anniversary Reissue Listen: "Apocalypse" Listen: "Crush"

Danny Elfman - Bigger. Messier Watch: "Kick Me" (with Iggy Pop) Watch: "In Time" (featuring Blixa Bargeld)

MØ - Motordrome (The Dødsdrom Edition) Watch: "Spaceman" Watch: "New Moon"

Omar Apollo - Ivory (Marfil) Watch: "Pretty Boy" Watch: "Saving All My Love"

Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted 30th Anniversary Edition Listen: "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" Listen: "In the Mouth a Desert"

The Streets - Brexit at Tiffany’s Watch: "Brexit at Tiffany’s" (featuring Jazz Morley) Listen: "3 Minutes to Midnight"

New Music Friday - July 28, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Arcade Fire - Everything Now Arcade Fire had a very interesting roll-out for their fifth album. Song titles were announced as anagrams on Twitter in June, they launched a Stereogum-spoof site, Stereoyum (which probably had more to do with the site's less-than-glowing reviews of their new songs), and released a pop-up video style video with clearly fake facts about the band for the track "Creature Comfort". It even involved fake news articles about the band. It all overshadowed the album itself, which would have benefitted from greater focus. Watch: "Electric Blue" Watch: "Signs of Life"

Vic Mensa - The Autobiography Despite having a career spanning eight years, The Autobiography is the first LP from this talented Chicago-based rapper. He does have a number of mixtapes and EPs under his belt; most recently, The Manuscript. As is the case with most hip hop records, there are number of featured artists on the record, including Pusha T, Pharrell Williams, and even Weezer. Watch: "Rage" Watch: "OMG" (featuring Pusha T)

Other Full-Length Releases

Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface Watch: "The Alien" Watch: "The Gold"

Mappe Of - A Northern Star, a Perfect Stone Listen: "Cavern’s Dark" Listen: "Nimbin"

Sweet Apple - Sing the Night in Sorrow Watch: "World I’m Gonna Leave You" (featuring Mark Lanegan & Robert Pollard)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Afghan Whigs - "You Want Love" Listen: "You Want Love" (featuring James Hall)

Ben Frost - Threshold of Faith EP Watch: "Threshold of Faith" Listen: "The Beat Don’t Die in Bingo Town"

Ben Gibbard - Bandwagonesque Watch: "The Concept" Watch: "Metal Baby"

Cage the Elephant - Unpeeled Watch: "Trouble" Watch: "Punchin’ Bag"

Detroit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: The Roots - "It Ain’t Fair" (featuring Bilal)

Elvis Presley - A Boy from Tupelo Listen: "Harbor Lights" (Takes 5 -  8)

Margo Price - Weakness EP Watch: "Weakness" Listen: "Just Like Love"

Sylvan Esso - Echo Mountain Sessions Watch: "Radio" Watch: "The Glow"

Ty Segall - Fried Shallots Listen: "Is It Real" Listen: "Big Man"

New Music Friday - April 28, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Feist - Pleasure It's been six years since the release Feist's previous record, Metals, and it's seemed like a long wait. She started promoting this record with cryptic posts on Instagram in March, referencing the album's title and lead single. The album was recorded with Mocky and Renaud Letang, and features a contribution from Jarvis Cocker (formerly of Pulp). Watch: "Pleasure" Listen: "Century" (featuring Jarvis Cocker)

Gorillaz - Humanz Damon Albarn maintains a lot of projects. He has long been the frontman of Blur, has had an active solo career, and is the primary creator behind Gorillaz. Blur and Gorillaz were both fairly quiet in the first part of the decade. In 2015, he reunited with Blur to release The Magic Whip, their first album in over a decade. The return of Gorillaz was also long-promised. It's out now, only a relatively-short six years following their last output, and with a variety of features, ranging from Savages' Jehnny Beth to Vince Staples. Watch: "Andromeda" (featuring D.R.A.M.) Watch: "Ascension" (featuring Vince Staples)

Mary J. Blige - Strength of a Woman Blige's music has always reflected aspects of her personal life. Strength of a Woman is no different; it follows her 2016 divorce from Martin Isaacs. Also a consummate collaborator, her thirteenth album sees her working with a wide variety of contemporaries (Missy Elliott) and younger artists and producers (Jazmine Sullivan and Kaytranada). Watch: "Love Yourself" (featuring Kanye West) Listen: "U + Me (Love Lesson)"

Mew - Visuals Visuals is the seventh album from this Danish band, following 2015's + -. The album was written while the band was touring in promotion of that last record. The album is the first that the band has recorded following the departure of guitarist Bo Madsen. Even in his absence, the band manages to retain their distinctive prog-influenced sound. Watch: "Twist Quest" Watch: "85 Videos"

Sylvan Esso - What Now This duo of Mountain Man's Amelia Meath and Megafaun's Nick Sanborn released an incredible self-titled debut album in 2014. The success of the album shifted the focus of both members away from their other projects. Much of the time since their debut has been spent touring and recording together. They started releasing tracks for this follow-up back in September with the double single "Radio" and "Kick Jump Twist". Watch: "Kick Jump Twist" Watch: "Radio"

Other Full-Length Releases

BNQT - Vol. 1 Listen: "Mind of a Man" Listen: "Restart"

Cashmere Cat - 9 Watch: "Trust Nobody" (featuring Selena Gomez & Troy Lanez) Watch: "9 (After Coachella)" (featuring MØ & Sophie)

Colin Stetson - All This I Do for Glory Watch: "In the Clinches" Watch: "Spindrift"

JMSN - Whatever Makes You Happy Watch: "Where Do U Go" Listen: "Drinkin’"

Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle Watch: "Beehive" Listen: "Nocturne"

Morning Teleportation - Salivating for Symbiosis Watch: "Re-wiring Easily" Listen: "Calm Is Intention Devouring Its Frailty"

Thurston Moore - Rock ’n’ Roll Consciousness Watch: "Smoke of Dreams" Listen: "Cease Fire"

Wale - SHINE Watch: "Running Back" (featuring Lil Wayne) Watch: "Fashion Week" (featuring G-Eazy)

Willie Nelson - God’s Problem Child Watch: "He Won’t Ever Be Gone" Watch: "Old Timer"

Wilsen - I Go Missing in My Sleep Watch: "Centipede" Watch: "Garden"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Circle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Jonsí - "Simple Gifts" Listen: Danny Elfman - "Happy Little Robots"

Kweku Collins - grey Listen: "Lucky Ones"

Majid Jordan - "Phases" Watch: "Phases"

Ryan Adams - Prisoner B-Sides Listen: "Stop Talking" Listen: "What If We’re Wrong"

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live

Swans - The Great Annihilator Reissue Listen: "Killing for Company"

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection