New Music Friday - April 19, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Cadence Weapon - ROLLERCOASTER Watch: "Press Eject" (featuring Grandtheft) Watch: "Exceptional" (featuring Jacques Greene)
	claire rousay - sentiment Listen: "head" Listen: "ily2" (fearing Hand Habits)
	Glen Campbell - Duets – Ghost on the Canvas Sessions Watch: "The Long Walk Home" (with Hope Sandoval) Watch: "Hold on Hope" (with Eric Church)
	Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Watch: "Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone) Watch: "The Tortured Poets Department"

Other Full-Length Releases

Brainstory - Sounds Good Watch: "Hanging On" Listen: "Nobody but You"

Cloud Nothings - Final Summer Watch: "Running Through the Campus" Watch: "I’d Get Along"

Local Natives - But I’ll Wait for You Watch: "April" Watch: "But I’ll Wait for You"

Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow Watch: "Gone" Watch: "Like a Lesson"

T Bone Burnett - The Other Side Watch: "Waiting for You" (featuring Lucius) Listen: "Sometimes I Wonder" (featuring Weyes Blood)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Eno Soundtrack Watch: Brian Eno - "All I Remember" Listen: Bria Eno - "Lighthouse #429"

Live on Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers Listen: Wilco - "Space Oddity" Listen: Tyler Childers - "Going Home"

New Music Friday - July 7, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Aluna - MYCELiUM Watch: "Oh the Glamour" (with Eden Prince, Pabllo Vittar, & MNEK) Watch: "Running Blind" (with Tchami & Karen Lomax)
	ANOHNI & The Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Watch: "It Must Change" Watch: "Sliver of Ice"
	PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying Watch: "A Child’s Question, August" Watch: "I Inside the Old I Dying"
	Tony Allen - Tony Allen JID018 Listen: "Don't Believe the Dancers" Listen: "Lagos"

Other Full-Length Releases

Gus Dapperton - HENGE Watch: "Don’t Let Me Down" (with BENEE) Watch: "Homebody"

Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings Watch: "Summer Glass" Watch: "The Greater Wings"

Little Dragon - Slugs of Love Watch: "Kenneth" Watch: "Slugs of Love"

Local Natives - Time Will Wait for No One Watch: "NYE" Watch: "Paradise"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Endless Colored Ways — The Songs of Nick Drake Watch: Fontaines D.C. - "Cello Song" Watch: Let’s Eat Grandma - "From the Morning"

Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) Watch: "Speak Now" Watch: "I Can See You"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending September 19)

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This was a fairly quiet week for new album announcements; perhaps getting towards the end of year and the massive number of releases set in the coming weeks has slowed down any mention of planned new music. There is one that stands out, due to both the artist's talent and the novelty of what he is doing. Ryan Adams officially announced the release of his full album cover of Taylor Swift's 1989.

stereogum.com

Adams announced his intention to record and release this covers album in early August and has shared a few snippets from the studio in the time since. Still, it didn't feel like something that would actually happen. Sure, covers are nothing new; there are even artists who have released entire albums of covers dedicated to a single artist (see: the bird and the bee's Interpreting the Masters). It seems new for one prominent artist to dedicate themselves to covering the entire album of another prominent artist.

It seems the perfect topper for Adams' prolific run over the past couple of years (though I'm sure he'll keep going), and validation for Swift's songwriting, considering Adams himself has long been regarded as an excellent songwriter.

Ryan Adams' 1989 will be released on Monday!

Also announced this week:

A-Trak - “We All Fall Down” (October 2)
Arcade Fire - “Get Right”/“Crucified Again” (September 25)
Jessica Care Moore - Black Tea: The Legend of Jesse James (October 2)
Johnny Marr - Adrenaline Baby (October 9)
Norman Westberg - 13 (November 13)
Zomby - Let’s Jam EP1 (October 9)
Zomby - Let’s Jam EP2 (October 9)