New Music Friday - April 25, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Deerhoof - Noble and Godlike in Ruin Watch: "Return of the Return of the Fire Trick Star" Listen: "Overrated Species Anyhow"
	Maria Usbeck - Naturaleza Watch: "Mantarraya" Watch: "Current"
	Samia - Bloodless Watch: "Bovine Excision" Watch: "Lizard"
	SUMAC and Moor Mother - The Film Listen: "Scene 1" Listen: "Scene 2: The Run"
	Tennis - Face Down in the Garden Watch: "Weight of Desire" Watch: "12 Blown Tires"

Other Full-Length Releases

Billy Idol - Dream Into It Watch: "Still Dancing" Watch: "Dream into It"

Colin Miller - Losin’ Watch: "Cadillac" Watch: "Porchlight"

d4vd - Withered Watch: "Is This Really Love?" Watch: "Atomic Land"

Fib - Heavy Lifting Watch: "P.S." Listen: "Mutuals"

Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream Watch: "My N*gga" (featuring Quelle Chris, $ilkmoney, & Big Kahuna OG) Watch: "The Times"

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - Still Blooming Watch: "I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)" (featuring Ariana Grande) Watch: "Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye"

Jerry David DeCicca - Cardiac Country Listen: "Long Distance Runner" Listen: "Frozen Hearts"

Maria Somerville - Luster Watch: "Garden" Watch: "Spring"

Neil Young - Oceanside Countryside Listen: "Field of Opportunity" Listen: "Sail Away"

The Raveonettes - Pe’ahi II Watch: "Killer" Listen: "SPEED"

SAULT - 10 Listen: "T.H." Listen: "L.U."

Sunflower Bean - Mortal Primetime Watch: "Champagne Taste" Watch: "Nothing Romantic"

Viagra Boys - viagr aboys Watch: "Man Made of Meat" Watch: "Uno II"

William Tyler - Time Indefinite Watch: "Cabin Six" Watch: "Concern"

Willie Nelson - Oh What a Beautiful World Watch: "Oh What a Beautiful World" (with Rodney Crowell) Watch: "Banks of the Old Bandera"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Adrianne Lenker - Live at Revolution Hall Listen: "i do love you" (live) Listen: "anything" (live)

Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young Vol. 1 Watch: Courtney Barnett - "Lotta Love" Watch: Chris Pierce - "Southern Man"

The Legend of Ochi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: David Longstreth - "The Pond" Listen: David Longstreth - "Prelude"

This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Deluxe) Listen: "Dancing in the Club" (MJ Lenderman Version) Listen: "Two Legs" (Snail Mail Version)

Wishy - Planet Popstar Watch: "Fly" Watch: "Over and Over"

New Music Friday - February 10, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Andy Shauf - Norm Watch: "Wasted on You" Watch: "Catch Your Eye"
	Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, the Water, the Sky Watch: "My Blood Runs Through This Land" Watch: "Nobody"
	Kelela - RAVEN Watch: "Happy Ending" Watch: "Washed Away"
	Liv.e - Girl in the Half Pearl Watch: "Wild Animals" Watch: "Ghost"
	Paramore - This Is Why Watch: "This Is Why" Watch: "The News"

Other Full-Length Releases

Amber Arcades - Barefoot on Diamond Road Watch: "True Love" Listen: "Odd to Even"

The Golden Dregs - On Grace & Dignity Watch: "American Airlines" Watch: "Before We Fell from Grace"

Quasi - Breaking the Balls of History Watch: "Queen of Ears" Watch: "Doomscrollers"

Tennis - POLLEN Watch: "One Night with the Valet" Watch: "Let’s Make a Mistake Tonight"

Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World Watch: "Fallout" Watch: "Aselestine"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Rolling Stones - GRRR Live! Watch: "It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like It)" (Newark 2012) Watch: "Doom and Gloom" (Newark 2012)

New Music Friday - March 10, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Hurray for the Riff Raff - Navigator Hurray for the Riff Raff is a Americana, folk and blues band fronted by Alyndra Segarra. Influenced by a wide range of artists from Bob Dylan to David Bowie, their sixth album stretches the bounds of their past work. It is part autobiography, part political essay, and part concept album, loosely following the character of a Puerta-Rican punk-folk musician named Navita. The content and risks that the album takes has earned an already-celebrated band even more rave reviews! Watch: "The Navigator" Watch: "Hungry Ghost"

Jay Som - Everybody Works 2016 was a year of hype for Jay Som, aka Melina Duterte. A collection of songs that were initially posted to Bandcamp in 2015 got re-released twice as her debut, Turn Into; initially released in July of last year. She is a true bedroom musician, recording all of her music in a bedroom studio. Where her debut was a collection of demos not necessarily meant for release, her follow-up is more polished, more fully showing the strength of her music and lyrics. Watch: "Baybee" Listen: "1 Billion Dogs"

Laura Marling - Semper Femina I often forget, and find it surprising, that Marling has been so prolific for her age. She is 27 years old and Semper Femina is her sixth album. All of her records are spectacular and she is deftly capable of style progression with each one. She's grown on each release, but has yet to produce anything out of place in her discography. The album's title roughly translates to either "always a woman" or "a woman is a fickle thing," and is Marling's expert take on other women. Watch: "Nothing, Not Nearly" Watch: "Next Time"

The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt has been on this earth for 50 years and, for the band's 11th album, he has written a song for each of them. It's hardly the first time they have put out such a daunting collection of tracks, nor the biggest. That honor belongs to 1999's 69 Love Songs. The band started recording this album on Merritt's 50th birthday (February 9, 2015). It's autobiography presented in the form of music; Merritt is one of very few who could pull it off. Watch: "‘81 How to Play the Synthesizer" Watch: "‘83 Foxx and I"

Tennis - Yours Conditionally Yours Conditionally is the fourth album from this husband-and-wife duo. The pair are starting over following 2014's Ritual in Repeat. They are seeking the same inspiration that drove them at the beginning of their career, the sea. They have returned, somewhat, to the sound of their debut album, 2011's Cape Dory. I liked their early stuff, but was far more drawn to their sound on Ritual in Repeat. This is a good record, but not quite my favorite of theirs. Watch: "Modern Woman" Watch: "In the Morning I’ll Be Better"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cameron Avery - Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams Watch: "C’est Toi" Watch: "Wasted on Fidelity"

Century Palm - Meet You Watch: "Then You’re Gone" Watch: "King of John Street"

Damaged Bug - Bunker Funk Listen: "Bog Dash" Listen: "Unmanned Scanner"

Jacques Greene - Feel Infinite Watch: "Afterglow" Listen: "To Say"

Nathan Fake - Providence Watch: "RVK" (featuring Raphaelle) Watch: "HoursDaysMonthsSeasons"

The Shins - Heartworms Watch: "Dead Alive" Watch: "Name for You"

your old droog - Packs Watch: "Help" (featuring Wiki & Edan) Listen: "White Rappers (A Good Guest)"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Watch: John Legend & Ariana Grande - "Beauty and the Beast" Listen: "Be Our Guest"

Blonde Redhead - 3 O’Clock Watch: "Golden Light" Listen: "3 O’Clock"

Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel Listen: "Babygirl" (featuring Uffie) Listen: "Dreamer" (featuring Starrah & RAYE)

Jim O’Rourke & Kassel Jaeger - Wakes on Cerulean Listen: "Wakes on Cerulean A" Listen: "Wakes on Cerulean B"

Mai Lan - Vampire EP Watch: "Vampire" Listen: "Pas D’Amour"

Thelma - Thelma Listen: "If You Let It" Listen: "Peach"