New Music Friday - September 27, 2019

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Emel Mathlouthi - Everywhere We Looked Was Burning Everywhere We Looked Was Burning is the third album from the Tunisian artist. Mathlouthi spent time in Woodstock to write this album, which is inspired both by nature and the current state of the world. Watch: "Footsteps" Watch: "Rescuer"

The New Pornographers - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights This is the eighth album from the incredible (mostly) Canadian indie supergroup, following 2017's Whiteout Conditions. Having sat out for that album, Dan Bejar is unfortunately still not back for this outing. Neko Case is here, though, and that's all I really need in life! Watch: "The Surprise Knock" Watch: "Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile"

Tegan and Sara - Hey, I’m Just Like You While this the latest record from the twin artists, the songs are some of their oldest, mostly written and demoed when the pair were teenagers. Having delved into a poppier sound on recent records, this one brings them closer to their rock beginnings. Watch: "I’ll Be Back Someday" Watch: "Hey, I’m Just Like You"

Trentemøller - Obverse This new album from the Danish producer follows 2016's Fixion. He brings in some vocal help from the likes of Lina Tullgren, Lisbet Fritze, Rachel Goswell, and jennylee. Watch: "In the Garden" Watch: "Blue September"

Other Full-Length Releases

DaBaby - KIRK Watch: "Intro" Listen: "iPHONE" (featuring Nicki Minaj)

Girl Band - The Talkies Watch: "Shoulderblades" Watch: "Going Norway"

Michaela Anne - Desert Love Watch: "By Our Design" Listen: "Child of the Wind"

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury Watch: "Sing Along" Listen: "Make Art Not Friends"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Beatles - Abbey Road 50 Watch: "Here Comes the Sun" (2019 Mix) Listen: "Come Together" (2019 Mix)

Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind Reissue Listen: "The Wagon" Listen: "Green Mind"

Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over Reissue Listen: "Never Bought It" Listen: "I’m Insane"

Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been Reissue Listen: "Out There" Listen: "Start Choppin'"

Dinosaur Jr. - Without a Sound Reissue Listen: "On the Brink" Listen: "Feel the Pain"

Judy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Listen: Renée Zellweger - "Get Happy" (featuring Sam Smith) Listen: "For Once in My Life"

Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds - This Is the Place Watch: "This Is the Place" Watch: "Sail On"

The Roots - Things Fall Apart Reissue Listen: "Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’ New" Listen: "Dynamite!"

Sporting Life - Black Diamond Watch: "Crux" (featuring Mike, & Wiki) Listen: "Black Diamond" (featuring Deem Spencer)

Wild Nothing - Live from Brooklyn Steel Watch: "Canyon on Fire" Listen: "Live in Dreams"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending September 29, 2018)

St. Vincent released a second alternate version of "Slow Disco," one of the tracks from Masseduction. The new version is titled "Slow Slow Disco." Maybe we'll get an entire album of reworks of the song, I wouldn't be against it. If that happens, check it out over at my Upcoming Releases page!

Almost 50 years ago, The Beatles released their ninth album. It was technically self-titled, but became known as The White Album. The 50th anniversary reissue edition of the album was announced last week.

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As with most anniversary reissues, the release will mostly consist of new mixes of the original tracks, along with demo versions the tracks, along with a plethora of other session outtakes.

The 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles' White Album will be released on November 9.

Also announced recently:

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (November 30)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Live (February 22)
Bob Dylan - More Blood, More Tracks (November 2)
Clean Bandit - What Is Love (November 30)
Climax: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (October 5)
Dan Mangan - More or Less (November 2)
Deerhoof - Deerhoof Plays the Music of the Shining (October 26)
Django Django - Winter’s Beach (October 12)
Dumplin’: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (November 30)
Ella Mai - Ella Mai (October 12)
Erika Spring - Scars (October 5)
Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells (October 19)
Fleet Foxes - First Collection 2006 - 2009 (November 9)
Frog Eyes - Live at the Moroccan Lounge (September 28)
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload (October 26)
Goshen Electric Co. - “The Gray Tower”/“Ring the Bell” (November 2)
Hiss Golden Messenger - Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children (November 2)
How to Dress Well - The Anteroom (October 19)
Jeff Tweedy - WARM (November 30)
Kelela - TAKE ME A_PART, THE REMIXES (October 5)
Kurt Vile - Bottle It In (October 12)
Laura Carbone & The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - “The Flowers Beneath Our Feet” (out now)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine Reissue (November 16)
The Men - Hated: 2008-2011 (November 9)
Monkees - Christmas Party (October 12)
Mumford & Sons - Delta (November 16)
The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (November 2)
Nana Adjoa - A Tale So Familiar (November 7)
The Natvral - Know Me More (October 5)
Noname - Room 25 (out now)
Robyn - Honey (October 26)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - BTTB Reissue (November 9)
Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1/LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun (November 16)
Stephen Steinbrink - Utopia Teased (November 9)
Stove - ’s Favorite Friend (October 31)
Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas Vinyl Reissue (November 9)
T.I. - Dime Trap (October 5)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-01 Hanoi (October 26)
Wale - Free Lunch (out now)
Westerman - Ark (November 9)
William Shatner - Shatner Claus (October 25)

New Music Friday - May 26, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Molly Nilsson - IMAGINATIONS Molly Nilsson is a Swedish synth-pop artist with a DIY approach. She's also fairly prolific. Since debuting in 2008, she has released six records and at least one EP. She's done this all either on her own label or in collaboration with Night School, another small label. She had a long wind-up to her latest album, releasing tracks from the records starting back in July 2016. Watch: "About Somebody" Watch: "Not Today Satan"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cende - #1 Hit Single Listen: "Bed" Listen: "Don’t Want To"

The Charlatans - Different Days Watch: "Plastic Machinery" Listen: "Different Days"

Justin Townes Earle - Kids in the Street Watch: "Maybe a Moment" Watch: "Champagne Corolla"

Pet Symmetry - Visions Listen: "LTCTLYB" Listen: "Stare Collection"

Sam Amidon - The Following Mountain Listen: "Blackbird" Listen: "Juma Mountain"

Thunder Dreamer - Capture Listen: "Capture" Listen: "Living Like the Rest"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Reissue

Bert Jansch - Living in the Shadows, Part Two Listen: "Chambertin" (featuring Gordon Giltrap)

Carl Barât & The Jackals - Harder They Fall Watch: "Sister"

Cover Your Ass, Vol. 1 Listen: Speedy Ortiz - "Young Liars"

New Order - NOMC15

Swet Shop Boys - Sufi La EP Listen: "Sufi La"

War Machine (A Netflix Original Film) Listen: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "Be Lovely" Listen: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "War Machine"

New Music Tuesday - December 17, 2013

New Full-Length Releases

Beyoncé - Beyoncé This was an amazing Christmas gift for Beyoncé fans. Beyoncé dropped her fifth album by surprise on December 13; no announcement, no promotion. Everything else became invalid in an instant. Beyoncé may have proven herself to be the queen of modern pop/soul/R&B! Watch: "Drunk in Love" Watch: "XO"

Other New Releases

The Beatles - The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 There's a copyright outstanding on The Beatles' catalog, some of which was set to expire very soon due to revised copyright law in Europe. In order to pre-empt that, UMG released a series of recordings that the band made during recording sessions in 1962. Listen: "Bad to Me" (Demo) Listen: "I'm in Love" (Demo 1963)

Burial - Rival Dealer Burial's star power may not be anywhere near Beyoncé's, but the musician has a very loyal following. His own surprise end-of-year released certainly excited his fan base. Burial intends for the tracks on this album to send an anti-bullying message. Listen: "Rival Dealer" Listen: "Hiders"

Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Hey Joe" Lars von Trier's latest, already controversial, film Nymphomaniac is set to be released in March. Charlotte Gainsbourg is one of the stars of the film, and also contributes a song to the soundtrack. Listen: "Hey Joe"

David Lynch - The Big Dream Expanded David Lynch released his latest album in July of 2013. The deluxe edition of the album adds some bonus tracks and remixed versions to the record. Listen: "The Big Dream" (Venetian Snares Remix) Listen: "I'm Waiting Here"

Disclosure - Settle: The Remixes Disclosure made a big splash this year with their excellent debut album Settle. Though their sound is already full of sythesizers, computer-created beats and looping, it is still getting the remix treatment. Contributors include Kaytranada, Baauer and Flume. Watch: "Apollo" Watch: "You & Me" (Flume Remix)

Lorde - "No Better" Lorde may have had a big year, but her attempt at the Beyoncé-style surprise release fell a little flat. Of course, all eyes were elsewhere. That doesn't mean her latest non-album single isn't worth a listen, though. Listen: "No Better"

Royksöpp - "Running to the Sea"/"Something in My Heart" Royksöpp continues their 2013 string of new songs, but have yet to announce the release of a new album; the last, Senior, was out way back in 2010. I guess we'll have to live with these one-off tracks, but I'm hoping for something more soon. Watch: "Running to the Sea" Listen: "Something in My Heart"

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture Ben Stiller's latest movie came out this past Christmas. The soundtrack from the film features contributions almost exclusively from José González and his band, Junip. Watch: José González - "Stay Alive" Listen: Of Monsters and Men - "Dirty Paws"

New Music Tuesday - November 12, 2013

New Full-Length Releases

Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum Cate Le Bon is a Welsh singer-songwriter who's become noted for her dark lyrics and voice, which has garnered comparisons to Nico. Mug Museum is her third full-length album. Now, I haven't been previously familiar with Cate's music, but she recorded one of the songs on this album with a favorite artist of mine. "I Think I Knew" features Perfume Genius. I listened to and liked that song, so I knew I needed to check out her work. Listen/Watch: "Are You with Me Now"

Other New Releases

Andrew Bird - I Want to See Pulaski at Night EP Folk singer Andrew Bird keeps himself very busy. He seems to be constantly touring, but finds a way to put out many releases. In 2012, he managed to put out two albums and two EPs. This year has been comparatively quiet for him, but, late in the year, we are getting a short release of new material! Listen: "Pulaski at Night"

The Beatles - On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 From 1963 to 1965, The Beatles conducted a series of performances for the BBC Light Programme. In 1994, a collection of recordings from those sessions was released, which included songs and dialog. Volume 2 is intended as a rerelease of that 1994 compilation, but also includes previously unreleased material from those programs. Listen: "You Can't Do That"

David Lynch - "Bad the John Boy"/"The Big Dream" (Venetian Snares Remix) Director and musician David Lynch released his latest album, The Big Dream, in July of this year. "Bad the John Boy" is a B-side from the album's recording sessions. Included with the single is a remixed version of a song from that album. Listen: "Bad the John Boy"

Flume - Flume Deluxe Reissue Flume is a young producer who released a self-titled solo album last year. I wasn't previously familiar with his work, but heard a song featuring Autre Ne Veut and decided to check him out. The deluxe version of his album features some new tracks as well as remixed versions of some of the original songs. Listen/Watch: "Insane"

Grizzly Bear - Shields Expanded Grizzly Bear released Shields last year and it became one of my favorites of that year. Well, here is the (now, apparently) requisite deluxe edition. It features some demos from the band, as well as remixes and bonus tracks. Listen/Watch: "gun-shy"

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Miami Pop Festival The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed at the Miami Pop Festival way back in May of 1968. A documentary, titled Hear My Train A Comin, was recently released and the release of this live album is in conjunction with that. Listen/Watch: "Foxey Lady"

Mount Eerie - Pre-Human Ideas Mount Eerie is the project of musician Phil Elverum. His latest release consists of previously-released songs that have been re-recorded using MIDI instruments and auto-tune. Listen: "House Shape"

Nat Baldwin - Dome Branches: The MVP Demos Dirty Projectors have kept Nat Baldwin busy lately (he is the bassist for that band). He has worked as a solo artist as well, though, most recently (before this, of course) releasing People Changes. This release consists of demos from his debut record, Most Valuable Player. Listen: "Look She Said"

Sampha - "Too Much"/"Happens" Sampha built his name as a guest vocalist for other artists, most notably, SBTRKT. He has been releasing a series and EPs and singles this year, though. He continues his move towards his own career with this latest single, a reworking of a song that he originally did with rapper Drake. Listen/Watch: "Happens"

Saint Heron Solange Knowles (also known as Beyoncé's little sister) recently started her own record label, Saint. She's developed a unique style that often incorporates many elements of indie music. While the songs on this record are mostly pre-recorded, it provides a good look at the music that she loves and that may be featured with her label. Listen: Solange - "Cash In"

Stornoway - You Don't Know Anything EP Stornoway is an indie folk band out of England who released an amazing debut album, Beachcomber's Windowsill, in 2010. I loved the band's music, but only found out about the release of their sophomore album a few months after its released. I was more on top of this one, though; I don't want these guys off my radar! Listen/Watch: "Farewell Appalachia"

The xx - HVNXX EP The xx have put out two albums and countless singles and EPs since they banded in 2005. Their latest EP consists of remixes of four of their previous songs. Listen: "Fiction" (Marc Pinol Remix)