New Music Friday - February 28, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	BANKS - Off with Her Head Watch: "Love Is Unkind" Watch: "I Hate Your Ex-Girlfriend" (featuring Doechii)
	Miya Folick - Erotica Veronica Watch: "Erotica" Watch: "Fist"
	Panda Bear - Sinister Grift Watch: "Defense" Watch: "Ferry Lady"
	serpentwithfeet - GRIP SEQUEL Watch: "WRITHING IN THE WIND" Watch: "WANDERER"
	Yves Jarvis - All Cylinders Watch: "All Cylinders" Watch: "One Gripe"

Other Full-Length Releases

Aloe Blacc - Stand Together Watch: "Don’t Go Alone" Listen: "Stand Together"

Andy Bell - Pinball Wanderer Watch: "i’m in love..." (featuring Dot Allison & Michael Rother) Watch: "apple green ufo"

bdrmm - Microtonic Watch: "Infinity Peaking" Watch: "John on the Ceiling"

Boldy James - Token of Appreciation Watch: "Thank God" (with Chuck Strangers) Watch: "Unapologetic" (with Chuck Strangers)

Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table Watch: "Bad Larry" Watch: "Story of the Egg"

Darkside - Nothing Watch: "S.N.C." Watch: "Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing)"

Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart Watch: "Shovel" Watch: "Let Me Go" (featuring Madison Cunningham)

Emile Mosseri - trying to be born Listen: "a whole life" Listen: "not going anywhere"

Everything Is Recorded - Richard Russell Is Temporary Watch: "Losing You" (featuring Sampha, Laura Groves, Jah Wobble, & Yazz Ahmed) Watch: "Never Felt Better" (featuring Florence Welch & Sampha)

Gunn-Truscinski Duo - Flam Listen: "Fin" Listen: "Camouflage"

The Men - Buyer Beware Watch: "Pony" Watch: "PO Box 96"

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá Watch: "Earth 1" Listen: "The Garden"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Chills - Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs Listen: "If The World Was Made for Me" Listen: "Dolphins"

Hana Vu - Movies Listen: "Records" Listen: "Alone" (stripped)

Mdou Moctar - Tears of Injustice Watch: "Imajighen" (Injustice Version) Watch: "Takoba" (Injustice Version)

New Music Friday - February 3, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel Watch: "No Reason" Listen: "Whole"
	The WAEVE - The WAEVE Watch: "Something Pretty" Watch: "Drowning"
	Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy Watch: "I Saw" Watch: "Tell Somebody"

Other Full-Length Releases

John Frusciante - . I I : Listen: "Golpin" Listen: "Frantay"

The Men - New York City Watch: "Hard Livin’" Watch: "God Bless the USA"

The Smashing Pumpkins - ATUM: Act 2 Listen: "Avalanche" Listen: "Empires"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

John Frusciante - . I : Listen: "Pyn" Listen: "MK 2.1"

New Music Friday - March 2, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends This band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 2015 and released their self-titled debut in 2016. They are known for their DIY approach to indie rock, but take on a more stripped back approach for their sophomore record. The result is more in-line with their live shows, taking advantage of being a small band. Listen: "The Face of God" Listen: "How to Socialise & Make Friends"

Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden I Need to Start a Garden is the debut album for this artist from Oregon. Haley's music draws from a number of influences, from her own religious upbringing, to Bob Dylan, to more elusive female folk singers like Vashti Bunyan. Watch: "Oom Sha La La" Listen: "Drinking Song"

Lucy Dacus - Historian I saw Lucy Dacus open for Hamilton Leithauser in early 2017. She mostly played from her first album, No Burden, but also performed at least one new song. I am not 100% sure if any of those songs made it onto this record, but they were the first indication that the follow-up to her 2016 record would be just as amazing! Watch: "Addictions" Listen: "Night Shift"

Suuns - Felt I'm am still obsessed with the incredible debut album, Zeroes QC, from this band. While I don't think they've ever quite recaptured the work on that record on subsequent albums, but have remained excellent on each. They are already on their fourth album in just under ten years (fifth if you count the collaborative album with Jerusalem in My Heart). Their latest still find that artsy groove, but aims for something more emotional. Watch: "Watch You, Watch Me" Watch: "Make It Real"

Tracey Thorn - Record Tracey Thorn was one-half of Everything but the Girl until 2000. She released her first solo album in 1982, the same year that EBTG started, but did not return to her solo career until 2007 with Out of the Woods. Since that return, has released two more studio albums (including this one), a Christmas record, and 3 EPs. Watch: "Queen" Watch: "Sister" (featuring Corinne Bailey Rae)

Other Full-Length Releases

Barbagallo - Danse dans les ailleurs Watch: "L’échappée" Listen: "Longtemps possible"

The Breeders - All Nerve Watch: "Wait in the Car" Listen: "Nervous Mary"

Gwenno - Le Kov Watch: "Tir Ha Mor" Listen: "Hi A Skoellyas Liv A Dhagrow"

Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds Watch: "Loving You" Watch: "Over the Midnight"

Jorge Elbrecht - Here Lies Listen: "Guillotine" (featuring Geneva Jacuzzi) Listen: "Here Lies" (featuring Tamaryn)

The Men - Drift Listen: "Killed Someone" Listen: "Maybe I’m Crazy"

Paddy Hanna - Frankly, I Mutate Listen: "Bad Boys" Listen: "Mario Lanza"

Sonny Smith - Rod for Your Love Watch: "Burnin’ Up" (featuring Angel Olsen) Watch: "Pictures of You"

Titus Andronicus - A Productive Cough Watch: "Number One (In New York)" Watch: "Above the Bodega (Local Business)"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer Vinyl Reissue Listen: "California Girls" Listen: "Surfin’ Safari"

Everything Everything - A Deeper Sea Watch: "Breadwinner" Watch: "The Mariana"

Helena Deland - From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. 1 Listen: "There Are a Thousand"

Lost Girls - Feeling

Lucius - NUDES Watch: "Eventually" Listen: "Woman"

Margaret Glaspy - Born Yesterday Listen: "Before We Were Together"

Our Voltage Listen: Damaged Bug - "Pilot’s Pipe"

Ryuichi Sakamoto - async remodels Listen: "async" (Arca Remix) Listen: "solari" (Fennesz Remix)

New Music Friday - November 11, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Martha Wainwright - Goodnight City The Wainwright Family remains one of the most prolific families in the music industry. Just one year after the release of the debut album, Songs in the Dark, from the Wainwright Sisters (Martha and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Martha is back with a new solo effort. The album features contributions from Merrill Garbus, Glen Hansard, and several members of her family, including her brother Rufus Wainwright. Listen: "Around the Bend" Listen: "Take the Reins"

oddCouple - Liberation oddCouple, Zach Henderson, is the house producer for the Chicago record label Closed Sessions, which boasts signees Kweku Collins and Jamila Woods. His new album showcases some of the best that Chicago hip-hop has to offer, including labelmates Woods and Collins, as well as GLC and Joey Purp. Listen: "Love Above" (featuring Jamila Woods & Kweku) Listen: "Eidetic"

Sad13 - Slugger Sad13 is Sadie Dupuis, best known as the frontwoman for Speedy Ortiz, with which she has released two albums, including last year's excellent Foil Deer. The band hasn't gone anywhere, but Sadie has struck out on her own as a solo artist. She first debuted the Sad13 project earlier this year on a collaborative single, "Basement Queens," with rapper Lizzo. Her debut album takes on a poppier approach, but seeks to counter the typically misogynistic messages expressed in the genre. Watch: "Less Than 2" Watch: "Get a Yes"

Sleigh Bells - Jessica Rabbit Sleigh Bells could have easily been a gimmick and lasted no longer than one album. The duo is defined by heavily-distorted guitars and pop melodies. As they release their fourth album, they haven't lost what made their sound distinctive, and seem to almost defiantly continue to flout it. When in doubt, be extra, and Sleigh Bells are definitely extra (that's a compliment)! Watch: "It’s Just Us Now" Watch: "I Can Only Stare"

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here, Thank You for Your Service A Tribe Called Quest seemed like a done deal following the release of 1998's The Love Movement. With the death of central member Phife Dawg earlier this year, hopes for any full return were further diminished. It turned out that Phife had already rejoined his bandmates and a new album had been recorded. They even brought back original member Jarobi White, who had departed following their debut album. They have announced that this is their final album; if so, they've gone out on a high note, returning to the roots of their sound. Watch: "We the People"

Other Full-Length Releases

Daniel Bachman - Daniel Bachman Listen: "Brightleaf Blues I" Listen: "The Flower Tree"

GUM - Flash in the Pan Listen: "Gemini" Listen: "Flash in the Pan"

Luke Temple - A Hand Through the Cellar Door Watch: "Maryanne Was Quiet" Listen: "Birds of Late December"

The Men - Devil Music Listen: "Lion’s Den" Listen: "Devil Music"

Simian Mobile Disco - Welcome to Sideways Watch: "Remember in Reverse" Listen: "Far Away from a Distance"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

A-Trak - In the Loop: A Decade of Remixes Listen: "Oh!" Listen: "Kilometer"

The Band - The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Edition

Bob Dylan - The 1966 Live Recordings Listen: "Tell Me Mama"

Body/Head - No Waves Listen: "The Show Is Over"

Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost Reissue Listen: "I Slept with Bonhomme at the CBC" Listen: "Guilty Cubicles"

David Bowie - Legacy Listen: "Space Oddity" Listen: "Changes"

Forth Wanderers - Slop EP Watch: "Slop" Watch: "Know Better"

Hudson Mohawke - Ded Sec - Watch Dogs 2 (Original Soundtrack) Listen: "Shanghaied" Listen: "Play N Go"

Pink Floyd - The Early Years (1967-1972) Listen: "Arnold Layne" Listen: "See Emily Play"

The Rolling Stones - Havana Moon Watch: "Brown Sugar" Watch: "Paint It Black"

Yoko Ono - Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins Reissue Listen: "Side One" Listen: "Side Two"

Yoko Ono - Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with Lions Reissue Listen: "Cambridge 1969" Listen: "No Bed for Beatle John"

Yoko Ono - Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Reissue Listen: "Why" Listen: "Mother"