New Music Friday - November 18, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

D∆WN - Redemption Dawn Richard left the made-on-TV band Danity Kane behind in 2009 (disregarding a short-lived reunion four years later), and embarked on a string of critically-acclaimed solo releases starting with 2013's Goldenheart. Redemption completes a trilogy started with that album; exploring a theme of self-realization. Listen: "Renegades" Listen: "Vines" (Interlude)

Justice - Woman The duo Justice became the poster boy for modern French house music when they released their debut album in 2007. Woman is their third album, following a five year break in new studio recordings. The album isn't much of a departure, their sound is still epic, with hard rock riffs, choirs, and industrial sounds. Watch: "Alakazam!" Watch: "Fire"

Pink Martini - Je Dis Oui! Pink Martini is a 20+ year-old music group whose sound is a combination of jazz, Latin, and pop. Known for featuring other prominent artists on their recordings, their seventh album has contributions from Ari Shapiro, Kathleen Saadat, and Rufus Wainwright. Listen: "Al Bint Al Shalabiya" Listen: "Joli garçon"

Other Full-Length Releases

2Leaves - Every Ocean Tells a Story Listen: "Napo" Listen: "Ene"

Cory Hanson - The Unborn Capitalist from Limbo Listen: "Ordinary People"

Floating Room - s u n l e s s Listen: "Fun" Listen: "Bed"

Split Single - Metal Frames Watch: "Blank Ribbons" Listen: "Leave My Mind"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Frankie Cosmos - Covers

Jay Som - Turn Into Reissue Watch: "Ghost" Listen: "Turn Into"

Jhené Aiko - "Maniac" Listen: "Maniac"

Lanikai - Lanikai Watch: "I’m Glad" Watch: "I Need Love"

Let All the Children Boogie: A Tribute to David Bowie Listen: Ted Leo - "Heroes" Listen: Antibalas - "Let’s Dance"

Lou Reed - Lou Reed - The RCA & Arista Album Collection, Vol. 1 Listen: "Perfect Day" Listen: "No Money Down"

PC Music - Volume 2 Watch: Danny L Harle - "Super Natural" (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen) Watch: Hannah Diamond - "Fade Away"

Pink Floyd - Animals Reissue Listen: "Dogs" Listen: "Sheep"

R.E.M. - Out of Time Reissue Listen: "Half a World Away" Listen: "Belong"

Sylvan Esso - "Radio" Watch: "Radio"

Thee Oh Sees - An Odd Entrances Listen: "Poem" Listen: "You Will Find It Here"

This Is the Kit - "Christmastime Is Here"/"La Peregrinacion" Listen: "Christmastime Is Here" Listen: "La Peregrinación"

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele Reissue Listen: "Hey Jupiter" Listen: "Little Amsterdam"

The Who - My Generation Super Deluxe Reissue Listen: "My Generation" Listen: "Baba O’Riley"

New Music Friday - August 12, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

of Montreal - Innocence Reaches For his 14th album with of Montreal, Kevin Barnes seems to be bringing his style of music in line with his image. Through a variety of musical styles, ranging from folk to punk, his own persona has always had a glam element to it; the band's latest album finally sees him incorporating glam-pop. Barnes dropped names like Chairlift, Arca, and Jack Ü as influences on the record, a surprising statement from an artist who claims to have eschewed modern pop music. Watch: "it’s different for girls" Watch: "let's relate"

Rae Sremmurd - Sremmlife 2 I'm really not sure whether this young hip-hop duo is actually good, but I find their music to be fun as hell. They're part of a new wave a hip-hop, one that includes iLoveMakonnen and Future, that often feels more dedicated to style than substance. Things don't get any deeper than girls, drugs, and partying. That's ok though; sometimes I just want to bob my head and not think of anything. This is the perfect soundtrack for that. Watch: "Look Alive" Watch: "By Chance"

Other Full-Length Releases

Brendan Canning - Home Wrecking Years Watch: "Keystone Dealers" Watch: "Book It to Fresno"

JEFF The Brotherhood - Zone Listen: "Punishment" Listen: "Idiot"

Pfarmers - Our Puram Watch: "Our Puram" Listen: "Red Vermin"

Thee Oh Sees - A Weird Exits Listen: "Plastic Plant" Listen: "The Axis"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Day of the Dead 12”

Ducky - Don’t Give Up Yet Watch: "Bliss"

Florence + The Machine - Songs from Final Fantasy XV Listen: "Stand By Me" Listen: "Too Much Is Never Enough"

Hell or High Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: "Comancheria" Listen: "Lord of the Plains"

M.I.A. - "Bird Song" Listen: "Bird Song"

Pete’s Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Watch: Lindsey Sterling - "Something Wild" (featuring Andrew McMahon) Listen: St. Vincent - "Something on Your Mind"

Radiating Light: Orchid Tapes & Friends Listen: Foxes in Fiction - "Extinguisher" Listen: Owen Pallett - "Weird Honey"

New Music Friday - July 1, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Bat for Lashes - The Bride Natasha Khan debuted a new project, Sexwitch, last year, but is already back with a new solo record. Following 2012's The Haunted Man, her new album is a conceptual piece, told from the perspective of a woman whose fiancé (spoiler alert) dies on the way to their wedding. The album was announced with materials that made me think that the artist may just be announcing her own wedding. I was pretty excited for her, but I guess this is cool, too! Watch: "In God’s House" Watch: "Sunday Love"

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Blood Orange is Dev Hynes and Freetown Sound is his third album under the name, which he has been his alias since putting Lightspeed Champion on hiatus in 2010. The album, which was released a few days ahead of time, is meant to speak to people who find themselves at odds between their identity and other people's expectations of them. Watch: "Augustine" Listen: "By Ourselves"

Sara Watkins - Young in All the Wrong Ways Nickel Creek may have reunited two years ago for a new album, A Dotted Line, but that hasn't stopped its members from continuing in their solo careers. Both of her previous bandmates have released albums since and now Sara is back with her third solo record. Watch: "Move Me" Watch: "Young in All the Wrong Ways"

Other Full-Length Releases

GØGGS - GØGGS Listen: "Glendale Junkyard" Listen: "Needle Trade Off"

Metronomy - Summer 08 Watch: "Old Skool" Listen: "Back Together"

Stephen Steinbrink - Anagrams Listen: "Building Machines" Listen: "Absent Mind"

Terry - Terry HQ Listen: "Third War" Listen: "Chitter Chatter"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Adam Olenius - Looking Forward to the New Me Watch: "Feels Like Feels Right" Listen: "News Are Saying"

Nite-Funk - Nite-Funk Listen: "Let Me Be Me" Listen: "U Can Make It"

Porcelain Raft - Pressed Flowers EP Listen: "That's What I See When I See You"

Thee Oh Sees - Live in San Francisco

New Music Friday - February 12, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Lion Babe - Begin Lion Babe is made up of producer Lucas Goodman and vocalist Jillian Hervey, the daughter of Vanessa Williams. They met through mutual friends and released their first single together in 2012. Their production is inspired by the likes of Flying Lotus and Timbaland, while Hervey takes inspiration from classic vocalists like Chaka Khan. Begin is their first album. Watch: "Wonder Woman" Watch: "Treat Me Like Fire"

The Skiffle Players - Skifflin’ Skiffle refers to a musical genre, inspired by jazz, blues, and folk, which all but disappeared from American lexicon by the 1940s. The genre had a brief revival in the 1950s and 1960s in Britain, but one American performer is giving it another go. Cass McCombs formed this side project with Neal Casal, Dan Horne, Dave Scher, and Aaron Speske. This is the first new material from him since 2013's Big Wheel and Others. Watch: "Always" Listen: "Okie Wise"

Other Full-Length Releases

Be - One Listen: "One"

Cerrone - Afro Watch: "2nd Chance" (featuring Tony Allen) Watch: "Funk Makossa" (featuring Manu Dibango)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Nicolas Godin - Contrepoint US Release Watch: "Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde" Watch: "Orca"

Thee Oh Sees - "Fortress" Listen: "Fortress" Listen: "Man in a Suitcase"

Vinyl: Music from the HBO Original Series - Volume 1 Listen: Sturgill Simpson - "Sugar Daddy" Listen: Otis Redding - "Mr. Pitiful"