New Music Friday - May 31, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Arooj Aftab - Night Reign Watch: "Raat Ki Rani" Watch: "Whiskey"
	Bat for Lashes - The Dream of Delphi Watch: "The Dream of Delphi" Watch: "Letter to My Daughter"
	King Hannah - Big Swimmer Watch: "Big Swimmer" Watch: "Davey Says"
	Swamp Dogg - Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St Watch: "Count the Days" (featuring Jenny Lewis) Watch: "Ugly Man’s Wife"
	Willie Nelson - The Border Watch: "The Border" Watch: "Made in Texas"

Other Full-Length Releases

Another Michael - Pick Me Up, Turn Me Upside Down Watch: "Is There a World?" Watch: "Mudslide"

Bernard Butler - Good Grief Watch: "Camber Sands" Watch: "Living the Dream"

Maya Hawke - Chaos Angel Watch: "Missing Out" Watch: "Dark"

Sam Jr. - Inner Shadow Watch: "YRU" Watch: "Get Found" (featuring Tess Parks)

Thou - Umbilical Watch: "Unbidden Guest" Listen: "I Feel Nothing When You Cry"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Concrete Jungle [The OST] Watch: BAD OMENS x HEALTH x SWARM - "THE DRAIN" Watch: BAD OMENS - "EVEN"

Half Waif - Ephemeral Being Listen: "Big Dipper" Listen: "Service"

The Other Two - The Other Two & You 2024 Edition Watch: "Selfish" Watch: "Tasty Fish"

New Music Friday - October 30, 2020

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Ariana Grande - positions positions is the sixth album from Grande, and her third in just over two years. The new album, which is primarily focused on the theme of sex, features contributions from the Weeknd, Doja Cat, and Ty Dolla $ign. Watch: "positions" Watch: "34+35"

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full This is an interesting combination, Thou's sludge metal meeting ERR's ambient folk. Together, they present something beyond just Thou with a different lead singer, but a new style that combines them both and brings in elements of 90s-era alternative rock. Listen: "Ancestral Recall" Listen: "The Valley"

Mourn - Self Worth This has been a pretty good year for female-led indie rock out of Spain. We got a new album from Melenas in May and one from Hinds in June. Now, Catalonian Mourn is releasing their fourth album, following 2018's Sorpresa Familia. Watch: "This Feeling Is Disgusting" Watch: "Men"

Sam Smith - Love Goes Smith's follow-up to 2017's The Thrill of It All was originally supposed to be released in June, but COVID changed a lot of album release plans. Now, they are releasing the record with a new title and new cover art, but still a record that aims to drive them away from the ballad-driven work of prior records and in more of a pop-focused direction. Watch: "How Do You Sleep?" Watch: "Dancing with a Stranger" (featuring Normani)

War on Women - Wonderful Hell War on Women is a band about as political as one may assume from their name. They often tackle subjects like abortion, rape, and misogyny. Wonderful Hell is their third album, released in what may be a turning point of a year relative to women's rights. Watch: "Wonderful Hell" Watch: "White Lies"

Other Full-Length Releases

Autechre - PLUS Listen: "DekDre Scap B" Listen: "ecol4"

Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface Watch: "We Are All Cowards Now" Watch: "Hetty O’Hara Confidential"

Jim-E Stack - EPHEMERA Watch: "Note to Self" (featuring Empress Of) Watch: "Can We" (featuring Kacy Hill)

MadeInTYO - Never Forgotten Watch: "BET Uncut" (featuring Chance The Rapper & Smino) Listen: "Money Up" (featuring Toro Y Moi)

Nothing - The Great Dismal Watch: "Say Less" Watch: "Bernie Sanders"

Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Watch: "Long Road Home" Listen: "Auto & Allo"

Puscifer - Existential Reckoning Watch: "Apocalyptical" Watch: "Theorem"

Sinai Vessel - Ground Aswim Watch: "Shameplant" Watch: "Guest in Your Life"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 1.: The Early Years (1963 to 1967) Watch: "House of the Rising Sun" Watch: "Urge for Going"

Okkervil River - A Dream in the Dark: Two Decades of Okkervil River

OutKast - Stankonia 20th Anniversary Reissue Watch: "B.O.B." Watch: "So Fresh, So Clean"

Stevie Nicks - Live in Concert: The 24 Karat Gold Tour Watch: "Gypsy" Watch: "Rhiannon"

Suuns - FICTION Watch: "Pray" Watch: "FICTION"

Yumi Zouma - Truth or Consequences (Alternate Versions) Watch: "Lie Like You Want Me Back" Watch: "My Palms Are Your Reference to Hold to Your Heart"

New Music Friday - August 31, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Anna Calvi - Hunter Watch: "Don’t Beat the Girl out of My Boy" Watch: "Hunter" Watch: "As a Man"

Madeleine Peyroux - Anthem Watch: "On My Own" Watch: "We Might as Well Dance"

Saintseneca - Pillar of Na Watch: "Ladder to the Sun" Listen: "Beast in the Garden"

Tash Sultana - Flow State Watch: "Salvation" Watch: "Blackbird" Watch: "Free Mind" Watch: "Cigarettes"

Troye Sivan - Bloom Watch: "Dance to This" (featuring Ariana Grande) Watch: "Bloom" Watch: "Lucky Strike" Watch: "My My My!"

Other Full-Length Releases

Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine Watch: "Forest Green" Watch: "I Won’t Run from It" Watch: "Gratitude"

D+ - Destroy Before Listening

House of Feelings - New Lows Listen: "Touchscreen" (featuring Meredith Graves) Listen: "Shout"

The Kooks - Let’s Go Sunshine Watch: "All the Time" Watch: "Four Leaf Clover" Watch: "No Pressure" Watch: "Chicken Bone"

Mass Gothic - I’ve Tortured You Long Enough Watch: "J.Z.O.K." Watch: "How I Love You" Watch: "Keep on Dying" Watch: "Dark Window"

Muncie Girls - Fixed Ideals Watch: "Locked Up" Watch: "Clinic" Watch: "Picture of Health"

Thou - Magus Watch: "The Changeling Prince" Listen: "Inward"

Wild Nothing - Indigo Watch: "Letting Go" Listen: "Canyon on Fire"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Babygirl - Lovers Fevers Watch: "Soft" Listen: "Over in No Time"

The Band - Music from the Big Pink - 50th Anniversary Listen: "This Wheel’s on Fire" Listen: "The Weight"

Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell Singles Collection

The Highwaymen - Highwayman Reissue Watch: "Highwayman" Listen: "The Last Cowboy Song"

Iron & Wine - Weed Garden Listen: "Waves of Galveston" Listen: "What Hurts Worse"

Justice - Woman Worldwide Watch: "Love S.O.S." Listen: "Randy"

KIN: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Mogwai - "We’re Not Done" Listen: Mogwai - "Donuts"

King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Listen: Kacey Musgraves - "Kansas City Star" Listen: Loretta Lynn - "Half a Mind"

Paul Simon - One Trick Pony Reissue Listen: "One Trick Pony" Listen: "Late in the Evening"

Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints Watch: "Obvious Child" Listen: "The Rhythm of the Saints"

Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche Vinyl Reissue Listen: "The Avalanche" Listen: "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary version)