New Music Friday - June 20, 2025

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

	Surusinghe - i can’t remember the name of this, but that’s ok Watch: "Kinda Like That" (featuring Kassie Krut) Watch: "All Night"
	U.S. Girls - Scratch It Watch: "Bookends" Watch: "Like James Said"
	Yaya Bey - Do It Afraid Watch: "dream girl" Watch: "spin cycle"

Other Full-Length Releases

BAMBII - Infinity Club II Watch: "Mirror" (featuring Jessy Lanza & Yaeji) Listen: "Remember" (featuring Raven Lenae & Scruffier)

HAIM - I quit Watch: "Relationships" Watch: "Down to Be Wrong"

Matmos - Metallic Life Review Watch: "The Rust Belt" Watch: "Changing States"

S.G. Goodman - Painting by the Signs Watch: "Fire Sign" Watch: "Satellite"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

28 Years Later: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Young Fathers - ˚Remember" Listen: Young Fathers - "Mania"

The Buccaneers: Season 2: Original Series Soundtrack Listen: Suki Waterhouse - "Featherweight" Listen: Madi Diaz - "Something to Burn"

Ric Wilson - AMERICA RUNS ON DISCO Watch: "When Pigs Fly" (featuring Kiéla Adira & Crl Crrll) Listen: "America Runs on Disco" (with Nic Hanson)

SunYears - Spanner in the Works Listen: "Absolute Beginners" Listen: "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz"

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - CURSE Watch: "BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES" Listen: "CURSE"

New Music Friday - February 16, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You It just over a decade ago that Carlile was a new artist, and one of my first forays into Americana music. Now, on her sixth album, she has become a reliably-excellent figure in the genre. On her latest record, she tackles both personal subjects, like motherhood, and broader issues. Also, fun fact, the cover art was painted by Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers! Watch: "The Joke" Listen: "The Mother"

Fischerspooner - SIR Fischerspooner is Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner, an electroclash duo formed two decades ago. Their first album in nearly a decade was self-produced, with some help from Michael Stipe and BOOTS (also with new music this week!, and features Holly Miranda, Andy LeMaster, and Caroline Polachek. Watch: "Togetherness" (featuring Caroline Polachek) Watch: "TopBrazil"

Loma - Loma Loma is a new band, made up of Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and both members of the duo Cross Record. The partnership began when Meiburg was sent Cross Record's debut album by Ben Goldberg of Badabing! Records, and brought them on tour with him soon after. While on tour, they found some common ground and decided to record together, creating this eponymous debut record. Watch: "Black Willow" Watch: "Relay Runner"

POLIÇA/s t a r g a z e - Music for the Long Emergency This is another meeting of minds, this time the Minneapolis band joins forces with the Berlin-based orchestra. The album has some personal elements for the performers, but is anchored by more overtly political tracks. The political aspects of the record continues on POLIÇA's last album, United Crushers, reckoning with the current state of affairs, especially Trump's presidency. Watch: "agree" Listen: "How Is This Happening"

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited If I had known about U.S. Girls' Half Free before the end of 2015, it easily would have been one of my favorite albums that year. But alas, I only first heard of Meg Remy in 2016, though I almost instantly fell in love with that previous record. She released a couple of amazing singles late last year before announcing this record. I've already listened to this a few times, and I must say, it's an early contender for my favorite of the year! Watch: "Mad as Hell" Watch: "Velvet 4 Sale"

Other Full-Length Releases

American Nightmare - American Nightmare Watch: "The World Is Blue" Watch: "Flowers Under Siege"

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy Watch: "Nervous Young Inhumans" Listen: "Cute Thing"

Everything Is Recorded - Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell Watch: "Mountains of Gold" Watch: "Close but Not Quite"

I’m with Her - See You Around Watch: "Little Lies" Watch: "Game to Lose"

Johanna Warren - Gemini II Watch: "Here to Tell" Watch: "inreverse"

Marlon Williams - Make Way for Love Watch: "Vampire Again" Watch: "Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore" (featuring Aldous Harding)

Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap Watch: "Been Down" (featuring Swizz Beatz) Watch: "Last Time That I Checc’d" (featuring YG)

Ought - Room Inside the World Watch: "These 3 Things" Watch: "Disgraced in America"

Pianos Become the Teeth - Wait for Love Watch: "Charisma" Watch: "Love on Repea

Robert Earl Thomas - Another Age Watch: "What Am I Gonna Do" Listen: "Another Age"

Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive Watch: "What a Time to Be Alive" Watch: "Erasure"

Walter Martin - Reminisce Bar & Grill Listen: "I Can Run Now from the Hellhounds but I Can’t Hide" Listen: "Me & McAlevey"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beach Boys - Surfin’ Safari Vinyl Reissue Listen: "Surfin’ Safari" Listen: "409"

Belle and Sebastian - How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 3

Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar - Gling-Gló Reissue Listen: "Gling-Gló" Listen: "Ruby Baby"

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 10th Anniversary Reissue Listen: "Flume" Listen: "Skinny Love"

BOOTS - #DARKDAZE Watch: "Delete Delete" (featuring Run the Jewels & Cristin Milioti) Listen: "#DARKDAZE"

Lion Babe - "Honey Dew" Listen: "Honey Dew"

Nina Simone - At Town Hall Reissue Listen: "Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair" Listen: "Cotton Eyed Joe"

Ride - Tomorrow’s Shore Watch: "Catch You Dreaming" Listen: "Keep It Surreal"

Ryan Adams - "Baby I Love You" Watch: "Baby I Love You"

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway Reissue Listen: "Carry Me, Ohio" Listen: "Pancho Villa"

Tanlines - Present

Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix Reissue Listen: "Don’t Look Back" Listen: "About You"

Tinashe - "Faded Love" Watch: "Faded Love"

Wild Beasts - Last Night All My Dreams Came True Watch: "All the King’s Men" Listen: "The Devil’s Palace"

Upcoming Album of the Week(s) (Ending December 16)

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when everyone starts posting their year-end lists of the best movies, music, games, and more, and readers start freaking out about what's included and what's not. I will, of course, post my own list, as well as compile those year-end lists into one!

A large number of albums due out next year have already been announced. Check out my list of them here!

A couple of weeks ago, Meg Remy announced her sixth album as U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited.

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Remy has been working since 2007 and released her first album, Gravel Days, in 2008. It wasn't until last year that I first became aware of her and her latest album, Half Free, thanks to Exclaim (a Canadian music magazine). While the album was described as "art pop," it combined a variety of styles ranging from chamber music, to reggae, to pop. But it was her voice and lyrics that really drew me in (check out the album opener, "Sororal Feelings").

She released "Mad as Hell", the first single and video from the album back in October. The album was announced at the end of November along with a new song, "Velvet 4 Sale".

In a Poem Unlimited is scheduled for release on February 16.

Also announced recently:

American Nightmare - American Nightmare (February 16)
Austra - “Change the Paradigm” (out now)
Charli XCX - Pop2 (out now)
Closer - All This Will Be (January 19)
David Byrne - American Utopia (March 9)
DJ Earl & Nick Hook - 50 Backwoods (December 8)
El Perro Del Mar - We Are History (February 2)
EMA - Outtakes from Exile (March 2)
Emily A. Sprague - Water Memory (December 21)
Eminem - Revival (out now)
Ghostface Killah - The Brown Tape (January 26)
Guided By Voices - Space Gun (March 23)
Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky (March 9)
Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds (March 2)
Legend of the Seagullmen - Legend of the Seagullmen (February 9)
Lily Allen - “Trigger Bang” (out now)
Lucy Dacus - Historian (March 2)
Renata Zeiguer - Old Ghost (February 23)
Rhye - Blood (February 2)
The Shins - The Hearts Worm (January 19)
Strand of Oaks - Harder Love (January 19)
Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin (January 26)
Wild Beasts - Last Night All My Dreams Came True (February 16)
Xenia Rubinos, Sammus, & Olga Bell – “Levitating” (out now)