New Music Friday - April 28, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Feist - Pleasure It's been six years since the release Feist's previous record, Metals, and it's seemed like a long wait. She started promoting this record with cryptic posts on Instagram in March, referencing the album's title and lead single. The album was recorded with Mocky and Renaud Letang, and features a contribution from Jarvis Cocker (formerly of Pulp). Watch: "Pleasure" Listen: "Century" (featuring Jarvis Cocker)

Gorillaz - Humanz Damon Albarn maintains a lot of projects. He has long been the frontman of Blur, has had an active solo career, and is the primary creator behind Gorillaz. Blur and Gorillaz were both fairly quiet in the first part of the decade. In 2015, he reunited with Blur to release The Magic Whip, their first album in over a decade. The return of Gorillaz was also long-promised. It's out now, only a relatively-short six years following their last output, and with a variety of features, ranging from Savages' Jehnny Beth to Vince Staples. Watch: "Andromeda" (featuring D.R.A.M.) Watch: "Ascension" (featuring Vince Staples)

Mary J. Blige - Strength of a Woman Blige's music has always reflected aspects of her personal life. Strength of a Woman is no different; it follows her 2016 divorce from Martin Isaacs. Also a consummate collaborator, her thirteenth album sees her working with a wide variety of contemporaries (Missy Elliott) and younger artists and producers (Jazmine Sullivan and Kaytranada). Watch: "Love Yourself" (featuring Kanye West) Listen: "U + Me (Love Lesson)"

Mew - Visuals Visuals is the seventh album from this Danish band, following 2015's + -. The album was written while the band was touring in promotion of that last record. The album is the first that the band has recorded following the departure of guitarist Bo Madsen. Even in his absence, the band manages to retain their distinctive prog-influenced sound. Watch: "Twist Quest" Watch: "85 Videos"

Sylvan Esso - What Now This duo of Mountain Man's Amelia Meath and Megafaun's Nick Sanborn released an incredible self-titled debut album in 2014. The success of the album shifted the focus of both members away from their other projects. Much of the time since their debut has been spent touring and recording together. They started releasing tracks for this follow-up back in September with the double single "Radio" and "Kick Jump Twist". Watch: "Kick Jump Twist" Watch: "Radio"

Other Full-Length Releases

BNQT - Vol. 1 Listen: "Mind of a Man" Listen: "Restart"

Cashmere Cat - 9 Watch: "Trust Nobody" (featuring Selena Gomez & Troy Lanez) Watch: "9 (After Coachella)" (featuring MØ & Sophie)

Colin Stetson - All This I Do for Glory Watch: "In the Clinches" Watch: "Spindrift"

JMSN - Whatever Makes You Happy Watch: "Where Do U Go" Listen: "Drinkin’"

Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle Watch: "Beehive" Listen: "Nocturne"

Morning Teleportation - Salivating for Symbiosis Watch: "Re-wiring Easily" Listen: "Calm Is Intention Devouring Its Frailty"

Thurston Moore - Rock ’n’ Roll Consciousness Watch: "Smoke of Dreams" Listen: "Cease Fire"

Wale - SHINE Watch: "Running Back" (featuring Lil Wayne) Watch: "Fashion Week" (featuring G-Eazy)

Willie Nelson - God’s Problem Child Watch: "He Won’t Ever Be Gone" Watch: "Old Timer"

Wilsen - I Go Missing in My Sleep Watch: "Centipede" Watch: "Garden"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Circle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Jonsí - "Simple Gifts" Listen: Danny Elfman - "Happy Little Robots"

Kweku Collins - grey Listen: "Lucky Ones"

Majid Jordan - "Phases" Watch: "Phases"

Ryan Adams - Prisoner B-Sides Listen: "Stop Talking" Listen: "What If We’re Wrong"

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live

Swans - The Great Annihilator Reissue Listen: "Killing for Company"

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection

New Music Tuesday - December 23, 2014

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New Full-Length Releases

JMSN - JMSN JMSN is the stage name of Iranian-American producer and singer Christian Berishaj. He's been active for nearly a decade and has a few albums and EPs under his belt. He's been making a bigger name for himself as a guest vocalist for a variety of hip hop artists. He has been featured on tracks by Tyga, J. Cole, and Ab-Soul. In 2012, he guested on several tracks from Kendrick Lamar's incredible good kid, m.A.A.d city. He's following a strong past couple of years with his sophomore record. Listen: "Need U" Listen: "Addicted"

Other New Releases

Daft Punk - Alive 1997 / Alive 2007 Daft Punk's two live albums are getting re-released together today. Alive 1997 was originally released four years after it was recorded and was one 45-minute take from a November 8th, 1997 show at the Que Club in Birmingham, UK. Ten years later, they performed at the Bercy in Paris, which was compiled into a more conventional live record and released later the same year. Both are getting  vinyl reissues thirteen and seven years after their original releases. Watch: "Harder Better Faster Stronger"

James Murphy + IBM - Music Made with Tennis Data 2014 was a good year for new releases from former members of LCD Soundsystem and now we're getting some new music from the band's frontman. Working with IBM, Murphy takes music created from tennis players' moves and uses them to create new remixes. The data was originally compiled in order to better understand what makes athletes successful, but is being used in a completely novel way here. Listen: "Match 4 Remix" Listen: "Match 104 Remix"

Pink Mountaintops - "Asleep with an Angel"/"The Beat" Pink Mountaintops released their fourth album, Get Back, earlier this year. Their follow-up was recorded and pressed for French online retailer April 77, though it is also available digitally. Listen: "Asleep with an Angel"

Tegan and Sara - So Jealous X It's been ten years since Tegan and Sara released their fourth studio album, So Jealous. Upon its release, the album went gold and was the first of theirs to go up for the Canadian Juno Awards. To celebrate the milestone in their career, the album is getting re-released with new b-sides, demos, remixes and cover songs. Listen: "You Wouldn't Like Me" Listen: "Take Me Anywhere"

Wale x A-Trak - Festivus Festivus is well-known as fictional holiday from Seinfeld, but seems to be slowly becoming a real one, as well. To celebrate the 2014 Festivus season, rapper Wale collaborated with producer A-Trak. The mixtape features guests spots from Ab-Soul, Pusha T, and Chance The Rapper. Listen: "Blood Money 3.5" (featuring A$AP Ferg) Listen: "Friendship Heights" (featuring Chance The Rapper)