New Music Friday - June 27, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Barbra Streisand - The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2 Watch: "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (with Hozier) Listen: "The Very Thought of You" (with Bob Dylan)
	Frankie Cosmos - Different Talking Watch: "Vanity" Watch: "Bitch Heart"
	Lorde - Virgin Watch: "What Was That" Watch: "Man of the Year"
	Sharpie Smile - The Staircase Watch: "The Staircase" Watch: "The Slide"
	Wavves - Spun Watch: "Goner" Watch: "Way Down"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cam Muncey & The Delusions of Grandeur - Delusions of Grandeur Watch: "Take a Chance" Listen: "Arryhythmia"

Herbert & Momoko - Clay Watch: "Babystar" Watch: "Need to Run"

Juan Wauters - MVD LUV Watch: "If It’s Not Luv" Watch: "Dime Amiga"

Kevin Abstract - Blush Watch: "Geezer" (featuring Dominic Fike) Listen: "The Introduction"

Laura Stevenson - Late Great Watch: "Honey" Watch: "I Couldn’t Sleep"

Nick Léon - A Tropical Entropy Listen: "Ghost Orchid" (featuring ela minus) Listen: "Entropy"

Public Enemy - Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025

Sean Nicholas Savage - The Knowing Watch: "Your Drug" (featuring Marci) Watch: "Insane 4 U"

TDJ - TDJ Watch: "Where Is My Angel" Watch: "Shoreline" (with Danny L Harle)

Zoh Amba - Sun Listen: "Fruit Gathering" Listen: "Champa Flower"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Blonde Redhead - The Shadow of the Guest Watch: "Before" (Choir Version) (featuring Brooklyn Youth Chorus) Watch: "Rest of Her Life" (Choir Version) (featuring Brooklyn Youth Chorus)

deary - "I Still Think About You"/ "No Ordinary Love" Watch: "I Still Think About You" Listen: "No Ordinary Love"

F1 the Album Watch: Don Toliver - "Lose My Mind" (featuring Doja Cat) Watch: ROSÉ - "Messy"

Lizzo - MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING Listen: "CRASHOUT" Listen: "JUST 4 FUN"

Oklou - choke enough remixes Watch: "choke enough" (jamesjamesjames Remix) Watch: "choke enough" (Malibu’s ambient city mix)

New Music Friday - May 19, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Aldous Harding - Party My first exposure to Harding was back in September, when she opened for Deerhunter in concert. I was immediately blown away both by her music and her unique stage presence. It took a little while for me to find her self-titled debut album on vinyl. Not long after, she announced her follow-up. She's already worked her way up from a New Zealand-based label (she's from the country) to one of the more major of the British indie labels, 4AD. Her first outing with them is spectacular! Watch: "Imagining My Man" Watch: "Horizon"

Casey Dienel - Imitation of a Woman to Love Casey Dienel is better known as White Hinterland, but first released music under her given name. She released her first album, Wind Up Canary, in 2006 before becoming White Hinterland. She's taking on multiple roles in her return to her name, serving as the singer, writer, producer, and engineer on this record. Listen: "High Times" Listen: "Thrasher"

Land of Talk - Life After Youth Land of Talk is a Canadian band fronted by Elizabeth Powell. They first formed in 2006, but have not released new music since 2010's Cloak and Cipher. The band started teasing their return two years ago on their website. Their first album in seven years features vocals from Sharon van Etten on several tracks. Watch: "This Time" Watch: "Inner Lover"

The Mountain Goats - Goths The Mountain Goats have long been well-known for John Darnielle's highly-conceptual lyrics. The singer-songwriter often references his loves in his music; including songs about heavy metal, and an entire album, 2015's Beat the Champ, devoted to his love of professional wrestling. Their latest is inspired by his teenage love of music by 80s goth bands like The Cure, Bauhaus, and Joy Division. Listen: "Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds" Listen: "Rain in Soho"

Other Full-Length Releases

!!! - Shake the Shudder Watch: "Dancing Is the Best Revenge" Watch: "The One 2"

(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket Watch: "Sportstar" Watch: "Proud"

The I.L.Y.’s - Bodyguard Watch: "Gargoyle”/“Bobo" Watch: "I Love You Man"

Wavves - You’re Welcome Watch: "Million Enemies" Watch: "Stupid in Love"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Danny L Harle - 1UL Watch: "1UL"

The Kooks - The Best Of… So Far Watch: "Be Who You Are" Watch: "Forgive & Forget"

Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach EP Reissue Listen: "The Creature" Listen: "It’s Alright"

Kurt Vile - Square Shells EP Reissue Listen: "Ocean City" Listen: "The Finder"

MC Buddy & Kaytranada - Ocean & Montana Watch: "World of Wonders" Listen: "Love or Something"

Yung - Yung

New Music Friday - October 2, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Autre Ne Veut - Age of Transparency Autre Ne Veut has a somewhat unique style of singing. It's pleading, emotional, and borders almost on whiny, stopping just short enough to be still be enjoyable. He released his sophomore album, Anxiety, in 2013 to broad critical acclaim, getting featured on numerous year-end lists. On his follow-up, he doesn't stray from his brand of twisted R&B, crafting another great collection of songs. Watch: "Age of Transparency" Watch: "World War Pt. 2"

Deafheaven - New Bermuda Deafheaven is one of those rare black metal bands who have also gained a certain degree of "hipster cred." Their sophomore album, Sunbather, saw them getting rave reviews from traditionally indie-focused sites like Pitchfork and Stereogum. And like Autre Ne Veut, they have a well-received second album to live up to. They've done so by digging into the heavier elements of their sound. The stray somewhat from the shoegaze elements that helped make them popular with the likes of Pitchfork, but somehow not alienating any of that fanbase. Listen: "Brought to the Water" Listen: "Come Back"

Janet Jackson - Unbreakable All hail! It seems forever since we last heard from Miss Jackson (yeah, I'm nasty); she released her last album, Discipline, back in 2008. At nearly 50 years old, Janet proves that she still has it, this 11th studio album was her seventh to hit number one on the charts and made her one of very few artists to top the charts four decades in row. She continues to do what she does well with a great collection of dance floor-ready tunes. Watch: "No Sleep" (featuring J. Cole) Watch: "BURNITUP!" (featuring Missy Elliott)

Nicolas Godin - Contrepoint Nicolas Godin is one-half of the French ambient duo Air. Though the two have 20 years and eight albums together, this is just Godin's first solo record (his music partner, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, released his first nine years ago). Many artists are inspired by those who came before, but Godin is looking way back for this one, with an album of neo-classical compositions inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach. Watch: "Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde" Watch: "Orca"

Wavves - V Though I started listening to Wavves back in their days of irreverent pop punk, around and before the release of King of the Beach, it was their last album  (Afraid of Heights) that put them on another level in terms of my feelings of their music. The music was still had punk influences, but seemed far more mature in subject matter. They continue with that maturity on this, their fifth album (duh). If anything, they've calmed down even more on this one, but it's another great record from the band. Watch: "Way Too Much" Listen: "My Head Hurts"

Other Full-Length Releases

Blitzen Trapper - All Across This Land Watch: "All Across This Land" Listen: "Lonesome Angel"

Chad Valley - Entirely New Blue Watch: "True" Watch: "Seventeen"

Childbirth - Women’s Rights Listen: "Let’s Be Bad" Listen: "Cool Mom"

Darkstar - Foam Island Watch: "Pin Secure" Watch: "Stoke the Fire"

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down Watch: "Complexity" Listen: "Silverlake"

Editors - In Dream Watch: "Life Is a Fear" Watch: "No Harm"

The Foetals - Meet The Foetals Listen: "Fine"

Gemma - As Ever Listen: "As Ever"

Jessica Care Moore - Black Tea: The Legend of Jesse James Watch: "This Is a Bus with Wings" Watch: "Catch Me If You Can" (featuring Talib Kweli)

Joe Jackson - Fast Forward Listen: "Fast Forward" Listen: "A Little Smile"

Kyle - Smyle Watch: "Really? Yeah!" Listen: "Remember Me?" (featuring Chance The Rapper)

Line & Circle - Split Figure Watch: "Mine Is Mine" Listen: "Split Figure"

Monika - Secret in the Dark Watch: "Secret in the Dark" Listen: "Shake Your Hands" (featuring Andrew Wyatt)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

A-Trak - "We All Fall Down" Watch: "We All Fall Down" (featuring Jamie Lidell)

Baloji - 64 Bits & Malachite EP Watch: "Capture" (featuring Petite Noir & Muanza)

Dear Janet Naytronix & tUnE-yArDs - "What Have You Done for Me Lately"

Garbage - Garbage Reissue Listen: "Queer"

Hamilton Leithauser & Paul Maroon - I Could Have Sworn Listen: "Cry Out for Me" Listen: "Utica Avenue"

Hippo Campus - South EP Watch: "South" Watch: "Violet"

Kamasi Washington - The Epic LP Reissue Listen: "Re Run Home" Listen: "Miss Understanding"

No Escape Soundtrack Watch: Jim James - "Take Care of You"

Paul McCartney - The Pipes of Peace Reissue Watch: "Say Say Say"

Paul McCartney - Tug of War Reissue Listen: "Ebony & Ivory"

Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna