New Music Friday - July 18, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Alex G - Headlights Watch: "Afterlife" Watch: "June Guitar"
	Cleo Reed - Cuntry Listen: "Americana" Listen: "Da Da Da"
	Disiniblud - Disiniblud Watch: "It’s Change" (featuring Willy Siegel, Katie Dey, & Julianna Barwick) Watch: "Disiniblud"
	Madeline Kenney - Kiss from the Balcony Watch: "All I Need" Watch: "Scoop"
	Raekwon - The Emperor’s New Clothes Listen: "Wild Corsicans" Listen: "Da Heavies"

Other Full-Length Releases

Benny the Butcher - Summertime Butch 2 Watch: "Summer ‘25" Watch: "East Side Butch Freestyle"

Coral Grief - Air Between Us Watch: "Rockhounds" Watch: "Starboard"

Forth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes On Watch: "7 Months" Watch: "Bluff"

Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 Watch: "Looking Back" Watch: "Bag of Bones"

Vines - I’ll be here Watch: "Evicted" Watch: "I’ll Be Here"

We Are Scientists - Qualifying Miles Watch: "Please Don’t Say It" Watch: "I Could Do Much Worse"

Zac Farro - Operator Watch: "My My" Watch: "Operator"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free (10 Year Anniversary Edition) Watch: "Something More Than Free" Listen: "Should I Go Missing"

Justice - Mannequin Love (Remixes) Listen: "Mannequin Love" (Hudson Mohawke Remix) Listen: "Mannequin Love" (The Dare Remix)

New Music Friday - October 8, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart Watch: "Say What You Will" Watch: "Life Is Not the Same"
	Karen Peris - A Song Is Way Above the Lawn Watch: "I Would Sing Along" Listen: "A Song Is Way Above the Lawn"
	Lala Lala - I Want the Door to Open Watch: "DIVER" Watch: "Color of the Pool"
	S. Raekwon - Where I’m at Now Watch: "Darling" Listen: "Forever"
	Shannon Lay - Geist Watch: "Awaken and Allow”/“Geist" Watch: "A Thread to Find"

Other Full-Length Releases

BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory Watch: "Signal from the Noise" Watch: "Sending Signals"

Efterklang - Wildflowers Watch: "Living Other Lives" Watch: "Dragonfly"

Porches - All Day Gentle Hold ! Watch: "Okay" Watch: "Lately"

Taraka - Welcome to Paradise Lost Watch: "Psychocastle" Watch: "Welcome to Paradise Lost"

We Are Scientists - Huffy Watch: "Sentimental Education" Watch: "Contact High"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Alchemist - This Thing of Ours 2 Watch: "Lossless" (featuring MIKE) Watch: "Miracle Baby" (featuring Mavi)

Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 Listen: Sturgill Simpson - "Paradise" Listen: Tyler Childers - "Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After Me"

Kevin Morby - A Night at the Little Los Angeles Listen: "Campfire" (4-Track Demo) Listen: "Sundowner" (4-Track Demo)

Nothing - The Great Dismal B-Sides Watch: "Amber Gambler" Watch: "La La Means I Love You"

SHADY NASTY - CLUBSMOKE Watch: "PRETTYB0YZ" Watch: "IBIZA"

Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing? Deluxe Edition Watch: "Me and You" Watch: "Color Me Once" (Early Version)

New Music Friday - April 27, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Half Waif - Lavender Synth-pop singer Nandi Rose Plunkett is a former member of Pinegrove and has been performing solo as Half Waif for six years. Lavender is her second album following last year's Probably Depths. Watch: "Keep It Out" Watch: "Torches"

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer Monáe steps away a bit from the thematic elements of her first two albums, though there's still some Cindi Mayweather around. In ways, it's a more typical pop album, but one only this artist could make. It's sexual, defiant, political, and (as she always is) amazing! Watch: "Make Me Feel" Watch: "Django Jane"

Okkervil River - In the Rainbow Rain In the Rainbow Rain is the ninth album from this band fronted by Will Sheff. The album follows 2016's Away, in which Sheff unpacked major changes to his personal and professional lives. This album sees the band incorporating a wide variety of new styles. Watch: "Don’t Move Back to LA" Watch: "Pulled Up the Ribbon"

Speedy Ortiz - Twerp Verse Twerp Verse is the third album from this Massachusetts band and follows 2015's amazing Foil Deer. The album and the videos that have accompanied it continue the DIY feel of their work. Watch: "Lucky 88" Watch: "Lean in When I Suffer"

Twin Shadow - Caer This is the fourth album from George Lewis, Jr., who performs as Twin Shadow. The album features collaborations with Rainsford and HAIM. Watch: "Little Woman" Watch: "Brace" (featuring Rainsford)

Other Full-Length Releases

Forth Wanderers - Forth Wanderers Watch: "Ages Ago" Watch: "Nevermine"

Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys Watch: "Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) Watch: "rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage)

Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco - You’re Driving Me Crazy Listen: "You’re Driving Me Crazy" Listen: "Everyday I Have the Blues"

We Are Scientists - Megaplex Watch: "One In, One Out" Watch: "Your Light Has Changed"

Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing Watch: "Me and You" Watch: "Bad Breath"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Buzzy Lee - Facepaint EP Watch: "Facepaint" Watch: "Coolhand"

Grouper - Grid of Points Listen: "Driving" Listen: "Parking Lot"

Kings: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "Saying Goodbye" Listen: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "Waking Up"

SONTALK - SONTALK: Act 1 Watch: "I Am a War Machine"

New Music Friday - April 22, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

A$AP Ferg - Always Strive and Prosper Along with A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg has become a pillar of the A$AP Mob collective. He released his debut album, Trap Lord, in 2013, following that up with a mixtape and a number of non-album singles since. His new album showcases the diversity of the current hip hop scene and his own style; at times recalling Kendrick Lamar's consciousness, at others the irreverence of Future. Watch: "Let It Bang" (featuring ScHoolboy Q) Watch: "New Level" (featuring Future)

Parakeet - KASA Parakeet is the side project of Yuck's Mariko Doi. She started the band 2011 with James L. Thomas of The History of Apple Pie. They released their first single way back in 2012, and have been steadily rolling them out since. KASA is their debut full-length. Listen: "Sugar Rush" Listen: "Summer Apathy"

Rufus Wainwright - Take All My Loves Wainwright's lyrics have always had a bit of a Shakespearean quality to them, it would only make sense for him to write music to accompany Shakespeare's work. Released with Deutsche Grammophon to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death, Wainwright sets nine of his sonnets to music. The album features a number of other artists, including: Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, Florence Welch, and his sister Martha. Watch: "A Woman’s Face Reprise" Watch: "When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes" (featuring Florence Welch)

Other Full-Length Releases

Andy Stott - Too Many Voices Watch: "Butterflies" Listen: "Selfish"

Guided By Voices - Please Be Honest Listen: "My Zodiac Companion" Listen: "Eye Shop Heaven"

We Are Scientists - Helter Skelter Watch: "Buckle" Watch: "Too Late"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Death from Above 1979 - Live at Third Man Records Listen: "Right On Frankenstein"

Patio - Luxury Listen: "Arbitrary Numbers"

Shugo Tokumaru - "Hikageno"/"Vektor" Watch: "Vektor"