New Music Friday - October 27, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Circus Devils - Squeeze the Needle Watch: "HERE WE ARE" Listen: "The Owl Presents…"
	katie dey - never falter hero girl Watch: "dawn service" Watch: "swallower"
	The Kills - God Games Watch: "103" Watch: "LA Hex"
	Poppy - Zig Watch: "Knockoff" Watch: "Motorbike"
	Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness Watch: "Binoculars" (featuring Royce The Choice) Watch: "Woke Up in a Dream" (featuring Lil Tracy)

Other Full-Length Releases

DJ Shadow - Action Adventure Watch: "Ozone Scraper" Watch: "You Played Me"

Duran Duran - Danse Macabre Watch: "Danse Macabre" Watch: "PSYCHO KILLER" (featuring Victoria DeAngelis)

Flyte - Flyte Watch: "Speech Bubble" Listen: "Bedtime Reminder"

The Gaslight Anthem - History Books Watch: "History Books" (featuring Bruce Springsteen) Watch: "Autumn"

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord Watch: "Theia” / “The Silver Cord” / “Set" Listen: "Gilgamesh"

the Mountain Goats - Jenny from Thebes Watch: "Clean Slate" Watch: "Fresh Tattoo"

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Bauhaus Stairs Watch: "Bauhaus Staircase" Watch: "Slow Train"

Wild Nothing - Hold Watch: "Headlights On" Watch: "Suburban Solutions"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Bruce Hornsby - Spirit Trail 25th Anniversary Edition Listen: "Living in the Sunshine" Listen: "Swan Song" (Live)

Cory Hanson - "Western Cum"/"I Can’t Keep My Eyes Open" Listen: "Western Cum" Listen: "I Can’t Keep My Eyes Open"

Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile - "This Time of Night"/"Different Now" Listen: Courtney Barnett - "Different Now" Listen: Kurt Vile - "This Time of Night"

José González - Veneer Reissue Watch: "Hand on Your Heart" Watch: "Heartbeats"

Prince - Diamonds and Pearls Remaster Listen: "Alice Through the Looking Glass" Listen: "Insatiable" (Early Mix - Full Version)

Sigrid - The Hype Watch: "Ghost" Watch: "The Hype"

Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023 Listen: "February Punk" Listen: "I Hate History"

Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Watch: "Is It Over Now?" (Taylor’s Version) Watch: "Style" (Taylor’s Version)

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)

New Music Friday - February 19, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Animal Collective - Painting With Animal Collective's tenth album has them returning to the smaller lineup they had for 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion; Deakin is again the member who sat out. The album comes after a short break in which members focused on other projects, both music- and life-related. They came back together last year to write and record this latest record. Watch: "FloriDada" Watch: "Golden Gal"

BJ the Chicago Kid - In My Mind BJ the Chicago Kid is Bryan James Sledge and he hails from, you guessed it, Chicago. He's been in the music industry for more than a decade and released his debut album, Pineapple Now-Laters, in 2012. His follow-up, and first album on Motown, sees him getting some help from fellow Chicago musician and budding taste-maker Chance The Rapper. Watch: "Nothin’ but Love" (featuring Joey Badass) Watch: "Church" (featuring Chance The Rapper)

Mavis Staples - Livin’ on a High Note Mavis Staples, a member of the famed Staples Singles gospel group, has enjoyed a bit of a career resurgence as of late with the help of a number of younger musicians. Her latest solo record features production from M. Ward and new songs written for Staples by Neko Case, Nick Cave, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArDs, and Aloe Blacc. Listen: "High Note" Listen: "Jesus Lay Down Beside Me"

Ra Ra Riot - Need Your Light Need Your Light is the fourth album from this New York band. On it they are joined by an old collaborator, Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend. Ra Ra Riot frontman Wes Miles previously worked with Rostam in the band Discovery. He helped write and produce two of the album's tracks, the remaining were produced by Ryan Hadlock. Watch: "Foreign Lovers" Watch: "Water"

TEEN - Love Yes TEEN is made up of the Lieberson sisters, Kristina, Katherine, and Lizzie, along with Boshra AlSaadi. Kristina was previously the keyboardist for Here We Go Magic, but formed this band in 2010. This is their third album, written on the road and recorded shortly after their tour for 2014's The Way in Color. Watch: "Free Time" Listen: "Tokyo"

Other Full-Length Releases

Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex Listen: "melody in high feedback tone" Listen: "liquid gate"

LNZNDRF - LNZNDRF Watch: "Future You" Listen: "Kind Things"

Lushlife - Ritualize Listen: "The Ecstatic Cult" (featuring Killer Mike) Listen: "Strawberry Mansion" (featuring Freeway)

Matmos - Ultimate Care II Watch: "Ultimate Care II Excerpt 3" Watch: "Ultimate Care II Excerpt Five"

Wild Nothing - Life of Pause Watch: "To Know You”/“TV Queen" Listen: "Reichpop"

Wolfmother - Victorious Watch: "Victorious" Watch: "Pretty Peggy"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel Reissue Listen: "A Ghost Story" Listen: "Recent Bedroom"

Girls, Vol. 3 (Music from the HBO Original Series) Listen: Waxahatchee - "With You" Listen: BØRNS - "Past Lives"

Good for You Listen: Courtney Barnett - "Three Packs a Day" Listen: Fraser A. Gorman - "Skyscraper Skyline Blues"

Iggy Pop, Tarwater, & Alva Noto - Leaves of Grass Listen: "From Pent-Up Aching Rivers"

Marching Church - Coming Down: Sessions in April Listen: "Coming Down"

The Soft Moon - Deeper Remixes Vol. 2 Listen: "Deeper" (Fango Remix) Listen: "Feel" (Ninos du Brasil Remix)

Sonic Youth - Murray Street Reissue Listen: "The Empty Page" Listen: "Disconnection Notice"

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Reissue Listen: "Reena" Listen: "Incinerate"

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse Reissue Listen: "Pattern Recognition" Listen: "Unmade Bed"

A Bigger Splash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: St. Vincent - "Emotional Rescue"

Stars Wars Headspace Listen: Flying Lotus - "R2 Where R U?" Listen: Röyksopp - "Bounty Hunters"

Yoko Ono - Yes, I’m a Witch Too Listen: "Forgive Me My Love" (Death Cab for Cutie Remix)