New Music Friday - March 14, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Circuit des Yeux - Halo on the Inside Watch: "Megaloner" Watch: "Canopy of Eden"
	clipping. - Dead Channel Sky Watch: "Welcome Home Warrior" (featuring Aesop Rock) Watch: "Change the Channel"
	Twin Shadow - Georgie Watch: "Permanent Feeling" Watch: "Good Times"
	terraplana - natural Watch: "todo dia" Watch: "charlie"
	Whatever the Weather - Whatever the Weather II Watch: "12°C" Watch: "9°C"

Other Full-Length Releases

Alabaster DePlume - A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole Watch: "Oh My Actual Days" Watch: "Invincibility"

Consentrik Quartet - Consentrik Quartet Listen: "The 23" Listen: "Allende"

Étienne de Crécy - Warm Up Watch: "Rising Soul" (featuring Damon Albarn) Listen: "Karma" (featuring Olivia Merilahti)

Intensive Care and The Body - Was I Good Enough? Watch: "At Death’s Door" Watch: "The Riderless Mount"

Jonathan Personne - Nouveau Monde Watch: "Zoé sur la montagne" Watch: "Les jours heureux"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Fucked Up - "Disabuse"/"Self-Driving Man" Listen: "Disabuse" Listen: "Self-Driving Man"

Huremic - Seeking Darkness

of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins (20th Anniversary Edition) Listen: "Family Nouveau" Listen: "Crazy for You but Not That Crazy"

The WAEVE - Eternal EP Watch: "Love Is All Pain" Listen: "It’s Hope That Kills You"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending August 17, 2019)

Jack White and Jack Black have finally come together for a collaborative song. As we could only hope, they are calling themselves Jack Gray. The song isn't out yet, but a recent episode of Black's YouTube series, JablinskiGames, shows them meeting up at White's Third Man Records in Nashville. If they reconvene for a full-length Jack Gray record, look for it on my New Releases page!

This week, clipping. announced their third album, There Existed an Addiction to Blood.

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clipping. is a hip hop trio of rapper Daveed Diggs, and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes. They have been notable for a more experimental approach to the genre and, rather than sampled beats or live instrumentation, utilize found sounds, industrial metal remixes, and static.

They've also been masters of the music video. If you want to fall down a music video rabbit hole, check out their channel.

Daveed Diggs has been making a name for himself as an actor in recent years, writing and starring in last years Blindspotting, and landing a role on the TV series Snowpiercer.

I assumed that Diggs may be taking a break from music to focus on his acting, but was pleasantly surprised when There Existed an Addiction to Blood was announced Wednesday. The announcement came with a new song, "Nothing Is Safe." The album will be released on October 18.

Also announced recently:

Alchemist - Yacht Rock 2 (August 30)
Amy O - Shell (October 25)
Ariel Pink - Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2 (October 25)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Loverboy Reissue (October 25)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Underground Reissue (October 25)
A$AP Ferg - Floor Seats (out now)
Battles - Juice B Crypts (October 18)
The Beatles - Abbey Road 50 (September 27)
Big Thief - Two Hands (October 11)
Cashmere Cat - Princess Catgirl (September 20)
City and Colour - Pill for Loneliness (October 4)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind Reissue (September 27)
Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over Reissue (September 27)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been Reissue (September 27)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without a Sound Reissue (September 27)
elbow - Giants of All Sizes (October 11)
Empath - Active Listening: Night on Earth Reissue (October 24)
Guided By Voices - Sweating the Plague (October 25)
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA (October 25)
Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds - This Is the Place (September 27)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe Vinyl Reissue (August 30)
Omni - Networker (November 1)
Rapsody - Eve (August 23)
San Fermin - The Cormorant (October 4)
Young Thug - So Much Fun (out now)

New Music Friday - September 9, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Allah-Las - Calico Review I'm not too big into music radio, but with the benefit of satellite radio in a rental car a couple of years ago, I first heard this band on an indie rock station. I know I like a lot of music, but there's not much I like immediately, and I liked this band the moment that I first heard them. Calico Review is their third album and does not see them drifting far from the sound they established on their first two records. Watch: "Could Be You" Watch: "Famous Phone Figure"

Clipping. - Splendor & Misery Daveed Diggs has become a very busy and in-demand man. In addition to all of his projects, he looks to be adding "showrunner" to his resume, developing a pilot for ABC about a rapping mayor. Still, he sticks by his first musical venture. Splendor & Misery is the second album from Clipping., which also includes members William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes. He has also not compromised on the experimental sound of the band (and, of course, the incredible music videos)! Watch: "Air ‘Em Out" Watch: "Baby Don’t Sleep"

M.I.A. - AIM This album has had a long promotion cycle behind it. The first track that would appear on the record, "The New International Sound (Pt. 2)," was released in June of last year. Overall, in 2015, she would release three tracks; the assumed name of the album was Matahdatah and no specific release date had been set. She released a few more songs this year, before providing more album details this summer, including its final name. It might be her last record, but if it is, she's going out on a high note. Watch: "Go Off" Watch: "Borders"

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree It's been a difficult couple of years for Nick Cave, with the loss of his teenage son, Arthur. On his latest record, the artist, who usually displays a stoic swagger, delves into the impact of his son's death on him and his family. The recording of the album was captured in the documentary, One More Time with Feeling, also released earlier this year. Watch: "Jesus Alone" Watch: "I Need You"

Okkervil River - Away Okkervil River's latest record, their eighth, was also partially inspired by death; in this case, it was the death of frontman Will Sheff's grandfather. The period of time since The Silver Gymnasium also marked changes in the band's backing line-up, which played into the making of the record. The album features contributions from yMusic, Marissa Nadler, and Jonathan Meiburg (who used to be a full member). Watch: "The Industry" Watch: "Okkervil River R.I.P."

Other Full-Length Releases

D.A.R.K. - Science Agrees Listen: "Curvy" Listen: "Loosen the Noose"

Drugdealer - The End of Comedy Watch: "Suddenly" (featuring Weyes Blood) Watch: "Easy to Forget" (featuring Ariel Pink)

Grouplove - Big Mess Watch: "Traumatized" Watch: "Welcome to Your Life"

The Head and the Heart - Signs of Light Watch: "All We Ever Knew" Listen: "Library Magic"

Ice Choir - Design in Rhythm Listen: "Unprepared" Listen: "Variant"

inc. no world - As Light as Light Watch: "Hymn 1" Listen: "Waters of You"

July Talk - Touch Watch: "Push + Pull" Listen: "Touch"

Local Natives - Sunlit Youth Watch: "Coins" Watch: "Fountain of Youth"

Nots - Cosmetic Listen: "Entertain Me" Listen: "No Novelty"

Omar Rodriguez-López - Umbrella Mistress Listen: "Tell Me What I Did Wrong" Listen: "Umbrella Mistress"

Psychic Twin - Strange Diary Watch: "Lose Myself" Listen: "Hopeless"

Robert Pollard - Not in My Airforce Listen: "Get Under It" Listen: "Maggie Turn to Flies"

Teenage Fanclub - Here Watch: "I’m in Love" Watch: "Thin Air"

Wilco - Schmilco Listen: "Someone to Lose" Listen: "If Ever I Was a Child"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Cold Cave - The Idea of Love Watch: "The Idea of Love"

David Nagler & Friends - Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Poems Listen: Jeff Tweedy - "Theme in Yellow"

Gang of Four - Live…In the Moment Watch: "Love Like Anthrax"

Jack White - Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 Watch: "City Lights" Listen: "Carolina Drama" (Acoustic Mix)

New Order - Singles Listen: "Sub-Culture" (Edit)

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones in Mono

Transpecos: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Listen: Aaron & Bryce Dessner - "Final Theme" Listen: Aaron & Bryce Dessner - "Brothers"

The Verve - A Northern Soul Box Set Watch: "History" Listen: "A Northern Soul"

The Verve - A Storm in Heaven Box Set Watch: "Slide Away" Listen: "Star Sail"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending July 30)

Jack White is launching a record into outer space in an attempt to play the first record in space. We'll have to wait and see if he's successful, but there are a lot of records available here on Earth. Check out my Upcoming Releases page to see some of what's coming in the next few months!

This week, Clipping announced their third album, Splendor & Misery.

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Clipping has been Daveed Diggs' primary outlet since 2009. The rap group has released two albums and four EPs since. Diggs has also become known, in recent months, for his roles as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson on Broadway's Hamilton. He's also been a member of yet another rap group, True Neutral Crew, which released a new album just this past week.

With all of his other projects, it seemed like we wouldn't be hearing from Clipping again for awhile. That was until they released a new EP, Wriggle, earlier this year. With that, I wasn't also expecting a whole new album, but sometimes we get lucky! The announcement came with a new song and video, "Baby Don't Sleep."

Splendor & Misery is set to be released on September 9.

Also announced this week:

Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson and Friends (out now)
Chivalrous Amoekans - Fanatic Voyage (September 16)
Communions - “Don’t Hold Anything Back”/“Eternity” (September 16)
Donny McCaslin - Beyond Now (October 14)
Douglas Dare - Aforger (October 14)
Father John Misty - “Real Love Baby” (out now)
How to Dress Well - Care (September 23)
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon - 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth (June 1, 2017)
The Luyas - Says You (September 16)
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine (September 16)
Mass Gothic - Sub Goth (August 5)
Massive Attack - “The Spoils”/“Come Near Me” (out now)
Nouvelle Vague - Athol Brose (September 2)
Pfarmers - Our Puram (August 12)
Pink Floyd - The Early Years 1965-1972 (November 11)
The Radio Dept. - Running out of Love (October 21)

clipping. - "Summertime"

clipping. is one of the most interesting hip hop groups out there, but as great as their music is, the accompanying videos are just as amazing. On the surface, their latest just seems to collect (possibly illicit) footage of people working, enjoying the beach, and driving around. However, everyone's mouth and eyes has been replaced with those of MCs Daveed Diggs and King Tee. The effect is pretty cool, though a little unnerving.

clipping. released their sophomore album, CLPPNG, in June of last year.