New Music Friday - August 2, 2019

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Clairo - Immunity Clairo is Claire Cottrill, a young singer who first garnered attention with the release of "Pretty Girl" on You-Tube. The video gained 35 million views on the site, which (along with some family connections) got her attention from a few major record labels. Immunity is her first album, released on the FADER label. Listen: "Bags" Listen: "Closer to You"

Cross Record - Cross Record Cross Record is a duo of Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski, who have also recorded recently with Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater as Loma. Cross Record existed prior to that collaboration and have two previous records under their belts. Watch: "PYSOL My Castle" Watch: "I Release You"

Merival - Lesson Merival is the stage name of Anna Horvath, a folk musician from Toronto. She first gained attention in 2016 with the release of her EP, Lovers. Lesson is her debut album. Watch: "No Brakes" Listen: "Planting a Garden"

Other Full-Length Releases

Angela Perley - 4:30 Watch: "Let Go" Listen: "Don’t Look Back Mary"

Slaughter Beach, Dog - Safe and Also Not Fear Watch: "Heart Attack" Listen: "Good Ones"

Ty Segall - First Taste Watch: "Taste" Listen: "Ice Plant"

Tyler Childers - Country Squire Watch: "House Fire" Watch: "All Your’n"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

the bird and the bee - Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: (A Tribute to Van Halen) Listen: "Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love" Listen: "Hot for Teacher" (featuring Beck)

Cornelius - Point Reissue Listen: "Tone Twilight Zone" Listen: "Fly"

Fever Ray - Live at the Troxy Listen: "I’m Not Done" Listen: "Triangle Walks"

My Morning Jacket - The Tennessee Fire: 20th Anniversary Edition Listen: "Evelyn Is Not Real" (First Version) Listen: "The Bear" (First Version)

Thom Yorke - Not the News Rmx Listen: "Not the News" (Mark Pritchard Remix) Listen: "Not the News" (Clark Remix)

New Music Friday - June 17, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

The bird and the bee - Recreational Love The bird and the bee were a beloved band before the release of 2010's Interpreting the Masters, but it was that collection of reinterpreted Hall & Oates tracks that sealed my love for them. It's been a long wait between records from the band, who were dropped from their label and started families in the years since. This is a very welcome return! Watch: "Will You Dance" Watch: "Los Angeles"

Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell - Sing into My Mouth I didn't know this before this album was announced, but Sam Beam (aka Iron & Wine) and Ben Bridwell (lead singer for Band of Horses) grew up together in central South Carolina. Though they've gone in slightly different musical directions, they were able to find time to get into the studio together to record this album of covers. The record collects songs originally by Talking Heads, El Perro del Mar, and Spiritualized, just to name a few. Listen: "Bullet Proof Soul" Listen: "No Way Out of Here"

Tame Impala - Currents Tame Impala had a lot of work to do to follow up on 2012's Lonerism (it was a favorite of mine and one of the best reviewed records that year). In a move that has the potential to alienate some fans, they're moving away from their psychedelic rock sound in order to incorporate synthpop and R&B. Frontman and songwriter Kevin Parker expressed a desire for the album to be a dance floor album, despite the personal nature of the songs' lyrics. Watch: "Cause I’m a Man" Watch: "Let It Happen"

Wilco - Star Wars Dad rock, sci-fi movies, flowers and cats...it's a combination that makes perfect sense, I guess. In a move that had previously been the domain of hip hop and R&B stars, Wilco surprise-released this album in mid-July for free. In explaining the interesting choice for the album's title, frontman Jeff Tweedy stated that he was not actually a fan of the films; he just liked how the words looked juxtaposed against the image of the cat. Listen: "Random Name Generator" Listen: "You Satellite"

Other Full-Length Releases

Bad Bad Hats - Psychic Reader Watch: "Midway" Listen: "Fight Song"

Camera Shy - Camera Shy Watch: "Your Only One" Listen: "Colors Radiate"

The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes Watch: "Go" (featuring Q-Tip) Watch: "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted"

Future - Dirty Sprites 2 Watch: "Where Ya At" (featuring Drake) Watch: "Kno the Meaning"

MS MR - How Does It Feel Watch: "Wrong Victory" Watch: "Painted"

Ratatat - Magnifique Watch: "Intro" Watch: "Cream on Chrome"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Continental Drifters - Drifted: In the Beginning & Beyond Listen: "The Mississippi" (Early Version) Listen: "Side Steppin' the Fire"

Disclosure - "Holding On" Watch: "Holding On" (featuring Gregory Porter)

Wavves - "Way Too Much" Listen: "Way Too Much"