New Music Friday - February 28, 2025

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	BANKS - Off with Her Head Watch: "Love Is Unkind" Watch: "I Hate Your Ex-Girlfriend" (featuring Doechii)
	Miya Folick - Erotica Veronica Watch: "Erotica" Watch: "Fist"
	Panda Bear - Sinister Grift Watch: "Defense" Watch: "Ferry Lady"
	serpentwithfeet - GRIP SEQUEL Watch: "WRITHING IN THE WIND" Watch: "WANDERER"
	Yves Jarvis - All Cylinders Watch: "All Cylinders" Watch: "One Gripe"

Other Full-Length Releases

Aloe Blacc - Stand Together Watch: "Don’t Go Alone" Listen: "Stand Together"

Andy Bell - Pinball Wanderer Watch: "i’m in love..." (featuring Dot Allison & Michael Rother) Watch: "apple green ufo"

bdrmm - Microtonic Watch: "Infinity Peaking" Watch: "John on the Ceiling"

Boldy James - Token of Appreciation Watch: "Thank God" (with Chuck Strangers) Watch: "Unapologetic" (with Chuck Strangers)

Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table Watch: "Bad Larry" Watch: "Story of the Egg"

Darkside - Nothing Watch: "S.N.C." Watch: "Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing)"

Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart Watch: "Shovel" Watch: "Let Me Go" (featuring Madison Cunningham)

Emile Mosseri - trying to be born Listen: "a whole life" Listen: "not going anywhere"

Everything Is Recorded - Richard Russell Is Temporary Watch: "Losing You" (featuring Sampha, Laura Groves, Jah Wobble, & Yazz Ahmed) Watch: "Never Felt Better" (featuring Florence Welch & Sampha)

Gunn-Truscinski Duo - Flam Listen: "Fin" Listen: "Camouflage"

The Men - Buyer Beware Watch: "Pony" Watch: "PO Box 96"

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - IC-02 Bogotá Watch: "Earth 1" Listen: "The Garden"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Chills - Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs Listen: "If The World Was Made for Me" Listen: "Dolphins"

Hana Vu - Movies Listen: "Records" Listen: "Alone" (stripped)

Mdou Moctar - Tears of Injustice Watch: "Imajighen" (Injustice Version) Watch: "Takoba" (Injustice Version)

New Music Friday - August 12, 2022

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes Watch: "No Gold Teeth" Watch: "Because"
	Megan Thee Stallion - Traumazine Watch: "Budget" (featuring Latto) Watch: "Sweetest Pie" (featuring Dua Lipa)
	Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset Watch: "Go On" Watch: "Edge of the Edge"
	Rat Tally - In My Car Watch: "Longshot" Listen: "In My Car"
	Sylvan Esso - No Rules Sandy Watch: "Didn’t Care" Watch: "Your Reality"

Other Full-Length Releases

Doll Spirit Vessel - What Stays Watch: "What Stays" Watch: "Something Small"

Hudson Mohawke - Cry Sugar Watch: "Stump" Watch: "Bicstan"

Kasabian - The Alchemist’s Euphoria Watch: "SCRIPTVRE" Watch: "CHEMICALS"

Kiwi Jr. - Chopper Watch: "Night Vision" Watch: "Unspeakable Things"

OSEES - A Foul Form Watch: "Funeral Solution" Watch: "Perm Act"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

After Dark 4 Watch: Sally Shapiro - "Purple Colored Sky" Listen: WOL†RAM - "Sad Ibiza Song"

Alicia Keys - KEYS II Watch: "Come for Me" (Unlocked) (featuring Khalid & Lucky Daye) Watch: "Trillions" (featuring Brent Faiyaz)

Bella Poarch - Dolls Watch: "Dolls" Watch: "Living Hell"

Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex Anniversary Reissue Listen: "Apocalypse" Listen: "Crush"

Danny Elfman - Bigger. Messier Watch: "Kick Me" (with Iggy Pop) Watch: "In Time" (featuring Blixa Bargeld)

MØ - Motordrome (The Dødsdrom Edition) Watch: "Spaceman" Watch: "New Moon"

Omar Apollo - Ivory (Marfil) Watch: "Pretty Boy" Watch: "Saving All My Love"

Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted 30th Anniversary Edition Listen: "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" Listen: "In the Mouth a Desert"

The Streets - Brexit at Tiffany’s Watch: "Brexit at Tiffany’s" (featuring Jazz Morley) Listen: "3 Minutes to Midnight"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending December 5)

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This week, Animal Collective, a band known for their mastery of experimental music announced their 10th album, Painting With.

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The band has been fairly prolific both as a collective and individually. Together, they released their last album, Centipede Hz, in 2012, and followed that up with an EP, Monkey Been to Burn Town, the next year and a live album just a few weeks ago. Apart, Avey Tare released his first album as Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Enter the Slasher House, in 2013 and Panda Bear released Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper back in January. He's already followed that up with a couple of EPs.

The reason for all the solo projects was that the band felt exhausted after touring behind Centipede Hz, but one member of the band, Deakin, chose to sit this one out completely (he had rejoined the band to record Centipede Hz). The other three members band wrote and recorded the album over the first part of this year. Some lucky travelers have already gotten to hear the record; it was played over the speakers at the Baltimore Airport on November 25.

Painting With will be released for the rest of us on February 19.

Also announced this week:

ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS (Spring)
Archy Marshall - A New Place to Drown (December 10)
Lucius - Good Grief (March 11)
M. Ward - More Rain (March 4)
Matmos - Why Pay More (out now)
Miike Snow - iii (March 4)
Nicolas Godin - Contrepoint US Release (February 26)
Wiki - Lil Me (December 7)

New Music Tuesday - June 30, 2015

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Jaill - Brain Cream Jaill released an album in 2010, That's How We Burn, that has remained one of my favorites year over year. This isn't their first follow-up to that record; that would be 2012's Traps, but I was never able to get as much into that album. This latest record comes following some changes for the band; they were dropped from their label, Sub Pop, and much of the band left soon after. They're starting anew, but trying to hold to their unique sound. Watch: "Getaway" Listen: "Got an F"

Vince Staples - Summertime ‘06 Vince Staples may be the most interesting and exciting young voices in an era of hip hop dominated by the younger guys. Not content to rap about girls and parties, he hearkens back to earlier days of LA hip hop (he's from LA, by the way) by referencing his life and his community, often discussing the crime and violence that he is exposed to. He has made good on the excitement built with his excellent debut mixtape, Hell Can Wait, with one of the best-reviewed albums of the year. Watch: "Get Paid" Watch: "Señorita"

Wavves & Cloud Nothings - No Life for Me Nathan Williams is keeping himself very busy this year. He released an album with a new band, Spirit Club, earlier this year, contributed to yet another soundtrack for GTAV, and is set to release a new album with Wavves later this year. In addition to all of that, Wavves has partnered with another young rock band for a collaborative album. Wavves and the Cleveland-based Cloud Nothings may not seem to have much in common on paper, but they sound pretty awesome together. Listen: "Such a Drag" Listen: "Come Down"

Other Full-Length Releases

Bilal - In Another Life Watch: "Satellites" Listen: "Pleasure Toy" (featuring Big K.R.I.T.)

Fraser A. Gorman - Slow Gum Watch: "Shiny Gun" Watch: "Broken Hands"

The Internet - Ego Death Watch: "Girl" (featuring Kaytranada) Listen: "Get Away"

Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money Watch: "Jump out the Face" (featuring Future) Listen: "All Eyes on You" (featuring Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Johnny Marr - "Candidate"/"Exit Connection" Watch: "Candidate" Listen: "Exit Connection"

Joy Division - Closer Reissue Listen: "Decades" Listen: "The Eternal"

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Reissue Listen: "Disorder" Listen: "Shadowplay"

Nicolas Jaar - Nymphs III Listen: "Swim" Listen: "Mistress"

Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone Listen: Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Feeling Good" Listen: Usher - "My Baby Just Cares for Me"

Owen Pallett - "The Phone Call" Listen: "The Phone Call"

Panda Bear - PBVSGR Listen: "Crosswords" (Pete Rock Rework)

Pete Townshend - Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend Listen: "Guantanamo" Listen: "Sheraton Gibson"

Voice Coils - Heaven's Sense EP Listen: "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" Listen: "Heaven's Sense"