New Music Friday - August 16, 2024

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves Watch: "Take a Bite" Watch: "Coming Home"
	Blind Pilot - In the Shadow of the Holy Mountain Watch: "Just a Bird" Watch: "Jacaranda"
	Charly Bliss - Forever Watch: "Nineteen" Watch: "Waiting for You"
	Tinashe - Quantum Baby Watch: "Getting No Sleep" Listen: "When I Get You Alone"
	Wishy - Triple Seven Watch: "Triple Seven" Watch: "Sick Sweet"

Other Full-Length Releases

Delicate Steve - Delicate Steve Sings Watch: "I’ll Be There" Listen: "Baby"

Horse Jumper of Love - Disaster Trick Watch: "Snow Angel" Watch: "Today’s Iconoclast"

Matty - POPS Watch: "FOOL 4 U" Watch: "Can You Hold Me Tight?"

Post Malone - F-1 Trillion Watch: "Pour Me a Drink" (featuring Blake Shelton) Watch: "Guy for That" (featuring Luke Combs)

Ray LaMontagne - Long Way Home Watch: "Long Way Home" Watch: "Step into Your Power"

Rosie Lowe - Lover, Other Watch: "In My Head" Watch: "Mood to Make Love"

Tre Loaded - LOADED Watch: "The Ticket" (with That Mexican OT) Watch: "Don’t Panic"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Del Water Gap - I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet (Deluxe) Watch: "Doll House" (Live) Listen: "Purple Teeth, the Bravery"

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (15th Anniversary Edition) Listen: "Show" Listen: "Creepies"

Father John Misty - Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl Watch: "Real Love Baby" Listen: "I Guess Time Just Makes a Fool of Us All"

Palehound - Live at First Congregational Church Listen: "How Long" (Live) Listen: "Good Sex" (Live)

New Music Friday - August 6, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Abstract Mindset - Dreams Still Inspire Watch: "A Wise Tale" Listen: "I Feel Good"
	Laura Stevenson - Laura Stevenson Watch: "State" Listen: "Don’t Think About Me"
	LION BABE - Rainbow Child Watch: "Rainbows" (featuring Ghostface Killah) Watch: "Get Up" (featuring Trinidad James)
	Nas - King’s Disease II Watch: "Rare" Listen: "EPMD 2" (featuring Eminem & EPMD)
	Tinashe - 333 Watch: "Pasadena" (with Buddy) Watch: "Bouncin"

Other Full-Length Releases

Damon & Naomi - A Sky Record Watch: "The Aftertime" Listen: "Sailing By" (with Kurihara)

Foxing - Draw Down the Moon Watch: "Go Down Together" Watch: "Where the Lightning Strikes Twice"

Kississippi - Mood Ring Watch: "Big Dipper" Watch: "Moonover"

Liars - The Apple Drop Watch: "Sekwar" Watch: "Big Appetite"

RZA - RZA vs Bobby Digital Watch: "Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater" (with DJ Scratch)

Ty Segall - Harmonizer Listen: "Harmonizer" Listen: "Whisper"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone Listen: Gregory Alan Isakov - "Salt and the Sea" Listen: The Lumineers - "Caves"

Benét - Game Over! Watch: "Shoot Your Shot" Watch: "Plz"

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary Edition Watch: "Cosmic Empire" (Day 2 Demo / Take 1) Watch: "Isn’t It a Pity" (Take 27)

Homeboy Sandman - Angelitu Watch: "Go Hard" Watch: "Conjugal Visit to the Prison State of Mind"

Khruangbin - Mordechai Remixes Watch: "Pelota" (Cut a Rug Mix) Listen: "Time (You and I)" (Put a Smile on DJ's Face Mix)

Little Dragon - New Me, Same Us Listen: "Hold On" (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix) Listen: "Hold On" (Ela Minus Remix)

METZ - Live at the Opera House Watch: "Pulse" Watch: "A Boat to Drown in"

New Music Friday - April 13, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Brazilian Girls - Let’s Make Love This is the fourth album from this dance and punk band, who are not from Brazil, but from New York...and have only one female member. It's also their first album in a decade. Watch: "Pirates" Listen: "Karaköy"

John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness The latest album from this legendary singer features collaborations with a number of musicians influenced by him. This includes songwriting from Dan Auerbach, and guest vocals from Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, and Brandi Carlile. Watch: "Summer’s End" Watch: "Knockin’ on Your Screen Door"

Say Sue Me - Where We Were Together This is the third album from the South Korean indie rock band. They've mastered a jangly, sunny sound more expected from a southern California band than one from across the ocean. Listen: "After Falling Asleep" Listen: "Coming to the End"

Tinashe - Joyride This long-awaited third album from Tinashe was first announced back in 2015. The delay reflects the difficulty she'd had in breaking through to mainstream stardom, but she remains a unique alternative to much of the pop that's out there. Watch: "Faded Love" (featuring Future) Watch: "Me So Bad" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign & French Montana)

Other Full-Length Releases

Jessie Stein and Pietro Amato - After Language Listen: "I" Listen: "II"

King Tuff - The Other Watch: "The Other" Watch: "Psycho Star"

Laura Veirs - The Lookout Watch: "Everybody Needs You" Watch: "Watch Fire" (featuring Sufjan Stevens)

Mouse on Mars - Dimensional People Listen: "Dimensional People III" (featuring Bon Iver) Listen: "Foul Mouth" (featuring Amanda Blank & Zach Condon)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Beak> - L.A. Playback Listen: "Pij" Listen: "Mono"

David Bowie - CHANGESTWOBOWIE Reissue Listen: "Aladdin Sane" Listen: "Oh! You Pretty Things"

Knxwledge - Gladwemet EP Listen: "Relapse" Listen: "rton"

Lou Barlow - "Love Intervene"/"Don’t Like Changes" Watch: "Love Intervene"

Young Thug - Hear No Evil Watch: "Anybody" (featuring Nicki Minaj) Watch: "Up" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending March 17)

Martin Shkreli has been ordered to relinquish his copy of the Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin; his was the only one in existence. We'll have to wait to see whether that may mean a wide release for the record (though I doubt it). It that happens, be sure to look for it on my Upcoming Releases page!

This week, Tinashe announced the release date of her long-awaited sophomore album, Joyride.

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This pop songstress released her debut album, Aquarius, in 2014. The album way met with high praise from critics and performed decently on the charts.

She wasted no time in getting to work on the follow-up, announcing Joyride was back in late 2015. For some reason, the album itself has slow to materialize. Tinashe has been far from quiet in that time, releasing an EP,  two mixtapes, and a string of singles in the interim.

Finally, on Friday, she announced the album's release date. It will be released on April 13. Previously released singles "No Drama" and "Faded Love" will be included on the album.

Also announced this week:

Jess Williamson - Cosmic Wink (May 11)
Kali Uchis - Isolation (April 6)
Leon Bridges - Good Thing (May 4)
Roger Daltrey - As Long As I Have You (June 1)
Saba - Care for Me (April 5)

New Music Friday - March 17, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Emma Gatrill - Cocoon Gatrill is a multi-instrumentalist from Brighton, UK who spent the early years of her career demonstrating her skills backing other bands. She's played clarinet for Laura Marling and been a member of Broken Social Scene's horn section. She released her debut album, Chapter I, in 2012. Her focus on harp may draw her to easy comparisons to Joanna Newsom, but she boasts a wide array of influences, ranging from experimental musicians to modern composers. Watch: "Skin" Listen: "Cocoon"

Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales - Room 29 This collaboration between Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and pianist Chilly Gonzales is a concept album about Hollywood's Château Marmont Hotel. Each song explores the experiences of the hotel's famous occupants. The composition is simple, mostly featuring Gonzales' delicate piano playing. The Kaiser Quartett, flautists, horn players, and the Macedonian symphony contribute to a few tracks, as well. Watch: "Room 29" Watch: "Tearjerker"

Real Estate - In Mind In Mind is Real Estate's fourth album and, sadly, their first without founding guitarist Matthew Mondanile. He left the group last year to focus on Ducktails (his other band, not the cartoon). He is replaced on this record by Julian Lynch. Lynch is no stranger to the band, he's worked with them before and has also been involved with their side projects, including the aforementioned Ducktails. So, not much changes with their sound due to the shift; the guitars are still jangly and the overall style sunny. Watch: "Stained Glass" Watch: "Darling"

Spoon - Hot Thoughts Spoon may be the most consistent band in indie rock, but also one that never manages to repeat themselves. They make subtle shifts with each record, but maintain some consistent elements in their sound. Their ninth album is their second outing with producer David Fridmann, following 2014's They Want My Soul. Always controlled and precise in their music, this album introduces a little bit of funk to the mix. Watch: "Can I Sit Next to You" Listen: "Hot Thoughts"

Other Full-Length Releases

Conor Oberst - Salutations Watch: "Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out" Watch: "A Little Uncanny"

Depeche Mode - Spirit Watch: "Where’s the Revolution" Listen: "Fail"

Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band - Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band Watch: "Happy Street" (featuring Bill Murray) Listen: "Sorrow" (featuring Jenny Lewis)

Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me Watch: "I Think She Like Me" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) Listen: "Trap Trap Trap" (featuring Young Thug & Wale)

Sorority Noise - You're Not As ___________ As You Think Watch: "A Better Sun" Listen: "Disappeared"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

ANOHNI - Paradise EP Watch: "Paradise"

Julien Baker - "Funeral Pyre" Listen: "Funeral Pyre" Listen: "Distant Solar Systems"

Miami Horror - The Shapes Listen: "Leila"

Scarlet Pleasure - "Deja-Vu" Listen: "Deja-Vu"

Tinashe - "Flame" Listen: "Flame"

Ty Segall - Sentimental Goblin EP Listen: "Pan" Listen: "Black Magick"