New Music Friday - September 15, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Alan Palomo - World of Hassle Watch: "Stay-At-Home DJ" Watch: "Meutrière" (featuring Flore Benguigui)
	Diddy - The Love Album: Off the Grid Watch: "Another One of Me" (featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage, & French Montana) Listen: "Moments" (featuring Justin Bieber)
	Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Watch: "Bug Like an Angel" Watch: "Heaven"
	Nation of Language - Strange Disciple Watch: "Sole Obsession" Watch: "Too Much, Enough"
	Vagabon - Sorry I Haven't Called Watch: "Can I Talk My Sh*t?" Watch: "Do Your Worst"

Other Full-Length Releases

Baroness - STONE Watch: "Last Word" Watch: "Beneath the Rose"

GUM - Saturnia Watch: "Music Is Bigger Than Hair" Watch: "Would It Pain You to See?"

John Raymond & S. Carey - Shadowlands Watch: "Calling" Watch: "Chrysalis"

Nas - Magic 3 Listen: "Never Die" (featuring Lil Wayne) Listen: "Sitting with My Thoughts"

Pretenders - Relentless Watch: "I Think About You Daily" Watch: "A Love"

Ralphie Choo - Supernova Watch: "MÁQUINA CULONA" (with Mura Masa) Watch: "WHIPCREAM" (with Paris Texas)

Vic Mensa - Victor Watch: "Blue Eyes" Watch: "Victor"

Willie Nelson - Bluegrass Watch: "You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago" Watch: "Still Is Still Moving to Me"

Woods - Perennial Watch: "BETWEEN THE PAST" Watch: "WHITE WINTER MELODY"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field (Deluxe) Watch: "I Told You That I Was Afraid" (Acoustic) Watch: "When You Know You Know" (Acoustic)

Killer Mike - MICHAEL DELUXE Watch: "MAYNARD VIGNETTE" (featuring T.I., JID, & Jacquees) Watch: "YES!"

New Music Friday - July 23, 2021

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Bardo - Everywhere Reminds Me of Space Watch: "PATTERNS OF BEING" Listen: "NEW DAY"
	Dave - We’re All Alone in This Together Watch: "Clash" (featuring Stormzy) Listen: "Survivor’s Guilt"
	Gavin Turek - Madame Gold Watch: "ILLUSIONS" Watch: "HERO"
	Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound Watch: "Motorbike" Watch: "Why Don’t You Touch Me: Part 1"
	Molly Burch - Romantic Images Watch: "Control" Watch: "Heart of Gold"

Other Full-Length Releases

Alexis Marshall - House of Lull . House of When Watch: "Hounds in the Abyss" Watch: "Open Mouth"

Anika - Change Watch: "Change" Watch: "Finger Pies"

Cafuné - Running Watch: "Talk" Watch: "Tek It"

Darkside - Spiral Listen: "Lawmaker" Listen: "The Limit"

Mega Bog - Life, and Another Watch: "Station to Station" Watch: "Weight of the Earth, on Paper"

Ora The Molecule - Human Safari Watch: "Die to Be a Butterfly" Watch: "The Ball"

Piroshka - Love Drips and Gathers Watch: "Scratching at the Lid" Watch: "V.O."

Upper Wilds - Venus Watch: "Love Song #2" Listen: "Love Song #8"

yes/and - yes/and Watch: "Ugly Orange" Listen: "Centered Shell"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Information_Age - Information_Age Watch: "We Were Alive" Listen: "Borrowed Time"

May the Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute to Roky Erickson Watch: Jeff Tweedy - "For You (I’d Do Anything)" Listen: Neko Case - "Be and Bring Me Home"

Samia - Scout Watch: "Show Up" Watch: "As You Are"

shame - Born in Luton Remixes Listen: "Born in Luton" (Maximum Security (Austin Brown/Parquet Courts) Remix) Listen: "Born in Luton" (Glows Remix)

Woods - More Strange Watch: "Waiting Around for a New Me" Listen: "Can’t See at All"

My Favorite Things of the Week

Oscar-winning director Damian Chazelle is making a move towards television glory with a new Netflix show, The Eddy. He is not, however, moving away from jazz. The show, like his most recent film, La La Land, centers on jazz musicians. The show came bundled with a new soundtrack with tracks by St. Vincent and Jorja Smith. Both the show and album are available to stream now.

If the show gets renewed for additional seasons, and those seasons get their own soundtracks, be sure to check them out on my Upcoming Releases page!

Kacey Musgraves is amazing, and Mountain Man is amazing. So it stands to reason that the two combined would be amazing. Mountain Man has been on a covers kick lately and their latest is a cover of a track from Musgraves' incredible Golden Hour. They put their own folk twist on "Slow Burn."

Folk-ish band Woods has long been a favorite band of mine, and recently announced a new album, Strange to Explain. They released a new song from the album last week, "Can't Get Out."

Dirty Projectors released an amazing one-two punch of new records in 2017 and 2018. They are embarking on another spate of new releases, this time in EP form. They released Windows Open earlier this year and announced another new EP, Flight Tower, this week. That EP is set for release on June 26.

Also announced this week:

Bibio - Sleep on the Wing (June 12)

Blitzen Trapper - Holy Smokes Future Jokes (September 11)

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (June 19)

Fontaines D.C. - A Hero’s Death (July 31)

Lady Gaga - Chromatica (May 29)

Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas (July 17)

No Joy - Motherhood (August 21)

New Music Friday - March 16, 2018

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Bishop Nehru - Elevators: Act I & II Bishop Nehru is young, born in 1996, but has been active for half a decade. He released his first album at 16; Elevators is his sixth solo release. On it, he reconnects with a past collaborator, MF DOOM, with whom he's performed as NehruvianDOOM, and partners with producer Kaytranada for the first time. Watch: "Rooftops" Listen: "No Idea"

The Decemberists - I’ll Be Your Girl No, The Decemberists' line-up has not changed and it is frontman Colin Meloy singing "I'll Be Your Girl". The latest record from The Decemberists is intentionally absurd, facing the current political state with a strange sort of humor. The album also sees the band moving away a bit from the epic folk rock they've become known for and introducing a bit a synth pop. It's an interesting combination... Watch: "Severed" Listen: "Once in My Life"

JB Dunckel - H+ JB Dunckel is best known as one-half of Air. Both members have struck out with solo work in recent years, though Dunckel was the first to do so in 2006, releasing an album under the name Darkel. H+ is his first album under his (mostly, considering the initialization) given name. It follows his partner Nicolas Godin's 2015 solo debut, Contrepoint. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since we last heard from Air, let's hope they rejoin forces soon! Watch: "Love Machine" Watch: "Hold On"

Yo La Tengo - There’s a Riot Going On The title of Yo La Tengo's 15th album is a nod towards a Sly & The Family Stone album of a similar name. In a way, it is the band's reaction to the current state of things, and like The Decemberists, they have chosen not to react with abject horror or despair. Instead, they employ the chilled-out, hushed sound they've become known for, with very calming results. Listen: "For You Too"

Other Full-Length Releases

Dungen / Woods - Myths 003 Listen: "Loop" Listen: "Turn Around"

The Fratellis - In Your Own Sweet Time Watch: "Stand Up Tragedy" Watch: "Starcrossed Lovers"

Mount Eerie - Now Only Listen: "Distortion" Listen: "Tintin in Tibet"

PRhyme - PRhyme 2 Watch: "Era" (featuring Dave East) Listen: "Flirt" (featuring 2 Chainz)

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement Vinyl Reissue Watch: "Underneath" Watch: "Not as We"

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Unmasked: The Ultimate Collection Watch: Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston - "Pie Jesu" Listen: Lana Del Rey - "You Must Love Me"

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels Reissue Listen: "When Mama Was Moth" Listen: "In the Gold Dust Rush"

Cocteau Twins - Treasure Reissue Listen: "Pandora" Listen: "Ivo"

Lady Bird: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Watch: HAIM - "Little of Your Love" Listen: John Cale - "Days of Steam"

Love, Simon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Watch: Bleachers - "Alfie’s Song (Not So Typical Love Song)" Listen: Walk the Moon - "Surrender"

Roxy Music - Roxy Music Vinyl Reissue Listen: "Remake/Remodel" Listen: "Ladytron"

Thundercat - Drank Purple Listen: "Drink Dat" (featuring OG Ron & The Chopstars) Listen: "Jethro" (featuring DJ Slopped Up)

Sorority Noise - YNAAYT Listen: "No Halo" Listen: "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"