New Music Friday - April 12, 2019

Be sure to view a list of upcoming releases here!

Essential Full-Length Releases

Anderson .Paak - Ventura Watch: "Make It Better" (featuring Smokey Robinson) Watch: "King James"

Band of Skulls - Love Is All You Love Watch: "Love Is All You Love" Watch: "We’re Alive"

Emily Reo - Only You Can See It Watch: "Strawberry" Listen: "Balloon"

Lowly - Hifalutin Listen: "12:36" Listen: "stephen"

Norah Jones - Begin Again Watch: "Begin Again" Listen: "My Heart Is Full"

Other Full-Length Releases

Bruce Hornsby - Absolute Zero Watch: "Voyager One" (featuring yMusic) Watch: "Cast-Off" (featuring Justin Vernon)

The Chemical Brothers - No Geography Watch: "MAH" Watch: "Got to Keep On"

Damien Jurado - In the Shape of a Storm Listen: "Lincoln" Listen: "South"

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel Watch: "Big" Watch: "Roy’s Tune"

Glen Hansard - This Wild Willing Watch: "Roll On Slow" Watch: "Fool’s Game"

Intellexual - Intellexual Watch: "intlxl" Listen: "Money"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

All About Eve: Original Music by PJ Harvey Listen: "The Sandman" (featuring Gillian Anderson) Listen: "The Moth" (featuring Lily James)

Broken Social Scene - Let’s Try the After - Vol. 2 Listen: "Big Couches" Listen: "Can’t Find My Heart"

Omar Apollo - Friends Watch: "Ashamed" Listen: "Friends"

Renata Zeiger - Faraway Business Listen: "Chega de Saudade" Listen: "Permanently Lonely"

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending May 25, 2019)

Something that I learned this week is that, for the more than 20 years since The Verve released their biggest hit, "Bitter Sweet Symphony," the band has not owned the rights to the song. Instead, they belonged to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, due to the use of a sample of an orchestral arrangement of "The Last Time." That was finally reversed this week; Richard Ashcroft announced that Jagger and Richards had transferred their share of the credits back to him!

The drama over those rights did a number on the band, who last broke up in 2008. May this win will see them getting back together, as well. If that happens, keep an eye out for a new album over at my Upcoming Releases page.

This week, Marika Hackman announced her third album, Any Human Friend.

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Hackman is a singer and songwriter from London who released her previous album, I'm Not Your Man, in 2017. That album came with a memorable video for the single "My Lover Cindy," which involves some interesting fencing injuries.

Any Human Friend was announced on Wednesday with a new song and video for "i'm not where you are." The album is set for release on August 9.



Also announced this week:

Chuck Cleaver - Send Aid (July 19)
IDER - Emotional Education (July 19)
Kaiser Chiefs - Duck (July 26)
Mega Bog - Dolphine (June 28)
Modern Nature - How to Live (August 23)
Tyler Childers - Country Squire (August 2)
Underworld - DRIFT SONGS (October 25)

Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending May 18, 2019)

To go along with the release of their new album, I Am Easy to Find, The National released a short film of the same name. The films stars Alicia Vikander and was directed by Mike Mills (20th Century Women, Beginners, Thumbsucker). It's an incredible film following a single character through her life and is, of course, accompanied by the music from the album.

As always, you can view a more complete list of upcoming albums over at my Upcoming Releases page!

With a combination of vacation, work, and just trying to find leisure time in-between, I am a few weeks behind on this post. So, instead of highlighting one release in particular, I'll just share the full list below.

Some releases that I am looking forward to include The Black Keys, Bleached, Daughter of Swords (Alexandra Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man), Ra Ra Riot, and Steve Lacy!

Announced over the last month:

Absolutely Free - Geneva Freeport (June 20)
Africa Express - EGOLI (July 12)
BEAK> - Life Goes On (June 21)
Beast Coast - Escape from New York (May 24)
The Black Keys - Let’s Rock (June 28)
black midi - Schlagenheim (June 21)
Bleached - Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? (July 12)
Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Revue (June 7)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks - Remastered (July 19)
Dark Morph - Dark Morph (out now)
Daughter of Swords - Dawnbreaker (June 28)
David Bowie - The Mercury Demos (June 28)
Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart Vinyl Reissue (July 5)
Gauche - A People’s History of Gauche (July 12)
Georgia Anne Muldrow - VWETO II (June 21)
Girlfriend Material - Cool Car (July 12)
Iggy Pop - Zombie Birdhouse Reissue (June 28)
iLoveMakonnen - M3 (June 21)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 40th Anniversary (June 14)
Logic - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (out now)
Mark Kozelek with Petra Haden - Joey Always Smiled (October 11)
Mark Lanegan Band - Somebody’s Knocking (October 18)
Merival - Lesson (August 2)
METZ - Automat (July 12)
New Order - ∑(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes... (July 12)
Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds - Black Star Dancing (June 14)
Of Monsters and Men - Fever Dream (July 26)
Prince - Originals (June 7)
Ra Ra Riot - Superbloom (August 9)
Rhye - Spirit (out now)
Ride - This Is Not a Safe Place (August 16)
Richard Reed Parry - Quiet River of Dust Vol. 2 (June 21)
Roger Daltrey - The Who’s Tommy Orchestral (June 14)
The Rolling Stones - Rock and Roll Circus Remastered (June 7)
Skepta - Ignorance Is Bliss (May 31)
Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI (May 24)
Thurston Moore Group - Spirit Counsel (September 21)
Tool - TBA (August 30)
Two Door Cinema Club - False Alarm (June 14)
Tycho - Weather (July 12)
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR (May 17)
Violent Femmes - Hotel Last Resort (July 26)
Willie Nelson - Ride Me Back Home (June 21)
Wu Tang Clan - Of Mics and Men (out now)