New Music Friday!

Listening to the last release on my radar list now. Lots of fun stuff this week, and heaps of it from artists I've never heard before. Most of it won't make any year-end lists for me, but nothing was extremely disappointing either.

Unsurprisingly to me, Sons of Kemet and Jorja Smith were the big highlights of the week - Black to the Future being a highlight of the year too.

Biggest surprise for me this week was how much I liked the new St. Vincent album as I've never really been much of a fan before this, but the lead single really landed with me when it dropped so I've been looking forward to the full release.

Funnest new discovery this week was Fightmilk. Not AOTY material for me by any means, but I found it really fun listen that I'm sure I'll revisit again.
 
avecigrec said:
Listening to the last release on my radar list now. Lots of fun stuff this week, and heaps of it from artists I've never heard before. Most of it won't make any year-end lists for me, but nothing was extremely disappointing either.

Unsurprisingly to me, Sons of Kemet and Jorja Smith were the big highlights of the week - Black to the Future being a highlight of the year too.

Biggest surprise for me this week was how much I liked the new St. Vincent album as I've never really been much of a fan before this, but the lead single really landed with me when it dropped so I've been looking forward to the full release.

Funnest new discovery this week was Fightmilk. Not AOTY material for me by any means, but I found it really fun listen that I'm sure I'll revisit again.
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Sons of Kemet's Black to the Future and St. Vincent's Daddy's Home are my two favorite releases from this past Friday, and in fact both could very easily end up on my AOTY list.
 
I’M OBSESSED WITH ST VINCENT’s DADDY’s HOME!!! 👏🕰🎞🚬🧸😍💎👌

Daddy’s Home is such a warm, hazy, psychedelic, dreamy, lazy yet twisted, dirty, woozy and gloomy album that has beautiful 70’s psychedelic and soulful production and astonishing poetic and cinematic lyrics! I love the gospel vocals that are in half the songs, and I love how refreshing every song sounds despite feeling consistently warm, nostalgic, lavish yet warped!

Daddy’s Home is most definitely my favourite album of the year, along with Pharoahe Sanders & Floating Points “Promises”! ♥️♥️

I can’t wait to receive both albums next month as they are both sure to keep me warm during the Winter! ♥️
 
Looks like another exciting week ahead!

Radar List for 5.21.21

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
Georgia Anne Muldrow - VWETO III
Robert Finley - Sharecropper’s Son
Lord Huron - Long Lost
µ-Ziq - Scurlage
Billie Marten - Flora Fauna
Fly Pan Am - Frontera
BLK JKS - Abantu/Before Humans
Theo Alexander - Sunbathing Through A Glass Screen
Murcof - The Alias Sessions
PACKS - take the cake
Gregory Hernandez - Soundtrack to a Non-Existent Life
Cult Of Dom Keller - They Carried The Dead In A U.F.O
Tokyo Cigar - Serenity
Zoe Wees - Golden Wings

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And here's my selection for tomorrow, Friday 21st of May 2021. Lots of interesting sounding albums coming up. Happy listening everybody :) 🎧

Twenty One Pilots (Scaled and Icy) (Electropop/ Indie Pop/ Rock)

Lambchop (Showtunes) (Americana / Ambient)

Mdou Moctar (Afrique Victime) (Tuareg Rock/ Hardrock)

Chai (Wink) (Bubblegum/ Indie/ Pop)

Gary Numan (Intruder) (Synth)

FACS (Present Tense) (Industrial/ Post Punk)

Gruff Rhys (Seeking New Gods) (Rock)

Jan Delay (Earth, Wind & Feiern) (German Funk/ Reggae/ Hiphop)

Allison Russel (Outside Child) (Singer- Songwriter/ Americana/ Chanson)

Colleen (The Tunnel and the Clearing) (Electronic compositions)

Impure Wilhelmina (Antidote) (Post Hardcore/ New Wave/ Indie Rock)

Billie Marten (Flora Fauna) (Indie/ Folk/ Pop)

Robert Finley (Sharecropper’s Son) (Blues/ Soul/ Indie Rock)

Sons of Raphael (Full- throated Messianic Homage) (Rock)

Patrick Paige II (If I fall are we still cool?) (From the band The Internet/ Soul/ RnB/ TripHop)

Olivia Rodrigo (SOUR) (Pop/ Folk/ Alt Rock/ Grunge/ Country)

Only Sun (Tangled mind) (Indie Rock)

Oliver Wood (Always Smilin) (Roots/ Rock/ Gospel)

Biig Piig (The Sky is bleeding) (HipHop/ Neo Soul)

Mach- Hommy (Pray for Haiti) (HipHop/ Rap)

Tuvaband (Growing Pains & Pleasures) (Alternative Rock/ Shoegaze from Norway)

Delilah Bon (Delilah Bon) (Punk/ Rap/ HipHop)

Jess & the Ancient Ones (Vertigo) (Psychedelic Rock from Finland)

Lydia Ainsworth (Sparkles & Debris) (Electronic/ Experimental/ Indie)

Lord Huron (Long Lost) (Country)

Counting Crows (Butter Miracle, Suite One) (Alternative Rock)

Mysie (Undertones EP) (RnB/ Pop/ Soul)

YG & Mozzy (Kommunity Service) (Rap)

BABii (Mirror) (Electronic Pop)

Johnny Mafia (Sentimental) (Post Garage Punk/ Pop)

Rose City Band (Earth Trip) (Psychedelic)

Sinead Harnett (Ready is always too late) (Electronic/ Dance/ Soul)

Saint Raymond (Soft landing) (Pop)

Reigning Sound (A little more time with Reigning Sound) (Retro Rock)

The Cult of Dom Keller (They carried the dead in a U.F.O.) (Experimental goth/ Soundscapes)

Dayglow (Harmony House) (Pop)

Yautja (The Lurch) (Metal/ Punk/ Noise Rock)

Roddy Woomble (Lo! Soul) (Rock/ singer from Idlewild)

Fly Pan Am (Frontera) (Post Rock/ Experimental Rock)

Holiday Ghosts (North Street Air) (Alternative Rock)

Must Die! (Crisis Vision) (Dance/ Electronic / DJ)

Nadja (Luminious Rot) (Doom Metal)
 
Bluecloud777 said:
And here's my selection for tomorrow, Friday 21st of May 2021. Lots of interesting sounding albums coming up. Happy listening everybody :) 🎧

Twenty One Pilots (Scaled and Icy) (Electropop/ Indie Pop/ Rock)

Lambchop (Showtunes) (Americana / Ambient)

Mdou Moctar (Afrique Victime) (Tuareg Rock/ Hardrock)

Chai (Wink) (Bubblegum/ Indie/ Pop)

Gary Numan (Intruder) (Synth)

FACS (Present Tense) (Industrial/ Post Punk)

Gruff Rhys (Seeking New Gods) (Rock)

Jan Delay (Earth, Wind & Feiern) (German Funk/ Reggae/ Hiphop)

Allison Russel (Outside Child) (Singer- Songwriter/ Americana/ Chanson)

Colleen (The Tunnel and the Clearing) (Electronic compositions)

Impure Wilhelmina (Antidote) (Post Hardcore/ New Wave/ Indie Rock)

Billie Marten (Flora Fauna) (Indie/ Folk/ Pop)

Robert Finley (Sharecropper’s Son) (Blues/ Soul/ Indie Rock)

Sons of Raphael (Full- throated Messianic Homage) (Rock)

Patrick Paige II (If I fall are we still cool?) (From the band The Internet/ Soul/ RnB/ TripHop)

Olivia Rodrigo (SOUR) (Pop/ Folk/ Alt Rock/ Grunge/ Country)

Only Sun (Tangled mind) (Indie Rock)

Oliver Wood (Always Smilin) (Roots/ Rock/ Gospel)

Biig Piig (The Sky is bleeding) (HipHop/ Neo Soul)

Mach- Hommy (Pray for Haiti) (HipHop/ Rap)

Tuvaband (Growing Pains & Pleasures) (Alternative Rock/ Shoegaze from Norway)

Delilah Bon (Delilah Bon) (Punk/ Rap/ HipHop)

Jess & the Ancient Ones (Vertigo) (Psychedelic Rock from Finland)

Lydia Ainsworth (Sparkles & Debris) (Electronic/ Experimental/ Indie)

Lord Huron (Long Lost) (Country)

Counting Crows (Butter Miracle, Suite One) (Alternative Rock)

Mysie (Undertones EP) (RnB/ Pop/ Soul)

YG & Mozzy (Kommunity Service) (Rap)

BABii (Mirror) (Electronic Pop)

Johnny Mafia (Sentimental) (Post Garage Punk/ Pop)

Rose City Band (Earth Trip) (Psychedelic)

Sinead Harnett (Ready is always too late) (Electronic/ Dance/ Soul)

Saint Raymond (Soft landing) (Pop)

Reigning Sound (A little more time with Reigning Sound) (Retro Rock)

The Cult of Dom Keller (They carried the dead in a U.F.O.) (Experimental goth/ Soundscapes)

Dayglow (Harmony House) (Pop)

Yautja (The Lurch) (Metal/ Punk/ Noise Rock)

Roddy Woomble (Lo! Soul) (Rock/ singer from Idlewild)

Fly Pan Am (Frontera) (Post Rock/ Experimental Rock)

Holiday Ghosts (North Street Air) (Alternative Rock)

Must Die! (Crisis Vision) (Dance/ Electronic / DJ)

Nadja (Luminious Rot) (Doom Metal)
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Missed Allison Russell on my list somehow. Thanks for the reminder!
 
Another late addition for me!

The Tragically Hip just announced a new release for tomorrow: Saskadelphia is a collection of previously unreleased Road Apples era songs.

(Saskadelphia was the working title for Road Apples but the label deemed it "too Canadian.")
 
Bluecloud777 said:
And here's my selection for tomorrow, Friday 21st of May 2021. Lots of interesting sounding albums coming up. Happy listening everybody :) 🎧

Twenty One Pilots (Scaled and Icy) (Electropop/ Indie Pop/ Rock)

Lambchop (Showtunes) (Americana / Ambient)

Mdou Moctar (Afrique Victime) (Tuareg Rock/ Hardrock)

Chai (Wink) (Bubblegum/ Indie/ Pop)

Gary Numan (Intruder) (Synth)

FACS (Present Tense) (Industrial/ Post Punk)

Gruff Rhys (Seeking New Gods) (Rock)

Jan Delay (Earth, Wind & Feiern) (German Funk/ Reggae/ Hiphop)

Allison Russel (Outside Child) (Singer- Songwriter/ Americana/ Chanson)

Colleen (The Tunnel and the Clearing) (Electronic compositions)

Impure Wilhelmina (Antidote) (Post Hardcore/ New Wave/ Indie Rock)

Billie Marten (Flora Fauna) (Indie/ Folk/ Pop)

Robert Finley (Sharecropper’s Son) (Blues/ Soul/ Indie Rock)

Sons of Raphael (Full- throated Messianic Homage) (Rock)

Patrick Paige II (If I fall are we still cool?) (From the band The Internet/ Soul/ RnB/ TripHop)

Olivia Rodrigo (SOUR) (Pop/ Folk/ Alt Rock/ Grunge/ Country)

Only Sun (Tangled mind) (Indie Rock)

Oliver Wood (Always Smilin) (Roots/ Rock/ Gospel)

Biig Piig (The Sky is bleeding) (HipHop/ Neo Soul)

Mach- Hommy (Pray for Haiti) (HipHop/ Rap)

Tuvaband (Growing Pains & Pleasures) (Alternative Rock/ Shoegaze from Norway)

Delilah Bon (Delilah Bon) (Punk/ Rap/ HipHop)

Jess & the Ancient Ones (Vertigo) (Psychedelic Rock from Finland)

Lydia Ainsworth (Sparkles & Debris) (Electronic/ Experimental/ Indie)

Lord Huron (Long Lost) (Country)

Counting Crows (Butter Miracle, Suite One) (Alternative Rock)

Mysie (Undertones EP) (RnB/ Pop/ Soul)

YG & Mozzy (Kommunity Service) (Rap)

BABii (Mirror) (Electronic Pop)

Johnny Mafia (Sentimental) (Post Garage Punk/ Pop)

Rose City Band (Earth Trip) (Psychedelic)

Sinead Harnett (Ready is always too late) (Electronic/ Dance/ Soul)

Saint Raymond (Soft landing) (Pop)

Reigning Sound (A little more time with Reigning Sound) (Retro Rock)

The Cult of Dom Keller (They carried the dead in a U.F.O.) (Experimental goth/ Soundscapes)

Dayglow (Harmony House) (Pop)

Yautja (The Lurch) (Metal/ Punk/ Noise Rock)

Roddy Woomble (Lo! Soul) (Rock/ singer from Idlewild)

Fly Pan Am (Frontera) (Post Rock/ Experimental Rock)

Holiday Ghosts (North Street Air) (Alternative Rock)

Must Die! (Crisis Vision) (Dance/ Electronic / DJ)

Nadja (Luminious Rot) (Doom Metal)
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Thanks for the reminder about the new Roddy Woomble album!
 
Lula Wiles - Shame and Sedition is out tomorrow. They've been one of my favorite local Americana groups for a few years and are taking a very hard political turn with this album. None of their songs have really caught me this time but some folks are very into this based on early reviews and feedback. May be worth a listen.
 
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