New Music Friday: February 7th, 2025

New day, new tunes, new playlist.

Happy new music Friday!

Here’s what I’m seeing in the bin this morning that is catching my ear, with an attempt to organize by genre:

• Post-punk, Art Rock, Indie Rock, etc.

  • Heartworms - Glutton For Punishment

  • Squid - Cowards

  • FACS - Wish Defense

  • Creepoid - Gutter Jeweler

  • Dropkick - Primary Colours

  • Guided By Voices - Universe Room

• Heavy, Noise Rock, Death Metal, etc.:

  • Phrenelith - Ashen Womb

  • Haunted Horses & Facet Split

• Electronic, Afrobeat, Avant-garde, Free Jazz, Experimental, Dub Techno, Ambient, Minimal Techno, etc.

  • Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band - Roi De L'Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983

  • The Bagatelles Vol. 1 - Mary Halvorson Quartet

  • Yagya - Vor

  • James Brandon Lewis - Apple Cores

What are you excited to listen to? What am I missing from my list? Let me know!

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Legend:

• ⛏️ pick of the week.

• 🔝 albums I’m placing at the top of my stack today.

• 🌱 albums I’m intrigued by and want to take a closer listen to soon.

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1. 🔝 Road Song by Sleeper's Bell off Clover (Fire Talk)

2. 🌱 Warplane by Heartworms off Glutton For Punishment (Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS])

3. 🌱 Cro-Magnon Man by Squid off Cowards (Warp Records)

4. 🔝 Sweet Celine by Zelooperz & Real Bad Man off Dear Psilocybin (Real Bad Man Records)

5. 🌱 Desire Path by FACS off Wish Defense (Trouble In Mind Records)

6. Clearly Aware by Guided By Voices off Universe Room (GBV Inc)

7. The Girl Who Slept In Late by The Bird Calls off Melody Trail (Ruination Record Co.)

8. 🌱 Gutter Jeweler by Creepoid off Gutter Jeweler (Yellow Life Giver)

9. 🌱 Bonehead Pose by Piston off Capital Crime (Dynastic Yellow Star Label)

10. 🌱 Bad Choices by Larry June & 2 Chainz & The Alchemist off Life Is Beautiful (The Freeminded Records / 2 Chainz / ALC / EMPIRE)

11. 🌱 Chimes by The Moles off Composition Book (GBV Inc)

12. Pleasure Palace by Haunted Horses & Facet off Split [Galaxy Red Vinyl] (Regular LP version) (HEX RECORDS)

13. SCT by Haunted Horses & Facet off Split [Galaxy Red Vinyl] (Regular LP version) (HEX RECORDS)

14. Emotional by Michigander off Michigander (Totally Normal Records)

15. No Way Out by Stereocilia off Phases (Echoic Memory)

16. DSY by Celebrity off Automatic Changer (Mach Nine)

17. Flex by Lina Tullgren off Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking (Post Present Medium)

18. Dreams Expire by Dropkick off Primary Colours (Bobo Integral)

19. 🔝 A Husk Wrung Dry by Phrenelith off Ashen Womb (Dark Descent Records)

20. Vacancy by Pit Pony off Dead Stars (Clue Records)

21. Wish by May Leitz off A Touch of Grace (Lonely Ghost Records)

22. Two Little Birds by Publicity Department off Old Master (Safe Suburban Home Records)

23. Goldie by Matt Pond PA off The Ballad Of The Natural Lines (Sonder House)

24. Ultraviolet by Jac Aranda off Ultraviolet (Anxiety Blanket Records)

25. Hot Mic by Peace Flag Ensemble off Everything Is Possible (We Are Busy Bodies)

26. Boiler by Alarico off Sonora (Primal Instinct)

27. Cyclic Living by Or Does It Explode off Tales to Needed Outcomes (Snmyhymns Records)

28. Prince Eugene by James Brandon Lewis off Apple Cores (Anti/Epitaph)

29. Introvert by Bikini Beach off Cursed (La Pochette Surprise Records)

30. Mo Ngbadun Re by Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band off Roi De L'Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983 (Analog Africa No.40) (Analog Africa)

31. Bagatelle #33 by John Zorn off The Bagatelles Vol. 1 - Mary Halvorson Quartet (Tzadik)

32. Vor 4 by Yagya off Vor (Small Plastic Animals)

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That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.

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