New Music Friday: November 22nd, 2024

New day, new tunes, new playlist.

Happy new music Friday! We’re getting to the time of year where everyone starts releasing their 2024 album lists, people start going “that’s too early to do that!!!”, rinse repeat. I will start thinking about my year-end list sometime soon but for now I’m hitting that mid-to-late November wall where I get a bit exhausted trying to keep up with releases and finding new-to-me stuff. Or maybe it’s just depression! But! I am keeping at it.

Here’s what caught my ear in the new releases this morning:

• If you like electronic and other out-there stuff:

  • Seems to be an interesting day for the non-Rock releases, with:

    • 60+ more minutes of instrumental hip-hop from Blockhead. Sounds like Blockhead to me (both non-derogatory and derogatory, lol).

    • Damu the Fudgemunk has a release in the KPM Cratediggers series where artists mine the KPM catalogue for sample fodder. I love this idea so I want to hear this, even if Blockhead’s release in the series was a bit of a let down.

    • Celia Hollander is not a name I’m familiar with but their album out today sounds really intriguing to me.

    • Human Error as well sounds like something I need to hear in full.

    • Yet another name I don’t know, Christoph De Babalon, but their dark-ambient slash jungle/dnb sounds good to me.

• If you like indie rock:

  • Sucio sounds like it will scratch an itch for emo fans.

  • Kim Deal has a solo album out today.

  • Plus albums from Cistern, Natural Velvet, Vista House, Luna Honey and more.

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. 🔝 Hard Pass On The Afterlife by Blockhead off Mortality Is Lit! (Future Archive Recordings)

2. 🌱 Crystal Breath by Kim Deal off Nobody Loves You More (4AD)

3. Grief by cistern off New Standard (Meat Machine)

4. She Is Inside You by Unlettered off Five Mile Point (Unlettered)

5. Guarantee by Natural Velvet off Perma-Blues (Plastic Babylon)

6. Amber Born Pheasant by Vista House off They'll See Light (Anything Bagel)

7. 🌱 Medic by Sucio off You'll Wait An Eternity (7838530 Records DK2)

8. 🔝 Stone Carving by Damu The Fudgemunk off Peace of Action (Def Pressé (Def Pressé Editions))

9. 🔝 Earth / Air by Celia Hollander off Perfect Conditions (Celia Hollander)

10. 🔝 Human Error 5 by Human Error off Human Error (Astral Spirits)

11. 🔝 Changes by Ant off Collection of Sounds Vol. 2 (Rhymesayers)

12. 🔝 For Nothing by Christoph De Babalon off No Favours (Sneaker Social Club)

13. Guts by My Wall off OVER (No Sabes)

14. 🌱 Occasional Grape? by Yesness off See You at the Solipsist Convention (Joyful Noise Recordings)

15. 🌱 Beyond The Catacombs by Gutless off High Impact Violence (Dark Descent Records)

16. Theme for Contrails by SQUANDERERS off If a Body Meet a Body (Shimmy-Disc)

17. Shadowboxing by Boldy James & Harry Fraud off The Bricktionary (Boldy James / SRFSCHL, LLC)

18. Running Away by Colt Wave off Cruel Moons (Too Deluxe)

19. People’s Free Food Program by Papa M off Ballads of Harry Houdini (Drag City)

20. Not The War by Jon The Movie off Car Chase (Jon Records)

21. Cinematic Daydream by Jodaki off Everything Bothers Me Forever (Jodaki)

22. Shrimp Shack by Orillia off Orillia (Magic Mothswarm)

23. Bound by Luna Honey off Bound (Luna Honey)

24. Lingotto by Post Nebbia off Pista Nera (Dischi Sotterranei)

25. Wolf Tickets Feat. Terminal Sleep by Fever Shack off Not Fuckin' About (Fever Shack)

26. Synaptic Cull by Iniquitous Savagery off Edifice of Vicissitudes (WILLOWTIP INC. (WTP))

27. Le Con by Heavy Moss off Dead Slow (KGLW - pdoom)

28. Something In Between by Eyas off Quiet-loud (Quiet-Loud)

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

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