February kicks off with plenty of new music for you to love, including the debut from Nevermen, a super group featuring TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, Faith No More's Mike Patton, and rapper Doseone. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls the release "an adventurous blend of avant-rock, hip hop, soul, doo wop and more, featuring a diverse set of playful songs combining a densely produced, atmospheric sound with alternating vocals, soaring harmonies and left-field pop hooks."
Bonnie "Prince" Billy shares a collection of his Peel Sessions for BBC Radio 1, including a cover of Prince's "The Cross" and a previously unreleased original called "Beezle." Merge Records releases the latest from Benji Hughes, a former commercial jingle writer (remember “Got a Little Captain in You?” for Captain Morgan rum?).
Cross Record return with their sophomore full-length. Yates says the latest from, "the Dripping Springs, TX-via-Chicago husband-and-wife duo of Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski is a haunting set of folk-tinged avant-pop combining a doom-laden, atmospheric sound with ethereal vocals." Another duo, DJDS (aka Samo Sound Boy and Jerome LOL (formerly known as DJ Dodger Stadium) share their second album, "a strong set of emotive house grooves combining propulsive rhythms, soulful vocals and buoyant melodies." British band MONEY share "a fine set of sweeping orchestral pop combining a full, majestic sound with Jamie Lee's impassioned vocals and often-bleak lyrics."
(Various Artists) The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Rollercoaster”
from Still in a Dream: A Story of Shoegaze on Cherry Red
A-Trak – “We All Fall Down feat. Jamie Lidell”
from We All Fall Down on Fool's Gold Records
Andrew Leman / Teratoma Sound Lab – “The Hound (excerpt)”
from H.P. Lovecraft: Hound & the Music of Erich Zann on Light in the Attic Records
Basement – “Promise Everything”
from Promise Everything on Run for Cover Records
Benji Hughes – “Freaky Feedback Blues”
from Songs in the Key of Animals on Merge
Benny Boeldt – “Tea”
from 8 of Cups on Carpark
The Black Queen – “Maybe We Should”
from Fever Daydream on The Black Queen
Black Tusk – “God's On Vacation”
from Pillars of Ash on Relapse
Bloc Party – “The Love Within”
from HYMNS on Infectious/BMG/Vagrant
Bonnie "Prince" Billy – “When Thy Song Flows Through Me”
from Pond Scum on Drag City
Buddy Miller & Friends – “ust Someone I Used To Know feat. Nikki Lane”
from Cayamo Sessions at Sea on New West
Chthe'ilist – “Voidspawn”
from Le Dernier Crepuscule on Profound Lore
Charlie Puth – “One Call Away”
from Nine Track Mind on Atlantic / Warner
Choke Chains – “Cracked Dracula”
from Choke Chains on Slovenly Recordings
Chupa Cabra – “My Girl”
from My Girl on Too Pure
Cian Nugent – “Lost Your Way”
from Night Fiction on Woodsist
Cornelius Asperger and the Bi-Curious Unicorns – “Neon Baby”
from Cornelius Asperger and the Bi-Curious Unicorns on Boner
Crooked Fingers – “Rotting Strip”
from Bring on the Snakes reissue on Merge
Crooked Fingers – “New Drink for the Old Drunk”
from Crooked Fingers reissue on Merge
Cross Record – “Steady Waves”
from Wabi-Sabi on Ba Da Bing
Deepbass – “Aeon”
from Second Stage on Soma
DJDS – “Stand Up And Speak”
from Stand Up and Speak on Loma Vista/Body High
Dr. Lonnie Smith – “Straight No Chaser”
from Evolution on Blue Note
Dream Theater – “The Gift Of Music”
from The Astonishing on Atlantic / Roadrunner Records
Emily Wells – “You Dream Of China”
from Promise on Lefse Records / Thesis & Instinct
Florist – “The Birds Outside Sang”
from The Birds Outside Sang on Double Double Whammy
Harpers Bizarre – “Feelin' Groovy”
from The Complete Singles Collection 1965-1970 on Cherry Red / Now Sounds
Harriet – “Bent”
from American Appetite on Harvest
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
from Henryk Górecki: A Nonesuch Retrospective on Nonesuch
Idiot Glee – “I Don't Feel Right”
from Idiot Glee on CTD
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – “Rise Up With Fists”
from Rabbit Fur Coat reissue on Love's Way
Johnny Moped – “Never Never Time”
from Real Cool Baby on Damaged Goods
Kacy & Clayton – “Strange Country”
from Strange Country on New West
Karsh Kale – “HIGH featuring Tony Grey and Ajay Prasanna”
from Up on Six Degrees
Kevin Gates – “2 Phones”
from Islah on Breadwinners' Association
Kiran Leonard – “Pink Fruit”
from Pink Fruit on Moshi Moshi Records
The Long Ryders
from Final Wild Songs on Cherry Red
Mac McCaughan – “Staring At Your Hologram”
from Staring at Your Hologram on Merge
The Miamis – “We Deliver”
from We Deliver: The Lost Band of the CBGB Era (1974-1979) on Omnivore
Get ready to wrap yourself in Big Black Coat, the fifth album (and first in five years) from Canadian duo Junior Boys. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls the release, "a more forceful, rhythm-driven take on their spacious electro-pop, masterfully blending house, techno and disco grooves with R&…
It's unquestionably the strongest week of new releases this year (especially since it's only the third week of new releases). Leading the pack is the highly-anticipated sophomore releases from UK group Savages. KEXP Music Director Don Yates says, "this British band's excellent second album features…
