New Music Friday: Feb. 28, 2025

This Week's New Releases, Reissues + More 😺

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New Releases

NEW RELEASES

Architects | “The Sky, the Earth & All Between” (British metalcore band’s 11th album; producers: drummer Dan Searle, Jordan Fish; new single: “Whiplash”; See here; Vinyl; Seeing Solid Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Epitaph)

ARTEMIS | “ARBORESQUE” (jazz quintet’s third album; new lineup: pianist Renee Rosnes, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda and drummer Allison Miller; new single: “The Smile of the Snake”; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Blue Note)

BANKS | “Off With Her Head” (Download; alt-pop singer’s fifth album; producers: Albin Tengblad, Aron Forbes, Banks, Kareem, The Orphanage, Tim Anderson; guest: Doechii; new single: “Best Friends”; Hear here; Read here; CD out April 18; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour; Her Name Is Banks / ADA Worldwide)

Aloe Blacc | “Stand Together” (producers: Blacc, Stargate, Oak Felder, DJ Khalil, Hunter Hayes, et al; new single: “Don’t Go Alone”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music; Blue Note Jazz Club Residency; Grand Scheme Productions)

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | “I Will Not Be Moved: Live With The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir” (featuring guests Dove Award winner Babbie Mason, singer-songwriter and worship leader Stephen McWhirter, Elevation’s Brad Hudson, and vocalist TaRanda Greene; producers: musical director Carol Cymbala, J. Daniel Smith; Hear here; Download; Apple Music; Provident Music Group)

Timothée Chalamet, et al | “A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Bob Dylan biopic stars Chalamet as Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash; opened in theaters on Christmas Day 2024; Trailer; Red Vinyl released on Jan. 24; Download released on Dec. 20; Apple Music; Merch; Columbia)

The Chills | “Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs” (20-song collection of recordings that the New Zealand jangle-pop band’s founder Martin Phillips was working on before his death in July 2024; with contributions from Neil Finn and members of Fur Patrol, Split Enz, Purple Pilgrims, et al; new single: “If This World Was Made For Me”; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; Fire)

DARKSIDE | “Nothing” (third album from NYC electronic band, now a trio; new single: “Are You Tired? [Keep On Singing]”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Matador)

Deep Sea Diver | “Billboard Heart” (Seattle indie rock band’s fourth album; guest: Madison Cunningham; new single: “Shovel”; See here; Read here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Sub Pop)

Doves | “Constellations for the Lonely” (their sixth studio album; producers: Doves, Dan Austin; new single: “Renegades”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Orange Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; EMI North)

Everything Is Recorded | “Richard Russell Is Temporary” (third full-length album from producer and XL Recordings founder Richard Russell; guests: Florence Welch, Sampha, Bill Callahan, Jah Wobble, Kamasi Washington, Nourished by Time, Alabaster DePlume, Noah Cyrus, et al; new single: “Losing You”; See here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; XL Recordings)

LISA | “Alter Ego” (BLACKPINK member’s debut solo album, featuring “Rockstar,” “New Woman” and “Moonlit Floor [Kiss Me]”; producers: Ryan Tedder, Sam Homaee, Ilya, Max Martin, Rykez; See here; Read here; Vixi Version; Amazon-Exclusive CD, Sunni Version; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive CD, Kiki Version; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; LLOUD Co. / RCA)

Mae Martin | “I’m a TV” (Canadian comedian-actor and singer-songwriter’s debut album; producers: Jason Couse and Wes Marskell of the Darcys; new singles: “Good Dream” and “Stowaway”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Republic)

Mdou Moctar | “Tears of Injustice” (acoustic version of his 2024 album “Funeral for Justice,” recorded at Brooklyn’s Bunker Studio; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Matador)

Kip Moore | “Solitary Tracks” (country star’s sixth album; 23 songs; producers: Moore, Jaren Johnston, Oscar Charles, Jay Joyce; new single: “Around You”; See here; Read here; Citrus Eco-Mix Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Virgin Music Group)

Gabríel Ólafs | “Polar” (Download; Icelandic pianist-composer’s sixth album; new single: “Building a World”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Apple Music; also: narrated story-telling companion “Polar [Traveler’s Log]”; Decca)

Panda Bear | “Sinister Grift” (his first solo album since 2019; producers: Panda Bear, Animal Collective bandmate Deakin; new single: “Defense”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour; Domino)

The Vapors | “Wasp in a Jar” (English new wave stalwarts’ fourth album and first since 2020; producer: Michael Giblin; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; On Tour; Vapors Own Records)

Lola Young | “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway” (South London singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Solomonophic; new single: “Messy”; Hear here; Transparent Red Vinyl; Download released on June 21; Apple Music; On Tour; Island)

Reissues + More

REISSUES + MORE

The Beckies | “Good To Know: The Beckies Story” (Double CD; 1976 debut album; with 13 previously unreleased songs from the original demo sessions; remastered by Michael Graves; Amazon UK; Download; Omnivore Recordings)

Bon Jovi | “Slippery When Wet (Deluxe Edition)” (Double CD; 1986 album, featuring “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive”; with rare and unreleased cuts, including live tracks from the Slippery When Wet Tour; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Merch; Island / UMe)

China Crisis | “The Complete Sessions 1982-1983” (two John Peel sessions recorded with the BBC in March 1982 and January 1983; remastered; White Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour; Last Night From Glasgow)

Gene Clark & Carla Olson | “So Rebellious A Lover (Deluxe Edition)” (1987 album, originally released on Rhino Records; remastered, with eight bonus tracks; Amazon UK; Sunset Blvd.)

Patsy Cline | “The Complete Studio Recordings” (three-CD set includes her three studio albums, plus three posthumously released albums and non-LP singles; Amazon.ca; Enlightenment)

Chick Corea, Brian Blade & Christian McBride | “Trilogy 3” (Download; live album from Corea’s final tour in 2020; Hear here; CD and Vinyl out May 30; Apple Music; Candid)

Ella Fitzgerald | “The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum” (previously unreleased 1967 concert in Oakland, backed by members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra; recently unearthed in the private tape collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz; mixed and mastered from the original analog multitrack tapes; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; Verve / UMe)

Godley & Creme | “Part of the Process: The Complete Godley & Creme” (11-CD box set contains all seven studio albums from 1977 to 1988, plus two discs of non-album tracks and single versions, with sleeve notes from biographer Liam Newton and an intro by Kevin Godley; Amazon UK; Edsel / Demon Music Group)

John Lee Hooker | “The Standard School Broadcast Recordings” (first commercial release of a rare 1973 fully electric blues band recording, performed direct-to-tape at Coast Recorders in San Francisco; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; BMG Rights Management)

Humble Pie | “Hallelujah: 1973-1983” (five-CD box set covers the post-Frampton era, featuring 1980’s “On to Victory” and 1981’s “Go for the Throat,” plus live shows from 1973, 1982 and 1983; Read here; Amazon UK; HNE / Cherry Red)

Eugene Ormandy | “The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983” (94-CD box set, with the Philadelphia Orchestra; Amazon UK; Sony Classical)

Supertramp | “Live in Paris ’79” (Double CD; new version of their “Paris” album from 1980; includes two songs not included on the original “Paris”: “Child of Vision” and “Another Man’s Woman”; recorded at Pavillon de Paris; Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Mercury Studios)

Various artists | “Everybody Is A Star: The Sly Stone Songbook” (22 songs on one CD, featuring covers by The Jackson 5, Ike & Tina Turner, Jeff Buckley, Diana Ross, Iggy Pop, et al; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Ace)

Various artists | “The 1955 R&B Hits Collection” (four-CD, 104-track collection, featuring Fats Domino, Ruth Brown, The Drifters, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Etta James, The Moonglows, et al; Amazon UK; Acrobat)

Various artists | “NOW Yearbook: Vault ’80” (four CDs, 71 songs; Clear Triple Vinyl; Amazon UK; Sony Music / EMI)

Various artists | “Bob Stanley Presents Liverpool Sunset: The City After Merseybeat 1964-1969” (24 songs on one CD; Hear/Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Ace)

Various artists | “The 20th Anniversary Billboard Chart 20th July 1960” (four-CD collection featuring most of the Billboard Hot 100 on the date of the 20th anniversary of the first Billboard chart in July 1940; Amazon UK; Acrobat)

Yo La Tengo | “Old Joy” (soundtrack to the 2006 road movie written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and based on a short story by Jonathan Raymond; Vinyl; Apple Music; Mississippi Records)

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