I hope you all had a great President’s Day weekend and Valentine’s Day. And now I’m wishing you a great News Music Friday!
We’ve got a lot of albums for you today. There’s the latest ones from beloved pop-punk band New Found Glory, hip-hop meets pop-punker Bryce Vine, and from mega-folk rockers Mumford & Sons. We also have new ones from some up-and-coming acts like Captain Wilberforce (read our review here), and Dominique Fils-Aime (read our review here). There were two big surprises: U2 dropped an EP of protest songs this week on Ash Wednesday, and Yungblud shared the 7-song second half to his Idols album.
After long delays, Lana Del Rey‘s new album Stove is finally coming, and she shared a new single from the album this week. Foo Fighters officially announced their new album this week, and dropped the fuzz-punk title track. The upcoming War Child benefit album continues to tease with great new songs; this week we got one from The Last Dinner Party. Shinedown are back to rocking hard on the latest track from their next album, and rising star Alemeda is having a rollicking blast on her newest track.
Punk legends Failure are back with the first single from their new album, and CHVRCHES have shared another cover for the Tell Me Lies soundtrack. Jonah Kagen is gearing up for a tour, and sharing a new song for it, and Twenty One Pilots have shared a b-side from their recent album. There’s new emo-tinged pop-punk from The Academy Is…, and folk rock from Fantastic Cat. Emo titans The Cab are making their long-awaited return with a new album (and we have the first new track),
Back on the list this week are Hot Mulligan, White Reaper, The Flatliners, Eliza Noxon, Altin Gun, The Band of Heathens, The Montvales, Endearments, Mansfield, Arrows of Athena, Lombardy, Hit Like a Girl, Jake Thistle, Tedeschi Trucks Band, David Gray, Chief State, Crimson Riot, Mylo Bybee, Sons of Town Hall, Milk Carton Kids, The Dead Bolts, Syd Sidney, Joshua Radin, Ryan Hamilton and Snail Mail.
And some artists we get to introduce you to this week for the first time include Waterpistol, John Muirhead, FakeYou, Queen Anne, The High Curbs, Michael Gilas, DAVID HILLYARD & THE ROCKSTEADY 7, Water Tower, Satya, Hrishikesh Hirway, Jonah Marks, Dirty Beau, Alex Cherney & The Brothers Nylon, AtticOmatic, Gay Nineties, Bea Elmy Martin, Shane Weisman and The Enigmatic Foe.
Queue up our New Music Friday Playlist and listen to all of these new tunes.
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