April is almost over, and summer is on the rise. Will one of these new albums be your summer soundtrack?
Foo Fighters go rough and dirty on their punk-inspired new album. Noah Kahan is taking his songwriting to the next level and seeking more chart success on the follow-up to his hit Stick Season. The Milk Carton Kids continue to make exquisite folk harmonizing sound easy on their new LP, while New Orleans ska band Bad Operation‘s latest again prove while their genre lives on. And indie heroes Failure are back with one of their most accomplished albums to date.
With their new album less than a month away, The All-American Rejects have dropped a monstrous new track, “King Kong”. Beck is back with “Ride Lonesome,” and up-and-coming punk rockers Death Lens are joined by another buzzy group, Militarie Gun, on their latest track. Suki Waterhouse announced her third album this week with new single “Tiny Raisins,” and Iron & Wine shared a beautiful b-side from his recent album.
Modest Mouse announced their new album this week and shared the second single from it. Trip-hop pioneer Tricky is back with a mesmerizing new song, and the Afghan Whigs have a soulful new track out from their upcoming album. Actor/musician Kiefer Sutherland says goodbye to California in lovely new Americana song, and his fellow musician/actor Ryan Bingham has the fourth song out from his next album. Zebrahead re-embrace their ska-punk roots on their latest single, and Jack Van Cleaf is canceling plans on his new one.
We’ve also brought back The Dave Black Expression, Metric, Joe Caruso, Lucy Davis, Carla J. Easton, Krooked Tongue, The Moss, Russell Jamie Johnson, Ghost Hounds, Tiffy, Fruit Bats, Spencer Krug, Matthew Ryan Jacobs, Rat Boogie, BK Pepper, Blossoms, Keyside, Basement, Koyo, Public Opinion, Yea-Ming and the Rumors, Rodeo Mouth, Jonathan Plevyak, Jacob & the Dazey Chain, Conscious Pilot, Houndmouth, Everlast, The Carolyn, Andy Frasco & The U.N., The Rogues, Carter Vogel, Ryan Hamilton, Pleasure Pill, Red Clay Strays, Levi Turner and The Cab.
And new to our weekly list this week are Louis Glasby, Amity, Mock Media, Nuclear Messiah, The Magic City, Horace Pinker, Max Aurora & The Southern Lights, Alani, Lonely Little Kitsch, Molly Brandt, McGrath, Andrew Land, Cat Elliott, big long sun, zeronic, Vita Ruina, Products Band, Hayden Summerall, berm, Candace Hastings, Michael Antelope, Effie Zilch, Meggo, Howells, teo tala, Jordan Burchel, Crimes of Passion and Nanaco Sato.
Start listening to all of the latest music in our New Music Friday Playlist.
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