With a lot good music being launched on a regular basis, it may be exhausting to find out what to take heed to first. Every week, Pitchfork affords a run-down of great new releases out there on streaming providers. This week’s batch consists of new albums and EPs from Underworld and Iggy Pop, Channel Tres, Daniel Bachman, G Herbo, Tony Molina, Masayoshi Fujita, and the Cradle. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our suggestions in your inbox each week.
Underworld / Iggy Pop: Teatime Dub Encounters EP [Caroline International]
British digital group Underworld have teamed with Iggy Pop on a four-song joint EP. They described it because the “result of a few clandestine hotel room recording sessions” that was made within the weeks following Iggy’s 2016 report Post Pop Depression. They met when Underworld’s Ricky Smith was overseeing the T2 Trainspotting soundtrack, which featured a Prodigy remix of Iggy’s “Lust for Life.” The EP consists of the one “Bells & Circles.”
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Channel Tres: Channel Tres EP [Godmode]
Channel Tres is a Compton-based rapper and producer who has collaborated with artists like Kehlani and Duckwrth. Now, he’s dropped his self-titled debut EP. It options the beforehand launched observe “Jet Black,” which was co-written and produced by Godmode founder and former Pitchfork contributor Nick Sylvester.
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Santigold: I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions [Downtown]
Santigold is again together with her first new undertaking since 2016’s 99¢. Her impromptu mixtape was made with Mixpak label head Dre Skull. “A lot of songs on this record I wrote in the studio,” Santigold defined. “The whole point was: These are the issues on my mind right now. Just throw it down. Don’t be too precious about the lyrics.” Read Pitchfork’s new interview, “Santigold on Her Surprise Dancehall Album, I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions.”
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Tony Molina: Kill the Lights [Sumberland]
Kill the Lights is the most recent effort from Bay Area musician Tony Molina. The 10-track LP is comprised of guitar pop like “Wrong Town” and “Nothing I Can Say.” Molina shared his final album Dissed and Dismissed in 2014. In 2016, he dropped the EP Confront the Truth.
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G Herbo: Swervo [Machine Entertainment Group]
Swervo, Chicago rapper G Herbo’s new album, was produced in full by Atlanta producer Southside. Coming in at 14 tracks, the report options Chief Keef, Young Thug, 21 Savage, and Juice WRLD. It follows final yr’s Humble Beast.
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Masayoshi Fujita: Book of Life [Erased Tapes]
Berlin-based composer Masayoshi Fujita has dropped his third solo LP Book of Life. With the brand new album (just like the earlier releases within the Masayoshi trilogy), he locations the vibraphone entrance and heart. “It’s quite a new instrument, but it’s often played in a similar way,” he stated in a press release. “I feel that there is a lot more to explore with this exciting instrument.” Read Pitchfork’s evaluation of the report’s “It’s Magical.”
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The Cradle: Bag of Holding [NNA Tapes]
The Cradle is the experimental solo undertaking of New York City’s Paco Cathcart. His new album Bag of Holding options the beforehand launched “Cell Games and Beyond.” It consists of preparations by longtime musical accomplice Sammy Weissberg and visitor vocals from Palberta’s Lily Konigsberg, Nina Ryser, and Anina Ivry-Block.
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