
We Listened To All Of New Music Friday So You Don't Have To: Calpurnia, Hinds, Lily Allen
09 March 2018, 10:16
| Written by
Laurence Day
After last week's snowy lull, New Music Friday has rolled around again with a vengeance - and we've sifted through it all to bring you choicest cuts of the past seven days.
Enjoy our all killer, no filler guide to this week's releases below (plus a few special numbers from New Music Fridays past that we can't stop listening to).
Short On Time? Definitely Don't Miss These:
- Calpurnia, the band featuring Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, have a storming debut out
- Another gem from pop icon Lily Allen
- Hinds sounding "more Hinds than Hinds themselves"
- A stand-out stunner from poet/rapper Kojey Radical
- Fuzzy deliciousness from Spanish crew Baywaves
- The comeback from Jon Hopkins!
- The comeback from Beach House!!
- The comeback from Years & Years!!!
- Rachel Foxx and Don-E's supreme team up "Mistress"
- Liv Dawson's utterly magical jam "Talk"
Listen to the full playlist and then let us us know which tracks you're loving!
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- Naima Bock, Everyone Says Hi and more join lineup for neil young and the chrome hearts BST Hyde Park show
- Pop-Kultur 2025 expands to six days, new venues across Berlin's Wedding district
- FOCUS Wales opens applications for artists to play at 2026 event
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