
We Listened To All Of New Music Friday So You Don't Have To: Janelle Monáe, Ben Khan, Alyusha
13 April 2018, 10:00
| Written by
Laurence Day
It's been a big week for new music, with some of the top names in pop making Internet-breaking comebacks.
We've mined through all the music that's out this week and returned with a heap of essential tracks - check out 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:
- Janelle Monáe's celebration of "pussy power" with Grimes
- The debut from LUMP (aka Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay)
- JGrrey's brilliantly bewitching new number "Growing"
- Soft dick jazz-pop from Norway's Jenny Hval
- Masterful experimental R&B from newcomer Alyusha
- The lead track from Gang Gang Dance's first album in seven years
- Ben Khan's mind-blowing comeback
- One half of Empress Of's two-pronged return
- "All In", the latest from high-flying lo-fi talent Bakar
- Vital jangly pop-rock from consistently great troupe Speedy Ortiz
Listen to the full playlist and then let us us know which tracks you're loving!
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