First Listen: New Releases for 14 March 2025

Artist: clipping.
Album:
Quick Thoughts: clipping. is back after another few years away, and it's a pretty solid reminder that they're without a doubt one of the better hip-hop acts out there. Whether it's just the speed in which Daveed Diggs raps or whether it's production that leans heavily on a lot of sounds not often heard in hip-hop, this is just a great reminder that they're on another level. Let's hope it's not another five years before we get another hit.
Songs of Note: "Change the Channel," "Run It," "Code," "Dodger," "Welcome Home Warrior"

Artist: terraplana
Album: natural
Quick Thoughts: It's a short week all things considered, but I wanted to call out terraplana as a great Brazilian act doing a grungy, gazey record with a ton to love. It's a short, quick hit but hits so well and was a memorable listen overall. Don't skip it.
Songs of Note: "charie," "todo dia," "horas iguais"

Artist: Chase Petra
Album: Lullabies for Dogs
Quick Thoughts: We missed this one from earlier this year, and it deserves some of your time. It's definitely got an early aughts emo feel to it that reminds me more than a little bit of the Dashboard Confessional approach without the cringeworthy earnestness. This is just very good and extremely addictive on a number of levels - check it out.
Songs of Note: "Catharsis," "Have Faith, Horatio," "Bread and Circus," "Because I Am My Own Dog"

Of note:

* Circuit des Yeux - Halo on the Inside (A solid, intriguing listen.)
* Whatever the Weather - Whatever the Weather II
* Nels Cline - Consentrik Quartet
* cootie catcher - Shy at First
* Steven Wilson - The Overview
* MEGA-G - Return of the Boom Bap
* KEG - Fun's Over
* Philip Golub and Lesley Mok - dream brigade
* Etienne de Crecy - WARM UP
* T. Gowdy - Trill Scan
* Cameron Keiber - Nurser
* The Secret Chord - Generation X
* Ging Nang Boyz - Blew Blue
* Throwing Muses - Moonlight Concessions
* St. Lucia - Fata Morgana: Dawn
* Penelope Scott - Water Dogs
* Sodl - Sheepman
* Edwyn Collins - Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation
* Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter
* BAMBARA -Birthmarks
* Intensive Care and The Body - Was I Good Enough?
* Canyons and Locusts - The Goal Gigolo
* Dead Bandit - Dead Bandit
* Joni Void - Every Life is a Light
* flatroom !! - You Will Only Get Older

EPs:

* Alix Page - Bug
* Flora from Kansas - Homesick
* Chainlacing - Attersee EP
* Fake Dad - Holly Wholesome and the Slut Machine
* Miss Ipad - my stuff
* Shruti Khobes - Still.
* Dana Garavanski - Again Again
* Shefu - Shefu
* The Waeve - Eternal EP
* Anoushkra Shankar, Alam Khan, and Sarathy Korwar - Chapter III: We Return to Light
* Bloodshot Bill and Gerard Van Herk - shot of blood EP
* Jointjay and DJ Shon - knock knock

Live albums/Compilations/Reissues:

* Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins (20th Anniversary Edition) (Holds up!)
* Home Free (Soundtrack)
* Into a World of Progressive (Mixed by Robilardo)
* fabric Presents Laurent Garnier: Into the Low End

Also out:

* koreancrashout - Sydney