As part of New Music Friday, EW’s music team chooses some of the essential new tunes.
Stream all of EW’s picks by following ourplaylist(embedded below) for this week.
Davis, due Sept. 15.
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Few of the ’00s indie powerhouses and evolved as well as them.
But that’s what you get when you pick a rose."
KMD feat.
While Jay Electronica still hasn’t released his long-awaited debut album, he provides a guest verse here.
Hip-hop heads are happy to take whatever they can get from these guys.
Christian Holub
Lizzo, “Water Me”
Nourish thyself.
with love, affection, and respect when it comes to relationships.
On paper, the cut reads like most Weezer singles: Crunchy power-pop guitars?
(This one’s about meeting a computer programmer at the guitar shop.)
An intensely saccharine chorus?
“Oh, I know that it’s not, but I have to believe that it is.”
She’s not exactly correct these songs are far more enjoyable than either of those situations.
She’ll bring the tunes to audiences this fall as the opener on Marilyn Manson’s tour.
ZHU, stardustexhalemarrakechdreams EP
The mysterious producer returned with a surprise EP Friday.
Across its four tunes, ZHU embraces haunting effects and a skittering low-end for irresistible results.
Queue up standout “Stardust” and, go on, get a little weird.
