New Music Friday: April 13
A run through some of the week's best new albums, including Korean surf-rock band Say Sue Me, singer Juliana Hatfield's surprisingly emotional tribute to Olivia Newton-John, Tinashe and more.
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Invisibilia: Punks Policing Their Own
When someone in your community transgresses, do you banish them? Purge them in an attempt to make the community safer for everyone?
Songs We Love: Elise Davis, 'Don't Bring Me Flowers'
Elise Davis frankly explores sexual desire and casual relationships in a buoyantly arranged song co-written with Maren Morris and Frank Romano.
'Talking About Heaven': John Prine Proves That Old Trees Grow Stronger
The venerated songwriter discusses learning to love his voice and how years of scribbled lyrics on yellow legal pads became The Tree of Forgiveness, his first album of new material in over a decade.
Alison Krauss & Union Station On Mountain Stage
Listen to this retrospective, in which the bluegrass legend performs cuts from Lonely Runs Both Ways with her iconic band during a 2005 appearance.
A Diva Deconstructed In 'Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami'
Sophie Fiennes' film about the legendary performer "achieve[s] a level of intimacy and candor ... that's uncommon for documentaries about figures who control their images this closely."
La Mecánica Popular: Radical Afro-Latin Futurism
With hints of chicha and electrified Miles Davis, La Mecánica Popular makes the ancient sound like the future on their new album, Rosa Cruz.
Singer-Songwriter John Prine Draws On His Roots With 'Tree Of Forgiveness'
Prine keeps his earthiness alive on his first album of new songs in 13 years. Critic Ken Tucker says The Tree of Forgiveness features simple folk arrangements and a jaunty tone.
The Thistle & Shamrock: New Writing
Brand-new music, including festival commissions and soundtracks, from artists including Gillian Frame, Michael Rooney and The Macalla Orchestra, John Doyle, John McCusker and Mike McGoldrick.
Watch This Week's Outstanding Entries From The Tiny Desk Contest
Our judges are one week closer to picking this year's winner — in the meantime, check out the entries that stood out to us this week.