New and Noteworthy Additions to US Spotify

Beyond the Basics by Maya Vik: http://open.spotify.com/album/03O1EsS4E1tr20T5POHMA7

also the awesome tapes from africa rerelease of the ata kak - obaa sima cassette: spotify:album:5rWdCCXgUf8Ptz1goEmLKC

Try again tomorrow with Yonatan Gat. Sometimes late-arriving releases show up in the internal database I use slightly before their audio is actually ready...

Wizkid campaign song (? I actually don't know if this is sincere or satirical) for Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan - http://open.spotify.com/track/5iPF0mYo3HBHrD3eUIvpEk

Whatever it is, it is definitely not by the real Wizkid.

a couple of old 8Ball & MJG albums finally: Comin' Out Hard, On the Outside Looking In

Thanks Glenn! These descriptions are really useful.

IA about the new feed format where you see pictures of your friends instead of the cover art of what they listened to, and their names are displayed more prominently than the song/album/artist.

Also about how hard it always is to see the complete titles of songs with very long titles -- usually classical music tracks that contain composer, artist, work title, opus no, etc. before finally telling you, say, the name of the movement (which is usually not visible).

E.T. Mensah & The Tempos - King of Highlife: Anthology
http://open.spotify.com/album/3fgzM7fzKsp2u4AO2vdTh1

(4 disc set!)

Scarab · Serpents of the Nile: Egyptian death metal, http://open.spotify.com/album/5bceFF6XgCC7GHJ4i326JM
Suicideyear · Japan: mixtape from oneohtrix-esque leftfield electronica act, http://open.spotify.com/album/58KhZoaYgMrXK7KfC6DI17
Shifra Lerer · Canciones en Idish: argentine-american yiddish theater actress reissue, http://open.spotify.com/album/1fhLMMpaAifq7UArFdwMVd
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos · King of Highlife: Anthology: as mentioned just above, http://open.spotify.com/album/3fgzM7fzKsp2u4AO2vdTh1
Enslaved · In Times: new viking metal from norway, http://open.spotify.com/album/4XwTjjxRcaFioeFxejrsFM
The Lookouts · Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories): punk rock compilation from tre cool's first band, http://open.spotify.com/album/69Ngak0vEN7ZKsiZQODPvJ
Fawn Spots · From Safer Place: emoey punk music from UK, http://open.spotify.com/album/2odOkdmcy5pGf3WjulTgYl
Sarah Bethe Nelson · Fast Moving Clouds: nocal singer/songwriter, http://open.spotify.com/album/2pFb4KNcv2Lq5sKdubVzYa

Some things:

M83+Haim soundtrack song - http://open.spotify.com/track/62SOOLwjLhkXwyO8rk2SbK
Swirling, stomping, Primitives+noise-ish Best Coast song - http://open.spotify.com/track/4znGPlVqO1SjtgVcVuPtFl
Dark, twittering Soft Moon song - http://open.spotify.com/track/3uwDsMCD39TnQMDxrG74B0
Airy, wistful Christine & the Queens song - http://open.spotify.com/track/5lh9hmVR089ISAkvb6uSHK
Urgent synthpop by the Colourist - http://open.spotify.com/track/2o4HR5C4w4ywfPrG5rLYJy
Echoey retro-pop rave by Lord Huron - http://open.spotify.com/track/5FWRsgxsexj4WzWua9LSXs
Boompop balladanthem by Charlene Soraia - http://open.spotify.com/track/2ShBnORAlRfgNdvQoMDs21
Power-synth-ballad by former Eurovision winner Loreen - http://open.spotify.com/track/6PZYMXl5HM2giJVi3wA77b
Clompy AWOLNATION-ish strut by Big Data with Dragonette singing - http://open.spotify.com/track/0JbzWshziiVH2Fa6tk5WRI
Finally, a sentimental boy-group cover of an obscure old Journey song called "Don't Stop Believin'"! - http://open.spotify.com/track/35zSGenYf9CbFUcarSdh8A
Album by pop-emo group The Satellite Year - http://open.spotify.com/album/7vD2nyqHojSNbBqCzgx3dp
Not to be confused with twitchy pop group Satellite Stories - http://open.spotify.com/album/1aeEpbo75XhxbjjRFWUXcv
Not to be confused with progressive-metal masters Enslaved - http://open.spotify.com/album/4XwTjjxRcaFioeFxejrsFM
Not to be confused with Russian pagan-metal band Smuta - http://open.spotify.com/album/1VjCKgtVJEkc5iYVEy3KQM
Pretty German pop-rock by Ewig - http://open.spotify.com/album/0ouTNtet9FoxZmwRyZdmi5
Twee-scratchy indie punk-pop by Evans the Death - http://open.spotify.com/album/4qSLUBkAZbiNwy5TI8Cq3Q
Faintly indie pop-rock by Shapes & Colors - http://open.spotify.com/album/6pHBn84LPBGDbyzv4121xy
Bubbly piano-pop by Coleman Hell - http://open.spotify.com/track/5v1g1CPZqgHUkljNR4Wkiu

As if the recent THEESatisfaction album wasn't enough, there's a new Hiatus Kaiyote track out today, an intense slow jam. I am so ready for another album from this band. http://open.spotify.com/album/7BINsWQkMJ7X5fFAYDZxKh

Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp A Butterfly
Modest Mouse · Strangers to Ourselves
Moonspell · Extinct
Allison Moorer · Down To Believing
Tobias Jesso Jr. · Goon

Some things I flagged from (and during) this week:

Trance reveries by Built by Titan - http://open.spotify.com/album/7fGu9C0cdUuHajJbVzbaTI
Another trance reverie (and not a Frozen cover) by Estiva - http://open.spotify.com/track/5GeT3GaJGKlLBz4YAdQpcL
Noisily cryptic blackdeath metal from Sarpantium - http://open.spotify.com/album/4TTvUDzoojrpVBvb1LN9FL
Muscular semi-progressive metalcore by Feed Her to the Sharks - http://open.spotify.com/album/5jzzNopP0wIMiLtvFmv1ov
New Kerli guest-appearance - http://open.spotify.com/track/4YtMhT2Ko6FRwQoWcswYss
Geek-rock vs Big Star - http://open.spotify.com/album/61lKOtmXqiE0ViimhYiJyv
Bigppop R&B by Roshana - http://open.spotify.com/track/7ffM89Fu57DmsSQPbeVfwr
Grindy noise pop by Tired Lion - http://open.spotify.com/track/2OFu9l3gmLk8kg4nJ5m5DR
Airy ballardy by Ofelia - http://open.spotify.com/track/5F0PJeMWvaLBa2ySkJ8ctz
Jangly sing-along teen-pop by Erika Selin - http://open.spotify.com/track/7fqPDgu9WFWvk0MA9eoObs
Synthy latin rock by Porter - http://open.spotify.com/album/5uz5nv8V7YEPpWJGCWSmgt
Dave rave by Diego Boneta - http://open.spotify.com/track/591tX2BhbN2lCj6NFSXJJh
Astonishing proggy pop-rock album by Taiwanese idol Shin - http://open.spotify.com/album/2TRG5thxBhHhEisKx6FIbq
Driving post-punk clamor by Wolf Alice - http://open.spotify.com/track/22MTyaU1KP1XgjCCRd7SGf
Beepy big-room tranciness by Morgan Page - http://open.spotify.com/track/2wsdC6T0DxwVSdvh121osY
More of that by Killogy et al - http://open.spotify.com/track/4TH2iRNmnsl3pEdGb9W5Re
Snarling rock EP by Los Yayers - http://open.spotify.com/album/0Fjr38mapno9jdUIg5apuJ
Of-Monsters-and-Men-ish folk pop anthem by Brothers Among Wera - http://open.spotify.com/track/0I5vu9QDW7rKCT8UNuF6dp
Rousing gothic symphonic metal by Mute Tale - http://open.spotify.com/album/2259BIAbbJ5TU4maRTM6t8
Eurovision spectacle by Marie Klåpbakken - http://open.spotify.com/track/5DGIPdZyg18vSvWhs1cz8f
New AWOLNATION album, so maybe we can stop hearing "Sail" now - http://open.spotify.com/album/6yGp5e6Puhx155c8dQ8e6P
Swirlingroaring new Eternal Summers - http://open.spotify.com/track/6mx8EntvyZ6c8Jkg4RmyYs
A halting, sighing new song by Of Monsters and Men themselves - http://open.spotify.com/track/59yvXUFVjsaZQsDs09T7eA
A handful of heartfelt new songs by Delta Rae - http://open.spotify.com/artist/0iidQFemlPhkoHqFroz2my
A new song by Toto yes that Toto this time - http://open.spotify.com/track/4b8STqYWx3cndo0CeNLUO5
Twangy rock song by REVYN - http://open.spotify.com/track/5acEYxIqQkhKwdQXBckp04
Shivery art-pop by Laura Welsh - http://open.spotify.com/album/1wwa5nEWw6POp5OsCWDC4M
Two more albums of hypertreacly pop covers by Anthem Lights - http://open.spotify.com/artist/7kwEvDE8e7EBGKh5bLczqQ
Bluesy new rave-up by Dead Sara - http://open.spotify.com/track/5wMLWHbfDIYLSFaScJaGhy
The whole new massive Moonspell album - http://open.spotify.com/album/7CnYaO9vPKMRrVJKVsBFaQ
Muted Zella Day single from the Insurgent soundtrack - http://open.spotify.com/track/6g0lp04BnfiK39CuZUDkNR
Album worth reading the titles of even if you don't play it by Giraffes? Giraffes! - http://open.spotify.com/album/2KQ98XfQCiQ8TuZRjlgplN
Sponge Cola channeling Extreme in Pinoy - http://open.spotify.com/album/4e2NaOKvPdXGzyMCdWqcr2
Reissue of the all-time-great Game Theory album Real Nighttime - http://open.spotify.com/album/3pa4H4Y5JaDtSVNOY6PLtc
Pummeling death/thrash metal by Void Creation - http://open.spotify.com/album/2CGuiQCLBIqNLzdYjDeEHP

And not new, but Grey Season were on the same plane from Boston to SXSW with me this morning and their jangly folk-pop-rock album is really good - http://open.spotify.com/album/12UdfBVpqR39zhhya91wbI

But if you listen to only one thing this week, instead of 1800 bands in Austin, of course it should be MY NEW SINGLE! And the b-side!

http://open.spotify.com/album/5hFF7L30UfCVjPrdxnrFHm

[Just to be clear, I am not really a musician. This needn't stop anybody from making music, but if you decide to listen to something more competent, I will understand.]

good lookin out on game theory :)

so much music...so little time

must. listen. faster.

Some things from this week:

Kendrick Lamar has a record - http://open.spotify.com/album/7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP
Echoey Norwegian post-punk by Hjerteslag - http://open.spotify.com/album/5B8mRczUbVJM4CNLFThGDR
Rousingly anthemic new Nero anthemstep anthem - http://open.spotify.com/track/7DAp3DPBu9k7cDZbToxwpU
Pop punk slightly heavier on the punk by Hit the Lights - http://open.spotify.com/album/5KYTKw37wkqc2BWDa8A1jb
A whole new album by Toto yes that Toto - http://open.spotify.com/album/3fdvJEbAoHrYIH4uvYFvV5
Blaring Australian indie-rock by Courtney Barnett - http://open.spotify.com/album/1WBps8cIMT6LYVq5rYh5ze
Moody new song and some alternate versions by German veterans Revolverheld - http://open.spotify.com/album/63Yynv1uo0Dwq5h3OX8zBN
Hyperchirpy PC-Music-ish "Elastic Heart" cover by Mya - http://open.spotify.com/album/5p8y2S94VnoFSMsOmI6M6N
Brostep+funk new Krewella song - http://open.spotify.com/track/7AeYomUuCNb965CWyfLTjK
The whole new album by Japanese noise-pop trio Tricot - http://open.spotify.com/album/5A4nSOZ4o5VGeshIZbKVT1
A lush added-strings version of Iranian/Swedish singer Saleh's earnest "Speaking of Truth" - http://open.spotify.com/track/1hpjW2TTR6uyEU9thrk6KW
Gothy synth-rock EP by Danish pop band Hej Matematik - http://open.spotify.com/album/5w58CdWj8xpjQB8kZUiUcD
Floaty new Active Child song - http://open.spotify.com/track/6BAn1zKY1iFjVs0yKGAhfb
Paramore-core by Courage My Love - http://open.spotify.com/album/3MJ3ZJcGcmWk5QegNedS49
Neural-grind death metal by The Monolith Deathcult - http://open.spotify.com/album/6XPdv7JKAg3RUGvosDGWW4
"World" music that isn't awful by the great Niyaz - http://open.spotify.com/album/53gOrbb2T3yyqGu0LuHL5q
A re-dated second try for the amazing VAMPS album that first came out last year on, perversely, the same day as the terrible album by The Vamps - http://open.spotify.com/album/5ZrcKx0Hjj6cUtZxJMXNhP
Trudging funeral-doom by Forn - http://open.spotify.com/album/0eBVV4YPAaLyIF2GmAnlFA
A NateWantstoBattle "Blank Space" parody - http://open.spotify.com/track/2jDV6HRIAObMmNjXX14aRf
Warm old-school punk/rock from Galician band Ruxe-Ruxe - http://open.spotify.com/album/78AxZxadiRkZDcA7jjLdI6
Glassy glitchiness from Build Buildings - http://open.spotify.com/album/0yVTjhyBhMnKMKFfOdBcLU
More joke-metal covers of pop-songs by Tragedy that I think are actually pretty good - http://open.spotify.com/album/3byBDNcVIow5jMSyvBqOGZ
Sturdy hard rock by Redacted - http://open.spotify.com/album/4zNicvKq0XHAX8AonqPog0
Jimmy Eat World-core by Too Close to Touch - http://open.spotify.com/album/3UEjBXKebj8XGtCazf276I
Big synthpop by Dræmings - http://open.spotify.com/artist/3GhOr7132xuIFF5brdIduZ
Dancy glitch in the Untold-ish vein by JLin - http://open.spotify.com/album/2yHEmN9QGuFbFpWt21BJtd
Pummeling growl-metal by Solipsist - http://open.spotify.com/album/4ox7udNTyaL6CKRgCUkoJq
A 12-track remix master-class by trance producer Saint of Sin - http://open.spotify.com/album/2IwW2zHacXrRJP9CbRRyX3
Swirly ambient trance by Germind - http://open.spotify.com/album/6cktAeCVIeox2d2oGKSq0x
Debut by Greek retro-power-thrash metal band Sacral Rage - http://open.spotify.com/album/5nOabxrXZVNWJZIK5W6iIy
Robot-industrial complextro by Jonteknik - http://open.spotify.com/album/0AUJwKU4PW5LxUnGglEZ6C
Jangly and not-at-all-futuristic stomp-pop by Imaginary Future - http://open.spotify.com/album/0fYwtCHdnNkjW9XzRrDJsB
Pealing and roaring emo-post-punk by Chicago band Hidden Hospitals - http://open.spotify.com/album/3BaJFWgAN2QDPNu18UNEJO
Dinosaur Jr-ish alt-pop by Gim Kordon - http://open.spotify.com/track/6liY4ubtZ0yhM57zdR4v1L
Shrieky Icelandic black metal by Dynfari - http://open.spotify.com/album/39BSvjCYKptUJF2Pbx31kr
A folk metal album in which the metal is replaced by crunch Spanish hard rock, by Taranus - http://open.spotify.com/album/3O2p35049O1LtHjhjSCQBp

And if you run out of stuff after that, here's my playlist of stuff I either saw at South by Southwest last week or wished I had:

http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/1yUrXb6iLAvG00sS84DQep

tell me more about this kendrick lamar album

(I haven't listened to Kendrick yet.)

sorry, just being unnecessarily dickish in that there's a zillion post thread

i appreciate the comprehensiveness still

Gim Kordon might be the stupidest band name I've ever seen.

hey guys i heard there was a kendrick lamar album out!

also these:

Laura Marling · Short Movie
Earl Sweatshirt · I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
Thursday · Waiting: The 15-Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Liturgy · The Ark Work
Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

I'll second all those and add:

Nellie McKay - My Weekly Reader
Chilly Gonzales - Chambers
Andreya Triana - Giants
Banks - Goddess (Remixes)
MNEK - Small Talk
Striking Matches - Nothing But the Silence
Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire
Chic - I'll Be There
King Tubby - Midnight Rock at King Tubby's

i wish i had time to explore all your stuff Glenn. I don't have time to explore all my stuff!

A few things from this week:

The new Nightwish album - https://open.spotify.com/album/4uTfUoZ5qoyFtGcOiJPFHQ
And in a similar vein, the new Kamelot song - https://open.spotify.com/track/25yjReB34JA105E6WDJuH4
LA hard-rock band Dead Sara's new album - https://open.spotify.com/album/7olgqLdK15oSf7ih0yiEDC
Jangly Lord Huron song - https://open.spotify.com/track/3WGGFwucBPa40UaKfoD99f
Chiming Admiral Fallow song - https://open.spotify.com/track/72czS81nNeMdJT4ZSim30g
Dream blip from Japanese Wallpaper - https://open.spotify.com/track/7nujumxQPclRwwRuoCeLBB
Atmospheric German hip hop from Olexesh - https://open.spotify.com/album/2hRZJ1tkZAEmSQBUOhXjBP
Ambient black metal from Dodheimsgard - https://open.spotify.com/album/1uGPfJQZRJFhufmSfU0Lmj
Deluxe reissue of a great old bedroom-pop album by The Apartments - https://open.spotify.com/album/02eqTZKaidaxXM3Kmuw4zn
New K-boy-pop from EXO - https://open.spotify.com/album/783a1YbiWvZkD6UVFn9mtH
New k-girl-pop from Crayon Pop - https://open.spotify.com/album/3y29qwv0TOAqLIwtGgMtU0

I have another new song, myself, but it's stuck in the distribution pipeline somewhere.

Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell
Death Cab for Cutie · Kintsugi
Nightwish · Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Deluxe Version)
Death Grips · The Powers That B
Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba · Ba Power
Khaira Arby · Gossip
Föllakzoid · III

Benoit Pioulard: Sonnet

Aedliga "Futility Has Its Limits" - https://open.spotify.com/track/7ExBkBRYJJnqpSS39gCGZo

For you 1980's enthusiasts:

- Kissing the Pink - albums

- Martha & the Muffins - albums, incl. the one with "Black Stations / White Stations"

Diana Ross' eighties output, which is as classic as "post-disco" gets!

I'll let you know what other eighties stuff I'm finding as I find it.

Some things I added to my listening list this week, most of which are new:

The new of Verona song "Stay Gold" yes yes yes yes yes - https://open.spotify.com/track/2Xy0QS8e0a04Z6YKEU61dy
Shoegazey new Cheatahs single - https://open.spotify.com/track/4oQ9DDESejL5tc6zCENMbL
Jangly new album by Furious Seasons (David Steinhart of Smart Brown Handbag and Pop Art and others) - https://open.spotify.com/album/0Pi3exdRI6sNJfuRiE4VYv
Surging semi-post-rock blur by City of Ships - https://open.spotify.com/album/7C5jC4EtGsXCvYuTl8cBSI
Sparkling metropopolia by Clairity - https://open.spotify.com/track/2z2R1NMhaJm3iCuFIwSQpe
Big swoopy Big Room balladry by Hellberg and Cozi Zuehlsdorff - https://open.spotify.com/track/2TsMgZTaacXikcOAEezzyk
Gothic glam-rock by Lichtgestalt - https://open.spotify.com/album/0hSFyYTpesNAIUfGauwTBu
Weirdly slow, maybe-sultry new Carly Rae Jepsen - https://open.spotify.com/track/4V6rtbOy2c1AZXb1tWg4NE
Gauzy, wispy, frailcore by GABI - https://open.spotify.com/album/2wccjPXH9edyj8DjBvWPqi
Glassy neo-Vangelis hum by Röyksopp, including a remix by Man Without Country - https://open.spotify.com/album/16E4PWCcN8ddetfXU5wfoQ
Twitchy singer-songwriter-pop by Luke One - https://open.spotify.com/album/2UB9W8SCsUYcDb9qZE9AAY
Stomp-pop heroism from Delta Rae - https://open.spotify.com/album/0HvAm2vysVverWiodCEhON
...or the hesitant self-doubting version from Lord Huron - https://open.spotify.com/album/3mlOdnBspiNQZHnbfxAo8G
Post-world via Malawi by The Very Best - https://open.spotify.com/album/53sBo0LZC7wlRQNTkhku7o
Bubbly quasi-K-pop romp by The National - https://open.spotify.com/track/4VeQ05HWIFQ1gqhsB2dvdq
Muted St. Vincent single - https://open.spotify.com/track/0iKsBFbuFNA9eSGvhuncCJ
Post-post-boom-box chamber-arena-folk-wrestling-rock by an ilxor - https://open.spotify.com/album/7HWC61Sl93gYdBqCV5EIka
Giddy punk-pop of the non-glossy variant by Sick of Sarah - https://open.spotify.com/track/4sQXDNaaHgzWPaHWFUHFXh
Nice Italian pop-rock song by a band who appear to not realize there was already a band called Morningwood - https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZjIyZLyCscotL76bctEpB
Israeli shoegaze by Vaadat Charigim - https://open.spotify.com/track/1iS2IPaqSMXEalqsbLhXEH
Synthpoppy single by Eva & the Heartmaker - https://open.spotify.com/album/31W2uzMY3OKEwg4cpveOTy
Another clatter-sighing advance song from the new Mew album - https://open.spotify.com/track/5oTzn7Tv3CSbq6QxubSJw4
Dreamy Brooklyn retro-post-punk by Shana Falana - https://open.spotify.com/album/4H5jP6t3dO9e75Onrjgjfi

(cont.)

Fractured electro-swoon by Lapalux - https://open.spotify.com/album/65a4qrEVOHSpPgtuy6UNe6
Cartoon-massive new Sirenia single - https://open.spotify.com/track/65ytBKM5kfzF18ySKWND3E
Pop-punk/folk-metal/hard-rock thing by Secret Lie - https://open.spotify.com/album/5CK1Ag7t2OcO21PbJXMdyX
Hoarse, lumbering Mumfordia by Mighty Oaks - https://open.spotify.com/track/7ApGHlUDYQeLKSrJCBHgp7
Simmering minimalist electropop by Kaleida - https://open.spotify.com/album/5IPeXFBleK96zEzZIzI9Wb
Bouncy new French-indie from Cœur De Pirate - https://open.spotify.com/track/6e7l4cl6xBMWNoGAhPw5dM
Roar-dreaming post-something by Marriages - https://open.spotify.com/album/0Abaj1a9EzxXGULZD798HK
Manic euro-synth-punk by Lo Stato Sociale - https://open.spotify.com/album/2xPvfgtAjSYtox37ggTAta
Evasive crooning by East India Youth - https://open.spotify.com/album/1DuiTzXecVrDTZ8D4O6Zmh
Trap-snapping pulse-pop by Lusine - https://open.spotify.com/track/0wG37iSnNwVqYd390JQfVM
Elusive folktronica except not always tronic by Colleen - https://open.spotify.com/album/3eiRo1DsYQ8OCD5PUy5LH3
Too-short string thing by Rachel Grimes - https://open.spotify.com/track/6iJQjhlwmLyWRsbuEqyQJi
Shaped static by alva noto - https://open.spotify.com/album/0hYto519pOlfApZewkBS6F
A couple very promising songs by new Spanish pop hopeful Zahara - https://open.spotify.com/track/1lwpwp8YulRRjvVLp5d6cz + https://open.spotify.com/track/2k3dTJN33dinsXi2JTiEHB
Noisy punk-art-rock by Disco Las Palmeras! - https://open.spotify.com/album/1YP94FGws9PfmFm4WBKCFY
Pagan metal forest-dancing by Heidevolk, including an "Immigrant Song" cover - https://open.spotify.com/album/0F5c3rnrfsBzFrOwWywiMV
Much grimmer, blacker paganness by Skady - https://open.spotify.com/album/4AALml2uL2sMwIjUbgcQ2X
Old-school snarl-punk anthem by Tiger Bell - https://open.spotify.com/track/5i529SrNp6gRuj3WHCsyDn
Is it possible to have progressive stoner metal? - https://open.spotify.com/album/0PnJCEYj6PtiSkHGOg7mbM
Venom One ASOT track - https://open.spotify.com/track/5vJoUShdS1e4DxPBBxt9gK
...and an Emma Hewitt one - https://open.spotify.com/track/4yJteaQcFrznBHtR5orPlY
Grime epic by Pyrelli with Jai Amore - https://open.spotify.com/track/6ctXypBXOqd59uA8Q3dQhq
Dense J-rock by Lunkhead - https://open.spotify.com/album/1B7psQnG7df2wwV7fMlxqj
Shinier alt-J-rock by Aquarifa - https://open.spotify.com/album/6n5Zi7HN612GnPDMx8wap0
Manic pixel fanboy gamestep by Mangadrive - https://open.spotify.com/album/5Fk0kVLdvh6JxWflwNgUZF
A couple swaggering new Coleman Hell songs - https://open.spotify.com/track/3bi8yEuK44vLcbjHkPH0u1 + https://open.spotify.com/track/4wZocHS5v0GuKj4WbRKzaF
Shimmer-pop grandeur by Say Lou Lou - https://open.spotify.com/album/2yCHRv9UcB0C2HSWNGmUXo
Blasting death-thrash by Vallenfyre - https://open.spotify.com/album/1FrsBvBOfRvKzovkp8wPh4
Understated Russian gothicish metal by Argentum - https://open.spotify.com/album/0IrAWS8HPyz2pL5eQyPLIY
Chiming arena-folk song by Little Earthquake - https://open.spotify.com/track/09S7sOeul4jxCGL3moFZlU
Solipsistic sequencer-jazz instrumentals by Night Dragon - https://open.spotify.com/track/3FUC5nzesSnRUnn8xR6raZ + https://open.spotify.com/album/71zQSlbAGa73VwPDEQlCZP

And the list is only that short due to ruthless personal-filtering. Yeep.

The Very Best · Makes a King
Waxahatchee · Ivy Tripp
The Mountain Goats · Beat the Champ

Tal National · Zoy Zoy
Paula Cole · 7
Tyler, The Creator · Cherry Bomb
Calexico · Edge of the Sun
Suuns · Suuns and Jerusalem In My Heart
Kathryn Calder · Kathryn Calder
Peter Tosh & Friends · An Upsetters Showcase
Psalms for the Dead Sun · Holy Charade

Alborosie · Dub Of Thrones

Great Lake Swimmers · A Forest of Arms
Built To Spill · Untethered Moon
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers · Loved Wild Lost
Mirror Queen · Scaffolds of the Sky

I was going through the new release site on everynoise.com that I think was posted upthread and noticed that some group called "Craft" that is definitely not the black metal group of that same name is miscategorized as black metal. Not sure if this messes anything else up. Sucks when you search for Craft now that all the results are cluttered with this other group, but not sure if genre tags could even fix that. Maybe if you filtered out DK Records, or just specified the black metal genre.

Young Thug - Barter 6

somehow missed this week:
Tamikrest · Taksera (Live)
Ayub Ogada · Kodhi
Baba Sissoko · Three Gees

I've been away for a week and am just catching up, but here are some things:

Loreen fiddling more with Paper Light - http://open.spotify.com/album/7yNP8n2efyT82KwCTDmilW
Somber, beepy Editors song - https://open.spotify.com/track/3547Cviz4OTpBgzylOEN7l
Tense, jumpy Chlöe Howl song - https://open.spotify.com/track/43aOGDeF6L2MOuXtJX5fu8
New album by Latin rock greats Maná - https://open.spotify.com/album/36lGlwe75fTsr4CLVlfYQa
Menacing but relatively accessible Gazelle Twin song from The Walking Dead - https://open.spotify.com/track/6xctHZIHDfTMx9g3QRvPPk
Bombastic battle-metal from Helloween - https://open.spotify.com/album/0zBf8k1aLDLRKM70e4wifH
Swooningly epic Kamelot single - https://open.spotify.com/track/73IWR84AbQ4HAZ8q4yfhD8
Dense, surging post-punkish Swedish rock by Hökartorget - https://open.spotify.com/track/2YUV5pp6BzZ78B6yE0aMyH
Complicatedly crazed avant-garde metal by Shining - https://open.spotify.com/album/08S9rXqRLEojZq38DfMBwW
Blastnoisy torture-metal by Diapsiquir - https://open.spotify.com/album/6lfrsQ3rA7Er7529EvntmM
Skewed noise-pop from Speedy Ortiz - https://open.spotify.com/album/1HIJD84nu66Dk9wykAPhNB
Chiming new Eternal Summers song - https://open.spotify.com/track/1LoQgiIHnMEBHFgS2wq30g
Swirling shoegazey new Vaadat Charigim song - https://open.spotify.com/track/14s38XHgvvwXxitLgx52b1
Epicstep EP from Hellberg - https://open.spotify.com/album/4DUjuGccSA2qYmyi3rMvkT
Airy synthpop from AYER - https://open.spotify.com/album/4ueMAhI2HS7sniHcsdo8qJ
Time-stood-still twee-pop by Milky Wimpshake - https://open.spotify.com/album/3C5yRPuYRfDNEvSKbtXO0E
Gloriously shouty new Tiger Bell punk rant - https://open.spotify.com/track/74Y89HQ1WI025bgOgev2Tk
Symphonic metal filigree by Dark Sarah - https://open.spotify.com/track/6HJuXN9mY1rfM4iZz3SGmb
Atmospheric post-world post-rock by Fallen - https://open.spotify.com/album/2sl6xYd6MADvLAZl1vyCNL

(continued below...)

Kygo vs "Sexual Healing" - https://open.spotify.com/track/7s1upm7yr7ZjrzXMwHawtG
High-gloss (non-a-cappella) Jessie J anthem from Pitch Perfect 2 - https://open.spotify.com/track/4rkUEE5iTzG0szS8k8QzqR
The acoustic/rock other new album by The Airborne Toxic Event - https://open.spotify.com/album/7MR51b6JwOmyBUtmFRWPvW
Meditative second advance-track from the new Of Monsters and Men album - https://open.spotify.com/track/39mxf5g7sEEKwiNWTaXVNq
Rainbow chaos from Mew - https://open.spotify.com/album/7uRPL3ieF5SBRY9eSVSANH
New New Wave EP from the New Division - https://open.spotify.com/album/3SHZNtaYZqEFWjWa6qbPVh
Reissue of J-manic first Momoiro Clover Z album - https://open.spotify.com/album/258NVjHE3G5Vd5Zfv9NzhZ
Cir.Cuz, the Norwegian EDM/hip-hop group whose songs always sound to me like they stole them from something really obvious I can't quite place because they made them better somehow - https://open.spotify.com/album/6SzReV80Ccatehdh1O1Ke4
Movietrailercore by Two Steps From Hell - https://open.spotify.com/album/4y7T04fej3MJ8tAe2FeKD5
Another argument that VÉRITÉ could be Ellie Goulding huge - https://open.spotify.com/track/1UmVmqqFGrv7Wz8LLgCczR
Uplifting Finnish pop-rock by Pariisin Kevät - https://open.spotify.com/album/7w4zbBZysbwb4VSHelpr91
Aggressive grime rant by Skepta - https://open.spotify.com/track/2RmherZdlF6lXsA47ELmY9
Post-grime EDM dancehall by Tinchy Stryder and Fuse ODG - https://open.spotify.com/track/66oBmLEJSEgPQzrQnSHQz4
Avant-death howling by Monasteries - https://open.spotify.com/album/2172oV4prUW0LWnCQmdWuq
Reissue of the greatest album I ever bought unheard based on the cover and name - https://open.spotify.com/album/7q54GSx8rwAhBGEJNITYXD
Haunted winds channeled resonant by Colin Stetson - https://open.spotify.com/album/5XWTi7aJnVcihhmN3vGqwD
Hammering desperation by Noisem - https://open.spotify.com/album/2rJnUV48MZuQ22AdfgoAYq
New song in the ongoing wanderings-around-and-out-of-metal by Semargl - https://open.spotify.com/track/24cspUJmMNefZ5HiVrOutA
Soundtracky post-ambient-rock by Empusae - https://open.spotify.com/album/39lBk2v84OnPp5AIHjgqil
Sinister dark-ambient muttering by Tunnels of Ah - https://open.spotify.com/album/0lAWNQs4IwF19jXhtTLlGC
Groaning semi-stoner doom by Monolord - https://open.spotify.com/album/3CftcAuSynOsQq1PgNV2eW
Fretboard flourishes by T-cophony - https://open.spotify.com/album/7E4cn85XrQY70bEZvsU5ln
Twittery soundscapes by the A.M. Experiment - https://open.spotify.com/album/3CKKAh4E2QzCK1jHS29K58
Speed-drum-and-bass by SocialKaos - https://open.spotify.com/album/49TAXaecZhTm2CZWvjiiAC

My Morning Jacket · The Waterfall
Kamelot · Haven
Drudkh · A Furrow Cut Short
Best Coast · California Nights
Hiatus Kaiyote · Choose Your Weapon
Shelby Lynne · I Can't Imagine
Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm · Runddans

Mew · +-

A few more this week:

Pensive new Vanbot single - https://open.spotify.com/track/6RBDTetKkotiztxpmKmwxD
TeraBrite turns Fast into frothy and Furious also into frothy - https://open.spotify.com/track/2GZBDbhocW4ysSyq3ahrYB
Grand gothic muttering by Mono Inc. - https://open.spotify.com/track/3nZCQAzpxi0geM94SAJBMJ
Whooshybeepy noises by Petrels - https://open.spotify.com/album/4pFXCEl5DhYVRbcHSrnG9z
Fallen robotic angels of My Black Light - https://open.spotify.com/album/5YqY3TvNHESoQAxwvEsbIM
Shiny-sneaker shoegaze by Best Coast - https://open.spotify.com/album/1JIhBE54vvyvz6yqqKKJ1A
Scuffed-er shoegaze by Cheatahs - https://open.spotify.com/album/3tQFAzIG9zaYknAnj6Q0t6
Oh yes K's Choice sounding like K's Choice again yes yes - https://open.spotify.com/track/5t6eB0zniBEZ8y9y0MDQx1
Kamelot keeping up with Nightwish - https://open.spotify.com/album/5G8l1Nw1IjazIvCQQ4quh1
The pagan blur of Drudkh - https://open.spotify.com/album/46M9d1TnPPk0AQzuHJz9gG
Satyricon plus orchestra - https://open.spotify.com/album/0F8jCfvmKij815yTrwl2Qu
Djevel needs no orchestra - https://open.spotify.com/album/3ooGtSufiCU25s6O8vBcXX
Sigh go power-metal, sort of - https://open.spotify.com/album/3l4y2qM6xnkKGzuXzjjcct
Black ichor by Diapsiquir - https://open.spotify.com/album/2RFqPKVxogoRsdCDC54W8E
Wistful post-math-rock by And So I Watch You From Afar - https://open.spotify.com/album/5gWCvUrwVrWnpSmOdYp1Jk
The continuing brief moment before Zella Day is totally huge - https://open.spotify.com/track/3RWyNUJIgwHLU7dRxmC1ap
Superheaven remembers how great it can be to have "super" in your name, and big guitars - https://open.spotify.com/album/1evSJyDHzkEbdnSlzEp0v6
Cryogenica remembers that "gothic" can mean "sinister" - https://open.spotify.com/album/7qohZM6Sq0wT9CRALHoAOr
So do Curxes, but they're having a little too much fun to care the same way - https://open.spotify.com/album/1K0Mpm3r3fkppeZXXLEEep

And if that's not enough, my new discovery thing The Needle has lots, lots more for you:

http://everynoise.com/theneedle.html

do you plan to add more countries?

The countries in The Needle are the ones where there is sufficient Spotify activity to produce emerging-song signal, so more will appear automatically as Spotify adds countries, or as usage increases in countries where we've already launched...

Snoop Dogg · BUSH
Leonard Cohen · Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
Buffy Sainte-Marie · Power In The Blood
Surfer Blood · 1000 Palms
Copeland · Ixora Twin
Jello Biafra · Walk on Jindal's Splinters
Oriental Brothers International Band · Super International Classic Playlist, Vol. 1
David Duchovny · Hell Or Highwater (lol)
Guantanamo Baywatch · Darling... It's Too Late
Smurphy · A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Pale Colours Suspended in the Darkness
Pfarmers · Gunnera