Crucial Releases: March 13

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To start off this week, I wanted to point out two records: one the new Surfbort, which I totally missed last week, so I’ve included that in the Honorable Mention section below…

The second record is another from last week that I didn’t necessarily miss, but it kind of did just enough to hang around for a few more listens this week… and it ended up being a sneaky good record I didn’t appreciate enough on my first listen. So this week you have Hopeful Woman by Natalie Jane Hill as a featured album. Be sure to check that one out (especially if you like Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen and the like), it’s super good from start to finish.

That brings us to this week’s new releases and the seven honorable mentions below… more alt folk, alt country, bedroom indie pop, underground hip hop, and Kim Gordon (however you want to classify her art), who’s pushing boundaries again on her latest solo album. Lots to listen to and like!

The big feature this week is the new album from The Notwist – their first album in five years and their first studio album since 1995’s 12 that the entire band recorded together in the studio. The record is a return to form in many ways to their 2008 album, The Devil, You + Me, with more of a straightforward alt rock sound (emphasis on “more”) than their electronic/EDM influenced albums from 2009 through 2021. If you like bands like Broken Social Scene, Boards of Canada, Arcade Fire, and The Sea and Cake, you will like this record a lot.

Enjoy!

Honorable Mentions

First off, another missed record from last week:

Reality Star by Surfbort

💿 Released: 6 March on TODO
🤘 FFO: Hole, Bikini Kill, L7, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys
🎧 Your first song: “Lucky”
💰 Support: Official Site

I’ve Got Nothing to Lose, and I’m Losing It by Morgan Nagler

💿 Released: 13 March on Little Operation Records
🤘 FFO: Merce Lemon, Snocaps, Sea Lemon, Indigo de Souza
🎧 Your first song: “Cradle the Pain”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

I Guess U Had To Be There by ELUCID

💿 Released: 13 March on BackwoodzStudioz
🤘 FFO: Aesop Rock,
🎧 Your first song: “Make Me Wise”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

Hard Hearted Woman by Ora Cogan

💿 Released: 13 March on Sacred Bones Records
🤘 FFO: darkwave alt-folk, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Jessica Pratt
🎧 Your first song: “The Smoke”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

Transmitter by Cut Worms

💿 Released: 13 March on Jagjaguwar
🤘 FFO: Wilco, Bonny Doon, Bright Eyes, Fruit Bats
🎧 Your first song: “Long Weekend”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

You’re Free to Go by Anjimile

💿 Released: 13 March on 4AD
🤘 FFO: Nick Drake, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens
🎧 Your first song: “Like You Really Mean It”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

PLAY ME by Kim Gordon

💿 Released: 13 March on Matador Records
🤘 FFO: trap Sonic Youth, Kathleen Hanna
🎧 Your first song: “NOT TODAY”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

Irreversible by Brigitte Calls Me Baby

💿 Released: 13 March on ATO
🤘 FFO: Morrissey without the sleepy drama
🎧 Your first song: “I Can Take the Sun Out of the Sky”
💰 Support: Bandcamp

Crucial Releases: March 13

New music from The Notwist, Morgan Nagler, Anjimile, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Kim Gordon, ELUCID, Cut Worms, and Ora Cogan. As well as a couple oops records from last week.

TLDR: This Week's Featured Albums

Hopeful Woman by Natalie Jane Hill

News From Planet Zombie by The Notwist

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Honorable Mentions