Staff Picks: Best New Music

all genres

	Ugly (UK) Twice Around the Sun A frolic through the fields…		Frail Body Artificial Bouquet Pressing the lips to a world devoid of hope
	Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee Chill lofi rock music to study/relax to.		Skee Mask ISS010 he can’t miss
	Julia Holter Something in the Room She Moves 「This is on par with some Julia Holter-type avant-garde pop」		Waxahatchee Tigers Blood A solid (if slightly unremarkable) follow-up to Waxahatchee's crowning achievement.
	Brodequin Harbinger of Woe Pain and fire soon to be inherited.		Coals Sanatorium ^.^
	Francis of Delirium Lighthouse Livin' for a lost cause		Matt Champion Mika's Laundry this is my confession tape
	Acathexis Immerse Acathexis has just set the standard for black metal in 2024. Good luck trying to surpass it!		Four Tet Three point five
	Judas Priest Invincible Shield Judas Priest continues to outshine their peers and challenge their legion of acolytes to get on their level		Midas Fall Cold Waves Divide Us Let yourself float away
	Loreena McKennitt The Road Back Home A clouded dream on an earthly night		Tiny Yawn Paddle Ship best band cutest name impeccable midwest twinkle no zits
	Everything Everything Mountainhead Hope they need a DJ somewhere in the afterlife		Convulsing Perdurance Suffering....the eternal gift.
	Suldusk Anthesis Best of Australian summer blizzard folk.		Twice With YOU-th TWICE have arrived.
	Monkey3 Welcome To The Machine Alternate universe Pink Floyd.		Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the Last Human Being We used poisonous gases
	And Also The Trees Mother-of-pearl Moon Moody, graceful, and just subtle enough to not be completely monochromatic		Grandaddy Blu Wav Goin’ to the cabin in my mind