What's Good (Week of 2/9/25)
We continue on into The Horrors™ with the only bit of good news that I can guarantee every week, your regular does of What's Good. In this edition we've got:
New Albums
- Black Milk & Fat Ray
- Deniro Farrar
- Henry Canyons & Fresh Kils
- lilith
- Kelela
- Sacco & Vanzetti
- Westside Gunn
New Singles
- clipping.
- L.A. Witch
- Japanese Breakfast
- Spellling
- Yukimi
And a ton more, but before we dive into the music, let's look at some cool stuff from around with web with Bonus Beats.
Bonus Beats
Black Ends hit up the KEXP studios back in November to play a few joints from last year's Psychotic Spew (and they're throwing their hat in this year's NPR Tiny Desk contest ring).
All Books
In a bit of the crossing of my streams of interest, Emma Ruth Rundle's first published book of poetry dropped this week, and while I haven't put hands on it yet, her music up to now has me primed and ready to dive in.
Danielle Dietze from Suicide Squeeze sat down with Bonnie Bloomgarden (Death Valley Girls) and Julia Kugel (The Coathangers) to discuss their collaboration as Julia and the Squeezettes, and more.
Ghais Guevara goes through his latest album Goyard Ibn Said for The Rap Music Plug Podcast, including the production, its two-act structure, and how fans treat (or rather, what they expect of) rappers who are politically minded.
Music
Sleep Sinatra & August Fanon - Pandora's Box feat. Deleteeglitch & Fatboi Sharif (From Hero's Journey, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Men I Trust - Always Lone (live) (From Forever Live Sessions Vol. 2, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
MIKE - Artist of the Century (Live at Phoenix) (From Showbiz!, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | 10k Global, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
LJGN (Louis Jack & Gabe 'Nandez) - Gazelle House (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Coyote - sLAng feat. B-Real & Zoe Osama (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
L.A. Witch - 777 (From DOGGOD, out on 4/4/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Suicide Squeeze Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Larry June, 2 Chainz, & The Alchemist - Munyon Canyon (From Life Is Beautiful, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Scowl - B.A.B.E. (From Are We All Angels, out 4/4/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl and merch via Secretly Store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Westside Gunn - Outlander (From 12, out now. Purchase: CD via Roc Nation, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Daniel Son & Ghostnotes - One Ways (From their upcoming collaborative album The Estes Method. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Obongjayar - Not In Surrender (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
clipping. - Welcome Home Warrior feat. Aesop Rock (From Dead Channel Sky, out on 3/14/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Sub Pop Mega Mart, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
SPELLLING - Alibi (From Portrait of My Heart, out on 3/28/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Sacred Bones | Hello Merch, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Yukimi - Stream of Consciousness feat. Lianne La Havas (From For You, 3/28/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Ninja Tune, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
AJ Suede - First Too Lose (From Duke of Downtempo, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
Japanese Breakfast - Mega Circuit (From For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), out on 3/2/25 Preorder: Bandcamp | Japanese Breakfast Official Store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Black Milk & Fat Ray - Franky Lymon feat. Bruiser Wolf (From Food From The Gods, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Fat Beats Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Bully - Atom Bomb (Electric Version) (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Sub Pop Mega Mart, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Sacco & Vanzetti - zero_hour (From Sorry For Your Loss, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Forest Swords - Line Gone Cold (Deconstructed) (From Bolted (Deconstructed), out on 3/7/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Ninja Tune, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Teller Bank$ & Wino Willy - Best Days (From Black Man!, out on 2/21/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Swum - Shinto feat. Big Lordy (From Gangster Doodles' Gangster Music Vol. 3 compilation, out on 4/8/25. Preorder/Stream: Bandcamp)
santpoort - rainforest echo (From Dinosaur Valley, out on 2/28/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Blvck Hippie - A Spike Lee Joint (From Basketball Camp, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Kelela - Take Me Apart (Unplugged) (From In The Blue Light, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | WAV, FLAC, and MP3 via Warp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify | YouTube)
Junclassic - F.E.B. (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Fousheé - do you have a soul? (From Pointy Heights, out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Black Taffy - Touching (From Out Moon, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Raveena - Sun Don't Leave Me (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
lilith - bosom (From may every shape hold, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify | YouTube)
Henry Canyons & Fresh Kils - Pulse Cheque feat. ShrapKnel (From Educated Guesses, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Ol' Burger Beats - The New Day feat. lojii & Ill Camille (From 74: Out of Time (Reimagined), out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Ohbliv
Ohbliv - Horse To Water (From LewseJoints 16: Heartbreaker Edition 2, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Jansport J - People's Choice feat. Coast Contra (From West Covina Prayer, out on 2/21/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Deniro Farrar - The Shepherd (From The Shepherd, out now. Purchase: Old Soul Music)
Playlists
TIDAL
TIDAL: What's Good - Week of 2/7/25
YouTube
BNCMPR
BNCMPR: What's Good - Week of 2/7/25
Another week in the books, thank you for rocking with me through it. If you liked anything you heard or saw in here, be sure to share this with your people and let me know in the comments below.
Take care of yourself, and as always, make good choices.
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