What's Good (Week of 3/30/25)
Not really sure of how much of a distraction I can provide from The Horrors™, but I can try with What's Good. This week:
New Albums
- Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals
- L.A. Witch
- Miki Berenyi Trio
- Scowl
- sleepingdogs
New Singles
- Aesop Rock
- Blu & August Fanon
- ialive
- Jimmmie D & Nicholas Craven
- Rhys Langston
And a whole lot more.
Playlists
TIDAL
TIDAL: What's Good Playlist - Week of 3/31/25
BNCMPR
BNCMPR: What's Good Playlist - Week of 3/31/25
Bonus Beats
Jlin stopped by The Lot Radio for a set all from her own catalog, including a new single.
Adam Steiner
Adam Steiner reflects on Gil Scott-Heron's harrowing I'm New Here on its 15th anniversary for Passion of the Weiss.
'I'm New Here' is a form of hauntology where the past is still alive and refuses to be forgotten. The dead remain unburied. Restless ghosts persist. Appearing as glitching interludes, these spirits seem to point to a spiritual existence lying beyond this waking life. We see Scott-Heron looking over his shoulder, feeling the aches and regrets of the past. We are swept into sleepless and alienated nights, where daily struggles and little defeats grimly mount. This growing tension swells into a hyper-real and abject state of anxiety. Scott-Heron states: “The thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from.”
“Your Soul And Mine” draws upon one of his earliest poems, “The Vulture.” Here, he finds himself lost in a dream, “standing in the ruins of another black man’s life.” The circling bird of prey flies high above, a harbinger of death, destruction and decay. Scott-Heron presents the black body as a cage within a wider prison of America, a culture born from false visions of liberty, a house already burning down.
Music
L.A. Witch - Icicle (From DOGGOD, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Suicide Squeeze, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Surprise Chef - Consulate Case (From Superb, out on 5/16/25. Purchase: Bandcamp | Big Crown Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Yukimi - Jaxon (Just Pos' verse, R.I.P. Trugoy) (From For You, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Ninja Tune, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Anika - Oxygen (From Abyss, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Sacred Bones, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Salami Rose Joe Louis - Fill the void feat. Omari Jazz (From Lorings, out on 4/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Aesop Rock - Checkers (From Black Hole Superette, out on 5/30. Preorder: Bandcamp | Aesop Rock Official, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
dj blackpower - jbl music (From JBL Music, out now. Looks to be YouTube only for now. I've got a playlist of all the videos right here: YouTube)
Miki Berenyi - Kinch (From Tripla, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Bella Union, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Silas Short - GUY (Karriem Riggins Remix) (Out now, remix from the latest single of his upcoming album LUSHLAND. Purchase: Bandcamp Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
ialive - Camden Beach feat. Illingsworth (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Blu & August Fanon - Happy feat. R.A.P. Kota the Friend & Ferreira (From 40, out on 4/18. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl and CD via Nature Sounds, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Goodwill Hunter
The Ybor Ripper aka Onry Ozzborn - Making A Backstabber (From Panoramic Viceroy , out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
By Storm - Double Trio 2 (Out now. Purchase: MAXI single w/6 remixes, the original song, acapella, and instrumentals available via By-Storm.net, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Sleep Sinatra X Trox - High Technology (From The Flame Conduit, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
AMILES - Think I Cried Enough (From Aight So Boom, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Rhys Langston - When I'm Squared With Happiness (From the upcoming Pale Black Negative. Purchase the single: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
sonofelectricman
Darko The Super - The Little Light (From That Thought Became a Shovel, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
Obongjayar - Sweet Danger (From Paradise Now, out on 5/30/25. Preorder: Physicals and merch bundles via Obongjayar's Official Site, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
José James - Rock With You feat. Takuya Kuroda (From 1978: Revenge of the Dragon, out on date. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Raz Fresco & Futurewave - Steve Austin feat. Daniel Son (From Stadium Lo Champions, out on 4/11/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Squadda B - Everything (From The Wonderful World of Squadda B, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Jimmie D & Nicholas Craven - High Winds feat. Koncept Jack$on (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals - Live At the Chinese Buffet (From A City Drowned In God's Black Tears, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify | YouTube)
FloFilz - Butter feat. Jerome Thomas & Kojey Radical (From Dim Down, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
duendita - htp (healing the pain) (From a strong desire to survive, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | 10k Global, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Boldy James & V Don - Dr. Demento (From Alphabet Highway, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Scowl - Fantasy (From We Are All Angels, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Merch and physicals via Scowl's site, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Stan Ipcus & Jason Griff - Pick and Roll feat. Zilla Rocca (From Trifecta, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Brainorchestra - Tinted Coupe (From Ethergrams, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Free download for all $5+ subscribers to Brainorchestra's Patreon, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
sleepingdogs - snoopy & woodstock (From DOGSTOEVSKY, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Papo2oo4 - Haunter (From Papoholic, out on 4/7. YouTube only for now.)
That's another week in the books. If you enjoyed anything from this edition of the blog and you haven't already, make sure to subscribe or add me to your RSS feed, and share it with your friends. Take care of yourselves, and make good choices.
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