25 Apr 2025 5 min read what's good

What's Good (Week of 4/20)

Airbrush typography by Mikey Burey, Photography by Will Pippin, Backdrop by G Money & Polo Silk

Huge amount of new heat this week, so I'm not going to waste too much time in the front end. If it's your first time with us, here's the drill: I gather up all the dope shit that catches my ear during the week and give you links to listen and purchase if you're moved to do so.

Playlists is convenient playlists, as the name says. Bonus Beats are cool music odds and ends from around the web, writing, live performances, interviews, and stuff like that. Music is the big list of videos and streaming or purchase links (if you're looking at this in your email, be sure to click the 'view in browser' or 'view full message' link to see everything). This week, we've got:

New Albums

Deerhoof
Emma-Jean Thackray
Fatboi Sharif & Driveby
Fly Anakin
Salami Rose Joe Louis
Silas Short
SUMAC & Moor Mother

New Singles

Bruiser Wolf & Nicholas Craven
Ialive
Oddisee
redveil
Royce Wood Junior
Subsonic Eye
yaya bey

And a TON more. Let's get into it.

Playlists
Bonus Beats
Music

Playlists

TIDAL

TIDAL: What's Good Playlist - Week of 4/20/25

BNDCMPR

BNCMPR: What's Good Playlist - Week of 4/20/25

YouTube

Bonus Beats

Rap Music Plug Podcast sat down with Blu to chop it up on his collaboration with August Fanon, last week's 40, along with the rest of his incredible career.

clipping.'s Daveed Diggs talks with PBS' American Masters about Dead Channel Sky, as well as his Bay Area influences, our current cyberpunk dystopia, and the creative process.

Music

Video Dave - that walk before dinner on xmas eve (From Old Chicago Stadium, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Heather Grey - The World is Yours (From Head Nod Vol. 1, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

redveil - square one (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Subsonic Eye - Aku Cemas (From Singapore Dreaming, out on 6/11. Preorder: Bandcamp | Topshelf Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Japanese Breakfast - Winter in LA (From For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Japanese Breakfast Official Store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Silas Short - LUSHLAND (From LUSHLAND, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Stones Throw, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Genevieve Artadi with Norrbotten Big Band - Gray And White (From Another Leaf, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Brainfeeder, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Miki Berenyi Trio & Lol and Gray Tolhurst - Stranger (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

You're All Cowards - MYTHOMANIA (Out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)

Wiles Martyr - Give Em' All (Out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)

Oddisee - A Rare Thing (From En Route, out on 5/30. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Mello Music Group, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Onry Ozzborn - Afforded Bets(From 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 ♤, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)

Brian Jackson - It's Your World feat. Raheem DeVaughn (From the It's Your World single, out on 5/2. Preorder/Stream: Bandcamp)

Brian Nasty - Two (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Big Dada, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

yaya bey - dream girl (From do it afraid, out on 6/20. Preorder: Bandcamp | drinksumwtr, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Move (Keep Moving) feat. Kamasi Washington (From the deluxe edition of Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) Out on 5/28. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

BRUX - CREATURE$ feat. Surya Sen (From CA$HED UP EP, out on 5/14. Preorder: Bandcamp | LUCKYME, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Kendra Morris - Dear Buddy (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Ialive - I Made Peace With The Alorithm (From Quietism, out on 6/3. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Deem Spencer - guy r brewer (From yung EP, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | drinksumwtr, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

8485 - G.I.R.L. feat. Danny Brown (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

TSURUDA - Dojo feat. Sleep (From Cousin Litt, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)

Salami Rose Joe Louis - Motorway feat. Flanafi (From Lorings, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Brainfeeder, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Fly Anakin - The Times/Corner Pocket feat. Quelle Chris & Bbymutha (From (The) Forever Dream, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Lex Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

SUMAC and Moor Mother - Scene 4 feat. Sovei (From The Film, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Thrill Jockey, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Royce Wood Junior - Clean Up (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Luke Titus - All My Life (From From What Was Will Grow A Flower, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Sooper Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Emma-Jean Thackray - Tofu (From Weirdo, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Merch and physicals via Emma-Jean's shop, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Case Arnold - Hvstle Freestyle (YouTube loosie.)

Bad Snacks - Howling (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Fiona Apple - Heart of Gold (Neil Young cover) (From Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Killphonic Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Bugseed - Mother Goose Suite (YouTube loosie.)

Niontay - Top da top (From Fada<3of$, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | 10k Global, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Bruiser Wolf & Nicholas Craven - Beat The Charge (From the upcoming Ambassador Bridge. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Maria Somerville - October Moon (From Luster, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | 4AD, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

The Jack Moves - Biggest Creep in America (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Deerhoof - Return of the Return of the Fire Trick Star (From Noble and Godlike in Ruin, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Joyful Noise Recordings, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Fatboi Sharif & Driveby - Basquiat Painted Transylvania feat. Lungs (From Let Me Out, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Deathbomb Arc, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Sweatson Klank - Back in Tokyo (From Tilt, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Gelli Haha - Funny Music (From Switcheroo, out on 6/27. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

The Bug - Bury Dem feat. Logan (From Burials / Mug, out . Preorder/Purchase: Bandcamp | Relapse Records, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

Del The Funky Homosapien + thegoodnews. - breaking news (From This Just In!, out now. Purchase: Vinyl via Nature Sounds, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)

That does it for this week, friends. As usual, if you liked it please share it with your friends and folks, and if you haven't already subscribed, tap that button to get What's Good (and everything else I write) delivered straight to your email inbox as soon as it goes live.

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