What's Good (Week of 5/3/26)
New week, new What's Good, my weekly new music blog and it's a big 'un. We've got plenty of great joints, including:
New Albums
- Action Bronson
- Black Milk
- Jwords
- Like
- Second Homes
- Stik Figa & Heather Grey
New Singles
- Chong Wizard
- Case Oats
- Converge
- Kelela
- Luna Li
- Navy Blue
And a whole lot more. If you aren't already, be sure to subscribe to make sure you get the blog delivered to your email every Friday (along with anything else I write here whenever I push the publish button). Now let's get started.
Playlists
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TIDAL: What's Good Playlist - Week of 5/3/26
YouTube
Bonus Beats
Brittney Carter
What's Good faves Moonchild's U-Haul knicked in Oakland last week, and while their GFM efforts have been fully funded, their tour support Brittney Carter is still a little over $3K shy of her goal. Chip in to help her get back on her feet.
Gary Suarez
JWords chopped it up with Gary over on CABBAGES about her new album Sound Therapy, which is in this week's round up of new joints:
Were you writing these tracks with the understanding that you would be applying vocals to them or did they evolve into that approach?
I didn't know it at first that I was going to write lyrics to it, which is pretty vulnerable for me. I do not write lyrics like that. I had something to say obviously, but I'm not a freestyle type of person. I have to listen to the beat a couple times. I'll freestyle a little bit, but I won't do it in front of people. I'll write what I'm saying down and then I'll start writing more lyrics based on that. I won't say it's quick. It takes a while for the lyrics to come.
I feel like it has brought me my peace again. It has brought me a calm nervous system like I mentioned before. I was going through it so hard and I had hit rock bottom and it feels nice to be in the other side of it. And obviously I'm not going through it anymore. I've learned my lessons, I guess, that we're meant to learn in our late twenties. I found my joy again in a way, so I'm happy now.
Dash Lewis sat down with the lads from clipping. to go in depth on their process for Ableton–with a bonus download of field recordings from Jonathan Snipes.
What other rhythmic challenges have you given yourselves, either that you think you've pulled off or you want to try again?
Jonathan Snipes
I really love different ways of organizing 12/8, which I've learned from Philip Glass and Steve Reich. You can count 12/8 either as three groups of four or four groups of three. It's the same length of time, just subdivided in cool ways. For "A Better Place," I was like, "You could do that with 15, right? You could do three groups of five and five groups of three."
William Hutson
It's 15 and 21, right? It turns into 21—it's like sevens and threes in the second half.
Jonathan Snipes
I think so. It's like three groups of seven. And then it's a metric modulation of four. We just brute force four-four over the top.
Daveed Diggs
That part goes super hard!
Jonathan Snipes
We should add it to the show someday. I feel like we've only barely scratched the surface of metric modulations.
William Hutson
We're also the only rap group that's ever done it.
Music
Kelsey Lu - Better Than That (From So Help Me God, out on 6/12/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals via Dirty Hit | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Mythical Motors - Molecular Charlatans (From Tremelo On The Punchline, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
THERAVADA - Some Things Don't Change (From The Years We Have, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Rosco P Coldchain & Nicholas Craven - Hold My Hand (From Play With Something Safe, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
DJ Premier & The Alchemist - FOR THE GIG (Out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Quicksand - Regenerate (From Bring Out The Psychics, out 7/17/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Equal Vision Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Case Oats - Bottom of an Afternoon (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Digital via Merge Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Kelela - linknb (From new avatar, out on 7/10/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and merch bundles via Warp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Zoh Amba - Eyes Full (From Eyes Full, out on 6/5/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals via Matador Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Devin Morrison - KAZUYA feat. CUBE (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Luna Li - Multiplied (Out now. Preorder: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Action Bronson - PEPPERS feat. Roc Marciano (From Planet Frog, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Fat Ray & Raphy - Plates (From Santa Rosa, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Isaiah Rashad - Do I Look High? feat. Julian Sintonia (From It's Been Awful, out now. Purchase: Physicals and merch via TDE | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
The Womack Sisters - Chauffeur (From The Womack Sisters, out on 7/8/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals via Daptone Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Marlon Craft - Together Sad (From The Internet Killed The Neighborhood, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Ovrkast. - Play This (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Chanpan - confessions part iii (From autogratis, out on 6/26/26. Preorder: Qobuz | Purchase "confessions iii" on Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Parlor Greens - Lion's Mane (From Emeralds, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals, digital, and merch bundles via Colemine Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
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Second Homes - Jerusalem (Worst Nightmare) (From Find A Way To Hate It, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
CW: Blood, brief nudity
Converge - Doom in Bloom (From Hum of Hurt, out on 6/5/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and merch via Convergecult | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
CRIMEAPPLE - FIREWORKS (From BEEMER ON BROADWAY, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Bedouine - On My Own (From Neon Summer Skin, out on 6/5/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals via Port Merchandise | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Delilah Holliday - Formless (From Fat Cat, out on 8/28/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals via One Little Independent Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
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ullnevano & Philth Spector - i got time today (From Stephon Barbury, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Cookin Soul & Estee Nack - Telex Free Trap feat. Yung Beef (From AL-ANDALUS, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Jimmie D - Wasted Time (From Birds Fly Yonder, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Navy Blue - Ocean Light (Phase 1: Prelude) (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Chong Wizard - Snake In The Eagle's Shadow feat. Estee Nack, Open Mike Eagle, Lungs & Phiik (From the upcoming VIDEO TAPE CLUB. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Black Milk - In The Sky (From CEREMONIAL, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Slowe - Not Asking the Stars (From In Moments, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Jwords - Change 101 (From Sound Therapy, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Other retailer | Other retailer, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
De La Soul - A Quick 16 for Mama feat. Killer Mike (From Cabin In The Sky, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals and digital via Mass Appeal | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Stik Figa & Heather Grey - Joyride (From Cold Comfort, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl and CD via Mello Music Group | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
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Loraine James - Score feat. Anysia Kym (From Detached From The Rest of You, out now. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and digital via Hyperdub | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Album Stream)
ERROL HOLDEN - EYE BEAR WITNESS (From Supreme Magnetic 2, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Youtube Music)
Like - Washed Gang feat. Phonte (From Today Sounds Good, out now. Purchase: Vinyl w/rolling papers and keychain via Bandcamp | Purple vinyl via Fat Beats, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
TV-MA - Labyrinths (From The Age of Decay, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz | Ampwall, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño - loopy (From rain music, out on 5/22/26. Preorder: Bandcamp)
That's it for this week! As usual, if you enjoyed anything here, be sure to tell a friend! Also, don't be afraid to reach out to your boy either on social media, or here in the comments. Enjoy the weekend, take care of each other, and make good choices.
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