The Go! Team – New Music Jason’s Picks

The New Music I’m Listening To Sanctimoniously This Week, March 30 – April 5, 2024:

How do you do? I do just fine, myself, thanks for asking. I hope you’re feeling all right, and you’re ready to absorb a whole mess of New Music.

I’ve found thirteen titles to introduce you to, so let’s not waste any more time with pleasantries!

UK group The Go! Team has a knack for catchy earworms filled with energy. They’ve released a new single, and We Won’t Be Defeated (CV Vision Remix) is a sample-heavy bop that will get your feet moving.

*The Go! Team – We Just Won’t Be Defeated (CV Vision Remix)*

A Punk group from Germany that I recommended back in January has already returned with a new single. Hailing from Schleswig, KLINT is a self-described “Egg Punk” band. Their new single, Somebody Cut Out My Brain, is an epic five-minute mosh with stops and starts and squishy distortion. The b-side, Anonymous, continues the band’s mission to blow your speakers.

Something that caught my ear during the holiday weekend is a Punk band from Düsseldorf. OIRO is a stripped-down three-piece that features guitar, synth drums and vocals. They’ve been active for over fifteen years and their new album, Ratatatata is brimming with raw energy and angular beats.

London duo Bob Vylan is a Punk/Hip-Hop project with a conscious focus. Active since 2017, their influences are on full display on their new album, Humble As The Sun. Rage Against The Machine meets Gorillaz, without being derivative.

A band from the North of England is tickling my fancy. Leeds-based Art-Rockers Drahla is a five-piece with driving guitars and punctuating saxophone. Their sophomore album, angeltape, is ear-grabbing and buoyant.

An Experimental Artist from France is bending my mind. I know nothing about Groupe Froid, but I’ve been won over by their album, Preuves De La Vie Avant La Mort. Glitchy beats and inspired production, incorporating tape loops and synths are brought together in service of intriguing French vocals.

*Groupe Froid – Preuves De La Vie Avant La Mort*

Chicago is the home of a lot of great Artists, of all kinds. I’m happy to have found an Alternative Hip-Hop Musician from the Windy City. Carlo Banez has released his debut album and Revenge of The Broken is a head nodder, incorporating R&B and Soul, Rap and Deep Bass. Banez is a talented vocalist with a confident flow.

A Record Label from Uganda is one of the most reliable in terms of vibrant and creative Dance Music. Nyege Nyege Tapes is back again with Durban-based dancefloor fillers Phelimuncasi. This time they have teamed up with Producer Metal Preyers to get you moving with Izingqinamba. Twisted beats, heavy bass and driving ear worms.

*Phelimuncasi w/Metal Preyers – Izingqinamba*

Another collaboration, this time from the other side of the planet. Los Angeles Electronic Producer Salami Rose Joe Louis (Lindsay Olsen) has teamed up with Flanifi (Simon Martinez) to create the groove-heavy sarah. House beats, Drum & Bass and more adventurous beats permeate the record, topped with disjointed vocals.

*Salami Rose Joe Louis w/Flanifi – sarah*

Another Artist from LA has new Music this week, though of a different stripe. Caleb Landry Jones is a Psychedelic/Prog Musician, and has released Hey Gary, Hey Dawn. Incorporating elements of Punk, New Wave, and Orchestral Rock, it’s one of the more ambitious releases you’ll find.

*Caleb Landry Jones – Hey Gary, Hey Dawn*

I have a trio of female musicians with terrific music released this week to end my findings. From Paris, I found an uplifting release by a wonderful vocalist and Producer. Bonnie Banane has been active for nearly fifteen years and her newest album, Nini, is smooth and lovely, with dark and ominous edges.

Soul singer Alice Russell is continuing the tradition of talented British vocalists that bear their souls in their Music. If you enjoy Amy Winehouse, or even Adele, I implore you to check out Russell’s latest album, I Am. Lush production canvasses her throaty, emotional voice.

My Feature Pick this week also comes from the UK. Liverpool’s Jane Weaver is an Experimental Singer-Songwriter with a whimsical voice. Her latest album, Love In Constant Spectacle, incorporates intriguing synths and charming countermelodies.

*Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle*

Hear me know and believe me later – I love all of you and I want you to be happy.

Take good care of yourself!

Upcoming New Releases – Week Ending Friday, February 3, 2023:

Did you know that the Groundhog is also a Woodchuck? And they are both actually Marmots? I’m almost fifty, and I did not know these very basic facts,

The humble Groundhog graduates to Marmot, poses for Grad Photo.

Marmots are not known as great prognosticators for how many New Releases there will be this week, as much as they are for predicting the arrival of Spring. But I believe, now that I’ve been writing about New Music for one year now on WordPress, I’ve earned an official mascot. Meet Numu, The New Music Marmot!

Any drawing I would make would equal Animal Cruelty. I’m taking Reader input!

In terms of New Music due for arrival this week, we have an eclectic mix of new and old artists, with no huge stars taking all the limelight. Topping the bill is Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante with a pair of albums, and a big star from twenty years ago, Shania Twain.

Shania Twain – Giddy Up!

Some very interesting titles I’m curious to put my ears on this week are coming from The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Go! Team, Blonde Revolver, Babytron, and 2024 U.S. Presidential Candidate Afroman.

Afroman – I Made It

My BandCamp Wishlist is flush with titles on deck before Friday. Among the ten on the bench is a new album being released via Ninja Tune Records. Young Fathers is a trio from Edinburgh and their fourth album, Heavy Heavy, is out on Friday.

Young Fathers – Rice

All in all, it looks to be a very fine Release Week indeed. Numu The New Music Marmot predicts that we will blessed with many weeks of abundant New Music. But what do they know? They’re just a stupid rodent I made up.

Happy Marmot Day!

The New Music I’m Listening To While I Suffer From Covid This Week, December 3 – 9, 2022:

I’ve been stricken with the plague! It isn’t the worst I’ve felt in my life, merely just your garden-variety flu and fever. It is, however, an extraordinary pain in the ass to lock down away from the rest of the family, with only my Music to keep me company. But don’t worry! I’m wearing two masks and a hazmat suit as I type this, for your sake.

I’ve been able to find six new titles this week for your listening pleasure, so maintain two metres distance and let’s get started!

A single to start off on the right foot comes from Brighton, UK. The Go! Team released a fantastic album in 2020 that was among my favourites of the year, in February they are releasing Get Up Sequences Part Two and have already dropped a couple of teasers. This week saw the release of Whammy-O. It’s a fun and upbeat track to get your feet moving, with propulsive horns and flute, and winning vocals from Nitty Scott. I have a feeling that this won’t be the last time I will write about this band.

The Go! Team – Whammy-O (feat. Nitty Scott)

A Various Artists compilation of seventeen Electronic Artists came out this week in support of the uprising citizens of Iran, demanding basic Human Rights, particularly for women. Women Invented Noise Vol II spans sonic soundscapes from brittle Ambient to dark analog Synth grooves.

Nick Walters is a trumpet player and composer from London. He’s put out a new single created during his journey to India, called Ranakpur. The two tracks are Raga-inspired meditative soul-stirrers. The single has been released as a teaser for a full-length album to come in 2023.

Another artist from London is Producer and DJ Alex Godoy. As Itoa, he has been recording and releasing Drum & Bass and Jungle Music for nearly a decade. His latest ep, Oh No, is practically a full-length album; eight tracks spanning over 35 minutes of high-energy uptempo Dance Music. It is making the walls of My Imaginary Nightclub drip with sweat.

A couple of months ago I discovered a great band from Sheffield, in the North of England called Get The Fuck Out Of Dodge. They are a gritty Garage Punk band with reckless abandon. They have released a new collaboration with Japanese vocalist kiYOmi. GTFOD vs. kiYOmi is four tracks in just over five minutes of aggressive punk, crowd vocals and a snotty sense of humour.

Get The Fuck Out Of Dodge & kiYOmi –
GTFOD vs. kiYOmi

One of the last times I went into a record store, it was pre-pandemic, and I was browsing at The Beat Goes On in Guelph. I asked the friendly manager what he was listening to these days, and he said a name that I had to get him to write down. Damu The Fudgemunk? Since that day I’ve been following this Hip-Hop Producer. This week sees the release of a new Fudgemunk Production in the form of a collaboration with rapper Raw Poetic. Space Beyond The Solar System is a mostly downtempo affair with sharp production and tremendous word-play. It’s my Feature Pick for this week.

*Raw Poetic – Space Beyond The Solar System*

Thanks for spending some time with me. Now I don’t feel quite so lonely, and the Music hits that much harder. Either that, or I’m delirious.

Have a better weekend than I’m due to have. Stay healthy! Wash your hands! Floss your nose!