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New Music Friday 8/25

Lots of new music out this week; From local favorites to long awaited albums, this week's New Music Friday is all over the spectrum. Chicago's own Lucille Furs and Jude Shuma have both debuted singles from upcoming albums, and new artists BAUM and MK.Gee have both released their second singles. All time ANCHR favorites To Kill a King released a new cover of "Cigarette," and new favorites Space4Lease return with another new track, "If It's True." On the album front, Brand New's surprise album that arrived last week is finally on Spotify this week. Gordi, together PANGEA, Widowspeak and more also have new albums out. Tune in below for all those and more!


Lucille Furs- "Our Lady of Perpetual Frustration"

To Kill a King- "Cigarette" (Marika Hackman Cover)

Space4Lease-"If It's True"

LÉON- "Body"

Jude Shuma- "Lemonade"

BAUM- "Hot Water"

The Killers- "Wonderful Wonderful"

MK.Gee-"Unaware"

Brother Brother- "Feels Like 1901"

Colouring- Heathen EP

Har Mar Superstar – Personal Boy EP

The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

together PANGEA – Bulls and Roosters

Gordi- Reservoir

Widowspeak- Expect The Best

Brand New- Science Fiction

New Music Friday 7/21

Tune in below to check out which new music we'll be diving into this weekend. With new singles from Summer Salt and Billie Eilish to albums from Declan McKenna and Chicago's own Skip Church and Today'sHits, there's a little something for everyone in this week's New Music Friday!


Skott- "Mermaid"

Nothing But Thieves- "Sorry"

Smallpools- "Passenger Side"

Billie Eilish-"idontwannabeyouanymore"

Summer Salt- "So Polite" and "Prickly Pear"

The War On Drugs- "Strangest Thing"

Dan Croll- Emerging Adulthood

Declan McKenna- What Do You Think About the Car?

Lana Del Rey- Lust For Life

Skip Church - Out Of Tune, In Touch With The Devil

Today'sHits - Today'sHits

New Music Friday 4/28

Tons of new music out this week, including long-awaited singles from HAIM and Phoenix, which were accompanied with album release dates. Phoenix will be releasing their new album Ti Amo on June 9th, and HAIM will release their sophomore record Something To Tell You on June 7th. New albums out today include Humanz by Gorillaz, Pleasure by Feist, and What Now by Sylvan Esso. To Kill a King, The Japanese House, Imagine Dragons and more also released new tracks this week so be sure to check those out!


Phoenix- "J-Boy"

To Kill a King- "The Good Old Days"

The Japanese House- "Saw You in a Dream"

WATERS- "Stand By You"

The War On Drugs- "Thinking of a Place"

Imagine Dragons- "Thunder"

Frank Ocean- "Lens"

HAIM- "Right Now"

Foster The People- III EP

Sylvan Esso- What Now

Gorillaz- Humanz

Feist- Pleasure