New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 14
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🗓️ 14 July 2023
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Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Kool & The Gang — People Just Wanna Have Fun
Featured Songs: "Go Get It," "Let's Party (feat. Sha Sha Jones)," "That's What I Love About You," "My Weakness"
2. Alana Springsteen — TWENTY SOMETHING: Figuring It Out
Featured Songs: "twenty something," "chameleon," "when we were friends"
3. Mahalia — IRL
Featured Songs: "In My Head (feat. Joyce Wrice)," "Ready," "Terms and Conditions," "It's Not Me, It's You (feat. Destin Conrad)," "Wassup (feat. Kojey Radical)"
4. J Hus — Beautiful and Brutal Yard
Featured Songs: "Who Told You (feat. Drake)," "Bim Bim," "Cream (feat. CB)"
5. Palehound — Eye on the Bat
Featured Songs: "The Clutch," "Independence Day," "Head Like Soup," "My Evil"
Lightning Round:
Haviah Mighty — Crying Crystals
Rauw Alejandro — PLAYA SATURNO
Rita Ora — You & I
Tessa Violet — MY GOD!
Other notable releases for July 14:
Blake Mills — Jelly Road
Hilary Hahn — Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, op. 27
IDMAN — Risk
Lauren Spencer-Smith — Mirror
Lindstrøm — Everyone Else is a Stranger
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog — Connection
PVRIS — EVERGREEN
TECH N9NE — Bliss
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody happy Friday I'm Robin Hilton from In Pierre Music I'm here with Contributor |
| 0:04.8 | Serena Turos. |
| 0:05.8 | Hey WBGO's Nicole Sweeney. |
| 0:08.8 | Hey everybody. |
| 0:10.1 | And from Radio Milwaukee to Reek Moody. |
| 0:12.1 | Hey y'all. |
| 0:13.1 | It's new music Friday and we're doing a quick rundown of the best releases out now in July |
| 0:17.4 | 14th. |
| 0:18.4 | We all put our heads together and go through a great big pile of music and pick the ones |
| 0:21.9 | we think everyone should check out. |
| 0:23.8 | This week that includes a new album from Pale Hound. |
| 0:26.1 | We've also got new ones from Alana Springsteen. |
| 0:28.7 | The rapper Jay Hus has a new record out today. |
| 0:31.2 | But we're starting off with Cool In The Gang. |
| 0:33.0 | For real. |
| 0:34.0 | Cool In The Gang. |
| 0:35.0 | They're back and ready to party. |
| 0:37.3 | With their new album people just want to have fun. |
| 0:39.8 | This is the song Go Get It. |
| 0:56.1 | Go Get It. |
| 0:57.1 | Go Get It. |
| 0:58.1 | Go Get It. |
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