What it do, friends? Back to the weekly grind of What's Good and there's a lot of good music this go around. Kim Gordon said, "I'ma make something shake," Khruangbin is back, Danny Brown and Bruiser Wolf take you on a claymation tour of Detroit, it's a buffet. You know the drill: New music videos and links to stream and purchase in your own time, along with a few music features from around the web. Let's get into it.
Bonus Beats
Latest in the seemingly unending decimation of spaces for writers to ply their trade online, Pitchfork is being pulled underneath GQ by their mutual parent company, Condé Nast. This is part of a "restructuring" that--surprise, surprise--also came with a number of layoffs, including the editor-in-chief, Puja Patel, and features editor Jillian Mapes. Defector's Israel Daramola explained how much of hit this is for music journalism in general.
When I was laid off from Spin in 2018, I was part of a downsizing of a collection of music brands including Vibe and Billboard. The idea was that the brands these publications represented still had value, but that the journalism they produced didn't, and therefore the sites would be better off as little more than engines for listicles and veiled ad copy. Stereogum ended up having to go the indie route, and now more or less runs off reader support. Meanwhile, throughout the industry, features and reporting and music reviews have taken a backseat as companies push for more social media and video content.
Fresh off the release of one of my favorite electronic records of last year, Sofia Kourtesis puts together a mix for Ninja Tune Fitness Mix series. Work up a sweat with fellow What's Good featured artist Giulia Tess, Hardrive, and a bunch more heat for over an hour.
Music
Laetitia Sadier - Panser L'Inacceptable (From Rooting For Love, out on 2/23. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
DJ Harrison - L’Anthropofemme (From Shades of Yesterday, out on 2/9. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Kim Gordon - BYE BYE (From The Collection, out on 3/8. Preorder: Bandcamp | Merch and Physical via Kim Gordon's Store | Matador, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Khruangbin - A Love International (From A LA SALA, out 4/5. Preorder: Bandcamp | Bundles via Secretly, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Chelsea Wolfe - Everything Turns Blue (From She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, out 2/9. Preorder: Vinyl and merch from Loma Vista Recordings | Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Danny Brown - Y.B.P. (From Quaranta, out now. Purchase: Vinyl & Merch bundles via Warp | Bleep | Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
ShowYouSuck - CozyKongCountry64 (From Cozy and Confused, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Angry Blackmen - Dead Men Tell No Lies ft. Fatboi Sharif (From The Legend Of ABM, out 1/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Deathbomb Arc, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Asal Hazel - I Don't Wanna Be Alone (Out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Aesop Rock - Pigeonometry (From Integrated Tech Solutions out now. Purchase: Aesop Rock Official Store | Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Adrianne Lenker - sadness as a gift (From Bright Future, out 3/22. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and merch via Big Thief's Official Store | Vinyl via 4AD, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Jlin - The Precision of Infinity ft. Philip Glass (From Akoma, out 3/22. Preorder: Bandcamp | Planet Mu, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Dabrye - The Most Deliciousest (From Super Cassette, out 3/8. Preorder: Bandcamp | Ghostly International, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Oddisee - D.ark C.ity 11.01.23 (From Odd Sketches Vol. 1, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Sly5thAve - Monoxide ft. MonoNeon MacKenzie, and Peter Knudsen (From Liberation, out 3/22. Purchase: Bandcamp | Tru-Thoughts, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Moor Mother - Guilty ft. Lonnie Holley & Raia Was (From The Great Bailout, out 3/8. Preorder: Bandcamp | Merch and physicals via ANTI-, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Curren$y & Trauma Tone - Sunday Drive (Interlude) (From Highway 600, out now. Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Norah Jones - Running (From Visions, out 3/8. Preorder: Blue Note | Vinyl via Norah Jones' Official Store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
MIKE - Set The Mood (From Burning Desire, out now. Purchase: 10k Official Store | Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Illingsworth - Lights Out Forever (From tracks, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Jespfur - strapped (From Pedestrians Of Bright Silence, out now. Purchase: 10k Official Store | Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Playlists
BNDCMPR - What's Good - Week of 1/14
That does it for this week. Be sure to share this with your folks, and don't hesitate to let me know what you're listening to this weekend down in the comments. Take care, and make good choices.
