With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new projects from Kesha, Nilüfer Yanya, Lazer Dim 700, Double Virgo, Rival Consoles, and the Reds, Pinks and Purples. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Kesha: . [Kesha]
Pronounced “period,” Kesha’s latest album is the first to be released on her new label, Kesha Records. The follow-up to 2023’s minimalist, Rick Rubin–produced Gag Order is a return to bright, bawdy, and blissfully dumb pop. Last year’s viral hit “Joyride” appears on the tracklist, as do 2024 single “Delusional,” country-fried T-Pain duet “Yippee-Ki-Yay.” (here in its solo version), and the hyperactively horny “Boy Crazy.” Kesha worked on . with Zhone, Madison Love, Nova Wav, and Pink Slip.
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Nilüfer Yanya: Dancing Shoes EP [Ninja Tune]
