Friday Release Picks (3/31/23)

Our favorite new music releases from 3/31/23. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.

Alternative

Artist: Jane.

Album: Celeste EP

Listen to First: "Beach Inside"

Artist: Marta

Album: When It’s Going Wrong

Listen to First: "Think Of You"

Artist: Mylar

Album: Human Statues EP

Listen to First: "Stay Close"

Artist: Warm Human

Album: Hometown Hero

Listen to First: "Make Good"

Americana

Artist: Jake Pinto

Album: Sad Songs for Happy People

Listen to First: "Sit and Listen"

Artist: Max Jury*

Album: Avenues

Listen to First: "Is This Love?"

Bluegrass

Artist: Mighty Poplar*

Album: Mighty Poplar

Listen to First: "Up on the Divide"

Electronic

Artist: Detalji

Album: Truly

Listen to First: "Übermacht Revolver"

Hip-Hop

Artist: Louis VI

Album: Earthling

Listen to First: "VIBRATE"

Indie

Artist: Barrie

Album: 5K EP

Listen to First: "Unholy Appetite"

Artist: Buzzy Lee (Sasha Spielberg)

Album: Internal Affairs

Listen to First: "Internal Affairs"

Artist: Kris Ulrich*

Album: Big in the USA

Listen to First: "Friends on the Internet"

Artist: LIES (Mike & Nate Kinsella)*

Album: Lies

Listen to First: "Blemishes"

Artist: Michigander

Album: It Will Never Be the Same EP

Listen to First: "In My Head"

Artist: Nakhane*

Album: Bastard Jargon

Listen to First: "Standing In Our Way"

Artist: NOIA

Album: gisela

Listen to First: "glitter blanca"

Artist: PACKS

Album: Crispy Crunchy Nothing

Listen to First: "Abalone"

Artist: Selines*

Album: Ojos Vacios

Listen to First: "Todos Es Falso"

Instrumental

Artist: Mono

Album: Heaven Vol. 1 EP

Listen to First: "Silent Embrace"

Artist: Steve Gunn and David Moore (of Bing & Ruth)

Album: Let the Moon Be a Planet

Listen to First: "Over the Dune"

Jazz

Artist: Eddie Chacon

Album: Sundown

Listen to First: "Step By Step"

Metal

Artist: AD INFINITUM

Album: Chapter III - Downfall

Listen to First: "Upside Down"

Artist: Last in Line

Album: Jericho

Listen to First: "Ghost Town"

Punk

Artist: Samiam

Album: Stowaway

Listen to First: "Light Out Little Hustler"

Singer-Songwriter

Artist: Murray A. Lightburn (of The Deers)*

Album: Once Upon a Time in Montreal

Listen to First: "Oh But My Heart Has Never Been Dark"

World

Artist: Baaba Maal*

Album: Being

Listen to First: "Boboyillo"

Playlist

*An asterisk denotes that this release was one of our featured top 4 or 8 of the week.

This list is created by listening to all the releases listed on Consequence with under 1 million monthly listeners. If you have an upcoming release that you’d like to be considered for a future list, please fill out the "New Artist Submission" form on our site with the above information as well as a link to listen.

Please note: all submissions will be added to our “Artist Submissions” playlist but may or may not be included on our Friday Release Picks.