Our favorite New Music Friday releases from 5/19/23 & 5/26/23. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.
Alternative
Artist: Saloon Dion
Album: Muckers EP
Listen to First: "Heaven Sent"
Artist: Ultra-Lite
Album: Enjoy Your Time in the Sun
Listen to First: "Whatever You Say"
Classical
Artist: Eydís Evensen
Album: The Light
Listen to First: "17.03.22"
Country
Artist: Jordyn Shellhart
Album: Primrose
Listen to First: "Who Are You Mad At?"
Artist: Twin Princess*
Album: Blood Moon
Listen to First: "Allston"
Experimental
Artist: Salami Rose Joe Louis
Album: Akousmatikous
Listen to First: "The Giddy Aquatic"
Folk
Artist: Kieli
Album: From Summer to Spring
Listen to First: "O"
Hip-Hop
Artist: Kari Faux
Album: REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE!
Listen to First: "Me First"
Indie
Artist: Alex Anwandter
Album: El diablo en el cuerpo
Listen to First: "Pueblo Fantasma"
Artist: Evangeline*
Album: Fuzzy
Listen to First: "Hermione"
Artist: GracieHorse
Album: L.A. Shit
Listen to First: "If You're Gonna Walk That Straight Line Son, It's Only Gonna Hurt"
Artist: Hannah Jadagu
Album: Aperture
Listen to First: "Six Months"
Artist: Miranda and the Beat
Album: Miranda and the Beat
Listen to First: "Not My Guy"
Artist: Miya Folick
Album: Roach
Listen to First: "Cockroach"
Artist: Spirit Award
Album: The Fear
Listen to First: "Fantasy"
Jazz
Artist: Kassa Overall
Album: Animals
Listen to First: "Make My Way Back Home" with Theo Croker and Nick Hakim
Pop
Artist: Izzy Camina
Album: ANG3L NUMB3RS EP
Listen to First: "Alprazalam"
Pop Punk
Artist: Versus The World (feat. members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance)
Album: The Bastards Live Forever
Listen to First: "Poison in the Weil"
Punk
Artist: Low Praise*
Album: DRESSING
Listen to First: "Time Is Calling"
R&B
Artist: KayCyy*
Album: TW2052
Listen to First: "NO COLD (prod. Gesaffelstein)"
Artist: Khamari
Album: A Brief Nirvana
Listen to First: "On My Way"
Artist: Nonso Amadi
Album: When It Blooms
Listen to First: "Thankful"
Rock
Artist: Cucamaras
Album: Buck Rogers Time EP
Listen to First: "Bleachers Yard"
Artist: The Dirty Nil
Album: Free Rein to Passions
Listen to First: "Blowing Up Things in the Woods"
Artist: The Murlocs
Album: Calm Ya Farm
Listen to First: "Russian Roulette"
New Music Friday 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 music Friday 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.