New Music Friday Release Picks (5/3/24 & 5/10/24)

Our favorite New Music Friday releases from 5/3/24 & 5/10/24. All from artists with under a million monthly listeners. Organized alphabetically by genre. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.

Alternative

Artist: Big Special

Album: Postindustrial Hometown Blues

Listen to First: "TREES"

Artist: Dehd

Album: Poetry

Listen to First: "Mood Ring"

Artist: Gloom Girl MFG*

Album: Polycrisis EP

Listen to First: "Crimes"

Artist: Side Saddle

Album: Forever and a Little While EP

Listen to First: "Wine & Spirits"

Electronic

Artist: IS U IS U (Kito and Chrome Sparks)

Album: Melter EP

Listen to First: "Lights On"

Emo

Artist: Arcadia Grey

Album: Casually Crashing

Listen to First: "Kevin Pickles & the Great Pool Noodle Excursion"

Folk

Artist: Abigail Lapell

Album: Anniversary

Listen to First: "Rattlesnake"

Artist: Jackie West

Album: Close to the Mystery

Listen to First: "Tiny Flowers ii"

Artist: Julia Pratt

Album: Family Feud EP

Listen to First: "Carolina"

Artist: Pokey LaFarge

Album: Rhumba Country

Listen to First: "Sister Andre"

Indie

Artist: Blushing

Album: Sugarcoat

Listen to First: "Tamagotchi"

Artist: Dreamer Boy*

Album: Lonestar

Listen to First: "Suckerpunch"

Artist: flypaper

Album: another orbit EP

Listen to First: "old friend"

Artist: Hana Vu*

Album: Romanticism

Listen to First: "Care"

Artist: Jess Locke

Album: Real Life

Listen to First: "Uncomfortably Happy"

Artist: Milo Korbenski*

Album: When You Gonna Tell ’Em the Truth, Aaron?

Listen to First: "Booksmart Hunny"

Artist: Snarls

Album: With Love

Listen to First: "Big Fish"

Artist: youbet

Album: Way To Be

Listen to First: "Carsick"

Punk

Artist: Death Lens

Album: Cold World

Listen to First: "Vacant"

Rap

Artist: Jawnino

Album: 40

Listen to First: "Lost My Brain"

Rock

Artist: LA Priest

Album: La Fusion EP

Listen to First: "City Warm Heart"

Artist: Mdou Moctar

Album: Funeral For Justice

Listen to First: "Imouhar"

Artist: Shannon and the Clams

Album: The Moon is in the Wrong Place

Listen to First: "Real or Magic"

Soul

Artist: Milan Ring

Album: Mangos

Listen to First: "Leo"

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 largely 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.