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.
New Music Fridays are always a treat for music enthusiasts! It's a joy to discover fresh releases and explore new sounds. Looking forward to diving into this week's picks and finding some hidden gems! Find out how much apple music pay per stream and get your first profit now! 🎵🎧