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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 drops available on streaming services.
This week’s batch includes new albums from Greg Freeman, Emily A.Sprague, Quavo, and more.
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When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)Greg Freeman: All Set the Bone [Transgressive/Canvasback]Greg Freeman may have called his last album Burnover, but the John Congleton-produced All Set the Bone is the sound of the Vermont singer aflame.Take album opener “Cahokia”: After 20 seconds of riffage that could’ve been lifted from a Riot!-era Paramore single, the track lurches into rollicking cabaret rock, then hand-me-down power pop, then an almost magisterial dual-guitar outro.
As he blazes from one idea to the next Freeman no longer sounds like he’s writing really good Isaac Brock or Jason Molina or MJ Lenderman songs.He’s just writing really good Greg Freeman songs.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeB0YG1RL: B0YG1RL [Surf Gang]There’s a hot streak, and then there’s the year Miami duo B0YG1RL are having.
Angela Rio and June “Tété” Vinette’s new self-titled album actually marks their fourth LP of 2026, and follows the thrilling Novagang collab EXIT 2B.The pair’s blend of kompa, post-rage rap, reggaeton, electro-pop, and baile funk is a testament to their rich roots in the South Florida scene and beyond, delivered primarily in Haitian Creole.
They easily blend diasporic traditions with hyperlocal heat by recognizing that the two are, more often that not, one and the same.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on A...