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#collaborations

Paradessence draws its title from a portmanteau of "paradoxical" and "essence," coined by author Alex Shakar. Per Visible Cloaks, the word embodies the oppositional-but-coexisting concepts they're trying to explore with the new album. "Instead of creating pieces that function horizontally as environments, we wanted to conceptualize them as living material changing in space, continually in flux," Doran shared in a press statement.

Between our daily coverage, our Notable Releases and Indie Basement columns, and our monthly punk and rap roundups, we post tons of new music all the time here on BrooklynVegan. In an effort to keep track of all the new music we're excited about, we've been posting a new playlist each week with many of the songs we love that were (mostly) released that week.

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Boston screamo/post-hardcore band The Saddest Landscape are back with their first new album in a decade. Alone With Heaven is due out April 24 via Iodine, and produced in part by the late Steve Albini, one of the last projects he worked on before his death in 2024. They also recorded it with Jack Shirley, and it features appearances from Touché Amoré's Jeremy Bolm, Into It. Over It.'s Evan Weiss, and Julien Baker. We have an exclusive "Where Angels Ascend" cloudy vinyl variant, limited to 100 copies. Pre-order yours in the BV shop.

Two years after parting ways with Republic Records, James Blake will release Trying Times, his first independent studio album, on March 13 via Good Boy Records. "Death Of Love," the lead single with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir, is out now. Listen to it below. The 12-track LP features contributions from UK rapper Dave and Los Angeles-based vocalist Monica Martin. Blake first teased Trying Times to fans three days ago, through the website tryingtimes.info.

Ringing in the news is his new single " Traffic Lights," which was co-written with Thom Yorke and Josh Johnson, and gets an animated video by Nespy5euro. Check it out below. "Something about it reminded me of Atoms for Peace, so I sent it to Thom," Flea said in a statement, adding that the Radiohead frontman is "just the warmest, free flowing, jamming motherfucker."

Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain mixtape series. You can listen to it below. Public Domain 7: The Purge follows Max B's 2021 album Negro Spirituals.

Few artists had a more impactful 2025 than the Los Angeles singer-songwriter, who not only released his critically acclaimed sophomore album, but also toured North America, had key features on Justin Bieber's Swag and Bon Iver's SABLE, fABLE, and made his acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another.

HTRK have been making their gloomy, sensual brand of music, at the intersection of electronic pop and noise rock, for 22 years. To mark the milestone comes String of Hearts, a collection of covers and remixes featuring an all-star cast of friends and collaborators, from next-gen underground favourites like Coby Sey to fellow old-school experimentalists Liars. This brilliant, genre-agnostic record allows you to trace the breadth of the Melbourne band's shapeshifting sound, echoes of which can now be found all over underground and commercial music,

Skrillex has surprise-released a new EP called Hit Me Where It Hurts X. The five-song project includes collaborations with Caroline Polachek and 100 gecs' Dylan Brady (on the recently shared title song), Varg2™, Nakeesha, and others. Listen to Hit Me Where It Hurts X below. The Hit Me Where It Hurts X EP follows Skrillex's April studio album, F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3.

The 10-track follow-up to Shadowbox includes collaborations with Earl Sweatshirt, Smino, MIKE, and Kenny Mason November 19, 2025 Mavi, photo by Mase Ralph Mavi is releasing a new mixtape next week. The project is called The Pilot, and it's out on Tuesday, November 25. The 10-track release will include Landgrab (featuring Earl Sweatshirt) and Potluck (with Smino), as well as further collaborations with MIKE and Kenny Mason.

After a two-week whirlwind in L.A. filled with studio sessions with some of his bucket list collaborators like Gould, trumpeter Keyon Harrold and beloved L.A. saxophonist Terrace Martin, Conrad unveiled "Whimsy," an 11-track alternative jazz detour. Rich with songwriting tinged with sensual winks, live instrumentation (piano, horn section and drums) and a spoken word interlude by Bay Davis (that is reminiscent of Meshell Ndegeocello), "Whimsy" is a masterclass in following your own intuition and creating freely - a testament to his Cancer sun.

ROSALÍA, the GRAMMY®-winning singer, songwriter, and producer, has released her highly anticipated new album "LUX." This groundbreaking project was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daníel Bjarnason, showcasing powerful female voices, including Björk, Carminho, Estrella Morente, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Yahritza, along with the Escolania de Montserrat, Cor Cambra Palau de la Música Catalana, and Yves Tumor.

Enviable collaborations with the likes of Elton John and Joni Mitchell have inspired and elevated Brandi Carlile's musical profile in the last several years. And at this point, the multi-Grammy award winner could easily coast along via the connections she's made, putting out more duets and tributes, or songwriting for superstars and legends, like her work with Tanya Tucker. But that'd be too easy.

Ed Sheeran is one of the most prolific musicians of the 21st century, with eight top-five albums on the Billboard 200, nine top-10 songs, the second-highest-streamed song on Spotify ever, and four Grammy wins from 17 nominations. But did you know that, in addition to his own hits, he's also worked with many artists on their own music? He's worked with everyone from Bon Jovi to Justin Bieber.

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That new album, Sad and Beautiful World released on 7 November includes a small galaxy of music legends orbiting around Staples at the centre. As well as covers of songs by Curtis Mayfield, Gillian Welch, Frank Ocean, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Porter Wagoner, plus US alt heroes Mark Sparklehorse Linkous and Kevin Morby, there are new songs, including one written for and about Staples by Hozier and Allison Russell.

Fancy Some More? consists of two full-album remixes, one of which appears to lean more towards popwith appearances from Anitta, Seventeen, Oklou, Jade, Yves, JT, Sugababes, Kylie Minogue, Bladee, Zara Larsson, Ravyn Lenae, and Rachel Chinouririwhile the other boasts a slew of dance and electronic actsNia Archives, Kaytranada, Basement Jaxx, Hot Chip's Joe Goddard, DJ Caio Prince, Mochakk, Loukeman, Leod, Sega Bodega, Groove Armada, and Kilimanjaro.

Sooner or later, everyone who loves dub techno becomes acquainted with the gossamer tenor of Paul St. Hilaire. His voice gets stretched and pulled across so many of the greatest records in the genre, from his early collabs with Basic Channel's Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald to his rousing appearance on Intrusion's late-period benchmark The Seduction of Silence in 2009.

Kith is once again blending sport, style, and storytelling with its latest collaboration with the New York Yankees, delivering a collection that pays homage to one of the most decorated franchises in professional sports. Known for curating elevated lifestyle pieces that resonate far beyond the ballpark, Kith's newest drop is a full-scale celebration of the Yankees' legendary World Series history.

Sexyy Red is proving that 2025 might just be her most defining year yet. From high-profile features to pop-leaning collaborations, the St. Louis rapper has consistently found new ways to keep her name in conversation - and now, she's back with fresh heat. Her latest single, "Is You Coo," adds another standout track to her growing catalog and sets the tone for her highly anticipated performance at Coachella 2026.

The sounds are microscopic and synthetic, either glowing like LEDs or gleaming like cold steel, but they leave sizzling craters on impact. Melody and rhythm merge into a rapid-fire spray that makes a mockery of musical modes and scales even while he works within them, thanks to Max/MSP devices that the English artist designs himself. It can feel solitary, almost maddening-the work of an artist obsessively trying to one-up himself.

California's hip-hop scene has a new voice pushing its way to the forefront, and his name is Wallie the Sensei. After a year packed with career milestones, the rising rapper has officially returned with his first single since September 2024, "Dip." It's a track that sees him stepping into the spotlight with help from fellow West Coast heavyweights Ty Dolla $ign and Blxst - a combination sure to grab attention.