Friday Release Picks (3/3/23)

Our favorite new music releases from 3/3/23. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.

Alternative

Artist: Can’t Swim*

Album: Thanks But No Thanks

Listen to First: "i heard they found you face down inside your living room"

Artist: Fake Names (feat. Brian Baker, Jennis Lyxzén, Brendan Canty, Johnny Temple, and Michael Hampton)

Album: Expendables

Listen to First: "Delete Myself"

Artist: Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter, and Alex Temple

Album: Behind the Wallpaper

Listen to First: "Spires"

Artist: Tanukichan

Album: GIZMO

Listen to First: "Escape"

Ambient

Artist: Nyokabi Kariũki

Album: Feeling Body

Listen to First: "Nazama"

Country

Artist: Drayton Farley

Album: Twenty on High

Listen to First: "Norfolk Blues"

Electronic

Artist: Weval

Album: Remember

Listen to First: "Losing Days"

Hip-Hop

Artist: FUFU*

Album: 7Z7

Listen to First: "COMPL1CADO"

Indie

Artist: Constant Smiles

Album: Kenneth Anger

Listen to First: "In My Heart"

Artist: Jackie Mendoza

Album: Galaxia de Emociones

Listen to First: "Mousetrap"

Artist: LANNDS*

Album: Music for the Future

Listen to First: "Overseas/BACK 2 U"

Artist: Meija

Album: Do Ya?

Listen to First: "Pull Me to Pieces"

Jazz

Artist: Kendrick Scott

Album: Corridors

Listen to First: "A Voice Through the Door"

Latin

Artist: Rogê

Album: Curyman

Listen to First: "Existe Uma Voz"

Metal

Artist: Sortilège

Album: Apocalypso

Listen to First: "Derrière les portes de Babylone"

Artist: Stoned Jesus

Album: Father Light

Listen to First: "Father Light"

Artist: Witchthroat Serpent

Album: Trove of Oddities at the Devil’s Driveway

Listen to First: "The Gorgon"

Rock

Artist: ALO

Album: Silver Saturdays

Listen to First: "Hot Damn"

Artist: Object of Affection*

Album: Field of Appearances

Listen to First: "Half Life"

Artist: Ron Gallo

Album: FOREGROUND MUSIC

Listen to First: "FOREGROUND MUSIC"

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 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.