Dredging up music from the bottom of the underground, New Releases in New Orleans keeps a record of new music coming out of the city and in Louisiana. If you are an artist releasing new music, submit your work to [email protected].

LPs/EPs

Eddy Benz: mellow demo v1 (Independent)
Fuzzy, lo-fi hip-hop and pop blended with elements of rock, hyper-pop and other weirdness from the West Bank. If you’re a fan of The Smiths, check out Eddy Benz’s cover at the end of the album.

Congealed Putrescence: Within the Ceaseless Murk (Independent)
Blasting heavy black metal with a death edge, Congealed Putrescence brings more metal for the masses.

Cyril Neville and Neville Family: Christmas Scene in New Orleans (Valley Entertainment)
Funky Christmas jams from a New Orleans legend. Need we say more?

P3RK – Y.Luck: Presents of Pressure (Independent)
Following P3RK’s album “Substance” in October, this EP brings soulful, sultry lyrics for the holidays. Each cut has bits of trap, R&B and hip-hop alongside Y.Luck’s clean vocals.

Putumayo: Acoustic World 3 (Putumayo World Music)
The third installment from the New Orleans-based record label, “Acoustic World 3,” features soothing sounds from strings across the world like Spain, Cuba, Senegal, Canada and France.

Dominic Scott: Color Theory (Independent)
Other-worldly production and crooning vocals define Dominic Scott’s debut album displaying his potential as an R&B illusionist and storyteller.

Singles – New Releases In New Orleans (12/20/22)

Blü: “By Design”
A slow-building, ethereal trap ballad by one of the most underrated vocalists in the city.

Guts Club: “Change My Name”
Haunting post-rock that obliterates conventional definitions of a “love song” and brings a mass of grief and intimacy into a slow-moving storm of sounds.

Rathbone: “Endless War”
Bill Wurtz-esque bedroom pop with scathing political messaging taking potshots at the military-industrial complex and those who profit off modern conflicts like Ukraine and Haiti.

Serabee: “New Orleans”
Serabee teams up with Russel Batiste for a gospel track romanticizing New Orleans and demonstrating Serabee’s continued prowess as a vocalist. Perfect for those coming home to the city for the holidays.

Surface Burial: “surface burial”
Slow-crawling, face-in-the-mud doom metal exploding with grindy blast beats.

Olivia Valentine: “Self-Titled”
Garage-rock revival style indie rock a la Franz Ferdinand or The Strokes with stripped-back instrumentation but rich production.

$AGEISKAMI – “Evergreen”
For the weirdos into Machine Girl (like me), $AGEISKAMI has been churning out drum and bass-driven dance tracks all year, topping it off with this aptly named single. If you’ve ever been interested in playing the video game “Norco,” give this a spin.