{"id":2237531,"date":"2026-01-16T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2237531"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:15:28","slug":"new-music-friday-8-new-releases-for-the-middle-of-january-16-jan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-8-new-releases-for-the-middle-of-january-16-jan-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: 8 new releases for the middle of January (16 Jan 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>There isn\u2019t much in the way of notable album release this week (unless you\u2019re a K-pop fan, but you\u2019ll have to go elsewhere for that), but there are a couple. More impressive this New Music Friday is this selection of singles that are setting things up for albums later this year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Brigitte Calls Me Baby,<em> Slumber Party<\/em> (ATO<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>This five-piece from Chicago is ready to follow up on their debut album,<em> The Future is Our Way Out<\/em>. Written largely while on tour with acts like Morrissey, Muse, The Last Dinner Party, and Fontaines DC (with a stop at Lollapalooza), the new album, <em>Irreversible<\/em>, will be out later this year. This track falls somewhere between The Strokes and The Killers with a dash of Smiths. Close your eyes, and you\u2019re listening to something from the UK from 1986.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Slumber Party (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t9rEZzMN0YU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Emm Gryner, <em>Touch the Sky<\/em> (Independent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the best story of the week. Emm has released this song as a tribute to Canada\u2019s involvement in the Artemis II moon mission. We\u2019ve got Jeremy Hansen as part of the crew. The song, written by Steve MacKinnon (he\u2019s done work with Serena Ryder) and poet Michael Holmes (executive editor at ECW Press) is a literal moon shot. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from streaming will go to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bwhf.ca\/\">Bluewater Health Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have a listen <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/emmgryner.disco.ac\/track-new\/182256018\/play?stream_only=1&amp;user_id=906281&amp;signature=sRNPGNL4CjJ_dhVJQeHM1R13ink%3ASUvLA0O9\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Flea, <em>Traffic Lights<\/em> feat. Thom Yorke (Nonesuch)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There won\u2019t be a Red Hot Chili Peppers album this year\u2013they\u2019ve gone fallow for a bit\u2013so this give Flea a chance to release his first-ever solo album. Honora, named after a special member of his family, will feature Flea on bass (of course) and trumpet (the first instrument he learned to play as a kid). There are six originals on the album, plus \u201cinterpretations\u201d of another half-dozens originally done by people such as George Clinton. Nick Cave will show up somewhere\u2013we\u2019ll no doubt hear about that before the record arrives March 27\u2013and Thom Yorke is on this debut single. It\u2019s pretty funky, reminiscent of R&amp;B-style jazz that was big at the end of the 60s and the start of the 70s. Or maybe I\u2019m hearing some 90s acid jazz.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flea feat.Thom Yorke - Traffic Lights (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDdl-cwIXJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>4. Kim Gordon, <em>Not Today<\/em> (Matador)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get daily National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Kim, ex of Sonic Youth, is 72 but bears no resemblance to 72-year-olds of the past. Good. Her third solo album, Play Me, is done and set for release on March 13. Expect a new wave of art-meets-noise to keep things fresh. This single also comes with a short film directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, founders of the Rodarte fashion label. The first single is pretty krautrock-y with a very motorik rhythm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kim Gordon - &quot;NOT TODAY&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M8_2lYNURu4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>5. Hatchie, <em>Carousel<\/em> (Secretly)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whoa. If you\u2019re a fan of the Cocteau Twins, The Sundays, Slowdive, or any other band that dabbles in dream pop, this one is a slow curve ball right over the plate. This is the latest single to be peeled from the Australian\u2019s <em>Liquorice a<\/em>lbum (her third), which came out back in November. Good headphone music, this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hatchie - Carousel (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVm6f4HzZVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11613697\/doctors-note-height-westjet-seating\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f7bd6aed89e2f603ce6353697cb5168cecce719221ab266336d3e1bda6f5f0d7.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Couple seeks doctor\u2019s note for flight as WestJet speeds up cramped seating review\" data-title=\"\">Couple seeks doctor\u2019s note for flight as WestJet speeds up cramped seating review<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11614836\/iceland-trump-billy-long-52nd-state-greenland\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/549e5ec7a14959fedb029432ec9cdcde5a233773615ae662dd13c8c5f92e5165_e71f40.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Iceland the \u201952nd state\u2019? 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I know it\u2019s the middle of January, but try to imagine how this song will sound on a warm spring day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sheepdogs - Keep Out of the Storm\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eOHeiZk2Ww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Albums<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Alice Merton, <em>Visions<\/em> (Paper Plane)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alice is British-based by German-Canadian. You may remember her from a breakthrough single called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PUdyuKaGQd4\"><em>No Roots<\/em><\/a>, which appeared on here debut album, <em>Mint<\/em>, in 2019. Visions, her third record, was recorded in a number of studio locations, including Iceland. The shoplifting video reflects that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alice Merton - Ignorance is Bliss (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ENDK9XMWCMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Sleaford Mods, <em>The Demise of Planet X<\/em> (Rough Trade)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These guys are one of Iggy Pop\u2019s favourites, and it\u2019s easy to see why. Consisting of Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn (est. Nottingham c.2007), Sleaford Mods are up to 13 records, many of which have received a tremendous amount of critical acclaim. And you gotta love how they refuse to lose the accent. And how many songs namecheck Pete Davidson and his tattoos? That\u2019s exactly what happens with this single, featuring their friends Gwendoline Christie and Big Special.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sleaford Mods Ft. 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