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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (5/01)

This week, New Music Friday drops heater after heater, with new tunes from Vince Staples, The Menzingers, and E.R. Fightmaster.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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New Music Friday on the FIRST DAY of the month? What is this, an omen of some kind?

If so, it’s a good one because the caliber of music that has dropped this week is insanely high. It was very tough to boil it down to only five songs, but I feel really, really good about these five.

‘Blackberry Marmalade’ by Vince Staples

Vince “Motherf***ing” Staples.

There’s a part of me that feels fully unqualified to describe or “review” this song. Like, who the hell am I? There’s nothing I can do to enhance the listening experience.

But here’s what I will say about “Blackberry Marmalade”: It is a perfect track; flawlessly crafted from........

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