3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Raekwon, Alex G, and Lord Huron
There’s so much good music out in the ether that sometimes it’s difficult to parse through all of it. Every week The Daily Music Report will do the hard work for you and highlight the best releases available on streaming services.
This week we’re highlighting new music from Raekwon, Alex G, and Lord Huron.
Raekwon – The Emperor’s New Clothes
Raekwon proves once again that his pen and presence only sharpen with time. On The Emperor’s New Clothes, the Wu-Tang legend blends vivid street storytelling with luxury-laced flexes, offering a refined take on the mafioso rap style he helped pioneer. The album finds him trading bars with longtime collaborators like Ghostface Killah and Method Man, while bridging generations by linking up with Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, and Conway the Machine. Whether dropping jewels over lush production or dishing gritty portraits of street life, Raekwon sounds as focused and hungry as ever.
Standout Songs: ‘Pomegranate,’ ‘1 Life,’ ‘600 School,’ ‘Da Heavies,’ ‘The Omerta,’ ‘Get Outta Here,’ and ‘Mac & Lobster.’
8.3
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Alex G – Headlights
Alex G’s Headlights finds the ever-elusive songwriter sharpening his gift for emotional ambiguity and sonic surprise. Now on a major label, he hasn’t overhauled his sound so much as refined it, balancing lo-fi intimacy with unexpected, often beautiful left turns. From the Wilco-esque grit of ‘Logan Hotel’ to the glitchy, hyperpop shimmer of ‘Bounce Boy,’ the album slips between moods and styles with dreamlike ease. There’s an uncanny detail to these songs—a drifting chorus here, an accordion swell there—that lingers long after the track ends. Like his best work, Headlights feels less like an album and more like a memory: vivid, disjointed, familiar, and a little strange.
Standout Songs: ‘June Guitar,’ ‘Afterlife,’ ‘Oranges,’ and ‘Logan Hotel (Live).’
8.1
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Lord Huron – The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1
Lord Huron’s The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 is a dreamy, genre-blurring journey through spacey Americana and cinematic storytelling. Steeped in reverb and vintage tones, the album feels like a dusty VHS tape of forgotten Westerns beamed in from another galaxy. It leans into the band’s more atmospheric instincts, weaving together Lynchian moods, retro ballads, and ghostly hymnals with a surreal, almost theatrical flair. Rather than striving for raw authenticity, Lord Huron embraces classic archetypes and mythic storytelling, creating a world where a washed-up comedian and a mysterious highway narrator—voiced by Kristen Stewart—can coexist. It’s a record that plays like a cosmic fever dream, both grounded and galactic.
Standout Songs: ‘Looking Back,’ ‘Nothing I Need,’ ‘Who Laughs Last (feat. Kristen Stewart).’
7.7
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