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Our June playlist is here, so take a listen to our 26-song random musical musings for the month.

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Thundercat- Drunk

If Key and Peele wrote songs for Prince it would sound like Thundercat's Drunk. The jazz, funk, psych bassist's third album is a concept record about getting drunk and figuring out life. While the record takes the listener on a musical journey and trip through some very strange places, it is an experience. The music gives the listener a visual idea of what they can play in their head when listening to it. Thundercat and the rest of the Brainfeeder label are the only artists pushing music in new directions and with the help of the label's master Flying Lotus as well as Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, and others, Drunk is a trip and one you want to go back to.
FINAL GRADE: A

Ryan Adams – Prisoner

Ryan Adams has always been an artist who wears his heart on his sleeve and on his latest record, his lets it beat in full force. Taking inspiration from his recent divorce, his struggle to find himself and the solace of being alone, Adams creates his best record in years. Touching on almost all of the different sub genres of rock and roll he has written and recorded in, Prisoner is him coming undone and back together again.

FINAL GRADE: A

Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life

The Canadian garage duo are back and fire on all cylinders as they bring a joy back to rock and roll that has not been seen or heard in what feels like ages.

FINAL GRADE: A

Power Trip – Nightmare Logic

Take the early thrash sound and production of Slayer, mix it with the technical metal of Megadeath and give it a storyline like early Protest the Hero and you have Power Trip’s fantastic new album. Nightmare Logic is a whiplash of force, power, and brutality rolled into one.

FINAL GRADE: A

Los Campesinos! – Sick Scenes

For years the British collective Los Campesinos! have been creating a joy and energy in their music while being tender and open about their feelings. Now, on Sick Scenes, they come full circle and mature and create their best record to date with a refreshing blend of new ideas but still sticking to who they are as a band.

FINAL GRADE: B+

The Menzingers – After the Party

The Philly punks know how to have a good time and be very enthusiastic about it on their latest, they deliver what fans love but further their ability to do it.

FINAL GRADE : B+

Tinariwen – Elwan

The African guitar collective still manage to make interesting music after all these years and find a way to tap into the world while sticking to their roots.

FINAL GRADE: B+

Elbow – Little Fictions

On their best record since The Seldom Seen Kid, Elbow bring their orchestral symphonic rock back to the mainstream with an introspective album about love, loss, desperation and hope.

FINAL GRADE: B+

The Dig – Bloodshot Tokyo

The New York band brings a new level of atmospheric and synth rock to their sound and on one of their tamest albums, they still show they are not only a very interesting band but one that can be played during any occasion.

FINAL GRADE: B

Steel Panther – Lower the Bar

You can’t take Steel Panther seriously and that is the whole point, yet, we highly doubt there is anyone having more fun making 80s power pop metal-inspired tunes than them.

FINAL GRADE: B

Lupe Fiasco – Dragos Light

The Chicago emcee returns on what could be his final record and delivers his statement on the state of the union. Fiasco has always been a lyrical mastermind and on Dragos Light, he gives society the tongue-lashing it needs.

FINAL GRADE: B

Big Sean – I Decided

Big Sean has been making records for almost a decade but his latest finally hears him at his most confident and comfortable with his mic. I Decided features Eminem, The-Dream, Jeremih, Migos as the biggest heavy hitters and he can keep up with the best of them.

FINAL GRADE: B-

Thievery Corporation  - The Temple of I and I

The D.C.-based world music innovators don’t have to look very far to see the country is going to shit, so as they channel the nation’s fury into song, they give us all a lesson in global politics and it his us like a smack in the face. The Temple of I and I is easily their best record since 2004’s The Cosmic Game and as they continue to make music, they show us why they are very much needed in 2017.

FINAL GRADE: B-

Surfer Blood – Snowdonia

There was so much promise with Surfer Blood when they arrived and as the years went on, they have gone through the death of a band member, players leaving and a handful of new recruits which as all made them push to make new music but not a new sound. Snowdonia doesn’t live up to the potential that the Florida band could have pushed to achieve with this record.

FINAL GRADE: C+

Dirty Projectors

On their new record, which is said to be a breakup LP, the band get so mellow you might fall asleep before the album even ends.

FINAL GRADE: C-

Sepultura – Machine Messiah

Sepultura seem to have given up and are making records for the sake of making records which is what a band should never do. Machine Messiah is a lost, uninspired record that just throws a bunch of heavy riffs together where they hope to see what sticks and unfortunately, none of it really does.

FINAL GRADE: D

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What's Coming in 2017?

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The new year is here and with it comes new music. 

Run the Jewels, who were supposed to dominate January, surprise released their RTJ3 record causing nearly everyone to change their Top 10 lists, thanks guys. That being said, their is other fresh music on the horizon. 

Take a look at what is projected to arrive in 2017: 

January

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Modern Ruin

Austra – Future Politics

Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound

Steel Panther – Lower the Bar

AFI – AFI (The Blood Album)

Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life

Foxygen – Hang

Bonobo – Migration

Bash & Pop – Anything Could Happen

The xx – I See You

Major Lazer – Music is the Weapon

Sepultura –  Machine Messiah 

February

The Mezingers – After the Party

Marilyn Manson – Say10

Tinariwen – Elwan

Surfer Blood – Snowdonia

Los Campesinos! – Sick Scenes

Power Trip – Nightmare Logic

Save Ferris – New Sound EP

Elbow – Little Fictions

Thievery Corporation – The Temple of I & I

Ryan Adams – Prisoner

Big Sean – I Decided

Lupe Fiasco – DROGAS Light

March

Nelly Furtado – Ride 

Tennis – Yours Conditionally

The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir

Craig Finn – We All Want The Same Things

Other Artists Expected to be Releasing Albums in 2017

Depeche Mode – Spirit

U2 – Songs of Experience

Living Colour – Shade

Paloma Faith – The Architect

The Shins – I Gleek on Your Grave

GZA – Dark Matter

Glassjaw

Brand New

Erik B & Rakim

Liam Gallagher

Gorillaz

Spiritualized

The National

Arcade Fire

Tears for Fears

Danzig

The Roots

The Black Kids

Stone Roses

Afghan Whigs

Nas

Jay Z

Phife Dawg

Justin Timberlake

The Lemon Twigs

Wu-Tang Clan

Ride

Portugal. The Man

Leon Else

Dej Loaf

Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Lady Leshurr

Joey Bada$$

The Jesus and Mary Chain

At the Drive-In

Bjork

Ed O'Brein

Pearl Jam

Modest Mouse

Broken Social Scene

Schoolboy Q

Chic

Phoenix

Grizzly Bear

Neutral Milk Hotel

LCD Soundsystem

Fleet Foxes

Mastodon

Spoon

St. Vincent

Slowdive

Lana Del Rey

Queens of the Stone Age

Foo Fighters

Quasimoto

Bruce Springsteen

Slonk Donkerson

Beck

Haim

Syd

Internal Bleeding

Quick News

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Following the release of their new EP, Not the Actual Events, Trent Reznor spoke to Zane Lowe on Beats 1 about the future of Nine Inch Nails where he said to look for "two new major" works from the band next year.

Lupe Fiasco, who quit music earlier this month, took to Twitter on Christmas Eve to announce that his new album, DROGAS Light, will be out in February. 

"DROGAS Light"

February 10th 2017 pic.twitter.com/8JpLolxpfB

— DROGAS Light 2/10/17 (@LupeFiasco) December 24, 2016

Stevie Wonder was honored with a street named after him in Detroit Monday. Stevie Wonder Avenue was unveiled along Milwaukee Avenue, just two blocks from the site of Wonder's first home in the city.

Big Sean announced that his new album, I Decided, will arrive in February. 

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Old 97's will release their new album, Graveyard Whistling, in February. Take a look at the album cover, above.

In an interview with BBC Radio 1, Q-Tip said that A Tribe Called Quest might not be done after their 2017 world tour which they are currently planning. He said: "Stay tuned for any other incarnation, ’cause we don’t intend on stopping because that was Phife’s M.O. was, like, ‘This time we gotta do it and keep going,’ and now he’s left us with the equation of how do we do it, but we are going to need it, and we’re going to continue.” The group said that their latest album, this year's best record, We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service will be their last.

Lupe Fiasco made a stunning announcement Tuesday on Twitter, he said he is done releasing music. The Chicago rapper set his account to private after tweeting: "Yo Lupe fans it's been fun and I hope you've had fun. I'm officially not releasing anymore music. Albums cancelled."

Sleaford Mods will release their new album, English Tapas, in March. Take a look at the tracklisting, below:
1. Army Nights
2. Just Like We Do
3. Moptop
4. Messy Anywhere
5. Time Sands
6. Snout
7. Drayton Manored
8. Carlton Touts
9. Cuddly
10. Dull
11. BHS
12. I Feel So Wrong


Exactly a year ago, Trent Reznor said that new Nine Inch Nails will be coming this year in a tweet to fans. Now, that their are two weeks left in 2016, he was asked by Rolling Stone about the possibility of a new record.  He said: "Just wait and see what happens," adding: "I don't want to spoil it. If I'm interested in a film, I prefer not to watch the trailer. We live in overstimulated times."

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Speaking to Radio X, Liam Gallagher revealed what is holding up an Oasis reunion -- his brother Noel. The frontman said: "This is a serious question and I’m not bringing the mood down. Our kid's going around like I've stabbed his fucking cat. He wants to be in a solo band. If people think me having a dig on Twitter is what’s stopping the band getting back together, they’re mad. If they want the band to get back together they’ll have to ask our kid. It’s down to our kid. When you're a little geezer and you've got small man syndrome, you need that fucking like 'no, yeah, no' [attention]. People keep asking him 'when's the band getting back together?' and he's going 'Never' because he can carry that whip, but I think the minute people stop asking him, he'll go 'fucking hell, what? Are they getting bored of me now?' So then he'll get the band back together. So don't fucking ask him any more.”

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed record, Black Love, The Afghan Whigs will be releasing a special deluxe edition of the album for Record Store Day.

Phil Collins has announced a handful of 2017 live dates and the musician says he is open to another Genesis reunion. He said at a press conference Monday: "I wouldn't want to do anything that lasted six months or a long time. But I wouldn’t rule out doing something."

After the hype of getting 3 records this year from Lupe Fiasco, it doesn't look like that is happening anymore. In a series of tweets, he said: 

It's a strong chance you wont get any new Lupe albums this year

Sorry y'all. I tried 2 make it happen but best laid plans make a mess made

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 16, 2016

Drogas Light & Drogas are fully recorded & sitting but clearances and mixing issues for Drogas are pushing us beyond realistic deadlines now

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 16, 2016

Gracias...just to clarify tho the albums have been done for months. It's the red tape & details now. The shit I hate... https://t.co/SnuFVLafCI

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 16, 2016

Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold took to Instagram to announce that his band's upcoming album might take longer to make than expected because he is working on a solo album.

FF record kind of crazy / vast so working on "putting babies to sleep / living my truth" palliative solo album on off days

A video posted by Robin Pecknold (@robinpecknold) on Oct 16, 2016 at 12:23pm PDT

Rockers Radkey will release their new album Delicious Rock Noise in November. Take a look at the cover, below:

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October's 27-song playlist is here. Take a listen to our latest musical musings on Spotify!

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Is that Kendrick Lamar / J. Cole collab album arriving anytime soon? Top Dawg Entertainment president, Anthony Free told Billboard: “Anything’s a possibility. verything’s a possibility, but I’mma say this too: Kendrick and Cole are in a place in their careers and in their lives where they have to keep going. Of course they’re two of the biggest rappers out, but they still have to keep grinding. There’s so much work that they have to continue to do." He also added: "A joint album does sound great, but people need to understand, these are two geniuses. These are two creative guys. It takes a long time for one of them to get in a space to create a song, so to get two of them in a space to do that, it takes a lot of time and energy. It all has to be a singular project, but it just can’t happen overnight."

Free also gave an update if King Kendrick is working on the follow-up to last year's best album, To Pimp A Butterfly, he said: "Kendrick’s always working. He’s never not working. He’s always thinking of the next idea, writing down ideas or mumbling shit to himself…It’s too early to say right now, but just know that Kendrick is always working."

Kanye West took to Twitter to announce the release date of his new album, Swish. 

Swish February 11 16

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 9, 2016

Is Kanye's former protege, Lupe Fiasco calling it quits at the end of the year? On Christmas, he revealed that he is releasing three records this year DROGUS, SKULLS and ROY. On Thursday, he tweeted that ROY will be his final album.

"Roy" will be my last album. LUPend

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 8, 2016

"Roy" is the final and last album. https://t.co/6YQQ404HGs

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 9, 2016

Andre 3000 spoke to Billboard about a few things around his career but none caught more attention than the fact that he wants to make music again. He said: "I’ve been holding [back] for a long time, so now I’m really interested in figuring out some type of music to do. I’m always recording."

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Damon Albarn's other, other, other, other band The Good, The Band and The Queen will come back alive next year. In an interview with The Sun, Albarn said he is at work with the sophomore album to the supergroup. The band, which features Albarn, The Verve's Simon Tong, Tony Allen, and The Clash's Paul Simonon released their debut in 2007. The band has been dormant since 2011.

EPMD will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic, Business As Usual next year with a massive tour but in a recent interview with Billboard, the hip-hop icons said they are working on new music as well.

Lupe Fiasco took to Twitter to say that he is releasing three albums next year.

Attention Lupe Fans: 3 full album releases in 2016. 🙏🏾 #Drogas is up first. Not taking any questions at this time. Thank you.

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2015

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The Dead Weather will make their live return in two weeks when they are the music guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. They join Kendrick Lamar, Run the Jewels and TV on the Radio as some of Colbert's first music guests.

 Lupe Fiasco's third album, Lasers, ended up being a fiasco both critically and commercially. Now, the Chicago rapper is offering to destroy copies of the album with an actual laser. He wrote on Facebook: "For all you people who really hated my 3rd album LASERS for whatever reason in the universe I want you to send it back to me so I can destroy it with an actual Laser. You not getting any money back or an apology or anything like that. The fact still remains that a lot of people really loved LASERS (Me Included) despite the popular myth that it’s one of the worst rap albums ever but sometimes the myth can be stronger than the truth. So yeah….if you have a physical copy of LASERS that you absolutely hate and wish for it to be rendered non-existent then you can send it back to me and I’ll have it destroyed with an actual giant laser and send it into next world in spectacular grand fashion!"

Garbage will reissue their 1995 debut in October and will be re-mastered from the original analog tapes. The reissue will also feature remixes and B-sides, which they're calling G-sides.

Travis Barker has announced he will release his autobiography, Can I Say, in November. Take a look at the cover, below:

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Fucked Up have announced that they are going on a hiatus. It doesn't seem to be too long but more of a break to recharge their inner selves.

Lupe Fiasco released a surprise mixtape called Pharaoh Height. The Chicago emcee announced the news via Twitter on Friday night with a link:

#PharaohHeight230 https://t.co/TeeRMB9eGC pic.twitter.com/rEtFJ9MXa3

— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) August 29, 2015

Baroness will release their new album, Purple, in December. It will be the metal band's first album in three years and first since they were sidelined by a bus accident a few years ago. In a press release, singer John Bailzy said: "After releasing a lengthy and investigative record like Yellow & Green we all felt that we needed to make something much more direct and immediate. We wanted to write with our normal focus on artistry, balanced against an increased level of energy and focus. It was important for us to write our new songs with the type of enthusiasm and expressiveness that could act as a counterpoint to the album’s dark themes. As a result, the music came out in an intense, heavy and sonically captivating in a new way, which was important, loathe, as we are to fall into any kind of complacency pitfall or formulaic songwriting routine. Purple is the most fully realized representation of our intention as a band; considering the amount of physical and mental energy spent writing it, we have accomplished something which would have seemed impossible to us a couple of years ago."
The band also released the tracklisting for the album as well:
01 Morningstar
02 Shock Me
03 Try to Disappear
04 Kerosene
05 Fugue
06 Chlorine & Wine
07 The Iron Bell
08 Desperation Burns
09 If I Have to Wake Up (Would You Stop the Rain)
10 Crossroads of Infinity

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QUICK SPINS

 

Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$

Brooklyn’s Joey Bada$$ just turned 20 but has been turning heads since he was 17. After a series of acclaimed EP’s and mixtapes, Bada$$ arrives in grand fashion with his full length debut, B4.DA.$$ and brings with him a touch of 90’s glory days and a willingness to showcase he is one of the leaders of the new school. While 2014 suffered as a lackluster year for hip-hop, Bada$$ goes firing on all cylinders at the top of the new year with his debut. A ferocious look into the mind of someone who doesn’t seem to be in the music for the fame but for the message.

FINAL GRADE: A+

Bjork – Vulnicura

The last time Bjork dazzled her audience was in 2011 with her app album, Biophilia, now, the Icelandic princess who has always discussed nature, life, and science, travels inward for the first time to discuss herself. Vulnicura is Bjork at her most vulnerable. It is a breakup record that plays out like the plotlines of an Oscar contending film that rips from the headlines and heartstrings of Bjork’s own life. The album is an expression of her breakup with artist Matthew Barney and culminates three months before the split, the heart of the breakup, and the recovery after. With production by Arca and The Haxan Cloak, heartbreak never sounded so bittersweet.

FINAL GRADE: A

Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love

For the first time in a decade, punk heroines Sleater-Kinney return with their eighth album and showcase that even if life gets in the way of this band they will not lose their touch.

FINAL GRADE: A

Mark Ronson – Uptown Special

Leave it to Mark Ronson to craft one of the best soul and funk records of the last 15 years. The British beatmaker and producer gets everyone from Stevie Wonder to Bruno Mars on Uptown Special and crafts a concord of sound that will get any party started from here to whatever uptown special you may be going to.

FINAL GRADE: A-

Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor

Marilyn Manson continues to make music but not headlines. The God of Fuck was a textbook shock rocker in the 90’s but as the turn of the century emerged his fame seemed to diminish. While he never left the spotlight, he was not exactly the center of attention any more, he left that for Lady Gaga and reality TV stars to try and shock the media. But Manson still put out music and still worked as an artist and actor, recently appearing on the final season of Sons of Anarchy, but the AntiChrist Superstar was not the man in the spotlight and because of that it may have lead to a creative vein being cut open and allowing Manson to craft one of his finest records. The Pale Emperor is his ninth opus and doesn’t hold back. It plays like a cinematic voyage into the mind of a man who strived for celebrity, achieved it and then wanted to get away from it as fast as he could. It is a record as complex as the man who crafted it and a record just as compelling as the man whose story it is.

FINAL GRADE: B+

Derek Grant – Breakdown

Alkaline Trio’s drummer goes right up to the front of the stage with his solo debut, Breakdown. Grant, known for being the backbone of the punk rock trio that has gained so much attention through the years showcases his tender and emotional side on Breakdown. If you thought you new Grant before, think again, you will look at the musician in a whole new way from now on.

FINAL GRADE: B+

Until the Ribbon Breaks – A Lesson Unlearnt

The long awaited debut from one of music’s most promising groups, Until The Ribbon Breaks, finally has arrived. It is hard to tell if it was worth the wait but fans of the group who have been waiting for A Lesson Unlearnt will enjoy what they hear, while new fans will emerge curious to the sound and style this sexy band can make.

FINAL GRADE: B+

Bright Light Bright Light – There Are No Miracles EP

One of the most underrated songwriters, singers, and entertainers, Rod Thomas aka Bright Light Bright Light returns teasing us with a new EP, There Are No Miracles. This EP, like his previous efforts, showcases his ability to make you dance and get emotional at the same time.

FINAL GRADE: B+

Belle & Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Nine albums in and Scotland’s Belle & Sebastian are still as cute as ever. Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a fun and pun filled record that still shows their strong writing style while keeping with what has got this band so much attention through the years.

FINAL GRADE: B

Title Fight – Hyperview

Take what you know about punks Title Fight and throw it out the window. Their latest, Hyperview, is a shoe-gaze rock record that shows that they have the testicular fortitude to head into a new direction and not alienate the fanbase that has developed around them like cult.

FINAL GRADE: B

J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive

One of the last records of last year happened to be one of the most solid and surprising and no, we are not talking about D’Angelo, it came from J. Cole. Cole, who surprised fans with 2014 Forest Hills Drive gets really personal and vivid about what it was like for him growing up and developing into the man he has become.

FINAL GRADE: B

The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World

Colin Malloy of The Decemberists has a knack for telling a story in his songs, it has what has made him one of America’s most prolific and acclaimed songwriters of the last 20 years. So, on his band’s latest effort, their ninth record, he tries to find beauty in tragedy and finds tragedy in beauty. The record, is typical Decemberists but it is Malloy who is the star of the show. From singing about personal experiences to trying to wrap his head around the Sandy Hook shootings of 2012, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, is his cathartic experience to get his emotions in order.

FINAL GRADE: B-

Lupe Fiasco – Tetsuo and Youth

There was a point in Lupe Fiasco’s career where it seemed he was poised to be the next Kanye and get on the level of acclaim that Kendrick Lamar would get in 2012 after his debut. None of those things ever panned out. No one is clear if it is because of label disputes or just Fiasco’s own demons that prevented the talented emcee from Chicago to get to become one of the biggest names in hip-hop. Yet, this gets addressed on his latest Tetsuo and Youth. His fifth album is one of his most solid and concrete in years and not just trying to craft singles but really try and craft a full record. On Tetsuo and Youth, Fiasco gets personal and gets political, it is one of his most ferocious to date and worthy of a listen.

FINAL GRADE: B-

Lazyeyes – New Year EP

Emerging Brooklyn shoe-gaze favorites, Lazyeyes, return to start 2015 off with a new EP. New Year EP is the band at their best and preparing fans to what is to come in the year ahead.

FINAL GRADE: B-

Madonna – Rebel Heart

While Madonna has always set trends, lately her records have just been going with the trends. The Material Girl enlisted Diplo for her latest album and while he is one of the biggest producers in the business now, the icon can’t get into the groove. Rebel Heart like her last two albums, Hard Candy and MDNA, are just derivatives of what its out now. She tries too hard to try and stay relevant instead of trying to create what will be popular next or the blueprint for other artists to follow. The fact that Mike Tyson is the most interesting thing on a Madonna record is the most shocking part of this whole scenario.

FINAL GRADE: D 

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Albums Coming in 2015

A new year means new albums and we take a look at the first quarter of releases of 2015 and give a rundown of albums to keep an eye out for this year. 

 

January:

Belle & Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Sleater Kinney – No Cities to Love

Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$

Derek Grant – Breakdown

Until The Ribbon Breaks – A Lesson Unlearnt

Lupe Fiasco – Tetsuo & Youth

The Decemberists – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor

Mark Ronson – Uptown Special

Jamie Cullum – Interlude

February

Chromatics – Dear Tommy

Ghostface Killah & BadBadNotGood – Sour Soul 

Gang of Four – What Happens Next?

Screaming Females – Rose Mountain

Big Noble – First Light

The Church – Further / Deeper

Dan Deacon – Gliss Riffer

The Wombats – Glitterbug

Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones

Bob Dylan – Shadows in the Night 

March

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday

Cold War Kids – Hold My Home

Testament

Ringo Starr

Carl Barat & The Jackels

Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves

Hot Rod Circuit – Sorry About Tomorrow

Of Montreal – Aureat Gloom

James Bay – Chaos and the Calm 

Madonna – Rebel Heart

April

Faith No More

Twin Shadow – Eclipse

Axell /\ Ingrosso

Marina & the Diamonds – Froot

Other Artists Supposedly Releasing Albums in 2015:

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams

U2 – Songs of Experience 

Giorgio Mororder – 74 is the New 24

Adele - 24

Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon III

Action Bronson – Mr. Wonderful

Clipse – As God As My Witness

Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele 2: Blue & Cream

Ghostface Killah & MF DOOM – DOOMStarks

Raekwon – FILA

Q-Tip – The Last Zulu

Living Colour – Shade

Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3

Muse

The Cribs

Airborne Toxic Event

Jake Bugg

The Jesus & Mary Chain

Guns N Roses

King Diamond

Culture Club

Death Cab For Cutie

The Cure

Brandon Flowers

Lorde

The Black Keys

Daughter

Black Sabbath

Nas

David Gilmour

The Vaccines

Against Me!

Foals

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Mumford & Sons

Rainer Maria

Incubus

Prodigy

The xx

Jamie xx

Tool

Slayer

Deftones

Dr. Dre

Bjork

Bad Religion

Emelie Sande

Fleetwood Mac

King Diamond

Metallica

No Doubt

Motorhead

The Libertines

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Soundgarden

Maxwell

Garbage

Social Distortion

Sparta

Strung Out

Unlocking the Truth

James Blake

Refused

Frank Turner

Radiohead

Robyn

Joanna Newsom

Justice

Quick News

On Monday, New York City will rename 77th Street between West End Ave. and Riverside Drive, Miles Davis Way.

Lupe Fiasco has been tapped to be the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team's Music Director and will create playlists for the team ahead of next month's World Cup.

Speaking to NME, Pete Doherty has revealed he is working on a secret solo album in Hamburg, Germany. No word as to when it will be released. 

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers will release their new album, Hypnotic Eye, in July.

Next month, Pink Floyd will be releasing a box set anniversary edition of their 1994 album, The Division Bell. The box set will include the album remastered, a red 7-inch vinyl replica of the single "Take It Back," a clear 7-inch vinyl replica of "High Hopes," a 12-inch blue vinyl replica of "High Hopes" a with reverse laser etched design, the 2011 Discovery remaster of the album and a Blu-ray disc including the album in HD.

United Nations, the band featuring Geoff Rickley of Thursday and members of Converge, Glassjaw and Pianos Become the Teeth, will release their new album, The Next Four Years in July. Take a look at the album's cover below:

Dinosaur Jr. front man J. Mascis will release his new solo album, Tied to a Star this summer. Tak ea look at the cover below:

Albums Coming in 2014

It is a new year, which means -- NEW MUSIC! We compiled a list that breaks down the first quarter of 2014 on what is coming and what we can hope to expect in the year to come. Take a look! 

January:

Tennis

Warpaint

Riff Raff – Neon Icon

Young the Giant

Mogwai

Dum Dum Girls

Step Brothers – Lord Steppington

The Lawrence Arms – Metropolis

Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues

Broken Bells – After the Disco

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Wig Out the Jagbags

Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes

February:

Beck - Morning Phase 

Black Submarines – New Shores

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want 

Phantogram – Voices

Tinariwen – Emmarr

Guided By Voices – Motivational Jumpsuit

Lupe Fiasco

Phantogram – Voices

Bayside – Cult

St. Vincent

Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron

Katy B – Little Red

Cibo Matto – Hotel Valentine

Crosses – ttt

Glitch Mob – Love Death Immortality

March:

I Am The Avalanche

Metronomy – Love Letters

Morning Parade

The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits

Blood Red Shoes

Kaiser Chiefs – Education, Education, Education, & War

Band of Skulls – Himalaya

Maximo Park – Too Much Information

Imogen Heap – Sparks

Black Lips – Under the Rainbow

Johnny Cash – Out Among The Stars

Biblical – Monsoon Season

April:

OFF!

Saints of Valory

U2

Kelis – Food

EMA – The Futures Void

 Other albums that are expected to arrive in 2014. All of these records are subject to change: 

-       Dr. Dre

-       The Fall

-       Dead Weather

-       Black Keys

-       The Heartbreaks

-       Action Bronson

-       Elbow

-       Big Talk

-       Brandon Flowers

-       Body Count

-       Big Talk

-       Lily Allen

-       Manic Street Preachers

-       Roger Waters

-       Tool

-       Blur

-       Stone Roses

-       The Hold Steady

-       Brian Fallon

-       The Vaccines

-       D’Angelo

-       Blondie

-       The Horrors

-       Raekwon – F.I.L.A.

-       Slipknot

-       Metallica

-       Solange

-       Adele

-       Duran Duran

-       Nas

-       Q-Tip – The Last Zulu

-       Guns ‘N Roses

-       Rise Against

-       Bombay Bicyle Club

-       Iggy Azelia

-       Azelia Banks

-       Manchester Orchestra

-       Peace

-       Grimes

-       The Maccabees

-       The Roots

-       Rihanna

-       Slayer

-       Modest Mouse

-       Wu-Tang Clan – A Better Tomorrow

-       Method Man & Redman – Blackout 3

-       Clipse

-       Joey Bada$$

-       Jay Electronica

-       RZA

-       Roc Marciano & The Alchemist

-       Flying Lotus

-       Damon Albarn

-       Run the Jewels 2

-       Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music

-       GZA – Dark Matter

-       Captain Murphy - V

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