Music Monday (2/2): This Week's New Albums + Videos
This week's new album releases
Each title listed below will go on sale beginning Tuesday, February 3 unless otherwise indicated.
Bob Dylan
. Shadows in the Night
Dylan's first studio album since 2012's Tempest (and 36th overall) is composed entirely of Frank Sinatra covers. Shadows in the Night finds the singer backed by a 5-piece band (rather than the larger orchestra typically accompanying Sinatra) on 10 tracks that include "I'm a Fool to Want You," "Autumn Leaves," and "That Lucky Old Sun."
Mount Eerie
Sauna
Recorded over a 15-month period, Phil Elverum's latest Mount Eerie release follows a pair of studio albums (Ocean Roar and Clear Moon) in 2012, and a re-recording of some of those tracks (Pre-Human Ideas) the following year. Note that the 12-song Sauna will bypass a CD release in favor of vinyl and digital formats.
Additional releases
- All We Are . All We Are LISTEN (Noisey)
- Ólafur Arnalds Broadchurch OST
- Asaf Avidan Gold Shadow LISTEN (NPR)
- Big Noble First Light Debut for the duo of Interpol's Daniel Kessler and sound designer Joseph Fraioli
- Blind Guardian Beyond The Red Mirror
- Breakfast In Fur Flyaway Garden
- John Carpenter . Lost Themes LISTEN (NPR) First official solo album from the veteran film director and composer consists of new recordings that serve as themes to imaginary films
- Chip Z'Nuff Strange Time
- The Church Further/Deeper
- Cornershop Hold On It’s Easy Orchestral remake of the band's debut album Hold On It Hurts
- Tinsley Ellis Tough Love
- Fifth Harmony Reflection
- Freak Heat Waves Bonnie's State of Mind
- Hiss Golden Messenger Southern Grammar EP
- Kid Ink Full Speed
- Kind of Like Spitting/Warren Franklin & the Founding Fathers It’s Always Nice to See You LISTEN (CoS) Split LP
- Diana Krall . Wallflower
- Michna Thousand Thursday LISTEN (Billboard)
- Murder by Death . Big Dark Love
- Nite Fields Depersonalisation LISTEN (Stereogum)
- Open Mike Eagle A Special Episode Of EP
- Ricked Wicky I Sell The Circus The latest band from Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices) makes its debut with this 15-song album
- LeAnn Rimes All-Time Greatest Hits
- Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter Three: river run thee
- Andy Shauf The Bearer of Bad News
- The Staves If I Was
- Sun Hotel Rational Expectations
- John Tejada Signs Under Test
- Title Fight Hyperview LISTEN (NPR)
- Two Gallants . We Are Undone LISTEN (NY Times)
- Various Now 53: That's What I Call Music
- Various Now That's What I Call Movies
- Victor Villarreal Sleep Talk
- Butch Walker . Afraid of Ghosts LISTEN (Billboard) Bob Mould and Johnny Depp guest, and Ryan Adams produces
Stream upcoming albums and new tracks
- The Amazing TRACK "Safe Island" streaming at SoundCloud.
- Angel Haze TRACK "Candlxs" streaming at SoundCloud.
- Big Sean TRACK "Blessings" (feat. Drake) streaming at YouTube.
- Calexico TRACK "Cumbia de Donde" streaming at Stereogum.
- Cannibal Ox TRACK "Iron Rose" (feat. MF Doom) streaming at SoundCloud.
- The Cribs TRACK "Burning for No One" streaming at YouTube.
- The Districts ALBUM A Flourish And A Spoil streaming until its 2/10 release at NPR.
- Rhiannon Giddens ALBUM Tomorrow Is My Turn streaming until its 2/10 release at NPR.
- Colleen Green TRACK "TV" streaming at SoundCloud.
- Hayden TRACK "Nowhere We Cannot Go" streaming at SoundCloud.
- Lady Lamb the Beekeeper TRACK "Spat Out Spit" streaming at YouTube (lyric video).
- Lower Dens TRACK "To Die in L.A." streaming at YouTube.
- JD McPherson ALBUM Let the Good Times Roll streaming until its 2/10 release at NPR.
- Paperhaus ALBUM Paperhaus streaming until its 2/10 release at NPR.
- Pile TRACK "Mr. Fish" streaming at NPR.
- The Prodigy TRACK "The Day Is My Enemy" streaming at YouTube.
- Quarterbacks ALBUM Quarterbacks streaming until its 2/10 release at NPR.
- Sia TRACK "Salted Wound" (from the Fifty Shades of Grey OST) streaming at YouTube.
- Torche TRACK "Loose Men" streaming at Rolling Stone.
- The Twilight Sad TRACK "The Airport" (new non-album B-side) streaming at SoundCloud.
- The Very Best TRACK "Let Go" streaming at Pitchfork.
- Matthew E. White TRACK "Tranquility" streaming at SoundCloud.
On TV this week (new episodes only)
Monday: Alt-J (Carson Daly), Kid Ink feat. Elle Varner (Meyers), Sharon Jones (Letterman), Seinabo Sey (Conan), Gwen Stefani (Fallon), Weezer+ZZ Top (Kimmel)
Tuesday: The Budos Band (Carson Daly), Charli XCX (Kimmel), Diana Krall (Letterman), Neil Young (Fallon)
Wednesday: Dierks Bentley (Letterman), Jeff Bridges (Kimmel), Cage the Elephant (Conan), J Mascis (Meyers), The Re-Licked Project (Carson Daly)
Thursday: King Tuff (Carson Daly), Bettye Lavette (Letterman), Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators (Conan), Bob Weir (Late Late Show), Jack White (Fallon)
Friday: Bob Mould (Letterman), Ed Sheeran (Late Late Show)
Saturday: Foo Fighters (Austin City Limits)
Recent artist and industry news
Suge Knight was arrested on murder charges last week following a fatal hit-and-run accident. - Billboard
Southern California band Avi Buffalo have called it quits. - Stereogum
Billboard has a small update (and a follow-up) on the recent turmoil within Blink-182.
Has Aphex Twin been posting dozens of unreleased tracks to SoundCloud? - Pitchfork
The latest music videos
Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney, "Only One" [directed by Spike Jonze]:
Run the Jewels, "Lie, Cheat, Steal":
Will Butler, "Anna":
Courtney Barnett, "Pedestrian at Best":
Zola Jesus, "Hunger":
Giorgio Moroder feat. Kylie Minogue, "Right Here, Right Now":
Múm, "Slow Down":
Deerhoof, "Black Pitch":
Mew, "Satellites":
Purity Ring, "Push Pull":
In the studio / coming soon
Brian Wilson's next album has been titled No Pier Pressure, and it hits stores on April 7th. The guest roster includes She & Him, Kacey Musgraves, and members of the Beach Boys (though not Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey, who had recorded material for the album). - Rolling Stone
Artist Jamie Hewlett has confirmed that Gorillaz will return in the future, something that band leader Damon Albarn also suggested last year. - Billboard
Passion Pit's new album has been titled Kindred, and it will be out sometime in April. Watch the new album trailer.
Courtney Barnett's debut LP Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit will be out on March 24 via Mom + Pop.
A new Lower Dens album, Escape From Evil, arrives March 31st.
Big Sean has set a February 24 date for his third studio album, Dark Sky Paradise. Guests include Kanye West, Drake, Ariana Grande, and John Legend. - Billboard
Nile Rogers is currently at work on the first Chic album in 25 years, which is scheduled for a June release on Warner Bros.
Calexico's new studio album, Edge of the Sun, arrives on April 14th. Guests include Neko Case, Sam Beam, and Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses).
Conor Oberst's Desaparecidos project are expected to release their first LP in over a dozen years later this year. - Stereogum
Kelly Clarkson's Piece by Piece, her first album since 2011, will be out on March 3rd.
Visit Metacritic's Album Release Calendar for a full listing of upcoming release dates, updated daily.
Tours and festivals
Faith No More will tour this spring in support of their upcoming comeback album. - Pitchfork
The Jesus and Mary Chain will perform their 30-year-old classic Psychocandy in full on an upcoming tour. - CoS
Mark Knopfler's North American tour launches in September. - Pollstar
L7 have reunited for their first live dates in 15 years. So far, only 2 stops have been announced, but more will follow. - CoS
Liturgy will tour in April. - Pitchfork
Primal Scream have added North American dates in May. - Pollstar
Purity Ring's world tour runs from April through June. - CoS
Toro y Moi tours North America this spring. - Pitchfork