Music Monday (11/3): This Week's New Albums + Videos

Metacritic
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This week's new album releases

Each title listed below will go on sale beginning Tuesday, November 4 unless otherwise indicated.

Deerhoof
. La Isla Bonita LISTEN (NPR)

Two decades into their careers, the San Francisco weirdo-punk band returns with a follow-up to 2012's Breakup Song and their 13th album overall. The band claims that the Nick Sylvester-produced La Isla Bonita was influenced by The Roots, Sonic Youth, Lou Reed, David Byrne, Radiohead, Beck, David Bowie, Ric Ocasek, Janet Jackson, and The Flaming Lips—and, yes, Madonna—but they ultimately threw out plans for a slickly produced pop album after liking the raw, punk direction the songs were taking in early recording sessions.

Bob Dylan & The Band
. The Basement Tapes Complete:
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 6xCD LISTEN (NPR)

While The Basement Tapes, the legendary collaboration between Bob Dylan and members of The Band, featured a 24-song tracklist when it was eventually released (eight years after its recording) in 1975, the album actually excluded much of the material recorded during the 1967 sessions. Some of those additional songs have been circulating as bootlegs, but you can toss those away. This week, every single "salvageable" recording from those sessions (many only recently discovered, including 30 tracks that were never known to exist) has been cleaned up and included on this massive 138-song set. The complete 6-disc edition includes a 120-page book, and there's also a condensed 2-disc set if you don't want to splurge.

Neil Young
. Storytone 2xCD LISTEN (NPR)

Neil Young's latest solo album features 10 original songs, including his recent single "Who's Gonna Stand Up?". But that's not the full story of Storytone. In its double album version, every song appears twice: once performed alone by Young, and a second time with Young backed by a 92-piece orchestra and/or a huge band and a choir.

Additional releases

Cristela Alonzo Some of the Hits
Comedy album
Arca Xen
Debut LP for the Venezuelan producer who has worked with FKA twigs and Kanye West and is co-producing Bjork's upcoming album
Baauer ß EP
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans The One I Love OST
Big Star Live in Memphis DVD/CD/2xLP
Big Star's only known professionally filmed performance was recorded in 1994
Black Clouds Dreamcation
Dean Blunt Black Metal
Clark Clark
Corbu Everything You Imagine Is Real EP
Robin Coudert Horns OST
John Denver All Of My Memories: The John Denver Collection Box set
Deptford Goth . Songs LISTEN (Pitchfork)
Ani DiFranco Allergic to Water LISTEN (NY Times)
Dirty Beaches Stateless
Instrumental album will be the final release for Alex Zhang Hungtai under the Dirty Beaches name
Domo Genesis Under The Influence 2 MIXTAPE
[5 Nov]
The Doobie Brothers Southbound
Country duets album features Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, Zac Brown Band, and more
Glish Glish LISTEN (Stereogum)
Gold Lake Years
Calvin Harris Motion
Guests include HAIM, Ellie Goulding, Big Sean, Tinashe, and Gwen Stefani
Ryan Hemsworth Alone for the First Time
Inspiral Carpets . Inspiral Carpets
US release
Johann Johannsson The Theory of Everything OST
King Crimson Starless Box set
24-disc set compiles the band's fabled 'Blue Tapes' live recordings from concerts in 1973 and 1974 and adds additional material, including concert recordings on DVD/Blu-ray
Korallreven Second Comin'
Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols
LABRYYYNtH LABRYYYNtH
Les Sins Michael LISTEN (NPR)
Full-length debut for the dance music side project from Toro y Moi's Chaz Bundick
Theophilus London Vibes LISTEN (Rap-Up)
Guests include Kanye West and Dev Hynes
Major League There's Nothing Wrong With Me LISTEN (Billboard)
Mariachi El Bronx Mariachi El Bronx III
Bette Midler It's the Girls
Ronnie Milsap The RCA Albums Collection Box set
Includes 21 full albums
The Pagans Hollywood High LISTEN (AV Club)
Redinho Redinho
Gruff Rhys . American Interior
US release
The Rolling Stones From the Vault: Hampton Coliseum (Live in 1981) 3xCD
Arrica Rose and the ...'s Wavefunction
Simple Minds Big Music
UK release today; USA release follows on 24 November
Spain Sargent Place
Springtime Carnivore Springtime Carnivore
Garth Stevenson Tracks OST
Trans Upper Egypt Trans Upper Egypt
Trophy Eyes Mend, Move On
Tyrannosaurus Dead Flying Ant Day
Various 5oFoF: 5 Years of Friends of Friends 2xCD
Friends of Friends label compilation includes singles and rarities from artists such as Tomas Barfod and Groundislava
Various Hyperdub 10.4 2xCD
Various A Merry Friggin' Christmas OST
Wings At the Speed of Sound 2xCD+DVD
Wings Venus and Mars 2xCD+DVD
Remastered reissues of the band's fourth and fifth albums include (in their deluxe versions) a book, a few previously unreleased tracks, and some live footage

Stream upcoming albums and new tracks

Bedhead
BOX SET 1992-1998 streaming until its 11/11 release at NPR.
Belle and Sebastian
TRACK "The Party Line" streaming at YouTube.
Big K.R.I.T.
ALBUM Cadillactica streaming until its 11/11 release at NPR.
The Bug vs. Earth
TRACK "Boa" (from upcoming collaborative single) streaming at SoundCloud.
John Carpenter
TRACK "Vortex" streaming at the official site.
The Dead Weather
TRACK "Buzzkill(er)" streaming at YouTube.
The Decemberists
TRACK "Make You Better" streaming at Spotify.
Dream Police
ALBUM Hypnotized streaming until its 11/11 release at Pitchfork.
Brian Eno
TRACK "Prague" (previously unreleased track from The Shutov Assembly sessions) streaming at SoundCloud.
Marianne Faithfull
ALBUM Give My Love To London streaming until its 11/11 US release at NPR.
Foo Fighters
TRACK "Congregation" streaming at YouTube.
Hookworms
ALBUM The Hum streaming until its 11/11 release at NPR.
Lil Wayne
TRACK "Gotti" streaming at YouTube.
Nicki Minaj
TRACK "Only" (feat. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown) streaming at iHeartRadio.
Angel Olsen
TRACK "May As Well" streaming at NPR.
PCPC [Parquet Courts and PC Worship]
TRACK "Fell Into the Wrong Crowd" streaming at SoundCloud.
Pink Floyd
TRACK "Allons-y (1)" streaming at Spotify.
Damien Rice
ALBUM My Favourite Faded Fantasy streaming until its 11/11 release at NPR.
She & Him
TRACK "Time After Time" streaming at YouTube.

On TV this week (new episodes only)

  • Monday: Alt-J (Carson Daly), Fall Out Boy (Kimmel), Father John Misty (Letterman), Stevie Nicks (Fallon)

  • Tuesday: Kenny Chesney (Kimmel), FKA twigs (Fallon), The Melvins (Carson Daly), Phox (Conan)

  • Wednesday: Bleachers (Conan), Florida Georgia Line (Kimmel), Kimbra (Letterman)

  • Thursday: The Flaming Lips (Conan), Hozier (Meyers), Icona Pop (Kimmel), Le Butcherettes (Carson Daly), Tove Lo (Fallon), Mapei (Letterman)

  • Friday: Theophilus London (Letterman)

  • Saturday: Los Lobos/Thao & The Get Down Stay Down (Austin City Limits)

Recent artist and industry news

  • Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers are the winners of this year's Mercury Prize (awarded annually to the top album from an artist based in the UK or Ireland) for their 2014 release Dead.

  • It may come as no surprise, given that they haven't performed together in almost four years and haven't released an album since 1982, but Roxy Music have broken up. - Rolling Stone

  • Taylor Swift's just-released 1989 is expected to become the first album this year to sell over a million copies in its first week, and could wind up with the best first-week sales ever for a female artist. - Billboard

  • Static-X frontman Wayne Static (born Wayne Richard Wells) died Saturday at the age of 48. - Rolling Stone

The latest music videos

FKA twigs, "Video Girl":

Charli XCX, "Boom Clap" (Tokyo version):

Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd, "Love Me Harder":

Sharon Van Etten, "Your Love Is Killing Me" [starring Carla Juri from Wetlands]:

Flight Facilities feat. Reggie Watts, "Sunshine":

Elbow, "Charge":

Arca, "Now You Know":

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, "Catchy (Was Contagious)":

The Afghan Whigs, "Lost in the Woods":

Flying Lotus, "Ready Err Not" [NSFW]:

Until The Ribbon Breaks feat. Run The Jewels, "Revolution Indifference":

In the studio / coming soon

  • Is Beyoncé about to drop another surprise album next week? It looks likely. - Billboard

  • Twin Shadow has signed to Warner Bros. and will release his major-label debut in the spring. - Stereogum

  • February 17 will bring Vestiges & Claws, the first new solo José Gonzalez album in seven years. Watch an album trailer.

  • Nicki Minaj's next album The Pinkprint has been delayed three weeks to December 15th.

  • Originally scheduled for release last week, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V has been pushed back to December 9th (for now). It looks like it will now be a two-part album. - Billboard

  • Veteran film director John Carpenter, who has also composed the score for many of his movies, will release his first official solo album, Lost Themes, on February 3rd.

  • Next up for Bob Dylan: Shadows In The Night, an album of Frank Sinatra covers, coming in 2015. - Billboard

  • The Decemberists' upcoming album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, has been confirmed for a January 20, 2015 release date.

  • Pink Floyd's David Gilmour could have a new solo album out in 2015. - Rolling Stone

Visit Metacritic's Album Release Calendar for a full listing of upcoming release dates, updated daily.

Tours and festivals

  • Luna have reunited for the first time in a decade, and have scheduled a tour in Spain for 2015, with U.S. dates likely to follow. - Rolling Stone

  • Taylor Swift has booked a massive summer tour for 2015. - Rolling Stone

  • X will embark on an acoustic tour in December with The Blasters. - Pollstar