Music Monday (3/2): This Week's New Albums + Videos

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This week's new album releases

Each title listed below will go on sale beginning Tuesday, March 3 unless otherwise indicated.

Cannibal Ox
Blade of the Ronin LISTEN (Pitchfork)

Harlem underground rap duo Cannibal Ox earned a cult following with their 2001 debut The Cold Vein, but they never got around to releasing a follow-up ... until this week. MF Doom is among the guests on this 19-track set.

Of Montreal
. Aureate Gloom LISTEN (NPR)

The prolific Kevin Barnes follows 2013's Lousy with Sylvianbriar with his 13th Of Montreal album, a typically eclectic set of 10 songs.

Purity Ring
. Another Eternity LISTEN (NPR)

The Canadian electronic-pop duo of Megan James and Corin Roddick impressed many with their 2012 debut Shrines. Their second studio album (first announced a year ago) finally arrives this week, with production from Roddick.

Swervedriver
. I Wasn't Born to Lose You LISTEN (NPR)

This week, England's Swervedriver will release their first studio album in 17 years, part of what appears to be a shoegaze revival that has seen both a new My Bloody Valentine album and a Slowdive reunion tour in recent years (with a Ride tour to follow this year). I Wasn't Born to Lose You follows Swervedriver's own reunion shows that have occurred off and on over the past five years (after a hiatus that lasted nearly a decade).

Additional releases

Adamski . Revolt
AJR Living Room
all boy/all girl Trophy EP
Oren Ambarchi & Jim O'Rourke Behold
Au.Ra Jane's Lament LISTEN (CoS)
Beech Creeps Beech Creeps LISTEN (Stereogum)
Brodinski Brava
Tom Brosseau Perfect Abandon LISTEN (NPR)
Buxton Half a Native
Brandi Carlile The Firewatcher's Daughter
Carter Tutti . Carter Tutti Plays Chris & Cosey
Champs . Vamala
Clarence Clarity No Now LISTEN (Spin)
Kelly Clarkson . Piece by Piece
Coastal Beneath the Snow and Streetlights
Andrew Combs All These Dreams LISTEN (NPR)
Dorthia Cottrell Dorthia Cottrell
Solo debut from Windhand frontwoman
Ryan Culwell Flatlands
Eskmo SOL
EULA Wool Sucking
Fluoride Material
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds . Chasing Yesterday
Gateway Drugs Magick Spells
Ghostpoet . Shedding Skin
Lilly Hiatt Royal Blue
July Talk July Talk
Kaki King The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body LISTEN (Pandora)
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper After LISTEN (Rolling Stone)
Lady Lazarus Miracles LISTEN (NY Times)
Gill Landry Gill Landry LISTEN (NY Times)
Leviathan Scar Sighted
Model 500 Digital Solutions
Juan Atkins' first full-length Model 500 release since 1999
Moon Duo . Shadow of the Sun LISTEN (The Quietus)
Thomas Newman The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel OST
Parquet Courts Live at Third Man Records
Pile You’re Better Than This LISTEN (Fader)
Pillow Talk What We Should Have Said EP LISTEN (Stereogum)
Prinze George Prinze George EP
Rixton Let the Road
Jeff Rosenstock We Cool? LISTEN (Spin)
Sannhet Revisionist
Skrillex and Diplo Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü LISTEN (Spotify)
Out now. Collaborative album (which includes appearances from AlunaGeorge, Kiesza, 2 Chainz, Justin Bieber, and more) was a surprise release late last week.
Soko My Dreams Dictate My Reality LISTEN (Stereogum)
Tuxedo Tuxedo LISTEN (NPR)
Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Wolf Colony Unmasked
Young Buffalo House LISTEN (Spin)
Yung Alter EP LISTEN (Stereogum)

Stream upcoming albums and new tracks

Courtney Barnett
TRACK "Depreston" streaming at YouTube.
Tyondai Braxton
TRACK "Scout1" streaming at YouTube.
Built to Spill
TRACK "Living Zoo" streaming at SoundCloud.
Will Butler
TRACK "Waving Flag" (based on Tuesday's Guardian headlines) streaming at SoundCloud.
TRACK "You Must Be Kidding" (based on Thursday's Guardian headlines) streaming at SoundCloud.
TRACK "Madonna Can't Save Me Now" (also based on Thursday's Guardian headlines) streaming at SoundCloud.
TRACK "By The Waters Of Babylon" (based on Friday's Guardian headlines) streaming at SoundCloud.
ALBUM Policy (out 3/10) streaming now at Spotify.
Clark
TRACK "Silver Sun" (from the forthcoming Flame Rave EP) streaming at SoundCloud.
Faith No More
TRACK "Superhero" streaming at YouTube.
The Go! Team
TRACK "What D'You Say?" streaming at SoundCloud.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
TRACK "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" (excerpt) streaming at SoundCloud.
Chilly Gonzales
TRACK "Sweet Burden" streaming at SoundCloud.
Martin Gore
TRACK "Europa Hymn" streaming at SoundCloud.
Heems
ALBUM Eat Pray Thug streaming until its 3/10 release at NPR.
The Helio Sequence
TRACK "Stoic Resemblance" streaming at YouTube.
Icky Blossoms
TRACK "In Folds" streaming at SoundCloud.
Carly Rae Jepsen
TRACK "I Really Like You" streaming at YouTube.
Lindstrøm and Grace Hall
TRACK "Home Tonight (Extended Version)" streaming at SoundCloud.
M83
TRACK "Holes in the Sky" (feat. HAIM) streaming at MTV.
Major Lazer & DJ Snake
TRACK "Lean On" (feat. MØ) streaming at YouTube (lyric video).
Matt and Kim
TRACK "Hoodie On" streaming at YouTube (lyric video).
Mac McCaughan
TRACK "Lost Again" streaming at SoundCloud.
Moby & Daniel Ahearn
ALBUM The Ever After OST streaming at SoundCloud.
The Tallest Man On Earth
TRACK "Sagres" streaming at SoundCloud.
Vetiver
TRACK "Loose Ends" streaming at Stereogum.
Wand
TRACK "Reaper Invert" streaming at SoundCloud.
Warpaint
TRACK "No Way Out (Redux)" streaming at YouTube.
Patrick Watson
TRACK "Love Songs for Robots" streaming at SoundCloud.
Matthew E. White
ALBUM Fresh Blood streaming until its 3/10 release at NPR.
Young Guv
TRACK "Crawling Back To You" streaming at SoundCloud.
Thom Yorke & Robert Del Naja
ALBUM UK Gold OST streaming at SoundCloud.
Yumi Zouma
ALBUM EP II (out 3/10) streaming at Hype Machine.

On TV this week (new episodes only)

  • Monday: Kelly Clarkson (Fallon), Echosmith (Meyers), Joywave (Kimmel), Melvins (Carson Daly)

  • Tuesday: Brandi Carlile (Conan), GZA with Tom Morello (Fallon), Natalie Prass (Carson Daly)

  • Wednesday: Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors (Kimmel), Le Butcherettes (Carson Daly), Purity Ring (Meyers)

  • Thursday: Broods (Conan), Caribou (Carson Daly), Hozier (Fallon), Carly Rae Jepsen (Kimmel)

  • Saturday: Zac Brown Band (Saturday Night Live)

Recent artist and industry news

  • Beginning this summer, Friday will become the global release day for albums (including in the U.S., where Tuesday had been the norm), though some retailers aren't happy about it. - Billboard

  • This year's YouTube Music Awards will feature a new format where a new set of videos will be created for 15 artists, with the entire set debuting on March 23 at 10am. - Billboard

The latest music videos

Best Coast, "California Nights":

Action Bronson, "Actin Crazy":

Bob Dylan, "The Night We Called It A Day":

8:58 [Orbital's Paul Hartnoll], "The Clock" (starring Cillian Murphy):

Django Django, "First Light":

Dutch Uncles, "Decided Knowledge":

Peter Morén, "The Odyssey (English Version)":

WIN WIN, "Couch Paranoia":

POP ETC, "Running In Circles":

Emile Haynie feat. Andrew Wyatt, Brian Wilson, "Falling Apart":

Flight Facilities, "Down to Earth" (starring Sam Rockwell):


In the studio / coming soon

  • Mumford and Sons' James Ford-produced third album has been titled Wilder Mind and will be released on May 4th. Expect a shift away from acoustic instrumentation on the new set. Here's an album trailer.

  • R&B act Jodeci have reunited and will release The Past, The Present, The Future, their first new album since 1995, on March 31st. - Billboard

  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor will release Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, their first LP in three years, on March 31st.

  • The Desired Effect, the Ariel Rechtshaid-produced second solo album from Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, will be out on May 18th.

  • Jenny Hval has a new album, Apocalypse, girl, arriving June 9th on Sacred Bones. Here's an album trailer.

  • Blink-182's Tom DeLonge will release a solo album, To The Stars, on April 20th. - Billboard

  • Depeche Mode's Martin Gore will release an all-instrumental solo album, MG, on April 28.

  • The Helio Sequence have a self-titled set for Sub Pop arriving on May 19th.

  • James Blake's new album Radio Silence could be out next month. - Stereogum

  • Here's another update on recording for Radiohead's next album. (NME)

  • Kanye West's upcoming album will be titled So Help Me God, the rapper revealed on Twitter over the weekend.

  • Tool is making some progress on the band's long overdue album, though things are still in the writing (not recording) stage. - Rolling Stone

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

Tours and festivals

  • Earl Sweatshirt will tour this spring with Vince Staples. - Pitchfork

  • iLoveMakonnen's first American headlining tour launces in April. - Pitchfork

  • The Juan MacLean's short spring tour has dates on both coasts. - Pitchfork

  • Madonna's Rebel Heart world tour begins at the end of August. - CoS

  • Real Estate have scheduled dates in the spring and summer. - CoS