Music Monday (3/23): This Week's New Albums + Videos

This week's new album releases

Each title listed below will go on sale beginning Tuesday, March 24 unless otherwise indicated.

Action Bronson
. Mr. Wonderful LISTEN (Spotify)

Out today, the rapper and food-lover's major-label debut features Chance the Rapper, Chauncy Sherod, and Party Supplies. The latter is also one of the album's producers, along with the Alchemist, Mark Ronson, and Noah "40" Shebib. Is there an officially sanctioned Billy Joel sample? Why yes, there is.

Courtney Barnett
. Sometimes I Sit and Think,
and Sometimes I Just Sit

Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett first gained international acclaim for her songwriting skills with her 2013 compilation The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas. Recorded in her native Melbourne, this new record marks her proper full-length debut.

Earl Sweatshirt
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside:
An Album by Earl Sweatshirt LISTEN (Spotify)

One of several "surprise" releases today (though the surprise was actually ruined a week ago when iTunes began accepting pre-orders), I Don't is the Odd Future collective rapper's follow-up to his highly acclaimed 2013 debut Doris. Guests include Vince Staples, Dash, Wiki, and Na'kel.

The Go! Team
. The Scene Between LISTEN (NPR)

One of indie music's most exuberant bands, England's The Go! Team returns this week with their fourth album and first since 2011's Rolling Blackouts.

Jeff the Brotherhood
. Wasted On The Dream LISTEN (NPR)

Whereas the Nashville brother duo of Jake and Jamin Orrall spent just one week in the studio to record their previous album Hypnotic Nights, eighth album Wasted on the Dream is the result of a much lengthier writing and recording process, and the result is what the band describes as their most fully realized album to date. There's just one slight hitch on the way to record stores: the Brotherhood were just dropped by label Warner Bros., which resulted in a delay of a few weeks. (The album will now come out on the duo's own Infinity Cat label.)

Kendrick Lamar
. To Pimp a Butterfly LISTEN (Spotify)

Details about Lamar's highly anticipated follow-up to his stunning major-label debut Good Kid, M.A.A.D City have been leaking over the past few weeks, but as recently as a few weeks ago the album had the mysterious title of "untitled." Not so surprisingly, it eventually added a less generic name and album artwork, and it "officially" goes on sale today after briefly and "accidentally" becoming available on iTunes a week ago (a stunt that proved to be intentional). Already a strong album-of-the-year contender thanks to phenomenal reviews, the 16-track To Pimp a Butterfly includes recent singles "i" and "The Blacker the Berry" and collaborations with George Clinton, Flying Lotus, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Thundercat, and Bilal.

Lightning Bolt
. Fantasy Empire

The noise-rock duo of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson haven't released a full-length album since 2009's Earthly Delights. Their latest, album #6 overall, is their first release for new label Thrill Jockey, and the label describes it as both stranger and more reflective of their live shows than past releases.

Laura Marling
. Short Movie LISTEN (NPR)

The singer-songwriter returns with a follow-up to Once I Was an Eagle, one of 2013's best-reviewed albums. And Short Movie may be just as good, if early reviews are to be trusted.

Additional releases

James Bay Chaos And The Calm

Big Data 2.0

Guests include Jamie Lidell, Rivers Cuomo, Kimbra, and Twin Shadow

Björk . Vulnicura

Physical release

Joe Bonamassa Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks Blu-ray/DVD/2xCD

Broken Water Wrought

Buena Vista Social Club Lost and Found LISTEN (NPR)

Compilation of previously unreleased studio and live tracks, dating back to the 1990s

Chastity Belt Time To Go Home LISTEN (NPR)

Chilly Gonzales . Chambers

Clark Flame Rave EP

The Cribs . For All My Sisters

Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour Blu-ray/DVD

Der Weg Einer Freiheit Stellar

Disasterpeace It Follows OST

Eminem The Vinyl LPs 10xLP

Errors . Lease of Life LISTEN (NME)

Eskmo Sol

Fawn Spots . From Safer Place

Geographer Ghost Modern

Steve Grand All American Boy

Hayden Hey Love LISTEN (AV Club)

Nic Hessler Soft Connections

Hit the Lights Summer Bone

Humming House Revelries

Jam City Dream a Garden

Jimmy Whispers Summer in Pain LISTEN (Spin)

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Freedom Tower - No Wave Dance Party 2015

Kidz Bop Kids Kidz Bop 28

Liturgy The Ark Work LISTEN (NPR)

LoneLady . Hinterland

Love Axe South Dakota LISTEN (AV Club)

Nellie McKay My Weekly Reader

Mini Mansions The Great Pretenders

Second album for the L.A. band that includes Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman features appearances by Brian Wilson and Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)

Julian Moon Good Girl

Van Morrison . Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue

Features duets with Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack, Natalie Cole, Michael Bublé, Mark Knopfler, and more

James Murphy / Various While We're Young OST

Soundtrack to Noah Baumbach's upcoming comedy features the original score by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy as well as tracks by HAIM, Wings, A Tribe Called Quest, The Psychedelic Furs, and more

People of the North Era of Manifestations

Seasick Steve Sonic Soul Surfer

The Silence The Silence

Sonnymoon The Courage Of Present Times

Striking Matches Nothing But the Silence

Strung Out Transmission.Alpha.Delta

Dane Terry Color Movies

Them Are Us Too Remain LISTEN (NY Times)

Too Close To Touch Nerve Endings

Toto Toto XIV

Various Catch the Throne Vol. 2 MIXTAPE LISTEN (SoundCloud)

Free Game of Thrones-themed mixtape from HBO (featuring Mastodon, Anthrax, Talib Kweli, Ty Dolla $ign, and more) is downloadable at .

Various Home OST

Various Recorded at the Automat: The Best of Rough Trade Records 3xCD

[UK only: 23 March]

Vetiver Complete Strangers

The Weather Machine Peach LISTEN (Paste)

Stream upcoming albums and new tracks

Alabama Shakes

TRACK "Future People" streaming at YouTube.

Blur

TRACK "Lonesome Street" streaming at YouTube.

Built to Spill

TRACK "Never Be The Same" streaming at YouTube.

Chic

TRACK "I'll Be There" streaming at Spotify.

Leonard Cohen

TRACK "Never Gave Nobody Trouble" (new song, recorded live on tour) streaming at YouTube.

Death Cab For Cutie

ALBUM Kintsugi streaming until its 3/31 release at NPR.

Death Grips

TRACK "The Powers That B" streaming at YouTube.
ALBUM Jenny Death (second half of the powers that b, out 3/31) streaming at YouTube.

Django Django

TRACK "Reflections" streaming at YouTube.

Brandon Flowers

TRACK "Can't Deny My Love" streaming at SoundCloud.

Fort Romeau

ALBUM Insides streaming until its 3/31 release at Hype Machine.

Garden City Movement

TRACK "When We Had It Easy" streaming at SoundCloud.

Matthew Herbert

TRACK "Middle" streaming at YouTube.

Simon Joyner

ALBUM Grass, Branch & Bone (out 3/31) streaming at Stereogum.

Lower Dens

ALBUM Escape From Evil streaming until its 3/31 release at NPR.

James Murphy

TRACK "Golden Years" (David Bowie cover) streaming at SoundCloud.
TRACK "We Used To Dance" streaming at SoundCloud.

Nai Harvest

TRACK "All the Time" streaming at NME.

The Prodigy

TRACK "Wall of Death" streaming at YouTube.

The Soft Moon

ALBUM Deeper streaming until its 3/31 release at NPR.

Sufjan Stevens

ALBUM Carrie & Lowell streaming until its 3/31 release at NPR.

Frank Turner

TRACK "Get Better" streaming at YouTube (lyric video).

Ryley Walker

ALBUM Primrose Green streaming until its 3/31 release at NPR.

Brian Wilson

TRACK "Sail Away" streaming at CoS.

On TV this week (new episodes only)

• Monday: Zac Brown Band (Kimmel), Brandon Flowers (Fallon), Halsey (Carson Daly), Charles Hamilton & Rita Ora (Meyers), Tove Lo (Letterman), Tweedy (Conan)

• Tuesday: The Budos Band (Carson Daly), Little Big Town (Fallon), Modest Mouse (James Corden), Saint Motel (Kimmel)

• Wednesday: Action Bronson (Letterman), For King & Country (Kimmel), G Unit (Fallon), Marina and The Diamonds (Meyers), The Mavericks (Conan), Young Rising Suns (Carson Daly)

• Thursday: The Airborne Toxic Event (Letterman), Gap Dream (Carson Daly), Ludacris (Fallon), Charlie Wilson (Kimmel)

• Saturday: George Ezra (Saturday Night Live)

Recent artist and industry news

• The upcoming HBO documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck will now get a limited theatrical release (in Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle) on April 24 prior to its HBO debut on May 4. Watch a trailer for the film.

• Last year was the first time in history that the music industry made more money from music streaming than from CD sales, according to a RIAA report released last week. - NY Times

• Online indie record retailer Insound will shut down at the end of this month after 16 years in business.

The latest music videos

Blur, "There Are Too Many of Us":

Earl Sweatshirt, "Grief":

Charli XCX, "Famous" [directed by Eric Wareheim]:

FKA twigs, "Glass & Patron":

Florence + The Machine, "St. Jude":

Modest Mouse, "Lampshades on Fire":

Action Bronson feat. Chance The Rapper, "Baby Blue":

Ed Sheeran & Rudimental, "Bloodstream":

The Go! Team, "What D'You Say?"

Shamir, "Call It Off":

Migos, "One Time":

Hozier, "Work Song":

In the studio / coming soon

• According to a new Billboard interview, A$AP Rocky is close to releasing a new album (A.L.L.A.) that will feature Lykke Li and FKA Twigs.

• Bloc Party have begun work on a new album, their fifth. - NME

• The Shakes is Matthew Herbert's first dance music album since 2006's Scale, and it will reach stores on May 29th. - Resident Advisor

• Ryan Adams' 42-track live set, Ryan Adams: Live At Carnegie Hall, will be out on April 21st. The vinyl box set is sold out, but it will also be available digitally. A 10-song selection culled from the larger set will also be released on CD in June.

• Leonard Cohen also has a live album, Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour, heading to stores soon. The May 12th release includes a pair of songs not found on any other Cohen album.

• Communion, the debut LP from buzzy UK act Years & Years, will be out June 22nd. - NME

• A new trailer for My Morning Jacket's upcoming album The Waterfall features bits of four new songs.

• Major Lazer are close to releasing a new album. Peace Is the Mission (out 6/1) will feature Ellie Goulding, Ariana Grande, and more. - Pitchfork

• Former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge suggests that he'll release four new albums this year. - Rolling Stone

Tours and festivals

• Richie Hawtin's CNTRL lecture/performance tour of college campuses returns for a second year this spring. - Billboard

• Hutch and Kathy, the first group formed by Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster of The Thermals, will tour for the first time in 13 years. - Pitchfork

• Nicki Minaj launches her summer tour in July. - Billboard