Music Monday (4/6): This Week's New Albums + Videos

This week's new album releases

Each title listed below will go on sale beginning Tuesday, April 7 unless otherwise indicated.

The Mountain Goats
. Beat the Champ LISTEN (NPR)

For his 15th Mountain Goats album (following an atypically long three-year break during which time he wrote a novel, ), John Darnielle has adopted a unifying (if unlikely) theme: most of the songs on Beat the Champ are about professional wrestling.

Toro y Moi
. What For? LISTEN (NPR)

Chaz Bundick hasn't released a Toro Y Moi album since 2013's Anything In Return, though he did put out an LP last year, Michael, under the name Les Sins (which he uses for his more electronic/dance efforts).

Waxahatchee
. Ivy Tripp LISTEN (NPR)

Katie Crutchfield's third Waxahatchee album is the first for her new label, Merge. The new LP follows the Alabama native's 2013 sophomore set Cerulean Salt.

Brian Wilson
. No Pier Pressure

No Pier Pressure is Brian Wilson's first album of originals since 2008's That Lucky Old Sun. He originally wrote it as a Beach Boys album, but when their latest reunion ended, Wilson re-conceived the record as a solo album with a variety of collaborators—including a few Beach Boys members, plus Kacey Musgraves, Nate Ruess (of fun.), and both members of She & Him. (Though Wilson also recorded with Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey, their contributions did not make the final tracklist.)

Young Fathers
. White Men Are Black Too LISTEN (Noisey)

The relatively unknown Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers gained a bit more exposure last year when they unexpectedly won the Mercury Prize for their debut album Dead. They immediately returned to the studio, and the result is this quick (though oddly named) follow-up.

Additional releases

Aceyalone Action

Alex G Trick LISTEN (Spotify)

First physical release of 2014 album

All Time Low . Future Hearts

American Wrestlers American Wrestlers LISTEN (Fader)

Bad Company Bad Company 2xCD
Bad Company Straight Shooter 2xCD

Remastered reissues with bonus tracks

Will Bates Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief OST

Jessie Baylin Dark Place LISTEN (NPR)

Frank Black & the Catholics The Complete Recordings Box set

Includes remastered versions of all six of the band's LPs from 1998-2003, plus a seventh disc with demos

Blues Traveler Blow Up The Moon

Callaghan A History of Now

Adam Cayton-Holland Backyards

Comedy album

Cloud Zen Summer

Colleen Captain of None

Julian Cope Trip Advizer: The Very Best of, 1999-2014

Delta Rae After It All

Doldrums The Air Conditioned Nightmare LISTEN (3voor12)

Sub Pop debut for Montreal-based artist Airick Woodhead

Dolores Haze Accidental EP

Drenge Undertow LISTEN (NPR)

Drug Cabin Wiggle Room

Second album from the duo of former Ambulance LTD frontman Marcus Congleton and guitarist Nathan Thelen of Pretty Girls Make Graves

DTCV Uptime!

East India Youth . Culture of Volume

Shana Falana Set Your Lightning Fire Free LISTEN (Stereogum)

Folk Family Revival Water Walker

Front Line Assembly Kampfbereit DVD

GABI Sympathy

Garden City Movement Modern West EP

Gov’t Mule Dub Side Of The Mule LISTEN (CoS)

Live album recorded in 2006

Heidevolk Velua

Jamie T Magnolia Melancholia EP

Tim Jones Chuck OST

Kelela . Cut 4 Me

Deluxe CD and vinyl reissue of her 2013 digital mixtape adds eight new remixes

Kuroma Kuromarama

Pokey LaFarge Something in the Water

Lapalux Lustmore

Lord Huron Strange Tales

Marriages Salome LISTEN (3voor12)

Matt & Kim . New Glow

Minsk The Crash And The Draw

Denai Moore Elsewhere LISTEN (Stereogum)

UK release [6 Apr]

µ-Ziq XTLP

Mute Forest Infinity Pools EP

Obnox Know America

Poison Idea Confuse & Conquer

First album since 2006 for the Portland hardcore band

Portico Living Fields LISTEN (CoS)

New album from the London outfit formerly known as Portico Quartet

Priory Need to Know

Josh Rouse The Embers of Time LISTEN (3voor12)

Royal Thunder Crooked Doors LISTEN (NPR)

Todd Rundgren Global

Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow Ex Machina OST LISTEN (Rolling Stone)

First official soundtrack release for the duo of Portishead's Barrow and composer Salisbury follows their previous collaboration Drokk (which featured music composed for, but not used in, the film Dredd)

Say Lou Lou Lucid Dreaming LISTEN (NPR)

Scuba Claustrophobia

Seasons Change Please Don't Leave

Second Storey & Appleblim ALSO

Adrian Sherwood/Various Sherwood at the Controls Volume 1: 1979-1984

Compilation of the dub producer's early production work includes tracks by The Fall, Shriekback, The Slits, and more

Shlohmo . Dark Red LISTEN (NY Times)

Soft Cat All Energy Will Rise

Becca Stevens Band Perfect Animal

Take One Car Everyone You Know Is Here Right Now

This Is the Kit . Bashed Out LISTEN (TLoBF)

Fred Thomas All Are Saved LISTEN (Stereogum)

Toner Toner

Tree Blood I Am A Disgusting Pig

Trickfinger Trickfinger

Debut for the new acid house project from former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante

The Very Best . Makes a King

The Waterboys . Modern Blues

USA release

WATERS What's Real LISTEN (Billboard)

The Weaks Bad Year

Weed Running Back LISTEN (Stereogum)

White Hills Walks for Motorists

Cassandra Wilson Coming Forth by Day

Stream upcoming albums and new tracks

Actress

TRACK "Bird Matrix" streaming at SoundCloud.

Avid Dancer

ALBUM 1st Bath streaming until its 4/14 release at KCRW.

Calexico

ALBUM Edge of the Sun streaming until its 4/14 release at NPR.

Desaparecidos

TRACK "City On The Hill" streaming at YouTube.

FFS [Franz Ferdinand + Sparks]

TRACK "Piss Off" streaming at YouTube.

Herbert

TRACK "Strong" streaming at SoundCloud.

Lowland Hum

ALBUM Lowland Hum streaming until its 4/14 release at NPR.

Mac McCaughan

TRACK "Box Batteries" (single version) streaming at SoundCloud.

METZ

TRACK "Spit You Out" streaming at Fader.

Janelle Monáe and Jidenna

TRACK "Yoga" streaming at YouTube.

MNDR

TRACK "Lock & Load" (feat. Killer Mike) streaming at SoundCloud.

My Morning Jacket

TRACK "Spring (Among The Living)" streaming at YouTube.

The National

TRACK "Sunshine on My Back" (new single is a Trouble Will Find Me outtake) streaming at Spotify.

Palma Violets

TRACK "English Tongue" streaming at YouTube.

Passion Pit

TRACK "Until We Can't (Let's Go)" streaming at NPR.

Prinzhorn Dance School

TRACK "Reign" streaming at YouTube.

The Rolling Stones

TRACK "Wild Horses" (previously unreleased acoustic version) streaming at YouTube.

SBTRKT

TRACK "Relics" streaming at SoundCloud.

Speedy Ortiz

TRACK "Puffer" streaming at EW.

Tame Impala

TRACK "'Cause I'm A Man" streaming at YouTube.

Villagers

ALBUM Darling Arithmetic streaming until its 4/14 release at NPR.

Win Win

TRACK "Air" streaming at SoundCloud.

Wire

ALBUM Wire streaming until its 4/21 release at NPR.

Dwight Yoakam

ALBUM Second Hand Heart streaming until its 4/14 release at NPR.

On TV this week (new episodes only)

• Monday: The Mountain Goats (Meyers), Saint Motel (Corden), St. Vincent (Fallon), Tinashe (Conan)

• Tuesday: AWOLNATION (Conan), Who Is Fancy (Fallon)

• Wednesday: Delta Rae (Meyers), Flo Rida (Fallon), Mark Ronson with Mystikal (Ellen), Jessie Ware (Corden), Brian Wilson (Conan)

• Thursday: Madonna (Fallon)

• Saturday: Mumford & Sons (Saturday Night Live)

Recent artist and industry news

• Major Lazer's late-night animated series will finally debut on April 16th at midnight as part of FXX's new Animation Domination anthology. Watch a preview.

• David Bowie is co-writing Lazarus, a new theatrical production based on the film The Man Who Fell to Earth (in which Bowie starred). The show will feature new and re-worked songs by Bowie. - The New York Times

The latest music videos

Blur, "Lonesome Street":

Kendrick Lamar, "King Kunta":

Hot Chip, "Need You Now":

Morrissey, "Kiss Me a Lot":

Waxahatchee, "Under a Rock":

Lykke Li, "Never Gonna Love Again":

Sia, "Big Girls Cry":

Azealia Banks, "Ice Princess":

Tinashe, "All Hands on Deck":

Best Coast, "Heaven Sent":

Laura Marling, "Gurdjieff's Daughter":

Beck, "Country Down":

In the studio / coming soon

• Tame Impala's third album and Interscope debut has been titled Currents. It will be out later this year.

• As previously reported, Franz Ferdinand and Sparks are teaming to form the supergroup FFS. Their self-titled debut album drops June 8th on Domino.

• Desaparecidos, the punk side project for Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, will release their belated second album Payola on June 23rd. It's their first LP since 2002.

• Covers album Sing Into Your Mouth is a collaboration between Iron & Wine's Sam Beam and Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell. It's expected this summer. - Pitchfork

Tours and festivals

• Alt-J will visit North America in the fall. - Pollstar

• Grimes and Lana Del Rey have booked 10 dates together in late spring. - Pitchfork

• Morrissey will tour the U.S. in June and July. - Stereogum

• Primus is touring with Dinosaur Jr. this summer. - CoS

• Refused have another reunion tour scheduled for May and June. - CoS

• Ride have added new dates to their current reunion tour. - Pitchfork

• The Rolling Stones have booked a 15-date North American stadium tour. - Rolling Stone

• Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson begin a co-headlining tour in July. - CoS