Music Monday (1/26): 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, January 27 unless otherwise indicated.

Aphex Twin
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP

LISTEN (Spotify)

[23 JAN] It looks like Richard James is making up for lost time. A mere four months after releasing Syro, his first new album in 13 years, he returned last Friday with even more new material in the form of a surprise mini-album. Clocking in at nearly half an hour, the EP features 13 new tracks with typical Aphex Twin titles like "disk prep calrec2 barn dance [slo]" and "hat 2b 2012b." And, no, there was no part 1.

Additional releases

2Cellos Celloverse
Amason Sky City LISTEN (NPR)
Ascension The Dead of the World
Beardfish +4626-Comfortzone
Beat Spacek Modern Streets LISTEN (Pandora)
Black Sheep Wall I'm Going to Kill Myself
The Body and Thou You, Whom I Have Always Hated / Released From Love
Bowling for Soup Songs People Actually Liked - Volume 1: The First 10 Years (1994-2003)
By the Patient Gehenna
The Charlatans Modern Nature
[UK only: 26 Jan]
Gaz Coombes . Matador LISTEN (The Guardian)
Second solo album from former Supergrass frontman [UK only: 26 Jan]
Jamie Cullum Interlude
Dengue Fever The Deepest Lake
Desperate Journalist Desperate Journalist
Dirty Dishes Guilty
The Dodos . Individ LISTEN (Pitchfork)
Doomtree All Hands LISTEN (Pandora)
Emmy the Great S EP
George Ezra Wanted on Voyage
Ghastly Menace Songs of Ghastly Menace
Dana Gould I Know It's Wrong
Comedy album
Gov't Mule feat. John Scofield Sco-Mule
Howlin’ Rain Mansion Songs
Jib Kidder Teaspoon to the Ocean
Michael Kosta Comedy for Attractive People
Comedy album
Jed Kurzel Son of a Gun OST
Bettye LaVette Worthy
Another collaboration with producer Joe Henry finds the legendary singer performing songs written by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, and more
The Lone Bellow Then Came The Morning LISTEN (NPR)
Lucy Angel Lucy Angel
Menace Beach . Ratworld LISTEN (Hype Machine)
Milo Greene Control LISTEN (Billboard)
Derek Minor Empire
Nada Surf Live in Brussels
Napalm Death . Apex Predator – Easy Meat
Ne-Yo Non-Fiction
Noveller . Fantastic Planet LISTEN (3voor12)
Papa Roach F.E.A.R. LISTEN (3voor12)
Percussions 2011 until 2014 LISTEN (Bandcamp)
Surprise release for Four Tet's Percussions side project compiles all of the 12" singles released during the period in question
Periphery Juggernaut: Alpha
Periphery Juggernaut: Omega
The Phantom Band Fears Trending
Pinkshinyultrablast . Everything Else Matters
Plastic Palace People From the Host of Late-Comers
Pond . Man It Feels Like Space Again
Second album for the Tame Impala offshoot
Natalie Prass . Natalie Prass LISTEN (Pitchfork)
Jessica Pratt . On Your Own Love Again LISTEN (NPR)
Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues LISTEN (NY Times)
Produced by T Bone Burnett
Nathaniel Rateliff Closer EP LISTEN (CoS)
Alasdair Roberts Alasdair Roberts
Ty Segall Band Live in San Francisco LISTEN (Stereogum)
Jan St. Werner Miscontinuum Album
Features collaborations between the Mouse On Mars member with members of Oval, Earth, and Bo Ningen
Sweet & Lynch Only to Rise
Twerps Range Anxiety LISTEN (Hype Machine)
Various Africa Express Presents...Terry Riley's In C Mali
[UK only: 26 Jan]
Venom From the Very Depths
Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band Take It Like a Man
You Blew It! Pioneer of Nothing EP
Young Ejecta . The Planet EP LISTEN (Pitchfork)
Six-song set from the duo of Ford & Lopatin’s Joel Ford and Neon Indian’s Leanne Macomber, who formerly recorded under the name Ejecta
Zs Xe
Zun Zun Egui . Shackles Gift

Stream upcoming albums and new tracks

John Carpenter
ALBUM Lost Themes streaming until its 2/3 release at NPR.
The Cribs
TRACK "An Ivory Hand" streaming at YouTube.
Mikal Cronin
TRACK "Made My Mind Up" streaming at SoundCloud.
Death Cab for Cutie
TRACK "Black Sun" streaming at YouTube (lyric video).
Pete(r) Doherty
TRACK "Flags Of The Old Regime" streaming at YouTube.
Gang of Four
TRACK "England's in My Bones" (feat. Alison Mosshart) streaming at Consequence of Sound.
José González
TRACK "Leaf Off / The Cave" streaming at SoundCloud.
Emile Haynie
TRACK "Wait For Life" (feat. Lana Del Rey) streaming at YouTube.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
TRACK "Do The Get Down" streaming at YouTube.
Diana Krall
ALBUM Wallflower streaming until its 2/3 release at NPR.
Liturgy
TRACK "Quetzalcoatl" streaming at YouTube.
Marching Church [Iceage side project]
TRACK "Hungry for Love" streaming at SoundCloud.
Laura Marling
TRACK "False Hope" streaming at YouTube.
Mount Eerie
TRACK "Dragon" streaming at SoundCloud.
ALBUM Sauna streaming until its 2/3 release at NPR.
The Mountain Goats
TRACK "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" streaming at SoundCloud.
Sam Prekop
TRACK "Weather Vane" streaming at YouTube.
San Fermin
TRACK "Jackrabbit" streaming at SoundCloud.
Title Fight
ALBUM Hyperview streaming until its 2/3 release at NPR.
Toro y Moi
TRACK "Empty Nesters" streaming at SoundCloud.
Two Gallants
TRACK "Incidental" streaming at YouTube.
Vetiver
TRACK "Current Carry" streaming at SoundCloud.

On TV this week (new episodes only)

  • Monday: Jukebox The Ghost (Conan), The Lone Bellow (Letterman), ZZ Top (Kimmel)

  • Tuesday: Jamie Cullum (Kimmel), Drenge (Letterman)

  • Wednesday: Vance Joy (Kimmel), Milo Greene (Conan), Marty Stuart (Letterman)

  • Thursday: Death Cab for Cutie (Letterman), George Ezra (Conan), Ne-Yo (Kimmel), OK Go (Late Late Show)

  • Friday: Death Cab for Cutie (Late Late Show), Ben Howard (Letterman)

  • Saturday: The Black Keys / J. Roddy Walston & The Business (Austin City Limits), D'Angelo (Saturday Night Live)

Recent artist and industry news

  • Edgar Froese, founding keyboardist of electronic music pioneers Tangerine Dream, died last week at the age of 70. Billboard offers an appreciation.

The latest music videos

Modest Mouse, "Coyotes":

Interpol, "Everything Is Wrong":

Ex Hex, "Don't Wanna Lose":

Ariel Pink, "Dayzed Inn Daydreams":

Pond, "Man It Feels Like Space Again ":

The Go! Team, "The Scene Between":

Charli XCX feat. Rita Ora, "Doing It":

The Staves, "Black & White":

Bonnie "Prince" Billy, "Blindlessness":

Mount Eerie, "Sauna":

King Tuff, "Headbanger":

In the studio / coming soon

  • A year ago, Beck suggested that he could release two albums in 2014. While the louder, "more boisterous" counterpart to Morning Phase never did show up last year, it could be out before the summer. - Stereogum

  • The Sea and Cake frontman Sam Prekop has a fourth solo album, The Republic, arriving on February 24th.

  • Mark Kozelek is already halfway through recording his next album, which may be out by the fall. - Stereogum

  • Out April 7th, the latest album from The Mountain Goats, Beat the Champ, will have a pro wrestling theme. - Pitchfork

  • A new Toro y Moi album, What For?, arrives on April 7.

  • New Order's new album could be out this fall. - Rolling Stone

  • Hip hop duo Cannibal Ox will release Blade of the Ronin, their first album in 14 years, on March 3rd. - Pitchfork

  • If you think 14 years is a long gap between albums, how about 48 years? On March 31, The Sonics—yes, the 1960s-era garage rockers—will release This Is the Sonics, their first new studio album since 1968.

  • Looper's first new album in 13 years, Offgrid:Offline, will be out in the UK on April 13th, alongside a 5-disc box set (These Things) collecting all of the band's material to date and digital reissues of the band's past albums. - Mute

  • Mikal Cronin's next album, unsurprisingly titled MCIII, has been given a May 5th release date.

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

Tours and festivals

  • Death Cab for Cutie will tour this spring with their new, Chris Walla-free lineup. Many dates will also include The Antlers. - CoS

  • Noel Gallagher is touring with his High Flying Birds outfit in May. - CoS

  • Manic Street Preachers will perform The Holy Bible in its entirety on a handful of April dates. - Pollstar

  • Rush will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a massive tour this summer. - Billboard

  • Sufjan Stevens launches his tour in April. - Pitchfork