Music Monday (2/9): 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, February 10 unless otherwise indicated.

Father John Misty
. I Love You, Honeybear

Former Fleet Foxes member Josh Tillman returns with his second album as Father John Misty, following his well-received 2012 debut Fear Fun. The 11-track Honeybear was produced by Tillman with Jonathan Wilson and mixed by Phil Ek, and early reviews are mostly raves.

Additional releases

Adolescents La Vendetta E Un Piatto Che Va Servito Freddo
Johan Agebjörn Notes
Jeff Austin The Simple Truth
The Black Watch Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy
Blackberry Smoke Holding All The Roses
Blacklisted When People Grow, People Go
Blis. Starting Fires In My Parents House EP LISTEN (AV Club)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma A Year With 13 Moons
Caught on Tape Full Bleed
Song-oriented LP from improvisational noise duo consisting of Thurston Moore and John Moloney
The Districts . A Flourish and a Spoil LISTEN (NPR)
The Dø Shake Shook Shaken
The Dreaming Rise Again
William Ryan Fritch Revisionist
Juan Gabriel Los Dúo
Duke Garwood Heavy Love
Rhiannon Giddens . Tomorrow Is My Turn LISTEN (NPR)
Vijay Iyer Trio Break Stuff
Robert Earl Keen Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions LISTEN (NY Times)
Anna Kendrick & Jeremy Jordan The Last Five Years OST
Kinky MTV Unplugged CD+DVD
Leapling Vacant Page LISTEN (Vice)
Dan Lissvik Shuvit! EP
Love and Theft Whiskey On My Breath
Ricky Martin A Quien Quiera Escuchar
Bear McCreary Outlander OST
JD McPherson Let the Good Times Roll LISTEN (NPR)
North Highlands North Highlands
Paperhaus Paperhaus LISTEN (NPR)
Gretchen Peters . Blackbirds
Quarterbacks Quarterbacks LISTEN (NPR)
Retox Beneath California
Rone Creatures
The National's Bryce Dessner guests
Martin Sexton Mixtape of the Open Road
Sisqo Last Dragon LISTEN (NY Times)
St. Vincent St. Vincent [Deluxe]
Digital-only deluxe reissue of Annie Clark's lauded 2014 album adds five bonus tracks, one previously unreleased
Stick to Your Guns Disobedient
Robin Trower Something's About to Change
Trust Fund No One's Coming for Us LISTEN (Noisey)
Various Fifty Shades of Grey OST
Includes new and old tracks from the likes of Ellie Goulding, Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Jessie Ware, Skylar Grey, and more
Various Home Street Home: Songs From The Shit Musical OST LISTEN (Stereogum)
Fat Mike (NOFX)-penned musical features contributions from members of Alkaline Trio, Descendents, No Use for a Name, the Dropkick Murphys, and more
Vision Fortune Country Music

Stream upcoming albums and new tracks

Action Bronson
TRACK "Big League Chew" streaming at SoundCloud.
Chromatics
TRACK "Yes (Love Song From Lost River)" downloadable from Stereogum.
TRACK "Yes (Lullaby From Lost River)" streaming at YouTube.
Todd Edwards
TRACK "Nite Noise" streaming at SoundCloud.
José González
ALBUM Vestiges & Claws streaming until its 2/17 release at NPR.
The Juliana Hatfield Three
TRACK "Wood" streaming at SoundCloud.
Ibeyi
ALBUM Ibeyi streaming until its 2/17 release at NPR.
Incubus
TRACK "Absolution Calling" streaming at YouTube (lyric video).
Inventions
TRACK "Peregrine" streaming at SoundCloud.
The Mavericks
ALBUM Mono streaming until its 2/17 release at NPR.
Mini Mansions
TRACK "Freakout!" streaming at YouTube.
Modest Mouse
TRACK "The Best Room" streaming at YouTube.
Moon Duo
TRACK "Slow Down Low" streaming at SoundCloud.
Nite Jewel
TRACK "Infinity" streaming at SoundCloud.
Phosphorescent
ALBUM Live at the Music Hall (out 2/17) streaming at Paste.
A Place To Bury Strangers
ALBUM Transfixiation streaming until its 2/17 release at NPR.
Prefuse 73
TRACK "Infrared" streaming at SoundCloud.
Reptar
TRACK "Ice Black Sand" streaming at SoundCloud.
Six Organs Of Admittance
ALBUM Hexadic streaming until its 2/17 release at NPR.
Sonny & The Sunsets
TRACK "Baby Jokin" streaming at SoundCloud.
ALBUM Talent Night at the Ashram (out 2/17) streaming at Hype Machine.
Pops Staples
ALBUM Don't Lose This streaming until its 2/17 release at NPR.
Swervedriver
TRACK "Autodidact" streaming at SoundCloud.
THEESatisfaction
TRACK "EarthEE" streaming at YouTube.
Torche
TRACK "Bishop in Arms" streaming at CoS.
Twin Peaks
TRACK "In The Morning (In The Evening)" streaming at SoundCloud.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
TRACK "Multi-Love" streaming at SoundCloud.
Young Fathers
TRACK "Rain or Shine" streaming at SoundCloud.
Zola Jesus
TRACK "Compass" (new B-side) streaming at SoundCloud.

On TV this week (new episodes only)

  • Monday: The Bots (Meyers), Hundred Waters (Letterman), Morris Day & The Time/HAIM (Kimmel), Punch Brothers (Conan), Sheppard (Fallon)

  • Tuesday: Rhiannon Giddens (Letterman), Annie Lennox (Kimmel), Mark Ronson (Fallon)

  • Wednesday: The Districts (Meyers), Sam Smith (Kimmel), Lee Ann Womack (Conan)

  • Thursday: Incubus (Kimmel), Sturgill Simpson (Letterman), The Weekend (Fallon)

  • Friday: Jessie J (Fallon), Shakey Graves (Letterman)

Recent artist and industry news

  • The 57th Grammy Awards were handed out yesterday. Major winners included Beck (for album of the year and best rock album with Morning Phase), Sam Smith (best new artist, best pop vocal album, record of the year, and song of the year), Eminem (best rap album), St. Vincent (best alternative album), and Aphex Twin (best dance/electronic album). Billboard has a full list of winners.

The latest music videos

Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney, "FourFiveSeconds":

Tinashe, "Aquarius":

Madonna, "Living for Love":

Sam Smith, "Lay Me Down":

Gang of Four feat. Alison Mosshart, "England’s in My Bones":

Fleur & Manu x Skrillex, "Doompy Poomp":

Diet Cig, "Scene Sick":

Natalie Prass, "Why Don't You Believe in Me":

Inventions, "Springworlds":

Twerps, "Stranger":

Royal Blood, "Out of the Black":

Vince Staples, "Screen Door":

In the studio / coming soon

  • Built to Spill have finally completed recording their follow-up to 2009's There Is No Enemy. Their new album, Untethered Moon, will be out in April.

  • The release of Modest Mouse's upcoming album Strangers to Ourselves has been pushed back two weeks to March 17th.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra's next album, Multi-Love, drops May 26th on Jagjaguwar.

  • Drowned in Sound has a progress report on Radiohead's next album as part of an interview with Philip Selway. The band will re-commence work on the album in March.

  • Hot Chip have been teasing something—likely a new album—on Domino's website.

  • Last year's surprise Mercury Prize winners Young Fathers will make a quick return with their second LP, White Men Are Black Men Too, on April 6. - The Quietus

  • A new Speedy Ortiz album, Foil Deer, will be out on April 21. - Pitchfork

  • Prefuse 73 will precede his new LP Rivington Não Rio (out May 12) with an EP, Forsyth Gardens (April 28), and follow it with another EP, Every Color of Darkness (July 14).

  • Wale's The Album About Nothing is now due March 31st. There's no official word on whether it will indeed include a planned collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld. - Billboard

  • Death's first new album in many decades, appropriately titled N.E.W., will reach stores on April 21st. - Pitchfork

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

Tours and festivals

  • Headlining this year's Sasquatch Festival are Kendrick Lamar, Modest Mouse, and Robert Plant.

  • Courtney Barnett has booked a lengthy spring tour in support of her upcoming album. - Pitchfork

  • The Decemberists have added new North American dates. - CoS

  • Spoon have announced a second North American tour in support of their 2014 album They Want My Soul. - Pitchfork