Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending June 21, 2018)

My boyfriend and I recently watched the movie Hostiles, a movie we were both thoroughly unimpressed by, but there was an interesting tidbit in the IMDb trivia. Lead actress Rosamund Pike was apparently cast, in part, based on her performance in the music video for Massive Attack's "Voodoo in My Blood". It is one of the more memorable videos in recent memory.

"Voodoo in My Blood" came from the Ritual Spirit EP, but it's been eight years since their last album, Heligoland. If they announce a follow-up, look for it on my Upcoming Releases page!

This week, Cat Power announced her tenth album, Wanderer.

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Cat Power has a career spanning back more than two decades and numerous critically-acclaimed records. Her style has moved between folk and punk, to even electronica on her last album, Sun.

That last record was a particular favorite of mine, one of my top records for 2012. She's been fairly quiet, at least musically, in the years since. She reported some health problems later that same year, and had a child sometime in 2015.

I figured the hiatus was in part to focus on her family and that it may be a long while before getting new music, but on July 18, she announced the new album. No songs from the album have been unveiled yet, but we did get a snippet of music in the trailer for the album.



Wanderer is set for release on October 5.

Also announced recently:

The 1975 - “Love It If We Made It” (out now)
Alt-J - Reduxer (September 28)
Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef (August 17)
Beak> - >>> (September 21)
Big Red Machine - Big Red Machine (August 31)
Billie Eilish - “you should see me in a crown” (out now)
Blood Orange - Negro Swan (August 24)
Childish Gambino - Summer Pack (out now)
Cornelius - Ripple Waves (September 19)
D.R.A.M. - That’s a Girl’s Name (out now)
Devon Welsh - Dream Songs (August 24)
Frontperson - Frontrunner (September 21)
Guerilla Toss - Twisted Crystal (September 14)
Guided By Voices - “You Own the Night”/“Your Cricket Is Rather Unique” 7” (July 20)
JEFF the Brotherhood - Magick Songs (September 7)
Jorge Elbrecht - Happiness (August 7)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Remixes (August 10)
Lemon Twigs - Go to School (August 24)
Lonnie Holley - MITH (September 21)
Mac Miller - Swimming (August 3)
Madeline Kenney - Perfect Shapes (October 5)
Metric - TBN (September 21)
MØ - Forever Neverland (October 19)
Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds - “If Love Is the Law” (September 14)
Oneohtrix Point Never - The Station EP (July 27)
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake Remixes EP (September 28)
Paul Simon - In the Blue Light (September 7)
Richard Reed Parry - Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1 (September 21)
Richard Reed Parry - Quiet River of Dust Vol. 2 (March 20)
Roy Montgomery - Suffuse (August 14)
Sarah Davachi - Gave in Rest (September 14)
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche Vinyl Reissue (August 31)
Tokyo Police Club - TPC (October 5)
Waxahatchee - Great Thunder EP (September 7)
Westerman - “Edison”/“Easy Money” (August 17)
Willie Nelson - My Way (September 14)