Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending August 17, 2019)

Jack White and Jack Black have finally come together for a collaborative song. As we could only hope, they are calling themselves Jack Gray. The song isn't out yet, but a recent episode of Black's YouTube series, JablinskiGames, shows them meeting up at White's Third Man Records in Nashville. If they reconvene for a full-length Jack Gray record, look for it on my New Releases page!

This week, clipping. announced their third album, There Existed an Addiction to Blood.

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clipping. is a hip hop trio of rapper Daveed Diggs, and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes. They have been notable for a more experimental approach to the genre and, rather than sampled beats or live instrumentation, utilize found sounds, industrial metal remixes, and static.

They've also been masters of the music video. If you want to fall down a music video rabbit hole, check out their channel.

Daveed Diggs has been making a name for himself as an actor in recent years, writing and starring in last years Blindspotting, and landing a role on the TV series Snowpiercer.

I assumed that Diggs may be taking a break from music to focus on his acting, but was pleasantly surprised when There Existed an Addiction to Blood was announced Wednesday. The announcement came with a new song, "Nothing Is Safe." The album will be released on October 18.

Also announced recently:

Alchemist - Yacht Rock 2 (August 30)
Amy O - Shell (October 25)
Ariel Pink - Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2 (October 25)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Loverboy Reissue (October 25)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Underground Reissue (October 25)
A$AP Ferg - Floor Seats (out now)
Battles - Juice B Crypts (October 18)
The Beatles - Abbey Road 50 (September 27)
Big Thief - Two Hands (October 11)
Cashmere Cat - Princess Catgirl (September 20)
City and Colour - Pill for Loneliness (October 4)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind Reissue (September 27)
Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over Reissue (September 27)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been Reissue (September 27)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without a Sound Reissue (September 27)
elbow - Giants of All Sizes (October 11)
Empath - Active Listening: Night on Earth Reissue (October 24)
Guided By Voices - Sweating the Plague (October 25)
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA (October 25)
Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds - This Is the Place (September 27)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe Vinyl Reissue (August 30)
Omni - Networker (November 1)
Rapsody - Eve (August 23)
San Fermin - The Cormorant (October 4)
Young Thug - So Much Fun (out now)