10 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Bon Iver, Solange, Danny Brown, Nicolas Jaar, More
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Bon Iver, Solange, Danny Brown, Nicolas Jaar, Pixies, Jenny Hval, S U R V I V E, Regina Spektor, Machinedrum, and Bob Weir.
Bon Iver: 22, A Million [Jagjaguwar]
Bon Iver’s 22, A Million follows 2011’s Bon Iver. It includes the previously released tracks “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⊠ ⊠” and “8 (circle),” along with “33 ‘GOD’” and “22 (OVER S∞∞N),” which were both named Best New Track. Read about Justin Vernon’s 22, A Million press conference, and our feature on the Eaux Claires music festival, where the album was debuted.
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Solange: A Seat at the Table [Saint/Columbia]
Solange’s new album follows 2012’s True EP. It features contributions from Lil Wayne, Master P, Dev Hynes, Sampha, Moses Sumney, Q-Tip, Kelly Rowland, The-Dream, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kelela, Sean Nicholas Savage, and more. Devon Welsh and Matt Otto of Majical Cloudz also co-produced a song for the album.
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Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition [Warp]
Danny Brown’s follow-up to his 2013 album Old is named after a Joy Division song. It features Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Kelela, Ab-Soul, B-Real, and Petite Noir, with production from Evian Christ, Black Milk, and Alchemist. Read our Best New Track reviews of the record’s “When It Rain,” “Pneumonia,” and “Really Doe.”
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Nicolas Jaar: Sirens [Other People]
Nicolas Jaar’s Sirens is his first new solo album since 2011’s Space Is Only Noise. Read Pitchfork’s feature “Sound the Alarm: Nicolas Jaar and the Politics of Dance Music.”
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Pixies: Head Carrier [Pixiesmusic/Play It Again Sam]
The reunited Pixies released Indie Cindy, their first album of new material since 1991’s Trompe Le Monde, in 2014. Head Carrier is the follow-up. Watch the animated video for the album’s “Tenement Song.” Read Pitchfork’s interview with Pixies’ Black Francis and Paz Lenchantin about Head Carrier and replacing Kim Deal.
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Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch [Sacred Bones]
Jenny Hval’s Blood Bitch is a follow-up to 2015’s Apocalypse, girl. The album is led by the track “Period Piece,” along with “Conceptual Romance” (and its video) and “Female Vampire” (and its video), which were both named Best New Track.
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S U R V I V E: RR7349 [Relapse]
S U R V I V E are the Austin band featuring “Stranger Things” composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. Their new record on Relapse, RR7349, features the previously released tracks “A.H.B.” and “Wardenclyffe.”
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Regina Spektor: Remember Us to Life [Sire]
Remember Us to Life is Regina Spektor’s first new album since 2012’s What We Saw From the Cheap Seats.
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Machinedrum: Human Energy [Ninja Tune]
Human Energy is Travis Stewart’s first Machinedrum album since 2014’s Vapor City Archives. It features D∆WN, MeLo-X, Ruckazoid, Jesse Boykins II, Animals as Leaders guitarist Tosin Abasi, and more.
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Bob Weir: Blue Mountain [Columbia/Legacy]
Bob Weir, formerly of Grateful Dead (and currently of Dead & Company), has released his first album of entirely new material in 30 years. Blue Mountain features a songwriting collaboration with Josh Ritter and performances from the National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner, as well as Scott Devendorf.
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