11 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Bruce Springsteen, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, Warpaint, Mick Jenkins, 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 compilations and new albums from Bruce Springsteen, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, Warpaint, Mick Jenkins, How to Dress Well, Ty Dolla $ign, Beach Slang, Devendra Banhart, Merchandise, Flock of Dimes, and Neurosis.
Bruce Springsteen: Chapter and Verse [Columbia]
Chapter and Verse is a career-spanning compilation featuring songs selected by Springsteen, some of which were unreleased. It’s a companion piece to his autobiography Born to Run.
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Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam: I Had A Dream That You Were Mine [Glassnote]
I Had a Dream That You Were Mine is the first album from ex-Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij and the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser. The album features former Dirty Projectors member Angel Deradoorian. Read Pitchfork’s interview with Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam about the album, and check out our Best New Track review of “A 1000 Times.”
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Warpaint: Heads Up [Rough Trade]
Warpaint’s Heads Up is a follow-up to their 2014 self-titled album. Watch the video for the lead single, “New Song.”
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Mick Jenkins: The Healing Component [Free Nation]
Mick Jenkins’ The Healing Component follows last year’s Wave[s] EP. It is released on his own Free Nation label. Collaborators on the album include Kaytranada, Sango, Noname, and theMIND. Read our Best New Track review of “Drowning,” featuring BADBADNOTGOOD.
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How to Dress Well: Care [Weird World/Domino]
Care is Tom Krell’s latest album as How to Dress Well. It’s the follow-up to 2014’s “What Is This Heart?”, and features co-production from Jack Antonoff, Dre Skull, CFCF, and Kara-Lis Coverdale. Watch the video for the record’s “Lost Youth / Lost You,” and see Krell perform an a cappella version of “What’s Up.”
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Ty Dolla $ign: Campaign [Atlantic]
Ty Dolla $ign’s Campaign mixtape follows his 2015 debut studio LP Free TC. It includes the Future-featuring title track and “Zaddy,” which is produced by Jahaan Sweet, Frank Dukes, and Ty. It also features Ty Dolla $ign’s Travis Scott collaboration “3 Wayz,” which is produced by Hit-Boy.
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Beach Slang: A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings [Polyvinyl]
Beach Slang’s A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings follows last year’s The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us. Watch the video for lead single “Punks in a Disco Bar.”
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Devendra Banhart: Ape in Pink Marble [Nonesuch]
Devendra Banhart’s Ape in Pink Marble is the follow-up to 2013’s Mala. The album was created in collaboration with Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick.
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Merchandise: A Corpse Wired for Sound [4AD]
A Corpse Wired for Sound is Merchandise’s follow-up to 2014’s After the End. The title was inspired by a JG Ballard short story. It was recorded in Tampa, Florida, and Rosà, Italy. Read our reviews of “Flower of Sex,” “End of the Week,” and “Lonesome Sound,” which was named Best New Track. Watch the band play “Lonesome Sound” on a local Florida morning show.
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Flock of Dimes: If You See Me, Say Yes [Partisan]
Flock of Dimes is Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner. Watch her perform If You See Me, Say Yes’ “Semaphore” and “Everything Is Happening Today” with Thor Harris (of Swans) and his band Thor & Friends.
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Neurosis: Fires Within Fires [Neurot]
Neurosis celebrate their 30th anniversary with their new album Fires Within Fires. Thew new Steve Albini-produced record is their first album since 2012’s Honor Found in Decay. Read “The Circular Otherness of Neurosis” on the Pitch.
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