7 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Chance the Rapper, Jessy Lanza, Modern Baseball, and 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 Chance the Rapper, Jessy Lanza, Modern Baseball, Mark Pritchard, Twin Peaks, Oddisee and Nothing.
Chance the Rapper: Coloring Book [self-released]
After releasing a Lil B collaboration mixtape and Surf, Chance the Rapper has finally followed up his 2013 breakout mixtape Acid Rap. Coloring Book features “Blessings,” the track he recently premiered on “The Tonight Show,” “Angels,” which got a new music video earlier this year, and collaborations with Kanye West, Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, Justin Bieber, Future, Jeremih, Jay Electronica, T-Pain, and more.
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Jessy Lanza: Oh No [Hyperdub]
Jessy Lanza’s new record follows last year’s You Never Show Your Love EP and her 2013 album Pull My Hair Back.She recorded the album with Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan in Hamilton, Ontario. Read our “Icebreaker” interview with Lanza.
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Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost [Run for Cover]
Philadelphia indie punks Modern Baseball are back with their third album. Helmed by Joe Reinhart (Hop Along, Joyce Manor), it’s the first to be recorded by someone outside the band.
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Mark Pritchard: Under the Sun [Warp]
Australia-based producer Mark Pritchard is back with his first album since 2011′s Steve Spacek collaboration 93 Million Miles (as Africa HiTech). It features some huge guest vocalists: Thom Yorke, Linda Perhacs, Bibio, and Anti-Pop Consortium’s Beans. Read our track review for the Yorke-featuring highlight “Beautiful People.”
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Twin Peaks: Down in Heaven [Grand Jury]
The Chicago band return with their third album.
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Oddisee: The Odd Tape [Mellow Music Group]
Producer and rapper Oddisee’s latest release is an instrumental album. Read our review of his 2015 album The Good Fight and his track “Lifting Shadows.”
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Nothing: Tired of Tomorrow [Relapse]
Philadelphia band Nothing release their sophomore album. Read our track review of “The Dead Are Dumb.”
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