9 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Migos, Sleater-Kinney, Japandroids, 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 Migos, Japandroids, Sleater-Kinney, Ty Segall, Priests, Cloud Nothings, Kehlani, Julie Byrne, and Allison Crutchfield.
Migos: Culture [300/Quality Control]
Culture is Migos’ second studio LP, following Yung Rich Nation. Since the release of that 2015 album, the trio have put out a number of EPs and mixtapes, including 3 Way and Young Rich Ni$$a$ 2. Culture includes the chart-topping single “Bad and Boujee,” which Donald Glover called “the best song… ever.” Read our review of “T-Shirt,” and watch its Revenant-channeling music video.
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Japandroids: Near to the Wild Heart of Life [Anti-]
Near to the Wild Heart of Life arrives nearly five years after Japandroids’ sophomore album Celebration Rock. Read our review of the title track, and check out our new feature “Synths! Ballads! Acoustic Guitars! Welcome to Japandroids 2.0.”
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Sleater-Kinney: Live in Paris [Sub Pop]
Sleater-Kinney’s Live in Paris was recorded at La Cigale on March 20, 2015. It is the band’s first live album.
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Ty Segall: Ty Segall [Drag City]
Ty Segall’s latest self-titled album—his debut record from 2008 was also called Ty Segall—comes a year after his last album, Emotional Mugger.
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Priests: Nothing Feels Natural [Sister Polygon]
Nothing Feels Natural is the first LP from Washington, D.C. punk band Priests. It follows their 2014 EP Bodies and Control and Money and Power. Read our reviews of the album’s “Pink White House,” “JJ,” and “Nothing Feels Natural”—the latter two were named Best New Track. Read an op-ed from the group’s Katie Alice Greer, “Every Single Day Is a Women’s March,” on the Pitch.
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Cloud Nothings: Life Without Sound [Carpark/Wichita]
The new Cloud Nothings album, Life Without Sound, follows their 2014 album Here and Nowhere Else and 2015’s Wavves collaboration No Life for Me. The album was recorded with producer John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie) in El Paso last year. Read our “Enter Entirely” review, and watch the “Modern Act” video.
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Kehlani: SweetSexySavage [TSNMI/Atlantic]
SweetSexySavage is Kehlani’s major label debut, following her 2015 release You Should Be Here Now. It features the single “CRZY.”
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Julie Byrne: Not Even Happiness [Ba Da Bing!]
Julie Byrne’s new album, Not Even Happiness, follows 2014’s Rooms With Walls and Window. Read Pitchfork’s track reviews of “Natural Blue” and “Follow My Voice,” both named Best New Track, and our Rising feature, “Julie Byrne: Seeking Serenity in an Insane World.”
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Allison Crutchfield: Tourist in This Town [Merge]
After several years as a member of the bands P.S. Eliot and Swearin’, Allison Crutchfield has released her debut solo album, Tourist in This Town. It follows 2014’s Lean in to It EP, which she self-released. Check out our review of “Dean’s Room.”
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