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With a new year comes an onslaught of new releases. Some of the most important and popular bands in modern college radio and alternative music are working on 2017 releases. Releases from The Shins, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, F***ed Up, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, LCD Soundsystem, St. Vincent, The National, Vampire Weekend, and Modest Mouse are expected in the next 12-months. Music fans don’t have to wait for these big names to enjoy new music. Check out some releases to keep an ear out for in the first part of 2017.
January 6
Dale Watson and Ray Benson – Dale and Ray
ZOOEY – The Drifters
Dropkick Murphys – 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory (Playing Cain’s Ballroom March 1)
These Bostonians have evolved their sound over their 20-year existence. From their oi! punk beginnings, to the latest collection of grandiose pop-rock songs, Dropkick Murphys have had impacts on both popular and underground music. The songs we’ve heard from 11 Short Stories are lower-tempo and packed with sing-alongs.
January 13
Bonobo – Migration
Half Japanese – Hear the Lion’s Roar
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3
Sepultura – Machine Messiah
The Band of Heathens – Duende
The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody
The xx – I See You
These English dream-poppers have seen some mainstream success with their first single “On Hold”. Incorporating a more electronic pop-oriented sound, following the lead of indie contemporaries like Tegan and Sara or Sleigh Bells, The xx may be working their way toward a very successful album release.
January 20
AFI – AFI (The Blood Album)
Foxygen – Hang
Joan of Arc – He’s Got the Whole This Land is Your Land in His Hands
Kid Koala – Music to Draw to: Satellite
Kid Koala is known for his sampling, but Satellite will take his music in a new direction. This album sees Koala writing lyrics, playing synthesizers, and stringed instruments to add to his already diverse library of releases. The album’s first listen, a song called “the observable universe” creates a spacy atmospheric feel, and features a slow recurring bassline and electronic fanfare that conjure feelings of weightlessness.
Menace Beach – Lemon Memory
Tim Cohen – Luck Man
Tycho – Epoch
January 27
Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound
These Clevelanders caught ears in 2010 and really came into their own on their 2012 release Attack on Memory. This band seems to be an anomaly in today’s music world: each release matches or improves on the previous one. From their humble beginnings as a fake band created by Dylan Baldi, Cloud Nothings have added their takes on indie-alternative to the most influential college radio albums of the past decade.
Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life
P.O.S – Chill, dummy
Stef Alexander, aka P.O.S, is the leader of Doomtree, a record label turned rapper collective. P.O.S has gone from introspective backpack rap to electronic-influenced socially conscious music. Chill, dummy is the follow-up to his popular We Don’t Even Live Here, which drew on themes of anger, anarchy, and alienation. The new album’s first single draws from Stef’s punk roots in attitude, and build an electronic musical landscape behind his lyrics.
Ty Segall – Ty Segall
February 3
Elbow – Little Fictions
Surfer Blood – Snowdonia
The Menzingers – After the Party
February 10
Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now
Tall Ships – Impressions
The Sadies – Northern Passages
Thievery Corporation – The Temple of I & I
February 17
Dutch Uncles – Big Balloon
Jens Lekman – Life Will See You Now
Parallels – Metropolis
Ryan Adams – Prisoner
Sam Patch – Yeah You, and I
Arcade Fire’s Tim Kingsbury has been busy working on his solo debut. Following the Butler brothers, Kingsbury looks to make a solo impact on indie music. Early live recordings suggest a gritty, garage rock influence on Tim’s debut solo sound.
Son Volt – Notes of Blue
February 24
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Tourist
Dams of the West – Youngish American
Chris Tomson’s (Vampire Weekend) solo project
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana
Los Campesinos! – Sick Scenes
Oddisee – The Iceberg
Old 97’s – Graveyard Whistling
Peter Silberman – Impermanence
The solo debut album from The Antlers’ frontman.
Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now
Steel Panther – Lower the Bar
The Feelies – In Between
Xiu Xiu – Forget
Written by: Tip Crowley