#our skyler annie

[mapleicedlatte]

You know, if you become a parent there is literally nothing stopping you from having spontaneous tea parties with your kid on a Friday afternoon. 🍄❤️🫖

[thenekomancer04]

Sakura Mochi, Gorbo Borbo Fireball, Rosie, Skyler , Tina, Anny, mimi……… I think we proved our point

[skylers-labyrinth]

Almost 2. 21 months tomorrow. Every day I am thankful for you.

[tasksweekly]

[TASK 045: FRECKLES]

There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 220+ faceclaims with freckles categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.

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STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

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MASTERLIST!

Note: If you’re using this masterlist for casting purposes please do further research before casting any of the following, it was difficult finding sources for most of these and don’t know if they’re ethnically or nationally Turkish. Many thanks.

We haven’t included those in THIS masterlist by @lazyresources so combined there are 220 facecalims!

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Kim Blair (?) - actress.

Caroline Ford (?) - actress.

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Miyamoto Ayana (?) Japanese.

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Damian Lewis (46) - actor.

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Jesse Williams (35) African-American, possibly Seminole Native American / White - actor, model, and activist.

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Johnny Harrington (?) - model.

Linus Wordemann (?) - model.

Kim Wonjung (?) Unknown Ethnicity - model.

Mat Lachance (?) - model.

Jester White (?) - model.

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Jake Cassar (?) - model.

Tom Webb (?) - model.

Wynston Shannon (?) - model.

Calin Sitar (?) - model.

Victor Ross (?) Unknown Ethnicity - model.

Skyler James Sandak (?) - actor.

Bodhi Schulz (?) - actor.

Johannes Ibelherr (?) - model.

Peter Badenhop (?) - model.

Rodrigo Calazans (?) - model.

Adam Lee (?) - model.

Davi Vath (?) - model.

Florian Van Bael (?) - model.

Ismaelpeter Casillas Nelson (?) - actor.

Trans:

Buck Angel (44) film producer.

Taylor O'Keefe (?) - Youtuber.

Casil McArthur (?)

Use @ ur own discretion:

Eddie Redmayne

Emma Stone

Colton Haynes

[chocolatequeennk]

Fanfic Writer Wednesday, 5/3

And here we go: May!

Doctor x Rose:

Lab Mates by @whoinwhoville

Ten/Rose, college au and student/prof au. Rose knew she was going to marry her lab partner the moment she met him. This made me laugh and smile and maybe cured all my ills.

The Little Princess by @skyler10fic

Tentoo/Rose kidfic. Their daughter got into a fight at school because of a little misunderstanding. I really love the way Skyler writes their kids, and this is no exception. 

On April Fool’s Day, we did a Purple Prose Challenge. These ridiculous fics are here for you if you need to laugh.

Purple Prose by @txrdisblues (Ten x Rose, all ages)

Untitled by @butim-justharry (Eleven x Rose, all ages)

Fools in Love (Part 1) by @skyler10fic (Ten x Rose, teen, AU)

Secret Love Passageways by @lastbluetardis (Ten x Rose, NSFW)

Bound by Time: Being a Tale of Hearts Entwined by the Hands of Fate–Told in Three Parts (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3 - nsfw) by @chocolatequeennk (Ten x Rose, Reunion, NSFW (part 3))

The Rogue and the Rose by @whoinwhoville (Ten x Rose, teen, AU)

Lemon and Strawberry by @kilodalton

Still one of my favourite Nine/Rose fics. The characterisation and imagery in this are just gorgeous.

Fool Me Once 1/2 by @pellaaearien

Reunion fic set post Midnight, with a twist. The Doctor has been hallucinating Rose and doesn’t believe she’s real. This is so good!

Lost by @perfectlyrose

Eight/Rose drabble with lots of h/c and Rose being the strong one who is awake and doing things while the Doctor is passed out.

A PhD and a Shop Assistant by @butim-justharry

Eleven/Rose flower shop AU. In which he works at the florist and she is the PhD. :D 

Untitled Rose/Nine fic by @deathlyfandoms

In which the Doctor’s jealousy lands them in prison

Miraculous Ladybug:

Marichat reveal by @baneismydragon

This is why I love Marichat. I love that it gives Marinette the chance to really see how much Chat loves her, that he’s not just playing. And sometimes, that moves her to respond. 

Daydream by @a-miiraculer

Possibly the most perfect reveal fic I have ever read. That’s it, that’s all you need to know. Oh, and go read it.

all i want by @pallasjoannas

Very sweet post-reveal Adrinette fic.

Jeff x Annie (Community):

Thanks for getting involved in our love life, that was super cool and mature of you by @catty-words

Hilarious metafiction breaking the fourth wall so Jeff and Annie could deal with the forces--aka TPTB--keeping them apart at the end of the series

Sherlolly:

#Buffering by @hobbitsdoitbetter

Lovely domestic fluff where Molly reflects on the way Sherlock goes into buffering mode when he sees her.

[sierralovesmusicals]

Hey girl I noticed you were feeling down so here are some fun cliche Qs to hopefully distract you!! 1) 5 celebrity crushes? 2) 5 stage actor crushes? 3) 5 favorite films? 4) TV/Netflix recommendations? 5) Do you have a bad/funny date story? 6) You have unlimited money and you're given the opportunity to leave for vacation for 2 tomorrow. Where do you go, who do you take, and what do you do? 7) How did your interest in theatre begin? 8) What are you a ho for? (I'm a ho for stationary)

1. Ben platt 2 skyler Austin 3 josh dun 4 Evan peters 5 bille joe Armstrong

1 ben platt 2 mike faist 3 Aaron tveit 4 will roland5 john Gallagher jr

1. Perks of being a wallflower 2. The rocky horror picture show 3. Rent 4 breakfast at tiffany’s5. Funny face

Glee Last five yearsCyber bullyShort term 12

I don’t have any bad dates but a funny one is the one of the frist dates with my bf he was telling me about a movies and he said it’s this movie about this thing with theses actors (I’m not lying he actually said that) and me and his mom were like wtf are you talking about. Oh and this is kinda cute funny. Me and my bf frist kiss was on our 7 month anniversary and he told his friend he was nervous about kissing me for the frist time (it was also his frist kiss ever and mine frist kiss) and we were at this party everyone but me knew that he was trying to ask me if he could kiss me and so when the part was Almost over he finally asked me and good riddance by Green Day was playing in the background and it’s was kind awkward but really sweet.

I would take my sister and my mom to New York and we would see deh wicked Hamilton and ever other show I could get tickets for and then gø to the drama book store and get a buch of books.

My whole family has always loved musicals and I remember when me and my sister were ten we wanted to be in Annie and every day for over a year I would make my sister watch Annie so I could lean the music and when I frist saw rent is when I really got into them

I’m a ho for musicals about real things like depression anxiety and other things like that

[queermediastudies]

Media Example

Hi everyone,

I picked the trailer of Queer Eye as my media example. The television series Queer Eye was first released by Netflix in 2018. It is a reboot of the series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. For the new series, its goal is to fight for acceptance. For Queer Eye, the Fab 5 provides advice for people in need of food, dressing, culture, grooming, and interior designer aspects. In the first season, the series focused on providing help to straight people. The topic became broader in the second season. The fifth episode in season two, the main character Skyler is a transgender person who just recovered from surgery. In this episode, the show discussed a lot of issues that transgender people face in their life. Although people usually put LGBTQ together, there still is a lack of understanding and awareness of the transgender people even inside the LGBTQ group. As the reading mentioned that more and more LGBTQ regular character on stream. Although there is a lack of diversity in that LGBTQ character, it is undeniable that TV has already made a lot of progress. Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD said that “At a time when the Trump administration is trying to render LGBTQ people invisible, representing LGBTQ people in all of our diversity in scripted TV programs is an essential counterbalance that gives LGBTQ people stories to relate to and moves the broader public to support LGBTQ people and families (Townsend, 2017).” More and more series like Queer Eye appears in the stream can help people have a deeper understanding of Queer people.

References: GLAAD's 'Where We Are on TV' report highlights why #RepresentationMatters. (2017, November 17). Retrieved from https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaads-where-we-are-tv-report-highlights-why-representationmatters

Netflix. (2018, June 7). Queer Eye: Season 2 | Trailer [HD] | Netflix. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Gh0LRdKu4

Rodriguez, L. (2018). Netflix's 'Queer Eye' Ready To Makeover Kansas City Starting Next Week. Retrieved from https://www.kcur.org/post/netflixs-queer-eye-ready-makeover-kansas-city-starting-next-week#stream/0

By Xiaoyu Cheng (Annie)

[lifebylyd-blog]

2011 Top Karaoke Pop Songs #1 - Rolling In The Deep - Adele (Many people assume Adele becoming a black singer due to sound of her voice but she's not. What you hear from her are powerful vocals while using feel of emotion behind every note. That is precisely what an excellent singer wants coming from a song. The challenge bluetooth speaker with microphone for almost any singer with 'Rolling In The Deep' is matching the emotion and feeling that Adele puts in her original version. Of course you can get away with the inability to match Adele's vocal quality yet still please your audience if you are a six years old girl singing this song with your heart, as did Alexa Narvaez on YouTube with currently over 13 million views.) #2 - Someone Like You - Adele (Yes, Adele comes in with all the top two Pop songs for 2011. 'Someone Like You' speaks of somebody going to terms with the fact that her past lover has moved. She wishes him the top and sings that she will quickly realize 'someone like you', claiming to possess come to terms with all the status with their break-up but obviously revealing otherwise. Perhaps this song became so popular since the majority individuals experienced our hearts broken in the same way that this song relates.) #3 - Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & Goonrock (Well I thought LMFAO must be a band, with possibly each letter of this group's name representing one of these members. Man, am I ever from the loop. LMFAO is short for for Laughing My Freaking Ass Off. LMFAO is truly a duo consisting of Motown founder's Berry Gordy's youngest son Stefan aka Redfoo and his grandson Skyler aka SkyBlu. The song was considered one of the most popular dance songs of 4 seasons. If it's fun to dance to then it have to be fun to sing.) #4 - On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull (If anybody remembers the Lambada from 1989 you'll without doubt see the borrowed beat for the main riff. What can we expect for J-Lo's newest single? Maybe a reworking technique main riff from 'Islands In The Stream' or 'Afternoon Delight'.) #5 - You And I - Lady Gaga (Unlike the majority of Lady Gaga's tunes as well as perhaps only a shade less successful as several of Gaga's dance songs, this tune was highly requested as being a karaoke song. 'You And I' is often a bluesy, rock and country inspired ballad that mildly samples the classic Queen song 'We Will Rock You'.) #6 - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera (This song has a catchy hook and was popular among the karaoke crowd, and what has got more inviting is that it is really a female/male duet.) #7 - Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (The original American Idol continues to be going strong five studio albums later. This song yet again capitalizes on strong vocals as well as the hook 'you do not know anything about me' will remain in your thoughts long after the final note from the song is played.) #8 - Lighters - Bad Meets Evil & Bruno Mars (Bad Meets Evil is a duo consisting of rappers Royce da 5'9" and Eminem. This duo actually was formed before Eminem gained his mainstream popularity in 1999, they broke up and now have since reunited. The song 'Lighters' is an alternative hip-hop song, completely different from serious rap, especially with all the added vocals of Bruno Mars.) #9 - We Found Love - Rihanna (Rihanna yet again hits the very best with the charts having a catchy dance song. Many versions of this song also list Calvin Harris inside the credits but we have not heard a duet version or any version that feature vocals aside from Rihanna's.) #10 - I Do - Colbie Caillat (Like Colbie Caillat's first single Bubbly, this song is a happy, happy-go-lucky sunny day song that speaks of taking relationships one stage further. A perfect tune for the optimistic romantic.) Honorable Mention: Mistletoe - Justin Bieber (Some people may wonder why Justin Bieber is once more and not on the most notable 10. He also didn't make the very best ten with some of his songs this year, possibly because although his songs use a broad appeal, with regards to singing them you will see an extremely smaller audience. Collectively karaoke versions of his songs sold more than another artist in 2011; Justin Bieber was the best selling Karaoke artist of 2011. The late season discharge of 'Mistletoe' nearly made the superior 10. It was highly requested in late November and December. Many long for a whole new, new holiday song this also song filled that need precisely.) Top 2011 Karaoke Country Songs #1 - Dirt Road Anthem - Jason Aldean (This song covers country life but adds just a little 'country rap' within the mix. Very popular tune and choice for karaoke singers.) #2 - Just Fishin' - Trace Adkins (This song is approximately a father and daughter fishing together. Another feel good country song that pulls in your heart strings.") #3 - Country Girl (Shake It For Me) - Luke Bryan (This song is pretty not the same as the sooner hit by Luke Bryan 'Rain Is A Good Thing'. The title should be a clicking giveaway until this song is not a ballad or a story song. It is often a coming-right-at-you dance tune that caught on and became one of the most requested country songs to sing.) #4 - Hell On Heels - Pistol Annies (There are some songs which are country cross overs; songs that may be played on both the Pop Charts as well as the Country Charts. Not this song, it's definitely country. The Pistol Annies produce a statement of the woman's wrath, singing 'sugar daddy I'm comin' for you'. ) #5 - You Lie - The Band Perry (Another country tune about an unhappy relationship. You lie like a Persian rug, being a coon dog basking in the sun, as being a penny in the parking lot. It seems many a country song is all about that bitter feeling that you can achieve after they find out that their lover isn't so significant the ones really adore to sing about it.) #6 - Honey Bee - Blake Shelton (This catchy tune did well about the Billboard 100 in addition to going Number 1 for the country charts. The broad appeal from the song (along with the undeniable fact that individuals were singing it) helped use it into the superior ten of our list.) #7 - Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (This song reminisces about the fun one had on his southern summer barefoot blue jean night. His buddy Frankie got installed with a Cadillac with horns on the hood! ) #8 - Story Of Us - Taylor Swift (an upbeat tempo song that by it's title might indicate the song could be of a happy relationship. Unfortunately the chorus is 'the story people is a tragedy now.') #9 - This Is Country Music - Brad Paisley (Though significantly less commercially successful as a few of Brad Paisley's earlier hits, 'This Is Country Music' epitomizes what many feel a country song is all about. Country music fans usually takes pride in that their music often has some substance in it's lyrics or message, which is not typical with a pop tune.) #10 - Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum songs are extremely popular within the karaoke world because with their duet capability. The way that Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott effortlessly switch lead vocals of their original renditions make many singers want to do the same inside the karaoke versions. The challenge is finding two singers with all the same vocal abilities of Lady Antebellum's lead singers.) So, again, another year has provided us with a slew of new music. So you, the karaoke singer, must stop singing the same old tune. You don't want to subject the group to at least one more time of singing exactly the same song that you just sing week after week, it doesn't matter how good you sing that song. There is plenty of new karaoke music from which to choose. Sometimes it may seemed that there is no good new music on the market. However it might appear this way as you have gotten in the habit of playing your 'iPod' together with your pre-selected choices in music. Start making it a habit of listening to radio or activating a music channel more regularly, you are going to find plenty of the latest selections from which to choose.

[mapleicedlatte]

Coolest kid I know 🤍

[suerusselldj]

The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Albums: Spring 2017

Spoil me - I'm a DJ and I'm cute!

Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to new music. Four times a year, we round up a list of albums, singles, EPs, reissues, and more arriving in the coming months. This installment covers spring 2017, starting with this Friday, April 7. (Please note that release dates may change.) To start things off, we’ve highlighted a few particularly notable releases, including albums by Kendrick Lamar, Gorillaz, Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, Lorde, and others. For more about the releases we’re most excited for in 2017, check out our feature from the beginning of the year.

Arca: Arca (April 7, XL Recordings)

The new self-titled album from producer Alejandro Ghersi under his Arca alias is the follow-up to his his 2015 album Mutant and 2016 project Entrañas. It includes the recently released songs “Piel,” “Anoche,” and “Reverie,” and features Arca stepping out in front of the microphone for the first time, singing exclusively in Spanish. 

Father John Misty: Pure Comedy (April 7, Sub Pop)

The irreverent Josh Tillman returns in full force with Pure Comedy, his newest studio album under the Father John Misty name. The announcement of the 75-minute LP came with a 25-minute making-of documentary filmed during the album’s recording as well as a nearly-2000 word explanation. It features a 13-minute song called “Leaving LA,” plus a track that begins with a line about virtual reality sex with Taylor Swift. Read our extensive new interview with Father John Misty here.

Future Islands: The Far Field (April 7, 4AD)

Synth-pop trio Future Islands are set to release their latest album The Far Field, following the breakout success they found on 2014’s Singles. It includes “Ran” and “Cave,” was produced by John Congleton, and includes a guest appearance by Blondie’s Debbie Harry.

Kendrick Lamar: TBA (April 7 [probably], Top Dawg Entertainment)

Ever since the release of To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015, fans have been waiting with bated breath for details on a new album from Kendrick Lamar. Last year, the rapper followed up with a collection of outtakes and demos, untitled unmastered. On his recent track “The Heart Part 4,” Kendrick teased a date in his final verse: “Y'all got ’til April the 7th to get your shit together,” but it hasn't been confirmed if the album will, in fact, be released this Friday. He also released the Mike WiLL Made-It-produced “Humble.” Read our rundown of what Kendrick has been up to since his last album.

Feist: Pleasure (April 28, Universal)

Pleasure marks singer-songwriter Leslie Feist’s first new full-length record in over half a decade. Produced by Feist alongside Mocky and Renaud Letang, the album was recorded “without guile or go-to’s,” the goal being “to pin the songs down with conviction and our straight up human bodies,” according to Feist. She’s thus far released one song, the album’s title track. 

Gorillaz: Humanz (April 28, Parlophone/Warner Bros.)

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have finally gotten the animated band back together. Humanz features a massive all-star cast, including Vince Staples, Savages’ Jehnny Beth, Noel Gallagher, Grace Jones, Popcaan, D.R.A.M., Mavis Staples, Danny Brown, De La Soul, Pusha T, Kali Uchis, Kelela, and others. It was recorded in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, and Jamaica and produced by Gorillaz, the Twilite Tone of D /\ P, and Remi Kabaka. The album’s announcement was accompanied by four brand new songs as well as a performance of the entire thing in London.

Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog (May 5, Captured Tracks)

Mac is back with the follow-up to 2015’s mini-album Another One and 2014’s regular-album Salad Days. DeMarco recorded the album after he moved to Los Angeles from Queens. “The majority of this album is acoustic guitar, synthesizer, some drum machine, and one song is electric guitar,” he said in a statement. “So this is a new thing for me.” The album’s announcement was accompanied by two new songs: “My Old Man” and “This Old Dog.” Read Pitchfork’s interview with DeMarco about the new album.

Perfume Genius: No Shape (May 5, Matador)

Mike Hadreas has announced the follow-up to his excellent 2014 album Too Bright. His fourth Perfume Genius album features the new single “Slip Away,” as well as the Weyes Blood-featuring track “Sides.” “I think a lot of [these songs] are about trying to be happy in the face of whatever bullshit I created for myself or how horrible everything and everyone is,” he said in a statement. Hadreas will tour this year alongside serpentwithfeet. 

Slowdive: Slowdive (May 5, Dead Oceans)

The shoegaze originals return 22 years later with Slowdive, their self-titled follow-up to 1995’s Pygmalion. Despite the lengthy gap, the band’s principal songwriter, Neil Halstead, said, “When you’re in a band and you do three records, there’s a continuous flow and a development. For us, that flow re-started with us playing live again and that has continued into the record.” So far, we’ve heard “Star Roving” and “Sugar for the Pill.”

Girlpool: Powerplant (May 12, Anti-)

Girlpool are back with the follow-up to Before the World Was Big, their debut. Powerplant, which has been preceded by “123” and its gruesome video, sees them step up to Epitaph sister-label Anti-. Catch them on tour behind the record.

Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister): Planetarium [June 9, 4AD]

Back in 2011, Nico Muhly, the National’s Bryce Dessner, percussionist James McAlister, and Sufjan Stevens set out on a project that would encompass the breadth of the solar system. The resulting album, Planetarium, will finally be released in June. The record, led by Sufjan’s voice, features songs about “Halley’s Comet,” “Black Hole,” and “Mars”—as well as the previously released “Saturn.”

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up [June 16, Nonesuch]

Fleet Foxes’ long-awaited follow-up to Helplessness Blues follows a six-year disappearance in which songwriter Robin Pecknold studied at Columbia University. The first single, a nine-minute epic called “Third of May / Ōdaigahara,” addresses Pecknold’s relationship with bandmate Skyler Skjelset—“the feeling of having an unresolved, unrequited relationship that is lingering psychologically,” Pecknold told Pitchfork. Read more about the album in the full interview, and see their upcoming tour dates.

Lorde: Melodrama [June 16, LAVA/Republic]

Lorde returns with her highly anticipated sophomore album, following 2013’s Pure Heroine. It includes her new single “Green Light,” which details her “first major heartbreak,” as well as the stark piano ballad “Liability.” Lorde performed both tracks on “SNL” earlier this year. The album was produced with Jack Antonoff.

Vince Staples: TBA [Def Jam]

Vince Staples’ upcoming album is the follow-up to 2015’s Summertime ’06 and last year’s Prima Donna EP. Earlier this year, he released the new song “BagBak” and announced that VIP packages for his Life Aquatic Tour would include a free copy of the upcoming record. Staples also collaborated with Gorillaz on “Ascension,” from their upcoming album Humanz.

Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life [Polydor/Interscope]

Lana Del Rey announced her new album Lust for Life with a wonderfully mysterious black-and-white clip that found her wondering aloud, “What shall I cook up for the kids today?”. The first taste of her upcoming Honeymoon follow-up arrived with “Love,” a new single released earlier this year. The album will also likely include a collaboration with the Weeknd, following her appearances on “Party Monster” and “Stargirl Interlude” from his 2016 release Starboy. 

LCD Soundsystem: TBA [Columbia]

It’s been seven years since LCD Soundsystem released This Is Happening, their excellent third album. In the time since, the group disbanded, reformed, and embarked on a reunion tour. (They will headline Pitchfork Music Festival this summer). In early 2016, the band announced that they had signed to Columbia Records, with plans to release new music, but nothing has materialized yet. James Murphy offered an update on the album this January, saying he was “still working” on it, but “winter tends to mess with [his] voice.” Hopefully, the warmer weather will bring new LCD Soundsystem music with it.

April:

04-07

Allan Kingdom: Lines [So Cold/Empire]

Allred & Broderick: Find the Ways [Erased Tapes]

Annie Hardy: Rules [Full Psycho/American Primitive]

Anthony Naples: Us Mix EP [Proibito]

Arca: Arca [XL]

Aye Nako: Silver Haze [Don Giovanni]

CFM: Dichotomy Desaturated [In The Red]

The Chainsmokers: Memories...Do Not Open [Disruptor/Columbia]

Clark: Death Peak [Warp] 

Cold Beat: Chaos by Invitation [Crime on the Moon]

Cory Branan: Adios [Bloodshot]

Diet Cig: Swear I’m Good At This [Frenchkiss]

Ecstatic Vision: Raw Rock Fury [Relapse]

Father John Misty: Pure Comedy [Sub Pop]

Fuoco Fatuo: Backwater [Profound Lore]

Fujiya & Miyagi: Fujiya & Miyagi [self-released]

Future Islands: The Far Field [4AD]

Guided by Voices: August by Cake [Rockathon]

Joey Bada$$: ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ [Pro Era/Cinematic Music Group]

Karen Elson: Double Roses [H.O.T.]

Lil Ugly Mane: Mista Thug Isolation [Hundebiss] [reissue]

Michelle Branch: Hopeless Romantic [Verve]

The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions [Collected Work/Concord]

Sam Gellaitry: Escapism III [XL]

San Fermin: Belong [Downtown/Interscope]

Soundwalk Collective: Before Music There Is Blood [Apollo]

Sweet Spirit: St. Mojo [Nine Mile]

Timber Timbre: Sincerely, Future Pollution [Arts & Crafts/City Slang]

Vanbot: Siberia [Lisch Recordings]

Various Artists: Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album [30th Century]

White Reaper: The World’s Best American Band [Polyvinyl]

04-14

Actress: AZD [Ninja Tune]

Fionn Regan: The Meetings of the Waters [Abbey]

John Mayer: The Search for Everything [Columbia]

Little Dragon: Season High [Loma Vista]

Mary Lattimore: Collected Pieces [Ghostly] [compilation]

Sam Outlaw: Tenderheart [Six Shooter]

Talib Kweli & Styles P: The Seven [Javotti Media/3D]

04-21

Artificial Brain: Infrared Horizon [Profound Lore]

The Black Angels: Death Song [Partisan]

Charly Bliss: Guppy [Barsuk]

Foreseen: Grave Danger [20 Buck Spin]

GAS: NARKOPOP [Kompakt]

Ghosts: Crash Ensemble [Bedroom Community]

Harriet Brown: CONTACT [Innovative Leisure]

Hisato Higuchi: Kietsuzukeru Echo [Root Strata]

J Dilla: Motor City [Dillatronic]

Joe Goddard: Electric Lines [Greco-Roman/Domino]

Kamaiyah: Don’t Get It Twisted [self-released]

Mr. Mitch: Devout [Planet Mu]

Ray Davies: Americana [Legacy]

Real Life Buildings: Significant Weather [Lauren]

Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock [Yep Roc]

Tara Jane O’Neil: Tara Jane O’Neil [Gnomonsong]

Valgeir Sigurðsson: Dissonance [Bedroom Community]

Vampire: With Primeval Force [Century Media]

Various Artists: Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live... And More [Concord Bicycle]

Woods: Love Is Love [Woodsist]

04-22

RECORD STORE DAY: See list of releases here

04-28

ANAMAI (Egyptrixx & Anna Mayberry): What Mountain [Halocline Trance]

BNQT: Volume 1 [Dualtone/Bella Union]

Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory [self-released]

The Cranberries: Something Else [BMG]

Feist: Pleasure [Universal]

Gorillaz: Humanz [Parlophone/Warner Bros]

John Mellencamp: Sad Clowns & Hillbillies [Republic]

Juliana Hatfield: Pussycat [American Laundromat]

Lone: Ambivert Tools Vol. 1 [R&S]

Mark Lanegan Band: Gargoyle [Heavenly]

Mary J. Blige: Strength of a Woman [Capitol]

Mew: Visuals [Play It Again Sam]

The New Year: Snow [Undertow]

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async [Milan]

Shugo Tokumaru: Toss [Polyvinyl]

Sophia Kennedy: Sophia Kennedy [Pampa]

Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell Live [Asthmatic Kitty]

Swans: The Great Annihilator [Young God/Mute] [reissue]

Sylvan Esso: What Now [Loma Vista]

Thurston Moore: Rock n Roll Consciousness [Caroline International]

WALL: Untitled [Wharf Cat]

Willie Nelson: God’s Problem Child [Legacy]

May:

05-05

The Afghan Whigs: In Spades [Sub Pop]

Alice Coltrane: World Spirituality Classics 1 - The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda [Luka Bop] [reissue]

At the Drive In:  in•ter a•li•a [Rise]

Big Walnuts Yonder: Big Walnuts Yonder [Sargent House]

Bill MacKay: Esker [Drag City]

Black Lips: Satan’s graffiti or God’s art [Vice]

Blondie: Pollinator [BMG]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Best Troubador [Drag City]

Brother Ali: All the Beauty in This Whole World [Rhymesayers]

Forest Swords: Compassion [Ninja Tune]

Full of Hell: Trumpeting Ecstasy [Profound Lore]

The Grateful Dead: May 1977: Get Shown the Light [Rhino]

Hoops: Routines [Fat Possum]

Ian William Craig: Slow Vessels EP [Fat Cat]

Jesu/Sun Kil Moon: 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth [Caldo Verde]

Joan Shelley: Joan Shelley [No Quarter]

John Moreland: Big Bad Luv [4AD]

Juana Molina: Halo [Crammed Discs]

Logic: Everybody [Visionary Music Group/Def Jam]

Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog [Captured Tracks]

Moon Duo: Occult Architecture Vol. 2 [Sacred Bones]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 1984-2014 [Mute]

Nightlands: I Can Feel the Night Around Me [Western Vinyl]

Niia: I [Atlantic]

Nite Jewel: Real High [Gloriette]

Penguin Café: The Imperfect Sea [Erased Tapes]

Perfume Genius: No Shape [Matador]

Pond: The Weather [Marathon Artists]

Robin Trower: Time and Emotion [V-12]

Slowdive: Slowdive [Dead Oceans]

Tall Juan: Olden Goldies [BUFU]

Tiny Vipers: Laughter [Ba Da Bing]

Walter Martin: My Kinda Music [Family Jukebox]

05-12

Eyedress: Manila Ice [Lex]

Girlpool: Powerplant [Anti-]

PWR BTTM: Pageant [Polyvinyl]

Slackk: A Little Light [R&S]

Todd Rundgren: White Knight [Cleopatra]

Various Artist: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album [Sub Pop]

Will Stratton: Rosewood Almanac [Bella Union]

05-19

!!!: Shake the Shudder [Warp]

Alex G: Rocket [Domino]

Coldcut x On-U Sound: Outside the Echo Chamber [Ahead of Our Time]

Demen: Nektyr [Kranky]

Do Make Say Think: Stubborn Persistent Illusions [Constellation]

Faith Evans/The Notorious B.I.G.: The King & I [Rhino]

George Michael: Listen Without Prejudice/MTV Unplugged [Legacy] [reissue]

Heather Trost: Agistri [LM Dupli-cation]

Helium: The Dirt of Luck/The Magic City/Ends With And [Matador] [reissue]

Jlin: Black Origami [Planet Mu]

Land of Talk: Life After Youth [Saddle Creek]

Lord RAJA: Amadeus EP [Ghostly International]

Loss: Horizonless [Profound Lore]

Man Forever: Play What They Want [Thrill Jockey]

The Mountain Goats: Goths [Merge]

The Radiophonic Workshop: Burials in Several Earths [Room 13]

Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want? [TBA]

Sam Amidon: The Following Mountain [Nonesuch]

She-Devils: She-Devils [Secretly Canadian]

Tigers Jaw: Spin [Black Cement]

T.RAUMSCHMIERE: Heimat

Wavves: You’re Welcome [Ghost Ramp]

05-26

The Charlatans: Different Days [BMG]

Justin Townes Earle: Kids in the Street [New West]

Martin Rev: Demolition 9 [Atlas Réalisations]

New Order: NOMC15 [Mute]

June:

06-02

Alt-J: Relaxer [Canvasback Music]

Beach Fossils: Somersault [Bayonet]

Benjamin Booker: Witness [ATO]

Chastity Belt: I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone [Hardly Art]

Coldplay: Kaleidoscope EP [Parlophone]

Dan Auerbach: Waiting on a Song [Easy Eye Sound]

Kacey Johansing: The Hiding [Night Bloom]

Marika Hackman: I’m Not Your Man [Sub Pop]

Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There—An All-Star Concert Celebration [Blackbird Presents]

Pixx: The Age of Anxiety [4AD]

Saint Etienne: Home Countries [Heavenly]

TOPS: Sugar at the Gate [Arbutus]

U2: The Joshua Tree [30th Anniversary Edition] [Interscope] [reissue]

Whitney: You’ve Got a Woman/Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can) [Secretly Canadian] [12” single]

06-09

Agent Blå: Agent Blue [Kanine/Luxury]

Cigarettes After Sex: Cigarettes After Sex [Partisan]

Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister): Planetarium [4AD]

06-16

B Boys: Dada [Captured Tracks]

Chuck Berry: Chuck [Dualtone]

The Drums: “Abysmal Thoughts” [Anti-]

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up [Nonesuch]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound [Southeastern]

Kevin Morby: City Music [Dead Oceans]

Lorde: Melodrama [Republic/Lava]

Michael Nau: Some Twist [Suicide Squeeze]

Ride: Weather Diaries [Wichita]

Royal Trux: Platinum Tips + Ice Cream [Drag City]

06-23

Banditos: Visionland [Bloodshot]

TBA

Alice Glass: TBA [TBA]

Amber Coffman: City of No Reply [Columbia]

Arcade Fire: TBA [TBA]

Beck: TBA [Capitol]

Bleachers: TBA [RCA]

Cashmere Cat: 9 [Mad Love/Interscope]

Chic: It’s About Time [TBA]

Chromatics: Dear Tommy [Italians Do It Better]

CyHi the Prynce: No Dope on Sundays [Brooklyn Knights/Sony RAL]

Danzig: Black Laden Crown [Evilive/Nuclear Blast]

Earl Sweatshirt: TBA [TBA]

Fischerscpooner: SIR [TBA]

Grizzly Bear: TBA [TBA]

GZA: Dark Matter [TBA]

Haim: TBA [TBA]

Halsey: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom [Astralwerks]

The I.L.Y’s: Bodyguard [TBA]

Kane Strang: TBA [Dead Oceans]

Katy Perry: TBA [Capitol]

Kelela: TBA [TBA]

King Krule: TBA [TBA]

Kendrick Lamar: TBA [Top Dawg Entertainment]

The Killers: TBA [TBA]

Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life [Interscope/Polydor]

LCD Soundsystem: TBA [Columbia]

Lil B: Black Ken [self-released]

Major Lazer: TBA [TBA]

Post Malone: Beer Bongs & Bentleys [Republic]

Queens of the Stone Age: TBA [TBA]

Sky Ferreira: Masochism [TBA]

SZA: CTRL [TDE]

Vampire Weekend: Mitsubishi Macchiato [TBA]

Vince Staples: TBA [Def Jam]

Wolf Parade: TBA [TBA]

Zack de la Rocha: TBA [TBA]

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The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Albums: Spring 2017

Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to new music. Four times a year, we round up a list of albums, singles, EPs, reissues, and more arriving in the coming months. This installment covers winter 2017, starting with this Friday, April 7. (Please note that release dates may change.) To start things off, we’ve highlighted a few particularly notable releases, including albums by Kendrick Lamar, Gorillaz, Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, Lorde, and others. For more about the releases we’re most excited for in 2017, check out our feature from the beginning of the year.

Arca: Arca (April 7, XL Recordings)

The new self-titled album from producer Alejandro Ghersi under his Arca alias is the follow-up to his his 2015 album Mutant and 2016 project Entrañas. It includes the recently released songs “Piel,” “Anoche,” and “Reverie,” and features Arca stepping out in front of the microphone for the first time, singing exclusively in Spanish. 

Father John Misty: Pure Comedy (April 7, Sub Pop)

The irreverent Josh Tillman returns in full force with Pure Comedy, his newest studio album under the Father John Misty name. The announcement of the 75-minute LP came with a 25-minute making-of documentary filmed during the album’s recording as well as a nearly-2000 word explanation. It features a 13-minute song called “Leaving LA,” plus a track that begins with a line about virtual reality sex with Taylor Swift. Read our extensive new interview with Father John Misty here.

Future Islands: The Far Field (April 7, 4AD)

Synth-pop trio Future Islands are set to release their latest album The Far Field, following the breakout success they found on 2014’s Singles. It includes “Ran” and “Cave,” was produced by John Congleton, and includes a guest appearance by Blondie’s Debbie Harry.

Kendrick Lamar: TBA (April 7 [probably], Top Dawg Entertainment)

Ever since the release of To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015, fans have been waiting with bated breath for details on a new album from Kendrick Lamar. Last year, the rapper followed up with a collection of outtakes and demos, untitled unmastered. On his recent track “The Heart Part 4,” Kendrick teased a date in his final verse: “Y'all got ’til April the 7th to get your shit together,” but it hasn't been confirmed if the album will, in fact, be released this Friday. He also released the Mike WiLL Made-It-produced “Humble.” Read our rundown of what Kendrick has been up to since his last album.

Feist: Pleasure (April 28, Universal)

Pleasure marks singer-songwriter Leslie Feist’s first new full-length record in over half a decade. Produced by Feist alongside Mocky and Renaud Letang, the album was recorded “without guile or go-to’s,” the goal being “to pin the songs down with conviction and our straight up human bodies,” according to Feist. She’s thus far released one song, the album’s title track. 

Gorillaz: Humanz (April 28, Parlophone/Warner Bros.)

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have finally gotten the animated band back together. Humanz features a massive all-star cast, including Vince Staples, Savages’ Jehnny Beth, Noel Gallagher, Grace Jones, Popcaan, D.R.A.M., Mavis Staples, Danny Brown, De La Soul, Pusha T, Kali Uchis, Kelela, and others. It was recorded in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, and Jamaica and produced by Gorillaz, the Twilite Tone of D /\ P, and Remi Kabaka. The album’s announcement was accompanied by four brand new songs as well as a performance of the entire thing in London.

Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog (May 5, Captured Tracks)

Mac is back with the follow-up to 2015’s mini-album Another One and 2014’s regular-album Salad Days. DeMarco recorded the album after he moved to Los Angeles from Queens. “The majority of this album is acoustic guitar, synthesizer, some drum machine, and one song is electric guitar,” he said in a statement. “So this is a new thing for me.” The album’s announcement was accompanied by two new songs: “My Old Man” and “This Old Dog.” Read Pitchfork’s interview with DeMarco about the new album.

Perfume Genius: No Shape (May 5, Matador)

Mike Hadreas has announced the follow-up to his excellent 2014 album Too Bright. His fourth Perfume Genius album features the new single “Slip Away,” as well as the Weyes Blood-featuring track “Sides.” “I think a lot of [these songs] are about trying to be happy in the face of whatever bullshit I created for myself or how horrible everything and everyone is,” he said in a statement. Hadreas will tour this year alongside serpentwithfeet. 

Slowdive: Slowdive (May 5, Dead Oceans)

The shoegaze originals return 22 years later with Slowdive, their self-titled follow-up to 1995’s Pygmalion. Despite the lengthy gap, the band’s principal songwriter, Neil Halstead, said, “When you’re in a band and you do three records, there’s a continuous flow and a development. For us, that flow re-started with us playing live again and that has continued into the record.” So far, we’ve heard “Star Roving” and “Sugar for the Pill.”

Girlpool: Powerplant (May 12, Anti-)

Girlpool are back with the follow-up to Before the World Was Big, their debut. Powerplant, which has been preceded by “123” and its gruesome video, sees them step up to Epitaph sister-label Anti-. Catch them on tour behind the record.

Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister): Planetarium [June 9, 4AD]

Back in 2011, Nico Muhly, the National’s Bryce Dessner, percussionist James McAlister, and Sufjan Stevens set out on a project that would encompass the breadth of the solar system. The resulting album, Planetarium, will finally be released in June. The record, led by Sufjan’s voice, features songs about “Halley’s Comet,” “Black Hole,” and “Mars”—as well as the previously released “Saturn.”

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up [June 16, Nonesuch]

Fleet Foxes’ long-awaited follow-up to Helplessness Blues follows a six-year disappearance in which songwriter Robin Pecknold studied at Columbia University. The first single, a nine-minute epic called “Third of May / Ōdaigahara,” addresses Pecknold’s relationship with bandmate Skyler Skjelset—“the feeling of having an unresolved, unrequited relationship that is lingering psychologically,” Pecknold told Pitchfork. Read more about the album in the full interview, and see their upcoming tour dates.

Lorde: Melodrama [June 16, LAVA/Republic]

Lorde returns with her highly anticipated sophomore album, following 2013’s Pure Heroine. It includes her new single “Green Light,” which details her “first major heartbreak,” as well as the stark piano ballad “Liability.” Lorde performed both tracks on “SNL” earlier this year. The album was produced with Jack Antonoff.

Vince Staples: TBA [Def Jam]

Vince Staples’ upcoming album is the follow-up to 2015’s Summertime ’06 and last year’s Prima Donna EP. Earlier this year, he released the new song “BagBak” and announced that VIP packages for his Life Aquatic Tour would include a free copy of the upcoming record. Staples also collaborated with Gorillaz on “Ascension,” from their upcoming album Humanz.

Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life [Polydor/Interscope]

Lana Del Rey announced her new album Lust for Life with a wonderfully mysterious black-and-white clip that found her wondering aloud, “What shall I cook up for the kids today?”. The first taste of her upcoming Honeymoon follow-up arrived with “Love,” a new single released earlier this year. The album will also likely include a collaboration with the Weeknd, following her appearances on “Party Monster” and “Stargirl Interlude” from his 2016 release Starboy. 

LCD Soundsystem: TBA [Columbia]

It’s been seven years since LCD Soundsystem released This Is Happening, their excellent third album. In the time since, the group disbanded, reformed, and embarked on a reunion tour. (They will headline Pitchfork Music Festival this summer). In early 2016, the band announced that they had signed to Columbia Records, with plans to release new music, but nothing has materialized yet. James Murphy offered an update on the album this January, saying he was “still working” on it, but “winter tends to mess with [his] voice.” Hopefully, the warmer weather will bring new LCD Soundsystem music with it.

April:

04-07

Allan Kingdom: Lines [So Cold/Empire]

Allred & Broderick: Find the Ways [Erased Tapes]

Annie Hardy: Rules [Full Psycho/American Primitive]

Anthony Naples: Us Mix EP [Proibito]

Arca: Arca [XL]

Aye Nako: Silver Haze [Don Giovanni]

The Chainsmokers: Memories...Do Not Open [Disruptor/Columbia]

Clark: Death Peak [Warp] 

Cold Beat: Chaos by Invitation [Crime on the Moon]

Cory Branan: Adios [Bloodshot]

Diet Cig: Swear I’m Good At This [Frenchkiss]

Ecstatic Vision: Raw Rock Fury [Relapse]

Father John Misty: Pure Comedy [Sub Pop]

Fuoco Fatuo: Backwater [Profound Lore]

Fujiya & Miyagi: Fujiya & Miyagi [self-released]

Future Islands: The Far Field [4AD]

Guided by Voices: August by Cake [Rockathon]

Joey Bada$$: ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ [Pro Era/Cinematic Music Group]

Karen Elson: Double Roses [H.O.T.]

Lil Ugly Mane: Mista Thug Isolation [Hundebiss] [reissue]

Michelle Branch: Hopeless Romantic [Verve]

The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions [Collected Work/Concord]

Sam Gellaitry: Escapism III [XL]

San Fermin: Belong [Downtown/Interscope]

Soundwalk Collective: Before Music There Is Blood [Apollo]

Sweet Spirit: St. Mojo [Nine Mile]

Timber Timbre: Sincerely, Future Pollution [Arts & Crafts/City Slang]

Vanbot: Siberia [Lisch Recordings]

Various Artists: Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album [30th Century]

White Reaper: The World’s Best American Band [Polyvinyl]

04-14

Actress: AZD [Ninja Tune]

Fionn Regan: The Meetings of the Waters [Abbey]

John Mayer: The Search for Everything [Columbia]

Little Dragon: Season High [Loma Vista]

Mary Lattimore: Collected Pieces [Ghostly] [compilation]

Sam Outlaw: Tenderheart [Six Shooter]

Talib Kweli & Styles P: The Seven [Javotti Media/3D]

04-21

Artificial Brain: Infrared Horizon [Profound Lore]

The Black Angels: Death Song [Partisan]

Charly Bliss: Guppy [Barsuk]

Foreseen: Grave Danger [20 Buck Spin]

GAS: NARKOPOP [Kompakt]

Ghosts: Crash Ensemble [Bedroom Community]

Harriet Brown: CONTACT [Innovative Leisure]

Hisato Higuchi: Kietsuzukeru Echo [Root Strata]

J Dilla: Motor City [Dillatronic]

Joe Goddard: Electric Lines [Greco-Roman/Domino]

Kamaiyah: Don’t Get It Twisted [self-released]

Mr. Mitch: Devout [Planet Mu]

Ray Davies: Americana [Legacy]

Real Life Buildings: Significant Weather [Lauren]

Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock [Yep Roc]

Tara Jane O’Neil: Tara Jane O’Neil [Gnomonsong]

Valgeir Sigurðsson: Dissonance [Bedroom Community]

Vampire: With Primeval Force [Century Media]

Various Artists: Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live... And More [Concord Bicycle]

Woods: Love Is Love [Woodsist]

04-22

RECORD STORE DAY: See list of releases here

04-28

ANAMAI (Egyptrixx & Anna Mayberry): What Mountain [Halocline Trance]

BNQT: Volume 1 [Dualtone/Bella Union]

Colin Stetson: All This I Do For Glory [self-released]

The Cranberries: Something Else [BMG]

Feist: Pleasure [Universal]

Gorillaz: Humanz [Parlophone/Warner Bros]

John Mellencamp: Sad Clowns & Hillbillies [Republic]

Juliana Hatfield: Pussycat [American Laundromat]

Lone: Ambivert Tools Vol. 1 [R&S]

Mark Lanegan Band: Gargoyle [Heavenly]

Mary J. Blige: Strength of a Woman [Capitol]

Mew: Visuals [Play It Again Sam]

The New Year: Snow [Undertow]

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async [Milan]

Shugo Tokumaru: Toss [Polyvinyl]

Sophia Kennedy: Sophia Kennedy [Pampa]

Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell Live [Asthmatic Kitty]

Swans: The Great Annihilator [Young God/Mute] [reissue]

Sylvan Esso: What Now [Loma Vista]

Thurston Moore: Rock n Roll Consciousness [Caroline International]

WALL: Untitled [Wharf Cat]

Willie Nelson: God’s Problem Child [Legacy]

May:

05-05

The Afghan Whigs: In Spades [Sub Pop]

Alice Coltrane: World Spirituality Classics 1 - The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda [Luka Bop] [reissue]

At the Drive In:  in•ter a•li•a [Rise]

Big Walnuts Yonder: Big Walnuts Yonder [Sargent House]

Bill MacKay: Esker [Drag City]

Black Lips: Satan’s graffiti or God’s art [Vice]

Blondie: Pollinator [BMG]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Best Troubador [Drag City]

Brother Ali: All the Beauty in This Whole World [Rhymesayers]

Forest Swords: Compassion [Ninja Tune]

Full of Hell: Trumpeting Ecstasy [Profound Lore]

The Grateful Dead: May 1977: Get Shown the Light [Rhino]

Hoops: Routines [Fat Possum]

Ian William Craig: Slow Vessels EP [Fat Cat]

Jesu/Sun Kil Moon: 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth [Caldo Verde]

Joan Shelley: Joan Shelley [No Quarter]

John Moreland: Big Bad Luv [4AD]

Juana Molina: Halo [Crammed Discs]

Logic: Everybody [Visionary Music Group/Def Jam]

Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog [Captured Tracks]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 1984-2014 [Mute]

Nightlands: I Can Feel the Night Around Me [Western Vinyl]

Niia: I [Atlantic]

Nite Jewel: Real High [Gloriette]

Penguin Café: The Imperfect Sea [Erased Tapes]

Perfume Genius: No Shape [Matador]

Pond: The Weather [Marathon Artists]

Robin Trower: Time and Emotion [V-12]

Slowdive: Slowdive [Dead Oceans]

Tall Juan: Olden Goldies [BUFU]

Tiny Vipers: Laughter [Ba Da Bing]

Walter Martin: My Kinda Music [Family Jukebox]

05-12

Eyedress: Manila Ice [Lex]

Girlpool: Powerplant [Anti-]

PWR BTTM: Pageant [Polyvinyl]

Slackk: A Little Light [R&S]

Todd Rundgren: White Knight [Cleopatra]

Various Artist: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album [Sub Pop]

Will Stratton: Rosewood Almanac [Bella Union]

05-19

!!!: Shake the Shudder [Warp]

Alex G: Rocket [Domino]

B Boys: Dada [Captured Tracks]

Coldcut x On-U Sound: Outside the Echo Chamber [Ahead of Our Time]

Demen: Nektyr [Kranky]

Do Make Say Think: Stubborn Persistent Illusions [Constellation]

Faith Evans/The Notorious B.I.G.: The King & I [Rhino]

George Michael: Listen Without Prejudice/MTV Unplugged [Legacy] [reissue]

Heather Trost: Agistri [LM Dupli-cation]

Helium: The Dirt of Luck/The Magic City/Ends With And [Matador] [reissue]

Jlin: Black Origami [Planet Mu]

Land of Talk: Life After Youth [Saddle Creek]

Lord RAJA: Amadeus EP [Ghostly International]

Loss: Horizonless [Profound Lore]

Man Forever: Play What They Want [Thrill Jockey]

The Mountain Goats: Goths [Merge]

The Radiophonic Workshop: Burials in Several Earths [Room 13]

Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want? [TBA]

Sam Amidon: The Following Mountain [Nonesuch]

She-Devils: She-Devils [Secretly Canadian]

Tigers Jaw: Spin [Black Cement]

T.RAUMSCHMIERE: Heimat

Wavves: You’re Welcome [Ghost Ramp]

05-26

The Charlatans: Different Days [BMG]

Justin Townes Earle: Kids in the Street [New West]

Martin Rev: Demolition 9 [Atlas Réalisations]

New Order: NOMC15 [Mute]

June:

06-02

Alt-J: Relaxer [Canvasback Music]

Beach Fossils: Somersault [Bayonet]

Benjamin Booker: Witness [ATO]

Chastity Belt: I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone [Hardly Art]

Coldplay: Kaleidoscope EP [Parlophone]

Dan Auerbach: Waiting on a Song [Easy Eye Sound]

Kacey Johansing: The Hiding [Night Bloom]

Marika Hackman: I’m Not Your Man [Sub Pop]

Mavis Staples: I’ll Take You There—An All-Star Concert Celebration [Blackbird Presents]

Pixx: The Age of Anxiety [4AD]

Saint Etienne: Home Countries [Heavenly]

TOPS: Sugar at the Gate [Arbutus]

U2: The Joshua Tree [30th Anniversary Edition] [Interscope] [reissue]

Whitney: You’ve Got a Woman/Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can) [Secretly Canadian] [12” single]

06-09

Agent Blå: Agent Blue [Kanine/Luxury]

Cigarettes After Sex: Cigarettes After Sex [Partisan]

Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister): Planetarium [4AD]

06-16

Chuck Berry: Chuck [Dualtone]

The Drums: “Abysmal Thoughts” [Anti-]

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up [Nonesuch]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound [Southeastern]

Kevin Morby: City Music [Dead Oceans]

Lorde: Melodrama [Republic/Lava]

Ride: Weather Diaries [Wichita]

Royal Trux: Platinum Tips + Ice Cream [Drag City]

06-23

Banditos: Visionland [Bloodshot]

TBA

Alice Glass: TBA [TBA]

Amber Coffman: City of No Reply [Columbia]

Arcade Fire: TBA [TBA]

Beck: TBA [Capitol]

Bleachers: TBA [RCA]

Cashmere Cat: 9 [Mad Love/Interscope]

Chic: It’s About Time [TBA]

Chromatics: Dear Tommy [Italians Do It Better]

CyHi the Prynce: No Dope on Sundays [Brooklyn Knights/Sony RAL]

Danzig: Black Laden Crown [Evilive/Nuclear Blast]

Earl Sweatshirt: TBA [TBA]

Fischerscpooner: SIR [TBA]

Grizzly Bear: TBA [TBA]

GZA: Dark Matter [TBA]

Haim: TBA [TBA]

Halsey: Hopeless Fountain Kingdom [Astralwerks]

The I.L.Y’s: Bodyguard [TBA]

Katy Perry: TBA [Capitol]

Kelela: TBA [TBA]

King Krule: TBA [TBA]

Kendrick Lamar: TBA [Top Dawg Entertainment]

The Killers: TBA [TBA]

Lana Del Rey: Lust for Life [Interscope/Polydor]

LCD Soundsystem: TBA [Columbia]

Lil B: Black Ken [self-released]

Major Lazer: TBA [TBA]

Post Malone: Beer Bongs & Bentleys [Republic]

Queens of the Stone Age: TBA [TBA]

Sky Ferreira: Masochism [TBA]

SZA: CTRL [TDE]

Vampire Weekend: Mitsubishi Macchiato [TBA]

Vince Staples: TBA [Def Jam]

Wolf Parade: TBA [TBA]

Zack de la Rocha: TBA [TBA]

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Ocean afternoons 🌊💛

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Spent the weekend giving Skylers room a swiftie inspired makeover.

It was her 8th birthday today & she didn't know any of this was happening so being able to surprise her was so special.

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It’s been a lovely day

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My tiny beauties 🌱💚

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The accidentally über stylish musings of a 2.5 year old.