The 33 Albums That Will Power the Rest of Your Year

Saying " so long " to summer is n’t entirely sadness - induce , not with all the unmissable entertainment options queued up over the next few month . Ourseries of fall previewswill guide you to the very bestmovies , show , albums , books , video games , andeventsarriving this season .

It ’s easy to joke about album liberation see being an archaic notion – just ask Frank Ocean and hislive - streamed staircase– but plenty of expectant artists and bands still release albums the old - fashioned way . Not everyone can strike down their album at a moment ’s poster likeBeyoncé . In fact , some artists even have release dates , singles , video , tour date , and all the other Bell and whistles fans get laid .

To help you make sense of everything coming out this fall , we ’ve puzzle you cover with the good coming releases in pappa , hip - hop , careen , R&B , metal , and other genre that probably do n’t have name calling yet . Time to dig in .

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Angel Olsen,My Woman

Release date:9/2Label : JagjaguwarJudging from the three singles we ’ve find out from this criminal record from the writing style - melding 29 - year - one-time Isaac Merrit Singer - songwriter , it cover a lot of ground : Neil Young guitar squallramblers , scrappypunk anthems , and slinkysynth - pop . There ’s nothing she ca n’t do .

M.I.A., AIM

Release date:9/9Label : InterscopeAny young music from the relentlessly innovative , boundary - agitate Mathangi Arulpragasam deserve your attention , but give the grumbling that this could beher last record , the palindromicAIMfeels especially like appointment - hearing . There ’s a proficient chance she ’ll go out with a bang .

Wilco,Schmilco

Release date : 9/9Label : dBpmAfter last year ’s jokey but refreshfully nimbleStar Wars , the Chicago art - rock warhorse look to be getting a slight silly again with their tenth disk , which finds them riffle on the album championship of bathrobe pop classicNilsson Schmilssonby Harry Nilsson .

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds,Skeleton Tree

Release date:9/9Label : Bad Seed Ltd. If the stark , haunting video for " Jesus Alone " is any indication , the latest record from these Australian post - punk warriors will explore similar dominion of 2013 ’s quiet menacingPush the Sky by . Also , the record book will be accompanied byOne More Time With feel , a new documentary about the band directed by filmmaker Andrew Dominik ( kill Them Softly ) , so keep your eyes unclothe for that .

Grouplove,Big Mess

Release date:9/9Label : AtlanticThis LA synth - pop group specializes in the type of soaring choruses that make them a favorite of television set and movie music supervisors –The Fault in Our Stars , lady friend , andBoJack Horsemanhave all used their tracks – so be sure to check up on their new songs before you try them scoring your latest weekend Netflix bust .

Bastille,Wild World

Release date:9/9Label : Virgin EMIAfter conquering the singles chart with their inescapable hit " Pompeii " back in 2014 , Bastille is back with another criminal record that promises more impeccably bring on anthem , syrupy ballad , and arena - rock - quick sing - alongs . Will they be able to climb to the same chart - topping elevation ? We ’ll have to wait and see .

Local Natives,Sunlit Youth

Release date:9/9Label : Loma Vista Recordings / Infectious MusicThe low - Francis Scott Key indie John Rock songcraft of this group nobble up on you – there ’s a reasonableness their last album was calledHummingbird– but the synth - speckled opening caterpillar tread " Villainy " of the new record suggests the band has find out some novel trick to keep your fountainhead nodding this fall .

Okkervil River,Away

Release date:9/9Label : ATOBesides singer - ballad maker Will Sheff , the lineup of literary rock staple Okkervil River has changed wholly since their last record , 2013 ’s warm - huedThe Silver Gymnasium , but the Modern song , which you could stream now ( via NPR ) , are just as full of joy , sadness , and wry self - referential humor as ever . Grab a pair of earphone and embrace the bearded melancholia .

The Head and the Heart,Signs of Light

Release date:9/9Label : Warner Bros. Though this Seattle - ground sept - rock chemical group has made the jump from indie Sub Pop to Warner Bros. , carry to hear the same heart - on - the - arm lyrics , pianoforte - filled orchestration , and beer - toasting melodies on their major label launching . And try not to hold the fact that they showed up in an installment ofRoadiesagainst them .

Usher,Hard II Love

Release date:9/16Label : RCAWe’re gon na judge that though Usher himself might beHard II Love , this album , his follow - up to 2012’sLooking 4 Myself , will be easy II take heed II . See what we did there ? Well , gestate much upright punning from Mr. Raymond on this new disc , along with all the received confessional that have made the formerVoicejudge a beloved R&B staple for ten .

Against Me!,Shape Shift With Me

Release date:9/16Label : Total Treble MusicWith the issue of singer Laura Jane Grace ’s memoirTranny : Confessions of Punk Rock ’s Most Infamous Anarchist Selloutin November , this will be the perfect soundtrack to your system - fighting , book of account - meter reading morning commute . As the group continues to refine the sound they explored on 2014’sTransgender Dysphoria Blues , prepare for moretuneful blastsof righteous punk rocker hostility .

AlunaGeorge,I Remember

Release particular date : 9/16Label : IslandEnglish synthpop duo AlunaGeorge make futuristic party medicine that sounds beamed in from some intergalactic night order – moderate out the single " I ’m in Control " for a taste – but the title of their sophomore LP suggests they might be human after all . What will they be remembering this time around ? Some large songs , hopefully .

Cymbals Eat Guitars,Pretty Years

Release date:9/16Label : SinderlynIt ’s soft to bemoan the status of guitar - based indie rock – the genre has certainly seen better daylight – but instead of complaining , it ’s a sound approximation to hold in out the late flock of straggle , melodic emo anthems from this reliably excellent Staten Island mathematical group . Pretty Yearsis a slightly more streamlined but desirable follow - up to 2014 ’s impressiveLOSE . There ’s still bang-up indie rock music out there if you know where to depend .

Mac Miller,The Divine Feminine

Release date:9/16Label : Warner Bros. get off last year ’s comparatively understatedGO : OD AM , the rapper and manufacturer is back with a new assembling of laid - back tracks boast guest coming into court from Kendrick Lamar , Cee Lo Green , Anderson .Paak , Ariana Grande , and more . Just do n’t expect a unfounded party here – it ’s more of a thrill good afternoon - BBQ vibration .

Mykki Blanco,Mykki

freeing appointment : 9/16Label : Dogfood Music GroupRap deconstructionist Mykki Blanco will issue the genre - deform introduction record album he ’s been steady building towards for the last few years with infectious caterpillar tread like " Wavvy . " After multiple mixtapes and EPs , it will be exciting to see what he ’s been cooking up .

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani,Sunergy

Release date:9/16Label : RVNG Intl . data-based synth artist Kailtlyn Aurelia Smith already released one of ourfavorite records of the twelvemonth , so we ’re calculate this gay collaboration with pianist Suzanne Ciani will be deserving getting misplace in as well .

Beach Slang,A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings

Release date:9/23Label : PolyvinylFar from the hazy beach - dad their name might evoke , these Philadelphia punks deliver the case of rowdy , beer - soak shout - alongs like " Punks in a Disco Bar " that take on as you burn down the cabana .

Bruce Springsteen,Chapter and Verse

Release date:9/23Label : ColumbiaThe tardy loss from the Boss is a fellow traveler musical composition to his new memoirBorn to Run , but do n’t expect fresh tracks here : this is a career - spanning compilation album featuring tracks hand - picked by Bruce himself , so you know you ’re getting the upright stuff .

Neurosis,Fires Within Fires

Recent date:9/23Label : Neurot RecordingsAutumn is the salutary fourth dimension of the year for a blast of alloy aggression , so let the previous record from Neurosis , the Oakland doom old hand , soundtrack your pumpkin spice adventures . At the very least , it ’ll be trashy than a leaf blower .

Bon Iver,22, A Million

Release date:9/30Label : JagjaguwarSince becoming the favorite cabin - dwelling vocalist of Kanye West and releasing 2011’sBon Iver , Bon Iver , Justin Vernon has keep a low profile , collaborating with friends and curating a euphony fete in his Wisconsin hometown of Eau Claire , but cook for the bearded vocalist - songster to mistreat back into the spotlight with his tardy full - duration .

Danny Brown,Atrocity Exhibition

Release date:9/30Label : WarpWith his crazy tomentum , graphic sexual activity talk , and aggressive delivery , it ’s easy for the uninitiated to be a little confused by an artist as originative and provocative as Danny Brown . But that would be a mistake : the Detroit knocker is one of pelvic girdle - hop ’s most systematically innovative and serious-minded album - oriented creative person , and his latest collection , which reference a Joy Division racecourse in its title , should be a bracing , experimental chromosome mapping of his current headspace .

Drive-By Truckers,American Band

Release date:9/30Label : ATOCarrying the streamer of Southern Rock must get tiring – it ’s screwball to think that the group ’s classicSouthern Rock Operacame out all the way back in 2001 – but these Alabama - repping hooligan show no signs of hit the breaks . If the rowdy first exclusive " Surrender Under Protest " is any indication , this record should be the stripe ’s most confrontational and political outing yet .

Meshuggah,The Violent Sleep of Reason

Release date:10/7Label : Nuclear BlastJust look at that title : The Violent Sleep of Reason . If that ’s not a scary enough reason to get you into these longtime Swedish metal spine - tinglers , then I do n’t know what is .

Goat,Requiem

Release date:10/7Label : Sub Pop RecordsAfrobeat , psych - rock , and alloy do n’t necessarily go together – actually , they do n’t go together at all – but that has n’t stopped this Swedish observational group from concocting some gaga Sung dynasty , like new single " Try My Robe , " that should appeal to adventurous attender looking for something very outside the mainstream .

Green Day,Revolution Radio

Release date:10/7Label : RepriseAfter scoring a Broadway show and release a trilogy of record album back in 2012 , it feels like the all - grow - up pop - punk group are doing the classic " back to basics " thing with this 12 - song disc , which will hopefully skimp on the blah in favor of the bait that made them mall favorites in the ' 90s .

Pitbull,Climate Change

Release date:10/7Label : RCADon’t act like you do n’t need another Pitbull album . The king of all things Dale will bless the humans with yet another collection of Miami party rails to trifle on your speedboat as you gaze out at the sunset and think to yourself , " Damn , I bet Pitbull is having a lot more fun than me justly now . "

French Montana,MC4

Release date:10/14Label : Bad Boy / EpicThe follow - up to 2013 ’s whiz - makingExcuse My Frenchwas delayed right before its late release appointment in August – but not before therecord appeared in Target– so it ’s laborious not to be a combination of excited , curious , and a fiddling spooky about this one . But there ’s also a monkey with a coolheaded necklace on the cover , so I guarantee this album will be right .

Conor Oberst,Ruminations

Release date:10/14Label : NonesuchThough most the great unwashed know him for his work under the Bright Eyes moniker – do n’t feel embarrassed about that " Lover I Do n’t Have to have intercourse " tattoo – singer Conor Oberst has carved out a quietly telling career as a solo artist too . Do n’t slumber on this one .

Kings of Leon,Walls

passing date:10/14Label : RCAIf you ’re still humming along to Southern - fry sports stadium - rock anthems like " Sex on Fire " and " Use Somebody " every time they pop up on the tuner , just trust that this record book bear more song to stomp your feet to than the group ’s lackluster 2012 albumMechanical Bull . ( Yes , the magnate of Leon put out an record album calledMechanical Bull . That is not a joke . )

American Football,American Football

Release date:10/21Label : PolyvinylWe found proof that the emo revival is real : these genre standard - toter , fronted by Mike Kinsella of Owen and Joan of Arc , will be releasing their first album since 1999 ’s now beloved self - titled record . Judging from the stellar first single , " I ’ve Been So Lost for So Long , " it might be time to pull that old American Football T - shirt out of the closet .

Beck, TBA

Release date:10/21Label : CapitolAfter the somber , Grammy - winningMorning Phase , which found Beck returning to his acousticSea Changesound , the first single for this still ignoble record indicate that musical style - mixing creative person will be back in hisOdelayparty mode for this unexampled aggregation . Personally , I ’m ready for a return to " playfulness " Beck ; you may only stay mopey for so long .

Sleigh Bells,Jessica Rabbit

Release date:11/11Label : tear CleanIf skip up and down to medicine that voice like it was made by a sentient candy bar is your thing , you owe it to yourself to delay out the fourth full - length from the Brooklyn noise - pop specialists . They may be a few years removed from their " Crown on the Ground " peak , but they ’re still capable of strap a barroom full of sweaty 20 - somethings into a craze with a few Def Leppard - like riff .

Metallica,Hardwired… to Self Destruct

Release date:11/18Label : BlackenedIt ’s Metallica , man ! ( Yeah ! ) Just look at that cover charge ! ( Scary ! ) Listen tothe single ! ( mayhap estimable ? ) If you have n’t figured out whether or not you want to get excited about a Metallica album in 2016 , I do n’t bonk what to tell you .