Your Lot’s Wife music editors have searched through a myriad of music blogs, websites and street press to bring you The Hottest 13 of 2013. Pencil these release dates into your diaries people, these albums are worth keeping a lookout for.
FOALS: Holy Fire [February]
Three years after the release of Total Life Forever, the English indie rock band is getting ready to present their fans with Holy Fire, their third album. The experimental and eclectic sounds of their debut album, Antidotes, were reinvented in their second record, and will no doubt be reborn in Holy Fire.
TEGAN & SARA: Heartthrob [February]
The upcoming release of Tegan and Sara’s Heartthrob conveys an interesting shift from their previous world of indie rock into the genres of synthesised pop and dance. Heartthrob is the seventh studio album from Tegan & Sarah, its title an appropriate choice for the pop love songs contained within.
YEAH YEAH YEAHS : Mosquito [April 16th]
Four years after their last record It’s Blitz!, Yeah Yeah Yeahs finally return with Mosquito, the highly anticipated fourth album. The record is said to contain reggae beats and psychedelic influences, making it even more difficult to categorise the eccentric band into a distinguishable genre.
Dina
THE AVALANCHES: TBA
For the past twelve years, since the release of their ARIA winning debut, Avalanches fans have been teased by Tweets, demo tracks, and unconfirmed rumours. But, I have faith, and maybe we will see another mind-blowing record by these guys before we all graduate and get serious.
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS: Push The Sky Away [ ]
Anything that reads ‘Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ is usually quick to grab my attention. I mean, who could forget an album like From Her to Eternity? Now, add the words ‘new’ and ‘album’ next to their name, and excuse me while I…
DAVID BOWIE: The Next Day [March 11th]
Whenever a major music icon such as Bowie – given his track record regarding drug addictions – manages to not only survive past the age of 32, but also promises a completely new album at the age of 66, you’d have to be brain dead not to include him in this list.
Steven
AUTECHRE – Exai [March 5th]
The eleventh studio album from English duo Autechre. They were a very early part of the IDM movement and have continued in the spirit of innovation for over 20 years of musical involvement.
BONOBO – The North Borders [April 1st]
Downtempo that makes heavy use of organic sounds and samples. The first-to-be-unveiled track, ‘Cirrus’, is a lot of fun and is rich with Bonobo’s characteristic use of natural timbres layering into bassy trip-hop.
MADVILLAIN – TBA
The sequel to probably the most influential abstract hip-hop album of all time, the ever genre-bending MF Doom and producer Madlib have a lot to live up to. I remain optimistic.
Gus
D’ANGELO: TBA [mid/late 2013]
Thirteen years have passed since D’Angelo’s last album Voodoo, and after such a long time of musical hibernation I expect he’s got a few things to write about. And I don’t think this will be some last minute slap together of a comeback album either. The albums producer, Questlove of The Roots, revealed in an interview with Billboard, “[the new album is] going to take about 10 years to digest…” Expect some deep funk grooves with mellow vocals and a polished production.
ATOMS FOR PEACE: Amok [February 25th]
Thom Yorke (Radiohead), The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, and Radiohead producer Nigel Goodrich team up with Mauro Refosco and Joey Waronker to form Atoms For Peace; an experimental rock and electronics band. Expectations are high when musical heavyweights begin new ventures, yet their singles ‘Tamer Animals,’ ‘Other Side’ and ‘Default’ received some praise after their 2012 release. Get a taste of Amok in the band’s latest single, ‘Judge, Jury and Executioner.’
CHET FAKER: TBA
Melbourne beat-maker Chet Faker (aka Nick Murphy) has been riding the wave of fame since he released his debut EP Thinking in Textures, featuring the hit track ‘I’m into you’ and that cover of Black Street’s ‘No Diggity’. Fresh from a national tour with St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, tour dates in the US and collaborations with Flume, it’s predicted this busy man will deliver his highly anticipated long player this year.
Leah
THE DRONES: I See Seaweed [March]
I was introduced to Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies
Will Float By on the road to a festival recently and this was the only band
I pursued afterwards. Odd? Maybe. But those are some great memories
and I’m hoping to make some more with this new release.
Matt
*Honourable mentions: Vampire Weekend, The Flaming Lips, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Matt Corby, Pond, The Arctic Monkeys
