FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021 MUSIC SOME BIG NAMES RELEASING MUSIC THIS SEASON: From left, Drake, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Sia and Alice Cooper. Hits on the horizon Frank Sinatra covers, recorded in the spare style A look at the most anticipated David Bowie of “Stardust.” performs in Melvins, “Working With God”: The Washing- album releases of early 2021 1985 ton state sludge punk/metal band assembles the 1983 lineup — Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Mike SCOTT MERVIS Dillard — for an album that will include a re-imagin- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ing of The Beach Boys’ classic “I Get Around” along with a song about their junior-high biology teacher. mong the highlights of 2020 were Julien Baker, “Little Oblivions”: The Mem- surprise album releases from Taylor phis indie artist played nearly all the instruments ASwift, Eminem and Childish Gam- on her third album, which will be a sonic shift to a bino. more expansive sound. We can’t predict those, but we can say Architects, “Those That Wish To Exist”: what’s scheduled for the fi rst quarter of Ninth album from the British post-metalcore quin- 2021, and that slate includes new material tet follows 2018’s “Holy Hell.” from major stars like Foo Fighters, Florida MARCH 5 Georgia Line and Sia, as well as such indie faves as Cloud Nothings, The Hold Steady A Day to Remember, “You’re Welcome”: The and Julien Baker. Ocala, Florida, metalcore band moves to Fueled by Last year, release dates were bumped all Ramen for its seventh album and fi rst in fi ve years. over the place as artists tried to navigate “We took what we envision modern music to be and the pandemic. This year should be a little made a hybrid of who we were, who we are, and who less volatile. we want to be,” said frontman Jeremy McKinnon Teenage Fanclub, “Endless Arcade”: The Here’s the fi rst look. Keep an eye out for Florida Georgia Line Pentatonix Scottish power-pop band’s 10th album is the fi rst releases from Adele, Cardi B, Frank Ocean, since the 2018 departure of co-founder Gerard Love Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Lorde, Rihanna, and marks the debut of Euros Childs, from Gorky’s St. Vincent, Travis Scott and more. Zygotic Mynci. Pat Metheny, “Road To The Sun”: A collec- tion of two new works for classical guitar, one fea- JAN. 15 turing Jason Vieaux and one a six-movement cycle with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Shame, “Drunk Tank Pink”: The acclaimed British punk band promises a “bigger, bolder” sound Arab Strap, “As Days Get Dark”: “It’s about on the follow-up to the 2018 debut “Songs Of Praise.” hopelessness and darkness...but in a fun way,” front- man Aidan Moff at said of the Scottish indie/slowcore Why Don’t We, “The Good Times and the Bad Ones”: The LA boy band follows its 2018 de- band’s fi rst album in 16 years. but with a sophomore album that features the sin- MARCH 12 gles “Fallin’,” “Lotus Inn” and “Slow Down,” which samples Smashing Pumpkins. Rob Zombie, “The Lunar Injection Kool Sleaford Mods, “Spare Ribs”: The 11th album Aid Eclipse Conspiracy”: The shock-rocker told from the British electropunk duo was preceded by Kerang! that on his seventh album “the songs are the single “Mork N Mindy.” very catchy, but the structures are way more com- David Bowie, “Brilliant Live Adventures Part plex than they’ve been in the past.” It’s advanced 3: LIVEANDWELL.COM”: This third in a series of six by the single “The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt live releases was recorded in New York, Amsterdam, of Preservation And Superstition). and Rio De Janeiro during the 1997 Earthling tour. Ringo Starr, “Zoom In”: The five-song EP from the Beatles legend features contributions from FEB. 5 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, “Hunter and Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Diane Warren, Robbie JAN. 22 the Dog Star”: Brickell referred to the band’s fi fth Krieger, Steve Lukather and more. Foo Fighters, “Medicine At Midnight”: The album and follow-up to 2018’s “Rocket” as “a collec- Steve Hackett, “Under A Mediterranean tion of songs refl ecting the mystery of self-expres- MARCH 19 Sky”: The new acoustic album from the former 10th album from Dave Grohl and company, fi nished in early 2020, promises to be a party record that sion, loyalty, companionship and love in the darkest Genesis guitarist was inspired by his recent travels sky just before dawn.” Sting, “Duets”: Collection of previous duets in the Mediterranean. clocks in at nine songs in 37 minutes. Femi Kuti & Made Kuti, “Legacy+”: The son Mogwai, “As The Love Continues”: The Scot- with the likes of Eric Clapton, Mary J. Blige, Julio Ig- Bill Champlin, “Livin’ for Love”: A new album and grandson of Fela Kuti continue in his spirit with tish post-rock band worked remotely with producer lesias, Shaggy, Herbie Hancock, Annie Lennox and from the former Chicago singer-guitarist-keyboard- Dave Fridmann on this 10th album, which features Charles Aznavour. ist who sang lead on the hit “Hard Habit to Break.” this package that combines Femi’s album “Stop the Hate” and Made’s album “For(e)ward.” contributions from Nine Inch Nails’ Atticus Ross and Loretta Lynn, “Still Woman Enough” : This TRZTN, “Royal Dagger Ballet”: The latest saxophonist Colin Stetson. will mark the 50th (!!) studio album from the coun- from the Paris-based musician, composer and pro- John Carpenter, “Lost Themes III: Alive Af- ter Death”: The fi rst album of non-soundtrack music Julia Stone, “Sixty Summers”: On her fi rst try doyenne, who, at 88, is still checking off a few ducer features collaborations with Interpol’s Paul album since 2012, the Australian folk singer-song- things on her “to do” list. Banks and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O. from the electronic composer/director in nearly fi ve years fi nds him working again with son and synth writer takes a turn toward cosmopolitan pop, work- player Cody Carpenter and guitarist Daniel Davies. ing with Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman, and Annie MARCH 26 Clark, aka St. Vincent. JAN. 29 slowthai, “TYRON”: The UK rapper’s follow-up Evanescence, “The Bitter Truth”: The to his Mercury Prize-nominated 2019 debut, “Noth- Grandaddy, “The Sophtware Slump follow-up to 2017’s “Synthesis,” which A stripped- Ani DiFranco, “Revolutionary Love”: The ing Great About Britain,” features help from James ..... on a wooden piano”: featured orchestral arrangements of down take on the indie-rock band’s 22nd album from the indie-folk icon was inspired Blake, A$AP Rocky, Denzel Curry and more. previous songs, is the gothic metal classic 2000 album. by Valarie Kaur’s book “See No Stranger.” band’s fi rst album of original mate- Langhorne Slim, “Strawberry Mansion”: The rial since the 2011 self-titled album. Americana rocker from Nashville, via Langhorne, FEB. 12 FEB. 26 Pennsylvania, addresses his struggles with debili- The fi fth APRIL 16 tating anxiety and depression on his seventh album. Florida Georgia Line, “Life Rolls On”: Alice Cooper, “Detroit Sto- album from the pop-country duo of Tyler Hubbard Lucero, “When You Found Me”: The veteran ries”: The shock-rocker pays hom- Greta Van Fleet, “The alt-country band from Memphis reunited with Gram- and Brian Kelley, co-produced with Corey Crowder, age to his hometown with this Battle At Garden’s Gate”: my-winning producer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, features the hits “Long Live” and “I Love My Country.” album produced by longtime col- The young Grammy-win- Margo Price, Drive-by Truckers) on this 10th album. Sia, “Music — Songs from and Inspired by laborator Bob Ezrin and featur- ning band’s follow-up to its the Motion Picture”: The Australian pop star wrote The Notwist, “Vertigo Days”: The fi rst album ing such Detroit music legends as 2018 debut was recorded in seven years from the German post-rock band plays all of the songs on this 14-track accompaniment to The MC5’s Wayne Kramer, The De- in LA with Greg Kurstin as “one long, fl owing suite” with collaborations with her directorial debut. An original cast soundtrack troit Wheels’ Johnny “Bee” Badan- (Foo Fighters, Paul Mc- Saya (Japanese pop duo Tenniscoats), Ben LaMar will also be released. jek, Paul Randolph and the Motor Cartney) producing. Gay, jazz clarinetist Angel Bat Dawid and Argentin- The Pretty Reckless, “Death By Rock And City Horns. It includes a cover ian electronic artist Juana Molina. Roll”: The fourth album from the New York City of The Velvet Underground’s alt-rock band led by Taylor Momson features a ti- Additional The Besnard Lakes, “The Besnard Lakes “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” which was re- tle track that spent multiple weeks at the top of reporting from Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warn- corded by Mitch Ryder & The The Atlanta ings”: Sixth album from the Montreal psych band is the rock charts. Detroit Wheels. The a cap- Journal- a double LP themed around the death of co-founder Pentatonix, “The Lucky Ones”: Cloud Nothings, “The Jace Lasek’s father. pella group follows “We Need a Little Christmas” Shadow I Remember”: The Constitution. with their fi rst full-length album of original mate- Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Cleveland noise-rock band “Macca to Mecca”: A 13-song love letter to the rial since 2015. reunited with Steve Albini, Amy Lee, Beatles recorded at The Roundhouse in London in who produced breakout al- Evanescence November 2017 with a special appearance by Paul FEB.