Summer Music Preview: 37 Key Albums
While there's still no official word on whether the summer will bring long-in-the-works new albums from Arcade Fire, Beck, LCD Soundsystem, or Queens of the Stone Age, the coming months will definitely see new releases from Lorde, Broken Social Scene, Katy Perry, Big Boi, Lana Del Rey, Phoenix, Ride, and more.
Browse our collection of the summer's most notable new albums—as well as several noteworthy re-releases and compilations—below, where you can also listen to songs from each release.
Former Drive-By Truckers member Jason Isbell has spent the past decade recording solo albums under his own name (including 2015's Grammy-winning Something More Than Free) and with his country-rock band The 400 Unit. This 10-song set falls into the latter category—which means it rocks a bit more than Isbell's past few releases, though it finds him once again working with producer Dave Cobb.
| LISTEN: | "Cumberland Gap" |
| LISTEN: | "If We Were Vampires" |
| WATCH: | "Hope the High Road" |