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.
The pop star's first album since 2013's Prism finally arrives next month. Perry unhelpfully describes her fifth album—which will contain a still-unspecified 15 of the 40 tracks she wrote for the LP—as both "dark and light," though she denies that it delivers a response to Taylor Swift in their ongoing feud. Producers include Mike WiLL Made-It plus members of Purity Ring and Hot Chip. A massive tour begins in September and runs into early 2018.
| LISTEN: | "Swish Swish" feat. Nicki Minaj |
| WATCH: | "Bon Appétit" feat. Migos |
| WATCH: | "Bon Appétit" feat. Migos (live on SNL) |
| WATCH: | "Chained To The Rhythm" feat. Skip Marley |
| WATCH: | "Swish Swish" (live on SNL) |