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 band's first post-Peter Hook live album was recorded in 2015 during a well-received two-night stand at Brixton Academy. The 18-song set draws heavily on material from New Order's most recent album, Music Complete, but it also includes hits (and relative rarities, like "5 8 6" and "Lonesome Tonight") from throughout their history, as well as several Joy Division songs.