2018’s new music is in full swing for a bumper year with major artists finishing off albums for the first half of the year while others have downed tools and set release dates.
Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne, Gorillaz, Kanye West, Johnny Marr, Thirty Seconds To Mars and Christina Aguilera will release new albums sometime in 2018. We might also get that long overdue Tool album, their first since 2006.
Other artists finishing off new releases for the new year include Jack White, Chari XCX, Vampire Weekend, Major Lazer, Jonathan Davis, The Prodigy, Interpol, Nicki Minaj, Bastille, Arctic Monkeys, Julian Casablancas, MGMT, The Vaccines, Cardi B, Chvrches, Selena Gomez, The Breeders, Spiritualized, Godsmack, Shinedown, Kylie Minogue, DevilDriver, Avril Lavigne, Megadeth, MGMT, Rammstein, Soulfly, Halestorm, Muse, Ozzy Osbourne, The Offspring, A Perfect Circle, Clutch and Toni Braxton.
Albums due for release include:
January
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures
Joe Satriani – What Happens Next
Black Veil Brides – Vale
Kimbra – Primal Heart
Fallout Boy – Mania
Craig David – The Time Is Now
Charlie Puth – Voicenotes
Glen Hansard – Between Two Shores
Joe Perry – Sweetzerland Manifesto
The Shins – The Worms Heart
The Go! Team – Semicircle
They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun
Django Django – Marble Skies
Rick Springfield – The Snake King
Noah Cyrus – NC-17
Tonight Alive – Underworld
Corrosion of Conformity – No Cross No Crown
Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
Big Star – Live At Lafayette’s Music Room
Mudhoney – Lie
Of Mice & Men – Defy
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals – Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue
Tribulation – Down below
February
AWOLNATION – Here Come The Runts
DZ Deathrays – Bloody Lovely
Simple Minds – Walk Between Worlds
Dashboard Confessional – Crooked Shadows
The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
Belle and Sebastian – How To Solve Our Human Problems
Fischerspooner – Sir
Marlon Williams – Make Way For Love
Shannon Noll – Unbroken
Vance Joy – Nation of Two
Brandi Carlisle – By The Way I Forgive You
Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
Fu Manchu – Clone of the Universe
Black Label Society – Grimmest Hits
Machine Head – Catharsis
Avatar – Avatar Country
March
Moby – Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
Myles Kennedy – Year of the Tiger
Suicidal Tendencies – Get Your Fight On
En Vogue – Electric Café
Judas Priest – Firepower
Andrew W.K. – Your’re Not Alone
Dean Ween Group – Deaner Rock 2
Ministry – AmeriKKKant
The Fratellis – In Your Own Sweet Time
Rick Parfitt – Over and Out
Monster Magnet – Mindfucker
April
Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile
May
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Stars The Ocean & The Moon
June
The 1975 – Music For Cars
