Tha Carter V could be lost forever to Weezy’s legal issues with Cash Money Records, but at least there’s some hope.
Lil Wayne’s Free Weezy Album / Tha Carter V I emerged shortly after covered in beer, sweat, and probably spit, but it was a great couple of minutes that I’ll never forget. For Christ’s sake, the band’s name is an acronym for “F*ck It Dog, Life’s a Risk.” Allow me to relay a short, but sweet anecdote: A few years back, I was so pumped during a FIDLAR show that, upon hearing them cover Blink-182’s “Dammit,” I literally stopped peeing (I probably should have mentioned that part of this story takes place in a venue bathroom), zipped up my shorts, and threw my body into the pit. It’s the glorious kind of pandemonium, though the type that shapes the most memorable, drunken nights and soundtracks those insane, Andrew WK-caliber shenanigans that go on to become the stuff of legends. 4, which means we have just a little over a month before all garage-rock hell breaks loose. – Martin RickmanįIDLAR is expected to release its second album Sept.
Here we are in July still waiting, and each new track released gets me more ready for a full album so I can jump in the pool of sound and fully immerse myself in it. It’s not as if we haven’t had a batch of new Chromatics tunes to satiate us in this new year, but when Dear Tommy was announced last December it seemed like it would be out not much longer after that. These are two of the best artists in hip-hop, and finally they may be giving the people what they want. DOOM appeared on “Ray Gun” from Ghostface’s collaboration with BADBADNOTGOOD, and they’ll be performing new songs together at the III Points Festival, with DOOM appearing on screen “from the other side of time” (Note: This is not the weirdest thing DOOM has ever done). It feels like Ghostface Killah’s and MF DOOM’s DOOMSTARKS collaboration has been rumored about forever, but it seems like Ghostface’s assertion that an album will drop this year will come true. Rumored guests include Lorde, Nao, and of course, Sam Smith. – Tom Mantzouranisĭisclosure’s 2013 breakthrough album, Settle, was a crescendo of so much great work, spearheaded by breakaway hit “Latch.” We’ve heard bits and pieces of what their new album might be, but there’s a big shadow to escape with their debut’s success. I’ve never been so excited to hear someone sing about their mid-life crisis.
Throughout all the starts-and-stops and false hopes on its followup, it looks like this thing is actually coming out in 2015. And because they’ve always been up front with fans about their lack of punctuality. So how did a tiny indie band from New Jersey get away with waiting 12 years to follow up their breakthrough album? Because The Meadowlands, The Wrens’ 2003 sophomore album, is a generational masterpiece. In this short-attention-span society, unless they’ve reached a certain status, artists typically can’t afford to go, say, three years between releases and expect audiences to be waiting with open arms. What We Can’t Wait For In The Year’s Second Half It’s just a remarkable thing, and proof that there’s still life to be found in genres we sometimes consider stale.
It doesn’t hurt that it closes with “I Went To The Store One Day,” possibly the best love song I’ve ever heard.
It’s a folk album if you reduce it to its core, but has depths that go miles beyond its peers in that space. And it overwhelms me every time I hear it. It was my favorite album of the year then, and even though I’ve had brief flirting obsessions with other records, I keep returning to I Love You, Honeybear. It’s an album of juxtapositions: arrangements equally sparse and ornate, lyrics equally cynical and sincere, emotions equally intimate and withdrawn. I was first blessed enough to hear this album in January, a couple weeks before its release date. With the holiday weekend upon us, the Uproxx Music staff looks back at the sounds (and sights) we loved most in the first half of 2015, and the musical developments we’re most looking forward to before the ball drops and the calendar turns to 2016.įather John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear It feels like we say that every year, but we’ve already had some of the game’s biggest names (Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Sufjan Stevens) drop albums worthy of their reputation, up-and-coming critical darlings (Father John Misty, Jamie xx, Elder) take the next step, and out-of-nowhere newbies (Leon Bridges, Tobias Jesso Jr.) make waves. It’s been a really good year for music so far.