April music preview: New records from Metallica, Jessie Ware, The National, Feist, and more

April also brings new releases from the likes of Angel Olsen, Smino, and The Damned

By Gabrielle Sanchez, Hattie Lindert, Emma Keates, Bryan Reesman, Peter Helman  |  March 21, 2023 | 3:00pm
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April music preview: New records from Metallica, Jessie Ware, The National, Feist, and more
Clockwise from top left: Metallica (Photo: Tim Saccenti), Angel Olsen (Photo: Luke Rogers), The National (Photo: Graham MacIndoe); Jessie Ware (Jack Grange) Graphic: Libby McGuire

Spring music season is officially in full bloom and April brings us a variety of music in genres ranging from electronic to heavy metal. On April 28, disco-house diva Jessie Ware makes yet another triumphant return to the dance floor with That! Feels Good!—her endorphin-rushing follow-up to 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? Other highlights this month include 72 Seasons, the 11th studio album from veteran headbangers Metallica. We’re also getting solo outings from Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock as well as a rare musical project from celebrated author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman.

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Mythologies: X. L’Accouchement

Thomas Bangalter is best known as one-half of Daft Punk. But don’t expect Mythologies, the French producer’s first solo album following the duo’s recent breakup, to be full of electronic dancefloor grooves. Instead, Mythologies is all modern classical inspired by baroque music and American minimalism, performed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine under the direction of Romain Dumas and originally composed as the score for choreographer Angelin Preljocaj’s 2022 ballet of the same name. So yeah, you can still dance to it—as long as you’re comfortable with ballet. [Peter Helman]

8 Comments

  • spaceidiot-av says:
    March 21, 2023 at 4:30 pm

    Jessie Ware is getting better and better. I saw her on the Devotion tour some years back (Sam Smith opened; first time I had ever seen them; did not like). She was so rough around the edges. Sang these beautiful tunes and then would do audience chitter chatter with kind of a snotty, chirpy ‘tude. Maybe some insecurity or something that she has now very clearly shed. Kind of incongruous. Still a good show.What’s Your Pleasure is one of the best albums I know for walking in the morning in the city. It just feels so fucking great.
    Similarly, Angel Olsen is only getting better too. Comparing Big Time or All Mirrors to Burn Your Fire For No Witness is just futile. She knows who she is, and she’s out of the chrysalis.
    Looking forward to the Murder Capital and Caroline Polachek shows coming up in the next few weeks. Spring is coming, friends.

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  • fireupabove-av says:
    March 21, 2023 at 5:55 pm

    Yesssss new Daughter album! But the rest of the month doesn’t excite me much. I’ll listen to the new Metallica once probably.

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  • erakfishfishfish-av says:
    March 21, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    The three albums on my radar for April:Calvin Johnson – Gallows Wine (April 7)
    Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity (April 7)
    The Tallest Man in the World – Henry St (April 14)

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  • ginsuvictim-av says:
    March 22, 2023 at 2:23 pm

    Within the first hour it was announced, I had already pre-ordered the new Metallica album. Been a fan since 1987 and two most recent albums were damn good. Saw them live in 2019 and they are still fantastic in concert.

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  • mavar-av says:
    April 4, 2023 at 12:17 am

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Soundtrack Released: Listen to All 17 Songshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiLdyHsPhM8Hx1AqJNGvjg_PkvPkaku-c

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  • mavar-av says:
    April 25, 2023 at 11:48 pm
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  • mavar-av says:
    April 26, 2023 at 4:01 pm

    What were the new songs 20 years ago

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