From left: Alex Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Photo: Ian Shiver), Drake (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella), Mike Milosh of Rhye (Photo: Emma Marie Jenkinson)
Graphic: Libby McGuire
Graphic: Libby McGuire
New year, new you: Whether you’ve adopted some resolutions for 2021 or are just trying to keep it together until we can all get vaccinated, there’s a burst of new releases coming in January to help pave the way for what has got to be a better year than the last one, right? (Knock on fucking wood, ad infinitum, of course.) No matter whether your tastes lean more folksy indie or grimy rap, the coming month has some records that should sound right at home in your collection—digital or otherwise. Here’s the music we’re most looking forward to over the course of these 31 days.
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We can’t wait to have Drake? Hmm
Not seeing Clap Your Hands in the slideshow but they’re in the banner.
I still can’t wrap my head around why people love Drake so much. It’s a mystery to me…
How much do they pay you to say you “can’t wait” for a Drake album?
Thanks for turning me on to The Dirty Nil, made my weekend much louder and more cathartic than it would have been otherwise. The new stuff’s a little glossy, but still with plenty of sass and bite… I backtracked to their earlier albums for some rawer cuts. These kids are alright!
P.S. I’m of an age group wherein many fellow oldsters literally Will Not Listen to ANYTHING but “classic” rock; dumbasses don’t know what they’re missing, oh well…
And, thanks to you again, AV Club, I’m also *loving* Viagra Boys, who are perhaps even moreso up my naturally weird alley than the Nil. Delightfully strange stuff!