The year's off to a great start, there are some potentially great new releases coming in the next month that we're really stoked on.
Circa Survive's dropped their very dramatic new single "Get Out" from their forthcoming Blue Sky Noise, which they just announced an April 20th release date for. Fans who pre-order the album will receive a digital copy a week early. It's probably the edgiest they've ever sounded, although it's consistent with their special brand of Hot Topic experimentalism. Still worth a listen.
Gorillaz are apparently back from the dead after a 5 year hiatus, with the imminent release of their new record Plastic Beach. Like its predecessor Demon Days, Beach contains a myriad of hip-hop collabs and inexplicable cameos. Even Lou Reed joins the virtual group for the track "Some Kind of Nature." Being that Demon Days was one of Cam's picks for the last decade, we're adequately excited for this one. Their Miami Vice-tinged new single "Stylo" featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def has all the makings for a good driving song.
Although it's slated for a March 2nd release, there's talk of Portugal. The Man's new LP American Ghetto leaking in the next week or so. Apparently lead singer John Gourley's iPod with complete album was stolen along with a lot of their equipment not too long ago, although a leak has yet to surface.
Erykah Badu released two tracks via her twitter this month. She's got a psychedelic new video for "Jump Up In The Air (Stay There)," her first promotional track, featuring Lil' Wayne (we know...). Normally we'd be skeptical, but the song is stompin'. Her first official single "Window Seat" is a bit more of the jazzy/neo-soul vibe she's known for. Apparently her new album, New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh, the follow-up to her remarkable New Amerykah Pt. 1: 4th World War, will be a lot less political and more danceable.
The Mars Volta auteur Omar Rodriguez-Lopez released his first of likely several solo albums to come this year. This one, performed by his new acoustic trio, is entitled "Ciencia De Los Inutiles" or Science of the Useless Ones and showcases a much, much mellower side of the hard- and punk-rock influenced guitarist. All the vocals are in Spanish, gorgeously performed by his girlfriend and creative partner Ximena Sarinana.
Zach Hill's side-project with Tera Melos guitarist Nick Reinhart, bygones drop their second LP this coming week entitled Spiritual Bankruptcy, a mere six months after their first release. It's sure to be full of the mathy goodness its pedigree would suggest -- Hella and Tera Melos are two of the coolest experimental bands around.
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