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    Anticipated Albums of 2018

    I’ve been poking around the internet to see what we can expect in 2018 and from the looks of things below, we’re in for a great year of music. We’ve…

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    By Rachel Reynolds • Dec 19, 2017 • 1 min read

    I’ve been poking around the internet to see what we can expect in 2018 and from the looks of things below, we’re in for a great year of music.

    We’ve already gotten a solid preview of new albums from Ty Segall, Tune-Yards, Brandi Carlile, Franz Ferdinand, Cut Chemist, and First Aid Kit. We’ve also heard some mouthwatering rumors that we can only hope come true (I’m looking at you Jack White and Vampire Weekend)!

    There are also lots of newer artists we’ve been exploring that will likely be releasing their debut full lengths: Nilufer Yanya, Tom Misch, and Amber Mark, among them.

    Thanks for being there with us on this sonic journey. See you next year for another round!

    MBE Producer RR

    2018 Releases

    January 12:

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures

    January 19:

    First Aid Kit – Ruins

    tUnE-yArDs – I can feel you creep into my private life

    Bahamas – Earthtones

    Glen Hansard Between Two Shores

    Kimbra Primal Heart

    January 26:

    Django Django – Marble Skies

    Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin

    Nightmares on Wax — Shape The Future

    Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us

    Nils Frahm All Melody

    February 2:

    Field Music – Open Here

    Rhye – Blood

    February 9:

    Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascendin

    Son Lux – Brighter Wounds

    February 16:

    Brandi Carlile – By The Way, I Forgive You

    Marlon Williams – Make Way For Love

    Belle & Sebastian – How To Solve Our Human Problems

    Fischerspooner – Sir

    February 23:

    Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds (Order/Buy)

    March 2:

    Moby –Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt

    March 9:

    David Byrne – American Utopia (rumored!)

    April 6:

    Tom Misch – Geography

    ARTISTS WITH NEW ALBUMS SLATED FOR 2018 — DATE UNKNOWN

    Cut Chemist – Die Cut

    Chromeo — Head Over Heels

    MGMT — Little Dark Age

    Janelle Monae

    Vampire Weekend

    Arctic Monkeys

    Alice Smith

    Thom Yorke

    Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

    Hovvdy

    Jack White

    (Brandi Carlile photo: Catherine Carlile,

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      Rachel Reynolds

      Producer, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'

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