Huffington Magazine Issue 50 | Page 16

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROES E PREVIEW BEST SUMMER EVER HUFFINGTON 05.26.13 ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROES, OUT JULY 23 2013, year of the selftitled third album? (See MGMT.) Frontman Alex Ebert sounds pretty confident about the statement they’re making: “These songs mean everything to me. It’s the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we’ve done.” assists from Seattle hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces and Gang Gang Dance’s Brian DeGraw. ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER PERSONAL RECORD, OUT JUNE 4 Friedberger has been on a solo kick for the past few years, ditching her Fiery Furnaces cohort and sibling to do, as she would put it, personal records. “I can’t believe that no one’s made a music album called Personal Record,” Friedberger said. “Either it’s so genius or it’s just so bad that no one would ever want to do it.” FROM LEFT: TIM MOSENFELDER/GETTY IMAGES; FRAZER HARRISON/GETT