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PREVIEW
ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC
AUSTRA
MGMT
CHRIS BROWN
The Canadian electro
musicians’ debut,
Feel It Break, was
named New York
magazine’s best
album of 2011. It’s a
tough act to follow,
but their first single,
“Home,” promises
more of the same (in
a good way).
The beloved
psychedelic rockers
return after 2010’s
lukewarmly received
Congratulations
(which, for the
record, this
listener liked).
Aside from the
normal anticipation
comes some extra
pressure: that — as
a self-titled third
record — some sort
of statement will
be made.
The rapper everyone
loves to hate is
back with a new
album that’s sure to
provoke, not least
of which because of
his guest vocalist:
late-singer Aaliyah.
OLYMPIA, OUT JUNE 18
JOHN LEGEND
TRICKY
LOVE IN THE FUTURE,
OUT JUNE 25
FALSE IDOLS, OUT MAY 28
FROM TOP: SAMIR HUSSEIN/GETTY IMAGES; BRETT DEERING/GETTY IMAGES
Trip-hop musician and
sprechgesang-ist Tricky blew minds
with his debut album, Maxinquaye.
The artist explained his latest, and
tenth, record, like so: “This is a better
album [than Maxinquaye].” What
comes after mind-blowing?
GOODIE MOB
AGE AGAINST THE
MACHINE, OUT JUNE 18
Cee-Lo Green, Khujo,
T-Mo and Big Gipp
reunite for their first
record since 2004’s
One Monkey Don’t
Stop No Show. CeeLo described it as both
“future-sounding”
and “Public Enemy
on acid