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they can succeed
at occupying a
real space in the
electronic music
scene, our lives will
be complete.
PUSHA T
MY NAME IS MY NAME,
OUT JULY 16
Pusha T, half of
hip hop duo Clipse,
will release his first
solo album with a
heavyweight cast
of producers —
Kanye, The-Dream
and Swizz Beatz
among them. If that
doesn’t intrigue
you, try this: The
album is based
on the 1997 film
Devil’s Advocate.
“Not theme-wise at
all, but just in the
feel of the album,”
Pusha told MTV.
GOGOL BORDELLO
PURA VIDA CONSPIRACY,
OUT JULY 23
The gypsy punk
rockers (this is a
thing) are back with
an album “infused
with ideas rooted in
Eastern philosophy
but also search
for a means of
joining fragmented
parts and persons,
and of creating
a worldwide
consciousness.”
THE LONELY ISLAND
THE WACK ALBUM, OUT JUNE 7
And now, for a much-needed injection of
humor. The Lonely Island Boys are teasing
their summer album like good teases should:
Up until the release, they’re putting out
a new song or video every Wednesday,
hereby known as “Wack Wednesdays.” The
Wack Album will feature collaborations by
everyone from Justin Timberlake and Lady
Gaga to Kendrick Lamar and Green Day’s
Billie Joe Armstrong.
What this means
to you: The band
known for their
spectacular live
shows will be
touring.
J. COLE
BORN SINNER, OUT JUNE 25
Rapper J. Cole’s follow-up to his
well-executed debut — 2011’s charttopping Cole World — will feature
tracks that didn’t make it onto his first
effort. “[They] are automatically going
to make this one,” Cole said in 2011.
SHARON JONES
& THE DAP-KINGS
GIVE THE PEOPLE
WHAT THEY WANT,
OUT AUGUST 6
The funk/soul
revivalists’ fifth
album is being
promoted as
one with “sharp
danceable funk
grooves” — sounds
like the right spirit
for your end of
summer bashes.