If one thing is for sure about this year, there will be a lot of new albums coming our way. We’ll update this list as the year rolls out. For now, here’s some music to set your calendar to.
Aaron Lee Tasjan: Tasjan Tasjan Tasjan, out February 5
Arab Strap: As Days Get Dark, out March 5
Beach Bunny: Blame Game EP, out January 15
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – New Fragility, out February 12
Cloud Nothings: The Shadow I Remember, out February 26
Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez, See Your Future, release date TBD
Django Django: Glowing In The Dark, out February 12
Femi Kuti: Stop The Hate, out February 12
Foo Fighters: Medicine At Midnight, out February 5
Goat Girl: On All Fours, out January 29
Greta Van Fleet: The Battle At Garden’s Gate, out April 16
Julien Baker: Little Oblivions, out February 26
Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over The Country Club, out TBD
Liz Phair: Soberish, out TBD
Melvins 1983: Working With God, out February 26
Mogwai: As The Love Continues, out February 19
Mouse On Mars: AAI, out February 26
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets: SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound, out February 5
Sky Ferreira: Masochism, out TBD
Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs, out January 15
Steve Earle & The Dukes: J.T., out January 8
Teenage Fanclub: Endless Arcade, to be released April 28
The Hold Steady: Open Door Policy, out February 19
Willie Nelson: That’s Life, out February 26
Weezer: Van Weezer, out May 7
Artists with albums rumored in 2021
Arcade Fire: rumored to have two albums worth of material, according to Win Butler on Rick Rubin’s Broken Record podcast
Bleachers: the band released “Chinatown” with Bruce Springsteen in advance of a 2021 album
Chvrches: 2021 album has a working title of CHV4
FKA Twigs: the artist spoke about a Madgalene follow-up in October
Hand Habits: Meg Duffy says she is “almost done” with LP3 on Instagram
Illuminati Hotties: a new mixtape and a promise of new music arrived in July
Japanese Breakfast: the band seemingly confirms a new album
Kacey Musgraves: the artist created a stir when she responded on Twitter that she has new music
Kendrick Lamar: a 2020 album was rumored, and a 2021 album seems likely
Parquet Courts: an Instagram post from the summer teases a new album
Phife Dawg: a posthumous album will be out “early” in 2021
Phoenix: the band teased an album in August with Zane Lowe
Ryley Walker: on December 11 on Twitter, Ryley announced a new record of “solid B+ material” is done
Snail Mail: Snail Mail’s Instagram post from a studio teases new music
Spoon: Britt Daniel talks about a tentatively-planned 2021 album
St. Vincent: the artist says she is “locked and loaded” with a new album
The Antlers: the band was readying their next album as early as 2019
The Cure: in September, Robert Smith spoke about new Cure and solo music
The War On Drugs: an album was rumored in 2020, and with a new live album, it appears the band is readying a new studio album
Weyes Blood: Natalie Mering rumors a new 2021 album on Instagram
