It’s the last Friday of March, meaning we are done with the first quarter of 2018. There’s been some amazing music released these last few months, and today brings us a couple new albums I’m very excited about. First is Brit rock group The Vaccine‘s latest, Combat Sports, as well as the new one from Jukebox the Ghost. I’ve really enjoyed most of the singles I’ve heard from both albums, so they should be strong listens. I’ll also be trying out the new one from Stroke‘s frontman’s Julian Casablancas’ side project, The Voidz.
In songs, there’s a good array of new jams: pop singles from CHVRCHES, Lauv and James Bay; folk and folk rock from Lord Huron, Martin Simpson and Natalie Prass; punk/emo tracks from The Lawrence Arms and Manchester Orchestra; and however you want to categorize Plan B, he usually comes through with solid tunes.
The full listing of new tunes below. Enjoy!
ALBUMS
The Vaccines – Combat Sports
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3lgzoi5buvKM7M01qh6WAY
The Voidz – Virtue
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2dMmcXlG8xtRJNlsjIrPWe
Jukebox the Ghost – Off to the Races
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1qwxPORFc9zGyxgA6EgF6j
Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4WrWD47QXsRA5IUZAyZmue
Alan Silvestri – Ready Player One: Original Motion Picture Score
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/166LfpstziUpezunLrOxUR
SONGS
CHVRCHES – Never Say Die
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/3Icfi1u3cflshuufK4AsIv
Hop Along – Prior Things
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0y9ZaafiOFDgvbrPRQGrfQ
Mike Shinoda – Nothing Makes Sense Anymore
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/37gsVhpHyyGyYZHGdFC2p0
Mike Shinoda – Crossing a Line
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/4ccocJuCXjkpckAL1ZzCTA
Lauv – Chasing Fire
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1xy4apMFecGGkgBeaHFZ2M
Manchester Orchestra – No Hard Feelings
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5qmrX6b08kLesjibr5iYVW
Lord Huron – When the Night is Over
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1FjZRgMv8UcPva0znBbXIR
James Bay – Us
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1aDyeu6FGxYwTpoAW4It6g
Nine Days – Bottle of Wine
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/7odWLFuR5nLejkbUolzq67
Wye Oak – Lifer
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/19F1t7frSHRpfRHTDV5r7L
The Lawrence Arms – Laugh Out Loud
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5x5JvTQx3jyvhYuXY5tm4b
Martin Simpson – Palaces of Gold
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0caDWBcUupzV1a2X4nuwBU
Capital Cities – My Name is Mars
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6jFZekquXsBWxOQnIlalNF
Plan B – Queue Jumping
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/4FQfjrrKElDxm1ltbUz3Dm
Barbarossa – Aluminium Skies
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5c64qFuZEJrWr7F4ZLL9tH
Okkervil River – Pulled Up the Ribbon
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/4U3rcAWryCrxlDSIwRlOJf
Natalie Prass – Sisters
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5QgdgXh7XSjlYLEuB8BDh4
Matt and Kim – Happy if You’re Happy
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0s732aADF16Zz1Y0AH9480
The Mowgli’s – Kansas City
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1RvcrQtn7y3Jj7ZtDLQcY0
Craig Finn – Galveston
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/70JC5o2G0kQf6X32jL1mG3
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