Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases. Four times a year, we round up a big ol' list of albums, singles, EPs, and DVDs set to be unleashed over the coming months, hoping to get you pumped about going out and buying records. (You do still do that, right? RIGHT?) This installment covers summer 2013.Compiling such a list isn't easy in this day and age, with different release dates for digital and physical versions of albums, as well as different release dates for different countries. So we tried to stick with North American physical release dates as much as possible, with exceptions as noted. Keep in mind that any of this information could change at any moment.
** *July* **
*07-01*
Joey Bada$$: Summer Knights [self-released]
PARTYNEXTDOOR: PARTYNEXTDOOR [OVO]
Various Artists: Zendooni: Funk, psychedelia and pop from the Iranian pre-revolution generation [Speedy Wunderground]
*07-02*
Autopsy: The Headless Ritual [Peaceville]
The Electronic Anthology Project: The Electronic Anthology Project of Death Cab for Cutie [self-released] [digital release]
Fort Romeau: "Jetée" b/w "Desire" 7" [Ghostly]
Grant Olney Hypnosis for Happiness: S/T [self-released]
Kirin J Callinan: Embracism [Terrible/Siberia/XL]
Maya Jane Coles: Comfort [I Am Me/Kobalt]
Nate Young: Blinding Confusion [NNA Tapes]
TRAAMS: Ladders EP [Fat Cat] [digital release]
*07-04*
P. Reign: Dear America [self-released]
Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail [Roc Nation] [Samsung Galaxy app release]
*07-07*
Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail [Roc Nation]
*07-08*
JJ DOOM: Keys to the Kuffs "Butter Edition" [Lex]
Lustmord: The World as Power [Blackest Ever Black]
New Order: Live at Bestival 2012 [Sunday Best]
*07-09*
AraabMUZIK: The Remixes, Vol. 1 [Ultra]
Ariel Pink: Thrash and Burn [Human Ear] [reissue] [vinyl release]
Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Five Live [Legacy] [vinyl release]
Coffins: The Fleshland [Relapse]
Daughn Gibson: Me Moan [Sub Pop]
Hebronix: Unreal [ATP]
Lone: "Airglow Fires" 12" [R&S]
Lycus: Tempest [20 Buck Spin]
The Microphones: The Glow Pt. 2 [P.W. Elverum & Sun] [reissue]
The Octopus Project: Fever Forms [Peak-a-Boo]
Robert Pollard: Honey Locust Honky Tonk [GBV]
Royal Forest: Spillways [King Electric]
Speedy Ortiz: Major Arcana [Carpark]
Twin Peaks: Sunken [Autumn Tone]
Various Artists: Thriftstore Masterpiece: Trouble Is a Lonesome Town [Lee Hazlewood tribute] [SideOneDummy]
*07-15*
Chvrches: "Gun" 12" [Virgin/Goodbye] [UK release]
*07-16*
Andrew Cedermark: Home Life [Underwater Peoples]
Andy Kaufman: Andy and His Grandmother [Drag City]
Daft Punk: "Get Lucky" 12" [Columbia]
David Lynch: The Big Dream [Sacred Bones]
Gauntlet Hair: Stills [Dead Oceans]
Kevin Gates: Stranger Than Fiction [Breadwinners Association]
Mayer Hawthorne: Where Does This Door Go [Republic]
Pusha-T: My Name Is My Name [Def Jam/GOOD]
Soft Metals: Lenses [Captured Tracks]
White Fence: White Fence [God?] [reissue]
*07-22*
Grant Hart: The Argument [Domino]
Osborne: Hold Up 12" [Spectral Sound]
Scott & Charlene's Wedding: Any Port in a Storm [Fire]
*07-23*
Divine Fits: Ain't That the Way / Chained to Love 12" [Merge]
Dustin Wong/Takako Minekawa: Toropical Circle [Thrill Jockey]Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros [Vagrant]
Fuck Buttons: Slow Focus [ATP]
Gogol Bordello: Pura Vida Conspiracy [ATO]
Grumbling Fur: Glynnaestra [Thrill Jockey]
Hunx & His Punx: Street Punk [Hardly Art]
Jackson Scott: Melbourne [Fat Possum]
The Love Language: Ruby Red [Merge]
Mark Pritchard: Ghosts EP [Warp] [vinyl release]
The Mountain Goats: All Hail West Texas [Merge] [reissue]
Scraper: Scraper 7" EP [God?]
The Smashing Pumpkins: The Aeroplane Flies High [Virgin/UMe] [reissue]
Temples: "Shelter Song" b/w "Colours to Life" 7" [Fat Possum]
Tunnels: The Blackout [Thrill Jockey]
Weekend: Jinx [Slumberland]
*07-29*
AlunaGeorge: Body Music [Island]
** *August* **
*08-05*
Helena Hauff: Actio Reactio EP [Werkdiscs]
R. Stevie Moore: Personal Appeal [Care in the Community] [compilation]
*08-06*
Blondes: Swisher [RVNG]
Eric Copeland: Joke in the Hole [DFA]
Explosions In the Sky / David Wingo: Prince Avalanche OST [Temporary Residence]
Fat History Month / My Dad: "Sad History Month" Split 7" [Exploding in Sound/Ranch Records/Broken World Media]
Lumerians: The High Frontier [Partisan]
Medicine: To the Happy Few [Captured Tracks]
Minks: Tides End [Captured Tracks]
Moderat: II [Monkeytown/Mute]
Pond: Hobo Rocket [Modular]
Pop. 1280: Imps of Perversion [Sacred Bones]
Summer Cannibals: No Makeup [New Moss]
Superhumanoids: Exhibitionists [Innovative Leisure]
Ultraísta: Ultraísta Remixes [Temporary Residence]
u-Ziq: Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995) [Planet Mu]
Various Artists: MMG Presents: Self Made Vol. 3 [Warner Bros./Maybach]
*08-07*
Modern Hut: Generic Treasure [Don Giovanni]
*08-12*
The Bug: Filthy EP [Ninja Tune]
*08-13*
Bloc Party: The Nextwave Sessions EP [Frenchkiss/Co-op]
dBridge: Move Way EP [R&S]
Washed Out: Paracosm [Sub Pop]
*08-20*
A$AP Ferg: Trap Lord [Polo Grounds/RCA]
Braids: Flourish // Perish [Arbutus/Full Time Hobby/Flemish Eye]
Crocodiles: Crimes of Passion [Frenchkiss]
DIANA: DIANA [Jagjaguwar]
His Electro Blue Voice: Ruthless Sperm [Sub Pop]
Julia Holter: Loud City Song [Domino]
Julianna Barwick: Nepenthe [Dead Oceans]
kandodo: k20 [Thrill Jockey]
The Microphones: Mount Eerie [P.W. Elverum & Sun] [reissue]
Native: Orthodox [Sargent House]
No Age: An Object [Sub Pop]
Sarah Neufeld: Hero Brother [Constellation]
Shigeto: No Better Time Than Now [Ghostly]
Superchunk: I Hate Music [Merge]
Ty Segall: SLEEPER [Drag City]
White Hills: So You Are...So You'll Be [Thrill Jockey]
Zola Jesus: Versions [Sacred Bones]
*08-26*
College: Heritage [Invada]
*08-27*
Big Sean: Hall of Fame [Def Jam/GOOD]
Dent May: Warm Blanket [Paw Tracks]
The Dodos: Carrier [Polyvinyl]
Flaamingos: Flaamingos [Felte]
Franz Ferdinand: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action [Domino]
Ghost Wave: Ages [Flying Nun]
Weiss / Cameron / Hill: DRUMGASM [Jackpot]
** *September* **
*09-03*
Califone: Stitches [Dead Oceans]
Celestial Shore: 10x [Hometapes/Local Singles]
Chelsea Wolfe: Pain Is Beauty [Sargent House]
Holograms: Forever [Captured Tracks]
Jonathan Rado: Law and Order [Woodsist]
The Julie Ruin: Run Fast [TJR]
Neko Case: The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You [ANTI-]
Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks [Columbia]
Okkervil River: The Silver Gymnasium [ATO]
Richard Buckner: Surrounded [Merge]
Volcano Choir: Repave [Jagjaguwar]
*09-06*
Unwound: Kid Is Gone [Numero Group]
*09-09*
Arctic Monkeys: AM [Domino]
Cyril Hahn: "Perfect Form" [ft. Shy Girls] 7" [PMR]
*09-10*
2 Chainz: B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time [Def Jam]
Body/Head: Coming Apart [Matador]
The Clash: The Clash Hits Back [Sony] [2-disc Compilation]
The Clash: Sound System [Sony] [box set]
Delorean: Apar [True Panther/Mushroom Pillow]
Factory Floor: Factory Floor [DFA]
Goldfrapp: Tales of Us [Mute]
Jacuzzi Boys: Jacuzzi Boys [Hardly Art]
Janelle Monáe: The Electric Lady [Bad Boy/Universal]
Jessy Lanza: Pull My Hair Back [Hyperdub]
Obits: Bed & Bugs [Sub Pop]
Willis Earl Beal: Nobody knows. [HXC/XL]
*09-16*
Clark: Feast/Beast [Warp]
*09-17*
Arp: MORE [Smalltown Supersound]
Bill Callahan: Dream River [Drag City]
Blouse: Imperium [Captured Tracks]
Drake: Nothing Was the Same [Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic]
MGMT: MGMT [Columbia]
Pinkish Black: Razed to the Ground [Century Media]
Potty Mouth: Hell Bent [Old Flame/Marshall Teller]
The Roots / Elvis Costello: Wise Up Ghost [Blue Note]
Sebadoh: Defend Yourself [Joyful Noise]
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me to the Land of Hell [Chimera]
*09-23*
Polly Scattergood: Arrows [Mute]
*09-24*
Au Revoir Simone: Move in Spectrums [Instant]
Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe [Glassnote]
*09-30*
Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience 2 [RCA]
*October*
*10-01*
Oneohtrix Point Never: R Plus Seven [Warp]
*10-05*
Waka Flocka Flame: Flockaveli 2 [Warner Bros./Asylum/Brick Squad Monopoly]
*10-15*
The Dismemberment Plan: Uncanney Valley [Partisan]
*Future releases*:
A$AP Rocky: Beauty and the Beast: Slowed Down Sessions (Chapter 1) [self-released]
Angel Haze: Dirty Gold [Universal]
Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste [Universal]
Beck: TBA [TBA]
Beth Gibbons: TBA [Domino]
Beyoncé: TBA [Columbia]
The Bug: Angels & Devils [Acid Ragga/Ninja Tune]
Captain Murphy: V [self-released]
Damon Albarn: TBA [XL]
Dan Bodan: TBA [DFA]
Danny Brown: Old [Fool's Gold]
Divine Fits: Live at Third Man 12" [Third Man]
Earl Sweatshirt: Doris [Tan Cressida/Columbia]
Flatbush Zombies: Better Off Dead [self-released]
Forest Swords: TBA [Tri Angle]
Future: Future Hendrix [Epic/A1/Free Bandz]
Goldie: Pages [Metalheadz]
Gucci Mane: MR.GUWOP [1017 Bricksquad/Atlantic]
Gunplay: Livin' Legend [Def Jam/Maybach]
Half Japanese: Complete discography [Fire] [reissues]
Holy Ghost!: Dynamics [DFA]
Hudson Mohawke: TBA [Warp]
J Dilla: The Diary [Pay Jay]
Joey Bada$$: B4.DA.$$ [TBA]
Kelis: FOOD [Federal Prism]
Machinedrum: Vapor City [Ninja Tune]
Mariah Carey: The Art of Letting Go [Island]
M.I.A.: Matangi [Interscope]
Migos / Rich the Kid: Streets on Lock [self-released]
Miguel: Art Dealer Chic EPs [self-released]
Mike WiLL Made It: #FuckVerses [EarDrummers]
Missing Monuments: Missing Monuments [Dirtnap]
Morrissey: Morrissey 25: Live From Hollywood High DVD [Eagle Vision]
Omar Souleyman: TBA [Ribbon Music]
Poliça: Shulamith [Mom + Pop]
Raleigh Ritchie: The Middle Child EP [self-released]
Rick Ross: Mastermind
RiFF RAFF: NEON iCON [Mad Decent]
Schoolboy Q: Oxymoron [Top Dawg/Interscope]
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: Give the People What They Want [Daptone]
Solange: TBA [Saint/Sony]
Spoon: TBA [Merge]
T. Williams: TBA EP [PMR]
Until the Ribbon Breaks: TBA [Republic]
Various Artists: Double Denim Vol. 1 [Double Denim]
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