Although the accomplices of Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and Danny L. Harle (Caroline) have been revealed, there are intrigues regarding the successor to ‘Future nostalgia’ (2022), which could follow the disco-pop path suggested in the single ‘Houdini’. It is misleading. Polachek, Charli XCX). We will eliminate doubts in the spring.
2. Billie Eilish
The ‘Villain’ author’s third work is not planned, but is expected for this year, especially after the author announced that he is “almost done”. For now, the song he prepared for the ‘Barbie’ soundtrack spices up the wait.
3. Cold Game
Chris Martin and his team used the breaks in their huge tour to record the album ‘Moon music’, which they presented as the second part of the album ‘Music of the Sphere’ (2021). His accomplices include ‘cowardly’ guru Nil Rodgers (Chic, Bowie, Madonna). For the month of May.
4.Pearl Jam
The Seattleites are ready for their new tour, announcing a hard-hitting and direct-sounding album for spring. After signing recent albums by Iggy Pop and the Rolling Stones, they are launching trendy producer Andrew Watt, who specializes in rock legends.
5.Mark Knopfler
He said he would stop touring in 2019 (we’ll see), but he’s secretly continuing to create songs and preparing an album that will be his first in six years. He assured on his website last August that it would see the light of day this year.
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Australian has been working on an album for a year, which, as he stated, will not be as electronic-minimalist or a classic rock work as ‘Ghostteen’. Possible collaboration with Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead).
7. Treatment
‘Songs of the Lost World’ is a never-ending story: their first album since 2008, up to six songs were recorded on the last tour (and Robert Smith hesitantly wanted to re-record to the point of desperation). retouch vocal nuances). It’s a bleak-looking album, not very pop, with no release date yet.
8. Michael Stipe
Sample group REM disbanded in 2011, and Michael Stipe postponed his solo debut. He looked ready last year, but he took it easy. It will be an album with many collaborators and, as he said, a variety of musical styles.
9. Green Day
On the 30th anniversary of the famous ‘Dookie’, the Californian trio returns with ‘Saviours’ (January 19). Previewing songs like ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ predict the pop-punk method retaining its flair for fresh and profane hooks.
10. Liam Gallagher and John Squire
The surprise of recent weeks has been the tandem created by former members of Oasis and The Stone Roses, released on debut single ‘Just Another Rainbow’, which carries echoes of Brit-pop and psychedelic rock. An album is said to be on the way.
11. Courtney Love
The former leader of Hole, in (almost) silence since 2010, announced in the autumn that his second solo album was ready and that he would release it at Christmas. He posted some short snippets on TikTok.
12. Vampire Weekend
The band, which takes indie pop to new horizons with its ‘Afro’ emphasis, plans to release its fifth album at the end of this year. Earlier this month, ‘Frog on bass drum vol. 2’, recorded live on vinyl 2019.
13. Smile
After the well-received debut of this side project from Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) in 2022, the second album called ‘Wall of Eyes’ is ready (January 26). With him comes a new breath to his lyrical and adventurous art rock.
14.Morrissey
Fans of The Smiths have been eagerly awaiting the announced ‘Bonfire of the Teenagers’ album, which was recorded in 2020 and 2021 with accomplices such as Iggy Pop, Miley Cyrus and members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and was halted following their departure from Capitol. However, Morrissey already has another album called ‘Without music the world dies’ and is looking for a record company.
15. Libertarians
The anxious and tragic single ‘Run run run’, released in October, paves the way for the return of Pete Doherty’s rebel band. Their first album in nine years, ‘All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade’, will be released on March 8.
16. Sheryl Crow
In 2018, he announced that he would not record any more albums, but he took a step back: ‘Evolution’ (March 20) appears to be a work with a slow and internal ‘tempo’. Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Nelly Furtado, Eminem) is producing.
17. Shakira
The Colombian, who has been continuing his promotional series for a year, plans to return in the first half of 2024, seven years after ‘El Dorado’, with an album that will go beyond his last ‘single’ collection and present new material.
18. Nathy Peluso
It will be four years since ‘Calambre’ and the Argentinian (based in Barcelona) is paving the way for a second work titled ‘Blessings’.
19.J Balvin
To the announced ‘Smile you’re on camera’, which should be released this autumn, we should also include the “about twenty songs” that Balvin says he recorded with Ed Sheeran (two of which have already seen the light).
20.Chanel
Almost two years after her third Eurovision position, Chanel Terrero has finally released her debut album. ‘This!’ The album accompanying the scream (salsero) will be released on Friday, January 12; It includes collaborations with Italian Rocco Hunt, Argentinian Zé Felipe and Argentinian FMK.
21. Bad Gyal
Also, on the 26th of this month, Alba Farerlo will release her first album with all the lyrics (after successive eps and ‘mixtapes’). Launched globally, ‘La joia’ will feature her well-known duets with Tokischa, Myke Towers or Quevedo, as well as with Ñengo Flow and Tommy Lee Sparta.
22. Lesbian Love
The writers of ‘John Boy’s Fan Club’ are currently mixing their new work, which won’t be released until the autumn, but they plan to release a ‘single’ or two first. An album that points to the closeness of pop rather than epic.
23. Guillem Gisbert
Manel is on hiatus, and his singer and main composer will release his solo debut in March. The two-track epé released in November suggests an evolution of the ‘Manelesque’ style, with more keyboards than guitars and lyrical turns full of scraps and tension.
24. Oques Herbs
The Catalan singing group that will dominate 2024 will be Oques Grasses. It remains to be seen how far they go in transforming the festival canon through electronic and Afro-Latin inflections. It will be out in the spring.
25. bast
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, the Muñozes present new material with a strong rumba influence. ‘Estopía’ will be released in March with a dozen songs, including her Catalan debut with her self-written ‘La rumba del Pescaílla’.