No surprises here, folks. Bates loves Maggie Rogers. Even if you don’t like Vampire Weekend, you kind of had to listen to their new releases, just to see what’s up. A few good, super-new releases are in there too. Here are your top 20 new albums of last week:
- Maggie Rogers – Heard It In A Past Life
- Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall / 2021 [single]
- Leon Bridges – Good Thing
- Mitski – Be the Cowboy
- A$AP Rocky – TESTING
- Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
- Toro y Moi – Outer Peace
- Mac Demarco – Old Dog Demos
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex & Food
- 21 Savage – i am > i was
- Sloucher – Be True
- Tom Misch – Geography
- Surfaces – Where the Light Is
- Childish Gambino – Summer Pack [EP]
- Billie Eilish – when the party’s over [single]
- Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
- Matty – Déjàvu
- Hippo Campus – Bambi
- BROCKHAMPTON – iridescence
- Wet – Still Run
Emma Lammers ’19 / Music Director