List of albums to be released in October

As usual, here's the list of albums to be released in the next month.
I sorted it alphabetically to make it easier for you to find the bands you're interested in. The list format is Band - Album Name.

65Daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
Alesana - A Place Where The Sun Is Silent
Annie Crane - Jump With A Child's Heart
Bella Novela - The Archeress
Ben Lee - Deeper Into Dreams
Bjork - Biophilia
Bonnie - Wolfroy Goes To Town
Casiokids - Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen
Casting Crowns - Come To The Well
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun
Class Actress - Rapprocher
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Crooked Fingers - Breaks In The Armor
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien
Deer Tick - Divine Providence
Drake - Take Care
Dreamers Of The Ghetto - Enemy/Lover
Dub Trio - Dub Trio IV
Electric Six - Heartbeats And Brainwaves
Eliot Lipp - How We Do: Moves Made
Erasure - Tomorrow's World
Evanescence - Evanescence
Everlast - Songs Of The Ungrateful Living
Evile - Five Serpent's Teeth
Feist - Metals
Five Finger Death Punch - American Capitalist
Forest Fire - Staring At The X
Future Islands - On The Water
High Places - Original Colors
I Am The Avalanche - Avalanche United
I Break Horses - Heart
Indigo Girls - Beauty Queen Sister
Is Tropical - Native To
Jack's Mannequin - People & Things
Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist
Joe - The Good The Bad The Sexy
Joe Henry - Reverie
Joe Jonas - Fast Life
John Wesley Harding - The Sound of His Own Voice
Jonti - Twirligig
Judy Collins - Bohemian
Junius - Reports From The Threshold Of Death
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
Kathryn Calder - Bright And Vivid
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Smoking In Heaven
Lauren Alaina - Wildflower
Lights Resolve - Feel You're Different
Loney Dear - Hall Music
Lydia - Paint It Gold
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Marketa Irglova - Anar
Matthew Herbert - One Pig
Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade
Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do
Merle Haggard - Working In Tennessee
Michael Buble - Christmas
Misfits - The Devil's Rain
Modeselektor - Monkeytown
Monica - New Life
Mutemath - Odd Soul
My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind
New Found Glory - Radiosurgery
Nick Swisher - Believe
Noel Gallagher - High Flying Birds
Paley and Francis - Paley & Francis
Patrick Stump - Soul Punk
Prince Rama - Trust Now
Psychic Ills - Hazed Dream
Puscifer - Conditions Of My Parole
Rachel Yamagata - Chesapeake
Randy Travis - Blessd Assurance
Real Estate - Days
Remember Remember - The Quickening
Rich Richardson - Through A Crooked Sun
Rocket From The Crypt - Barfly
Rodney Atkins - Take A Back Road
Ronan Keating and Burt Bacharach - When Ronan Met Burt
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
S.C.U.M - Again Into Eyes
Scott McCreery - Clear As Day
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road
Still Corners - Creatures Of An Hour
Styles P - Master Of Ceremonies
Surfer Blood - Tarot Classics
The Beets - Let The Poison Out
The Field - Looping State Of Mind
The Irrepressibles - Mirror Mirror
The Misfits - The Devil's Rain
The Rifles - Freedom Run
This Is Hell - Black Mass
Tim Hecker - Dropped Pianos
Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Transit - Listen & Forgive
Vince Gill - Guitar Slinger
Wayne Static - Pighammer
We Are The In Crowd - Best Intentions
We Were Promised Jetpacks - In The Pit Of The Stomach
Wednesday 13 - Calling All Corpses
William Shatner - Seeking Major Tom
Yelawolf - Radioactive
Zola Jesus - Conatus

Björk - Moon

Björk's new album, Biophilia, was supposed to be released today, but it has been delayed to October 10. Meanwhile, she has released a new single, Moon, which you can watch and listen bellow.

The video was made by Björk!

Opeth's "The Devil's Orchard" video

As some of you may know, the swedish metal band Opeth released their latest LP, Heritage, last week.

Watch their new trippy video for the The Devil's Orchard song!

Mastodon stream new album

The Hunter is the upcoming fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Mastodon, which is going to be released on September 26.

For those who can't wait any longer to hear one of the most serious candidates to album of the year, the band have provided the record in its entirely on youtube! Enjoy!

Track listing:

00:00 - Black Tongue
03:27 - Curl of the Burl
07:06 - Blasteroid
09:42 - Stargasm
14:23 - Octopus Has No Friends
18:11 - All The Heavy Lifting
22:42 - The Hunter
28:00 - Dry Bone Valley
32:00 - Thickening
36:31 - Creature Lives
41:12 - Spectrelight
44:22 - Bedazzled Fingernails
47:30 - The Sparrow?

Take a look at the official video for Curl of the Burl, the second song from the album.

Learning a musical instrument

As you may have noticed, I've launched a new poll to find out if my readers know how to play any musical instrument. It's just a curiosity of mine, but I would be thankful if you vote!

In a previous post, I've noticed that several people commented that they didn't know how play an instrument, however, they would like to learn.

Let me say that it's never too late to do so! Besides, music education has many benefits that you may not know, such as:

1. Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning. Scientists say that children who learn how to play an instrument do better in school than those who don't. Adults can benefit from it too because it helps the mind to be alert and remain active.
2. Playing an instrument provides people with a means of self-expression and relieves stress.
3. Music study enhances discipline, since you have to obey to practice routines in order to master your instrument.
4. Once you've learned a music piece, it will make you very proud of yourself and you'll experience a sense of satisfaction for achieving your goal.

I could continue, but I guess I gave you enough reasons for you to realize how important music is for the personal development of each one of us. Give it a try! Grab an instrument and start playing!

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah return with a new album

It's been four years since the Brooklyn indie band have released their second record, but that doesn't mean they have packed their instruments! They have just released a new album, which is called Hysterical.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah achieved their initial fame and commercial success via the internet. They kept getting bigger due to the amazing quality of their debut album, which was self-released and whose production was totally indepedent. They are one of the greatest indie-rock bands of nowadays.

You can listen to the new track Same Mistake below.

Same Mistake by CYHSYband

Florence + The Machine - Shake it Out

Florence and The Machine have revealed a new single for their upcoming album Ceremonials. Press play and enjoy it!

Although other track had been previously released by the english indie pop band, Shake it Out is officially the first single.

Ceremonials is going to be released October 31 and will replace their successful debut album Lungs.

Bush - The Sea of Memories

Do you remember Bush, one of the greatest alternative rock bands from the 90s? Well, they're back with a new album, after eight years of hiatus.

I've already listened to The Sea of Memories, which was released yesterday, and I was a little bit disappointed.

I wasn't expecting they sounded like their previous records (although I wanted to), but they've really changed a lot. I don't know, maybe they wanted to move on, evolve and to shape their sound differently, but I don't like their new music... to me it's just a mediocre album.

M83 - Midnight City

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is the new album by M83 which release is scheduled for October 18. The record is already making a lot of noise due to the successful single Midnight City, released in the past July.

M83 is also releasing an EP which features an impressive set of remixes for this single by Trentemøller, Big Black Delta, Man Without Country and Team Ghost. Two of them are already available!

Midnight City (Trentemøller Remix) by M83

Midnight City (Big Black Delta Remix) by M83

Four new albums available for streaming

Today I bring you the new albums of Ladytron, dEUS, Opeth and Pearl Jam.

All these four bands are going to release their new albums in the next days, and they have decided to put their records available for us to listen!

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Ladytron - Gravity the Seducer (availabe September 13)



dEUS - Keep You Close (available September 19)



Opeth - Heritage (available September 14)



[Click here to listen Heritage]

Pearl Jam - 20 (available September 20)



[Click here to listen Twenty]

Kurt Vile reveals new song

Kurt Vile is preparing a successor to his acclaimed Smoke Ring For My Halo, which will come out on November 8 in EP format. The Creature is a very promising track from the new record, titled So Outta Reach.

You can download it here, via Matador Records Website.

New singles from Wilco and Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos! did not take any time to rest from the album released just last year, and are already preparing the launch of their next album, presenting us with the single By Your Hand. The album is called Hello Sadness and will be launched on November 14.

Wilco also have a new song to show!
While we're waiting for their new album, titled The Whole Love, they did us the huge favor of sharing the video for the single Born Alone. The album will be released on September 27.

Poll results

The poll Which has been the best decade for music? is now closed and the results are the following:

1. 70's (17)
2. 90's (16)
3. 00's (15)
4. 60's (10)
5. 80's (9)
6. 50's (2)

69 people voted and the number of votes for each decade is shown between brackets.

The results are not surprising, because the 70's were indeed amazingly creative years, and which music has heavily influenced many bands and artists since then. I was expecting the 60's to have more votes though.