The following are albums which have confirmed titles, are likely to get a 2016 release (sorry Azealia Banks, Chromatics and The Avalanches, I don’t trust you guys) – And are all something to look forward to. While your most anticipated albums might not be on the list, feel free to add it in the comment section below. I also desperately need to add some metal, as we’re down to only one proper entry as of now.
If you’re unfamiliar with some of them, I strongly recommend you to check them out. Almost all of them have singles out already. And a special thanks to everyone on Twitter who helped me make this list.
James Blake – Radio Silence
Animal Collective : Painting With
Wild Nothing – Life of Pause
Kanye West – SWISH
David Bowie – Blackstar
Drake – Views From The Six
Daughter – Not To Disappear
Ty Segall – Emotional Mugger
Savages – Adore Life
Wet – Don’t You
DIIV – Is the Is Are
Junior Boys – Big Black Coat
Roly Porter – Third Law
Ariana Grande – Moonlight
Iggy Azalea – Digital Distortion
School Of Seven Bells – SVIIB
Kevin Gates – Islah
M.I.A. – Matahdatah
Mystery Jets – Curve of The Earth
Eliot Sumner – Information
Dream Theater – The Astonishing
Death Grips – Bottomless Pit
ANOHNI – Hopelessness
The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep
Foxes – All I Need
Majid Jordan – Self-titled
Hinds – Leave Me Alone
Chairlift – Moths
Eleanor Friedberger – New View
Yndi Halda – Under Summer
Jeff Buckley – You and I
Shearwater – Jet Plane and Oxbow
Which albums are you looking forward to in 2016?
– Mojib
I can’t believe I have to add Metallica to ANOTHER one of these lists.
But also,
James Blake
Diiv
Kanye West
Frank Ocean (again!)
David Bowie
Adian Knight
Abbath
Eleanor Friedberger
Ulver
The Besnard Lakes
Justin Rutledge
Savages
Also hoping the newly talked about Bruce Springsteen solo record sees the light of day in 2016.
am i the only one who is waiting for Death of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco?
Nope, I’m waiting too!!!
I’m waiting just this in 2016!!!!! =)
For real!!! Whos honestly waiting for Kanye..
Kanye NOT MENTION HIM WHILE Rihanna – ANTi IS GONNA HAPPEN!!!!!!?
I’ve been waiting since 2011 for The Low Anthem (my favorite band) to release a follow up to Smart Flesh and, finally, they let slip at a recent show that the new album will come out early April.
Also looking forward to the new Local Natives album, hopefully a new Radiohead album, and whatever the flaming lips are going to give us (will we finally see the flaming lips/kesha album nobody ever wanted?)
Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole – Out the Sky
YG – Still Krazy
Major Lazer – Music is the Weapon
Pusha T – King Push
Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife 2
Maybach Music Group – Self Made 4
Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers 2: The Weed Album
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3
Frank Ocean – TBA
Kanye West & The Ever-Changing Album Title
Chance The Rapper – Third Mixtape
Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers 2: The Weed Album
Plus, they aren’t necessarily confirmed for 2016 but people will be expecting these
Run The Jewels 3
Frank Ocean – TBA
Kanye West & The Ever-Changing album title
Steven Wilson’s – 4 1/2
Eliot Sumner – Information
DIIV
St. Vincent
Not confirmed but Arcade Fire usually releases an album every 3 years so that’s always something to look forward to. Also wondering if Run The Jewels 3 might drop in 2016. 2016 is looking hopeful though :).
I’m waiting for a new Burial EP. And hopefully Justice will bring one out next year… also not on the list: James Holdens follow up to the Inheritors.
I can’t believe I am the first one who writes down BreakBot?
LITERALLY ALL I WANT IS A NEW FRANK OCEAN ALBUM!
But hopefully;
Frank Ocean
Lady Gaga
P!ATD
FRANK OCEAN
FRANK OCEAN
FRANK OCEAN
bon iver
gotye
k.dot& j cole
watch the throne2
nas
run the jewels3
m83
Man! What about Deftones’?!
True!!
I’m looking forward to:
DIIV – Is the is are
Majid Jordan – Majid Jordan
Rihanna – Anti
Frank Ocean – Boys Don’t Cry
James Blake – Radio Silence
Sky Ferreira – Masochism
Chromatics – Dear Tommy
Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon 3
SZA – A
Major Lazer – Music Is The Weapon (Peace is The Mission 2)
Drake – Views From The 6
Kanye West – SWISH
Kendrick Lamar x J.Cole: Out The Sky
The Last Shadow Puppets II
Here’s our list of 2016 albums we are stoked to hear:
Panic! At the Disco – Death of a Bachelor
ROAM – Backbone
Bloc Party – Hymns
Dream Theater – Astonishing
Hands Like Houses – Dissonants
Like Pacific – Distant Like You Asked
Wolfmother – Victorious
Somos – First Day Back
The 1975 – I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
Tonight Alive – Limitless
Dangerkids – Blacklist
Miss Fortune – Miss Fortune
Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost
Killswitch Engage
Asking Alexandria
Saosin
Pierce the Veil
fun.
Asking Alexandria, Killswitch Engage, Dangerkids, Breakdown of Sanity, The Browning, Rammstein, Caliban, and Bury Tomorrow – Earthbound.
@slade I was expecting you to supply me with the essential metal releases… The 1975? Really ;-)
Pierce The Veil!
Asking Alexandria
Hands Like Houses
Issues
Linkin Park
The Devil Wears Prada
The Amity Affliction
Radiohead
Yes please.
RADIOHEAD. rest is not important :)
PJ Harvey
Primal Scream – Chaosmosis
Raphael Saadiq (april 2016)
Charles Bradley – Changes
Maxwell (?)
Santigold – 99ç
My Bloody Valentine (?)
The Jesus and Mary Chain (?)
mine would be:
The 1975
SIA
Sky Ferreira
Daughters
Bastille
Lonely the brave
Linkin park
Bloc Party
Hands Like Houses
Bury Tomorrow
Netsky
Killswitch engage
Lot of good stuff coming our way this year!
Hands Like Houses
Bury Tomorrow
<3
Forgotten:
Biffy Clyro
Gemini
Brian Fallon
Explosions in the Sky
Mogwai
Lake Street Dive!
Blink 182
Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, The National, Atlas Sound, Animal Collective, Massive Attack, Daughter, Tindersticks, DIIV, Gorillaz, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, PJ Harvey, Minor Victories, Spiritualized, James Blake, The Last Shadow Puppets, Bat For Lashes, The Wrens, The Horrors, The XX, Metronomy, Suuns, King Krule, Liars, The Radio Dept. Arcade Fire…
Arcade fire ? new album 2016? not that i heard , i wish though
Arcade Fire (conflicting info):
http://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/88487
and
http://www.musictimes.com/articles/60914/20160107/arcade-fire-tour-new-album-2017-kickstarter-campaign.htm
Gorillaz:
http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/88966
Massive Attack:
http://www.factmag.com/2015/10/06/massive-attack-2016-tour-new-music/
Meshuggah and Gojira.
Also forgot Twelve Foot Ninja and The Interbeing
Tool (again), Metallica (again), Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Vista Chino, Alter Bridge, System of a Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Pearl Jam, Gojira, Incubus, Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Meshuggah, Judas Priest, Rammstein, Slash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimmy Page’s new project, Wolfmother – Victorious, The Cult – Hidden City, Rob Zombie – The Electric Warlock…, Megadeth – Dystopia, Anthrax – For All Kings, Witchcraft – Nucleus
Miike Snow
Trapt : DNA