With a couple of major releases behind us, it’s usually relatively quiet during the summer – But we’ve got plenty of hyped up and exciting releases coming up, kicking off at the end of July. So we took a day off from working on the upcoming Has it Leaked 2, scanned private torrent site’s and their requests list, listened to you guys via our social media channels and forum, and Googled around. Then we ranked them based on our own hype rating system. We came up with the list below, which is no way set in stone, but gives you a good indication as to what to expect the coming months. Like our previous spring list, we have skipped certain titles which have either been delayed for ages (Avalanches sophomore album), unlikely to get a release this year (Dr Dre’s Detox) or titles which lack any sort of official word (D’Angelo’s James River). And yes, HAIM’s album still lacks a proper title.

Hope everyone’s having a great summer so far. And don’t forget to tells us about the titles you look forward to!

ELECTRONIC

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Oneohtrix beautiful drone-like electronic track 

1. CHVRCHES : THE BONES OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE

Electronic | September 23

2. ALUNAGEORGE : BODY MUSIC

Electronic | July 29

3. DAVID LYNCH : THE BIG DREAM

Electronic | July 15

4. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER : R PLUS SEVEN

Electronic | September 30

5. ZOLA JESUS : VERSIONS

Orchestral | August 20

HIP-HOP

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Earl Sweatshirt proves he’s worthy of all the hype

1. EARL SWEATSHIRT : DORIS

Hip-hop | July 31

2. DRAKE : NOTHING WAS THE SAME

Hip-hop | September 17

3. SCHOOLBOY Q : OXYMORON

Hip-hop | TBA

4. TECH N9NE : SOMETHING ELSE

Hip-hop | July 30

5. JUICY J : STAY TRIPPY

Hip-hop | TBA

INDIE / ALTERNATIVE

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Washed Out’s sophmore album sees the artist sound evolving.

1. NINE INCH NAILS : HESITATION MARKS

Industrial | September 3

2. ARCTIC MONKEYS : AM

Rock | September 9

3. WASHED OUT : PARACOSM

Chillwave | August 13

4. MGMT : MGMT

Indie | September 19

5. POND : HOBO ROCKET

Indie | August 5

RNB / POP

A near-eight minute epic track from The Weeknd

1. THE WEEKND : KISS LAND

RnB | TBA

2. LADY GAGA : ARTPOP

Pop | TBA

3. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE : THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2)

RnB | TBA

4. JANELLE MONÁE : THE ELECTRIC LADY

RnB | TBA

5. SELENA GOMEZ : STARS DANCE

Pop | July 23

METAL

Gorguts proves they’re stronger than ever

1. A DAY TO REMEMBER : COMMON COURTESY

Metalcore | TBA

2. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH : THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN

Metal | July 23

3. ASKING ALEXANDRIA : FROM DEATH TO DESTINY

Metal | August 8

4. AVENGED SEVENFOLD : HAIL TO THE KING

Metal | August 27

5. GORGUTS : COLORED SANDS

Metal | TBA

Wait, what? Did we miss anything? It seems unlikely, but just in case – Use the comment section below ;)