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BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Ray Gun [ft. DOOM] [video=youtube;vBg7kvxnJ10]

Aphex Twin Announces Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 EP Aphex Twin has shared plenty of new music in the wake of Syro, his first record in 13 years. Last November, the artist known as Richard D. James shared over 30 unreleased tracks as part of an interview with Dave Noyze, and this morning, he revealed plans for a forthcoming EP titled Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2. Announced via James' Twitter, the new, 13-track EP will be released on January 23 via Warp. http://pitchfork.com/news/58005-aphex-twin-announces-computer-controlled-acoustic-instruments-pt2-ep/

Future Brown - Room 302 [ft. Tink] [video=youtube;-9Igz2TwP14]

Björk Collaborating with the Haxan Cloak on New Album Björk is currently working on her follow-up to 2011's Biophilia. We previously reported that she'd hit the studio with Arca, and now another collaborator has been announced: British producer and Tri Angle artist Bobby Krlic, otherwise known as the Haxan Cloak. The producer took to Twitter this morning to announce the partnership, calling it "an honour". http://pitchfork.com/news/57962-bjork-collaborating-with-the-haxan-cloak-on-new-album/

Death Grips - Fashion Week

PJ Harvey Is Recording Her New Album in Public, and You Can Watch PJ Harvey will record her ninth album live as part of an art installation at London's Somerset House. The exhibition, which is called Recording in Progress, runs from January 16 to February 14 and will give attendees a chance to watch Harvey create the album through one-way glass. Harvey will work inside of a custom studio alongside producers Flood, who worked with Harvey on 2011's Let England Shake, and John Parish. http://pitchfork.com/news/57935-pj-harvey-is-recording-her-new-album-in-public-and-you-can-watch/

Really excited for this!

Kanye West - Only One (feat. Paul McCartney) [video=youtube;INx3yUCOB3c]

Thom Yorke - You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry [video=youtube;W2LwwZ5_OuU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2LwwZ5_OuU

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

Joey Bada$$ - Curry Chicken [video=youtube;RDePQgV2J-A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDePQgV2J-A

Best Albums of 2014: 1) D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Black Messiah 2) Aphex Twin – Syro 3) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata 4) Flying Lotus – You’re Dead! 5) FKA twigs – LP1 6) Arca – Xen 7) The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream 8) Objekt – Flatland 9) Actress – Ghettoville 10) Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste 11) Todd Terje - It's Album Time 12) Sun Kil Moon - Benji 13) Untold - Black Light Spiral 14) Swans - To Be Kind 15) Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes 16) Call Super - Suzi Ecto 17) Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 18) Ariel Pink – pom pom 19) Ben Frost – A U R O R A 20) Grouper – Ruins 21) Andy Stott – Faith in Strangers 22) Tinashe – Aquarius 23) Kassem Mosse – Workshop 19 24) Jenny Hval & Susanna – Meshes of Voice 25) Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness 5 Special Mentions (in alphabetical order): 25 albums that ultimately did not make the list (in alphabetical order):

Panda Bear - Boys Latin [video=youtube;prBaZzYmQrI]

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah

Modest Mouse Announce Strangers to Ourselves, Ready "Lampshades on Fire" It's been a while since this has happened: Modest Mouse have announced a new album—their first since 2009's No One's First and You're Next. It's called Strangers to Ourselves, and it's out March 3, the Modest Mouse fan site Interstate-8 reports. The news was reported via a fan's Twitter account, who received a test pressing of the recently teased single "Lampshades on Fire". It came accompanied with a note saying that the song would be released on Tuesday (December 16) and revealed the album's title and release date. http://pitchfork.com/news/57832-modest-mouse-announce-strangers-to-ourselves-ready-lampshades-on-fire/

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Sugah Daddy [video=youtube;vo3RAH0zLlU]

D'Angelo Finally Announces Long-Awaited New Album Black Messiah D'Angelo has announced the long, long-awaited followup to his 2000 opus Voodoo. It's called Black Messiah, and it's credited to D'Angelo and the Vanguard. A short teaser for the album that features a snippet of music was posted online by his manager, Kevin Liles, as Consequence of Sound points out. [video=youtube;oVsiVf_eSYE] http://pitchfork.com/news/57813-dangelo-finally-announces-long-awaited-new-album-black-messiah/

Twin Shadow Announces New Album Eclipse, Shares Video for "Turn Me Up" The followup to Twin Shadow's 2012 album Confess will be called Eclipse, and it comes out March 17 via Warner Bros. Alongside the news of the new album, Twin Shadow frontman George Lewis Jr. has dropped the visual for new single "Turn Me Up", a black-and-white clip directed by Alex Turvey. [video=youtube;Xnl009I7ZNc] http://pitchfork.com/news/57352-twin-shadow-announces-new-album-eclipse-shares-video-for-turn-me-up/

Charli XCX - Sucker

Ghostface Killah Says His Album with MF DOOM is Coming Out in 2015 The long promised DOOMStarks is due next year, according to the always reliable Tony Starks. Look, we’re not saying it’s set in stone. But when Ghostface Killah deigns to take part in a Reddit AMA and chooses the inevitable DOOMStarks question out of only about seven queries he can be bothered to answer, we’re taking it as A Sign. Asked by ‘InvadingCanadian’ if the album collaboration with DOOM is ever coming, Ghostface replied simply: “Yes its coming out 2015.” So there you go. The pair started working on the album, named DOOMStarks in reference to Ghost’s superhero alter ego Tony Starks, more than seven years ago. http://www.factmag.com/2014/12/08/ghostface-killah-album-doomstarks-mf-doom-is-coming-in-2015/

Joanna Newsom Says She's Working on New Music Joanna Newsom has revealed that she's been recording the follow up to 2010's Have One on Me, in a new interview with Dazed Digital. "I’m working on something new – I should hopefully have a little more news soon," she said. "I’ve been working hard for a lot of those five years on a new idea." http://pitchfork.com/news/57754-joanna-newsom-says-shes-working-on-new-music/

Joey Bada$$ - No. 99 [video=youtube;-LMnXxNdclg]

Viet Cong - Viet Cong

The Wrens Have Finished Their New Album For almost a decade, the Wrens have been trickling out information about the follow up to 2003's The Meadowlands. In November, they signed a deal to release the record, which they said was almost done. Now, in a blog post written on the band's website, guitarist Charles Bissell revealed that the album has been completed. In the post, Bissell said that over Thanksgiving, he went to the emergency room for what turned out to be "strep pneumonia, a collapsed lung, full renal failure...the works," which required immediate medical treatment. At one point, it appeared life-threatening. This, along with many other issues faced by the band this year, seems to have prompted the album's completion. The album doesn't yet have a title, though they did share a brief snippet of music back in July. http://pitchfork.com/news/57729-the-wrens-have-finished-their-new-album/

Chromatics Announce New Album Dear Tommy Chromatics have announced Dear Tommy, the follow up to 2012's Kill for Love. It'll be out "in time for Valentine's Day" (a set date hasn't been announced) via Italians Do It Better. The version of "Cherry" that appears on the album is "similar" to the one that appeared on After Dark 2, though the version of "Camera" is different. This isn't the only project Johnny Jewel has in the pipeline, though. Glass Candy's album Body Work and Symmetry's Still Life are also in the works. http://pitchfork.com/news/57714-chromatics-announce-new-album-dear-tommy/