{"id":6793,"date":"2018-01-10T19:42:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T03:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2018-01-10T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T03:42:15","slug":"new-year-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/new-year-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"New year, new music"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6794\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernjournal\/files\/2018\/01\/NEWMUSIC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6794\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">thewombats.co<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ashton Newton | Freelancer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2017 was a big year for music. Whether it was Taylor Swift reinventing her sound in \u201cReputation\u201d or Kendrick Lamar dropping an instant classic with \u201cDAMN.,\u201d it\u2019s hard to picture 2018 living up to one of the best years in the last decade for new music, but in fact, 2018 is looking to bring as much, or even more, great new music. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right around the corner, Rhye is releasing a new album called \u201cBlood\u201d on Feb. 2. His first album is five years old this year, but he made a return in 2017 with a series of singles and lending vocals to Bonobo\u2019s \u201cBreak Apart\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The British indie group The Wombats are making a return with a new album releasing Feb. 9 titled \u201cBeautiful People Will Ruin Your Life.\u201d They\u2019ve already released two singles off of the album, \u201cLemon to a Knife Fight\u201d and \u201cTurn.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At this point in the year, a lot of bands have only given conformation that they will release new music this year. Artists like The Arctic Monkeys, CHVRCHES, Childish Gambino, Frankie Cosmos, Drake and Father John Misty have all teased new music, so there\u2019s a lot to look forward to in the coming months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most exciting teased projects of 2018 is a collaborative album between Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z. Apart from a confirmation from Jay-Z himself, no additional information has come out about the collab. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lady Gaga released a new single called \u201cThe Cure\u201d and teased a 2018 album at last year\u2019s Coachella. If the rest of the album matches the sound of \u201cThe Cure,\u201d it looks like Lady Gaga is making a return to her earlier dance-pop sound. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of 2017, Jack White released a pretty cacophonous single that turned out not to be a single at all. Instead, the release was simply bits and pieces taken from his upcoming 2018 album \u201cBoarding House Reach.\u201d It\u2019s not a good sounding song, but it serves as an intriguing tease for what\u2019s to come. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some teases have gone more under the radar, like Death Cab for Cutie announcing their 2018 release in a tweet that simply says \u201cLP9 \/\/ 2018\u201d with no other information. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2018 is already shaping up to be one for the books. With what has already been announced, there\u2019s plenty for fans of every genre to get excited about. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at anewton15@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashton Newton | Freelancer 2017 was a big year for music. Whether it was Taylor Swift reinventing her sound in \u201cReputation\u201d or Kendrick Lamar dropping an instant classic with \u201cDAMN.,\u201d it\u2019s hard to picture 2018 living up to one of the best years in the last decade for new music, but in fact, 2018 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}