As the year winds down, November and December bring a final wave of thrilling new music releases to warm up your winter. From rock anthems to smooth jazz, infectious pop, hard-hitting hip-hop, and boundary-pushing electronica, there’s something fresh for every taste. This season’s releases showcase some of the industry’s most innovative talents and emerging voices, giving listeners everything from cozy, nostalgic sounds to electrifying experimental beats. We’ve scoured the latest tracks and albums to bring you the very best, highlighting the cool, the creative, and the captivating. Dive in and discover this winter’s hottest new music at Sinusoidal Music.
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November 1
The Cure: Songs of a Lost World [Fiction/Capitol]
Songs of a Lost World is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 1 November 2024 via Fiction, Lost Music, Universal, Polydor, and Capitol Records. It is the band’s first release of new material in 16 years since the release of 4:13 Dream in 2008.
Mount Eerie: Night Palace [P.W. Elverum & Sun]
Night Palace appears as a culmination of eras, arrived at after tumbling through decades of a tumultuous life and building from scratch in the settled dust. The 26 track album is a palace of many rooms, all welcoming, all varied. The songs stand vivid in their diamond sharp eloquence and distorted feedback, but only after traveling the album as a whole do we find the door. The palace is dilapidated with moss dripping through, airy, bright and open.
This is a return to the beloved deep analog fuzz world of the Microphones’ the Glow pt. 2 (2001) and the many thickly embroidered Mount Eerie universes that have followed. Smashed tape, breathing air organs, crackling tube amps and a welcome living reality just outside the open window all entwine to push the definition of what’s “home” and what’s “studio”, of what’s a “song” and what’s at the heart of the unmediated idea itself.
November 8
Primal Scream: Come Ahead [BMG]
Primal Scream are back with a new album, Come Ahead, their first in eight years. The follow-up to Chaosmosis arrives November 8 via BMG. “Love Insurrection” leads the record; listen to the single below.
Bobby Gillespie said in a press release, “I’m very excited about this album in a way that you would be making your first record. If there was an overall theme to Come Ahead it might be one of conflict, whether inner or outer. There is also a thread of compassion running through the album. The title is a Glaswegian term. If someone threatens to fight you, you say, ‘come ahead!’ It’s redolent of the indomitable spirit of the Glaswegian, and the album itself shares that aggressive attitude and confidence. They have a word for this up there, gallus. Come Ahead’s quite a cheeky title too.”
Talking Heads: Talking Heads: 77 (Super Deluxe Edition) (2024 Remaster) [Rhino]
Returning to where it all began, Talking Heads proudly presents the brand new and extensive Talking Heads: 77 (Super Deluxe Edition), This Super Deluxe Edition charts the development of the band from the original trio of David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth into the classic four-person lineup with the addition of former Modern Lover member Jerry Harrison.
Spread across nearly three hours of material, this Super Deluxe Edition features a brand new remaster of the original album on LP1. The second LP features a collection of rarities encompassing outtakes and previously unreleased alternate versions, including the never before heard ‘Psycho Killer (Alternate Version)’ and ‘Pulled Up (Alternate “Pop” Version)’. LP3 & LP4 contain a previously unreleased recording of the band’s final show at CBGB’s in New York City on October 10th, 1977.
November 15
Linkin Park: From Zero [Warner]
From Zero is the upcoming eighth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, set to be released on November 15, 2024, through Warner Records and Machine Shop. It is Linkin Park’s first studio album since One More Light (2017), and their first to feature new singer Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara on vocals, as well as the band’s new drummer Colin Brittain. It is the band’s first album without vocalist Chester Bennington following his death in 2017 as well as drummer Rob Bourdon due to his departure from the band.[1][2][3] The album’s title has a double meaning; it is a reference to both the band’s original name, Xero, and the band’s new chapter with Armstrong and Brittain.
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (50th Anniversary) [Dark Horse]
In honour of its 50th Anniversary, George Harrison’s Living In The Material World is being celebrated with a suite of new releases overseen by Dhani & Olivia Harrison and featuring a stunning new mix of the classic album by Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks that elevates the album with a sonic upgrade, delivering a sound that’s brighter, richer, and more dynamic than ever before. Living In The Material World 50th Anniversary will be available November 15th via Dark Horse Records / BMG.
Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes [Geffen]
For more than a decade, Kiwanuka, 37, has been creating songs that speak directly and soulfully. Most often, he uses just a handful of chords and succinct, open-ended lyrics. But his words often turn into incantations over lush, organic grooves that reach back to vintage R&B, psychedelia and trip-hop. The songs offer questions and life lessons, mingling the personal and the political, balancing sorrow and solace.
“Music heals me,” Kiwanuka said in a video interview from his home in England. “So that’s what I try and do.”
Kiwanuka’s fourth studio album, “Small Changes,” is due in November, while in September and October he will be touring North America as a co-headliner with Brittany Howard, including an Oct. 2 stop at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y.
November 22
U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition) [Interscope]
How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb is a collection of ten songs taken from the original recording sessions for ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’, recently rediscovered in the band’s archive and now released for the first time as a standalone album.
December 13
The National: Rome [4AD]
Rome is the definitive live document of The National. Recorded at the architecturally stunning venue Parco Della Musica Ennio Morricone, named for the famed Italian film composer, the 21-track LP showcases scintillating versions of beloved songs like “Bloodbuzz Ohio,” “Don’t Swallow the Cap,” “I Need My Girl,” “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness,” “England” and “Fake Empire”; plus sharpened readings of recent tracks “Eucalyptus,” “New Order T-Shirt,” “Tropic Morning News” and the boundary pushing “Smoke Detector.”
Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre: Missionary [Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope]
Missionary marks Dr. Dre and Snoop’s first full length body of work together since the rapper’s 1993 debut LP Doggystyle, and the duo won’t be alone on the project. Snoop, 53, will be joined by Tom Petty, Eminem, 50 Cent, Jelly Roll, K.A.A.N., Method Man, Smitty, Sting, Cocoa Sarai, Dem Jointz, Stalone, Fat Money, BJ the Chicago Kid, Alus and Aiko on the forthcoming project — which arrives on Dec. 13 via Death Row, Aftermath and Interscope.
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