2019 Is Here; These Are The Albums You'll Need To Hear

Tame Impala
Kevin Parker has said he’ll be “very disappointed” if the band aren’t rocking a new album by next summer and same really.

Grimes
Some thoroughly weird shit has gone down since Art Angels and we’re pretty keen to see Grimes channel it.

Kanye West
Love him or loathe him, Ye’s renaming ceremonies are always an event. Yandhi was originally due last September so it should be happening sharpish.

Weezer
Funky recent single Can’t Knock The Hustle has our ears pricked for their long-awaited Black Album, out 1 Mar. Hasta pronto, Weezer.

Rihanna
It’s been a long wait since ANTI but the drought ends now. With two 2019 albums rumoured from Riri, it’s raining more than ev-ah. 

Slipknot 
Dust the masks off, Maggots! There’s no set date but the nine-headed beast returns in 2019 and it’s going to be heavy.

Chance The Rapper
Chance would be a fine thing. A follow-up to Coloring Book would be even finer.

Adele
Look, it’s Adele. We have no doubt her next number is going to break hearts and make charts. 

Cardi B
Cardi B dropping hints at a new album in 2019? You gotta believe me when I tell you, I said like it like that.

PP Arnold
If one good thing came out of 2018 it was the glorious return of PP Arnold. It sounds like no one’s willing to sit on this next one for 50 years. 

The Distillers
It’s been 16 years since Coral Fang and we’ve got a lot of pent-up thrashing to vent.

Northlane
Northlane’s Good Things sets have us massively hyped for new tunes, but then we’re never not hyped for new Northlane. 

Allday 
If nothing else, we’re very excited to read his next ‘track-by-track’. @alldaychubbyboy spins a good yarn. 

Didirri
Whispers in the underground say that later this year Didirri’s releasing his… wait, debut album? How is that only just happening? Weird.

Banoffee
New tunes from Banoffee means new looks from Banoffee and we want them both. Give them to us, please!

POND
Nick Allbrook’s genius seems to have hit its full, glitter-faced stride lately and whatever POND drop come autumn is bound to make a splash. 

City Calm Down
Last year’s Echoes In Blue was a massive leap forward for the new-new wave outfit and we expect the next one will be exponential.

DZ Deathrays
With any luck, album number four will see OG Red Wiggle Murray Cook inducted as a fully-fledged Deathray.

Dro Carey
It is always worth checking out what wild basement bangers the Sydney producer has smuggled back from the darkest timeline.

The Teskey Brothers
Not many debuts get the reaction Half Moon Harvest did, let alone self-produced indie releases. Safe to say there are a few people keen to hear number two. 

Hatchie
The Levi's Music Prize-winning artist first tipped her debut was on the way when she dropped Adored in October and we’re extremely down for more shoegaze dreamscapes.

Polish Club
After their recent brass section tour it’s become clear that the only thing with more horn than Polish Club is the general public for Polish Club.

Washington
Sugardoom cometh! Well, it’s not called that anymore, but according to an interview with Zan Rowe, Washington’s third album is absolutely dropping early this year. 

Dean Lewis
The lead single toppled Drake in the ARIA charts. Damn thing went quadruple platinum. Gonna be BIG.

Bag Raiders
Well thank your shooting stars, it’s been a full nine years since their self-titled debut but the legendary BRaiders are dropping a new album.

The Smith Street Band
Lads beware: after the universally beloved More Scared Of You the Smithies are coming back with another set of anthems.

Vampire Weekend
Still no solid word on when ‘Mitsubishi Macchiato’ (working title) is actually going to land but it was “94.5% done” in May. So, soon we assume. 

Dear Seattle
The young indie-punks’ 2017 EP was seriously impressive. We predict their full-length debut this 15 Feb will come packing some of the biggest festival singalongs of the year.

The 1975
Time waits for no band named after a year four decades gone. The Mancs’ fourth album is due 1 June, just eight months after their last. 

Mark Ronson
The man’s only gone and made a break-up album full of “sad bangers” with everybody from Miley to Kevin Parker. Bring on the #theheartbreakera.

LSD
Labrinth, Sia, Diplo - together as one. That is some serious chemistry. Forget the after-school specials, LSD’ll cure what ails ya.

M-Phazes
The amount of music M-Phazes has had his hand in over the years is ridiculous, but soon we’ll cop the first collection of his own work since 2013.

Hockey Dad
There’s nothing better than a bit of Hock rock and you better believe when album three hits we’re gonna spin those Wingdang doodles all night long.

Ali Barter
Word on the street is that Ali Barter’s follow-up to her killer breakout, A Suitable Girl, is going knock expectations flat on their asses.

Alex Lahey
Lahey’s coming back with another jangly stack of glorious, inescapable hooks and from the sounds of it they’ll be ready to snag your ears around May. 

Cool Out Sun
Cool Out Sun’s funky AF self-titled cut was easily one of 2018’s most slept on. They’re giving you a second chance, people. Help them help you. 

Highasakite
Only one month’s worth of sleeps to go until Uranium Heart. The latest from the dramatic Norwegian indie-pop outfit is out 1 Feb. 

Broods
The NZ siblings are giving off real ‘Do as I say, not as I do' vibes with their new album Don't Feed The Pop Monster. Everything's looking "peach" this 1 Feb.

The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire are a fusion institution at this point and if lead single Barricades is anything to go by Stolen Diamonds will make a sparkling addition to their canon this 15 Feb.

L-FRESH The LION
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Put your fists in the air where they’re meant to be – there’s new L-FRESH on the way.

The Beasts
There could never be a Beasts Of Bourbon without Spencer P Jones and Brian Hooper. To mark their loss, Perkins and co will return with Still Here on 15 Feb as The Beasts.

Methyl Ethel
Jake Webb has said the group want to take their hyper-catchy surrealist pop to the next level with Triage. No clue how they’ll pull that off, but finding out this 15 Feb will be a trip.

Hilltop Hoods
Clark Griswold was sick. Leave Me Lonely was sick. When 22 Feb rolls around The Great Expanse is going to be sick.

Yak
The wheel of fashion spins in a constant 20-year cycle, so they say, and Yak’s spoke is rising. This 8 Feb their sharp, grungey rock will bare its teeth in Pursuit of Momentary Happiness.