While it’s easier than ever these days to find and get music, it seems like every day it becomes more and more difficult to just get the things you actually want to hear.

With tons of albums getting released each month, sometimes it’s hard to keep track of the releases you definitely want to get your hands on and you find yourself just giving up.

In the interest of promoting great music, we’ve decided to give our readers a forecast of the best and most promising releases coming out this month.

Tame Impala – Currents

Label: Universal
Release Date: 17th June
Pre-Order: www.tameimpala.com
Easily one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, Tame Impala’s long-awaited third album is poised to be the Perth group’s most ambitious and thought-provoking yet. Singles like ”Cause I’m A Man’, ‘Disciples’, and ‘Let It Happen’ have already given fans a taste of what to expect and once again, Kevin Parker and co have completely flipped the script on fans, while still retaining the hazy, psychedelic sounds that fans have come to adore from albums like Innerspeaker and Lonerism. Slated for release on Friday, 17th July, Tame Impala look like they’re gearing up to drop yet another modern classic and add yet another essential homegrown album to the Aussie rock canon.

Ratatat – Magnifique

Label: XL Recordings / Remote Control Records
Release Date: 17th July
Pre-Order: iTunes
Having shown the world that they mean business with their extravagant and progressive fourth studio album, LP4, Brooklyn electronic/experimental duo Ratatat have returned armed with a new salvo to launch on fans everywhere, which they’ve aptly titled Magnifique. Recorded over the course of the last four years in various studios and slated for release Friday, 17th July via XL Recordings/Remote Control Records, the band’s latest effort sees the pair return to their core guitar-driven sound, but with the same experimental playfulness, at times employing dense instrumentation, such as on the single ‘Abrasive’, which features as many as 30-layered guitars.

Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes

Label: Warner
Release Date: 10th July
Pre-Order: www.verucasalt.com
“For anyone who proudly head banged through Seether, who pogoed along to Volcano Girls, who picked up a Les Paul guitar after seeing the band’s epically fierce live show – this one’s for you.” This is the siren’s wail of the defiant and dynamic Veruca Salt, who are gearing up to unveil their first full-length album of new material written and recorded together since 1996. Featuring the band’s original members — Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals), Louise Post (guitar/vocals), Steve Lack (bass), Jim Shapiro (drums) — and helmed by Brad Wood, who helmed production for the band’s seminal, platinum-selling debut, American Thighs, the band’s long-awaited new album is poised to be their sharpest and catchiest yet.

Vince Staples – Summertime ’06

Label: Universal
Release Date:  1st July
Pre-Order: iTunes
To craft his debut album, Vince Staples decided to revisit one of the most pivotal periods in his life – Summertime ’06. Tracing his evolution back to a crucial flashpoint in his life, the Long Beach, California rapper has put together one of the most vital hip-hop statements of the year, bound to sit alongside similarly landmark releases from the past six months, such as Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. Summertime ’06 is a dramatic and cerebral coming-of-age tale and marks a staggering progression in Vince Staples’ artistry. “If the music doesn’t grow with you, you’re done,” he says. “That’s the next step.” Summertime ’06 is out now.

Art Of Sleeping – Shake Shiver

Label: Universal
Release Date: 17th June
Pre-Order: iTunes
Fans have come to know Brisbane indie charmers Art Of Sleeping from their constant airplay on Triple J, acclaimed EP releases, and their dynamic live shows, with their prowess as a live act quickly spreading via word of mouth. But now, the band are set to do fans one better by unleashing their eagerly awaited debut full-length effort, Shake Shiver, on 17th July via Dew Process / Universal Music Australia. An album of juxtapositions, there are few corners the band’s arrangements don’t explore on this unique work of pure indie rock, from hushed folk to raw rock n’ roll. Created in the midst of a humid, Queensland summer, this is sure to keep fans warm throughout the winter.

Lee Bannon  – Pattern of Excel

Label: Inertia
Release Date: 10th July
Pre-Order: iTunes
Fresh from highly acclaimed studio collaborations with the likes of Joey Bada$$, Wiki, Mick Jenkinsand, and a rapturously received US tour alongside Trash Talk and Ratking, the New York-based experimental producer Lee Bannon is now gearing up to release his second album, the eagerly awaited Pattern of Excel, on Friday, 3rd July for Ninja Tune via Inertia. Bannon has never been one to rest on his laurels and his new album once again signals a move away from the ground he’s already covered on his previous acclaimed releases and plotting a full steam ahead course towards the producer’s singular vision of a leftfield future for production. The album explores new, ambient soundscapes and takes listeners everywhere from hazy psychedelic sounds, to drone music.

MS MR – How Does It Feel

Label: Sony
Release Date: 17th July
Pre-Order: JB Hi-Fi
“I think we got much better about developing skills we didn’t have on the first record, like ‘Okay, we want to write a dance song right now that’s still rooted in the MS MR aesthetic,'” MS MR’s Max Hershenow recently told Billboard about their eagerly awaited new album, How Does It Feel. “It feels massive — we were pleasantly surprised with how big everything feels. Everything feels more upbeat and high-energy.” The acclaimed New York duo’s sophomore effort is set to build upon 2013’s Secondhand Rapture, which received acclaim for its deftly crafted indie pop songwriting and its slick production. No doubt the duo of Lizzy Plapinger and Hershenow have something even more ambitious in store for their follow-up.

For All Eternity – Metanoia

Label: Shock
Release Date: 10th July
Pre-Order: JB Hi-Fi
Sydney melodic metalcore favourites For All Eternity are bringing their signature beauty-laced brutality to the acclaimed Facedown roster in the form of their full-length debut album, Metanoia, slated for release 10th July. The band’s sound is characterised by a deft mix of classic hardcore vocals adorned with polished singing over impressive musicianship, a sound that’s catapulted the band to the top of the Australian independent scene and sent them to some of Australia’s most respected venues for acclaimed shows, including tours supporting Emery, The Devil Wears Prada, Parkway Drive, Impending Doom, and Hatebreed. Now they have their sights set on the international market and are set to take the US by storm.

The Getaway Plan – Dark Horses

Label: Independent
Release Date: 3rd July
Pre-Order: www.thegetawayplan.com
One of this country’s most landed and respected band The Getaway Plan are about to release their brand new third LP titled Dark Horses (out this Friday July 3rd via thegetawayplan.com). Having just wrapped up a hugely successful  ‘Landscapes’ single tour, now they’re now gearing up to unleash dramatically expanded Dark Horses album. After a long time between records, Dark Horses sees the break the almost five year drought with this impressive independently release effort. Working alongside friend of the band Samuel K on production duties, this is The Getaway Plan‘s first album conceived, written and recorded completely in Australia. Funded through the generosity of the band’s incredibly dedicated fan base, Dark Horses sees the band explore, develop and refine their sound, drawing from experiences gained since 2008’s Other Voices, Other Rooms and 2011’s Requiem.

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