The second week of releases for December. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months.
7 Days of Funk, 7 Days of Funk (Stones Throw)
The Funkadelic-inspired hip hop project featuring two West Coast artists — Dam-Funk and Snoop Dogg aka Snoopzilla. First official music video “Faden Away,” directed by Henry DeMaio, captures the performance of the pair rocking an underground party in LA.
The Aikiu, Win EP (Atlas Chair/Sony France)
Audion, Audion X (Spectral Sound)
The dark and dirty techno project of Matthew Dear finally gets a retrospective from the past 10 years.
Lee Bannon, Alternate/Endings (Ninja Tune)
Beastmilk, Climax (Magic Bullet)
Bot’Ox, Basement Love EP (I’m A Cliché)
Brendan Benson, You Were Right (Readymade Records)
Childish Gambino, Because the Internet (Glassnote)
Childish Gambino is the hip hop nom de plume of Donald Glover and this is his second studio full-length. Because the Internet features guest appearances by Chance the Rapper, Jhene Aiko and Azealia Banks, with production handled by Gambino and, among others, Thundercat and Ludwig Goransson. Listen to first single "3005" after the jump and find out about the rest of this week's new releases...
Eric Clapton, Give Me Strength: The 1974/1975 Recordings (Universal)
A 2CD box set that encompasses expanded, remastered versions of 461 Ocean Boulevard and There’s One In Every Crowd; the expanded edition also includes the double-disc live album E.C. Was Here and the complete Freddie King Criteria Studios session. Click here to check out Eric Snider's thoughtful look at the release.
Disfiguring the Goddess, Deprive (Decomp)
Guerilla Toss, Gay Disco (NNA Tapes)
Krystal Keith, Whiskey & Lace (Show Dog/Universal Music)
Mastodon, Live at Brixton (Warner Bros.)
Milosh, Jetlag (Deadly)
Peter Morén, Broken Swenglish Vol. 1 EP (INGRID)
John Mellencamp, John Mellencamp 1978, 1982 (Universal Music)
Kate Nash, Have Faith with Kate Nash This Christmas EP (Dine Alone Records)
Robert Pollard, Blazing Gentleman (GBV Inc.)
R. Kelly, Black Panties (RCA)
Running In The Fog, Silver EP (Father/Daughter Records)
SCNTST, Self Therapy (Boysnoize Records)
Zac Brown Band, The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 EP (Self-Release)