With albums from the Maine, Harmony, Fiddlehead, the Armed, Ashnikko, and more artists, August is yet another strong month for alternative music. The albums releasing this month are listed below.
August 4
Activity – Spirit in the Room (Western Vinyl)
Computerwife – Computerwife (Danger Collective)
Chris Farren – Doom Singer (Polyvinyl)
Current Joys – LOVE + POP (Secretly Canadian)
Holy Wave – Five of Cups (Suicide Squeeze)
The Front Bottoms – You Are Who You Hang Out With (Fueled By Ramen)
M.A.G.S. – Destroyer (Smartpunk)
Skindred – Smile (Earache)
Teenage Wrist – Still Love (Epitaph)
Trippie Redd – A Love Letter To You 5 (10k Projects/1400 Entertainment)
August 11
Andrew Hung – Deliverance (Lex)
The Band CAMINO – The Dark (Elektra)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City)
G Flip – Drummer (Future Classic)
Hail The Sun – Divine Inner Tension (Equal Vision)
Neil Young – Chrome Dreams (Reprise)
Noname – Sundial (Noname)
Public Image Ltd. – End Of World (Cargo)
The Hives – The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons (Disques Hives)
August 18
Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP (Spinefarm)
Bearings – The Best Part About Being Human (Pure Noise)
Cautious Clay – KARPEH (Blue Note)
c*mgirl8 – phantasea pharm EP (4AD)
DeYarmond Edison – Epoch (Jagjaguwar)
Dizzy – Dizzy (Royal Mountain)
Draag Me – Lord of the Shithouse (Doom Trip)
Fiddlehead – Death Is Nothing To Us (Run For Cover)
Genesis Owusu – Struggler (Ourness)
Hozier – Unreal Unearth (Rubyworks)
Jon Batiste – World Music Radio (Verve/Interscope)
Magnolia Park – SoulEater and MoonEater EPs (Epitaph)
Margaret Glaspy – Echo The Diamond (ATO)
Mick Jenkins – The Patience (RBC Music/BMG)
Osees – Intercepted Message (In The Red)
Reneé Rapp – Snow Angel (Interscope)
Shamir – Homo Anxietatem (Kill Rock Stars)
The Xcerts – Learning How To Live And Let Go (UNFD)
August 22
Dethklok – Dethalbum IV (Dethklok)
August 25
A Giant Dog – Bite (Merge)
Alice Cooper – Road (earMusic)
The Armed – Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)
Ashnikko – WEEDKILLER (Warner/Parlophone)
Be Your Own Pet – Mommy (Third Man)
Becca Mancari – Left Hand (Captured Tracks)
Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (4AD)
Cindy Wilson – Realms (Kill Rock Stars)
Drab Majesty – An Object In Motion (Dais)
Grandaddy – Sumday: Excess Baggage (Dangerbird)
Hannah Georgas – I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care (Real Kind)
Harmony – Dystopia Girl EP (Harmony’s Fantasy Corp)
Hiss Golden Messenger – Jump For Joy (Merge)
Holding Absence – The Noble Art of Self Destruction (SharpTone)
Hot Milk – A CALL TO THE VOID (Music For Nations)
Islands – And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs (ELF)
Ratboys – The Window (Topshelf)
Spanish Love Songs – No Joy (Pure Noise)
SPELLLING – SPELLLING & The Mystery School (Sacred Bones)
Victoria Monét – Jaguar II (Lovett Music/RCA)
Yeek – Future Reference (Stem)

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