Book worms and TV fanatics aren’t the only ones with an exciting month ahead. Yes, J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy will reveal its content this month and primetime television shows will return from their summer hiatus (and we’re ridiculously thrilled for all of it), but September 2012 is looking to be a memorable month in the music world, too. Green Day. No Doubt. Mumford. Killers. Ben Folds. ‘Nuff said.
Sept. 4
Imagine Dragons – Night Visions
Our first Hypable Band of the Week recommendation, Imagine Dragons, have skyrocketed in popularity since we introduced them to you in May. Their music has been featured in The Perks of Being A Wallflower trailer, in promos for NBC’s Chicago Fire. Additionally, the band will also be featured on Disney’s Frankenweenie soundtrack and as part of the FIFA 2013 video game. The Sin City rockers will debut their first full-length album, Night Visions, this month.
Matchbox Twenty – North
It’s been a decade since Matchbox Twenty released a new album together, but the band is back with North, and they’re not playing the “are-we-a-super-relevant-band game.” Frontman Rob Thomas will mentor Team Cee Lo in the upcoming season of The Voice and the band will tour Europe and Australia before returning stateside later this fall. Listen to the lead single, “She’s So Mean,” below.
Smash Mouth – Magic
Remember Smash Mouth? Of “I’m A Believer” and “All Star” fame? Well, they’re back with their sixth studio album, Magic – the first since 2006. The San Jose band will promote their new music starting Oct. 11 at Walt Disney World in Orlando before heading Down Under for the rest of the month.
Sept. 11
Bob Dylan – Tempest
Bob Dylan will celebrate 50 years since the release of his debut album with his 35th studio album, Tempest, featuring 10 new songs. The 71-year-old “The Times They Are-A Changing” singer will tour North America through November.
Dave Matthews Band – Away From The World
The Dave Matthews Band reunited with Steve Lillywhite, who produced their first three albums, to follow up 2009’s Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Listen to “Mercy” – the lead single off the band’s eighth studio album, below.
Nelly Furtado – The Spirit Indestructible
Nelly Furtado will try to recapture the success of her “Promiscuous” days with her fifth studio album, The Spirit Indestructible. Listen to the title track below – the video for which is nominated for a MTV VMA in the Best Video With A Message category.
Hoobastank – Fight or Flight
Originally scheduled for a July release, Hoobastank is going independent with the band’s latest album, Fight or Flight. Listen to the lead single – “This Is Gonna Hurt” – below.
Sept. 18
Ben Folds Five – The Sound of the Life of the Mind Out
Ben Folds Five is back with its first album since 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. The band will hit the road to promote the new album in the U.S. and Canada starting Sept. 13 through Oct. 15 before heading to Australia and the U.K. in November. Find out more about The Sound of the Life of the Mind Out in Hypable’s exclusive interview with Ben Folds. Click play to listen to “Do It Anyway.” Do It Anyway
Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss
Carly Rae Jepsen’s U.S. debut album, Kiss, which is Justin Bieber-approved, will include hits “Call Me Maybe” and “Good Time” (a duet with Owl City). The queen of the summer 2012 charts will promote her second studio album on tour with the Biebs starting Sept. 29.
Pink – The Truth About Love
Pink, who is now a wife and mother, will reveal The Truth About Love in her sixth studio album. But a baby hasn’t changed the pop rocker’s cheeky attitude. She’s as blunt and rebellious as ever, this time with the help of Lily Allen, Eminem, and Fun.’s Nate Ruess. Listen to the album’s lead single, “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” below.
The Killers – Battle Born
The Killers will follow up 2008’s Day & Age with their fourth studio album, Battle Born, which is also the name of the band’s Las Vegas recording studio. “In a sense, all Americans are battle born. Our ancestors came here for something better,” Frontman Brandon Flowers told Rolling Stone about the album title. Listen to “Runaways” below.
Sept. 25
Green Day – ¡Uno!
Part ¡Uno! of Green Day’s upcoming “punchier, more power-pop” album trilogy makes its debut this month. ¡Dos! is due Nov. 13 and ¡Tre! is set for Jan. 15, 2013. The band has also partnered with the makers of Angry Birds for a Green Day episode in the Facebook game.
Mumford and Sons – Babel
The U.K. folk rockers aren’t fixing what ain’t broke in the follow-up to their 2009 debut album, Sigh No More. Written while on tour, Mumford and Sons are sticking to what they know in Babel. “The ingredients are very much the same: the four core instruments and a lack of a drummer, which can give it that strange, simple, unique sort of sound,” bassist Ted Dwane told Rolling Stone. Listen to “I Will Wait” below.
No Doubt – Push and Shove
No Doubt has reunited for its first album since 2001 – Push and Shove. The band is returning to its roots – a mix of ’80s rock, reggae and ska – in the new album that took nearly five years to put together. Listen to “Settle Down” below.
