OUT OF THE DORM ROOM, INTO THE STUDIO
Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo wrote most of the 2015 LP Teens of Style as an angsty college kid. The follow-up, Teens of Denial (out late autumn), takes his psych-pop vision to new heights, with a sharp-edged sound abetted by Seattle producer Steve Fisk. “My viewpoint has changed a lot since the songs started,” Toledo says. “I was feeling much bleaker about life at the time.”
DE LA SOUL’S BIG, GUEST-PACKED BLOWOUT
For their first LP in 12 years, the Kick-starter-funded And the Anonymous Nobody, the rap trio went all in, recording with a live band, L.A.’s Rhythm Roots Allstars, and getting assists from Damon Albarn, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Jill Scott, Pete Rock, Estelle and even David Byrne. “He’s asking me for…
