Albums 2023: New music out this week including Hozier, Sonic Youth, Giggs and more

Albums are frequently being released and it can be a task trawling through countless music to find your favourite artist. We’re lending a hand by bringing you a complete guide to the best albums coming out this week and where to listen.

2023 has been a stacked year for music already with notable releases from major artists including Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray, Lewis Capaldi and more. But despite being over halfway into the year already, there is still a handful of hotly-anticipated releases to pay attention to - that’s where we step in.

This week, former Migos rapper Quavo released his first studio album since the death of his late bandmate Takeoff. Meanwhile, Hozier has dropped his much-anticipated follow up to 2019’s Wasteland Baby. Here’s our guide to the best albums out this week.

New albums out this week - 18/08/23

• Alana Springsteen - TWENTY SOMETHING - Spotify
• Anna Tivel: Outsiders (Live in a Living Room) - Spotify
• AMAKA - OASIS - Spotify
• Arnold Dreyblatt: Resolve - Spotify
• Big Yavo - Proof - Spotify
• Birdy - Portraits - Spotify
• Childish Major - 1st Lady﹤3 (EP) - Spotify
• Ciara - CiCi - Spotify
• Cumgirl8: Phantasea Pharm (EP) - Spotify
• Dax - What is Life? - Spotify
• DeYarmond Edison: Epoch - Spotify
• Dizzy - Dizzy - Spotify
• Draag Me: Lord of the Shithouse - Spotify
• Dro Kenji - WISH YOU WERE HERE - Spotify
• EST Gee - El Toro 2 - Spotify
• Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing to Us - Spotify
• Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER - Spotify
• Giggs - Zero Tolerance - Spotify
• Grace Potter - Mother Road - Spotify
• Gretta Ray - Positive Spin - Spotify
• Hardrock - 1of1 - Spotify
• Horrendous: Ontological Mysterium - Spotify
• Hozier - Unreal Unearth - Spotify
• Idina Menzel - Drama Queen - Spotify
• Jon Batiste - World Music Radio - Spotify
• Karan Aujla & Ikky - Making Memories - Spotify
• Key!: Marquis - Spotify
• Leon Thomas - Electric Dusk - Spotify
• Lil Zay Osama - 4 The Trenches - Spotify
• Madsen - Hollywood - Spotify
• Magnolia Park - MoonEater - Spotify
• Magnolia Park - SoulEater - Spotify
• Margaret Glaspy: Echo the Diamond - Spotify
• Mick Jenkins - The Patience - Spotify
• Miso Extra: MSG (EP) - Spotify
• Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs: Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children - Spotify
• Nathan Mongol Wells: From a Dark Corner - Spotify
• Osees: Intercepted Message - Spotify
• Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood: Reset in Dub - Spotify
• Quavo - Rocket Power - Spotify
• Reneé Rapp - SNOW ANGEL - Spotify
• Rhiannon Giddens: You’re the One - Spotify
• ROSE BLOOM - I Am Me - Spotify
• Russ - SANTIAGO - Spotify
• Shamir - Homo Anxietatem - Spotify
• Sonic Youth: Live in Brooklyn 2011 - Spotify
• Stephen Steinbrink: Disappearing Coin - Spotify
• Tash Sultana - SUGAR EP. - Spotify
• The XCERTS - Learning How To Live And Let Go - Spotify
• Tia Gostelow - Head Noise - Spotify
• tuv - stop loving me! - Spotify
• Unknown T - Before the Smoke - Spotify
• UPSAHL - UPSAHL PRESENTS: THE PHX TAPES V3 - Spotify
• Victoria Canal - WELL WELL - Spotify
• Warren Zeiders - Pretty Little Poison - Spotify