New albums (released Oct. 16):

KISS – Monster

In hopes of recreating their 1976 classic, Destroyer, these aged cock rockers used vintage analogue equipment to record Monster, the band’s 20^th studio album.

Jason Lytle – Dept. of Disappearance

The Grandaddy frontman has always embellished his spacy rock songs with electro subtleties. But on his latest solo album, Lytle goes almost entirely electronic. Pretty bleeps and bloops swirl around some of his most personal lyrics to date.

Dethklok – Metalocalypse: Dethklok Dethalbum III

The fictional headbangers from Cartoon Network’s Metalocalypse begin their third album with a song titled “I Ejaculate Fire.” Note: Do not take this music seriously.

Tours:

• Ty Segall – The garage rocker announced a lengthy tour in support of his latest album, Twins.
• Purity Ring – The dream-pop duo will spend January of next year touring Europe and North America.

Other tidbits:

• The Gaslight Anthem announced that it will cover Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” for a Record Store Day 7” single. It seems like an awkward attempt at cross-genre pollination, but we’ll wait for the track before making any judgments.
• Prince and Lady Gaga will contribute music to the upcoming film adaption of The Great Gatsby.

Vox pick of the week:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “Mladic”

We don’t have a playable link to this track because it’s 20 minutes long. But that’s standard fare for GYBE. The colossal track from the band’s new album slowly constructs itself: guitars creak and whine before they scream and ravage. Every sound, every note — once separate — eventually form one pummeling sonic collective.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!