2007 Music Preview by Erin S.

Looks like 2007 will be a year for reunions, comebacks, and genre experimentation in the music world. Reunited groups working on albums to release this year include Smashing Pumpkins, Guns n’ Roses, Oasis, Metallica, and The Police. Other music industry veterans Carly Simon, John Mellencamp, and Ozzy Osbourne will also release new albums in the first few months of the year. Finallly, Courtney Love’s How Dirty Girls Get Clean will be released in late February. Don’t say you’re not excited.

The growth of indie rock and several new descendants of hip hop guarantee a year full of fresh sounds. New indie and alternative rock albums due out this year include The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Interpol, Bright Eyes, Of Montreal, Arcade Fire, Kaiser Chiefs, and Aqualung. Hip hop should find some interesting, new styles with releases from rap novices such as Chamillionaire and Lupe Fiasco. However, better known hip hop heavyweights 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and Eminem will all find time between producing most of the year’s other hip hop albums to put out their own.

For those uninterested in reminiscing or looking to the future with their music choices, the typical pop/top 40 suspects can be counted on for new radio hits. Artists slated to release new albums this year includes Norah Jones (January 30), Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Good Charlotte, and Britney Spears. Whoever you choose to listen to, don’t miss out on the 2007 year in music, because it looks like it will shape up to be a good one.