Albums
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love (Jan. 20)
After an eight-year hiatus, Carrie Brownstein (also of IFC’s Portlandia fame) and co. are finally back for more loud and beautiful punk rock.
Grimes – TBA (TBA)
Nobody’s really sure exactly when Grimes will follow up her will-be classic 2012 release Visions, but it’s coming sometime this year, so get ready for it.
Joey Bada$$ – B4.DA.$$ (Jan. 20)
The hotly awaited debut LP by Brooklyn rapper and de facto figurehead of the Pro Era collective, Joey Bada$$, is sure to bring some boom to your bap.
Viet Cong – Viet Cong (Jan. 20)
The little that’s been shared of this Calgary post-punk outfit’s debut LP is nothing short of breathtaking. Expect to be blown away.
Kanye West – TBA (TBA)
Yeezy Season is approaching. That’s it.
Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves (March, 2015)
Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming album release (album not yet named)
Books
January 6: Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman.
Bergman’s much anticipated second collection of short stories – centering on women who occupy the fringes of history, is said to be “gutsy and expertly written.”
March 3: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Ishiguro promises a story full of “lost memories, love, revenge and war” – a story that took over a decade to produce, Ishiguro explained, because his wife read first draft and said, “This will not do.”
April 21: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison.
The Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and American Book Award winner is publishing a new novel. Nothing more really needs to be said.
Rumoured mid-2015: The Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss.
The highly anticipated third installment of the Kingkiller Chronicles, which has been under revision by Rothfuss for the past four years, is rumoured to be seeing a mid- to late-2015 release date.
October 27: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling.
Kaling’s second book promises to be as hilariously awkward, open, and honest as her first memoir, tackling death, censorship, body image, and everything in between.
Movies
Jupiter Ascending – Directed by: The Wachowski brothers, Starring: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean (Feb. 6, 2015)
The Hateful Eight – Directed by: Quentin Tarantino, Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern (Nov. 13, 2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Directed by: J. J. Abrams, Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis (Dec. 18, 2015)
Chappie – Directed by: Neill Blomkamp, Starring: Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel (Mar. 6, 2015)
The Look of Silence – Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer (Summer, 2015)
The Taking of Tiger Mountain – Directed by Tsui Hark, Starring: Zhang Hanyu, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Lin Gengxin (Chine: Dec. 23, 2014, North America: Unknown 2015)
Selma – A much-anticipated film about the civil-rights marches that were led out of Selma, Alabama by Martin Luther King.
Cinderella – A quirky adaptation of Disney’s Cinderella, featuring Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother.