Fight it all you want but summer is over. As the temps and leaves soon start to drop, so will some of the year’s biggest albums. Last year at this time, we had already seen major releases from Daft Punk, Avicii and Disclosure, but in 2014—aside from a few standouts by Porter Robinson and Todd Terje—most of the year’s bigger LPs have failed to connect. Was the world of dance music relying on Afrojack to revolutionize the album format? Not really. Even as Tiësto’s “Wasted” enjoyed its run at radio, the album from whence it came withered. With those bombs in the rearview, it’s fair to ask: do albums still matter to a genre and a scene driven by the quick hit of a tasty single? If they’re good, they certainly do.

Here are our picks for the albums that should make an impact this fall, from the buoyancy of Dillon Francis to the electro-emo of Tove Lo to the sheer power of Steve Angello and everything in between. Mark your calendars and plug in your headphones. The sounds of autumn are upon us.

SEPTEMBER:

September 2 – Sinkane, Mean Love (DFA)
September 5 – Banks, Goddess (Harvest, UME)
September 8 – Odesza, In Return (Counter, Ninja Tune)
September 9 – DFA1979, The Physical World (Last Gang)
September 9 – Simian Mobile Disco, Whorl (ANTI-)

Recorded live at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, the IDM-leaning album finds the UK duo in top form

September 12 – Lee Gamble, KOCH (PAN)
September 16 – Wuki, Hot Talk EP (Main Course)
September 21 – Masters at Work, Untitled LP (MAW Records)
September 22 – Zeros, Space Noir (Sotto Voce)
September 22 – Erol Alkan, FABRICLIVE77
September 22 – Cubicolor, Got This Feeling EP (Anjunadeep)

September 23 – Redinho, Self Titled (Numbers)

This album from the vocoder-happy Brit has more computer funk than should be legally emittable from a medium-sized caucasian man. Keep an ear out for an upcoming MIXED BY.

September 23 – Keys N Krates, Every Nite EP (Dim Mak)
September 23 – Alex Metric, Heart Weighs a Ton (OWSLA)
September 23 – Astronomar, Mutant Club Remix EP (Main Course)

September 23 – SBTRKT, Wonder Where We Land

This track, featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, is far weirder than you’d expect a crossover attempt to be. For that, we give props.

September 23 – Erasure, The Violet Flame (Mute)
September 23 – Dntel, Human Vice
September 23 – Groundislava, Frozen Throne (Wedidit)

September 23 – Aphex Twin, Syro (Warp)

The highly-anticipated album from ultimate leftist producer Aphex Twin has been making its mark, literally, all over the World. Can it live up to all the hype?

September 28 – Above and Beyond, Sticky Fingers Remixes (Ultra/Anjunabeats)
September 30 – MUST DIE!, Death & Magic EP (OWSLA)
September 30 – Bot, Music Remix EP (Main Course)
September 30 – Tove Lo, Queen of the Clouds (Universal)
September 30 – Steve Aoki, Neon Future (Dim Mak)

September 30 – Yelle, Complètement Fou

So French. So coquettish. We can’t get enough and neither can the rest of the World.

September 30 – Daedelus, The Light Brigade (Brainfeeder)
September 30 – Hudson Mohawke, Chimes EP (Warp)

OCTOBER:

October 7 – Gorgon City, Sirens (Priority) The UK-conquering nu-garage act are on course to take over the US, and their debut album Sirens is a surefire crossover winner.

October 6 – Bonobo Live Album/DVD (Ninja Tune)
October 6 – Jaguar Skills & Chords, Lust (Ram)
October 6 – Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons, Lovers Eyes Remixes (Crosstown Rebels)
October 7 – Flying Lotus, You’re Dead! (Brainfeeder)
October 7 – Caribou, Our Love (Merge)

The incomparable Dan Snaith returns with another electronically-centric album, continuing his progression from dance-adjacent to, dare we say it, straight-up dance?

October 7 – Underworld, Dubnobasswithmyheadman 20th Anniversary Reissue (UME)
October 17 – Markus Schulz, Untitled LP

October 21 – Destructo, West Coast EP (Insomniac/Insterscope)

The HARDfather releases his treatise on G-House as a colab release on Insomniac and Interscope. Is this gonna be the next big thing?

Sucker Joined Ends Legends October 28 – Dillon Francis, Money Sucks, Friends Rule (Sony) The moombah-turned-mainstage provocateur, Dillon Francis, releases his first major label effort. As this pizza-laden lyric video suggests, people are gonna eat this up.

October 28 – The Chainsmokers feat. sirenXX “Kanye” Remix EP (Dim Mak)
October – Maxim (Of The Prodigy) EP
October – Klangarussell LP
October – Richy Ahmed, TBD (Crosstown Rebels)

October – Mord Fustang, LP

October – TOKIMONSTA, Desidereum LP (Young Art)

NOVEMBER

November 4 – Les Sins, Michael
November 11 – YACHT, Untitled EP
November – Steve Angello – TBD (Sony)

The ex-Swedish House Mafioso is set to release a full-album of solo work. Will he be able to leave the triad behind or will he be longing for the tender production arms of his compatriots?

November – Dirty South – TBD

TO BE ANNOUNCED:
Paul Van Dyk – Politics of Dancing 3 (Vandit/Ultra)
Ryan Crosson – TBD (Visionquest)
Virus Syndicate – Collective album – (Midication Records UK)
Roger Sanchez aka S-Man – “2 Close ft GTO” Remix EP (Undr The Radr)

Netsky – TBD (Ultra)

The Belgian drum&bass wonderkid takes on EDM with a full-length on Ultra

MiMOSA – 2 TBD EPs (FALSE iDOL)
Ookay – Ghost EP (Dim Mak)
LA Riots – The System EP (Dim Mak)

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