Music

This morning in new music - January 27, 2011

by Ciaran Thompson

Wiz Khalifa will release a new album entitled Rolling Papers on March 29 via Atlantic. Other artists such as Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg and Curren$y will apparently make appearances. [Billboard]

The Decemberists latest album The King Is Dead debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold an estimated 94,000 copies in its first week. The band’s last album called The Hazards of Love sold 19,000 in its first week. [Exclaim!]

And Manchester Orchestra will be releasing their third album in May. The 13-track album will be called Simple Math and follows 2009’s Mean Everything To Nothing. [NME]