![Mandatory Music: Metric, Albert Hammond Jr., Dawes + More](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/05/metric-630x420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Mandatory Music: Metric, Albert Hammond Jr., Dawes + More
It's probably never too early to start on your summer playlist and this week's Mandatory Music has five solid contenders.
Metric announced they'll release the follow-up to 2012's Synthetica with the premiere of the addictive single, "The Shade"; the Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. shared an upbeat track from his upcoming third solo album (and his first not to be released by Julian Casablancas' label); one of David Letterman's favorite bands, Dawes, previewed a song from their next album; Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin channel Weezer on "Line on You" from The High Country; and rapper Astronautalis posted a song that didn't make the cut for his upcoming record, but it's one you should definitely check out:
METRIC
'The Shade'
ALBERT HAMMOND JR.
'Born Slippy' from 'Momentary Masters'
DAWES
'Right on Time' from 'All Your Favorite Bands'
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN
'Line on You' from 'The High Country'
ASTRONAUTALIS
'Papillon'
More From Diffuser.fm
![Dawes Announce 2017 North American Tour](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2016/11/Dawes-Matt-Jacoby.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Dawes Announce New ‘We’re All Gonna Die’ Album, Release ‘When the Tequila Runs Out’ Single](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2016/08/dawes.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mac DeMarco Plays Sweet Cover of Billy Joel’s ‘Just the Way You Are’ on Valentine’s Day](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2016/02/youtube14.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Listen to Mac DeMarco’s Trippy Version of ‘White Christmas’](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/08/MacDeMarco_by_ColeyBrown.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Dawes’ New Video Features Cameos by Conor Oberst, Brandon Flowers, M. Ward + More](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/09/Dan-Martensen.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Album Review: Metric, ‘Pagans in Vegas’](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/09/Metric_NormanWong.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![15 Acts You Have to See at the Inaugural KAABOO Del Mar Festival](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/09/christopher-polk-isaac-brekken-kevin-winter.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Albert Hammond Jr. Faces Off With Death in New ‘Caught By My Shadow’ Video](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/09/youtube7.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mandatory Music: Lana Del Rey, Chris Cornell, Joanna Newsom + More](http://townsquare.media/site/443/files/2015/08/neil-krug2.jpg?w=980&q=75)