Adrianne Lenker announces new album Bright Future

Pillow Queens have announced a new album titled ‘Name Your Sorrow’ and have shared its lead single ‘Gone’.The Irish indie rock band – comprised of Pamela Connolly, Sarah Corcoran, Rachel Lyons and Cathy McGuinness – are set to release their third LP on April 19. ‘Name Your Sorrow’ is available for pre-save/pre-order here.With lyrics “Tried to be your rock / But I’m just your fool / I could make it stop / but I’m not that cool / I was in your top five things to do”, the album’s lead single ‘Gone’ describes the exiting of a collapsing relationship.Speaking about the track in a press release, Pillow Queens said “‘Gone’ is a song that looks into the vapid nature of brief romantic encounters and the hyperbole that can become so monotonous, it makes you jaded.”Lead vocalist, guitarist and bassist Pamela Connolly added, “Lines like, ‘I was in your top five things to do’ convey a lack of self-worth that’s tackled throughout the album.

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Frank Turner has announced his new album ‘Undefeated’ and released a new single, ‘Do One’ – listen to it below.The album, which will be released on May 3, is Turner’s first album back working with an independent label alongside Xtra Mile Recordings. It will be the veteran rocker’s tenth solo album – pre-save/pre-order here.“There are no clichés about the difficult 10th album, so in some ways, that’s a liberating statement,” Turner said about the forthcoming record. “But at the same time, I have a duty to justify writing and releasing a 10th album.

Elbow have announced their new album and shared their new single from the record ‘Lover’s Leap’ – take a listen below.‘AUDIO VERTIGO’, Elbow’s tenth studio album, will be released on March 22 via Polydor/Geffen. Pre-order/pre-save the album here and see below for the track listing.The band have released their new single ‘Lover’s Leap’ from the album and revealed the origin story of the song on their social media. “‘Lover’s Leap’ began with a leap of faith from Pete Turner and Alex Reeves, Elbow’s rhythm section,” lead singer Guy Garvey began.“And then I came up with that sort of spitty distorted horn line for a change – ended up me and Craig playing the melodica.

Justin Timberlake has announced his album ‘Everything I Thought It Was’ and its romantic lead single ‘Selfish’. Check it out below.The track marks Timberlake’s first solo release in over five years.

Palace have announced their latest album ‘Ultrasound’ and shared lead single ‘Bleach’ – check it out below.‘Ultrasound’ marks the band’s fourth LP and sees the band – comprised of Leo Wyndham, Matt Hodges and Rupert Turner – reunite with producer Adam Jaffrey, eight years after working together on their debut album ‘So Long Forever’.The album follows their 2023 companion EP’s ‘Part I – When Everything Was Lost’ and ‘Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream’.‘Bleach’ serves as the album’s lead single and features the lyrics: “We’ll bleach our hair together / And I’ll hold you tight forever / You anchor me to a different life / Found somebody to make it right / We’ll reach for something better / And we’ll gaze at stars for pleasure,” describing a beautiful relationship with a significant other.According to a press release, during the creation of the first batch of songs for the album, Wyndham’s partner suffered a late miscarriage. ‘Ultrasound’ became an open diary of a year-long struggle from devastation to deliverance.“It was incredibly hard to comprehend what had happened, how to deal with it and how to move forward,” he said. “The album is the journey of that experience – starting with a loss, then a period of processing, and then finally acceptance, release and growth.

After teasing new music for the past few weeks, Justice have officially announced Hyperdrama, their first album in more than seven years. The French electronic duo’s follow-up to 2016’s Woman is due out April 26 via Ed Banger Records and Because Music.

Cakes da Killa has announced a new LP titled Black Sheep. The New Jersey-born rapper, a major figure in queer hip-hop’s ascendance over the past decade, is scheduled to release the album on March 22 via Young Art Records.

Empress Of has shared "What's Love," a new song written and recorded with MUNA. The track will appear on Empress Of's new album For Your Consideration, which will be released on March 22 via Giant Music. Scroll down to hear "What's Love" now.

Fat White Family have announced details of their fourth studio album, ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’, and shared new single ‘Bullet Of Dignity’.The band’s new album will be released on April 26 via Domino, and follows first preview ‘Religion Of One’, which came out in late 2023.Discussing the new album in a statement, frontman Lias Saoudi said that ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’ “is about life as eternal contingency…about no longer suspecting, but knowing that this shit will never get any easier…in fact, it’s about to get a whole lot worse, your body’s going to go into decay and the people you love will slowly start dropping dead around you…but somehow, you’ve smashed enough of your expectations thus far in life, you’re sort of fine with it…you accept it”.Watch the video for the new track below.1. ‘The Archivist’2. ‘John Lennon’3. ‘Bullet Of Dignity’4. ‘Polygamy Is Only For The Chief’5. ‘Visions Of Pain’6. ‘Today You Become Man’7. ‘Religion For One’8. ‘Feed The Horse’9. ‘What’s That You Say’10. ‘Work’11. ‘You Can’t Force It’The new album is the band’s first in half a decade, following 2019’s ‘Serfs Up’.

After a six-year break from rapping, New York City’s Heems is coming back with a new album, record label, and lifestyle brand. LAFANDAR, a project entirely produced by Lapgan, will arrive on February 16 through Veena Sounds, a new label founded by the former Das Racist member.

Ethan Shanfeld On Aug. 5, Green Day will play for more than 40,000 people at New York’s Citi Field. But before that, the alt-rock trio treated 1,200 fans in the city to an intimate gig at Irving Plaza, where they previewed songs off their new record, “Saviors,” and celebrated milestone anniversaries of their most famous albums: 2004’s “American Idiot” and 1994’s “Dookie.” The show was part of SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series, which has previously lassoed big acts like Ed Sheeran, John Mayer and Alicia Keys into tight venues.

Cassyette has announced details of her debut album, titled ‘This World Fucking Sucks’ – listen to two new singles below.The album will land on August 23 via 23 Recordings, and its announcement follows the recent teasing of new single ‘Why Am I Like This?’.‘Why Am I Like This?’ has now arrived alongside another new track, titled ‘Ipecac’, and details of a 2024 headline tour of the UK and Europe.Speaking about her debut album, Cassyette said: “I’m so excited for the release of my first album. I’ve put in so much work and I’ve collaborated with so many amazing and talented people and I’m so grateful to see it brought to life.

Justice have confirmed their new album and shared its name ‘Hyperdrama’.The French electro duo – comprised of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay – took to their social media channels on January 1 to wish their fans a Happy New Year and posted a clip of new music.Yesterday (January 17), Justice shared a snippet of a new track titled ‘One Night/All Night’ featuring Tame Impala, with Kevin Parker singing: “I could be your woman / cause if that’s the only answer / then we could be together / cause I want to feel the pleasure”. Today (January 18) the duo have taken to their official Instagram account to share a new video teaser announcing the titled of their album ‘Hyperdrama’ with ‘One Night/All Night’ playing in the background.A post shared by JUSTICE (@etjusticepourtous)Details of the album remain scarce as no tracklist, album artwork or release date have been announced at the time of writing.The LP will mark Justice’s first album in over seven years.

Jlin has announced a new album called Akoma. Due out March 22 via Planet Mu, the 11-track LP will include guest appearances from Björk, Kronos Quartet, and Philip Glass, the latter of whom features on the record’s lead single.

Shygirl has announced a new EP called ‘Club Shy’ and released a single featuring Boys Noize – listen to ‘tell me’ below.The London DJ, rapper and singer-songwriter is due to release the six-track project on February 9 via Because Music. A pink vinyl edition will follow on March 29.

Adrianne Lenker has announced her new solo record ‘Bright Future’ and has shared a new single, ‘Sadness As A Gift’.The Big Thief vocalist and guitarist will release her sixth solo record, having previously shared the minimalistic lead single ‘Ruined’. Lenker’s album will also feature the original recording of ‘Vampire Empire’, which she first released with Big Thief last year.Now, the singer has unveiled her new song ‘Sadness As A Gift’, which is heavily inspired by country and folk. Listen to it below:Lenker has also spoken about her upcoming record, which will be released on March 22 via 4AD.

Ariana Grande has confirmed details of her next studio album. eternal sunshine is due on March 8 and will feature the single "yes, and?," which was released last week.

Lucy Rose has announced her fifth album ‘This Ain’t The Way You Go Out’ and released new single ‘The Racket’ – listen to it below.The UK singer-songwriter will release her new album on April 19 through Communion Records, which you can pre-order/pre-save here.Alongside the announcement, Rose has released new single ‘The Racket’, a tender and defiant reflection on the past atop a swell of hopeful piano keys and sizzling drum beats.The new track comes after the artist returned in October with her first new single in four years, ‘Could You Help Me‘.Listen to ‘The Racket’ and watch the accompanying music video, directed by Dylan Friese-Greene, below.Speaking about the new track in a press statement, Rose said: “I wanted my new album to end on a note of defiance and triumphant; of accepting what’s happened to me, pushing through, picking myself up and continuing life in the best way I can. I also wanted to start the song thanking my son Otis for loving me throughout everything, because really in those darkest times, it was his love that pulled me through.“The song title nods to two things, the fact that the end of the song is an onslaught of noises and instrumentation, and also the fact that before breaking my back and receiving my diagnosis, tennis was a huge passion of mine, and I got told by my doctors I wouldn’t be able to play again, or potentially even walk.

Khruangbin have today (January 16) shared their blissful new single, ‘A Love International’ and have announced details of their first album in four years, ‘A La Sala’. Check out the new single below.The album, which translates from Spanish as ‘To The Room’, will arrive on April 5 on Dead Oceans in partnership with Night Time and you can pre-order the album, which has seven varied album covers available to purchase, here.A statement about the album explains that “the building blocks…for ‘A La Sala’s’ 12 songs were jigsaw pieces found in Khruangbin’s creative past” that were made up of “parts of the band not lost, but not yet tapped into.”It continued: “Having stockpiled ideas originally set down as off-the-cuff recordings (voice-memos made at sound-checks, on long voyages, as absentminded epiphanies), they began fitting those pieces together in the studio for ‘A La Sala’.”Check out the new song here and the album track list below:‘A La Sala’ Tracklist1. ‘Fifteen Fifty-Three’2. ‘May Ninth’3. ‘Ada Jean’4. ‘Farolim de Felgueiras’5. ‘Pon Pón’6. ‘Todavía Viva’7. ‘Juegos y Nubes’8. ‘Hold Me Up (Thank You)’9. ‘Caja de la Sala’10. ‘Three From Two’11. ‘A Love International’The American trio worked with singer-songwriter Leon Bridges on a second collaborative EP, entitled ‘Texas Moon’, back in 2022 and the new album marks their first original music as a band since 2020, aside from various remixes.Reviewing their last album ‘Mordechai’, NME awarded it a full five stars and wrote: “No wonder Khruangbin, who make psychedelic music that travels between eras and continents, have become low-key stars in the past decade.