Erykah Badu hints new album may be on the way soon

Fans will be able to "move from room to room inside her home"

Erykah Badu has announced “Apocalypse Two: The Rooms,” the second installment in what she’s calling a an interactive “quarantine concert series.” Fans who view the livestream, which will feature Badu and her full band, will be given the ability to “move from room to room inside her home, exploring and experimenting with different genres of music interpreted through her catalog of hits,” according to a press release. The broadcast begins on Sunday, April 5 at 8 p.m.

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Greg Fox—the composer and virtuoso drummer for Ex Eye, Liturgy, Zs, and more— has announced a new album. Contact is out May 29 via RVNG Intl. The follow-up to 2017’s The Gradual Progression, Contact was produced and mixed by Randall Dunn. A portion of its proceeds will benefit the Dhamma Dharā Vipassana Meditation Center. Hear the new song “From the Cessation of What” below and scroll down for the tracklist and cover art.

Album release week felt a little different for the 5 Seconds of Summer guys this year. Instead of running around the country performing tracks from their new LP, Calm (which arrived March 27), each of the 5SOS guys were at their respective Los Angeles homes, quarantined as part of the efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.“It’s definitely odd,” frontman Luke Hemmings says over the phone.

Phish will debut their new album, Sigma Oasis, in an online listening party on Wednesday night (April 1) at 9:00 p.m.

Margo Price has pushed back the release of her next album That’s How Rumors Get Started. She says the record, initially set to arrive May 8, will now come out in the summertime. To accompany the news, Price has shared a cover of John Lennon’s “Nobody Told Me.” Watch Price and her husband Jeremy Ivey’s performance below. Scroll down for Price’s announcement about her album.

“I got a house full of masked engineers, musicians, techs, who are all out of work"

Today (March 25) is Big Sean’s 32nd birthday, and, to celebrate, he’s revealed the title of his next album: Detroit 2. The record, which does not yet have a release date, will arrive via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings. Check out Sean’s new Detroit 2 trailer below.

#Roomies, get your group Facetime and four quarters ready because Erykah Badu is blessing us with a “Quarantine Concert Series.” Responding to a few canceled shows, due to the viral pandemic, she slid some really good news across our desks on IG.

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Fiona Apple has opened up in a new interview with The New Yorker on Monday (March 16) about her long-awaited fifth album, titled Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

In an extensive and wide-ranging new interview with The New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum, Fiona Apple shared details of her long-awaited new album. The record is called Fetch the Bolt Cutters, and it consists of 13 songs whose titles include “Newspaper,” “On I Go,” “The Drumset Is Gone,” “Rack of His,” “Kick Me Under the Table,” “Ladies,” “For Her,” “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” “Shameka,” “Heavy Balloon,” and “I Want You to Love Me.”

Quelle Chris has announced a new album that features Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, Denmark Vessey, Homeboy Sandman, Pink Siifu, comedian Josh Gondelman, and more. It’s called Innocent Country 2 and it arrives April 24 via Mello Music Group. He’s also shared a new track from the record, titled “LIVING HAPPY” (featuring Chicago’s Joseph Chilliams and New Orleans-based rapper Cavalier).

In a late-night surprise, Childish Gambino shared a new website, donaldgloverpresents, featuring a live-stream of a new album. The project features 21 Savage, SZA, and Ariana Grande, and includes his 2018 single, “Feels Like Summer.”

In a late-night surprise, Childish Gambino shared a new website, donaldgloverpresents, featuring a live-stream of what appears to be a new album. The project features 21 Savage, and includes his 2018 single, “Feels Like Summer.”

Erykah Badu is making social distancing a fashion statement.