Foo Fighters: ‘Ghosts tried to stop us recording new album’

Joan Shelley has released a new live album, recorded in Louisville, Kentucky in December. The full-band performance includes guitarist Nathan Salsburg, Nathan Bowles, Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Anna Krippenstapel, plus guest appearances by Will Oldham and Julia Purcell. Listen to Live at The Bomhard below.

The Strokes are back with The New Abnormal. The New York City rock band’s sixth studio album is produced by Rick Rubin and marks the group’s first full-length release in seven years.

Phoebe Bridgers has announced her sophomore solo album: Punisher is out June 19 via Dead Oceans. The follow-up to Stranger in the Alps includes “Garden Song,” as well as a new track called “Kyoto.” Check out Bridgers’ new “Kyoto” video below. Find physical editions of Punisher at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Cindy Lee, the project of former Women frontperson Patrick Flegel, has released a new album called Cat O’ Nine Tails. Check out a preview collage of the record and a video for one song, “I Don’t Want to Fall in Love Again,” below.

Inspirations is a Billboard interview franchise that examines the process behind new standout releases. Since the release of their debut album in 2005, All Time Low’s career has been nonstop.

The New Zealand artist is thought to be working on the follow-up to 'Melodrama'

Los Angeles bassist and singer-songwriter Thundercat returns today with his fourth album, It Is What It Is. The 15-track project includes appearances from Childish Gambino, Steve Lacy, Flying Lotus, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B, comedian Zack Fox, and more. It’s his first album since 2017’s Drunk.

Cristina, the new wave singer best known for the music she released on ZE Records, has died. ZE Records co-founder Michael Esteban confirmed the news on Facebook. People close to Cristina say she died of COVID-19 complications. She was 61.

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.

Acclaimed British singer Rumer has recorded a new album full of tracks written by Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Hugh Prestwood.

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.

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.

Foo Fighters finished their 10th studio album earlier this year. According to frontman Dave Grohl, the veteran rock band had to battle supernatural occurrences at the 1940s house in Encino, Calif. where they recorded the project. The former Nirvana drummer shared the spooky experience in a print interview with Mojo magazine, which was transcribed by NME.

Less Grohl, more ghoul.

Ellie Goulding has revealed that her forthcoming album will be one of two halves, feautring both "classically influenced" and modern pop songs.

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.”