Kings of Leon Sign With Capitol Records, Announce New Album and Tour

Kamasi Washington has announced his new album ‘Fearless Movement’ and has shared its lead single ‘Prologue’. Check it out below.The cinematic track sees the Los Angeles jazz multi-instrumentalist create upbeat instrumentation featuring pounding drums and a glorious trumpet at the forefront.

Kings Of Leon‘s Caleb Followill has revealed that he feels “completely fulfilled” by the band’s forthcoming album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’.While appearing on The Evening Show with Dan O’Connell on Radio X, the band took the time to discuss their upcoming album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ (pre-order/pre-save here), last week. The LP will serve as the follow-up to 2021’s ‘When You See Yourself’.After being asked about the album title by O’Connell, who shared that the title “sounds like a statement of intent rather than a question.

Twenty One Pilots have announced a new album ‘Clancy’ and shared its lead single, ‘Overcompensate’.The Columbus duo’s sixth LP – the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Scaled and Icy’ – will drop on May 17 via Fueled By Ramen.The band had been teasing their new era in recent weeks, with fans noticing that across Twenty One Pilots’ digital platforms, all of the artwork for their previous albums now featured strips of red tape covering all the eyes on each cover on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.Some fans also received cryptic messages in the post with the letters coming from the Sacred Municipality of Dema. As highlighted by Kerrang!, the clues build on the lore explored across 2018’s ‘Trench‘ and 2015’s ‘Blurryface’.Last week, the band released a trailer foreshadowing what’s to come, seemingly teasing a new character and location.“I am trapped, stuck in a cycle I have never been able to break,” narrates frontman Tyler Joseph at the trailer’s beginning.

Nigerien rock group Mdou Moctar have shared details of their forthcoming album Funeral for Justice. Out on May 12 via Matador, the project is the sixth from the group, founded by the eponymous Tuareg rock guitarist. Today’s news comes with the release of the new album’s title track.

Charli XCX has announced the title of her new studio album. In a post shared across social media on Wednesday, XCX wrote that Brat is due "this summer," adding "15 songs.

Knocked Loose have announced a new album, ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’ and dropped its lead single ‘Blinding Faith’.The Kentucky metalcore band will release their third LP on May 10 via Pure Noise, which is set to feature collaborations with Poppy and Chris Motionless from Motionless In White.Per a press release, the album’s title came from a conversation that frontman Bryan Garris had with a woman who was sitting next to him on a plane. When he admitted that he was finding it particularly difficult to manage his “borderline phobia” of flying, she told him, “You won’t go before you’re supposed to.”“On this album, we go the fastest we’ve ever gone; we go the scariest we’ve ever gone.

Slash, Corey Taylor and more.This past weekend, McCreary took to social media to share the trailer for ‘The Singularity’, which is due for release on May 10. The upcoming album is previewed by its lead single, ‘Type III’ featuring Rufus Wainwright.Also confirmed to feature on the album, per McCreary’s official website, are System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian, Joe Satriani, Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, Meshuggah‘s Jens Kidman, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ben Weinman, The Aristocrat’s Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller, Blue Öyster Cult’s Buck Dharma and more.Bear McCreary has also confirmed the launch of an accompanying The Singularity graphic novel, in which a character named Blue Eyes must escape from the clutches of immortality in order to save those he holds near to him.On Sunday, May 12, Bear McCreary will perform ‘The Singularity’ live at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

A.G. Cook has announced his forthcoming LP ‘Britpop’ and has shared a new single, which features vocals by Charli XCX.The album’s title track features XCX singing “Brit, Brit, Brit / Like Britpop” over a whimsical, pulsing beat.

Kings of Leon is touring all over North America in support of their upcoming ninth studio album “Can We Please Have Fun.”It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of,” Caleb Followill said in a press release. “It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable,” Nathan adds.

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Paul Weller has shared details of an upcoming album, titled ‘66’. Check out the new single ‘Soul Wandering’ below.Announced today (February 23), the album marks the 17th solo album from the former frontman of The Jam and his 28th studio LP in total since launching his career back in 1977.As suggested in the title, the LP comes in light of his upcoming 66th trip around the sun, and is set to be released on May 24th – the day before his 66th birthday.With the album, Weller is set to take a more reflective approach than ever before, looking inward at his decisions and shedding light on the way that his creativity interacts with the wider world.

Bat For Lashes has announced her sixth studio album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ and shared its title track, as well as details of a UK tour – listen and find all the details below.The London singer-songwriter and producer – real name Natasha Khan – is due to release the 10-song record on May 31, marking her first project since signing with acclaimed label Mercury KX. Pre-order/pre-save here.Arriving today (February 22), the ethereal single ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ – which will open the upcoming LP of the same name – tackles the artist’s experience of motherhood. It is described as being “part pagan invocation, part celestial synth epic”.Khan explained in a press release that the track was “the manifesto of the album”, adding: “It’s like a spell being cast.

Swim Deep have announced their fourth studio album ‘There’s A Big Star Outside’ – listen to new single ‘How Many Love Songs Have Died In Vegas?’ below.The Birmingham band are due to release the 10-track record on June 7 via Submarine Cat Records (pre-order/pre-save here). Following on from 2019’s ‘Emerald Classics’, the forthcoming collection was produced by Bill Ryder-Jones (Yard Act, The Wytches).Arriving today (February 21), the gentle and heartfelt ‘How Many Love Songs…’ delves into the “deep self-examination” frontman Austin ‘Ozzy’ Williams has undertaken in recent years.

Pianist and composer Kelly Moran has confirmed details of Moves in the Field, her first album in six years. The album will be released on March 29 and includes "Butterfly Phase," which is streaming below. In a press statement, Moran explained how self-playing piano helped her craft her new project.

DIIV have announced details of their fourth album, titled Frog in Boiling Water. The album, out on May 24, is produced by Chris Coady and features the lead single "Brown Paper Bag." Scroll down to listen to that now.

Four Tet has shared details of a new album ‘Three’, and dropped the new single ‘Daydream Repeat’. Check it out below.Set to contain eight tracks, the upcoming album marks the UK producer’s first full-length album in nearly four years – following on from the 2020 albums ‘Sixteen Oceans’, ‘871’ and ‘Parallel’.It is set to arrive on March 15, and will be released via Four Tet’s – real name Kieran Hebden – own label, Text Records.Announcing the new project on Bleep, Hebden also shared the upcoming tracklist for ‘Three’ and confirmed that it will feature his previous singles ‘Loved’, which arrived last month, and ‘Three Drums’, which he dropped last spring.‘Three’ is available to pre-order now, and you can check out the album artwork – designed by Jason Evans and Matthew Cooper – and tracklisting below.1. ‘Loved’2. ‘Gliding Through Everything’3. ‘Storm Crystals’4. ‘Daydream Repeat’5. ‘Skater’6. ’31 Bloom’7. ‘So Blue’8. ‘Three Drums’As well as sharing news of the new album, Hebden has also dropped the latest taster of the LP in the form of new single ‘Daydream Repeat’.Coming in at just over six minutes long, the track follows an uptempo beat at its core, which is complemented by an ethereal piano melody that gradually rises into the foreground.

Seasick Steve has announced details of his new album ‘A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees’, and has shared its lead single ‘Backbone Slip’.The album is set to be released on June 7 via SO Recordings and can be pre-ordered here. To go alongside the announcement, Steve has also confirmed a run of six UK instore and outstore live shows to take place around the release date – see all the details below.Speaking about the new song, Steve has said: “Some people just can’t let loose, ya know what I mean? ‘Like a wooden statue’.

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Hana Vu has revealed details of her sophomore album Romanticism. Dropping May 3 via Ghostly, the project is preceded by its lead single, “Care,” out today.

Four Tet is prolific artist, in the last year alone he has worked with William Tyler, released music with Skrillex and Fred Again.. and headlined Coachella.

On Halloween 2023, bbymutha announced her first-ever record deal following a decade of independence, a short-lived retirement, and 13 short-form releases in the past three-and-a-half years alone. Celebrating her signing with indie powerhouse True Panther, she shared a snappy track titled “gun kontrol.” Now, the Chatanooga MC is back with another song (“go!”) and news of her sophomore album, sleep paralysis.