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Sigur Rós’ Jónsi and Swedish artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff have announced their second Dark Morph album. Dark Morph II is out May 1 via Pomperipossa, the label led by von Hausswolff’s daughter Anna von Hausswolff. Hear the duo’s new song “Dark Wave” below.

Lorenzo Senni has announced a new album. Scacco Matto marks the Italian producer’s first full-length release on Warp. It arrives April 24. Listen to the new song “Discipline of Enthusiasm” below.

Empress Of has announced her next album. I’m Your Empress Of arrives April 3 via Terrible. Ahead of the LP, she’s shared lead single “Give Me Another Chance” along with a dance-heavy music video directed by Alexis Goméz. Check it out below and scroll down for the album art and tracklist.

Woods are back with a new album. Strange to Explain is out May 22 via Woodsist. Watch the John Andrews-animated video for their new song “Where Do You Go When You Dream?” below (via The FADER).

The Lemon Twigs, the Long Island duo of brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, are back with a new album. Songs for the General Public is the follow-up to 2018’s concept album Go to School. The self-produced LP is out May 1 via 4AD. Below, check out the video for “The One,” directed by Michael Hili. Scroll down for the tracklist and cover art. Find physical editions of Songs at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

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Damien Jurado has announced a new album. It’s called What’s New, Tomboy?, and it’s out May 1 via Mama Bird. Listen to the song “Birds Tricked into the Trees” below. Find physical editions of What’s New, Tomboy? at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Bad Bunny sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night’s Tonight Show. During his appearance, he revealed details of his new 20-song album YHLQMDLG. It arrives tomorrow (February 29) at 12 a.m. Eastern. He also revealed the new album’s artwork and performed “Ignorantes” with Sech. Watch it all happen below.

Rufus Wainwright has announced his new album Unfollow the Rules. His first pop album since the Mark Ronson-produced 2012 album Out of the Game is out April 24 via BMG. Unfollow features “Trouble in Paradise” and a new song he’s released today called “Damsel in Distress.” Listen below.

Riz Ahmed has announced his debut LP The Long Goodbye. Produced by his former Swet Shop Boys collaborator Redinho, the album is due out March 6 via his own label Mongrel.

Car Seat Headrest have announced a new album. It’s called Making a Door Less Open, and it arrives May 1 via Matador. Check out the lyric video for the album’s lead single “Can’t Cool Me Down” below. The band has also announced a summer tour behind the album, which includes dates with Twin Peaks. Scroll down for their itinerary.

Chicano Batman have announced their fourth LP Invisible People. The Los Angeles band’s follow-up to 2017’s Freedom Is Free arrives May 1 via ATO. The new album is a collaboration with engineer Shawn Everett and producer Leon Michels. The announcement arrives with the new song “Color my life.” Watch the George Mays-directed video below.

Los Angeles punk icon Alice Bag—formerly of the Bags—is back with a new album. Sister Dynamite is out April 24 via In the Red. She’s also shared a new song called “Breadcrumbs,” which arrives with a new video featuring the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Watch it below. Alice Bag has also announced an upcoming tour, which includes dates with Bikini Kill. Find her schedule below.

Perfume Genius has announced a new album. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately is Mike Hadreas’ follow-up to his 2017 LP No Shape and it’s out May 15 via Matador. Watch the video for the new song “Describe” below.

Kelly Lee Owens has announced a new record: Inner Song is out May 1 via Smalltown Supersound. Owens has also shared a new song called “Melt!,” along with a film directed by Laneya Billingsley (aka Billie0cean). Watch that below.

Princess Nokia has two new albums on the way: Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Sucks both arrive on February 26 (via Platoon). According to a press release, “Everything Is Beautiful is a representation of the sensitive, feminine side of the gender fluid artist,” which she recorded across two years in New York, Puerto Rico, and Los Angeles.

Willie Nelson has announced a new studio album, First Rose of Spring. It’s out April 24 via Legacy. Listen to the title track from the record below. Scroll down for the album cover, created by Nelson’s son Micah.

Yves Tumor has announced a new record. Heaven to a Tortured Mind is out April 3 via Warp. Yves Tumor has also shared a new song from the album called “Gospel for a New Century.” Watch the music video, directed by Isamaya Ffrench, below. Find physical editions of Heaven to a Tortured Mind at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

The experimental Cape Town producer Angel-Ho, who co-founded the now-defunct NON Worldwide collective with Chino Amobi and Nkisi, is back with a new album. She’ll self-release Woman Call, the follow-up to last year’s Hyperdub debut Death Becomes Her, on April 24. Listen to “Kisses Taste Like Honey” below and check out the tracklist, too.

Despite wearing the loudest outfit in an arena crammed with 7,500 Bernie Sanders fans, Julian Casablancas didn’t have much to say about the Democratic Senator from Vermont. The Strokes were the headline entertainment at Sanders’ latest presidential campaign rally on Monday night at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, and Casablancas took to the stage dressed like a lounge lizard who’d just teleported from a Comic-Con in Atlantic City.