JoJo has announced her first headlining tour in three years, set to make more than 20 stops in North America. The Good To Know Tour will then head to the U.K. and Europe in the fall.
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Lucinda Williams has announced a new album. Good Souls Better Angels is out April 24 via Highway 20/Thirty Tigers. Check out the LP’s first track, “Man Without a Soul,” below (via Rolling Stone).
Williams produced Good Souls Better Angels with her husband Tom Overby and producer Ray Kennedy, who last worked with Williams on her 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. The new album will tackle human, social, and political issues of our day, according to a press release.
JoJo has announced her first headlining tour in three years, set to make more than 20 stops in North America. The Good To Know Tour will then head to the U.K. and Europe in the fall.
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.
RJD2 has announced his first new album in four years. It’s called The Fun Ones and it’s out April 17 via his own Electrical Connections label. He’s also shared the lead single “Pull Up on Love,” featuring STS and Khari Mateen. Check out the accompanying music video below.
Purity Ring have announced their third LP, WOMB, with a new song called “stardew.” The album is due out April 3 via 4AD. Check out “stardew” and the WOMB tracklist below.
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 Weeknd has announced the title of his new album. It’s called After Hours. It follows his 2018 release My Dear Melancholy,. His previous album Starboy arrived in 2016. Watch the Weeknd’s After Hours teaser below.
Sam Smith has announced their third album: To Die For is out May 1 (via Capitol). Check out Smith’s announcement below.
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.
Knxwledge has announced his next album with the release of two new singles. “learn” and “howtokope” lead 1988, which arrives March 27 via Stones Throw. Give both tracks a listen below.
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.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are back with a new album. It’s called Reunions and it’s out May 15. Check out the first single “Be Afraid” below, and scroll down for the tracklist.
Berlin producer Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, has announced his next album. It’s called Conference of Trees, and it’s out March 6 via Modern Recordings. Ahead of the new LP, Weber has shared lead single “Pius in Tacet,” as well as its accompanying visual. Watch masked figures dance through the forest in the below clip, and scroll down for the album tracklist.
Phantogram have announced their next studio album. It’s called Ceremony and it arrives March 6 via Republic. The duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter have also released a new song called “Pedestal,” their first since last year’s “Into Happiness.” Listen to that below.
Sufjan Stevens has announced a new collaborative album with his stepfather Lowell Brams (aka the Lowell of Carrie & Lowell). It’s called Aporia and it’s out March 27 on Asthmatic Kitty, the label that Stevens and Brams founded together. Below, check out the new song “The Unlimited.” Scroll down for the cover art, tracklist, and a playlist of songs that inspired the album, featuring Enya, Boards of Canada, Fennesz, and more.
Lido Pimienta has announced her new album Miss Colombia with a new song called “Eso Que Tu Haces” (“That Thing You Do”). It’s due out April 17 via ANTI-. Check out the video for “Eso Que Tu Haces” below.
Rustin Man—the solo project of former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb—has announced a new album. Clockdust arrives March 20 via Domino. Today, Webb has shared the LP’s lead single “Jackie’s Room.” Watch its moody music video, directed by Edwin Burdis, below.
New York experimental quartet altopalo have announced their sophomore album. It’s called farawayfromeveryoneyouknow and it arrives April 24 via Samedi. Ahead of the new record, they’ve shared the new single “honey,” as well as a string of North American tour dates. Listen to Altopalo’s new song, which they call “a love song to Lexapro,” and find their tour dates and album art below.
Nandi Rose has announced a new Half Waif album: The Caretaker is out March 27 (via ANTI-). The LP marks Rose’s first release for the label.
Little Dragon are releasing a new album: New Me, Same Us comes out on March 27 (via Ninja Tune). Check out the LP’s first track, “Hold On,” below.
Justin Bieber has announced his forthcoming album, Changes. The follow-up to 2015’s Purpose arrives February 14 via RBMG/Def Jam. He’s also shared his latest single “Get Me,” which features Kehlani. Check out Bieber’s forthcoming tour itinerary, as well as his new song, below.