Music Review: The Strokes’ latest album ‘The New Abnormal’ lacks both passion and direction

Pop star JoJo kept her focus while recording her latest album, Good to Know, by giving up sex.

Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes are on course to land this week’s highest new entry on the Official Albums Chart with their collaborative album What Kinda Music.

Holly Willoughby glowed in the spring sunlight as she showed off the fruits of her labour from her back garden.The This Morning presenter ditched her make-up to do a spot of gardening revealing how well her newly planted potatoes were coming along. Holly, who has been presenting a special social distance version of the ITV daytime show since being in lockdown, grinned from ear to ear as she leaned over the sacks nestles alongside her new vegetable plot.

The Strokes named their latest album “The New Abnormal” well before knowing what our new normal would be.

Adele fans have been holding onto hope that their favourite singer will be releasing her much anticipated new album this year, but it is fast fading.

Louis Tomlinson’s son, Freddie Tomlinson, is growing up SO fast. The singer and Freddie’s mom, Briana Jungwirth, are fairly private about Freddie, but every once in a while, Briana posts new photos of the little guy on Instagram. The latest photo came on April 16, and it’s just TOO cute. In the pic, Freddie is laying on Briana’s chest, and he has a huge smile on his face. His blonde hair is showing, and fans are swooning over how adorable he is.

Drake, Justin Bieber, Kevin Hart, and more are stepping up to the plate in a big way in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, celebrities are giving away their most prized possessions along with one-in-lifetime experiences as part Philadelphia 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin's ALL-IN Challenge.Created by Rubin, his ALL-IN Challenge is uniting stars from different realms to provide a helping hand to those in need of food during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Laura Marling — Photo: Justin Tyler Close

Muzz—the new band of Paul Banks, producer/multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman, and Matt Barrick—have shared a new song along with the announcement that their debut album is on the way. Muzz will release their self-titled record via Matador on June 5. Watch the video from “Red Western Sky” below. Find physical editions of Muzz at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

The Strokes are vying for Number 1 with their new album The New Abnormal on this week's Official Albums Chart.

He also talks being a homebody dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic

Pure X—the trio of Nate Grace, Jesse Jenkins V, and Austin Youngblood—has announced their first new album in six years. The band’s self-titled fourth album arrives May 1 via Fire Talk, with a physical release to follow on July 3. The announcement comes with two new songs, “Middle America” and “Fantasy.” Check those out below.

The Strokes‘ comeback album, The New Abnormal, features cover art that might be familiar to Jean-Michel Basquiat fans. It contains a portion of the late artist’s 1981 painting, Birds on Money.

The New Yorkers' sixth LP's out today

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.

Nearly 20 years after the smashing "Is This It," NYC’s whiny finest make an able-bodied return to form.

Shamir — Photo: Danielle Waite

Back in 2011, Baths released Pop Music / False B-Sides, a collection of tracks that did not make the cut for his 2010 debut Cerulean. Now, he’s back with a sequel: Pop Music / False B-Sides II features songs that were considered for 2013’s Obsidian and 2017’s Romaplasm. The new collection is out May 29 via Baths’ own Basement’s Basement label. Below, watch Baths’ new music video for “Mikaela Corridor” (directed by Dan Streit).