박혜진 Park Hye Jin announces debut album, ‘Before I Die’

A.D. Amorosi Keeping track of what has gone on between Damon Dash and Jay-Z – onetime friends and cofounders of Roc-A-Fella Records –  in the last three weeks has become something of a bloodlust-y spectator sport with unexpected twists at every turn.

Becky Hill has confirmed details of her debut album Only Honest On The Weekend.

Hot Chip‘s Joe Goddard and New York singer Amy Douglas – have shared both a new single and details of their debut album.‘Dangerous’, released yesterday (July 12), is the second single from the duo. It follows ‘Holding On Too Long’, which was released in May.

Turnstile have announced a new album, ‘Glow On’, which is their first in three years.The Baltimore hardcore outfit shared details of their third record on a billboard in their hometown.

Lykke Li released her debut album ‘Wounded Rhymes’ 10 years ago and is giving the album the deluxe reissue treatment to mark the date.The Swedish singer-songwriter’s debut album was releaaed in 2011 and will be reissued this year in both digital and physical formats.A digital reissue, which will feature unheard demo versions of the album’s biggest hits including ‘Jerome’, ‘I Follow Rivers’ and ‘Youth Knows No Pain’, is coming this Friday (July 16).

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis have released their debut album, ‘Jam & Lewis Vol.1’ – you can listen to it in full below.The iconic hitmakers, best known for working with the likes of Janet Jackson, Usher and Prince, announced last last year that they will be releasing their first ever album as artists though a new deal with BMG.Now the pair, who are also former members of The Time and are widely considered architects of the “Minneapolis Sound” popularised by Prince in the late ’70s and early ’80s,

A.D. Amorosi The songwriting-production team of James “Jimmy Jam” Harris III and Terry Lewis have dropped so many hits since leaving their Prince-mentored band the Time in 1983 that their publisher released a four-CD boxed set of their hits… in 1997.

Fredo has announced his new album ‘Independence Day’ and shared a Headie One collaboration – listen to ‘Wandsworth To Bullingdon’ below.The west London rapper will follow up January’s ‘Money Can’t Buy Happiness’ with the new record, which is set to arrive on August 6.The 14-track album, which the rapper has promised will be his “hardest shit so far”, will also include Fredo’s recent single ‘Talk Of The Town’, which was released last month.

Self Esteem has announced her second album ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ – listen to the record’s title track below.‘Prioritise Pleasure’ is the follow-up to Self Esteem’s (AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor) 2019 debut album ‘Compliments Please’, and is set for release on October 22 via Fiction Records.“13 songs of cleansing myself of the guilt and fear of being a woman who is ‘too much’ and replacing that very notion with a celebration of myself, of you, of being a human and the way that isn’t always easy or

Halsey has a surprise for fans, a fourth album.

Sam Fender has announced the release of his second album, ‘Seventeen Going Under’, and has shared upcoming LP’s title track – you can listen to it below.The North Shields singer-songwriter will release the follow-up to his 2019 debut album ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ on October 8 via Polydor Records.Produced alongside Bramwell Bronte, Fender’s upcoming LP will see him “turning the mirror on himself; his adolescence and the trials and tribulations of growing up,” a press release reads.“It’s a relatable

Courtney Barnett has announced the release of her new album, ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’, and has shared a brand new single – listen to ‘Rae Street’ below.According to a press release, the Australian singer-songwriter’s new album signals the arrival of ‘Courtney 2.0’ and “an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers”.Set to be released on November 12, ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ was written over two years and recorded towards the end of 2020 and

Amyl and The Sniffers have announced they will return later this year with their second album ‘Comfort To Me’, and have shared their new track ‘Guided By Angels’ – listen below.The Australian punks will release the follow-up to their 2019 self-titled debut on September 10 via Rough Trade Records.Written during lockdown, the second record from the Melbourne band sees them expanding the influences on their sound – with the likes of AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Motörhead and Wendy O Williams all said to be

Ray BLK has announced her debut studio album ‘Access Denied’ – you can listen to her new single ‘MIA’, which features Kaash Paige, below.The south London artist will release the 14-track LP on September 17 via Island.‘Access Denied’ will feature guest appearances from the likes of Giggs, Stefflon Don, Kojey Radical and Suburban Plaza.Written and recorded during lockdown, the album is, as Ray explained in a press release, “for those who, like myself, know disappointment too well and have learned

U.K. rapper Dave has announced plans for his second album.

Dave has announced the release of his second album, ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’.The rapper, who released his Mercury Music Prize-winning debut ‘Psychodrama‘ in 2019, took to social media this evening (July 5) to share news of the new album and its artwork with fans.Set to be released on July 23, the album’s announcement comes after Dave (real name David Orobosa Omoregie) last week teased a collaboration with Stormzy due to arrive on Friday (July 9).While it wasn’t specified what the

Black Dice have announced their first album in nine years, entitled ‘Mod Prig Sic’.The Brooklyn experimentalists haven’t released a new album since 2012’s ‘Mr Impossible’. Upon release NME gave the album three stars, describing it as “intentionally disjointed, arrhythmic and wears boots of musique concrete”. They’ve shared the first single ‘White Sugar’, a characteristically fractured, squelchy art freakout.

Ride‘s Andy Bell has announced details of his debut album under his electronic alias GLOK.‘Pattern Recognition’ is set to come out on October 1 and is being previewed by single ‘Maintaining the Machine’, a collaboration with Sinead O’Brien and featuring Primal Scream’s Simone Marie Butler.“GLOK is all about the push and pull between electronic and psych in my music,” Bell said of the alter-ego in a statement.Listen to new track ‘Maintaining the Machine’ below.Prior to the debut album, Bell

Over the past four years LA-based duo Magdalena Bay have released a wave of great singles and EPs, slowly establishing their unique and intelligent take on pop in the streaming era. Their DIY approach has never stopped Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin from competing with the genre’s big-hitters on a musical level, with 2020 EP A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling channeling slick hooks and turn of the century aesthetics into euphoric new shapes.