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Quelle Chris has announced a new album that features Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, Denmark Vessey, Homeboy Sandman, Pink Siifu, comedian Josh Gondelman, and more. It’s called Innocent Country 2 and it arrives April 24 via Mello Music Group. He’s also shared a new track from the record, titled “LIVING HAPPY” (featuring Chicago’s Joseph Chilliams and New Orleans-based rapper Cavalier).

Though productions of Hamilton in New York and Los Angeles have shut down due to coronavirus concerns, creator and former star Lin-Manuel Miranda is doing his best to lift spirits amid mounting fears.

Composer, artist, and producer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is back with a new album called The Mosaic of Transformation. It’s out May 15 via Ghostly. In a statement, Smith said, “This album is my expression of love and appreciation for electricity.” Listen to a new 10-minute song from the album, “Expanding Electricity,” below. Find physical editions of The Mosaic of Transformation at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

L.A.-based artist Kacy Hill has announced her second album, Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again. It’s out June 19. The record includes Hill’s songs “Dinner,” “Much Higher,” and “To Someone Else,” as well as a new collaboration with Francis and the Lights called “I Believe in You.” Hear that one below.

DJ Python, aka Brian Piñeyro, has announced his new LP Mas Amable with a new song called “ADMSDP.” Amable is due out April 10 via Incienso. Check out “ADMSDP,” featuring vocals from LA Warman, below.

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song called “Climb That Mountain” from his forthcoming collaborative album Aporia with his father Lowell Brams. Check it out below.

Nicolás Jaar has announced his second new album of the year, this one under his own name. Cenizas, which follows Jaar’s 2016 album Sirens and February’s Against All Logic record 2017 – 2019, is out March 27 via Other People. Check out “Sunder,” featuring Jaar’s own vocals, along with the album tracklist, below.

Westerman has announced his debut album. It’s called Your Hero Is Not Dead and it arrives June 5 via Partisan. The singer-songwriter has also shared a new single called “Think I’ll Stay,” which he says began as a “rumination on chronic pain illness.” Find that below.

Yaeji is back. The Korean-American producer, DJ, and vocalist has announced her first-ever mixtape, WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던, which arrives on April 2 via XL. Yaeji has also released the first single from the project, “WAKING UP DOWN,”’ with a new animated video. The video was produced by Studio Yatta and features creative direction/illustration by Annie Zhao in addition to character design by Yaeji herself. Watch that below.

Deeradoorian has announced that her second full-length solo album is coming later this spring. It’s called Find the Sun and it’s out May 22 via her new label home, ANTI-. Listen to the first taste of the new album, “Saturnine Night,” below. A few weeks before she releases her record, Deradoorian will go on tour with Stereolab. Find those dates below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old Gianna Bryant will forever live in the hearts of their surviving family members.

Lil Wayne has released a new music video for his Funeral track “Mama Mia.” The colorful visual features dancers, mannequins, a fruit-filled banquet table, a fiery casket, and more. Check it out below.

Interpol frontman Paul Banks has formed a new band with Matt Barrick of the Walkmen and Fleet Foxes and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman and Day of the Dead. They’re called Muzz. Listen to Muzz’s first single “Bad Feeling” below.

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.

Matmos’ Drew Daniel has announced his latest album under his pseudonym the Soft Pink Truth. The follow-up to 2016’s Why Pay More? is called Shall We Go On Sinning…, and it’s out May 1 via Thrill Jockey. Listen to the album’s first single “We” below.

Sonic Boom, the Spacemen 3 co-founder and producer born Peter Kember, has stayed busy in the past few years. Now, following collaborations with artists including Panda Bear, Beach House, MGMT, and No Joy, Kember has announced his first Sonic Boom album since 1989’s Spectrum.

Roommates, Cassie is still basking in the glow of being a new wife and mom, so it’s expected that she would want to share glimpses of her family life with her fans. In a recent photo posted to her Instagram, Cassie unveiled a new look at her husband Alex Fine and their newborn daughter Frankie.

Jarvis Cocker has announced the debut album from his new band JARV IS…: Beyond the Pale is out May 1 (via Rough Trade). The band has also shared the music video for a new track called “House Music All Night Long.” Find that below and get physical editions of Beyond the Pale at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Jessie Ware has announced a new record, What’s Your Pleasure?, which comes out June 5 (via PMR/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope). Contributors to the album include Kindness, Metronomy’s Joseph Mount, James Ford, Midland, and more.