The Pretenders Announce New Album, Share New Song: Listen

Greg Fox—the composer and virtuoso drummer for Ex Eye, Liturgy, Zs, and more— has announced a new album. Contact is out May 29 via RVNG Intl. The follow-up to 2017’s The Gradual Progression, Contact was produced and mixed by Randall Dunn. A portion of its proceeds will benefit the Dhamma Dharā Vipassana Meditation Center. Hear the new song “From the Cessation of What” below and scroll down for the tracklist and cover art.

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have announced their new album Sideways to New Italy. The Melbourne band’s new one is out June 5 via Sub Pop. They’ve released a video for their new song “She’s There.” Watch the Nick Mckk-directed visual below.

Los Angeles duo No Age have shared the music video for a new song called “Feeler.” The visual is directed by Kersti Jan Werdel, who said she “wanted to make something that felt honest to the experience of being an adolescent just before entering adulthood.” Watch below.

Inventions—the duo of Matthew Robert Cooper (aka Eluvium) and Explosions in the Sky’s Mark T. Smith—have announced their next album. Continuous Portrait arrives digitally May 29 via Temporary Residence Ltd. Inventions have also shared the LP’s “Outlook for the Future.” Hear the song below and scroll down to find the tracklist and a preview of the limited bronze vinyl edition of the album. The CD and also the bronze vinyl are out July 10.

I Break Horses, the pop project led by Maria Lendén, has a new album due later this spring. It’s called Warnings, and it’s her first record in six years, following 2014’s Chiaroscuro. Listen to “Neon Lights” from the album, which arrives May 8 via Bella Union/PIAS, below.

Today (March 25) is Big Sean’s 32nd birthday, and, to celebrate, he’s revealed the title of his next album: Detroit 2. The record, which does not yet have a release date, will arrive via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings. Check out Sean’s new Detroit 2 trailer below.

Brighton post-punk band Squid have signed to Warp and shared their first single of the year. “Sludge” is the group’s inaugural release on the revered indie label. Listen to the new track below, and scroll down to find the single art and Squid’s planned tour dates.

Car Seat Headrest have shared a new track from their forthcoming album Making a Door Less Open. This one’s called “Martin” and it arrives with a band-made lyric video featuring frontman Will Toledo (as his alternate persona Trait) doing dishes. Watch below.

Run the Jewels have shared a new song called “The Yankee and the Brave”—a taste of their forthcoming album RTJ4. Take a listen below.

Blake Mills has a new album on the way, and he’s shared a new song called “Vanishing Twin” along with its music video. Mills co-wrote “Vanishing Twin” with Cass McCombs. Check out the video, directed by Justin Daashuur Hopkins, below.

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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).

New York-based singer/producer Shura has shared a new track called “elevator girl,” featuring Philadelphia rapper Ivy Sole. Hear it below (via Secretly Canadian).

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.

Margo Price has announced her new album That’s How Rumors Get Started. The All American Made follow-up was produced by Sturgill Simpson and co-produced by Price and David Ferguson. The LP includes the previously shared “Stone Me” and a new song she’s shared today called “Twinkle Twinkle.” Check out that song’s new Matthew Daniel Siskin-directed music video below.

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down have announced a new record: Temple is out May 15 via Ribbon. The Oakland-based band, led by Thao Nguyen, has also shared the album’s title track alongside a music video. The visual was directed by Jonny Look and has choreography from Erin S. Murray. Watch that below.

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In many ways, Asking Alexandria’s sixth studio album, Like a House on Fire — arriving May 15 via Sumerian Records — is a fresh start. The project follows the English rock band’s 2017 self-titled album that produced the group’s third No. 1 titl

Peaking Lights have announced their new album E S C A P E. The record, which includes the previously shared “Soft Escape,” is out May 4 via Dekmantel. Below, hear Peaking Lights’ new song “EVP.”