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.”
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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.
Since dropping My Dear Melancholy, the Weeknd has shared one-off singles “Lost in the Fire” (with Gesaffelstein) and “Power Is Power”—a posse cut with SZA and Travis Scott for the Game of Thrones tie-in album For the Throne. More recently he dropped two brand new tracks, “Heartless”
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.”
The Dixie Chicks are back. The country trio has shared “Gaslighter,” its first new song in over a decade.
Ohmme—the Chicago-based duo of Sima Cunningham (who works for the company that helps produce Pitchfork Music Festival) and Macie Stewart—have announced their new album. The follow-up to 2018’s Parts is called Fantasize Your Ghost and it’s out June 5 via Joyful Noise. Check out the video for the duo’s new song “3 2 4 3,” directed by Alejandra Villalba García, 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.
Empress Of has announced her next album. I’m Your Empress Of arrives April 3 via Terrible. Ahead of the LP, she’s shared lead single “Give Me Another Chance” along with a dance-heavy music video directed by Alexis Goméz. Check it out below and scroll down for the album art and tracklist.
Woods are back with a new album. Strange to Explain is out May 22 via Woodsist. Watch the John Andrews-animated video for their new song “Where Do You Go When You Dream?” below (via The FADER).
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.
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.)
Set for release in May
Mandy Moore is ready to share just how much she’s grown over the past decade. Moore, who will be releasing Silver Landings next month — her first album in over 10 years — opened up about how much things have changed for her in a new interview with The New York Times.
Bad Bunny sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night’s Tonight Show. During his appearance, he revealed details of his new 20-song album YHLQMDLG. It arrives tomorrow (February 29) at 12 a.m. Eastern. He also revealed the new album’s artwork and performed “Ignorantes” with Sech. Watch it all happen below.
Riz Ahmed has announced his debut LP The Long Goodbye. Produced by his former Swet Shop Boys collaborator Redinho, the album is due out March 6 via his own label Mongrel.
It’s known as the Super Bowl of the fitness industry — and now it’s under new ownership! The popular Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend event has been sold to industry insider Jake Wood as part of a blockbuster deal ahead of its 2020 competition series.
Los Angeles punk icon Alice Bag—formerly of the Bags—is back with a new album. Sister Dynamite is out April 24 via In the Red. She’s also shared a new song called “Breadcrumbs,” which arrives with a new video featuring the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Watch it below. Alice Bag has also announced an upcoming tour, which includes dates with Bikini Kill. Find her schedule below.
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.
The Weeknd has shared the title track from his new album After Hours. He’s also shared the album’s artwork and release date. The album arrives on March 20 (via XO/Republic). Listen to the new song below.
The Weeknd dropped his new song "After Hours" on Wednesday.