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.
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Thundercat has shared the next single from his forthcoming LP It Is What It Is. The new track is called “Dragonball Durag.” Give it a listen below.
“I have a Dragon Ball tattoo.... It runs everything. There is a saying that Dragon Ball is life,” Thundercat said in a press release. “There are two types of people in the world, the guy with the durag and the guy who doesn’t know what a durag is. The durag is a superpower, to turn your swag on.... It does something, it changes you. If you have one
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.
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.)
Lil Uzi Vert has shared a new track titled “That Way.” The song interpolates and seems to sample the Backstreet Boys hit “I Want It That Way.” Have a listen below.
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.
PARTYNEXTDOOR has announced his first new album in four years. He recently took to Twitter to announce PARTYMOBILE, the follow-up to the Canadian musician’s previous LP PARTYNEXTDOOR 3. The new album arrives March 27 via OVO Sound/Warner. Ahead of the LP, PND has shared lead single “Split Decision.” Hear it below.
Nigerian singer Burna Boy has shared a brand new track. “Odogwu” marks the artist’s first single of the year, following a tour announcement last week. Listen to “Odogwu” below.
Rufus Wainwright has announced his new album Unfollow the Rules. His first pop album since the Mark Ronson-produced 2012 album Out of the Game is out April 24 via BMG. Unfollow features “Trouble in Paradise” and a new song he’s released today called “Damsel in Distress.” Listen below.
British singer-songwriter and guitarist Lianne La Havas is back with a new single. It’s called “Bittersweet.” Watch her COLORS performance of the new song below.
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.
JPEGMAFIA dropped a new song called “BALD!” tonight (February 20). Take a listen to the track below. He teased “BALD!” earlier in the evening, tweeting “MY NEW MUSIC WILL TARGET THE BALD DEMOGRAPHIC.” and “IF U GOT A FUCKED UP HAIRLINE THIS FOR U.”
Nigerian singer Rema has collaborated with Jamaican producer Rvssian on a new single, “Beamer (Bad Boys).” In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Rema said of collaborating, “Every single artist, you know, has their roles to play in the army of the new generation. Me, I’m the bad commando.”
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.
King Krule is back with another song from his new album Man Alive!. The opening track “Cellular” is out now, along with an animated music video from Jamie Wolfe (who has worked on Rick & Morty). Watch it below.
This April, Thundercat is due to release It Is What It Is, his first full-length project since Drunk came out back in 2017. We've already heard lead single "Black Qualls," a megawatt collaboration with Steve Lacy and Steve Arrington. His newest is all him, though — it's a track called "Dragonball Durag" that finds the L.A. funk musician dialing up the charm and slipping into something comfortable.
Grimes has shared “Delete Forever,” a new song from her upcoming album Miss Anthropocene. Check it out below. In an interview for Apple Music’s Beats 1, Grimes told Zane Lowe that the song is about the opioid epidemic, noting that she wrote it on the night that Lil Peep died. “It’s a pretty bummer song,” she said. Scroll down to watch their conversation.
Nicki Minaj is back with a new song. It’s called “Yikes.” Have a listen below. Nicki recently shared a preview of the song, which stirred controversy due to the line, “All you bitches Rosa Parks, uh oh, get your ass up.”