William Basinski Releases New Album Hyms of Oblivion: Listen

The Strokes are back with The New Abnormal. The New York City rock band’s sixth studio album is produced by Rick Rubin and marks the group’s first full-length release in seven years.

Cindy Lee, the project of former Women frontperson Patrick Flegel, has released a new album called Cat O’ Nine Tails. Check out a preview collage of the record and a video for one song, “I Don’t Want to Fall in Love Again,” below.

Country music duo Big & Rich have released a new coronavirus-themed single encouraging everybody to “Stay Home”.

Louis C.K. is emerging with a new standup comedy special, his first since he acknowledged that disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct made by several female comedians in a 2017 New York Times story were true.

Dua Lipa is one of the only musicians who has decided to continue to release music during the global lockdown.

Fiona Apple has announced her first album in eight years. Fetch the Bolt Cutters is getting a digital release on April 17. She announced the release date in the video below, which was shared via the Fiona Apple Rocks Tumblr page. That account often posts personal video messages from Apple (including a recent one where she hinted that she was thinking about releasing the album “really soon”). (Apple’s representative confirmed the release date.)

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.

Ty Segall has shared Segall Smeagol, an EP featuring covers of six songs from the classic Harry Nilsson album Nilsson Schmilsson. “I wanted to cover Nilsson Schmilsson for years, so I used the opportunity of being at home to cover my favorite cuts from the record,” Segall said. The EP is available as a free download on Bandcamp. Check it out below.

Michael C. Hall and his band have just released their new song!

Back in October, Frank Ocean previewed a pair of new songs during his first-ever PrEP+ club night in New York City. “Dear April” and “Cayendo” received remixes from Justice and Sango respectively, and listings for 7" vinyl editions of the new music was subsequently made available to pre-order on Frank’s webstore. Now, months later, those physical copies have finally shipped to fans.

Dua Lipa was initially conflicted about releasing her new album amid a global crisis but then realized it was in fact the perfect time for Future Nostalgia.

Dua Lipa is keeping us dancing during self-isolation!

Nine Inch Nails have surprise-released a new album. Ghosts V-VI arrived suddenly this morning, available as a free download from their website. It comprises Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. “Hours and hours of music,” Trent Reznor tweeted. “Free. Some of it kind of happy, some not so much.” Listen below.

"Music has the ability to bring beauty, wisdom, truth, and light to our lives in difficult times"

Conor Oberst and co are back

A week after giving fans a surprise sneak previewof his new full-length over atDonaldGloverPresents.com,Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) has released his new album,3.15.20. With the exception of the previously released single "Algorhythm" and"Time," Gambino's latest collaboration withAriana Grande, the rest of the album's 12 tracks aren't named but marked with a timestamp instead.

On March 15, Donald Glover released—then removed—what seemed to be a new Childish Gambino album on a website called DonaldGloverPresents.com. Now, 3.15.20, a full-length LP featuring Ariana Grande and 21 Savage, is here. Find the record on streaming platforms below, via Wolf+Rothstein/RCA.

A week after giving fans a surprise, sneak preview of his new full-length over at DonaldGloverPresents.com, Childish Gambino has released his released his new album, 3.15.20.

This might be a game changer, ladies and gentlemen. As movie theaters shutter in New York and Los Angeles, the film world could be largely devoid of new releases until some time in the summer.