Shabaka Hutchings has announced his debut album as Shabaka, along with an illustrious guest list. On Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, out April 12 via Impulse!, the UK jazz lodestar swaps his usual saxophone (as heard in his bands Sons of Kemet and the Comet Is Coming) for woodwind instruments, enlisting collaborators including fellow … Read more
How to Dress Well has announced his first album since 2018. The new album, I Am Toward You, comes out on May 10 via Sargent House. The Los Angeles musician is previewing his new project today with two songs, “New Confusion” and “No Light,” which he made with CFCF, Anarthia DLT, and Hundred Waters’ Trayer … Read more
This Is Lorelei, the solo project of Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos, has announced a new album. Box for Buddy, Box for Star arrives June 14 via Double Double Whammy. He’s shared the new song “Dancing in the Club,” a character study of the romantic screw-up archetype, with a music video directed by Joey … Read more
Of Montreal: 05-31 Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre #06-01 Chattanooga, TN – Barrelhouse Ballroom #06-03 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts #06-04 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere #06-05 Boston, MA – The Sinclair #06-06 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom #06-07 Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall06-08 Detroit, MI – The Magic Stick #06-09 Chicago, IL – … Read more
Kamasi Washington has announced his new album Fearless Movement. The beloved Los Angeles jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader will release his follow-up to 2018’s Heaven and Earth on May 3 via Young. Below, watch the video for Washington’s new song “Prologue.” Scroll down for the artist’s new tour dates. Washington is apparently calling his Fearless … Read more
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are back with a new album. Wild God, the follow-up to Ghosteen, arrives August 30, and you can hear the title track below. Cave and Warren Ellis, who released the interim album Carnage in 2021, produced the new LP, with David Fridmann on mixing duties. Colin Greenwood—Radiohead bassist and … Read more
Chicago artists Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart previously released music together under the name Ohmme, and they’ve now announced their first full-length as Finom. The new album, Not God, is out May 24 via Joyful Noise. Leading the LP is “Haircut,” and it comes with a music video featuring the band a magician played by … Read more
A new compilation of Lou Reed covers is on the way. For The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, Light in the Attic has corralled a generation-spanning guest list including Angel Olsen (who collaborates with singer-songwriter Maxim Ludwig), the Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett, Lucinda Williams, Rufus Wainwright, and Rickie Lee Jones, as … Read more
Les Savy Fav have announced their first album in 14 years. Oui, LSF arrives May 10 via Frenchkiss/The Orchard. The Brooklyn group has shared the new song “Guzzle Blood” alongside an animated music video by Christy Karacas. Singer Tim Harrington described the song as dropping “you into the bottom of a dark well. In a … Read more
Bat for Lashes has announced a new album, The Dream of Delphi, her first for new label home Mercury KX. Ahead of its May 31 release, you can check out a video for the title track below, along with the album art and tracklist. An accompanying film, also called The Dream of Delphi, is on … Read more