Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth announce collaborative album ‘Utopian Ashes’ and share ‘Remember We Were Lovers’

Villagers have announced details of a new album and shared its first single – watch the new video for ‘The First Day’ below.Conor O’Brien’s fifth album, ‘Fever Dreams’, is set to be released on August 20, and follows 2018’s ‘The Art Of Pretending To Swim’.Speaking of the creation of the new album, O’Brien said: “I had an urge to write something that was as generous to the listener as it was to myself.

Kojaque has announced details of his debut album, titled Town's Dead. 

The Mountain Goats will release their next album, ‘Dark In Here’ on June 25.The record is set to feature new single ‘Mobile’, which hit streaming services today (April 20).The Mountain Goats recorded ‘Dark In Here’ at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals studios in a week’s break between the sessions for the group’s 2020 records, ‘Getting Into Knives’ and ‘Songs For Pierre Chuvin’.‘Dark In Here’ is available to pre-order now.Listen to ‘Mobile’, the first taste of the album, below:Per a press release, The

Oscars have detailed how they plan to make next week’s ceremony as safe as possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The 2021 Oscars will take place on April 25, and see the implementation of “hubs” for European-based nominees to appear in London and Paris.The news followed the organisation’s initial and controversial “no-Zoom rule,” which aimed to encourage all nominees to travel to Los Angeles for the ceremony.Speaking to Deadline ahead of this year’s ceremony, producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher

Ailee has announced that she will be releasing a brand-new studio album later this year.On April 16, her agency Rocket3 Entertainment confirmed that the soloist will be making her return with a new project in July. Prior to the album’s release, Ailee will be making a “pre-release” comeback next month, which she calls a “special gift” to her fans.“This ‘pre-release’ album is a special gift for Ailee’s fans, who were waiting for her comeback.

Daniel Avery has announced details around his forthcoming album ‘Together In Static’, as well as dropping its lead single ‘Endless Hours’.The album’s first offering dropped today (April 16).

Bebe Rexha has announced details of her forthcoming second album, ‘Better Mistakes’.The New York singer-songwriter revealed the record’s title, artwork and release date of May 7 on her official social media channels. She later posted to confirm that her new single ‘Sabotage’ will be arriving tomorrow (April 16).“One more surprise since it doesn’t seem like you all can wait any longer for this one… #SABOTAGE out Friday!” Rexha wrote as the caption to the song’s cover art.

Crumb have announced the forthcoming release of their second album, ‘Ice Melt’.The album will follow their 2019 debut ‘Jinx’, produced by Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado and now released on the band’s own Crumb Records.‘Ice Melt’ is supposedly named for the blend of coarsely ground salts used to dissipate ice on your front steps – absorbing water and giving off heat – available cheaply at US hardware stores.The record will feature the three singles ‘Trophy’, ‘BNR’ and ‘Balloon’. Crumb recorded most of

José González has announced his new album ‘Local Valley’ – you can listen to the upcoming record’s second single ‘Visions’ below.The Swedish artist, who rose to fame in 2006 for his cover of The Knife‘s ‘Heartbeats’, is gearing up to release his first new LP since 2015’s ‘Vestiges & Claws’.Set for release on September 17 via Mute, González’s ‘Local Valley’ has been previewed today (April 14) with the song ‘Visions’.“We are the apes that are starting to understand the universe and our place in

Liz Phair has announced that she will return with her next album ‘Soberish’ in June.The seventh album from the Chicago singer will arrive on June 4 via Chrysalis, and comes 11 years after her last effort – 2010’s ‘Funstyle’.Phair has also marked the record’s arrival with emotional lead single ‘Spanish Doors’, which can you listen to in full below.‘Spanish Doors’ is “about the fracturing of a beautiful life, when everything you counted on is suddenly thrown up for grabs”, Phair explained in an

Greentea Peng has announced that she will release her debut album in June. Titled ‘Man Made’, its announcement is accompanied by a new single, ‘Kali V2’.“‘Man Made’ [is] an exploration of self and sound”, she says.

On May 21, Copenhagen-based singer-songwriter Erika de Casier will share Sensational, her follow-up to the 2019 project Essentials. The new LP, released on 4AD, will contain "No Butterflies, No Nothing" and "Drama," two songs we totally adored, as well as her latest track "Polite," out today.

Lucy Dacus has announced details of her third album ‘Home Video’ and shared its lead single ‘Hot & Heavy’.“I thought I was writing ‘Hot & Heavy’ about an old friend, but I realized along the way that it was just about me outgrowing past versions of myself,” Dacus said of the track.“So much of life is submitting to change and saying goodbye even if you don’t want to. Now whenever I go to places that used to be significant to me, it feels like trespassing the past.

Greentea Peng has announced her debut album ‘MAN MADE’ – you can listen to her new song ‘Kali V2’ below.Written and recorded with the south London artist’s live band The Seng Seng Family and executive-produced by Earbuds, ‘MAN MADE’ also features production from Swindle, Mala and Greentea’s long-standing collaborators SAMO & KIKO.‘MAN MADE’ is set for release on June 4 via AMF Records.

The Wallflowers have announced details of their first album in almost a decade.Jakob Dylan and co.

The estate of the “Purple Rain” singer — who died of an accidental opioid overdose in 2016 — is set to unveil a collection of the estimated 8,000 unreleased songs he kept hidden in a vault at his Paisley Park studios near his hometown of Minneapolis. His posthumous 12-track anthology is scheduled for release in late July, and will debut on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”“Prince’s enigmatic and prescient statement album #Welcome2America will be released July 30, 2021, by The Prince Estate and [Sony Legacy

Yuck frontman Max Bloom has announced a new solo album called ‘Pedestrian’.It comes after the indie group announced in February that they were splitting up, with Bloom admitting that it “wasn’t an easy thing to come to terms with”.Now, Bloom has announced he’s going solo and that his new album will arrive on June 18 via his own label Ultimate Blends.Coming up with some of the ideas for ‘Pedestrian’ while out running, he explained his key inspirations in a statement.“I was contemplating a lot of

Twenty One Pilots have shared a new track called ‘Shy Away’, the first to be lifted from their forthcoming sixth album ‘Scaled And Icy’.The Ohio duo – comprised of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun – began teasing their next era on social media back in January, and later posted a cryptic selfie on Instagram.Following up on 2018’s ‘Trench’, the band have today (April 7) detailed their next full-length effort which is due to arrive on May 21 via Fueled By Ramen.

Texas have announced details of their new album, titled Hi.

Olivia Rodrigo has returned with her second single – watch the video for new track ‘Deja Vu’ below.The track, which follows the teenager’s record-breaking debut single ‘Drivers License’, comes alongside the announcement of her highly anticipated debut album, out in May.‘Drivers License’ was released at the start of January this year, and has since become the UK’s longest-running Number One debut single since Gnarls Barkley’s 2006 hit ‘Crazy’, while also consistently topping the charts in the US