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Ethan Shanfeld Sufjan Stevens is going “full singer-songwriter mode” on his next album, “Javelin,” out Oct. 6 via Asthmatic Kitty.

Sufjan Stevens has announced his new album ‘Javelin’ and shared lead single ‘So You Are Tired’ – listen to it below.‘Javelin’ is due out on October 6 via Asthmatic Kitty Records, and is available to pre-save/ pre-order here. The LP marks the artist’s first solo album since 2020’s ‘The Ascension‘, and his first back in “full singer-songwriter mode” since ‘Carrie & Lowell‘, according to a press release.It also follows his April release ‘Reflections’, a studio recording of his score for the ballet by choreographer Justin Peck.Lead single ‘So You Are Tired’ is a gentle piano number that gradually swells to introduce guitars, percussion and a choir of powerful vocals. “So you are tired of us / So rest your head,” Stevens sings.Listen to it below.The forthcoming 10-track album sees “the entire experience of Stevens’ 25-year career brought to bear in four-minute bursts of choral, orchestral, and electric wonder”, as per the release.The musician worked with a close circle of collaborators on the new LP, including adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui, Nedelle Torrisi and Bryce Dessner.

Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in California Wednesday night.“There’s something that I’ve been planning for a really, really, really, ridiculously, embarrassingly long time, and instead of telling you about it, I think I’ll just sort of show you,” Swift said onstage as the “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” graphic popped up on a screen behind her.The “Blank Space” singer also confirmed the album drop on her social media accounts.“Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27,” she wrote.Her album re-record of “1989” will feature mega-hits such as “Shake It Off,” “Bad Blood” and “Welcome to New York.” This will be the musician’s fourth remake since announcing her re-recording project in 2019, after a highly publicized dispute with Scooter Braun over the ownership of her masters. Since then has re-released several albums: 2008’s “Fearless,” 2010’s “Speak Now” and 2012’s “Red.”“To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane.

Kim Se-jeong has announced her return as a musician with a new album titled ‘문(門)’ due out in September.The announcement was made over Twitter (X) at midnight KST today (August 8), detailing the upcoming project’s format, title and release date of September 4 at 6pm KST. ‘문(門)’ directly translates to English as “door”.

The New York Times Style Magazine, Lipa engaged in a candid conversation that left fans with tantalizing hints about her upcoming musical project. While the Grammy-winning artist didn’t outright confirm the existence of a new album, her subtle response to a question about an impending release spoke volumes.

Dua Lipa is addressing her relationship with the media.

Dua Lipa has shared a further update on the release of her third album, which reportedly features Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker.The singer’s highly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s ‘Future Nostalgia’ has been teased for a few years. In March last year, she told Elton John that the record was “50 per cent done”, before walking the statement back in December.

Taylor Swift has announced a further run of North American ‘Eras’ dates for 2024.Swift is currently playing the final dates of the mammoth world tour’s first leg, but has now confirmed she will be playing more US dates, as well as shows in Canada with multiple dates in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto.“Turns out it’s NOT the end of an era!” Swift tweeted to announce the new dates, for which she will be supported by Gracie Abrams.

Giggs has released his first single of the year ‘Mandem’ from his upcoming sixth album ‘Zero Tolerance’, featuring Diddy. Check out the video below.The ‘Peckham Landlord’ hasn’t put out much solo music since his 2020 second mixtape ‘Now Or Never’, which featured Meek Mill, Ray BLK and Ghetts, but last year hopped on Aitch’s ‘Just Coz’ and Tion Wayne’s ‘Suffer’.Today (August 4), Giggs dropped ‘Mandem’ and its accompanying music video.

††† (Crosses), the side-project of Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and multi-instrumentalist and producer Shaun Lopez, have announced a new album titled ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’.The album follows recent EP ‘PERMANENT.RADIANT‘, a one-off double A-side of ‘Initiation’/’Protection’ and a George Michael cover.The new album, due out on October 13 via Warner, features The Cure’s Robert Smith and Run The Jewels’ El-P.Discussing its creation, Moreno said in a statement: “When we started working on ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’, there was so much more light coming in my life, for numerous reasons.“There’s a lot more optimism. Even the darker themes are more romanticised and not coming from a place of despair.”Watch the video for new single ‘Invisible Hand’ and see the artwork and tracklist for ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’ below.1. ‘Pleasure’ 2. ‘Invisible Hand’ 3. ‘Found’ 4. ‘Light As A Feather’ ‘Pulseplagg’ ‘Runner’ ‘Big Youth’ (feat. El-P) ‘End Youth’ (Reprise) ‘Last Rites’ ‘Ghost Ride’ ‘Grace’ ‘Eraser’ ‘Natural Selection’ ‘Girls Float † Boys Cry’ (feat. Robert Smith) ‘Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.’Speaking to NME last year about the future of the project, Moreno said: “To use Deftones as an analogy: when we did our first record, we were just trying to figure out what the hell we were doing, ‘Around The Fur’ was us getting some confidence and success with that, then when we made ‘White Pony’ that was us saying, ‘We can do anything now’.“People liked what we did and we had the freedom to expand.

Karol G has announced details of a surprise new album ‘Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season)’, set for release later this month.The Colombian singer first revealed the news on social media – sharing a new teaser on her Instagram page. In the 30-second clip, the pink-haired singer, whose real name is Carolina Giraldo Navarro, draws her album artwork using grains of black and pink salt.

Wilco have announced plans to release their 13th studio album ‘Cousin’ and shared new single ‘Evicted’ – which you can listen to below.The record, which has been produced by Cate Le Bon, will be released on September 29 on dBpm Records.“It’s this feeling of being in it and out of it at the same time,” said frontman Jeff Tweedy of the new album.He added of the new single, which you can listen to below: “I guess I was trying to write from the point of view of someone struggling to make an argument for themself in the face of overwhelming evidence that they deserve to be locked out of someone’s heart. Self-inflicted wounds still hurt and in my experience they’re almost impossible to fully recover from.”‘Cousin’ marks the first time Wilco have handed the reins over to a producer outside their immediate circle of collaborators since 2007’s ‘Sky Blue Sky’.“The amazing thing about Wilco is they can be anything,” Le Bon added.

Ethan Shanfeld Wilco is gearing up to release its 13th studio album, “Cousin,” on Sept. 29.

Burna Boy has shared the launch single ‘Big 7’ along with details of his upcoming seventh studio album ‘I Told Them’. Check it out below.Last month, the Nigerian star released his Brandy-sampling nostalgic song ‘Sittin’ on Top Of The World’ with Atlantan rapper 21 Savage.

Laufey has returned with a new single and details of a second studio album – watch ‘Bewitched’, from an album of the same name, below.The new album follows the Icelandic-Chinese artist’s debut LP, ‘Everything I Know About Love’, which came out last year. It is due out on September 8.“‘Bewitched’ is a love song,” she said of the album’s title track.

Animal Collective have detailed a new album titled Isn’t It Now?, coming September 29 via Domino. The record’s 22-minute centerpiece, “Defeat” — a staple of the band’s recent live sets — officially dropped last month.

Explosions In The Sky have announced their first album in seven years and a world tour kicking off later this year.‘End’ is set for release on September 15 via Bella Union, and the announcement arrives with first single ‘Ten Billion People’. You can pre-order/pre-save the new record here.Alongside new music, the Texas band have also announced ‘The End Tour’, which will see them tour the US in September before visiting 26 cities across the UK and Europe from November.The tour kicks off in Houston on September 25, visiting cities including Nashville, Chicago, Philadelphia and more, before finishing up in New York on October 5.

Flume collaboration, ‘Silent Assassin’, Tkay Maidza has announced the release of her highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Sweet Justice’. To accompany the news, Maidza has also released the single ‘Ring-a-Ling’ and its video.Maidza says she made ‘Ring-a-Ling’ as an “an empowering song that tells others that my biggest focus are [sic] my goals.” The track was produced by Two Fresh, who Maidza previously worked with on her track ‘Onto Me’.

Travis Scott has confirmed details of his new album and an accompanying movie. Circus Maximus is the title of the film, which Scott confirmed he made alongside "some of my favorite directors." A poster for the movie lists Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn, Harmony Korine, Valdimar Jóhannsson, and Kahlil Joseph among collaborators on the project.

Mitski has announced her seventh studio album, ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We’.On Sunday night (July 23), the singer-songwriter sent out a newsletter to her fans that included a voice memo, through which she revealed the title of the upcoming album. She also shared that the album’s first single – which has yet to receive a title – will arrive on Wednesday (July 26).“Hi, this is Mitski, and I’m at Bomb Shelter Studios in Nashville, where we recorded my new album that’s coming out.