John Carroll Kirby announces new album, shares “Oropendola”

Jorja Smith has confirmed details of her second album ‘Falling Or Flying’ alongside a string of UK record release shows.Set for release September 29, ‘Falling Or Flying’ is the follow-up to Smith’s debut album ‘Lost And Found’ and 2021’s “sonic waiting room” EP ‘Be Right Back’.According to a press release, the new album “thrillingly broaches any gap between Jazz, Soul, R&B and Funky House”.Smith said the songs on the record “touch on breakups, relationships with my friends, relationships with old friends, relationships with myself. It’s definitely about a lot of relationships, but every song I write I can sing it to myself,” she added.

Blur are coming out with a new album this summer. The Ballad of Darren is out July 21 via Parlophone, and will be the ninth studio project from Damon Albarn and Co.

ANOHNI and The Johnsons have announced a new album, ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’, along with the single ‘It Must Change’.As per a press release, ANOHNI shared that Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ was heavy on her mind while creating her sixth full-length effort.“That was a really important touchstone in my mind,” the artist explained. “Some of these songs respond from the present day to global and environmental concerns first voiced in popular music over 50 years ago.”ANOHNI began working on ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’ in 2022 with soul producer Jimmy Hogarth (Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Tina Turner).

Kylie Minogue has announced a new album, ‘Tension’.The follow-up to the Australian pop star’s 2020 album ‘Disco’ is set to land on September 22. Minogue once again teamed up with longtime collaborator Richard “Biff” Stannard, while ‘Disco’ contributor Duck Blackwell has also been brought on board.“I started this album with an open mind and a blank page,” Minogue remarked in a press release. “Unlike my last two albums there wasn’t a ‘theme,’ it was about finding the heart or the fun or the fantasy of that moment and always trying to service the song.

Get ready for new music from Kylie Minogue!

Janelle Monáe has announced her new album ‘The Age Of Pleasure’ and shared latest single ‘Lipstick Lover’ – listen below.‘The Age of Pleasure’, the singer and actor’s first album in five years, is due out June 9 via Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic Records – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.The announcement arrives with new single ‘Lipstick Lover’, a reggae-inspired celebration of queer love and joy. “I like lipstick on my neck / It let me know I’m your number one select,” Monáe sings.

The new album from Queens of the Stone Age has been announced.

Queens Of The Stone Age have announced their new album ‘In Times New Roman’ and shared the single ‘Emotion Sickness’. Check out the song and album details below.Having been teasing their return this week with online videos and billboards in London, the band have now revealed details of the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains‘ with their eighth album ‘In Times New Roman’ arriving on June 8 via Matador Records.The launch single ‘Emotion Sickness’ calls back to the band’s jagged ‘Rated R’ era, but with a psychedelic twice.

Jessy Lanza has confirmed details of her fourth studio album, Love Hallucination. The album is out on July 28 and is preceded by new song "Midnight Ontario." A video for the Jacques Greene-co-produced track can be seen below.

TNGHT member Lunice has announced his second album ‘Open’ and has shared its first single ‘No Commas’. Check it out below.‘Open’, the Montreal producer’s second album, is set for release on June 23 via LuckyMe. The LP follows his 2017 debut ‘CCCLX’.

Ghanian-American artist Amaarae delivered a jewel of a debut album in 2020 with The Angel You Don't Know, an infectious album of alté-pop so memorable it landed on our annual Best Songs of the Year list twice in a row: once in 2020 with "Fancy" and again the following year for the Kali Uchis-featuring "Sad Girlz Luv Money" remix that conquered TikTok and racked up hundreds of millions of streams. Today, Amaarae is sharing the details of her sophomore album Fountain Baby: it's coming June 9, and today you can hear its latest single "Co-Star." Serene harp melodies, a boisterous Afrobeat, and Amaarae's commanding falsetto all drive “Co-Star” through its witty celebration of star signs and their romantic compatibility.

PJ Harvey has announced her upcoming 10th album, ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’ with the release of the lead single, ‘A Child’s Question, August’. Check out the track below.Shared today (April 26), the new single follows a series of teasers shared by Harvey on social media, and follows on from her last full-length LP with 2016’s ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’.According to the double Mercury Prize-winning artist, ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’, was written over a period of three weeks, although stemmed from ideas dating back to 2017 when she felt she had lost her connection with music.Seeking to revive her connection with songwriting, the inspiration for the new tracks was uncovered following advice from film-maker Steve McQueen, who told her to ignore the ‘process of writing an album’, and instead rediscover why she first fell in love with “words, images and music”.The album will see the singer-songwriter return to her roots – inspired by the likes of Nina Simone and Bob Dylan – and provide fans with “a resting space, a solace, a comfort, a balm” which is created to feel “timely for the times we’re in.”Today also sees Harvey share the first single from the LP, ‘A Child’s Question, August’.

Kesha is back with new music.

Julie Byrne has confirmed details of a new album, her first in six years. The Greater Wings will be released on July 7 and the first single, "Summer Glass," is streaming below. In addition to the new music, Byrne has also shared a raft of live dates.

Ben Howard has announced new album ‘Is It?’ with the launch of the lead single ‘Couldn’t Make It Up’. Check out the single below.Set for release on June 16 via Island, the album will mark the fifth full-length LP from the English singer-songwriter, and follows his 2021 release ‘Collections From The Whiteout’.According to the indie rocker, the ten-track album was recorded over the span of ten days in the Le Manoir de Léon studios, located in the south of France, and explores his time after experiencing two mini-strokes (TIAs).“I found it impossible not to dwell on the absurdity of it, that with one tiny clot, one can lose all faculties.

The Japanese House – aka Amber Bain – has announced that she will release her second album, ‘In The End It Always Does’, this summer. Out now is new single ‘Sad To Breath’.The new track was produced by Bain with Chloe Kraemer and The 1975’s George Daniel.

Foo Fighters have announced that they will release new album ‘But Here We Are’ this summer. Out now is new single ‘Rescued’.The album will be the band’s first since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022.

Killer Mike has announced plans to release a new album and has shared the first taster from the record ‘Don’t Let The Devil’.The LP ‘Michael’, which is his first since 2012’s ‘R.A.P. Music’, is set to be released on June 16.The first single from the record, which you can listen to below, features his fellow Run The Jewels cohort El-P.“[Run the Jewels] is the X-Men, this is my Logan,” Mike said in statement via Rolling Stone.

Rita Ora has announced her third studio album, ‘You & I’ – listen to new single ‘Praising You’ featuring Fatboy Slim below.The singer is due to release the record on July 14 via BMG – pre-order/pre-save here. Ora co-wrote every song in the upcoming collection, which is described as her “most diaristic project yet”.“This album really means a lot to me,” the pop artist said in a statement.

The Japanese House has shared their new single ‘Sad To Breathe’ and announced her forthcoming second album ‘In The End It Always Does’.The track, a bright yet heartbreaking ballad, is co-produced by The Japanese House (real name born Amber Bain) along with The 1975‘s George Daniel and Chloe Kraemer (Rex Orange County, Lava La Rue, Glass Animals).“I wrote ‘Sad To Breathe’ some time ago, it’s one of the oldest songs on the record,” said Bain. “It was very different back then. It’s gone from being solely electronic to what it is now, mostly live/acoustic instrumentation.“It’s about that desperate feeling when someone leaves you and the disbelief that they could.