#album-release

#album-release

"The whole project is destined for this year," Shatner said in a press release issued by Cleopatra Records. "I hope you will join me in the exploration." Few details were revealed beyond that, though Shatner did discuss the project's origin: a one-off spoken-word intro piece for Nuclear Messiah, the metal supergroup helmed by ex-Megadeth axeman Chris Poland. The experience was apparently so inspiring, Shatner set out to create a full-blown metal album of his own.

American Football's fourth studio album is imminent. The legendary emo band confirmed today, February 18, that LP 4 is due out May 1 on Polyvinyl. Although they haven't shared any new music from the album yet, you can check out the cover art and full tracklist below. LP4 follows 2019's and 2016's , the latter of which arrived after a 17-year hiatus.

Idols II features recently released new version of Yungblud's hit "Zombie" featuring The Smashing Pumpkins, as well six previously unreleased songs: "I Need You (To Make the World Seem Fine)," "The Postman," "Time," "War Part II," "Blueberry Hill," and "Suburban Requiem."

Paradessence draws its title from a portmanteau of "paradoxical" and "essence," coined by author Alex Shakar. Per Visible Cloaks, the word embodies the oppositional-but-coexisting concepts they're trying to explore with the new album. "Instead of creating pieces that function horizontally as environments, we wanted to conceptualize them as living material changing in space, continually in flux," Doran shared in a press statement.

It turns out The X-Files is easily adapted from your favorite '90s paranormal TV adventures into a super silly on-stage sketch show. Kickstand Comedy's fully improvised performance keeps all of your favorite tropes: the will-they-won't-they love story, the monster of the week format, and the runaway conspiracy theories. Starring comedians Tessa Waring and Mo Merrill as Scully and Mulder, expect high sexual tension, audience suggestions, and jump scares even the performers don't know are coming.

This album is five standing on the shoulders of legions. The healers, the alchemists, the rebels, the mothers and fathers who have fought and weaved and invented new ways of being, seeing, and balancing the frequencies of this planet towards trans-dimensional liberation and universal understanding. We assume our role in this music as messengers, continuing in the tradition's long march along the arc of the universe.

War on Women have officially announced their fifth album, Time Under Tension, out May 8th via Smartpunk Records, while also unleashing the single "Messages Unsent." The album news comes after the Baltimore band announced a March US tour with Oceanator. The jaunt kicks off on March 18th in Pittsburgh, and you can get tickets here. Get War on Women Tickets Here

Mariachi El Bronx, the mariachi alter ego of LA punk band The Bronx, are about to release Mariachi El Bronx IV, their first album in 12 years, this Friday (2/13) via ATO. They'll also be playing Kimmel tonight (2/12) and livestreaming their Tijuana album release show on Veeps on Saturday (2/14), and to help usher in the release of this new LP, Mariachi El Bronx vocalist Matt Caughthran has made us a list of five of his favorite albums of all time.

Bleachers have announced their fifth LP, everyone for ten minutes, due out May 22 via Dirty Hit. It's the follow-up to their 2024 self-titled album, and you can see the cover art and tracklist below. The first single is "you and forever," which is the kind of irresistible, anthemic pop that Bleachers do so well. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Alex Lockett and starring Margaret Qualley (who is married to Jack Antonoff), below.

Fresh off the release of the Eyeball EP in January, They Might Be Giants have now announced their new album, The World Is to Dig, and released its lead single, "Wu-Tang." Out on April 14th, The World Is to Dig marks the band's first full-length album in five years, following their Grammy-nominated LP, BOOK, that came out in 2021. The World Is to Dig will feature 18 new tracks. An exclusive 180-gram vinyl color variant of the LP will be available at indie retail shops on April 17th. Get They Might Be Giant Tickets Here "Wu-Tang" is the first glimpse of what fans can expect, and if its sweetly nostalgic, 60s-esque sound is anything to go by, The World Is to Dig will be a romp through the past. Stream the new track and see the artwork below.

Shows are in May and Jun, with support from Cloud Nothings; We wouldn't be a band today without them and we couldn't be more excited, they say. They'll also have Anthers, University, fanclubwallet, Liquid Mike and Pure Hex each joining them varying by show, and you can see all dates below. The NYC show is at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 22. Tickets are on sale now.

The Black Keys are keeping up their loose pattern of releasing an album every year; their newest, the enthusiastically titled , arrives May 1 via East Eye Sound/Warner. Leading the blues rock band's return is the single "You Got to Lose" and its music video directed by E.J. McLeavey-Fisher, in which the duo plays a surprise show at Memphis juke joint Hernando's Hide-A-Way. Check it out below.

sunn O))) recently announced their first album for Sub Pop and a tour, and they've now made a few noteworthy additions to the latter, announcing shows in San Francisco ( March 30 at The Regency Ballroom), Los Angeles ( March 31 at United Theater), and NYC ( April 12 at Town Hall, presented by Le Poisson Rouge). Tickets go on sale Friday, January 30 at 10 AM local.

Silversun Pickups release their new album Tenterhooks on February 6 via New Machine Recordings, and they'll play it in full, along with some older favorites, at a release show that night at Los Angeles' The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever. Tickets to attend in person are sold out, but you can stream it live on VEEPS at 11:30 PM ET (8:30 PM PT) and tickets to watch are on sale now, or you can watch with an all-access subscription.

The New Pornographers will release new album The Former Site Of on March 27, via Merge. Watch the video for the single "Votive," animated by Michael Arthur, below. The band that performs on the follow-up to Continue as a Guest comprises A.C. Newman, Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, and Todd Fancey. Charley Drayton joins on drums, replacing the disgraced former drummer Joe Seiders. Josh Wells will be behind the kit on the band's April-bound tour.