New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming albums. In the coming months, there will be big new releases from Yaya Bey, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Taylor Swift, Shellac, Fontaines D.C., Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Beth Gibbons, St. Vincent, Justice, Kamasi Washington, Mdou Moctar, Crumb, and plenty more artists. This guide features streaming and digital release dates and will be updated regularly.
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April 17
Ekko Astral: Pink Balloons [Topshelf]
April 19
Bbymutha: Sleep Paralysis [True Panther]
Big|Brave: A Chaos of Flowers [Thrill Jockey]
Blunt Chunks: The Butterfly Myth [Telephone Explosion]
Bruce Springsteen: Best of Bruce Springsteen (Expanded Edition) [Columbia]
Cadence Weapon: Rollercoaster [MNRK Music Group]
Cavalier: Different Type Time [Backwoodz Studioz]
Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come [Jagjaguwar]
Claire Rousay: Sentiment [Thrill Jockey]
Cloud Nothings: Final Summer [Pure Noise]
Lord Spikeheart: The Adept [Haekalu]
Lucy Rose: This Ain’t the Way You Go Out [Communion]
Pearl Jam: Dark Matter [Monkeywrench/Republic]
Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department [Republic]
V/A: Live on Mountain Stage: Outlaws & Outliers [Oh Boy]
April 20
V/A: The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed [Light in the Attic]
April 26
Anitta: Funk Generation [Republic/Universal Music Latin Entertainment]
Bullion: Affection [Ghostly International]
Chief Keef: Almighty So 2 [43B]
Dettinger: Intershop (Remastered 2024) [Kompakt]
Dettinger: Oasis (Remastered 2024) [Kompakt]
Greg Saunier: We Sang, Therefore We Were [Joyful Noise]
Hovvdy: Hovvdy [Arts & Crafts]
Iron & Wine: Light Verse [Sub Pop]
Justice: Hyperdrama [Ed Banger/Because Music]
Laufey: Bewitched: The Goddess Edition [AWAL]
Lawrence Rothman: The Plow That Broke the Plains [KRO]
LustSickPuppy: Carousel From Hell [self-released]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Fu##in’ Up [Reprise]
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin: Ghosted II [Drag City]
PartyNextDoor: PartyNextDoor 4 (P4) [OVO Sound]
Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless [Parlophone]
Six Organs of Admittance: Time Is Glass [Drag City]
St. Vincent: All Born Screaming [Total Pleasure]
May 3
Broadcast: Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006 - 2009 [Warp]
Camera Obscura: Look to the East, Look to the West [Merge]
Charlotte Day Wilson: Cyan Blue [Stone Woman Music/XL]
Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism [Warner]
Ghost Piss: Dream Girl [Sockhead]
Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope [Merge]
Jawnino: 40 [True Panther]
Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch [Mexican Summer]
Kacy Hill: Bug [Nettwerk]
Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement [Young]
The Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know [Captured Tracks]
Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice [Matador]
Naima: City Lights EP [self-released]
S. Raekwon: Steven [Father/Daughter]
Sia: Reasonable Woman [Atlantic]
May 10
A. G. Cook: Britpop [New Alias]
Amen Dunes: Death Jokes [Sub Pop]
Arab Strap: I’m Totally Fine With It 👍 Don’t Give a Fuck Anymore 👍 [Rock Action]
Dehd: Poetry [Fat Possum]
How to Dress Well: I Am Toward You [Sargent House]
I. Jordan: I Am Jordan [Ninja Tune]
Jordan Rakei: The Loop [Verve Forecast]
Kings of Leon: Can We Please Have Fun [Capitol]
Knocked Loose: You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To [Pure Noise]
Les Savy Fav: Oui, LSF [Frenchkiss/The Orchard]
Tom Skinner: Voices of Bishara Live at “Mu” [International Anthem]
V/A: I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack) [A24 Music]
Yaya Bey: Ten Fold [Big Dada]
May 17
Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown [Domino]
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft [Darkroom/Interscope]
Crumb: Amama [Crumb]
Of Montreal: Lady on the Cusp [Polyvinyl]
Shellac: To All Trains [Touch and Go]
May 22
Káryyn: Calm Kaoss! EP [Mute]
May 24
Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor: Sunday Morning Put-On [Loma Vista]
Diiv: Frog in Boiling Water [Fantasy]
Finom: Not God [Joyful Noise]
Gastr del Sol: We Have Dozens of Titles [Drag City]
Mui Zyu: Nothing or Something to Die For [Father/Daughter]
Say Anything: …Is Committed [Dine Alone]
May 31
Alan Vega: Insurrection [In the Red]
Bat for Lashes: The Dream of Delphi [Mercury KX]
The Bird Calls: Old Faithful [Ruination]
Maya Hawke: Chaos Angel [Mom+Pop]
Willie Nelson: The Border [Legacy]
June 7
Charli XCX: Brat [Atlantic]
Fine: Rocky Top Ballads [Escho]
Nat Harvie: New Virginity [Boiled]
NxWorries, Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge: Why Lawd? [Stones Throw]
Pedro the Lion: Santa Cruz [Polyvinyl]
Peggy Gou: I Hear You [XL]
June 14
Been Stellar: Scream From New York, NY [Dirty Hit]
The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again [Yabb]
Diamanda Galás: Diamanda Galás in Concert [Intravenal Sound Operations]
John Cale: Poptical Illusion [Double Six/Domino]
KRM & KMRU: Disconnect [Phantom Limb]
Pride Month Barbie: All the Girls in the Room Say ‘Sorry’ [Get Better]
This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star [Double Double Whammy]
June 21
V/A: Noise for Now: Vol. 2 [Noise for Now]
June 28
Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything [Drag City]
Hiatus Kaiyote: Love Heart Cheat Code [Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune]
Loma: How Will I Live Without a Body? [Sub Pop]
July 12
Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer [Dead Oceans]
Remi Wolf: Big Ideas [Island]
July 19
Beachwood Sparks: Across the River of Stars [Curation]
August 2
Polo G: Hood Poet [Columbia]
August 23
Body Meat: Starchris [Partisan]
Fontaines D.C.: Romance [XL]
August 30
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God [Bad Seed Ltd.]
September 28
Broadcast: Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 [Warp]
