With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Queens of the Stone Age, Killer Mike, Sigur Rós, Meshell Ndegeocello, Pat Metheny, Asake, Fust, Bonny Doon, and Bettye LaVette. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Queens of the Stone Age: In Times New Roman… [Matador]
For Joshua Homme, the creation of Queens of the Stone Age’s new album, In Times New Roman…, came during a custody dispute, a cancer diagnosis, and the deaths of friends. “I think this is the first time I didn’t want to make a record, but I was dealing with a lot of stuff in my personal life,” he said in an interview. “We recorded a lot of stuff. I think I was doing it because when I’m in trouble, this is what I do. This is where I go to get right.” The follow-up to 2017’s Villains includes the singles “Emotion Sickness,” “Paper Machete,” and “Carnavoyeur.”
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Killer Mike: Michael [Loma Vista]
