#tour-dates

#tour-dates

Speak Daggers arrives October 17, via Escho, and features reggae all-timers the Congos and Copenhagen artists Erika de Casier and Fine. Watch the Foushee-directed video for new single USA Baby below. Rnnenfelt and Foushee recently linked up on Little Gods, one of two songs Rnnenfelt recorded with Yung Lean, who operated under his Jonatan Leandoer96 alias. Since then, the Iceage man has reunited with his Lucre EP collaborators, Dean Blunt and Vegyn, for Tears on His Rings and Chains.

"It's all songs and concepts we haven't been close to touch until now," he said. "The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken. It would have been impossible to make this album at any other time than now. That's all we ever wanted, and I think you'll find it's all you ever wanted too."

Mavis Staples has announced her 14th solo album, Sad and Beautiful World, due out on November 7 via ANTI-. It was produced by Phil Cook, with Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Tweedy, Katie Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman, Justin Vernon, and Derek Trucks all making appearances on it. The album includes her cover of Frank Ocean's "Godspeed" from June, and she's shared another track, a rendition of Kevin Morby's "Beautiful Strangers," which you can hear below.

"When I first heard Asleep at the Wheel and their Bob Wills tribute, it blew my mind that there was a band out there still playing this kind of music," Hedley says, adding, "At its core Western Swing is just dance music. Bob Wills didn't play theatres; he played dance halls. The music is for dancing, and that's what I wanted to come through on these songs."

Folds' subsequent work as a solo artist has elevated his status even further; he has since expanded into scoring for film and television, producing for (and collaborating with) other artists, writing an autobiography, doing a bit of acting, and mounting tours that emphasize an interactive quality.

"We had a few windows in mid-winter and it really felt like there was an urgency to capture a moment in time with these songs, performances, people involved, and against the political backdrop," says Ben Whitely. "The record really feels like a capture instead of a meticulous construction. Part of Joan's concept was not only to go to a place but to draw on the community of musicians from that place."

Good Charlotte portrays maintenance workers at their motel in the "Stepper" music video, featuring eclectic patrons joining their performance. The video shoot appears to be a blast.

"A couple years ago Max (Kakacek) and I were both on the brink of moving across the country to be closer to the people we were dating at the time. Over the span of a few months both relationships somewhat abruptly crumbled, leaving us with equal parts confusion and sadness, mourning the futures that would have accompanied those relationships as well as the relationships themselves."

Neko Case's upcoming album, Neon Grey Midnight Green, will be released on September 26th via ANTI- Records, featuring the single 'Wreck.'

Tyler Childers' new album, Snipe Hunter, will be released on July 25, featuring 13 tracks including the lead single, Nose on the Grindstone.

Panda Bear is set to embark on a North American tour featuring new music, including a previously unreleased track, after completing UK shows.

Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball tour will include seven new California dates, reassuring fans that California is not left out of the tour stops, especially with concerts in San Francisco.

Japanese Breakfast delivered an evocative performance of "Picture Window" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, showcasing the melancholic essence of her new album, For Melancholy Brunettes.