Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel (May 18, Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk!)

Courtney Barnett’s sophomore record, Tell Me How You Really Feel, arrives three years after her debut studio LP Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. It also follows her 2017 collaboration with Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice. Check out the track review of the new album’s lead single “Nameless, Faceless.” Read Pitchfork’s new feature “Courtney Barnett Talks About Taking on Misogyny and Self-Doubt With Her New Album.”

Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! (May 18, Rough Trade)

Parquet Courts recruited Danger Mouse to produce Wide Awake!, the follow-up to 2016’s Human Performance and the 2017 Daniele Luppi collaboration MILANO. “I personally liked the fact that I was writing a record that indebted to punk and funk, and [Danger Mouse]’s a pop producer who’s made some very polished records,” guitarist/singer A. Savage said in a statement. “I liked that it didn’t make sense.” Read Pitchfork’s review of “Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience.”

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Sparkle Hard (May 18, Matador)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are returning with Sparkle Hard, their first new album since 2014’s Wig Out at Jagbags. The new record features guest vocals from Kim Gordon. Check out the Best New Track review of Sparkle Hard’s “Middle America.”

Natalie Prass: The Future and the Past (June 1, ATO)

Singer/songwriter Natalie Prass’ second record, The Future and the Past, was written in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “I needed to make an album that was going to get me out of my funk, one that would hopefully lift other people out of theirs, too, because that’s what music is all about,” she has said. The LP follows 2015’s Natalie Prass and Side by Side EP. Read Pitchfork’s review of the first single “Short Court Style.”

serpentwithfeet: soil (June 8, Secretly Canadian/Tri Angle)

soil is the debut studio album from New York City artist Josiah Wise, better known as serpentwithfeet. It follows the 2016 blisters EP. soil features contributions from Clams Casino, Katie Gately, Paul Epworth, and mmph. Read the review of the LP’s “bless ur heart” (named Best New Track). Check out Pitchfork’s Rising interview “serpentwithfeet: The Ecstasy of Exorcism.”

Snail Mail: Lush (June 8, Matador)

Snail Mail is the indie pop project of Lindsey Jordan. Her debut, Lush, follows the 2016 EP Habit. Check out the Best New Track review of Lush’s lead single “Pristine” and read the Rising feature “Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan Is the Wisest Teenage Indie Rocker We Know.”

Arctic Monkeys: (TBA, Domino)

Last year, Arctic Monkeys bassist Nick O’Malley let the news slip that the band was working on the follow-up to 2013’s AM. He said he expected a 2018 release because “if it isn’t [out this year], we’ve got problems.” Recently, the Alex Turner-fronted outfit has announced tour dates in North America and Europe—further fueling the rumors that their new LP is imminent.

Kamaiyah: Don’t Ever Get It Twisted / Woke (TBA, Interscope / self-released)