Norah Jones has two new matters of interest. First, her hair. Take a gander, folks. The second is Jones' new venture with Conor Oberst's indie label, Team Love, on which she'll release the self-titled debut album from her side-project, El Madmo, on May 20. Featuring Jones as guitarist/singer "Maddie," the trio also counts Daru Oda as bassist/singer "El" and Andrew Borger as drummer "Mo." Oda and Borger are veterans of Jones' backing group, the Handsome Band.

Despite being touted as Jones' secret punk band, tracks like the mellow 'The Best Part,' the lilting mid-tempo 'GGW' and the trippy jam 'Head in a Vise' should easily draw in Jones' conventional fans. Just the same, El Madmo's debut features aggressively titled tunes like 'Scary Lady,' 'Attack of the Rock People' and the finale, 'Rock Yer Balls Off.' Plus, that photo of Jones in a short blonde wig on the band's website (http://elmadmo.com/) is pretty rad.

"El Madmo offers escape, justice, karmic postulation, and that feeling you get when you know something that no one else does," Team Love promises. "Starting out as a garage band trapped in the basements of various hockey arenas, theirs is a powerful raw sound that could only be inspired by the smell of Zamboni fuel and sweaty skates."