Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

Kehlani has announced that her fifth studio album, “Kehlani,” will be released on April 24. Earlier this month, the R&B singer said on social media that the album was finished and had been mastered.

Kacey Musgraves is set to release a new studio album this spring. “Middle of Nowhere,” her latest full‑length project, arrives May 1, Universal Music Group announced. The description for the album ...

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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 drops available on streaming ...

Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...

What are the most anticipated rock and metal albums of 2026? Let's find out and let's take a look at the bands who currently working on new music, but haven't announced an album yet. The 2020s are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Whenever McCartney, with any of his musical acts, releases ...

To celebrate his 28th birthday, Kentucky-born rapper Jack Harlow dropped a surprise album, his fourth, in a clear departure from projects past. "Monica," a nine-track compilation streaming now, does ...

Just moments into “Monica,” Jack Harlow’s first album in nearly three years, one thing is crystal clear: He was ready for a change. A veteran by his mid-20s — he’d released the first in a long string ...

Kacey Musgraves opens her new song "Dry Spell" with quite the complaint. "It's been a real long 335 days," she sings, elongating the word "real" in sly exasperation. "And the last time, it wasn't good ...