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This week’s slate of albums offers a mix of political fury, intimate reckonings and soundtracks that double as standalone compositions — reason enough to reshuffle ...
5 May 2026
ByAtlas Reid
Lykke Li has released a new single, “Knife in the Heart,” taken from her upcoming album The Afterparty, which her team says will be her ...
4 May 2026
Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt have joined forces for a new album, Almost Waking, due May 22 on Unheard of Hope. The project, announced alongside ...
3 May 2026
ML Buch has quietly issued a new untitled track — a spontaneous completion of a song she began in 2016 — and paired it with ...
2 May 2026
Quavo returns to the screen this spring as the lead in a new street‑racing drama titled Takeover, which opens on May 8. The film also ...
1 May 2026
On March 14, Harry Styles returned to Saturday Night Live as both host and musical guest, delivering live television debuts of two tracks from his ...
30 April 2026
Phil Campbell, the Welsh guitarist best known for more than three decades with the hard-rock outfit Motörhead, has died. His family band, Phil Campbell and ...
29 April 2026
At the Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took top honors, upending expectations set by Ryan Coogler’s record-nominated ...
28 April 2026
At the 2026 Academy Awards, a scene from the film Sinners came to life as Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq delivered a live performance of ...
27 April 2026
Ludwig Göransson won the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 2026 Oscars for the film Sinners, his third Oscar and fifth nomination overall. ...
26 April 2026
At the 2026 Academy Awards, the songwriting trio behind the K‑pop collective Huntr/x captured the Oscar for Best Original Song with “Golden,” written for the ...
25 April 2026
At the Dolby Theatre on March 15, the 2026 Academy Awards paused for a series of intimate remembrances, closing its annual tribute with a striking ...
24 April 2026
Death Cab for Cutie return with a new album and an expanded tour: I Built You a Tower arrives June 5 on Anti-, their first ...
23 April 2026
Each Monday our editorial team shares a compact playlist of the new songs they’ve been returning to — a short survey of what’s clicking among ...
22 April 2026
Simon Catling and Scott Fair of Manchester-based noise-rock group Mandy, Indiana will field reader questions about their new album URGH, an album that has attracted ...
21 April 2026
Sturgill Simpson — who now records under the name Johnny Blue Skies — says someone posted and sold an unauthorized digital copy of his new ...
20 April 2026
Two high-profile SNL bookings have turned this week into a small media moment: a star-studded April 4 episode of Saturday Night Live pairs a well-known ...
19 April 2026
Rosalía opened her 2026 world tour in Lyon on March 16, staging an elaborate show to spotlight Lux, her fourth studio album. The concert mixed ...
18 April 2026
Ed O’Brien will return with a new solo record, Blue Morpho, on May 22 — and he’s releasing a companion short film, Blue Morpho: The ...
17 April 2026
Peter Frampton returns with a new album of original songs — his first in 16 years — arriving May 15 on UMe. The record, co-written ...
16 April 2026
Lil Wayne has added a fresh set of North American dates to the tour marking the 20th anniversary of Tha Carter, bringing the celebration into ...
15 April 2026
The Wallflowers are marking three decades since their breakthrough with a touring program that pairs a full performance of their 1996 record with a complete ...
14 April 2026
Lucinda Williams will bring songs from her new record to a string of East Coast dates this May, offering audiences a close-up of material from ...
13 April 2026
Of Montreal will take their live show on the road this summer, playing venues across the United States from mid‑June into early August. The tour ...
12 April 2026
The 2026 Lollapalooza lineup has been revealed, and Chicago’s summer festival returns with a mix of veteran acts and fast-rising stars. The four-day event brings ...
11 April 2026
