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 ...

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 ...

Blackpink today released their new mini album, Deadline, marking their first official release in over three years. The album features five tracks, including the single “Jump,” and it is the third mini ...

Megan M o roney made a smashing debut this week as her album “Cloud 9” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The country star earned her first chart-topper as “Cloud 9” began with 147,000 equivalent ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...

Sturgill Simpson’s new album has arrived two weeks early, and you can actually listen to it online. Over the weekend, the country innovator’s latest record as Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight, ...

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 releases available on streaming ...

BLACKPINK fans wasted no time snapping up the superstars’ long-awaited new album DEADLINE, helping it sell a record-breaking amount for the group — and the K-pop industry at large — on its first day ...

Presented as part of Billboard Presents THE STAGE at SXSW, the set moved to The Concourse Project as high winds forced the ...

It was evident from the first strains of “Aperture” that Harry Styles’ new album would not be the same as it was. Where his Grammy-winning “Harry’s House” danced with taut melodies, inescapable hooks ...

After nearly a year of teasing, Underscores has finally shared the details of her new album. Led by the singles “Music,” “Do It,” and “Tell Me (U Want It),” April Harper Grey’s third studio LP is ...

That elusiveness is a big part of what keeps us engaged with the Beyoncés, Arianas, Lanas, Taylors and Kendricks of the world — not knowing what’s coming next, the anticipation of getting something ...