If there’s one universal truth about Jill Scott, it’s that she contains multitudes. It’s been a recurring revelation across her discography, dating back to her 2000 debut, “Who Is Jill Scott?: Words ...

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 ...

Harry Styles has revealed listening parties for Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, his new album out on March 6. Styles announced the parties via Instagram, with the caption “We wanna dance with ...

We all have a favorite album that we can listen to from start to finish with zero skips. That type of listening experience is unlike any other, and it takes a special artist/band to pull off that ...

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 ...

T he first voice you hear on Gorillaz’s ninth studio album, The Mountain, belongs to Dennis Hopper, talking softly over a buoyant rush of Indian instrumentation. Close listeners will recognize the ...

Here are 11 essential emo albums from the early 2000s that you should absolutely own on vinyl. This era saw the genre reach the next level as what was considered "emo" started to lean more into ...

Baby Keem is releasing a new album this month. Ca$ino, which follows 2021’s The Melodic Blue, is due out February 20 via pgLang/Eerie Times/Columbia Records and ...

Sturgill Simpson is keeping good on his 2021 promise to release only five studio albums under his own alias. Mutiny After Midnight, the second record by the singer-songwriter’s Johnny Blue Skies ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti concert and a release from the Berlin Philharmonic are among our selections. Kim ...

You’d be foolish to try and predict what ideas will take off in 2026, but few American bands are as bankable as R.E.M. Hell, this very magazine was founded by Atlanta guys who came of age when Murmur ...