TikTok influencer turned pop star Addison Rae’s Addison might be the most surprisingly good pop album of the year. Really! This is one of those situations you get into as a pop music fan that, objectively, is not even close to being a hardship, but still feels hard. Sometimes you must speak your inner truth, like “the new Addison Rae …

Mark William Lewis, one-time touring drummer for bar italia, recently became the first artist to sign to the mega-successful film studio A24’s record label, A24 Music. Upon announcing that deal, Lewis released the single “Tomorrow Is Perfect.” Today he’s back with news of his first album for the label, a self-titled offering set to arrive in September, and he’s sharing …

“If loving this is wrong, then I don’t wanna be right.” So sings Sydney Minsky Sargeant, from the Manchester dance-rock band Working Men’s Club, on the lead single from his solo debut. Lunga drops in September via Domino; it contains songs from across Minsky Sargeant’s life so far, dating back to his teenage days in Todmorden. He cites inspirations like …

It’s always fun when aging rock hitmakers go public with their decades-old beefs. Case in point: Neil Giraldo, husband and creative partner of Pat Benatar, believes that he’s the source of the drum pattern from Don Henley’s “The Boys Of Summer,” and he wants Henley collaborator Mike Campbell to acknowledge it.

Last month Acopia released the song “Talk About It,” and now the Melbourne trio is back with an album announcement. Blush Response arrives in September, and “Falter” is a compelling new taste.

We’re getting closer and closer to Karol G’s new album release day! On June 18, the Colombian superstar revealed the featured guests on her forthcoming 20-track album TROPICOQUETA. The new album will feature Marco Antonio Solís, Eddy Lover, and more.  “Intense chapters, unexpected twists and turns, endearing characters…  This is the Official Track List of The post Marco Antonio Solís, …

For year’s Baltimore’s End It have been among the most furious, charismatic bands on the hardcore circuit. I’ve seen them play pretty much the exact same live show seven or eight times, and it has always been a blast. The show has been the same because End It just don’t have that much music out in the world — two …

The Brooklyn-based guitar virtuoso Steve Gunn always keeps busy. In the past year or so, he’s joined the avant-garde supergroup Beings and released an album, dropped another album from his Gunn-Truscinski Duo, and shared the 21-minute solo composition “Clean Floor.” Today, Gunn announces a new solo album of meditative instrumentals, and it’s called Music For Writers. As a writer, I …

In the last few years, the Canadian-American musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland has reemerged, finding acclaim as a pioneer of emotive electronic music. There’s been a documentary and an all-star reimagining of Glenn-Copeland’s 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies. Two years ago, Glenn-Copeland released The Ones Ahead, his first new album in 20 years. Last year, Glenn-Copeland revealed that he has been diagnosed with …

A few Wednesdays ago, Wednesday triumphantly returned with “Elderberry Wine,” their first new single since 2023’s excellent Rat Saw God. Now, a few Wednesdays later, Wednesday have returned with not only another single but news of their latest album Bleeds, out this September. The single is called “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On).”