If last month feels like a blur, the Indie Basement Best Songs & Albums of February 2026 roundup is here to help. You can ...

The Music Awards Japan (MAJ) will be returning for its second annual ceremony on June 13 at the newly inaugurated Toyota Arena Tokyo.  Billed as ...

Japan’s largest international music awards platform, returns for its second annual ceremony on Saturday, June 13, 2026, to be held at the newly inaugurated TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO. Guided by its mission of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. The 2026 D Awards take place on February 11, 2026, in Seoul ...

Harry Styles ushered in his latest era with a pop-up concert in Manchester, England, celebrating the release of his new album ...

Hayden Pedigo has officially signed to Sub Pop. To celebrate the occasion, the singer has shared a (presumably satirical) contract with the indie label. The agreement includes a payment of “777 ...

Here are five shows worth catching at the 2026 Noise Pop Festival, which runs Feb. 19-March 1 at a plethora of venues mostly located in San Francisco. The picks are listed in chronologically order, ...

Google giveth, and Google taketh away. Two long-standing features are being removed from Gmail, and they both relate to how you access messages from other, non-Google email accounts through the Gmail ...

Charli XCX has nearly as many opinions about the world as people have about her. It’s what makes her such a smart pop star. She’s always championed the idea that pop should be an artform worth ...

The viral toy line "The Monsters," featuring Labubu, is now available on Amazon through an official Pop Mart storefront. Buyers can verify their Labubu's authenticity by scanning a QR code on the box ...

On Sunday in a busy stretch of restaurants and boutiques in the West Village, hundreds of New Yorkers queued up outside a pop-up shop offering free groceries. "New Yorkers are in pain," said Nick from ...

It’s been roughly six decades since the British Invasion, when the Beatles and the Rolling Stones stormed across the Atlantic and changed the course of pop music. It’s been more than 10 years since ...