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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Out on the wily, windy moors we roll with Charli XCX. Her companion album for director Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie is a complete departure from the hyper-drive dance-pop of her 2024 ...

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 ...

In many ways, R&B music is like reggae or other highly specialized genres of music that are ultimately more about feeling than technique, which is why novices and dilletantes fall so hard when they ...

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 ...