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 ...

Montreal’s Population II are back with the Gimmick EP on April 3 via Bonsound. “It’s an extension of the electronic sounds we explored on Maintenant Jamais, with tracks like ’13 1 3 1′ and ‘Poudreuse ...

The trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx helped shape the sound of salsa. By Ed Morales The music that the world now knows as salsa would probably not exist if not for ...

Green Day scores a third career hit on one Billboard chart as "American Idiot" debuts following the band's Super Bowl performance. SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 08: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green ...

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed ...

Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more. Could a song on ...

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 ...

SZA has shared “Save The Day,” an uplifting, soulful new song from the soundtrack to the upcoming Disney-Pixar film Hoppers. KILLER MIKE – “SPYING EYES (SMILING FACES)” (ft. LENA BYRD MILES) Killer ...

Jessie Ware has shared a new single from Superbloom. “Ride,” the track she premiered at a Glastonbury club in 2024, comes with a simple, sultry video, which you can watch below. The track interpolates ...

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After black midi’s split, all eyes went to frontman Geordie Greep and his eclectic impulses. I won’t knock Greep’s bag—his solo debut did splashy, head-spinning things—but I’ve always been more ...

Irish rock band U2 invoked Renee Nicole Good — the anti-ICE agitator gunned down by federal agents in Minnesota last month — in their new song “American Obituary,” while calling for a “rise against ...