Mammoth mastermind Wolfgang Van Halen is really excited about two particular upcoming new albums that'll be out in early 2026. Loudwire named the title track from Mammoth's latest album The End as the ...

Iggy Pop and Ethel Cain guest on the sixth album by the Swedish composer/Goth rocker/pipe organ specialist, which earned comparisons to Kate Bush for its diverse blend of instrumentation and mature ...

We love those classic Christmas recordings. And we cherish the chance to hear Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Darlene Love and other greats sing these standards each ...

The Rolling Stones' Ron Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (photo: Mark Seliger). It’s a day of mixed news for Rolling Stones fans, as the band has nixed plans for a 2026 stadium tour of U.K, and ...

Amy Lee confirmed that a new Evanescence album will be out in 2026. Evanescence already shared two new songs this year, "Afterlife" and "Fight Like a Girl" with K.Flay. Additionally, Lee sang on "End ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A week after the Beatles charted several new hit albums as both ...

Yes, we define indie rock pretty broadly for this list. Four decades after bands like the Replacements, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and the Meat Puppets got this scene rolling, indie rock is more a ...

Fresh entries into the tradition include releases by Luke Bryan, Tyra Banks and Old Crow Medicine Show. By Jon Caramanica Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You ...

Spotify Wrapped has come and gone, so we all know what we listened to the most this year — but which albums were actually the best releases of 2025? When Lily Allen announced her first album in seven ...

The last 12 months have screamed by like a speeding comet, but not before delivering a staggering payload of genuinely great rock'n'roll. From old-stagers to returning cult heroes to prog titans and ...

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

Apple today released iOS 26.2 for iPhone users, and the update brings several key changes for Apple Music. There’s also a fix for a viral bug that impacted the release of new albums on the service … ...