Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. Whereas competitors are in a hurry to get their list up before anyone else, in late ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

Nearly a decade after releasing her debut “SweetSexySavage,” Kehlani has finally arrived at the self-titled album. An eponymous project this deep into a career is no small proclamation — it’s ...

Across the world, women’s work songs function as informal archives of environmental change. Emerging from repetitive labour ...

Taylor Swift is famous for her “Secret Sessions,” where, for most of her albums of the pre-COVID era, she invited a few dozen select fans to sit in a living room and be the first to experience a new ...

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 ...

Dry your tears: Olivia Rodrigo‘s new album, You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So in Love, is officially on the way. It arrives on June 12 via Geffen Records. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Rodrigo ...

59 of the photographs, mounted recto and verso on 31 leaves. Black calf binding. Ph032 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural ...

Love him or hate him, Drake isn’t showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. After suffering a blistering defeat in 2024’s great Rap Civil War, he’s been methodically picking up the pieces, ...