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 ...

The waiting is the hardest part, when it comes to some recording artists. And if a lot of them come through on their promises, threats or hints of delivering new material in 2026, it will be like a ...

In November, Faber books announced what it called the “Pineapple Amnesty.” Following months of complaints (that conveniently also promote book sales), readers who had purchased the U.K. edition of ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and the owner of the dog who voiced Scraps is as proud as ever of his pup’s performance in the film. Forbes‘Tim Burton’s Corpse ...

They believe it’s high time they say goodbye. A death metal band — one formed mainly as satire — has disbanded after nearly 20 years together. Alas, Metal Injection is reporting that Cannabis Corpse — ...

"The Butcher of Plainfield" and his grisly crimes are the subject of Netflix's new season of "Monster" Sean Neumann has more than a decade of experience working as a reporter, with a focus on sports ...

With a career spanning nearly four decades, American death metal progenitors Cannibal Corpse have been one of the most infamous, enduring bands in the genre. With 16 full-length records, many banned ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...