Roundups

  • R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Cynthia Erivo, Lexa Gates, Josh Levi, Sammy Virji & More | Billboard
  • The best new albums out June 13 | NPR
  • New Albums & Music Reviews | Pitchfork
  • The best new albums out June 6 | WRKF
  • R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Justine Skye, Molly Santana, J.P., Leon Thomas & More | Billboard
  • New Music Friday: Listen To New Releases By Jin, Lady Gaga, Addison Rae & More | GRAMMY.com
  • The Best Albums of 2025 So Far | Rolling Stone

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    Today's new articles

    June 19, 2025

    • Finn Wolfhard - Happy Birthday | Northern Transmissions
      • Happy Birthday by Finn Wolfhard album review by Beau Goodwin for Northern Transmissions, The musician/actor's new LP drops on 6, 2025
    • ALBUM REVIEW: MOTHER MOTHER - NOSTALGIA (06/06/25) | LIVESPHERE MAGAZINE
      • Mother Mother 's tenth studio album, Nostalgia , released on 6 June 2025, marks a significant evolution in the band's sound and thematic exploration. Known for their quirky alt-rock style, the Canadian quintet - Ryan Guldemond (vocals, guitar), Molly Guldemond (vocals, keyboards), Ali Siadat (drums
    • Caroline - Caroline 2 | Northern Transmissions
      • Caroline 2 by Caroline album review by Davis Saxum for Northern Transmissions. The UK band's LP is now available via Rough Trade records
    • Foxwarren debuts new single/video “Deadhead” | Northern Transmissions
      • The band includes Andy Shauf, Avery and Darryl Kissick, Dallas Bryson, and Colin Nealis. The song’s eccentric video was directed by Joe Cappa, who explains: “I bought a bunch of wigs and medieval costumes and sort of came up with the premise of the video as I was dressing the puppets.
    • Andy Shauf’s Foxwarren debuts “Yvonne" | Northern Transmissions
      • Foxwarren have released new single “Yvonne,” the track single/video is off their new album, 2, out May 30th via ANTI-. The band have also announced their first first since 2019, will go on sale on Friday, April 25th at 10am local time, the tour includes dates with Waxahatchee.
    • CALUM HOOD COVER HOS DIGITAL REVOLUTION SUMMER ISSUE 2025 (PRE-ORDER NOW) | House of Solo Magazine
      • In our Digital Revolution issue, we speak to @calumhood about his transformative debut solo album “ORDER chaos ORDER”, the power of vulnerability, and finding clarity in the noise. In the decade since Calum Hood first emerged as a core member of 5 Seconds of Summer, the Australian bassist and songwriter has lived many
    • Jonas Brothers Drops New Live Album 'Live From the O2 London' | Broadway World
      • Following the announcement of their highly anticipated new studio album and a monumental North American headline tour beginning in August, Jonas Brothers are back with a new live album, Live From the O2 London. Listen to it here!
    • Slick Rick talks new album ‘Victory’: “Different ... | NME | June 19, 2025, midnight
      • Slick Rick has spoken to NME about his legacy and what shaped ‘Victory’ – his first album in 26 years, executively produced and co-created by Idris Elba. The British-American hip-hop pioneer ...
    • Album Review - VOLBEAT | THE METAL PIT | June 14, 2025, 4:53 p.m.
      • Volbeat’s 9th studio album, God of Angels Trust is now out. The band manages to consistently write powerful, hook oriented songs with their own blend of
    • FBC lança "Assaltos e Batidas": álbum que denuncia o retrato social do Brasil | Marília do Bem | June 12, 2025, 11 a.m.
      • FBC lança “Assaltos e Batidas”, um manifesto sonoro das periferias brasileiras Após explorar e expandir sua sonoridade em diferentes gêneros, o rapper mineiro FBC retorna com um novo capítulo de sua trajetória musical: o projeto Assaltos e Batidas. Com uma sonoridade crua, marcada por boombaps pesados, graves distorcidos e viradas explosivas, o álbum mergulha nas […]
    • FBC lança “Assaltos e Batidas”, um retrato social do Brasil | Rap Dab - Tudo Sobre Rap Nacional | June 9, 2025, 2:12 p.m.
      • Após expandir e explorar sua sonoridade em diferentes gêneros, o rapper mineiro FBC retorna com um novo capítulo de sua trajetória musical: o projeto “Assaltos e Batidas”. Com sonoridade crua, marcada por boombaps pesados, graves distorcidos e viradas explosivas, o álbum mergulha nas múltiplas perspectivas de quem vive nas periferias. O disco ganha força com …
    • Andy Shauf's Foxwarren Make a Surprising Return | PopMatters | June 4, 2025, midnight
      • On Foxwarren’s 2, Andy Shauf long-distance reconnects with his original band and assembles an album that helps them recapture their place in the indie scene.
    • Album review: Finn Wolfhard – Happy Birthday | Kerrang! | June 4, 2025, midnight
      • Listen to Finn Wolfhard’s charming new single Choose the latter, taken from the Stranger Things/Ghostbusters star’s forthcoming solo album Happy Birthday.
    • Foxwarren, '2' Album Review - Paste Magazine | Paste | June 3, 2025, midnight
      • Instead of recording live, members Colin Nealis, Dallas Bryson, Shauf, and the Kissick brothers, Darryl and Avery, worked individually and uploaded fragments of song ideas into a shared...
    • Albums Of The Week: Foxwarren | 2 | Tinnitist | May 29, 2025, midnight
      • THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Canadian quintet Foxwarren — Andy Shauf, Avery and Darryl Kissick, Dallas Bryson and Colin Nealis — rekindle their union with their sophomore album 2. It is a fun and surprising record, where boundaries between genre and song are constantly blurred.
    • Sleep Token Notch First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 | Consequence | May 19, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
      • Sleep Token have achieved their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Even in Arcadia. The UK act’s fourth LP and major-label debut for RCA shifted 127,000 equivalent album units in the US as of last week, beating out Kali Uchis’ new record Sincerely at No. 2.

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