Each day, Consequence’s New Music team highlights the best new releases in alternative, indie, rock, hip-hop, electronic, and beyond.

Welcome to New Music Friday, your one place to discover the biggest new song, album and DVD releases. First, let’s talk albums. Kim Wilde, the most-charted British female solo artist of the ...

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for ...

January 17, 2025 • NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes aboard Kara Manning of New York City public radio station WFUV to discuss the best new albums hitting streaming services on Friday ...

New music has swung fruitfully between US and UK influences for half a century. The British charts began in 1952, initially populated by crooners and light jazz. American rock'n'roll livened things up ...

Every Friday, you get bombarded with new music. To make it easier to get on board with the most killer stuff, we've digested it all, and curated the ultimate weekly chart. Follow us on Spotify ...

You know what? Props to Breaking Benjamin, who have stayed in the either for like two decades. They’re finally back again with some new music—their first since 2018’s Ember—in the form of a new single ...

We run down five other albums you should hear, with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and John Morrison, host of Culture Cypher Radio on partner station WXPN.

2025 is already delivering great new music from China, some of which reflects a semi-global mood at the moment. Chengdu-based artist Xinwenyue Shi’s bilingual Sichuan-English hip hop single “Clouds,” ...

Travis Kelce was put on the spot and asked about Taylor Swift releasing new music, annnnnnnd the time has come to read into his answer. Speaking to Pat McAfee—who casually asked if Taylor's ...

At The Quietus, the torrent of brilliant records has continued to flow without pause. While it can be exhausting trying to keep up, it also makes our job somewhat easier when it comes to picking out ...