There was a lot of great new music in 2025 by New Orleans artists. Here are five favorites to keep on repeat well past 2025, ...

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The arrival of the 1975’s next album — or maybe even their next two albums — is imminent. Frontman Matty Healy let a few more details about the band’s next project slip while chatting with a fan after ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Life of a Showgirl is tied as Taylor Swift's ...

A thrash metal band is set to release its first new album in 10 years. Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante revealed on Facebook that the group has completed mixing the record, which will be their first ...

Nick Jonas is going solo – again. The 33-year-old singer and one-third of the Jonas Brothers announced Nov. 30 that he would release a solo album for the first time in nearly five years. The project, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles see both Anthology 4 and the Anthology Collection debut ...

Flea has delivered the first preview of his upcoming solo album set to release in 2026 on Nonesuch Records. The Red Hot Chili Peppers founding bassist worked with a “dream band of modern jazz ...

Nas and DJ Premier have finally announced the title and release date for their long-teased collaborative album: Light-Years is out December 12 via Mass Appeal. See the album cover—featuring a ...

It's Friday, and that means we've reached our final 2025 episode of New Music Friday. While most of the music internet has moved on to looking backward (including the latest episode of All Songs ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...