“Petal” by Ariana Grande out July 31 was announced in April with a black and white cover, no ponytail, hair falling loose across her face, a small visual break from the tight, controlled image she’s kept for years. She called the album “full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold and hard […]
Her voice is one that most people have heard, even if they never learned her name. She sang the bridge and hook on LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” the 2011 single that spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the most played songs in the world. It is
Wednesday night at Blackweir Fields had everything stacked against it. Thirty three degrees recorded at Bute Park, a red weather warning across South Wales, and a crowd of more than thirty thousand people standing on grass that had baked all day under a sun nobody really asked for. Robert Smith walked out anyway, in his
It has been almost a decade since Hoobastank dropped a new song, and that gap shows up everywhere on “How Do You Sleep?” which was released on 14th June 2026. The band came back swinging, choosing a sound rooted in their own beginnings rather than chasing the radio formula that made them famous. The Sound
Evanescence released their sixth studio album “Sanctuary” on June 5, 2026 through BMG, and the chart numbers that came with it tell a strange story. The record debuted at number 38 on the Billboard 200, a career low for the band when you look at their traditional studio albums. Compare that to “Fallen” back in
Twenty years is a long time for any band to stay standing, let alone one that built its name on horror imagery, blast beats, and a frontman who has spent two decades refusing to soften his edges for anyone. Motionless in White hit that milestone in 2026, and instead of marking it with a quiet
Two albums in and Yard Act from LEEDS (Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire) had built a reputation on sharp-tongued character studies and post-punk wit that felt laser-assembled rather than lived-in. The Overload was sketched out before the band had fully formed. Where’s My Utopia? was cobbled together across tour buses and hotel rooms. Good records, both. But
After 10 years away, Sungazer arrives as both a comeback statement and a reset button for The Temper Trap. Rather than trying to recreate the widescreen indie anthem era that made them famous back in the late 2000s, the band leans into expansion—blending their guitar-driven identity with electronic production, breakbeats, and a noticeably more introspective
I personally think that The Rolling Stones have always been at their best when they’re hungry, when there’s something to prove. After six decades of doing this, you’d think that hunger would fade to a comfortable simmer. Nope, with Foreign Tongues out July 10, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood have delivered something unexpected:
The Strokes have released “Falling Out of Love and I did not realize how much I needed to hear this song until I was three listens deep and suddenly understanding why they recorded it this way. The band sounds like they’ve made peace with their sound and aren’t trying to prove anything anymore. From the
So you know that moment when a song just takes over your life? Everyone’s talking about it, you can’t escape it, and suddenly the person behind it is everywhere. That’s what happened with Lola Young and her viral track “Messy.” One minute she was a huge rising star people were keeping an eye on, and
I’ll be honest, when Temples announced they were moving away from their signature neo-psychedelia sound, I raised a brow. The Kettering lads built their whole reputation on dusty, reverb-drenched guitar work and sprawling synth arrangements. But their fifth album BLISS, released June 26th via V2 Records, isn’t a betrayal of what came before. It’s more
I Built You A Tower Review: Ben Gibbard walked into John Congleton’s Los Angeles studio with a specific kind of exhaustion. For two years he’d been playing 40 minute sets of songs from 2003, then walking off stage and playing another 40 minute set under a different band name, all while his marriage was falling
Last Dinner Party have just dropped off “Big Dog” and it proves where they’re at currently as a band. “Big Dog” dropped with a kind of casual confidence that comes from artists who’ve found their footing and aren’t second guessing themselves no more. The song sits right at the intersection of polish and rawness and
Dirty Blonde review: When Bebe Rexha walked away from Warner Records in January 2026, it felt like the end of something. Instead, it turned out to be the beginning. With Dirty Blonde, released June 12 through Empire Distribution, she’s delivered what might be the most honest project of her career. This is Bebe finally doing
Dinner Party review: You walk into a room and it smells like expensive candles and guitar strings. That’s what listening to Niall Horan’s fourth album feels like. Dinner Party arrives on June 5th as a project that feels deliberately crafted for people who’ve grown tired of pop music feeling like a spreadsheet, all metrics and
Spice Girls For Glastonbury Festival: Melanie C isn’t giving up on the Spice Girls playing Glastonbury. The Sporty Spice legend has been pretty vocal about how much she wants to see the five of them take over the Pyramid Stage, and honestly, it feels like the longer she talks about it, the more real it
For nearly two decades, Cara Delevingne has been one of the most photographed faces in the world. A supermodel who graced every major runway, a Hollywood actress who threw herself into major film productions, a West End performer who took on one of musical theatre’s most iconic roles. But if you asked most people on
Your Favorite Toy Review: The last time I felt Foo Fighters this wound up was probably somewhere around 2011. There is a feverish energy running through Your Favorite Toy and it is refreshing to hear a proper rock and roll record in 2026. The album clocks in at just over half an hour. Ten tracks.
Florescence Review: Three singles in, and it’s become impossible to ignore: Maisie Peters has crafted something unexpectedly mature here. Florescence, arriving May 15, feels like the work of someone who’s decided to trade in the sharp, protective wit that defined her early career for something far more vulnerable. At 25, she’s embraced an acoustic warmth
