Arirang Review: After nearly four years apart for mandatory military service, BTS will release ARIRANG on March 20, 2026, their first new studio album since BE in 2020. Named after Korea’s most sacred folk song, the 14-track record arrives with more pre-orders than almost anything in recent memory, a Netflix live concert at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun […]
BTS Comeback BTS comeback: On March 20, 2026, the seven members of BTS will release ARIRANG, their first studio album in four years, detonating what may be the most commercially significant comeback in modern pop history. The 14-track album, named after the Korean folk song inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, arrives flanked by a
Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally Review: Harry Styles’ fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. already feels like the most daring creative leap of his career. A synthesizer soaked, house inflected dance record born from a year living in Berlin and a near obsession with LCD Soundsystem, it arrives after almost four
Bad Moons review: American Football are back. Seven years on from LP3 and nearly three decades into a career that quietly reshaped what guitar music could feel like, the Illinois band have returned with Bad Moons, the lead single from their forthcoming fourth album LP4, due May 1st via Polyvinyl. It is eight minutes long,
The Mountain review: There is a moment near the end of The Mountain where everything goes quiet. Not silent, exactly, but stripped back to something essential: a flute, a gentle hand on the drum, Damon Albarn singing as though nobody is listening. It is the kind of moment that makes you feel like you have
Song Of The Future Review: U2 are back, and they have not come quietly. The Irish rock veterans returned in February 2026 with a surprise six track EP titled Days Of Ash, a raw and politically charged body of work that nobody saw coming but somehow feels like the record the world needed right now.
Deadline Review: There is something quietly radical about the fact that BLACKPINK’s third mini album is called Deadline. It is not called Renaissance. It is not called Return or Reborn or any of the other words K-pop PRs tend to reach for when a group comes back from a long break. A deadline is urgent.
What Happened To Gym Class Heroes? Gym Class Heroes were five years ahead of their time. That’s not nostalgia talking, it’s a claim backed by Pete Wentz, the man who signed them, and by the generation of genre-fluid artists who followed in their wake. Formed by two 14-year-olds in a high school gym class in
The Romantic Review: Look, I’m going to be completely honest with you. When Bruno Mars casually tweeted “my album is done” on January 5th, I nearly dropped my phone. After almost ten years of silence on the solo front, those four words hit differently. Sure, we got Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak back in 2021,
Placebo review: Liam Gallagher’s son Gene Gallagher and his UK rock band Villanelle have released their latest single “Placebo”, and it is without question the most ferocious thing they have put out yet. The London trio have been steadily building a reputation as one of the most exciting new guitar bands in Britain, selling out
My Ego Told Me To Review: There is a specific kind of debut album that arrives carrying weight most records never have to carry. Not the weight of expectation from fans or critics, though that is there too, but the weight of years. Of things unsaid. Of rooms where someone kept getting talked over and
New York review: Marmozets come roaring back with “New York,” and honestly, it feels like they never left. After eight years away, this Yorkshire quartet manages to bottle up everything that made them special in the first place while pushing into new territory. The track kicks off their upcoming album CO.WAR.DICE., and right from the
How Did Bad Bunny Get So Popular? Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio didn’t become the most streamed artist on Spotify by compromising his identity, he did it by refusing to. The Puerto Rican artist known as Bad Bunny has achieved what music industry executives once deemed impossible: global superstardom while singing exclusively in Spanish, wearing nail
Sunday Best review: Nick Jonas arrives somewhat differently with new album, “Sunday Best”, out on 6th Feb. After five years away from solo work, the man who gave us “Jealous” and “Close” has stripped everything back to reveal someone who’s been doing some serious thinking. Sunday Best is his fifth solo album, and based on
Streets of Minneapolis Review: Bruce Springsteen has just released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a fierce protest song taking aim at ICE operations in the Twin Cities, and it’s unlike anything he’s put out in years. Dropped yesterday in response to the federal crackdown happening right now, this track doesn’t waste time with subtlety or polish. You
Cast Sound Hungrier Than Ever (Yeah Yeah Yeah Review) Yeah Yeah Yeah Review: Cast have always existed in that frustrating space where the music deserved more attention than it received. While the Gallagher brothers dominated headlines and Damon Albarn smirked through mockumentaries, John Power was writing songs that hit just as hard but never quite
To Love Somebody Review: Holly Humberstone has just released “To Love Somebody,” a track that sets itself apart from the bedroom pop vulnerability of her earlier work. This latest single reveals a more mature sound, built around the complicated emotions of watching someone you care about go through heartbreak. What could have been another melancholic
How Did I Get Here? Review Louis Tomlinson’s third solo album marks his most significant transformation yet a deliberate shift from the grittier, early-2000s alt-rock sound of Walls (2020) and Faith in the Future (2022) into sun-drenched psychedelic pop territory. Recorded primarily during a three-week writing camp in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, with additional sessions
Opening Night Review: Arctic Monkeys are back having dropped “Opening Night” at 3pm on January 22nd, 2025, and fans have been dissecting every second of it since. The track marks their contribution to HELP(2), the upcoming charity compilation from War Child Records set for release on March 6th. This isn’t just another single tossed into
Wall of Sound Review: Charli xcx returns with a new song “Wall of Sound”. It is a stunning departure from her recent work that trades the pulsing club energy of Brat for something far more intimate and cinematic. It has been released as part of her upcoming Wuthering Heights soundtrack album and this track finds
