Tyler Childers has announced a new album, Snipe Hunter, that comes out on July 25. Leading the 13-song record is “Nose on the Grindstone.” Listen to the new song below; scroll down for Childers’ upcoming tour dates. Childers made his follow-up to 2023’s Rustin’ in the Rain with producer Rick Rubin. The Kentucky-born country artist…
The Recording Academy has unveiled its updated rulebook for the 2026 Grammys. Key changes include the division of the Best Country Album category into two awards: The original category is now called Best Contemporary Country Album, and a new one, Best Traditional Country Album, has been added. Notably, Beyoncé won the 2025 Best Country Album…
Fever Ray has shared a reworked version of “I’m Not Done,” a song that dates back to their 2009 self-titled album. Karin Dreijer first debuted “I’m Not Done (Therapy Session)” while on tour in support of 2023’s Radical Romantics. Now, the track has received an official release and a video directed by longtime collaborator Martin…
Secretly Group has acquired a 50% stake in Merge Records, the influential indie label that released classic albums by the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and Arcade Fire. The partnership extends Merge’s longtime distribution deal with Secretly, bringing the label under an umbrella that includes its four core labels, Dead Oceans,…
Sabrina Carpenter has announced a new album. She’ll follow last year’s Short n’ Sweet with Man’s Best Friend on August 29. See the album cover below. Carpenter released her new album’s lead single, “Manchild,” last week. She co-wrote the song with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen. While Short n’ Sweet was Carpenter’s sixth…
Brian Wilson, the co-founder and primary songwriter of the Beach Boys, has died, his family announced. While an official cause of death was not disclosed, the beloved musical auteur, who helped pioneer the studio-as-instrument, influencing generations of musicians in pop and beyond, was revealed, in early 2024, to be living with a neurocognitive disorder akin to…
Following the news of Brian Wilson’s death, figures from across the music landscape are paying tribute to the iconic Beach Boys musician. “Anyone who really knows me knows how heart broken I am about Brian Wilson passing,” wrote Sean Ono Lennon, whose late father, John Lennon, was a Wilson contemporary and known Beach Boys fan….
Hayden Pedigo is heading out on a tour of North America. The Texas guitarist will stay out on the road after a more imminent slate including dates in New York, Los Angeles, and Europe. He returns for a winding run across North America in October, behind I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away, with more…
Japanese Breakfast has shared “My Baby (Got Nothing at All),” her contribution to Materialists, the new movie from Past Lives director Celine Song. Listen to the new song below. A pair of Baby Rose songs also feature on the soundtrack, which A24 Music is releasing alongside Daniel Pemberton’s score. Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris…
Margo Price returns, in the summer, with a new album: Hard Headed Woman, the follow-up to 2023’s Strays and Strays II, is out August 29 via Loma Vista. Watch the music video for the new album’s lead single, “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down,” below. Price made Hard Headed Woman with producer Matt Ross-Spang,…
