Vince Staples. Zoh Amba. Death Cab for Cutie. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Laura Grant from WEXT in New York about their favorite albums out Friday, June 5. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.

Plus, new music from Barry Manilow, Niall Horan, Lizzo, Pitbull, Lil Jon, Jeff Goldblum, Lainey Wilson, Role Model, Shaboozey, Weezer, Meg Stalter, Mckenna Grace, Tinashe, Storm Reid and more.

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 something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the ...

The album cover features a photo of Martin Scorsese, Marc Jacobs, and the Velvet Underground's John Cale

Phoebe Bridgers played eight unreleased songs at Madison Square Garden at a show that required 18,000 people to lock up their phones — and it worked.

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I used ChatGPT to show me the best ways to discover new artists and songs in my favorite genres—I ended up finding my new favorites in the process.

Charli xcx’s new era is officially upon us. The “Brat” singer revealed on Monday that her seventh studio album is titled “Music, Fashion, Film” and releases July 24. Charli surprise dropped the album cover on social media,