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Sept. 22, 2026

• Album Review: No Rest for the Wicked by AZ Chike | Shatter the Standards
A year after “Peekaboo” put his growl in half the country’s mouth, AZ Chike wraps his major-label debut covering funerals, therapy, and back rent, and the confessions cut deeper than the flexes.

• Listen: Ricky Martin launches ReVivo project, reimagining career‑defining hits with new collaborators | Contactmusic.com
Ricky Martin has unveiled ReVivo, a new project that reimagines key songs from across his career with fresh productions and a slate of major Latin music collaborators.

• Listen to Satellite, Beabadoobee’s collab with Deftones’ frontman Chino Moreno | Radio X
The track is taken from from the artist's fourth studio album, Pylon, which is out now.

• “People to Love, Music to Write”: Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Angel’ | The Cornell Daily Sun
Raina Lockwood '27 reviews Lizzie McAlpine's new album Angel.

• Interpol - This Mirror Weighs A Ton | PAN M 360
Interpol is a band I had, despite a few drunken nostalgia playlist nights screaming “Stella was a Diver and she was Always Down”—forgotten about, lost to the endless stream of new bands and new songs. The group’s debut, Turn On The Bright Lights was a seminal album for me, even though I didn’t discover it […]

• Album Review: Tove Lo – ESTRUS | Beats Per Minute
Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s

• AKRIILA: lucy miró al mundo y notó que está girando | Pitchfork
Read Kieran Press-Reynolds’ review of the album.

• FROM GOOSE HONKS TO GUT PUNCHES, SHOWING TEETH MAKES THEIR DEBUT WITH THEIR EP ‘A FATE WORSE THAN LONELINESS’ | Get Some Magazine
What started with Addison screaming in her Honda has evolved into a crushingly heavy and surprisingly vulnerable introduction to Showing Teeth.

• Goulding Knows Enough: Ellie Goulding’s album “I Know Too Much” provides a fresh take on 2020’s pop | The Harbinger Online
I hate to be disappointed. Especially with music. When a 30-something 2000-2010’s hit pop artist randomly decides to emerge from the depths and release new music, I’m going to be honest, I usually don’t care.  Time and time again the artists of my childhood hide themselves away for years, only to pop out in 2023...

• Farin Urlaub stürmt an die Chart-Spitze | WEB.DE News
Seit 2005 hatte Farin Urlaub unter eigenem Namen kein Album mehr auf Platz eins gebracht. Mit "Ein Lächeln im Gesicht" gelingt ihm das nun wieder, vorbei an Airbourne und Accept. In den Single-Charts sorgt Helene Fischer für den höchsten Neueinstieg, für die Spitze reicht es aber nicht.

• Matilda Mann: Kismet - album review | Song Bar
New album: The British singer-songwriter’s latest is warm, engaging 1970s-style, swooning piano pop, her beautiful, clear, breathy voice singing about being happily swept away by love while accepting that nobody can know what comes next

• Here Because of Hope, Ezra Collective | Modern Jazz Today
“Jubilee Feeling” arrives late in the album, during the movement that brings the record’s geographical path back toward London. The track is instrumental,

• No Rest For The Wicked - Album by AZ Chike | HotNewHipHop
AZ Chike is proving he's here to stay.

• AZ Chike On Album “No Rest For The Wicked”, Working With Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, The Creator & More | KPWR-FM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUTuT5rMw74

• no na Bring Indonesian Culture To Global Pop On Debut Album 'island girl' - That Eric Alper | Eric Alper | www.linkedin.com
no na introduce their "Island Pop" sound on debut album 'island girl,' out now via 88rising. Across 15 tracks, Baila, Christy, Esther and Shaz put Indonesian culture at the center of their global pop sound. https://zurl.co/dnYn3

• no na Releases Debut Album "Island Girl", Brings Gamelan to the Minibus Horn | VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan
Indonesian idol group no na officially released their first full-length album titled island girl through the United States-based record label 88rising. The album contains 15 songs, including seven new works that have never been heard before.

• Review: “Pylon” reinvents Beabadoobee’s sound | Iowa State Daily
Beabadoobee’s fourth album, “Pylon,” completely flips her known style of pop on its head, focusing instead on a much more grunge and Midwest emo rock sound. This is most evident in the string of features that are found on the album. Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Deftones’ Chino Moreno and even Title Fight’s Shane Moran are all...

• President Interview: “The Persona Gives Me Permission to Be Less Careful” | Impericon is a Division of
President recently released their debut album, Blood Of Your Empire. We spoke to the band about the record and the persona behind the project.

• Miley Cyrus’ ‘Bass Persuades’ proves her stamina as a recurring talent | The Diamondback | Sept. 22, 2026, 4:18 a.m.
The album encompasses everything Cyrus brought to her discography previously, with new experimental sounds that lean toward synth and disco.

• Carly Rae Jepsen : Day and Night | Album review | Treble | Sept. 22, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
Following up a series of paired companion albums with 'Day and Night,' Carly Rae Jepsen delivers her first proper double album

• Album Review: Lizzy McAlpine’s fourth studio album, “Angel,” stays true to her sound, a little too much | The Lantern | Sept. 22, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
In her fourth studio album, “Angel,” Lizzy McAlpine departs from her discography’s typical themes of heartbreak and loss while maintaining an all-too-familiar sound.  The soft folk singer-songwriter, best known for stripped-down songs and emotionally complex lyrics, released her long-awaited album Sept. 18 and, with it, continued the pattern of her traditional sounds — stripped-down backings […]

• Liner Notes: Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Angel’ merges her heavenly vocals with masterful lyricism Liner Notes: ‘Angel’ merges vocals, masterful lyricism | The Daily Northwestern | Sept. 22, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
Lizzy McAlpine’s fourth studio album, “Angel,” does not stray far from the rest of her discography, and her signature heartbreaking quality remains. The 14-track album was released Sep. 18. “Angel” opens with the lead single “The light in the painting,” featuring McAlpine’s voice in a soft echo. The song starts slow and breathy, until the...

• Jhené Aiko’s ‘Westside Whimsy’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard | Rated R&B | Sept. 22, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Jhené Aiko's album "Westside Whimsy" has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. See how much it sold in the first week.

• Miley Cyrus Finds Contentment in New Motivations on 'Bass Persuades' | Rolling Stone | Sept. 21, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
Miley Cyrus discovers new motivations on 'Bass Persuades' that are far removed from the spectacle of the spotlight that once motivated her most.

• How a Swedish fishing village and a lack of advice unlocked Tove Lo's new album 'Estrus' | Los Angeles Times | Sept. 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
Before making her newest album, "Estrus," Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo felt pressure to make it profound. But after returning to a small village in Sweden, she was instead reminded of who she is at her core: "the same f— messy girl."

• “What’s mine is ours”: Jhené Aiko celebrates ‘Westside Whimsy’ becoming her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart | REVOLT | Sept. 21, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
The “So Good” singer’s fourth studio LP became the first R&B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 since SZA’s 'SOS' in May 2025. See the numbers behind her historic No. 1 here!

• Beck Ride Lonesome Album Review: A Deep Dive | SPIN | Sept. 21, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
Check out our review of Beck's Ride Lonesome. Delve into the melancholic tracks and connections to classic albums.

• Chat Pile names enemies in new album ‘Who Loves the Sun’ | The Tartan | Sept. 21, 2026, noon
By Sam Grinberg Hunter S. Thompson once said, “For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.” Few artists speak to the souls trampled under the steel-toed…

• Ezra Collective - Here Because Of Hope | God Is In The TV | Sept. 21, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Ezra Collective’s new album, Here Because of Hope, feels to be part musical education, part philosophy. The tracks fundamentally serve as an exploration of

• Miley Bass Persuades album review | Culled Culture | Sept. 21, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
While Bass Persuades is a "solid" Miley album, it still has nothing on her previous and perhaps most underrated one, Something Beautiful.

• no na Embody Their Truth On Radiant Pop Debut 'island girl' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Sept. 21, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
Indonesian girl group no na have shared their debut album 'island girl' in full. The four-piece - Baila, Christy, Esther, and Shaz - are leading from the

• beabadoobee taps into alternative rock with ‘Pylon’ | Daily Trojan | Sept. 21, 2026, 7 a.m.
The artist has grown into an addictive new sound.

• French Pop Legend Claims Miley Cyrus Blatantly Copied Her Song on New Album 'Bass Persuades' | www.vice.com | Sept. 20, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Legendary French pop star Amanda Lear alleges that Miley Cyrus blatantly ripped her off on her latest album, 'Bass Persuades'.

• ALBUM REVIEW: Beck - Ride Lonesome | XSnoise | Sept. 19, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Beck returns with Ride Lonesome, a deeply personal and beautifully arranged album of heartbreak, isolation and searching for redemption.

• AZ Chike Drops New Album No Rest for the Wicked | Consequence | Sept. 18, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
South Central rapper AZ Chike has released No Rest for the Wicked, his first new album since his scene-stealing verse on Kendrick Lamar's "peekaboo."

• Top Takeaways From AZ Chike's 'No Rest For The Wicked' LP | 105.3 RnB | Sept. 18, 2026, 8:08 p.m.
Los Angeles native AZ Chike returns with his seventh studio album, No Rest For The Wicked, his first for Warner Records.

• AZ Chike Unleashes Highly Anticipated Album "No Rest for the Wicked" - Sway's Universe | SWAY'S UNIVERSE | Sept. 18, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
AZ Chike's new album "No Rest for the Wicked" is here, featuring Tyler, The Creator and JMSN. Stream now and catch him on tour this fall.

• AZ Chike Releases Impressive Album 'No Rest For The Wicked': Stream | Stereogum | Sept. 18, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
The South Central Los Angeles rapper AZ Chike has been making reckless, energized underground music for many years, and now he’s taking his shot at the mainstream. He got his biggest-ever look a couple of years ago when he traded bars with Kendrick Lamar on Kendrick’s song “Peekaboo.” Those two had an intriguing chocolate-and-peanut-butter chemistry.…

• AZ Chike - No Rest for The Wicked (Album Review) | Ratings Game Music | Sept. 18, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
AZ Chike delivers honesty, sharp rapping, and dynamic production throughout ‘No Rest for the Wicked,’ a refreshingly organic album experience.

• Experience Joy and Love with ‘Kismet’ by Matilda Mann | InCeleb | Sept. 17, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Rising star Matilda Mann delivers optimism about finding love and travelling through life in an open-minded way inside her new album ‘Kismet’. Ahead of her sophomore album release, Mati…

• Ezra Collective’s Here Because of Hope is uplifting and full of life — album review | Financial Times | Sept. 17, 2026, 11 a.m.
The jazz fusionist five-piece bring conceptual clarity and genuine joy to their latest release

• Ricky Martin publica el EP ‘ReVivo’ y el recopilatorio ‘ReVivo: Los Hits’ | Popelera | Popelera.net | Sept. 16, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Ricky Martin publicó el pasado 10 de septiembre 'ReVivo', un EP de seis canciones que revisita distintas canciones de su carrera con nuevas colaboraciones. El mini álbum incluye seis reinterpretaciones: 'A Medio Vivir' con Carín León, 'Asignatura Pendiente' con Kany García (tema principal, escrito por Ricardo Arjona), 'Vuelve' con Los Ángeles Azules y TINI, 'Estranho'

• Majid Jordan’s Exploring New Sounds: Two Roads | Medium | Sept. 14, 2026, 10:31 a.m.
A surge of patriotism is hitting Canada after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs and unilaterally renamed Lake Ontario.

• ALMOST MONDAY RELEASE SOPHOMORE ALBUM | Substream Magazine | Sept. 11, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
Indie-pop band almost monday unveil their sophomore album THANK GOD IT’S ALMOST MONDAY, out everywhere now.

• Camilo presenta "Para Cuando Sean Mayores", su quinto álbum inspirado en sus hijas | Música | CRN Noticias | Sept. 10, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
Camilo lanza "Para Cuando Sean Mayores", un álbum de 13 temas inspirado en Índigo y Amaranto que explora la infancia, la paternidad y el amor.

• Ricky Martin Revisits His Classics With Kany García, Grupo Frontera, and More on ReVivo: Stream | Consequence | Sept. 10, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
Ricky Martin has released ReVivo, a 20-track collection featuring new collabs with Kany García and Grupo Frontera alongside songs from across his catalog.

• Camilo lanza ‘Para cuando sean mayores’, un álbum de 13 canciones dedicado a sus hijas | El Comercio Perú | Sept. 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
El disco recorre diversos ritmos del pop y dará paso a una gira internacional por Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica, con fechas en Perú

• Showing Teeth release A Fate Worse Than Loneliness EP and “Make It Out” video | The Concert Chronicles | Sept. 8, 2026, 8 p.m.
Nashville-based heavy music artist Showing Teeth has released her debut EP, "A Fate Worse Than Loneliness," out now via Republic Records and Spinefarm. The p

• When Abi Met Alan: "No I.D." | Erykah Badu & The Alchemist ft. Westside Gunn | Phelt Phinds 081 | Phelt | Sept. 7, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
After 16 years, Erykah Badu is back — and she’s chosen The Alchemist as her partner in crime. We dive into Before The World Blows and “No I.D.”

• REVIEW: Showing Teeth - A Fate Worse Than Loneliness | Out Of Rage | Sept. 6, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
SHOWING TEETH have already taken the hardcore scene by storm, bringing a breath of fresh and vicious air from singer Addison that's received admiration all the way across the pond, with a coveted support slot for BRING ME THE HORIZON’s Count Your Blessings show at Outbreak Fest and a headline show in the heart of Camden. Garnering a rapidly growing fanbase and critical acclaim on just two released tracks, SHOWING TEETH unleash their full assault with ear-shredding EP A Fate Worse Than Loneliness

• Showing Teeth Just Released Her Absolutely Brutal Album "A Fate Worse Than Loneliness" | MUSIC SCENE MEDIA | Sept. 5, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
Showing Teeth has created the perfect blend of harsh and clean on her new album 'A Fate Worse Than Loneliness,' which came out on September 4th and already has streams in the upper thousands.