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May 12, 2026

• Meghan Trainor’s New Album Brings Her To A Career Low On The Charts | Forbes Advisor
Meghan Trainor’s new album Toy With Me debuts on the Billboard 200 at No. 198, marking a new low for the pop singer on the competitive albums roster.

• Social Distortion's Mike Ness on 'Born to Kill,' cancer battle, more: "I came back singing like there was no tomorrow" | BrooklynVegan
"'Born to Kill' could be our mission statement of the band and the band's career.” We talked to Mike on the 5/11 episode of the BV Interviews podcast.

• Album Review: BERNARR. by Durand Bernarr | Shatter the Standards
The Cleveland singer’s self-titled fourth album is funniest when it’s broke, best when it’s tired, and still good when it’s in love.

• TURR4ZO - Poster digital álbum Trueno | Urban Sound Prints
Poster digital del álbum Turrazo de Trueno en tamaños A2, A3, A4 y A5 para imprimir y crear un cuadro en el tamaño que más te guste. Los mejores posters digitales de Trueno con nuestros diseños.

• BERNARR. - Album by Durand Bernarr | HotNewHipHop
Fresh off his Grammy win, Durand Bernarr is back with a self-titled new album that contains some of his best work to date.

• Chris Brown: BROWN | Pitchfork
Read Alphonse Pierre’s review of the album.

• Edward Skeletrix and North West collab on buzzy “Let’s Have Some Fun” | The FADER
North West features on the latest Edward Skeletrix single ahead of new releases from both artists this Friday.

• "Alpha DNA": Kollegah startet Promophase für sein neues Album | Hiphop.de
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• Felix Blume – Alpha DNA - Deluxe Box | Echter-Blume Onlineshop
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• The New Foo Fighters Album Is The First To Miss The Top 10 In Decades | Forbes Advisor
Your Favorite Toy becomes the first Foo Fighters album to miss the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 30 years, since the band's self-titled debut.

• Metric take us back to their roots | Paste
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

• MUNA, 'Dancing On The Wall' Album Review | Paste
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

• “It really is a fairytale of Newport”: Skindred celebrate first-ever… | Kerrang!
Going up against Jessie Ware’s Superbloom all week, it’s just been confirmed that Skindred have officially scooped their first-ever UK Number One with the…

• Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere | Spectrum Culture | May 12, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
Kasey Musgraves’ latest shows that, sometimes, the Hallmark movies are right: once in a great while, you can go home again and have it all work out.

• The Black Keys: Peaches Review | Blues Rock Review | May 11, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
On May 1st, 2026, The Black Keys released their 14th studio album, Peaches. Peaches is a cover album, just under

• Dominguinho Vol. 2: turnê abre data para Belo Horizonte; saiba quando | BHAZ | May 11, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
O projeto “Dominguinho pelo Brasil”, João Gomes, Jota.Pê e Mestrinho confirmou pelas redes sociais uma nova data em Belo Horizonte.

• Chris Brown Thanks Fans for Supporting His New Album After ‘Mixed Reviews’: ‘I Can Take My Audience’s Criticism’ | Billboard | May 11, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
Chris Brown thanked his fans in a message on social media following new album 'Brown' receiving "mixed reviews."

• Interview: Matt Corby on the Highs, Lows, and Sitting in the Discomfort on ‘Tragic Magic’ | Atwood Magazine | May 11, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
Matt Corby catches up with Atwood Magazine in celebration of his fourth record ‘Tragic Magic’ – a tender, sweetly soulful meditation on impermanence, discomfort, and the beauty born from life’s hardest moments.

• All of Chris Brown’s Solo Albums Ranked From Worst to Best: Critics’ Picks | Billboard | May 11, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
All of Chris Brown's studio albums ranked.

• DS Record Review – Social Distortion – “Born To Kill” | dyingscene.com | May 11, 2026, noon
Anyone who tells you that a new Social Distortion album isn’t a big deal has no idea what they are talking about. Mike Ness is one of the genre’s longest-lasting figures. It’s been fift…

• Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere | The Needle Drop | May 11, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
Hi everyone, Lookthony Outtano here, the internet's busiest music nerd, and it's time for a review of this new Kacey Musgraves album, Middle of Nowhere. This is the newest and seventh full-length album from this Texas singer-songwriter, Miss Musgraves. And for a while now, Kacey has been seen as one

• Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ Spends Second Week Atop Billboard 200 | Billboard | May 10, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Noah Kahan's "The Great Divide" spends a second week atop the Billboard 200, Kacey Musgraves has the top debut, Michael Jackson surges in the top 10.

• ALBUM REVIEW: Born To Kill - Social Distortion | Distorted Sound Magazine | May 9, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
Ed Walton reviews the long-awaited new album from American punks Social Distortion! Read his review of 'Born To Kill' here on Distorted Sound!

• Album review: Social Distortion – ‘Born To Kill’ | Punktuation! Magazine | May 9, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
Although it may not scale the heights of my personal Social D favourite (that would be their 1990 self-titled record), ‘Born To Kill’ is an impressive effort - and all the more so considering that Mike is well into his 60s.

• Critique album : "FENIAN" de Kneecap, la riposte festive | Radio France | May 8, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Le groupe de hip-hop irlandais Kneecap délivre un nouvel album, "FENIAN", manifeste politique face au chaos et à la violence du monde contemporain.

• Crossing state lines and outrunning shadows - Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” | The Gatepost | May 8, 2026, 9:03 a.m.
By Sophia Oppedisano Editor-in-Chief The first time I heard Noah Kahan’s single, “The Great Divide,” I was packed into Fenway Park for his first career show at his hometown ballpark with 30,000 other screaming New Englanders. Halfway through the show, Kahan stepped up to the mic and played the unreleased track. He warbled on about a long-gone boyhood friendship, assuring him, “You know I think about you all the time and my deep misunderstanding of your life.” As a 20-something addicted to

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SOCIAL DISTORTION - BORN TO KILL | The Spill Magazine | May 8, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
SOCIAL DISTORTION BORN TO KILL EPITAPH Social Distortion has returned with their first album in 15 years. born to kill is led by a pair of singles and follows 2011’s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, as the Orange County punk rock legends mark a significant comeback on their eighth studio album. The album opens with […]

• Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide Finds the Whole World at the End of August | New Canaan Sentinel | May 7, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter By Emma Whitney I am so completely moved by Noah Kahan’s new album, The Great Divide. As a New Englander, as someone with complex sibling relationships, as a human being with

• En HOSHI, Bratty explora qué significa ser una estrella | Rolling Stone en Español | May 6, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
En su nuevo álbum Hoshi, con colaboraciones de Julieta Venegas, Ed Maverick, Barry B y muchos más, es una exploración interesante sobre la inseguridad, el ego y la posición de los artistas hoy en día.

• Album cover fails! A misspelled Melanie C – and other mistakes that caused a stir | The Guardian | May 6, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
The former Spice Girl released new music this week, and fans were quick to point out an unfortunate typo. It’s certainly not the first time it’s happened

• Kneecap in race for UK Number One album ahead of Melanie C and Michael Jackson | NME | May 6, 2026, 10:38 a.m.
Kneecap are on their way to securing the Number One spot on the UK album charts, but facing competition from Melanie C and Michael Jackson.

• Melanie C Offers a Brilliant Club-Ready Mixtape | PopMatters | May 5, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
Melanie C's Sweat is brilliant pop music, optimized for both dancefloor and gym. Here, she recognizes she was only ever waging war upon herself.

• 🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: One – Sevendust 🔥 | The Riff Report Blog - Breaking Down Rock, One Riff at a Time | May 3, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
Grief. Groove. Grit. This one hits like a punch to the chest and a hug at the same time. 🤘💔

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SEVENDUST - ONE | The Spill Magazine | May 2, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
SEVENDUST ONE NAPALM RECORDS The music industry is, as many know, a hard one to gain notoriety in. While some bands can make it to insane amounts of fame, there are some bands that have fans in a ‘medium’ level. In the rock and metal genres in particular, fans of these types of bands are […]

• Durand Bernarr Releases New Album "Bernarr" (Stream) - New R&B Music, Songs & Interviews | YouKnowIGotSoul.com | YouKnowIGotSoul | May 1, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, and producer Durand Bernarr has released his fourth studio album, titled BERNARR., now available worldwide via

• Durand Bernarr Cranks Up the Funk on Star-Studded ‘BERNARR.’ LP: ‘When Our Ancestors Did That Lean, They Meant Business!’ | Billboard | May 1, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
Fresh off his first Grammy win, Durand Bernarr returns with his funky, soulful 'BERNARR' album. Read the full Billboard interview.

• Hulvey Is Done Playing It Safe | RELEVANT | May 1, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
Hulvey was 19 when he signed with Reach Records, still figuring out what kind of artist he wanted to be and what kind of man he was becoming. Six years

• Durand Bernarr Unveils New Album 'BERNARR.' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | May 1, 2026, 9:12 a.m.
Cleveland, Ohio artist Durand Bernarr has today shared his fourth studio album, 'BERNARR.’ Out via DSING Records, 'BERNARR.’ is a self-titled statement of

• BERNARR. Is Durand Bernarr in Full | ColorBloc Magazine | May 1, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Durand Bernarr returns with BERNARR., a fourth studio album that feels less like a release and more like a statement of arrival. Now available worldwide, the project captures an artist fully settled into his voice, his history, and his sense of self, delivering a body of work that is as intentional as it is expansive.Named after his father, Bernarr Ferebee Sr., the album carries a sense of lineage at its core. This is not just a tribute, but a continuation. Raised in an environment where music w

• SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: KACEY MUSGRAVES - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | The Spill Magazine | May 1, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
KACEY MUSGRAVES MIDDLE OF NOWHERE INTERSCOPE/LOST HIGHWAY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA No, Kacey Musgraves is not your standard country musician anymore (if she ever was), no matter how quite a few listeners will think that her latest album Middle of Nowhere is taking you there. Actually, when you go a bit deeper into the album, from its […]

• AT THE GATES ‘The Ghost Of A Future Dead’ - KNAC.COM | KNAC.COM - The Loudest Dot Com on the Planet | April 30, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
AT THE GATESThe Ghost Of A Future DeadCentury Media Records The latest, and in all likelihood, last studio album from Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES is certainly a bittersweet effort. Recorded during frontman Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg’s battle with a rare cancer – adenoid cystic carcinoma, to be precise – it’s release comes

• Trueno lanza “TURR4ZO”, un álbum que explora las raíces musicales argentinas | Música | CRN Noticias | April 29, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Trueno presenta “TURR4ZO”, un álbum conceptual que fusiona hip-hop con raíces argentinas y reúne leyendas y nuevas voces.

• TURR4ZO: Trueno hace un recorrido sonoro por la identidad musical argentina | Rolling Stone en Español | April 28, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
En su cuarto álbum, Trueno vuelve a hacer un homenaje al barrio, con sampleos de Cerati, Gardel, Los Wachiturros y muchos más

• Skindred Score Their First-Ever UK No.1 Album With 'You Got This' | Rock Sound | April 24, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
Skindred's latest album, 'You Got This', has bagged them their first-ever Number 1 album, landing in the top spot of the UK Album Chart.

• Niña Polaca: "Es una salvajada y un drama que la juventud tenga que empastillarse para sobrevivir al día a día" | cadena SER | April 24, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
El grupo presenta en Hoy por Hoy su tercer álbum de estudio '¿Dónde está la ONU cuando más la necesitas?' | Cadena SER

• The End Is Not the End | BLABBERMOUTH.NET | April 21, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
For over 25 years, ATREYU have carved out a space that refuses to fit neatly into any one genre. Between top 10 Billboard debuts, gold records, Ozzfest runs and arena tours alongside some of metal and hardcore's heavyweights, this band continues to be a force. With "The End Is Not the End", their 10...

• Lil Tjay on Offset, Justin Bieber, and Keeping His Foot on the Gas | Billboard | April 21, 2026, 9:03 a.m.
Lil Tjay talks conflict with Offset before turning focus to his new single 'Life On Edge' and upcoming album, 'They Just Ain’t You.'

• Anitta reformula shows para “EQUILIBRIVM” e prioriza faixas do novo álbum | Glamurama | April 17, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
Cantora busca aproximar público da proposta artística do novo álbum