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After an 11-year absence from releasing new material, Sarah McLachlan returns with an album that feels perfectly timed. Better Broken finds the three-time Grammy winner confronting personal upheaval ...

After 18 years, more than 900 episodes and countless dissections of topical cultural miscellany — be it a Taylor Swift album ...

Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...

Not that Skyjack are just a small-time club band. The Swiss / South African five-piece are comprised of musicians with impressive pedigrees, have played worldwide together and are now on their fourth ...

Madonna’s sequel album of 2005 Confessions is out now. Here’s all you need to know about the tracks and its ranking.

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Madonna's new album Confessions II is a fun collection of house tracks, but she spends too much time describing transcendence instead of actually delivering it.

J.C. Hopkin's new, long-awaited album is a fresh interpretation of Americana, featuring interesting collaborations and smart songs.