PULSE: Music News

Lady Gaga to Perform at 2026 Grammys

She joins a lineup that includes Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Clipse, and Lauryn Hill

Jessie Ware Announces New Album Superbloom

The follow-up to That! Feels Good! arrives on April 10

Thundercat Announces New Album Distracted

Listen to lead single “I Did This To Myself” featuring Lil Yachty now

The Saddest Landscape Announce New Album Co-Produced By Steve Albini

Julien Baker, Jeremy Bolm and Evan Weiss feature on Alone With Heaven

Kneecap Announce New Album Fenian, Share Song

The Irish rap trio’s next LP is out April 24 on Heavenly Recordings

Bruce Springsteen Rallies Against Trump and ICE in New Protest Song “Streets of Minneapolis”

“Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest/Then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead”

Laura Jane Grace, Ekko Astral, and Illuminati Hotties to Headline Liberation Weekend II

The D.C. festival supporting trans liberation and mutual aid returns in April

J. Cole Surprise Releases New EP

Marking Cole’s 41st birthday, the DJ Clue–hosted Birthday Blizzard ’26 addresses his apology for feuding with Kendrick Lamar

Green-House Sign to Ghostly for New Album

“Farewell, Little Island” leads the duo’s Hinterlands LP

Lady Gaga Covers Mister Rogers’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”

The full song will premiere during an upcoming Super Bowl commercial

Wilco Detail Spring 2026 Tour

The Chicago band will stop in Alabama, Indiana, Oklahoma, and more

ADULT. Announce Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song

Kissing Luck Goodbye is out March 27 on Dais Records

Neil Young Gifts Full Music Archive to Every Greenland Resident

The singer hopes the offer “will ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government”

Sideshow Announces New Album, Shares Lead Single

“Lifes As Violent As You Make It” arrives with a music video

Bikini Kill to Tour in 2026

Kathleen Hanna and her band will also headline Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown in July

Miss Grit Announces New Album Under My Umbrella, Shares Video for “Stranger”

The New York-based artist's second LP arrives April 24 on Mute

Marilyn Manson Sexual Assault Suit From Ex-Assistant Revived

A 2021 case that has long been in and out of the courts will be heard once more due to a new California law

TikTok Completes Deal to Create U.S. Entity and Avert Ban

Major investors Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX signed agreements to form the new joint venture

Sly & Robbie’s Lowell “Sly” Dunbar Dies at 73

The Jamaican drummer reshaped reggae several times over as half of the sought-after rhythm duo

Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire Team Up for Another Tour

The third Sing a Song All Night Long trek starts in June

Kid Cudi Announces the Rebel Ragers Tour

He’ll be joined by openers M.I.A. and Big Boi at all dates

King Tuff Announces Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song

The Vermont garage rocker will put out Moo via his own new label, MUP Records

xaviersobased Announces New Album, Xavier

The 20-track record drops this Friday

Kanye West, in Wall Street Journal Ad, Attributes Antisemitism and Erratic Behavior to Brain Damage

Ye apologizes for wrongdoing and describes conflicting medical diagnoses following his 2002 car crash

15 Songs You Should Listen to Now

Our weekly playlist highlights songs our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

Spoon and the Beths Are Co-Headlining a Summer Tour

The indie-rock bands are joining forces for a short run this June

fakemink Announces New Mixtape The Boy Who Cried Terrified

The London rapper's new release is out January 29

Watch Geese Perform “Au Pays du Cocaine” and “Trinidad” on Saturday Night Live

The New York rockers made their debut on the show last night alongside host Teyana Taylor