From pop provocations to sepia-tinted slow burns, this fortnight’s standout releases come steeped in confidence, craft and a sense of play.

Friendship opened in 6 locations to a stellar debut weekend of $451k and per theater average of $75.43k. That’s the highest ...

Radiohead ’s Thom Yorke released “Tall Tales,” a new experimental electronic album with Mark Pritchard, on Friday. The ...

Thom Yorke has quietly been on a bit of a tear the last year or so. In 2024, his side project the Smile — with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and jazz drummer Tom Skinner — put out two dazzling ...

Welcome to our weekly music post, where we spotlight our favorite new songs and albums. Hop in the comments and tell us: What ...

And last but never least, these are the best new dance tracks of the week.

Perhaps it was Zawada’s aesthetic — one that expresses a malformed, distorted version of its CGI influences — that aroused ...

From his childhood, Samuel Clemens was devoted to showmanship, exaggeration and the joy of a tall tale.

We’re over here, sweating and shoveling coal into the old Caustic steam engine as we barrel into a fantastic New Music Friday with an open mind and full ...

Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard’s album Tall Tales is loaded with existential jitters - 4/5 The alienation and emotional ...

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes WXPN's John Morrison to discuss billy woods, Thom Yorke, PinkPantheress and more.

Hear new songs by Motörhead, Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams, Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Mike Polizze (Purling Hiss), Erika de Casier, Activity, and more.