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January kicked the year into motion with a wave of strong releases. These are the tracks — big, bold, and unexpected — that rose above the rest. Featuring tracks from Gorillaz, Dorian Electra, Converge, and more.

After 15 years together, The Paper Kites are still finding new ways to let their songs breathe. This past year took the Melbourne five-piece farther than ever before, from first-ever shows in India to festival stages across Europe and North America, all while quietly finishing a new album shaped by space, patience, and trust. Written…

For Treaty Oak Revival, the road from West Texas has rarely been straightforward, but in hindsight, every detour and choice has led them to exactly where they belong, the spotlight. On first impression, one might peg them as just another country band, but TOR is known for one thing above all else — shattering labels…

Forty years after the release of New Order’s seminal album Low-Life, co-founder and bassist Peter Hook calls it “the only true New Order record” – the moment the band truly honed their sound. “We were forming it on Power, Corruption & Lies, we had it for Low-Life, and on Brotherhood it started coming apart,” Hook…

With more music coming out than ever before, talent is abundant out there. The issue both artists and listeners face is how to find each other. We are more than happy to help. At the new Hit Parader, music discovery will be a huge part of what we do because, for me, discovering a new…

LØLØ is leaning all the way into the chaos. The Toronto-born pop-rock provocateur has announced her sophomore album, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings, due April 17 via Fearless Records, and unveiled its fierce lead single, “007.” The track signals a sharpened new chapter for an artist who has built her reputation on…

Moby has announced his 23rd studio album, Future Quiet, set for release February 20th via BMG, marking a contemplative new chapter in the career of one of electronic music’s most enduring figures. Alongside the announcement, he has shared the album’s lead track: a newly reimagined version of his 1995 song “When It’s Cold I’d Like…

Mitski has announced her eighth studio album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, arriving February 27th via Dead Oceans, and shared its lead single and video, the fuzzed-out rock spiral “Where’s My Phone?” The new project continues the creative through line she established on 2023’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, while pushing…

Genevieve Hannelius is officially stepping into a new creative chapter. The singer-songwriter and actress released her debut EP, Girlhood, today, a six-song project that distills the contradictions, nostalgia, and emotional whiplash of growing up into something soft-edged and sharply felt. Alongside the EP, Hannelius shared a music video for “The Woods,” filmed in her hometown…

YoungBoy Never Broke Again has released his new album Slime Cry today, adding another staggering chapter to a career that has already bent the modern rap timeline out of shape. The project arrives as the Baton Rouge native quietly cements his place in the history books: with 126 RIAA certifications totaling 140.5 million units, YoungBoy…