Best Albums of July 2023: Staff Picks

With July Staff Picks, our writers and editors share the records from this month that turned into our obsessions. Here, in alphabetical order, are what we think are the 15 best albums from July 2023. […]
With July Staff Picks, our writers and editors share the records from this month that turned into our obsessions. Here, in alphabetical order, are what we think are the 15 best albums from July 2023. […]
3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Blur, Guided by Voices, and Paris Texas Blur image via Linda Brownlee July 24, 2023 There’s so much good music out in the ether […]
Greta Gerwig is not the only beloved entity to be drawn into the Barbieverse by the magnetism of famous-doll IP. Mark Ronson oversees the project, recruiting a “chic, diverse roster” that includes “artists whose identities […]
If you’ve ever heard a vault song and thought “hey, this doesn’t belong on here,” then this poll is for you. View Entire Post › Share This Article
Consequence’s Industrial Week continues with a special Crate Digging list of 10 Albums Ministry’s Al Jourgensen Thinks Every Music Fan Should Own. Keep up with all of our Industrial Week content, including our Best Industrial Albums […]
Taylor Swift performs onstage on the first night of her ‘Eras Tour’ at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in March 2023. — © AFP/File Robyn Beck Taylor Swift now has more number one albums than […]
Consequence’s Industrial Week kicks off with a staff list of the genre’s Top 50 albums. Keep checking back throughout the week for more lists, artist-driven content, premieres, essays, and more. While a handful of rock’s […]
Taylor Swift performs “The Man” during her Eras tour show in Arlington, Texas, in March. She just became the first woman to have four Top 10 charting albums at once. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images […]
Once again, Taylor Swift has summited the Billboard 200 albums chart, as Billboard reports. Her 12th No. 1 LP—the recently-released Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)—sets a new record for Swift: she now holds the most No. […]
D-Block Europe net a seventh Top 10 album with DBE World today (6). The South London duo’s latest mixtape joins 2019’s Home Alone (6) and PTSD (4), 2020 release Street Trauma (9) and The Blue […]
Colter Wall, the Saskatchewan country singer-songwriter, has released his first album released as part of a collaboration between La Honda and RCA Records. In addition to several originals, it includes covers of Hoyt Axton’s “Evangelina” […]
Taylor Swift said, “Speak Now” — but now some fans are concerned she’s “Haunted.” Some Swifties who bought the new “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album on vinyl experienced a “creepy” issue when they dropped the […]
Five Tom Waits albums released by Island Records in the 1980s and 90s are being reissued with fresh remasters. The archival campaign kicks off on September 1st with 1983’s Swordfishtrombones, 1985’s Rain Dogs, and 1987’s […]
Lewis Capaldi boasts 2023’s biggest new release album of the year so far, with second album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent already landing in the Top 10 less than two months after its […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]
The numbers are in! Billboard has unveiled the Top 10 albums of this week’s Billboard 200, for the week ending July 8, 2023. The Top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart, dated July 8, […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]
3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Johanna Samuels, Swans, and Pearl Earl Johanna Samuels image via David Simon Dayan June 26, 2023 There’s so much good music out in the […]
Kelly Clarkson has claimed Scooter Braun “took offence” when she advised Taylor Swift to re-record her old albums amid their 2019 masters controversy. In June 2019, the music manager bought Taylor’s former record label, Big […]
Crate Digging is a recurring feature that takes a deep dive into music history to turn up several albums all music fans should know. In this edition, the members of Valley talk through some favorites […]