Miranda Lambert’s 11th studio album Crisco arrives October 2 via MCA. The 12-track collection, produced with Jesse Frasure, features the Chris Stapleton duet “A Song To Sing,” the new single “Till The Going’s Gone,” and a Jim Croce cover.

Wisconsin Dance Theatre’s original patriotic ballet “A Hero’s Homecoming” returns this July with professional dancers, live 1940s jazz, and performances across Wisconsin honoring veterans and military families.

The Hails kick off 2026 with new single “Story of You and Me,” a Brandon Shoop-produced return to in-the-room songwriting, plus a headline Duckpond Tour hitting Brooklyn, LA, Miami and more this fall.

Texas metal four-piece GORE. return with a vengeance on new single “Lead Me to the Slaughter,” a scathing takedown of modern-day idolatry. The band is currently on tour with Kittie, with European dates locked in for Fall 2026.

Rising hard rock outfit Hollow Pact announce their signing to Sumerian Records with the release of new single and music video “Tear,” plus upcoming tours with Royale Lynn and Of Mice & Men.

Elizabeth Cook drops the VHS-inspired “Sunset Promenade,” a love letter to her closest friends and a sharp critique of media saturation, ahead of her Shooter Jennings-produced album Great Television, out August 14 via Thirty Tigers.

Portland’s masked nu-metal shock rockers Amerakin Overdose premiere their vital new track “Oxygen” and reveal a run of summer tour dates leading up to Rock Fest 2026.

Nicole Atkins returns with her seventh studio album “Drama,” her first all-new full-length in over six years. Produced by Wilco’s Pat Sansone and released via Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game Records imprint on Sun Records, the LP arrives September 18. Lead single “When the Night Falls” is streaming now.

Pittsburgh atmospheric metalcore outfit 156/Silence share “Proxy Idols,” the latest cut from their forthcoming Pure Noise Records debut ‘From A Distance,’ arriving September 4. Catch them at Inkcarceration, on tour with Chiodos, and on their fall US headliner.

GRAMMY winners Suzy Bogguss and Vince Gill are the latest additions to Dan Seals & Friends: The Last Duet, a posthumous tribute album celebrating the late country-pop crossover legend, arriving August 28 via Melody Place.

The late Dr. Pieter Noomen — minister, psychotherapist, and unlikely spiritual scribe — left behind a free online archive of conversations with a presence he called “Life Itself.” Here’s why his work is finding new audiences in 2026.

Endless Fires Fest returns to Syracuse’s Sharkeys Event Center August 15-16, 2026 with a final wave of bands including Boundaries, Bleeding Through, Emmure, and On Broken Wings joining previously announced headliners Three 6 Mafia, Circle Jerks, GWAR, and American Nightmare.