Alligator Records artists Shemekia Copeland, D.K. Harrell, Southern Avenue, Marcia Ball, and Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith took home six 2026 Living Blues Awards, including Album of the Year for Harrell’s label debut, Talkin’ Heavy.

Icelandic rockers KALEO extend their Way Down We Go tour to Europe and the UK in Spring 2027, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of breakout album A/B with a deluxe double-LP featuring the new “Still No Good” music video.

Danny Elfman has revealed a 2026 fall tour tied to his upcoming new rock album, kicking off September 7 in Chicago with stops in Detroit, Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and festival appearances at Shaky Knees, Louder Than Life and Aftershock.

Canadian-Greek metal artist Katerina Nicole teams up with Johnny Ciardullo (Angelmaker, Carcosa) on the blistering new single “Black on White” — a vocal showdown you won’t want to miss.

Dublin house duo Obskür return with “Look Into My Eyes,” a festival-ready single built around the iconic Walker & Royce “Connected” sample, out now via Disorder / Capitol Records.

Deathcore heavyweights DISTANT have announced their new album Into Despair, out November 6, and dropped a punishing new single and video for “All Will Be (N)One” featuring Ricky Myers of Suffocation. Plus, catch them on the “New World Killer EU/UK 2027” tour with Spite, Emmure, and Mauled.

Berlin-based producer and DJ Marlon Hoffstadt — aka DJ Daddy Trance — will release his new album ‘Das Ist Daddy’ on August 7 via Capitol Records. Lead single “Party People” is out now.

Two-time BRIT Award winner Becky Hill unveils “what do i have to do?,” the latest euphoric preview of her upcoming third album REBECCA, arriving September 25 via Polydor Records/Astralwerks.

Tommy Hunter, the beloved host of CBC’s long-running The Tommy Hunter Show and one of the most influential figures in Canadian country music, has died at 89. Known as “Canada’s Country Gentleman,” Hunter spent 36 years bringing country music into homes across North America with grace, class and a warm smile.

Berlin post-hardcore trio Future Palace share the emotional “Tidal Waves” video — a rock ballad about sisterhood — ahead of their fourth album “Resurgence,” out July 31 via Century Media.

DED release the deluxe edition of RESENT via UNFD today, adding 11 new tracks and demos to the 2025 album, and drop the SiriusXM Octane-premiered single “Denouncer” ahead of a July/August headline tour with Dropout Kings and VRSTY.

Multi-platinum country artist Niko Moon shares “American Dreamin’,” a reflective new single rooted in family, hard work and hope, ahead of his forthcoming album ROOTS, out July 17 via EMPIRE.

Belgian atmospheric metalcore newcomers Ice Sealed Eyes mark their Arising Empire debut with Tape 1: Far Away — a cinematic four-song journey through grief, isolation, and acceptance.

Stuttgart modern metalcore outfit VENUES return with “Becoming,” a soaring new anthem about self-worth, identity, and breaking free from toxic expectations.

Indie-rock/folk raconteur Truman Sinclair delivers “4th of july,” a fireworks-lit summer anthem released via Capitol Records on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary.

Nashville country-rock trio DELTONA drop “The Country,” a full-throttle tribute to small-town Southern living, out now via The Core Records.

Austin-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Bo Staloch releases his stirring new Capitol Records single “From A Different Age” — a loud-quiet-loud folk-rock reverie featuring members of Megafaun, Bon Iver, Twin Peaks, and Mipso — just ahead of his Fourth of July slot at Rolling Stone Stateside.

Symphonic metal legends KAMELOT unveil “Ashen World,” the cinematic first single featuring Ignacia Fernández from their upcoming album Dark Asylum, out August 28 via Napalm Records. Plus, full details on the Dark Asylum World Tour.

Hamilton hardcore heavyweights Dead Tired — featuring Alexisonfire’s George Pettit — have shared “Dust Storm,” a bruising new single with Comeback Kid’s Andrew Neufeld, lifted from their fourth LP ‘Hornets of Fall,’ out August 14 via New Damage.

Sleep Theory surprise-release their new covers EP (E)motional (S)upport (C)are (P)ackage via Epitaph, featuring a moody, muscular rock rework of Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” alongside their takes on NSYNC and Paramore.

Country iconoclast Elizabeth Cook returns with a Shooter Jennings–produced album, Great Television (out August 14 via Thirty Tigers), and a semi-fictional feature film, The Easy Kind, starring David Letterman, Karen Allen, and Susie Essman.

Indie pop duo Chess Club release “Wedding of the Year,” a sensual, funky, string-laced romance anthem featuring The 1975’s John Waugh on saxophone and Mark Lettieri on guitar — plus a rom-com-worthy music video.

Two-time GRAMMY-nominated electronic visionary Tycho teams with Seattle dreampop artist Sea Lemon on the oceanic new single “Anotherwave,” out now via Mom + Pop and Ninja Tune.

The Larry Stephenson Band follows their chart-topping Turnberry Records debut with “Lizzie Lou,” a spirited tribute to The Osborne Brothers and the songwriting of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. Out to radio now and hitting streaming platforms July 10th.

Italian symphonic power metallers Temperance unveil their seventh album Arcani, out October 16 via Napalm Records — a 13-track journey through the Major Arcana led by new single “The Devil: Sin, Sin, Sin.”