It’s hard to overstate the impact Coldplay’s music has had on pop culture over the past two-plus decades. The British rock band, vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion, released their debut album, Parachutes, in 2000. The record was a massive hit, earning the band a Brit Award for British Album of the Year, and a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. The albums that followed (A Rush of Blood to the Head and X&Y) further cemented the band’s icon status. Over the years, they became known for their transcendent and colorful live performances and anthemic ballads, like “Yellow,” “Clocks,” and of course, “Viva La Vida.” The band’s newest album, Moon Music, is a sequel to their 2021 record From Earth with Love, and is debuting in the midst of their ongoing Music of the Spheres World Tour. The album’s first single, “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” delivers thoughtful lyrics like this: “Oh, now for the first time/I know I’m not alone.” Listen to Moon Music starting October 4.

Comprising vocalist and guitarist Bryan “Dexter” Holland, lead guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman, bassist Todd Morse, multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy, and drummer Brandon Pertzborn, The Offspring are, to this day, the leaders of the pop-punk movement. At a time in the ’90s when rock music was all anyone was listening to, The Offspring defied all odds with their independently released breakthrough album Smash. Throughout the band’s ongoing career, they maintained the same crude, sometimes laughable lyricism, and a commitment to the punk sound that even bands like Green Day eventually said goodbye to. Their 11th album, Supercharged, is set to release October 11 and is said to combine the old-school appeal of the band’s music with a new sound. In Holland’s words, “We’re back at it.”

Only a year after Shawn Mendes began posting covers on Vine, a once-popular video-sharing platform, he was scouted by none other than Island Records, the label known for representing pop stars like Justin Beiber and Jennifer Lopez. With the release of his self-titled EP, followed by his debut studio album, Handwritten, it became clear that this singer/songwriter would quickly become a teenage heartthrob. Now 26, with four charting studio albums under his belt, Mendes is leaning into a folkier sound with his upcoming album Shawn. The record, which comes after a four-year hiatus from the music industry, sees the artist reflecting on the importance of family, friends, and love, with his signature honeyed voice. The album is out October 18.

Born in Knoxville, Tenn., Kelsea Ballerini has been writing music since she was a child, scoring her first record deal at age 21. Often compared to the likes of Carrie Underwood, Ballerini is at the forefront of the pop-country scene, winning the Rising Star Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in 2015 and the Gene Weed Milestone Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards two years later. Breaking the traditions of both pop music and country, Ballerini’s boldness has garnered her quite the fanbase ahead of her seventh studio album, Patterns, a 15-track record featuring singles “Sorry Mom,” “Two Things,” and a Noah Kahan collaboration, “Cowboys Cry Too.” Ballerini’s once flirtatious lyricism has been replaced with a more mature outlook. In Patterns, out October 25, she reflects on love and growth.

Nashville native Sophie Allison, otherwise known as Soccer Mommy, began her indie music career in 2016 after dropping out of New York University. Since then, she’s made quite the name for herself, touring with Paramore, Vampire Weekend, Mitski, and Kacey Musgraves. Her EP Karaoke Night was released while she was on tour with The National. Three singles off Evergreen—“Lost,” “M,” and “Driver”—have already dropped. Listen to the full album starting October 25.