As Far Out magazine reported, data collected by statistician Henrik Franzon over years of analyzing critics' lists has named ...

R.E.M. fans have been trying to work out the meaning behind one of the band's biggest songs for years, and they believe they ...

Three classics have made it to the finals of our competition to determine Dolly Parton’s best song. Vote to make sure your ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

"I definitely had a chip on my shoulder the whole time. I remember for the first few months of sitting down and trying to write the album, I had all of these intrusive thoughts in my head: I would sit ...

Academy Award nominee Diane Warren attended the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night hoping to finally win a coveted statuette from the academy for the first time after 16 nominations. Warren was nominated at ...

The lines were blurred during the post-punk era in music. Bands like the New York Dolls, The Velvet Underground, and The Stooges created exciting new music. British bands like the Sex Pistols, The ...

History doesn’t repeat, but its guitars sure do chime. However, to call it a down year for shoegaze would require strenuous amounts of cynicism and incuriosity. Every week, I felt like I stumbled into ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...