Of course you’ve missed some great stuff since 1985! A lot of you weren't even born then! Not only has the advent of digital ...

With 2025 almost over, we’ve been asking artists about their favorite albums of the year, and here’s a list from members of ...

Vernon Reid first made his mark in the 1980s with his genre-mashing, socially conscious band Living Colour, who broke the ...

Vernon Reid first made his mark in the 1980s with his genre-mashing, socially conscious band Living Colour, who broke the ...

The highs and lows of the three decades-plus journey undertaken by the UK's most darkly seductive art-rockers over ten albums ...

Rolling Stone staffers pick their favorite albums of 2025, from Bad Bunny to Clipse to Rosalia to Taylor Swift to Wednesday to Geese to Lady Gaga ...

A) the Sonic Youth co-founder has launched a Substack, and B) his first post is a list of the “350 Best Records of 2025.” ...

The 1995 classic became as much a sociological phenomenon as an artistic one—but its designation as a “chick flick” belies ...

In the age of streaming, reissues are literally a volume business. Of 2025’s 10 best archival collections and anniversary ...

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen to run through 12 dazzling albums that stuck with ...

So this is the future? Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included the rise of AI slop and cartoon K-pop. A number of ...