Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

What a year it’s been for great music — as opposed to, say, everything else. But we’re almost halfway into 2025, and it’s already crowded with new albums that deliver what we need in terms of ...

Stopgap cash grab by the record company or the result of artist indulgence that can't be contained within the usual confines of a single LP? The double album has been both throughout its long and ...

Kendrick Lamar accepts the Record of the Year award for "Not Like Us" onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena. Shedding the K.Dot moniker in favor of his birth name, Lamar ...

Charli XCX, Mk.gee and MJ Lenderman top our pop music critics’ lists this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The agendas for 21st-century musicians keep getting more ...

We’re halfway through 2024 and just posted a list of our 40 favorite albums of 2024 so far, which includes multiple genres of music, including metal. For even more metal, we’ve now put together a list ...

Well, here we are. I have loved Bob Dylan’s music for a very long time. It was the bedrock of my greatest friendship, the lamp that lights every direction I might venture down. No other musician has ...

The year 1974 brought about a number of noteworthy debuts, shifts in creative direction, inspirations, reunifications and more. Some releases — from seasoned veterans in the studio — were met with ...

Taylor Swift is one of the most influential singers and songwriters of her era. Born in 1989, she released her first album in 2006 and toured with country acts, then gradually shifted to pop music.

Nas (Credit: Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In 1985, members of Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band united as a supergroup called The Firm, but its two subsequent ...

Travis Scott's long-awaited Utopia album is only two days away. The new LP will have a total of five cover arts. Over the past few days, the Texas rhymer has been rolling out the diverse album covers.

In a year of growth and reflection, the music stretched and relocated in often unpredictable ways. By Giovanni Russonello At the end of the seventh album on this list (no spoilers), the poet and ...