The pop music world received the exciting news this week that Bruno Mars will be returning in 2026 with The Romantic, his ...

One of the most famous examples of a locked groove unsurprisingly comes from one of the biggest bands of all time. UK releases of The Beatles ' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ...

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 ...

It seems abundantly obvious to me that everyone who believes in free expression, whatever side of various political equations they may be on, should be concerned about what YouTube just did to me. If ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

If there is one lyric that sums up Lily Allen’s new album, it’s “You moved the goal posts, you’ve broken the rules/ I tried to accommodate, but you took me for a fool.” Couplets like this are all over ...

In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in ...

Happy October! This very eventful week for music kicked off with the announcement that Bad Bunny is playing the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show, and then we got the exciting announcements of the returns ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “What if I died right here in front of you?” Davey Havok says, his eyes beaming with childlike joy. “Wouldn’t that ...

BOY SODA’s debut album has been a long time coming. Since 2019, he’s released a string of singles leading up to his 2022 mixtape, YC-TAPE: Vol. 1. This week, the Sydney-based artist’s journey so far ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...