If you’re done listening to Christmas music — but before you decide, why don’t you give stealth capitalist critique “Santa’s ...

Hannah Westerman is the local artist who designed the cover of "A Philly Special Christmas," album, featuring many Philly ...

The rising K-Pop powerhouse rookie boy group, CLOSE YOUR EYES, is back with a new chapter with the release of their third ...

We visit the lowest-rated mini golf course in town to see how it really compares, testing the holes, layout, and overall ...

K-pop idol group ENHYPEN will be starting the new year with the release of their seventh mini-album in January.  ENHYPEN will drop their seventh ...

Kylie Minogue has said it feels “astonishing” and “emotional” to finish the year with an 11th number one UK album under her belt. The Australian singer, 57, reached the summit this week with her ...

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 ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

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 most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations. By Hank Shteamer In a year that saw the deaths of two leading drummers, ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...