The playlist is a testament to the eclectic tastes and passionate insights of our team, capturing moments of love, nostalgia, grief, sarcasm, exasperation, fury, and sheer sonic joy. So, we invite you ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

Taylor Swift released an album so bad we won’t even talk about it. FKA twigs fucked around with EUSEXUA and found out… it got even better? Rosalía let her hair down from the Tower of Babel. Addison ...

“Who wanna rock with Jennie?” After the reveal of the 2025 nominees, the Asian Pop Music Awards clearly do as the superstar leads this year’s field with nine nominations that reflect the pull of her ...

I'm not always a highly organized individual. I can plan an event to the letter. But then "chaos" would be a good word to describe my Hot Wheels collection. They're everywhere inside the house and ...

Apple Music has just launched a diverse lineup of new ‘Best of 2025’ playlists, and also named Tyler, The Creator as its Artist of the Year. Here are the details. New ‘Best of 2025’ playlists ...

“Chinese Democracy” finally arrived in 2008. Guns N’ Roses burned through ten guitarists and $13m recording the album, and 15 years had passed since the American band’s previous studio offering. By ...

WSJ. Magazine’s annual Innovators issue recognizes groundbreaking talents from a range of disciplines. Billie Eilish is this year’s music innovator. Check back for more cover stars through October. IN ...