Bad Bunny kicked 2025 off with a strong new album, and Ethel Cain returned with an ambient project soon after. Meanwhile, FKA Twigs is set to come back with Eusexua, and Tate McRae’s third album ...

Beyoncé walks a country mile in Nancy Sinatra’s boots, The Cure drop one of their best albums after a 16-year wait, MJ Lenderman dares to challenge the milkshake/smoothie dichotomy. These are ...

And so I’d like to share this list of albums hitting a quarter of a century that take me back to the good ol’ days if you don’t mind. Thank you. 1. D’Angelo “Voodoo” While the video ...

Speaking of legends, RIP Steve Albini, whose final album with Shellac appears here. He helped build this whole genre from the ground up and the world is an even more irredeemably compromised place ...

By Paul Grein Stray Kids’ new album HOP puts K-pop back in a familiar spot – No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. HOP is the 19th No. 1 album or EP by a K-pop act on the Billboard 200.

As the year comes to an end, we’re paying tribute to our favorite albums and songs released across our favorite genres. This week, we tackled the very best K-pop songs of 2024, and today we’ve ...

The most memorable moment in rap of 2024 isn’t an album, it’s the multi-song rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that culminated in the release of the year’s most world-conquering ...

By Paul Grein K-pop has been a growing force on the Billboard 200 since June 2018, when BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear dislodged Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys to become the first K-pop album or ...

Album anniversaries make listeners feel their age, yet lift the same burden by returning them to the glorious music of their bygone days. In 2025, a number of albums will celebrate milestones.

We recently looked at the 50 best punk albums of 2024 (including some hardcore), and then 15 great screamo releases from this year, and now here’s a list of our favorite hardcore albums and EPs ...

Here is your 2025 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...

Of all the notable albums released in 2024, many of the most original and memorable have been acts of hybridization in one way or another: Mabe Fratti’s multicultural chamber rock; Meshell ...