Punk pioneer Tom Verlaine’s archives — including a trove of unreleased recordings — are now available to artists, researchers ...

Black Label Society will pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne on their 12th album, Engines of Demolition, which arrives on March 27.

As the music industry moved past spectacle and virality, these records stood out for their honesty, ambition, and refusal to ...

A$AP Rocky teamed up with Winona Ryder, Tim Burton and A$AP Nast for his upcoming album "Don't Be Dumb," whose first single ...

Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

Raisa K’s solo album is primitive and intimate, Saeko Killy adds a euphoric touch to her dimly lit sound and Bitchin Bajas get blissed out The 50 best albums of 2025 More on the best culture of 2025 ...

The Agnes Varda of deep listening returns with another piece of intimate audio vérité, a two-CD headphone collage made from recordings of her mother's final four months. Here, Rossetto's mom tells ...

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In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

In other words, 2025 had plenty of peaks and valleys. In our list of the year’s top albums, we try to capture these trends and tell the story of a music scene that is fractured, matching a cultural ...