If you’re the type of person who has dubstep, Southern hip-hop, and Koji Kondo’s iconic “Ground Theme” from Super Mario Bros.

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 ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

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 ...

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The streaming platform also announced several updates to its Replay feature, making a strong push to rival Spotify’s year-end Wrapped feature. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Apple Music has unveiled ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...

As 2025 comes to a close, one of the most significant stories in music, which will surely grow in importance in the coming years, is who—or what—will be singing the songs of the future. Recently a ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

The mother of late Chicago-based rapper Juice WRLD is selling a huge Burr Ridge mansion she bought a few years after his death. Carmela Wallace, mother of the late Jarad Anthony Higgins, aka Juice ...

The mother of the late Chicago rapper Juice Wrld has listed her six-bedroom, 17,120-square-foot mansion in Burr Ridge for sale for $7.19 million. Carmela Wallace is the mother of Jarad Higgins, whose ...