The story of the West Memphis Three captured the attention of the metal world - and some of its biggest artists took action ...

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When you're a musician, sound matters, so 45Drives partnered with legendary EDM musician deadmau5 to create the dead silent ...

Public Domain 7: The Purge arrives with appearances from A$AP Rocky, Kehlani, French Montana, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Lola Brooke, Chinx, and more. It marks his first mixtape in nine years and his ...

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If there's one question that professional music lovers hear most often, it's some variation on: "Heard any good albums lately?" We always have, of course, but when it came time to highlight the cream ...

Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso are ready to fly in with a new album to end the year. On Friday, the Latin Grammy-winning Argentinian duo announced that they’ll release their album, Top of the Hills on Dec.

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 ...

New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming ...

As classic rock finds new ways to expand in the 21st century, the artists whose careers stretch back half a century or more continue to grow, too. As the list below of the Top 20 Rock Albums of 2025 ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

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 ...