She’s Green, Samia, Gully Boys and Alan Sparhawk were among the local acts offering adventurous listens this year.

If you want to enjoy some great classic rock music, you can look back into the past and dive into decades like the 1960s and 1970s. Sure, if you want to be obvious about it! But if you step into the ...

As Wham! top singles chart, Minogue draws level with David Bowie, Eminem, U2 and Rod Stewart in the album league table, thanks to a reissue of her 2015 Christmas LP Kylie Minogue has scored her 11th ...

Washington, DC's No/Más have an ultra-fast. ridiculously aggressive sound that exists somewhere on the line between hardcore and grindcore — both of the cores. Seeing them live is like having ...

It was another milestone week for Korean music on the global stage, as the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters and Stray Kids’ newest album Do It both secured spots in the top tier of the Billboard 200.

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At the moment this fall when NPR Music's staff began discussing our picks for the best albums of 2025, the mere existence of the record we'd eventually name our No. 1 – in a landslide, it must be said ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

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Iron Maiden's Live After Death returns to multiple charts after an anniversary vinyl reissue, hitting No. 1 on the rock ranking for the first time decades after its release. UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY ...

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