In 2025, the one thing that seemed to connect the best albums of the year was the concept of home. That could mean an artist ...

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s notorious film is now 50 years old, and its cavalcade of shocking cruelty and violence still leaves a stark impact on its viewers. Film-makers explain why Pasolini ‘was a saint t ...

Adekunle Gold on Thursday, December 26, 2025, made history as the first artist to headline a concert at the newly renovated ...

AG Baby is set to deliver one of the most ambitious performances of his career, announcing a landmark homecoming concert accompanied by an orchestra, marking one of the largest symphonic ...

In 2025, R&B fans had plenty to look forward to. We might not have received full albums from heavyweights like Kehlani and Chris Brown — who held us down with singles such as “Folded” and “ It Depends ...

Even while enjoying her countryside retreat, Sade hasn't stopped making music, releasing her most recent track "Young Lion" ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

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 ...

Adekunle Gold’s National Theatre concert is the most befitting event to open a venue that holds both the history of our ...

It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.