Paste Magazine is The A.V. Club‘s source for music news and lists, artist interviews, and album reviews. This week, we unveiled our AOTY list, which was topped by the likes of Nourished by Time, CMAT, ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the ...

See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred As we approach the halfway mark of 2025, among the things we have yet to find out are how many weeks Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem ...

More than a dozen hip-hop and R&B artists are set to take the stage during Cincinnati Music Festival, coming July 24-26. The festival's headliner lineup was slightly altered in April when legendary ...

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Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

But more than anything, our staff’s individual tastes are driving this year’s best-songs list, with chart performance taking a back seat. If the first half of the year was dominated by songs that ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. For much of 2025, it may have felt like music charts were devoid of hits and pop stars were slumping.