(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s ...

The trio have refined their approach to a project they only started for fun, admitting it’s exploded beyond any of their ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025.

Some of the best albums of 2025 were made by Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, Geese, Clipse, I’m With Her and more.

If 2024 was the year of the situationship album (and, yes, there are still plenty that dropped thereafter), then 2025 was the year we danced through the fire. The hypnotic, high-tempo momentum of this ...

Spotify Wrapped has come and gone, so we all know what we listened to the most this year — but which albums were actually the best releases of 2025? When Lily Allen announced her first album in seven ...

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen to run through 12 dazzling albums that stuck with ...

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

2025 was one hell of a year. From the tumultuous political climate, the continued rise of social media, and the uncertainty of the future. One thing that remains consistent however, is the beauty of ...

So this is the future? Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included the rise of AI slop and cartoon K-pop. A number of ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...