As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

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 ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best songs of 2025. In a chronically online, AI-slop-embedded hellscape, Don’t Tap the Glass is Tyler, the Creator’s surprise social ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

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For the first time in over a decade, Hilary Duff is reminding fans what dreams are made of. The "Cinderella Story" star announced the release of her first album since 2015, titled "luck…or something." ...

The Kid Laroi gives Variety an exclusive look into his upcoming album ‘Before I Forget' and single 'A Perfect World,' out now After two years and some unforeseen delays, the Kid Laroi is finally ready ...

Singer-songwriter Buggy Jive, aka Bryan Paul Thomas, didn’t intend to release his new album, “Icarus Ascending,” on the birthday of Joni Mitchell — one of his favorite songwriters. The Niskayuna ...

Much has been made of the polarized songwriters at the center of Supertramp's best music. Without Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson's contrasting styles and their shared commitment to the band's albums, ...

Local soul-rock musician Bryan Thomas, aka Buggy Jive, is seen in his home on Oct. 28 in Delmar. His new album features 13 songs organized into different, but interconnected, themes. Local soul-rock ...

The first issue of Paste came out in July 2002. Since then, this site has catalogued the best and worst contemporary music the industry and the underground have had to offer. This week, we’re focusing ...