Prog pioneers King Crimson have constantly pushed at the boundaries of modern music. We assess their awesome back catalogue ...

Americana music (if unfamiliar with that term, see below) in general. Another interesting note for music this year was ...

The year is coming to an end, and it has seen some big-name artists drop new albums. From one of the biggest pop superstars ...

Even as the amount of music made by both humans and AI exceeds what any listener could possibly consume, a few local artists ...

Through the Black Panther Party Cubs and the Hampton House, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. builds on his father’s linkage of art ...

For nine years here at WMOT, I’ve been proud and privileged to select and remark on thirty albums from the closing year that meet several criteria. Some made national news and did well on the ...

Four decades after bands like the Replacements, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and the Meat Puppets got this scene rolling, indie ...

The 25 best country and Americana albums of 2025, including Eric Church, Carter Faith, Tyler Childers, Mavis Staples, Ringo ...

Want to know how hard it is to record a great sophomore album? Just ask Guns N’ Roses, Weezer, or Sex Pistols.

Classic rock, to many listeners, peaked in the 1970s. That’s a notion that is certainly debatable, but one can’t deny that some of the best classic rock albums hit the shelves in the 1970s, ...

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 ...

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 ...