As one of his best known solo songs puts it, Ronan Keating wants to end 2025 by putting a "smile on your face". Last year it ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative ...

Dubbed "The Irish Joni" by Michael Londra, her music draws comparisons to Tracy Chapman and Natalie Merchant, with songs that ...

Need something brilliant to read over the holidays? Here are six of our best pieces from 2025. Look out for part two next Saturday ...

Ethan Hawke gives one of his best performances to date in The Lowdown, a fast-paced FX neo-Western starring Kyle MacLachlan ...

From Gustav Mahler to Lady Gaga, a peek into Lindsay’s past 12 months in music. It’s time for one of my favorite annual ...

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi ...

Lorde, Annahstasia, Rosalia, Brandon Lake, Hayley Williams, Clipse, Pulp, London Suede, Samia all released great albums in 2025.

The Recording Academy has announced the recipients of its 2026 Special Merit Awards, including Carlos Santana, Cher, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston.

There’s also been a rash of really naff albums with equally mediocre titles, proving that nominative determinism is alive and well. Main offenders included Morgan Wallen’s prophetically-titled album ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best albums of 2025. As the opening track to their debut album, “Real Life” feels like ear’s way of saying “hello world.” It begins ...