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

Carson, a UVA professor of hip-hop and the Global South, uses prose, poetry and rap rhythms to explain race and culture.

De Los, the L.A. Times' Latin culture wing, lists its favorite albums by Latino artists in 2025, including albums by Bad ...

The ‘Superman’ writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

Daniel Moattar Fiction I read The Catch a while ago, and have thought about it quite a lot, and I’m still not sure what ...

All of which is to say that if you were looking for chart-topping hits this year, you might’ve been disappointed, but if you ...

On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even ...

In the midst of all the political turmoil of 2025, there came a song that gave us hope. “Golden,” released in early July off ...

Also joining me is the beautiful and talented Sarah Love, another one of Asheville’s most seasoned comics. Sarah has been touring all around the Southeast, gracing many dimly lit basement bars with ...

Variety's music writers pick 2025's best albums, including Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Clipse, Brandi Carlile, ...

Earlier this month, the Paste team unveiled its list of the 50 best albums of 2025. Thank you for reading it and for not ...

Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...