So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Since 1960, the Beatles—four fabulous lads from Liverpool, England—have remained the greatest rock and roll band in the history of music. How John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo ...

It was the appearance of yet another ache/pang that put these songs on my mind. First, the ache/pang: My right thumb, which for a number of mornings has been sore when I've awakened, and has popped ...

Social media has fallen in love with Doechii's "Anxiety." Doechii, whose real name is Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon, first recorded the song in her bedroom. Until recently, the song was only available on ...

Stuck between the '70s and '90s, literally and figuratively, the '80s reached its midpoint in a melting pot of styles: rock, pop, metal, new wave, alternative, soul, dance and more. As selected by the ...

Mali Safi Chito singer Marakwet Daughter has released a scathing five-minute track titled Arap Ruto (Photo: Marakwet Daughter/Instagram, William Ruto/Facebook) Popular Kalenjin musician, Marakwet ...

If you were hoping for the pop madness of 2024 to slow down and start making sense: good luck, babe! Because there has never, ever, been a pop year like the hot-not-pretty mess that was 2024. Week to ...

When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s ...

Seven years ago Troy Campbell opened up his Bentonville home to songwriters from across the globe. It wasn't unusual for the Austinite-turned-Arkansawyer. He'd already been working with House of Songs ...