From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal ...

Across film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what ...

Band of Brothers' wasn't just about the literal events of the war but the bonds that formed among men in combat.

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Clarice Jensen, In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness They said Sgt. Pepper's was a perfect album. Here's another one — and it's arguably more ambitious. That Rosalía sings in 13 languages ...

I leaned into the weirdness this year and kept my mind steady by seeking out the still in the sonic thrall. These albums are in no particular order, just how I wrote them down. Gwenifer Raymond, Last ...

Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso are ready to fly in with a new album to end the year. On Friday, the Latin Grammy-winning Argentinian duo announced that they’ll release their album, Top of the Hills on Dec.

London’s first listening bar, Brilliant Corners in Dalston opened in 2013, followed three years later by Spiritland in King’s Cross. Through the mid-2010s, more venues opened across the capital and ...

My favorite albums of 2025 weren’t exactly magic tricks, but you had to listen to them closely to keep from getting head-faked. A country music traditionalist was the freshest in his field. A ...

Ah, power metal and historical military battles. Like chocolate and peanut butter or Tango and Cash, they just work together. I mean, hell — Sabaton made an entire career about it and it looks like ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...