John Mayer talks about joining Dead and Company, becoming a Deadhead, and growing close with Bob Weir in a long, personal new ...

Billy Steinberg, part of one of the most successful songwriting teams of the '80s and '90s, from 'Eternal Flame' to 'I Touch Myself,' has died.

From the super-nostalgic songs to the anthems perfect for a girls’ night, from songs by Beyoncé to Rihanna, these are the ...

Carole King’s iconic “You’ve Got A Friend” is about as pure of a friendship song as you can get. Honestly, if your BFF wouldn’t “come runnin’” when you really need them, as the song states, you should ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

As 2025 winds down, let's take a closer look at the 13 best rock songs of the year and count down to the best of the best. Earlier this year, we gave you the 51 Best Rock and Metal Songs of 2025 and ...

Raw from a recent rejection (a six-month flirtationship that went nowhere — classic), I bemoaned my affliction to my friend Stevie* and her then-girlfriend. They were flattering away my self doubt; ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

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, ...

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 ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

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 ...