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 ...

If only I knew whatever happened to it, then I could let you know all of the names! But by memory, I can remember seeing The Adverts, Buzzcocks, The Clash, the Ramones, X-Ray Spex, The Boomtown Rats, ...

Ben E. King's 'Stand by Me' has become a modern standard. Hear interpretations by John Lennon, Tina Turner, and Miley Cyrus.

The 2025 edition of the M for Montreal music festival, which ran from Nov. 19 to 22, provided local fans with a little ...

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You can’t go to every concert, especially those that happened decades before you were born. But the best live albums can take you there. At a certain point, every album used to be a live album, at ...

Despite its massive slow-burn success and cultural footprint, its forthright creator remains lukewarm on the record that made him globally famous. “I thought [Play] was too eclectic. It was recorded ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...