Without music, life would be a mistake,” writes O.G. Krautrocker Freddy ‘Phat Mo’ Nietzsche in Twilight of the Idols, his ...

Every fall brings a big-ol' bag-full of Christmas albums. This year seems to have a slightly lower number of holiday releases ...

The Weeknd ‘s Hurry Up Tomorrow, the last installment in his musical trilogy, will release on Jan. 24. The album will follow ...

Ice Cube popped up at our virtual meeting wearing an Ice Cube hat with the name of his new album, Man Down, emblazoned on the ...

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From "The Nightmare Before Christmas" to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," from Ella to Louis, 15 vintage Christmas songs for ...

One of the most apt and unquestioned honorific nicknames in popular music is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Mary J. Blige was ...

It so totally works it might make you wonder if this is how it should have sounded all along. By Gil Kaufman Kelly Clarkson has turned the Kellyoke segment of her syndicated daytime talk show into ...

When I first started taking spin classes almost a decade ago, I was convinced that one of the teachers at my gym was subconsciously broadcasting the state of her love life with each playlist ...

Some long-awaited volatility sweeps over the pop charts this week: Tyler, The Creator's new album, Chromakopia, debuts at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200, even though it came out on a Monday ...

Not Mr. Smith, though, whose hair is as jet black as ever and whose songwriting remains profoundly, existentially angsty on Songs of a Lost World, The Cure’s first new album in 16 years. Luckily, ...