J. Cole has announced that his highly anticipated album “The Fall-Off” is scheduled to be released on February 6. In a trailer for the album, Cole is pictured washing is car at a self-service station ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best songs of 2025. In a chronically online, AI-slop-embedded hellscape, Don’t Tap the Glass is Tyler, the Creator’s surprise social ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Bruno Mars has officially joined music royalty despite publicly admitting he can’t stand one of the songs that got him there. The pop superstar’s 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has just entered ...

As the seasons continue to change with more rapidity and the weeks turn into months that roll into years, there are at least a few constants: death, taxes and Taylor Swift. Even if she’s not on tour ...

In the annals of American rock bands, Little Feat is one of the more criminally underrated acts to arrive on the scene since releasing its self-titled 1971 debut. Fans will get to experience that ...

Last year Bon Jovi returned with Forever, their first album since 2020's aptly titled 2020. The album featured "Waves," a collaboration with alt-country superstar Jason Isbell. Soon, Isbell won't be ...

The singer-songwriter revealed the name of her 12th original studio album in a surprise announcement, but no other details. By Julia Jacobs Taylor Swift relishes announcing her albums in dramatic ...