For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

Don’t expect it to get heavy radio rotation though. It’s a seven-minute track, with plenty of bass (surprise!) which includes a three-minute intro before Flea’s spoken word vocals come in. And as you ...

It’s been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five ...

Unlike the past few years where there were clearly dominant pop music storylines like the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef or ...

Featuring: Ladytron, Sorry, Sharp Pins, Oneohtrix Point Never, David Byrne, The Notwist, Robber Robber and more of November's best stuff.

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong ...

Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

Flea, a/k/a Michael Peter Balzary, the longtime bassist/co-founder and composer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will release ...

From Jacob Alon’s beguiling debut to Saint Etienne’s impeccable swansong, these were the outstanding albums of the last 12 ...

A John Waters Christmas comes to Boulder Theater, Rickie Lee Jones chats with Nick Forster of eTown, Josy Rosales Bluegrass ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found ...