Variety's music writers pick 2025's best albums, including Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Clipse, Brandi Carlile, ...

Technically, Up My Standards is a mixtape, but it sounds more like one long radio freestyle. The only moments where Philly’s ...

The All Songs Considered host had his mind blown by Rosalía's LUX and his heart broken by Patrick Watson's uh oh, and was ...

Finding the perfect gifts for the live music fans on your holiday shopping list just got easier with L4LM‘s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide.

Jon Anderson fans hoping that he'll put out a new album with the Band Geeks soon are in luck. As he tells UCR in an exclusive interview, he's hard at work on his next record with plans to release it ...

The winner is by no means certain, but here's how it looks right now. By Paul Grein Ever since Bad Bunny won album of the year at the Latin Grammys on Thursday Nov. 13 for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, the ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Have you heard that The Neighbourhood, the band behind the fourth most-streamed song of all time, released a new ...

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses, plus we listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 and 2010 interviews with Smith.

All will be revealed on Friday. But if you just can't wait... By Paul Grein A couple of recent news items from the Recording Academy may give us some hints about what to expect when the Grammy ...

MIKA has returned to music with a new single ‘Modern Times’, released today (31 October) as he prepares to drop a new album and embark on a major European arena tour. The 2025 Attitude Awards co-host, ...

I love a concept album — any concept, really. But especially an unfussy, simple concept album, released completely by surprise, from one of my all-time favorite rappers recording today. Saba, fresh ...

Coming off the heels of a new album, Seattle-based pop-rock band Smokey Brights is headed to the Chameleon to give locals a taste of the “sonic exploration” the band has been cooking up over the years ...