We are always listening to what’s next, but we’re only human, and these are the records that are stuck on repeat. We’re highlighting some of 2026’s most outstanding albums to date by rounding up the ...

Every June, the Paste team tallies up its favorite songs of the previous six months. It’s a great way for us to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. The cut-off date for these songs ...

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Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more. London Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Adès, ...

This year in Afropop, a whispery Ghanaian It-Girl shook the world, a Francophone trio remade Bastille Day in their image, and East African R&B stars took romantic tension to new heights. Meanwhile, a ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

(KTLA) — Pop culturally, the year tends to wrap up by early December, at least with music. Few artists want to drop anything they care about amid the holiday rush and the domination of holiday music.