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 ...

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 ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

War. Peace. War. A moon landing. An assassination. Stranger Things. Ozzy’s farewell. 100 men vs. a gorilla. Coldplay’s kiss cam. Six-seven. Labubus. A jeans ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

Unwind and relax with satisfying sounds for a peaceful night. Gentle ASMR triggers, calming whispers, and soothing noises help you de-stress, drift off, and enjoy a serene evening. Raul Malo, ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B's beef is back on the broiler, with the two rappers trading shots over album sales and dissing each other with Barney insults and rape claims. On Monday night (Sept. 29), Nicki ...

Lower won for her dual role in Season 2 of the surreal workplace drama. A handwritten joke on the back of her acceptance speech notes read, “Let me out.” By Alexis Soloski Let’s hope that Helena and ...

Benjamin Booker’s third album wakes up in a cold sweat, its narrator gripped by paranoia in the American surveillance state while a booming backbeat pounds at his temples. It ends with a hopeless ...