Taylor Swift took a moment to celebrate the release of her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” by penning a lengthy tribute on social media. The Grammy winner took to Instagram and X as her ...

What are the 25 best metal albums of the last 25 years (from 2000 through 20204)? That's what we're here to determine as we try to whittle down a quarter century of metal's best albums to just 25 ...

At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums and followed by February’s ...

For those who grew up buying records, part of the fascination was not just listening, but reading. The inner sleeve of records often had extensive notes, lyrics and credits for everything from the ...

July 4 Weekend is upon us, summer is officially here, and we’ve put together a list of 58 albums we’re excited to hear between now and the end of September. We mostly stuck to albums with confirmed ...

Stopgap cash grab by the record company or the result of artist indulgence that can't be contained within the usual confines of a single LP? The double album has been both throughout its long and ...

When it comes to country music, the artists we are such fans of are actually fans of the genre, too! Many singers look up to one another and are genuinely into the music their idols colleagues are ...

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the music that defined 2024. From soul-stirring R&B records to groundbreaking hip-hop projects, this year has been nothing short of monumental for ...

Streaming has mutated the album as a format over the past decade, lengthening tracklists, shifting where likely hits get placed, and chipping away at song runtimes. But this year, artists seemed less ...

Charli XCX, Mk.gee and MJ Lenderman top our pop music critics’ lists this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The agendas for 21st-century musicians keep getting more ...

One major theme that runs through Pitchfork’s best albums of 2024 is disbelief. There are pop albums that defy all expectations, indie rock records that shouldn’t work but do, rap tapes that are made ...

Welcome to 1974: the most Seventies year of the Seventies. The music world was changing fast, and so was the rest of the culture. America was dazed and confused from its Sixties hangover. Two years ...