Beyoncé, who unveiled the massive album Cowboy Carter in March, became the first Black woman to hit #1 on the Hot 100 chart ...

It’s Christmas and Neil Young is here with a gift. “Silver & Gold” was written in the early ’80s and played on tour a few times in 1984 but a studio recording wasn’t released until it appeared on his ...

As the fuzzy genre thrives, it’s hard not to notice the influence controversial band Whirr has over it, especially for TikTok viral artists like Wisp or flyingfish. Despite being canceled in 2015 for ...

Your Old Droog shared the album Movie. Now, the New York rapper is previewing its follow-up with the new single “Suspects,” produced by Edan.

Now, the viral Bronx rapper is back with the deluxe edition, playfully and perhaps annoyingly titled Y2K!: I’m Just A Girl (Deluxe).

Both Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, The Creator kept hip hop interesting in the latter half of the year with GNX and Chromakopia ...

Beloved art-pop recluse Kate Bush isn’t the type to make public appearances these days, but she does share occasional ...

Counting Crows’ 1996 power ballad “A Long December” has emerged as a depressive lighters-up standard. In recent years, a bunch of people have covered “A Long December”: The Hold Steady, Oceanator, ...

Stereogum’s own Chris DeVille wrote a column about a crucial question: Where are the modern Christmas standards? Every year, Mariah Carey’s 1994 song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” reliably returns ...

Seven years ago, the frantic and ferocious New York screamo power trio Closer jumped onto our radar with their colossal ...

It’s time for another Stereogum tradition: itemizing our least favorite music trends of the year. And boy, did 2024 give us ...

Alfa Anderson, lead singer of the legendary disco band Chic, died Dec. 17. She was 78. Her bandmate Nile Rodgers confirmed the news on Instagram, writing in a tribute post: “Thank you for everything.” ...