The musician is proving the power of independent artistry by releasing music under a label that “values an artist’s ...

The first issue of Paste came out in July 2002. Since then, this site has catalogued the best and worst contemporary music the industry and the underground have had to offer. This week, we’re focusing ...

The best Midwest emo albums of the 1990s were contained within the actual Midwest, for the most part. Fast forward to more recent years and we've seen bands from just about every corner of the U.S.

Where should you start if you want to represent the '70s in your vinyl collection? Luckily we've got a few selections for essentials that should send you on your way to repeated needle drops and spins ...

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The news that Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has recorded the biggest sales week for any album ever is an astonishing milestone in the annals of ...

Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. In the three decades since, only 25 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. Taylor Swift has achieved ...

The first four Danzig albums are being re-released on vinyl. This is the first vinyl reissue of the lps since their initial release, though bootlegs have abounded. The new ones are out via Universal ...

The rapper had previously announced a March 2026 release date. By Michael Saponara Nicki Minaj is threatening to cancel her plans for her sixth album — which she had set for next March — altogether.

Great artists who are the opposite of prolific are always a thorny subject. Many of our most romantic ideas about creativity tend to view “genius” as a kind of vessel state, from which beauty and ...

Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen in 1978. (Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns) “If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your ...