She’s Green, Samia, Gully Boys and Alan Sparhawk were among the local acts offering adventurous listens this year.

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LEO Weekly music writer Jeff Polk breaks down his 25 favorite local songs of 2025, spotlighting Louisville artists across ...

Year-end season is normally all about positivity—publications pick their favorite albums and songs from the previous 12 ...

Best friends since their teens, across their thirty-year career, Biffy Clyro have graduated from being a discordant alt-rock cult concern to platinum-plated UK festival headliners while retaining ...

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Lana Del Rey's Born to Die is now the longest-charting album by a solo female musician in U.S. history as the set lives on ...

While the year 2025 delivered critically acclaimed albums and commercial blockbusters, numerous projects also offered ...