With so many big names – Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift – and buzzy bands – The Last Dinner Party, Smerz – it’s been difficult to whittle this year’s albums to 10. But after much ...

One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

It has been a packed year of concerts, from Oasis’ long-awaited 2025 reunion tour to year five of Coldplay’s Music of the ...

Stevie Nicks was seriously considering giving up on her dream of being a rock star, when Joni Mitchell helped pull her back from the brink.

After saying their 2023 album would be their last one, Sully Erna now says there's a good chance the veteran rock act will release at least one more LP.

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

The 21st century has seen the release of some amazing albums, including David Bowie's Blackstar, Robyn's Body Talk, and ...

Ben Folds is the rare artist to bring a satisfying and original take on Christmas music, as he did on a December tour.

SANTA CRUZ Chuck Prophet marks return to Moe’s Alley Whether it is touring in support of his latest album or performing selections from Bob Dylan’s “The Basement Tapes,” ...

Matthew and Gunnar are glass-half-full guys. Positivity runs through the conversation and the book. So Matthew went backstage ...

The 33-year-old Catalan musician Rosalía was a phenomenon even before the release of “Lux”, said Julyssa Lopez in Rolling ...

The new film "Song Sung Blue" pays homage to the catalog of Neil Diamond, and it is one worth celebrating. We rank his 10 ...