I hope Ace Frehley is playing his crazy-good guitar in some heavy-metal heaven, maybe in a new band with Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy ...

The elusive rock icon, 73, just announced “Ride the Serpent,” his first piece of original material in more than 20 years, and ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, ...

It usually only takes an instant to recognize the sound Mary Halvorson gets out of her hollow-body guitar: percussive but pliable, with the odd subversive wobble. Her voice as a composer and ...

I really thought there'd be more consensus this year around the best songs and albums. But if you spend any time with all the different lists dropping everywhere, you'll find they're all over the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A holiday album that cuts through seasonal glut, a late collaboration by Jim McNeely and Helmut Lachenmann’s string quartets are among the highlights.

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Kiss received Kennedy Center honors on Saturday, accepting medals from President Trump himself in the Oval Office. You can watch a clip of the band being given the honors below. In addition to Kiss, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kiss debuts its half-century-old live album Alive! in the U.K.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has selected its 10 best albums of the year, presented in no particular order and with a legend describing who might particularly enjoy them, in the vein of our ...