Houston is full of singers, bands and performers whose work is just as good or better than whatever topped your Spotify ...

The Beach Boys recorded many Christmas songs, but Little Saint Nick stands alone as their most beloved holiday classic.

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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, ...

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 ...

“Peter Hujar’s Day” emerged as the leading film in the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, which were announced Wednesday morning. The biographical drama scored five nods, including best ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Here's the main thing you need to know about our ranked list of the 15 best diamond-selling hard rock and metal albums: They're all damn good. Are you surprised? History is littered with platinum ...

A Black Friday airfare dogfight appears to have broken out between rival discount carriers Spirit and Frontier airlines, as both announced Friday they are briefly selling one-way tickets for $30 or ...

Spencer Gifts, the owner of Spirit Halloween, is experimenting with a Christmas-themed spinoff store. The company expanded from eight experimental stores in 2024 to 30 Spirit Christmas locations this ...