New year, new music. There’s a whole lot of killer noise coming your way over the next 12 months. From punk, to metal, to ...

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This weekend features a diverse mix of options, including a touring comic at Wilmington’s top comedy club and the final ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

There are plenty more new releases to celebrate this month as we start out the new year, so stay tuned and give your music ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

Here is Loudwire's ranking of the 13 best metal albums of 2025. We've already anointed singled out this year's 51 best rock and metal albums of the year overall, but now it's time to get into the ...

Gretsch packs the legendary studio magic of Abbey Road into a guitar that's also pleasantly playable, and competitively ...

Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

So this is the future? Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included the rise of AI slop and cartoon K-pop. A number of ...