The best AC/DC albums are simply the archetypal sound of hard rock. Whereas those that came before them made their name on bells and whistles—technicolor solos, outrageous displays of confidence, ...

The last of our Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far list is here. Thank you for taking the ride with us and engaging with our rankings online. It’s been a blast watching these chapters make the ...

PRE-LIST ENTERTAINMENT, PART 1: WHAT IS A “LOST” ALBUM, EXACTLY? I am not talking about records that didn’t get their due in their time. And I’m not counting albums that are out of print or absent ...

The first issue of Paste came out in July 2002. Since then, this site has catalogued the best and worst contemporary music the industry and the underground have had to offer. This week, we’re focusing ...

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming ...

Guns N’ Roses famously spent well over a decade working on Chinese Democracy — long enough that the title became shorthand for perpetually delayed albums — but it finally came out in 2008. GNR have ...

Plot a musician’s catalogue by quality over time, and you’ll often get a line that slopes downwards as the years progress. The best final albums are exceptions: lightning bolts of inspiration ...

New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

Taylor Swift has officially made history — again. On Tuesday (Sept. 30), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) confirmed that Swift has become the first and only female artist to ...

Young Thug released his highly anticipated album UY SCUTI last weekend and it arrived as both a reclamation and somewhat of a reckoning. Named after one of the largest stars in the universe, the title ...

It's New Music Friday, and the first weekend of autumn has brought forth a handful of releases by beloved veteran artists. Neko Case is back with her first album since 2018. Robert Plant and his ...