Ezra Edelman's documentary was in the works for four years, and was disputed by Prince's estate for “dramatic” factual inaccuracies and “sensationalised” renderings of events The Recording Academy ...

In the 1950s Florence Switzer was featured in two national publications as the taxi driver who was also a great-grandmother!

Fans have been waiting patiently for The Fall Off, an album Cole has teased for a long time. According to the Rory & Mal ...

Adam Albums of the Year Honorable Mentions: clipping. – Dead Channel Sky; Cheekface – Middle Spoon; Vulfpeck – Clarity of Cal ...

The River City is nothing if not consistent. The world could be on fire, and that cool hip-hop collective you’ve heard of would still release four albums in a single year. Half the city could be ...

A record allegedly driven by supernatural forces, Prince swiftly disowned the stark funk of the Black Album - but what caused ...

Topped by Rosalía’s multilingual, ultra-ambitious Lux, here are the best albums of the year as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers More on the best culture of 2025 50 Marcus Elliot Brown, AKA ...

Far from the music industry’s prevailing belief that fans want everything spoon-fed to them, 2025’s best (and rapturously received) album offerings were also some of the most challenging. Jim Legxacy ...

Yes, we define indie rock pretty broadly for this list. Four decades after bands like the Replacements, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and the Meat Puppets got this scene rolling, indie rock is more a ...

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 ...

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 ...