Year-end season is normally all about positivity—publications pick their favorite albums and songs from the previous 12 months, and then we all argue over placements and omissions. “Where’s __?” is an ...

Making sense of the madness. Despite country radio clearly losing the decades-long stranglehold it has had on consumers for the better part of the past five or so years, there’s no denying that it’s ...

MOST MUSICIANS, when they decide to do a concert residency, head to Las Vegas. In recent years megastars including Adele, Celine Dion and U2 have made tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars ...

Everybody makes mistakes, even those who are the greatest or just great. There isn’t a band or an artist out there that hasn’t come up with a song that is a true dud. Of course, it is all in the ear ...

Since releasing his debut album X100PRE in 2018, which then cemented him as a bona fide trap and reggaeton artist, El Conejo Malo has kept fans on the edge of their seats as he’s branched out to ...

Lady Gaga’s new album Mayhem lives up to its title, but there’s a lot of sweetness and romanticism, too. In the track “How Bad Do U Want Me,” Gaga goes full-on ’80s prom ballad, even eliciting ...

Who knew that Brian Wilson would end up on this list? The songwriting mastermind behind The Beach Boys has rarely penned an objectively bad song; he’s just on another level of artistry. That being ...