What constitutes a “rock” album in 2023 has never been more unclear. I’ve long been under the impression that it has something to do with guitar-driven, strong-beat arrangements. But even then, with ...

“Everything is under control,” Meshell Ndegeocello sings, again and again, throughout “Call the Tune,” a haunted hymn amidst the collection of mystical prayers, jazz vamps, and folk musings that ...

Here are the best rock and metal albums and songs of 2023. Perhaps the most plentiful year in new music yet, 2023 saw the release of a couple thousand albums and a few thousand singles all falling ...

There's never a shortage of feuds in the rock and roll world, and 2023 featured some real doozies. From early January until late December some of music's biggest stars were trading barbs with current ...

Hard rock and metal fans have always known that their music makes a great soundtrack to so many aspects of their lives, so it should come as no surprise that major corporations have figured that out, ...

The best rock music of 2023 spoke loudly and directly. From the guttural screams of Wednesday’s Rat Saw God to the testaments to community on boygenius’ the record, there was no shortage of catharsis ...