Featuring: Arctic Monkeys, Kim Gordon, Kneecap, RIP Magic, Buck Meek, The Cribs, Jessie Ware, Whitelands, Plantoid, and more of January's best stuff ...

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

Bad Bunny started the year off right with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, one of his best albums to date. Since then, there has been a wealth of exciting new music, from anxiously awaited comebacks like Bon ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

If there's one question that professional music lovers hear most often, it's some variation on: "Heard any good albums lately?" We always have, of course, but when it came time to highlight the cream ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Paste Magazine is The A.V. Club‘s source for music news and lists, artist interviews, and album reviews. I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far ...

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