A highlight off Hiding Place's latest LP, the new single from German emo duo Holden Place, and more on this week's roundup

Here we are, barely two columns in to 2026, and I’m already overwhelmed. I feel like I say “this has been a great year for metal” so often it’s in danger of becoming a catchphrase, but I mean, have you seen the release schedule for the next couple of months? It’s ridiculous! I haven’t got […]

From musical Inuits to a child's fever dream, the greatest concept albums dazzle with surreal narratives and sheer unforgettable weirdness

Guitarist Lenny Kaye put together a compilation of overlooked '60s garage-rock bands in 1973, and he's out performing those songs himself in 2026.

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At the dawn of the ’70s, Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world... but what happened?

Thirty years ago, the Afghan Whigs doubled down on their obsessions with funk and soul to create a song cycle that's closer to a concept album than it isn't.

It doesn't often come up in discussions of rock's greatest years, but this '70s year saw defining statements from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and more

Bob Dylan is the only songwriter to have won a Nobel Prize in Literature, so his credentials are never in doubt. Sometimes, though, his meanings can be.

Each of the LPs that claimed the top spot had a story to tell. The year began and ended with The Beatles on top with a whole lot of Simon & Garfunkel in between

31 essential classic rock albums, from Zeppelin to Bowie, that shaped an era with riffs, melodies, and timeless, genre-defining innovation.

Just as the synth was losing its way in the late 2000s, the Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics compilation unveiled a new world of synth majesty.

The lyrics to Steely Dan's 1972 song "Dirty Work" are not the enigmatic stanzas that make up most of their discography, so why is it still used in films and TV to this day?

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