Daily Newsletter, January 7, 2026

The 50 best songs from 2025, as picked by our team

Our 2025 year-end coverage ends with the top 10 albums of the year as voted on by the AllMusic community. Respondents from all around the world made their choices, and we're excited…

No Depression readers have spoken and the results of our annual, year-end readers' poll are in!  Narrowing down favorites from the nearly 600 albums we tracked this year is no easy feat, but the results are clear. Read on for readers' top 10 favorite roots music albums of 2025.  Thank

From Elvis to Eminem, Arctic Monkeys to Led Zeppelin, The Clash to The Stone Roses, these are music's greatest ever opening salvoes

Björk, Courtney Barnett, Death Grips, Fcukers, Heavenly, Massive Attack, Olivia Rodrigo, Shudder to Think, Speed, Spoon, Tigers Jaw, Zach Bryan & more albums we're anticipating in 2026.

The Australian indie pop duo had to be talked into becoming a band. It has more than paid off.

Greatness in the ruins: 15 times when a single majestic song way outshone its failing album

Review: Bob Dylan followed up his masterpiece, 'Blood on the Tracks,' with 1976's 'Desire' which drew on the musicians and songs of his Rolling Thunder Revue.

On 'Yer Blues', The Beatles fuse a grunge sensibility with basic jazz formality. To achieve such a combination, they had an extremely manic way of recording.

From name-dropping to myth-building in popular music: Why musicians keep talking about each other, and what it says about music culture.

The release of 2026 movies like 'Wuthering Heights', 'Michael', and 'Supergirl' don't look very promising, and it seems like they're going to flop.

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat