That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...

On Friday, Beyoncé will release Cowboy Carter, the much anticipated album that signals the beginning of the second part of a three-act project, following Renaissance, a sparkling celebration of house ...

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On this date in 2000, Atlanta wordsmith Christopher Bridges, better known to the world as Ludacris, released his major label debut and sophomore album Back For The First Time on Def Jam ...

In September of 1992, I bought my first two CDs. One was Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys, and the other was the Singles soundtrack. I was 14 years old. Yesterday, I bought six more CDs — mostly ...

I don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

Marcus Brown was angry when he made his first album under the moniker Nourished By Time. After a stint at Berklee College Of Music, the musician moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at Whole Foods, ...

Jellybean Johnson — one of the pioneers of the Minneapolis Sound, the original and only drummer for the Time, and multi-instrumentalist/producer — died on Friday, Nov. 21. He was 69. No cause of death ...

People often talk about second album syndrome, and the pressures that follow a great first record. Often it can overshadow conversation around the debut itself: “Brilliant album… shame about the ...