Rhino Records’ Reserve Otis Blue reissue brings classic Otis Redding soul back to vinyl, delivering pristine sound and timeless tracks like “Respect” and “Change Is Gonna Come.” In the vintage vinyl ...

Bob Dylan brings his “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour to the Historic Genesee Theatre in downtown Waukegan at 8 p.m. on March 30, 2026.

Need some new holiday music? Try these alternative Christmas albums, recommended by music writer Ben Salmon for The Bulletin ...

Bob Dylan released Like a Rolling Stone 60 years ago on Highway 61 Revisited, a song many critics call the greatest rock track of all time.

While I was home on break, I was helping my mom dig some old decorations out of the attic and stumbled upon some of her dad’s old records. We found piles, and I mean piles of Bob Dylan records, which ...

Is there a folk rock record from 1965 more fun than Do You Believe In Magic by The Lovin’ Spoonful? That’s up to personal opinion. But, personally, I think this pop-leaning classic rock record is an ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

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Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...