Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included ...

Censored, restored, and recently revised by the Pet Shop Boys, Eisenstein's century-old film still poses important questions ...

Renowned baritone Jubilant Sykes, 71, was fatally stabbed at his Santa Monica home on 8 December, with his son Micah taken ...

Spotify is shifting from an audio powerhouse to a full-fledged multimedia contender. Is now the time to invest in the stock?

The German Annual Charts present a diverse picture in 2025: While Taylor Swift leads the album charts, dialect artist Oimara ...

Algernon Cadwallader, “Trying Not to Have a Thought”; Amaarae, “Black Star”; Corridos Ketamina, “Corridos Ketamina”; Nick ...

Listen to a playlist of the year's best songs as selected by The Times' August Brown, Cerys Davies and Mikael Wood.

As he gears up for the release of a new collection of poetry and a huge new UK tour - including a homecoming show at ...

These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance. This is FRESH ...

“Chinese Democracy” finally arrived in 2008. Guns N’ Roses burned through ten guitarists and $13m recording the album, and 15 years had passed since the American band’s previous studio offering. By ...

WSJ. Magazine’s annual Innovators issue recognizes groundbreaking talents from a range of disciplines. Billie Eilish is this year’s music innovator. Check back for more cover stars through October. IN ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In 1986, the appeal of “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” was delightfully uncomplicated. The Beastie Boys had turned the simple art of rebelling ...