Awards are overrated. Shows matter, so check out the bluesy, bubbly band Glad Valley, or Ezra Furman, or a hot jazz trio.

As usual, the 2026 concert season for Pittsburgh will start off slowly in January. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t shows ...

In June, I was on an Indie Week panel called “Indie Music Journalism: Navigating a Shifting Landscape” with with Creem’s Fred ...

Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

Metalheads have always found transcendence, exultation, and deliverance in music’s heaviest genre where everyone else has heard noise. Sometimes you need to feel like the sound coming out of your ...

Iggy Pop and Ethel Cain guest on the sixth album by the Swedish composer/Goth rocker/pipe organ specialist, which earned comparisons to Kate Bush for its diverse blend of instrumentation and mature ...

What were 2025's best rock albums? While we recently shared with you the 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 with you and named Three Days Grace's Alienation our Rock Album of the Year, we have not ...

Vets and newbies flexed their best bars in 2025. After being spoiled by a monstrous three-peat from Future, a lyrical face-off between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and scintillating releases from Doechii ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more. London Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Adès, ...

Lately it seems like every year, when I look back on my favorite classical albums, I always think, "Well, let's face it: It's been a pretty cruel year, and this is the music that helped get me through ...

Yes, we define indie rock pretty broadly for this list. Four decades after bands like the Replacements, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and the Meat Puppets got this scene rolling, indie rock is more a ...

Fresh entries into the tradition include releases by Luke Bryan, Tyra Banks and Old Crow Medicine Show. By Jon Caramanica Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You ...