And to close it out, these are the best new dance projects of the week.

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In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

2025 was a great year for music. So many songs filled us with joy, love, reflection. With the year coming to a close, we wanted to look back with NPR's resident music critic, Ann Powers. Hey, Ann. ANN ...

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So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

With 2025 coming to a close, that means we've reached the halfway point for this decade. Difficult as that may be to believe, it is true, and it technically marks six full years of music, counting ...

Mammoth's "The End" is Loudwire's No. 1 rock song of 2025. It's the title track from Mammoth's third album and was also the lead single, released back in May. Wolfgang Van Halen once again took on all ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

Over the weekend, Aphex Twin released to new, very similar tracks to his soundcloud, neither of which not the glitchy music you might associate with him. He says: “Got many requests for this one from ...