Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl." Swift put out the word on her website shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday. On Wednesday, her site ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Housed in a shipping container, a machine dubbed "The Annihilator” is helping solve one of the most perplexing problems facing the environment. The chemical polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, ...

Stopgap cash grab by the record company or the result of artist indulgence that can't be contained within the usual confines of a single LP? The double album has been both throughout its long and ...

Rock and roll has been around for more than seven decades, and the world has seen some of the most brilliant musicians and artists over time. But like all living beings, even the lives of legendary ...

Streaming has mutated the album as a format over the past decade, lengthening tracklists, shifting where likely hits get placed, and chipping away at song runtimes. But this year, artists seemed less ...

Charli XCX, Mk.gee and MJ Lenderman top our pop music critics’ lists this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The agendas for 21st-century musicians keep getting more ...

The death of the album has been proclaimed many times, and after decades of piracy and point-and-click listening, cohesive bodies of work have indeed lost some of their cultural stature. Yet the long ...

The New Infant Annihilator EP is called Mister Sister Fister: Re-Conception and it is probably the most heavy EP that they have put out since they released The Battle of Yaldabaoth in 2019. There are ...

If you’re ready to start wiping out zombies like it’s nobody’s business in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, the first thing you’ll need to do is go to Leisure Park. After you leave the Security Room for ...

Without question, Metallica are the most formidable, popularized and influential band in the heavy metal genre. No other band in heavy music wields the same number of masterfully crafted albums or the ...

The album is the best invention of the past century, hands down — but the music isn’t the whole story. The album cover has been a cultural obsession as long as albums have. Ever since 12-inch vinyl ...