J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

When Cam was writing and recording the songs that would turn out to become her new All Things Light album, both she and the world at large were undergoing a seismic shift. It was the height of the ...

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 ...

June 2025 is proving to be a busy month for new albums. There’s releases from Addison Rae, Lil Wayne, Little Simz, Turnstile, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Hotline TNT, Yaya Bey, and now, Haim.

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the music that defined 2024. From soul-stirring R&B records to groundbreaking hip-hop projects, this year has been nothing short of monumental for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hubris, lack of taste, massive amounts of drugs: There are many reasons for terrible album covers. This gallery collects 50 of the worst. Enter the carnival tent to witness the monstrosities, the ...

We’re halfway through 2024 and just posted a list of our 40 favorite albums of 2024 so far, which includes multiple genres of music, including metal. For even more metal, we’ve now put together a list ...

I might be old-fashioned, but I like listening to albums. Spotify seems to always be fighting me on this. I like experiencing a collection of songs all at once, played in the order chosen by the ...