In 1975, 31-year-old Mick Jagger told People magazine that “I’d rather be dead than sing ‘Satisfaction’ at 45.” ...

You might be surprised to find out that The Who has only released a dozen studio albums in their incredible career. They’ve only completed two of those LPs since 1982, which has a lot to do with the ...

The Who returns to several U.K. rankings as Quadrophenia reenters the Physical Albums chart and Albums Sales charts, reaching new all-time highs as it bounds back. The Who pose for a group portrait, ...

PRE-LIST ENTERTAINMENT, PART 1: WHAT IS A “LOST” ALBUM, EXACTLY? I am not talking about records that didn’t get their due in their time. And I’m not counting albums that are out of print or absent ...

As The Who marches across North America on it’s the Song Is Over farewell tour, the British rock legends have announced plans to release a suite of expanded versions of its classic 1978 studio album, ...

The best ’70s albums capture a complex, tumultuous transitional moment in history, wedged between the hippie 1960s and the gleaming, new-wave ’80s, pioneering new approaches to music to survey an era ...

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 ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This year, Spotify Wrapped presented users with their most-played albums for the first time. The ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...