Rock music has always thrived on reinvention. Many of the early rock tunes were covers of blues and R&B songs. Rock guitarists were notorious for borrowing licks from blues songs and powering them through electric guitars and amplifiers, giving these sounds the rock ‘n’ roll treatment that appealed to a younger generation. In the early […]

It’s as if four simultaneous charting singles (including the 6-week reign of “Golden” at #1) wasn’t enough for this Netflix cultural phenomenon. News broke over the weekend that the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack finally reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Albums Chart, after receiving a major upgrade this month in the form of a […]

Today, September 14, would have been Amy Winehouse’s 42nd birthday, so we figured it would be a wonderful time to celebrate her breathtaking Back To Black album, released in 2006. The LP shifted the singer’s career from being a successful jazz singer to a global pop star, and she brought depth, sincerity, and true artistry […]

“Nothing can stop me now,” Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor whispers during the opening moments of his 1994 industrial-rock magnum opus The Downward Spiral. The words are spoken with a hint of menace, hinting at the album’s infamous (and controversial) conceptual exploration of nihilism and self-destruction—but they might as well have referenced Reznor’s juggernaut […]

When it comes to musicians who decide to depart the flock and go solo, history is littered with examples who hit the dust and flamed out. Think Tommy Lee when he departed Mötley Crüe, or Mick Jagger when he tried to break off from the Rolling Stones. It takes a canny operator to properly execute […]

The 1970s were unequivocally the golden age of rock music; that’s why we call the music from that decade ‘classic’ rock. The seeds were planted for nearly every musical movement to come out of the rest of the 20th century, and there was no shortage of rock bands who were capable of drawing massive crowds […]

When Drake began feuding with a long list of artists last year, like Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, and Rick Ross, there was a running joke on social media that DJ Khaled would suffer the most. Mainly, because some of Khaled’s albums consist of Drake collaborating with the same rappers that he’s squabbling with. […]

Bad Bunny has decided not to include the U.S. in his latest tour, citing concerns over ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The 31-year-old music icon, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is currently engaged in a sold-out 30-date residency at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.The “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí” […]

The MTV Video Music Awards went off with a bang, with phenomenal performances, well-deserved wins, and some stellar looks in 2025. Legends old and new graced the stage in Elmont, NY, with none other than long-time Grammy Award host, rapper LL Cool J, as this year’s MC. The 2025 VMAs were chock-full of surprises and […]