The intensity of these albums varies wildly, but the excellence of their execution and the consolation they offer do not. The day-to-day grind of 2019 was relentless. We should know, since we're just ...

When we paused to reflect on our favorite music at the year’s halfway mark, we already had more than enough releases to compile a hefty final best-of list: When I Get Home, Solange’s hallucinatory ...

Did Rolling Stone really put Young Thug’s So Much Fun on the Best Albums of 2019 over Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s Bandana? I might be wrong, but I don’t think I am. Did Rolling Stone really put Young ...

Equally, acts like YCee, Peruzzi, Adekunle Gold, Reekado Banks and Zlatan have announced albums that are set to drop in the final months of 2019. Here is what we know so far; When quizzed on the title ...

The Highwomen, Tanya Tucker and Maren Morris turned in some of the year's best country albums. For the decade, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Jason Isbell proved hard to top. The debut effort ...

What a year! I've heard hundreds, I loved dozens, I want to talk about 29, so let's get to it! The masters of ethereal black metal returned in 2019 with another mind blowing, and heart swelling ...

They’re a perfect companion for the longer, darker nights of your year. Much of the album was previewed at The Green Note in August, with Clarke accompanying herself on guitar. Such is the strength ...

Drawing from prog, electronica, afrobeat and more, UK jazz continued to chart new vistas of expression. The four-horn front line and high-powered rhythm section of London-based septet Nérija provided ...