LEO Weekly music writer Jeff Polk breaks down his 25 favorite local songs of 2025, spotlighting Louisville artists across ...

From the albums we know are dropping at the top of the year, to the in-the-works efforts we hope will drop sometime soon, to ...

Death metal continues to thrive in 2025. With subgenres ranging from melodeath and technical death metal to deathcore, ...

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 ...

Before I share my list of favorite albums of 2025, I need to repeat my regular “year-end list” disclaimer. If you already know the drill, feel free to skip ahead. We all know this. Art isn’t a ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

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Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best songs of 2025. In a chronically online, AI-slop-embedded hellscape, Don’t Tap the Glass is Tyler, the Creator’s surprise social ...

This album makes it to my rotation every winter. And that’s not just because I’m probably Björk’s biggest fan. Not only is this beautiful, wintry art pop album on the more accessible side of the ...

There’s a warmth to this alternative rock album, if not some bittersweetness, considering it is Jeff Buckley’s only studio album. The beloved musician released this album several years before his ...