Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog is back with this year’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled Jolly Chubby Elf. Every year for more than a decade Goodwin puts together an annual ...

As a '90s kid who spent hours with a Walkman in the backseat of a car, an appreciation for the sonic narrative has stuck — that same patience, nuance and attention to detail can be found in my ...

For years now, TikTok has been known as a hitmaking platform and perhaps the best place to discover the next great musical artists. Major record labels make a point of signing those with tunes picking ...

It took 50 people to make this list of 2022's 100 best songs. Why put in that much effort, when algorithmically generated playlists can give a listener what they already know they want? Because ...

For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

Back then it was Lolita, now it’s coquette. The revival of Tumblr era culture and fashion — otherwise known as “Tumblrcore” or “2014core” — has been on the rise for the past couple of years, but the ...

Flight Facilities have finally released their highly anticipated 2012 to 2022 Decade Mix, the latest installment in their long-running series. The mix premiered on triple j's Mix Up at the weekend, ...

A new study titled “Lost in the Mix” reveals that female and nonbinary producers, engineers, and other audio tech workers are “vastly underrepresented” in the most popular music of last year. Across ...

In a year so bizarre that a Kate Bush single from three decades ago somehow topped the charts, it’s fitting that some of the year’s best tracks felt like wildcards. Rising rappers (Glorilla, Ice Spice ...

Whether you heard them on TikTok, on the radio or on a fresh slab of old-fashioned vinyl, new songs helped make sense this year of a world that seemed to need more interpretation with every passing ...