In 1970, the band Santana molded together African and Latinx influences with their namesake’s signature guitar sounds, creating a legacy and projecting Latin rock into ears across the world.
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35 years later, Kate Bush’s impassioned battle cry for femininity, sexuality, and total renewal remains one of pop’s greatest albums of all time.
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100 gecs’ genre-bending experimental music embraces the chaos of the Internet Age.
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As if 2020 wasn’t crazy enough, the cult-classic video game “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” is returning to the limelight with a highly anticipated remastered version releasing this September — 21 years after the original. Now that the game is old enough to buy itself a drink, it’s time we raise our glass to the iconic soundtrack that accompanied it.
Luminous synths and romantic idealism come together for the ‘80s-inspired masterpiece that’s now consistently hailed as one of the best pop albums of the 2010s.
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With trip hop beats and guitar sparkle, Garbage offered a dynamic reprieve from grunge gloominess and opened the door to experimentation and genre fluidity in its self-titled debut.
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While the movie adaptation of John Green’s “Paper Towns” didn’t live up to expectations, its sunshiney soundtrack uplifts the story’s familiar coming-of-age elements.
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Get excited Twihards — Edward Cullen will be revived during yet another pandemic. “Midnight Sun,” a new book from Stephenie Meyer that recounts “Twilight” from Edward’s perspective, drops Aug. 4. To celebrate the “Twilight” renaissance, let’s check out the music featured in the first film.
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Doja Cat’s “Cyber Sex” really does “hit different” now that the internet is the only source of social interaction allowed.
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Though reluctant and subdued, Coldplay’s enduring optimism shines through the melancholic tones of the band’s stunning 2000 debut.
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The stumbling ode to Midwestern rapport remains as impressive and chaotic as ever, echoing timely themes of American liberation and political unrest.
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On July 4, 1995, one of rock’s biggest bands officially debuted. Foo Fighters dominate rock radio and fill stadiums today, but it all started with a lo-fi demo tape Dave Grohl recorded on his own.
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As the first anti-hero film with a primarily female cast and crew, it should come as no surprise that the “Birds of Prey” soundtrack features only female artists who provide exhilarating tunes to mirror the eclectic roller coaster that is Harley Quinn.
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Some artists make folk music, and others are pop connoisseurs, but rising star Maggie Rogers crafts a perfect marriage between the two genres.
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With only one album and five Grammys to his name while relying heavily on iPhone-recorded sound bites, FINNEAS may have effectively democratized innovative music production.
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In the year since Weyes Blood released Titanic Rising, the album’s themes of finding hope in isolation ring all the more poignant today.
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Following his mother’s death, Sufjan Stevens channels his grief into his most emotionally raw album to date.
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Kendrick Lamar’s jazz-rap opus paints a candid portrait of an African American rapper who struggles with his identity and fame, and its cultural significance only grows in the Trump era.
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