From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay. Right about now, music critics are sharing their favorite albums of the year or ...

The two artists at the center of VOWWS came to their death-pop sound naturally. It can be heard in the music on the band’s new album, I’ll fill your house with an army, as it travels through layers of ...

As Fleetwood Mac began to fracture, Stevie Nicks poured heartbreak and isolation into Storms, creating one of the most ...

In 1997, Border directed by J.P. Dutta first hit the silver screens and became a massive hit. A story about the lives of the ...

Juliana Hatfield is one of those truly great Gen X musical touchstones who remain as prolific and musically relevant now as she was at the height of her popularity in the 1990s. The longest stretch ...

Sabrina Carpenter's songs top 2025's most annoying tracks with 46% irritation rates. See which songs and viral TikTok hits ...

We all know Auld Lang Syne from bleary-eyed New Year’s Eve renditions, but have you ever wondered exactly what the words mean, and where they come from? And what about the tune? Most of us will know ...

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Ian McEwan’s shift, fully twenty years ago now, from the unique impassive weirdness of his first novels and story collections towards a sleek if never quite untroubling respectability won him legions ...