As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

What are the most anticipated rock and metal albums of 2026? Let's find out and let's take a look at the bands who currently working on new music, but haven't announced an album yet. The 2020s are ...

In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Ayyoun is a staff writer who loves all things gaming and tech. His journey into the realm of gaming began with a PlayStation 1 but he chose PC as his platform of choice. With over 6 years of ...

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 ...

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

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The Kid Laroi gives Variety an exclusive look into his upcoming album ‘Before I Forget' and single 'A Perfect World,' out now After two years and some unforeseen delays, the Kid Laroi is finally ready ...

The trailblazing Olympian, long celebrated for breaking racial and athletic barriers in figure skating, says thieves took her most prized symbols of a groundbreaking career. Decorated figure skater ...

The retired figure skater was in Minnesota taking care of her mother who has been diagnosed with lung, breast and sternum cancer at the time of the alleged incident David Madison/Getty Former Olympic ...

Former French Olympic figure skater Surya Bonaly had her medals stolen from her Las Vegas home by a pair of thieves over four days while she was caring for her cancer-stricken mother. Bonaly, 51, is ...