It was bound to happen eventually, though 2025 seems like an odd time for this particular inevitability: the Golden Globes have assembled a group of six nominees in the category of Best Motion Picture ...

Two hours, 40 minutes, with one intermission. At the Savoy Theatre in London. At one point watching “Paddington: The Musical” at the Savoy Theatre in London, I could have sworn I saw the bear actually ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

It's Friday, and that means we've reached our final 2025 episode of New Music Friday. While most of the music internet has moved on to looking backward (including the latest episode of All Songs ...

From tongue-in-cheek antics poking fun at the music industry to heartfelt odes to salsa, here's what we loved this year.

A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2025 Readers’ Poll. Thousands of readers voted on the best songs and albums of the half-decade, and here are the results. (Thanks for voting!) Compare your ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Playing roles from a flamboyant nightclub emcee to an emotionally distant painter, here are the 2025 Orlando Sentinel honorees for best leading actor in a musical, as selected by theater critic ...

Telling stories drawn from literature, real life and more, here are the 2025 Orlando Sentinel honorees for best director of a musical as selected by theater critic Matthew J. Palm. Although it’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

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 ...