Listened to more music last year? You're not alone. The global music industry surpassed 4 trillion streams in 2023, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2023 Year-End Report found. Global streams were ...

Inglewood, CA - August 07: Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) As I have done every ...

“Everything is under control,” Meshell Ndegeocello sings, again and again, throughout “Call the Tune,” a haunted hymn amidst the collection of mystical prayers, jazz vamps, and folk musings that ...

In mid-November, the musician André 3000—one-half of the beloved hip-hop duo OutKast, which released six idiosyncratic and irrepressible records between 1994 and 2006—announced that he was, at long ...

Where do songs come from? For now, they come from us — from our needs, our wants, our regrets, our scorn. Next year, they might come from a box brought to near-sentience by all the songs that came ...

Simply listening to music, playing games, and even working out isn’t enough — we need to track and compare our history on an annual or even seasonal basis. Spotify Wrapped has imposed a new tradition ...

With the blockbuster Eras and Renaissance tours, you could argue that 2023 marked the return of the monoculture. But a close look at the Bay Area’s music scene also revealed creativity blossoming at ...

Let’s get this out of the way: Taylor Swift dominated the year in music, and it wasn’t even close. Four-year-old songs of hers topped the charts. She sold physical albums at a head-spinning rate. Her ...

Following Apple Music and Spotify, YouTube Music’s 2023 Recap is rolling out. This summary builds on the personalized story format from last year. On Android or iOS, tap your profile avatar in the top ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures. By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone ZACHARY WOOLFE Last year ...

January 2, 2024 • Our resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, connects epic Japanese storytelling, soul-sampling powerviolence, ambient rap and beautiful noise through thematic webs of history and memory.