I can recite only one love poem from memory. It’s four lines long and has no title, which is probably why I can remember it. But every so often, like the very best poetry, and the very best writing, ...

Suno, the AI music platform that everyone and their mother is suing right now, has been accused of directly cribbing music from Avril Lavigne and Tom Cochrane. According to Stereogum, Universal Music ...

Sean Ragon, founding member and frontman of New York neofolk group Cult of Youth, has died at 45. The band’s Facebook account announced Ragon’s death, writing, “It is with a heavy heart that I say, ...

Update, September 2: Wavves frontman Nathan Williams announced on Instagram that he will hit the studio on Monday to re-record Cherry Soda as a “proper Wavves album.” He accompanied the news with a ...

At this point, it’s safe to say that longtime listeners know what to expect from a new Ty Segall album: seismic blues-scale riffs, yowled melodies, glinting solos, an artful cocktail of brute force ...

Loving an artist—I’m talking about an ultimate, favorite-band-of-all-time kind of love—can make you a pretty terrible music critic. Good critics know when they’re too close to a subject; they know ...

This week, a Los Angeles judge allowed Ashley Walters’ lawsuit against Marilyn Manson (real name Brian Warner) to move forward, rejecting the musician’s latest attempt to have her claims dismissed.

Earlier this summer, Paste Studio On The Road journeyed up to Mass MoCa for Wilco’s Solid Sound festival to catch up with some of our favorite acts. At Fresh Grass Institute’s Studio 9, recent Best of ...

When Lana Del Rey dropped “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” earlier this year, it felt like a natural yet unexpected conclusion. This eerie, Southern Gothic love song, reminiscent of Shelley ...

Like every pop star, each of Ariana Grande’s eras has its own distinct identity. Her first three records charted a seamless progression, from the PG-13 doo-wop of 2013’s Yours Truly to the edgy ...

Every dad-rock-listening family listens to dad rock in its own way. Some babies crawled for the first time to Creed, others gave their first smile to Steely Dan, others still rolled over in the crib ...

What is the best way to assess a new album by Madonna in the year 2026? With the exception of a bop or two, the pop iconoclast has been past her creative prime for some time now. Her last few ...