Joe Nelson, Sam Siegler (Youth of Today, Judge, etc), and Mike Nucero from the archival hardcore label Trust Records share their favorite music (and more) of 2024.

Previously, I touched on the worst Christmas songs ever written, so why not try my hand at the best? The earworms, the nostalgia bringers, the tear jerkers, this list has them all, and then some!

While 2024 was a great year both in amount of music releases and their quality, some albums stuck around with us more than others. Honorable mentions who didn’t make the list include the ...

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From Charli XCX’s global domination with Brat to Kendrick Lamar’s rap game-changing GNX, these are the best albums of 2024 according to our academic experts. GNX, Lamar’s sixth studio album ...

The new albums begin appearing even before radio stations start switching to 24-7 holiday playlists after Halloween, and they keep coming right up until the week of the big days. Every year brings ...

We asked Boston Globe music writers to tell us 50 of their favorite albums of 2024, and the results range from folk pop to death metal to cumbia to pop. We hope you spot some of your favorites on ...

By Mesfin Fekadu Imagine this: You’ve been documenting your favorite albums throughout the year and you are ready to write your Top 10 list, but then that artist who never makes bad music ...

SZA announced on social media Monday that her long-delayed album “Lana” — a deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning second full-length “SOS” — will be released on Friday. The post ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Country singer Kane Brown is delighted with his fourth studio album, “The High Road,” featuring ...

It shows up in surprising ways, like when Olivia Rodrigo gets arenas full of impressionable kids singing along to punk songs even if they aren’t using that word. Or when Green Day fill stadiums ...

Kendrick’s decisive victory over Drizzy culminated in one of the year’s best rap albums, GNX, overshadowed only by Doechii, the latest talent to emerge from Lamar’s former label TDE.