As the rock world mourns Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, here's a countdown of Kiss' 20 best songs, from "Shock Me" to "Strutter" and "Detroit Rock City." ...

Swift croons with purposeful millennial cringe on the 5th track of her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," and I'm here for it ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

With Valentine’s Day having just passed and February being Black History Month, it seems fitting that I use this time to geek out about one of my favorite songs of all time. “Best Part” by Daniel ...

History doesn’t repeat, but its guitars sure do chime. However, to call it a down year for shoegaze would require strenuous amounts of cynicism and incuriosity. Every week, I felt like I stumbled into ...

Academy Award nominee Diane Warren attended the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night hoping to finally win a coveted statuette from the academy for the first time after 16 nominations. Warren was nominated at ...

The lines were blurred during the post-punk era in music. Bands like the New York Dolls, The Velvet Underground, and The Stooges created exciting new music. British bands like the Sex Pistols, The ...

When New Zealand-born singer/songwriter Lorde (born Ella Yelich-O’Connor) released “Royals” in 2013, she was only 17. “Royals” became a global smash hit, receiving a Grammy Award for Song of the Year ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Facebook/Jill Sobule Jill Sobule, perhaps best known for her timely and barrier-breaking ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...