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Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new ...

As the pair leading the show bid farewell, they leave listeners with a final poignant theme: "AI has won. We've done our best ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative ...

RSC co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey reflect on 2025 as they look forward to an exciting 2026 programme ...

Burn the Witch has been my most used test track of 2025. While it was released way back in 2016, it’s taken me a while to get ...

As the curtain falls down on 2025, we close the year on what has been a glorious year for heavy metal, and indeed what can even go down as one of the greatest in the annals of metal history; ...

There are moments in music history that exist almost like myths. These were concerts that happened once, maybe with no ...

Stipe had writer’s block on this Automatic For The People standout until a stroll round Seattle opened the floodgates for one ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

At that point, though, Howlett had no idea about the key addition that was about to turn the song into a world-beater. The ...

From 63-year-old songs topping charts to AI battles, 2025 proved music listeners control what succeeds. Here's how fans ...