English Teacher released their terrific debut album, This Could Be Texas, this year which won the prestigious Mercury Prize and has been showing up on Best of 2024 lists, including NME‘s and MOJO‘s.

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the recording ...

Here are the 67 best rock and metal songs of 2024! While 67 songs feels like quite a generous crop, these standouts represent just a small, small percentage of the thousands of new tracks released ...

2024 was a banner year for roots music. Artists across the spectrum dropped a massive stack of incredible albums over the last 12 months. Each was packed with carefully crafted songs. Some of those ...

A side effect of the way we listen to music in the streaming era is that it's harder than ever for new stars to break through. Or it was until 2024, anyway. This year, it felt like a page turned, the ...

Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

If you were hoping for the pop madness of 2024 to slow down and start making sense: good luck, babe! Because there has never, ever, been a pop year like the hot-not-pretty mess that was 2024. Week to ...

Illustration by Natalie Nelson for TIME; Source Images: Lamar: Taylor Hill—WireImage/Getty Images; Kehlani: Dana Jacobs—Getty Images; Beyonce: Amy Sussman—Getty Images Songs show up everywhere these ...

As we put this list together, we thought about the rise of a new pop class, the return of some longtime favorites, regional rap bangers, country crossovers, the year of sexy drill, and more. All the ...

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