From Castle Rat's fantastical doom metal to the Dirty Nil's punk- and classic rock-fueled blitzkrieg, these artists carried ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the genre ...

Once again, here are my personal picks for the year’s best in abattoir jazz, diaristic field recordings, audio Rothkos, ambient epics, electroacoustic cinema, marathon improv, and backroom electronica ...

David Fricke picks the 10 best reissues of 2025 — must-hear boxes and archival sets from Dylan, Springsteen, Sly Stone, and ...

The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a ...

Find out how The A.V. Club's games editors and writers fit the overwhelming deluge of games released this year into a single ...

Technically, Up My Standards is a mixtape, but it sounds more like one long radio freestyle. The only moments where Philly’s ...

This elegant novel about an actress happily married to an academic is split in half, offering two different narratives about the way a young man might come between the couple. It’s set amid the ...

It seems like it’s going to be one award after another this season for Paul Thomas Anderson. Warner Bros’ action epic “One Battle After Another” was named the best film of the year by the New York ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: This December, Netflix is gifting subscribers top-notch content all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down ...

'One Battle After Another' and Jafar Panahi Warner Bros./Josh Telles for Deadline Close to four hours after closing the doors to vote, the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday gave its Best Film ...