Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

The Hinterland Music Festival returns July 30 — Aug. 2, and the lineup has dropped! With this lineup, Hinterland offers musical talent for fans across generations — from Gen Alpha through Gen Xers, it ...

Sound the pop emergency alarms, nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning, and per usual, we’ve got thoughts! While the actual ceremony doesn’t take place until ...

While it’s never been easier to get your music out there, there’s so much music out there that it’s overwhelming at times. (Most music reviewers I know have inboxes like warzones.) Lorde’s in a ...

Lorde has formally announced the Australian dates of her Ultrasound world tour, which will see her return to the country for her first shows in nearly three years in February 2026. The world tour ...

Lorde released her fourth studio album, "Virgin," on Friday. The lyrics are frank and transparent, tackling knotty topics like sex, drugs, and eating disorders. The album's themes reflect a cultural ...

A year after we entered global isolation due to COVID, Ella Yelich-O'Connor resurfaced to tell us she’d stopped taking calls. On 2021’s polarizing Solar Power, she threw her cellular device in the ...

Lorde's artistic journey is full of ups and downs. In a new interview on Jake Shane's Therapuss podcast, the New Zealand singer-songwriter spoke about making 2021's Solar Power album, which received ...

Tom Cruise runs, Tom Cruise hangs onto airplanes in flight, Tom Cruise fights bad guys and AI, Tom Cruise saves the world …? Yes, the latest installment in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise ups the ...

Lorde was nervous about revealing too much of the album and is nervous for how people will respond. She teased how the lyrics will make her not seem as “good” as she has been conditioned to act.