On Jan. 1, 2000, the average cost of a CD was about $18, which meant if you wanted to legally own 250 albums, it would set you back about $4,500. Napster existed and it was pretty obvious even ...

Ling Tosite Sigure rose to international fame with "unravel", but they've been around, and they're back again with another ...

the word “himbodome.” Most of those moments are reflected in our list of the 50 best albums of 2024 (sans Chappell Roan, whose sleeper hit debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess ...

Speaking of legends, RIP Steve Albini, whose final album with Shellac appears here. He helped build this whole genre from the ground up and the world is an even more irredeemably compromised place ...

A deadly two-plane collision in Tokyo on Jan. 2 happened because a pilot mistakenly believed he had been given permission to enter the runway for takeoff, the Japanese government’s crash ...

artists striking out on their own solo and whatever has fallen in-between since January. Without further ado, here are the 40 best debut albums of 2024. —Matt Mitchell, Music Editor ...

Loudwire has ranked the 11 best metal albums of 2024. Come see if your favorites from this year made the cut! As we get deeper into the 2020s, one thing is becoming increasingly clear — we're ...

A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets. The middle-aged man does not rely on a costume or beg for coins. Instead ...

Critical incidents allow a hospital to prioritise staff, money and attention towards the emergency department at the expense of other services like elective operations and appointments.

The custom 164-footer from Columbus Yachts has a teak helipad, a hospital-grade air purification system, and a gym and spa in ...

By Paul Grein K-pop has been a growing force on the Billboard 200 since June 2018, when BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear dislodged Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys to become the first K-pop album or ...

A gem for me this year has been the collaborative project between the veteran minimalist composer Chihei Hatakeyama and jazz ...