Do my ears deceive me?

With bedroom-produced DIY tracks topping the streaming charts and explosive distortion the new norm on TikTok, is sound quality becoming irrelevant in 2026?

By Lena Moreno, February 3, 2026 Harry Styles released his lead single “Aperture” Jan. 22 after a four-year hiatus, setting up a new and experimental tone that reshaped my expectations for his fourth ...

Wired earbuds can offer superior sound quality, and they never run out of battery. Here are the four best pairs our editors found after years of testing.

DarWin guitarist Greg Howe and bassist Mohini Dey, plus the supergroup’s mysterious namesake, tellus about new album, ...

In a few days Paste will stake its claim on who the “greatest guitarist of all time” is, but first we have to talk about the ...

As it happens, it didn't. But Pype seized the opportunity, adding secrets and extras in and around the game, riffing on the ...

Take a rare look inside Sideshow Collectibles’ secret campus from the spaceship digital studio to the BTS operations of each creative department ...

The January effect can reward patient buyers of “temporarily hated” TSX stocks if the businesses are still sound and the December selling was more emotional than fundamental. Use the January effect as ...

As the clock resets on New Year’s Day, many K-pop listeners follow a small but familiar ritual: choosing the first song they will play in the New Year. It is a habit rooted in the idea that music can ...

From j-hope, BLACKPINK and ATEEZ's Billboard Hot 100 hits to career-defining tracks from HWASA, DAY6, JENNIE, JUSTB, DAYOUNG, NMIXX and beyond. K-pop has long been defined by scale and spectacle. In ...

The sixth studio album from the Fab Four – released 60 years ago this week – was their most chilled out and marked a major experimental shift in their sound Keeping an eye on the world going by my ...