Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

This feature presents short reviews of standout releases from 2025, each personally selected by members of the OTOTOY ...

Discover 15 hidden gems from the 1970s: forgotten classics that reveal the decade’s richest, weirdest, and most beautiful ...

Taste is subjective, of course, and becomes complicated when faced with an overwhelming volume of fantastic options, but because ranking things is fun, here are the Muse’s top records released in 2025 ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explain how lofi hip-hop became a dominant cultural phenomenon online. Alaska Airlines pilot who ...

Troy Carter bought Pop Art Records, the Philly label behind Roxanne Shante's first diss track and Salt-N-Pepa's debut.

The remixes, the hooks, the guest verses that mattered. Here’s the proof that Jennifer Lopez stayed tapped into the culture ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Ciara photographed by Jonathan Mannion. Makeup by Sheriff. This image is from a spec shoot that Sheriff and Mannion put together for the then budding artist. Ciara’s then record label, LaFace Records, ...

A$AP Rocky teamed with Winona Ryder for a surreal visual experience in his new video “Punk Rocky” ahead of the album DON'T BE ...

Today, the GRAMMY Museum announced the upcoming launch of Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit, which is set for October 7. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking genre, this ...