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Tom Brennan's Top 10 Albums of 2025
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The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — despite a complicated and controversial history. -
Spotify Wrapped is bluntly telling users their "listening age," which in many cases is several decades older or younger than their actual age. It's a calculated strategy. -
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others. -
One hundred years ago this week, the radio barn dance that came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast from Nashville. Being part of the show still matters to country artists today. -
An exhibition at Levi's San Francisco headquarters highlights how jeans can offer surprising insights into the lives and legacies of the artists who wore them. -
The punk rock star has produced several books that braid thoughts on her newest endeavors with memories and photographs of her lost lovers and friends. Bread of Angels is her most autobiographical. -
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists. -
Vulnicura VR Remastered revisits a project the Icelandic pop artist debuted a decade ago, now reimagined with advanced technology. -
The sixth album by the North Carolina band, made over the course of a breakup between two of its members, is a masterpiece about life spent clinging to the edge of the abyss.
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Anthony FoxThe Sea.Hear.Now festival returned to Asbury Park on September 13th & 14th bringing with it 35 thousand people per day to the waterfront, this time with and expanded perimeter covering from 4th Avenue to around 8th Avenue. Bands included: Hozier, Blink 182, LCD Soundsystem, Sublime, and many more. -
Bleecker StreetIn 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically." -
Travis ShinnThe band's frontman, John Rzeznik, talks about their new EP, Summer Anthem, and how, as he approaches 60, he might consider taking guitar lessons. -
Monty Fresco/Getty Images/Hulton ArchiveBiographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this didn't work, he was done." Carlin's new book is Tonight in Jungleland. -
Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage; Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty ImagesThe idea that each year produces a few unofficial "songs of the summer" has been rattling around for ages. But do we have a strong contender this year? -
Art Maillet/Sony Music Archives/HBONPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own. -
From the party anthem "Banquet" to the quiet "Blue," the English rock band spans its catalog at the Tiny Desk. -
When we finally got Wet Leg into the office to record, we weren't surprised by the amount of playful swagger the band brought. -
Photos by Chris Graythen / Joe Raedle / Bertrand Guay / Steve Granitz / Kevin Winter / Michel Gangne / Tobias Rostlund / AFP and Getty Images / Illustration by Jackie Lay / NPRIt's a great day when your favorite artist releases a new record. But what if they released seven new records at once, full of music you didn't even know existed? That's what Bruce Springsteen is doing on his forthcoming box set Tracks II: The Lost Albums. -
Jeff RaspeBrookdale Public Radio announces its 20th summer of performances on the Jersey Shore -
Orville Peck is performing on Broadway as the Emcee in Cabaret. His winding path to his dream role included a stint as a punk drummer and hitting pause on his country career to get sober. -
Asanka Ratnayake/Getty ImagesIn 2025, fandom is complicated. Music is at nearly everyone's fingertips. Concert ticket prices are through the roof. Some fans take devotion to new extremes. What do we owe to the artists we love?
