Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen ...

The Evanston Symphony Orchestra will open its 79th season at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Sunday. Pumpkin spice season is in ...

From Jimi Hendrix covering Bob Dylan to Deftones covering The Smiths and Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails, it's an art ...

What are the best opening songs from some of the 1990s biggest rock albums? Here we've delved into some of the biggest albums of the decade, taken a closer look at the songs that kicked off the record ...

To anyone at all familiar with The Format’s catalog, it’s only so surprising that the indie-pop duo’s first full-band performance in nearly two decades sold out a venue as massive as Veterans Memorial ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

No one wants their time wasted, including by music. But the rise of TikTok-optimized tracks less than two minutes long might be going too far. The best long songs are an antidote to that—a way of ...

Expect to see selections from the established stars, the next wave of new talent, the up-and-comers and everyone else in between. If the song is fire enough to beat the competition, it'll take one of ...

Black Sabbath was about more than just Ozzy. All the band members were essential: Tony Iommi, the dark prince of guitar riffs and a two-fisted ladies man; Geezer Butler, the mild-mannered bassist and ...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2025, among the things we have yet to find out are how many weeks Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” will spend at No. 1, when Lana Del Rey’s supposed country album ...

Every June, the Paste Music crew tallies up the best songs of the year so far. It’s a great way to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. This list is a snapshot of our favorite tracks ...