In December 2024, Gene Simmons opined, quite matter-of-factly, that rock was dead. The artists comprising our Top 30 Rock Songs of 2024 would like a word. As the year draws to a close, UCR looks back ...

The nominees have been revealed for the 2024 Billboard Music Awards and it's looking like a big year for country-rock crossover star Zach Bryan, who leads the pack with 21 nominations in 18 categories ...

Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

Now that it's 2025, we wanted to give a shout out to the most-streamed new rock album of 2024 on Spotify — but there's a catch. To determine which new album garnered the most streams in 2024, we ...

With 2024 firmly in the rearview, we’re finishing up our recap with a couple of genre lists. Last week, we ranked the best rap albums of the year. Today, we’ve assembled a comprehensive list of our ...

Many of classic rock’s biggest acts stayed busy in 2024 despite constant (inaccurate) proclamations that rock is dying. These legends found plenty of ways to grab headlines with new music, sold-out ...

Rack is The Jesus Lizard’s first studio album since 1998. These hugely influential noise rockers ended that 26-year streak of nothing with a killer comeback, to say the least. Rack shows The Jesus ...

The world may have devolved into a cruel, dark, Hobbesian state of nature in 2024, but it was a pretty amazing time for live rock music. The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...

Of all the genres we cover at Pitchfork, rock might be the most elusive. What qualifies it, exactly? If it rips and shreds, surely it must rock. But what if it has trap beats and AutoTune, or if it ...

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the recording ...