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10 new albums to listen to in October, including Pixies, Bon Iver, and more By Jen Lennon September 26, 2024 | 3:00am
The 25 most essential Blur songs By Stephen Thomas Erlewine May 4, 2024 | 12:00pm
The 27 best albums of 2023 By Drew Gillis, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Emma Keates, Tim Lowery, Saloni Gajjar, Mary Kate Carr December 13, 2023 | 1:00pm
Beyoncé's 25 best music videos, ranked By Drew Gillis December 1, 2023 | 1:00pm
Snoop Dogg's 25 most essential tracks, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine November 23, 2023 | 1:00pm
The 25 best cover songs of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine November 7, 2023 | 1:00pm
The best album by every artist in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2023 By Stephen Thomas Erlewine November 3, 2023 | 12:00pm
22 great but seriously underrated Taylor Swift songs By Saloni Gajjar, Mary Kate Carr October 30, 2023 | 7:15pm
Essential Duran Duran: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine October 27, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine September 21, 2023 | 12:00pm
The 50 greatest music videos of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine September 12, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential Aerosmith: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine September 1, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential Led Zeppelin: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine August 18, 2023 | 12:00pm
The 40 best comedy albums of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine August 8, 2023 | 12:00pm
40 years of Madonna: The Queen of Pop's greatest songs, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine July 26, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you By Stephen Thomas Erlewine July 13, 2023 | 12:00pm
The 30 greatest national anthem performances of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine July 3, 2023 | 12:00pm
John Williams' 20 greatest film scores, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine June 27, 2023 | 12:00pm
The best albums of 2023 (so far) By Peter Helman June 19, 2023 | 12:00pm
The Police's 30 best songs of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine June 15, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential Prince: His greatest songs of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine June 7, 2023 | 12:00pm
The 40 greatest movie soundtracks of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine May 30, 2023 | 12:00pm
Tina Turner's most unforgettable tracks By Drew Gillis, Hattie Lindert, Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, William Hughes May 24, 2023 | 10:32pm
The Cure’s 30 greatest songs, ranked By Matt Mills May 9, 2023 | 12:00pm
The 30 greatest Coachella performances of all time, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine April 21, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential Metallica: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked By Bryan Reesman April 17, 2023 | 12:00pm
Essential R.E.M.: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked By John Everhart April 12, 2023 | 12:00pm
Just Can’t Get Enough: Depeche Mode's 30 best songs ranked By Matt Mills March 22, 2023 | 12:00pm
U2's 40 greatest songs, ranked By Stephen Thomas Erlewine March 16, 2023 | 12:00pm
10 tracks to remember Burt Bacharach By Drew Gillis, Mary Kate Carr, Hattie Lindert February 9, 2023 | 5:02pm
Happy birthday, Elvis: 30 essential tracks from The King By Stephen Thomas Erlewine January 8, 2023 | 1:30pm
Happy birthday, David Bowie: Ranking his 20 best albums By Stephen Thomas Erlewine January 8, 2023 | 12:30pm
The 30 best albums of 2022 By Gabrielle Sanchez, Mary Kate Carr, Hattie Lindert, Drew Gillis, Tim Lowery, Peter Helman, Emma Keates, Stephen Thomas Erlewine December 12, 2022 | 1:00pm
8 Fleetwood Mac songs you can thank Christine McVie for By Drew Gillis, Hattie Lindert, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz November 30, 2022 | 10:09pm
Essential Elton John: Counting down the Rocket Man's 30 best songs By Stephen Thomas Erlewine November 17, 2022 | 1:00pm
"Weird Al" Yankovic's most essential songs: 25 stinging satires that still endure By Stephen Thomas Erlewine November 7, 2022 | 1:00pm
Every Björk album, ranked By Gabrielle Sanchez, Hattie Lindert October 4, 2022 | 12:00pm
The 25 best albums of 2022 (so far) By Gabrielle Sanchez, Hattie Lindert, Mary Kate Carr, Peter Helman, Bryan Reesman, Tim Lowery June 28, 2022 | 8:00am
The 20 best frontpeople in modern rock By Alex McLevy, Gabrielle Sanchez, Tatiana Tenreyro, Nina Corcoran, Shanicka Anderson April 11, 2022 | 12:33pm
Every 2022 Grammys performance, ranked from worst to best By The A.V. Club April 4, 2022 | 5:40am
Every Sonic Youth album, ranked worst to best By Alex McLevy March 14, 2022 | 5:00am
The 20 best songs of 2021 By Alex McLevy, Clayton Purdom, Saloni Gajjar, Nina Hernandez, Gabrielle Sanchez, Shanicka Anderson, Tatiana Tenreyro December 27, 2021 | 6:00am
The best albums of 2021: The ballots By Alex McLevy, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Baraka Kaseko, Annie Zaleski, Lily Moayeri, Nina Hernandez, Clayton Purdom, Max Freedman December 23, 2021 | 6:00am
The 20 best albums of 2021 By Alex McLevy, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Baraka Kaseko, Saloni Gajjar, Clayton Purdom, Lily Moayeri, Nina Hernandez, Max Freedman, Annie Zaleski December 23, 2021 | 6:00am
Every Weezer song ranked, from worst to best By A.A. Dowd September 14, 2021 | 5:00am
The best songs of 2021 so far By Alex McLevy, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Tatiana Tenreyro, Saloni Gajjar, Shanicka Anderson, Cameron Scheetz July 9, 2021 | 3:00pm
The best albums of 2021 so far By Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom, Nina Corcoran, Baraka Kaseko, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Mosi Reeves, Shanicka Anderson, Saloni Gajjar July 9, 2021 | 5:00am