Rock didn't dominate the '80s the way it did the '70s, but there were still some great classic rock albums from the decade, ...

These one-hit wonders from the 1980s never quite got their flowers, but I think they had the makings of superstars.

A star-studded 1980s music project is finally coming back. Wendy Dio, the widow and longtime manager of legendary Central New ...

In 1986, the music scene shifted dramatically, featuring hits from Slayer to The Smiths, marking a blend of genres that ...

'Purple Rain,' arguably one of Prince's most iconic songs, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart more than 40 years after its release.

"Purple Rain," arguably one of Prince's most iconic songs, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart more than four decades after its release. The title track for Prince's 1984 album previously spent ...

If 1965 was the year when pop and rock music started to take its first baby steps toward adulthood, as more artists began to explore albums as defining statements rather than collections of hit ...

And just like that, another excellent year for Montreal music is in the books. As with every year since I’ve taken over this yearly countdown, it’s hard to whittle it down to just a few dozen songs.

The sound of Montreal’s foremost dream pop quartet cosplaying as Queens of the Stone Age-type rockers — with gorgeous results. The sound of sophisticated, sparkling dream pop done exactly the way it’s ...

Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven't gotten to yet, out of you don't want to know how many).

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...