Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

Iron Maiden's Live After Death returns to multiple charts after an anniversary vinyl reissue, hitting No. 1 on the rock ...

Gustavo Cortiñas doesn’t “do” absolute music — music for music’s sake. The Humboldt Park-based drummer’s work is always about ...

The R&B world has had its share of heartbreak in 2025. And, sadly, another legend’s name has joined the list of those lost in ...

West-side hip-hop crew Pivot Gang have long described themselves as a boy band. When they headlined Vocalo’s Summer Finale at Pritzker Pavilion in September 2024, Saba, Joseph Chilliams, MFn Melo, ...

The 33-year-old enlisted artist Slate for the devilish cover art, and $9.99 CD versions quickly sold out. Resellers have ...

Christmas came early. Though it won't reflect through the sheer chart success experienced by someone like Morgan Wallen, who was recently named Billboard's Top Artist of 2025, in many ways, 2025 was ...

Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential.

The incentives in music journalism say it makes economic sense to cover popular artists. But loving music isn’t about making ...

As we prepare to enter 2026, Okayplayer wraps up our 2025 with a list of the 25 songs that defined the year — a soundtrack of ...

What we love about the 2003 film is Will Ferrell’s dynamite performance, and the live production now playing at The ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 19, Dogs in a Pile resumed their residency at Chicago’s newly opened Garcia’s venue. It was a red-letter day for the ensemble, with considerable hype surrounding the midnight ...