I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

How can you make responsive web design both simple and beautiful? In The Joy of CSS Grid, you’ll learn to create three elegant layouts that adapt effortlessly to any screen size. This hands-on guide ...

Trust Taylor Swift to send the internet into a meltdown. The 35-year-old award-winning singer and actor is set to make a surprise appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce's "New Heights" podcast, and ...

I don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did ...

Stopgap cash grab by the record company or the result of artist indulgence that can't be contained within the usual confines of a single LP? The double album has been both throughout its long and ...

Two decades after digital downloading was supposed to disintegrate the full-length LP, musicians seem as eager to collect and to sprawl — and sometimes to tighten up — as they’ve ever been. Here are ...

Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz continued ...

Coldplay's Chris Martin in Perth, Australia in November 2023 (photo: Matt Jelonek / WireImage). When singer, pianist and guitarist Chris Martin formed a band with a few other students at University ...