Year-end festivities are well underway here at Stereogum. We've published our lists of 2025's best albums and songs, and we launched our annual readers' poll, the Gummy Awards. Now it's time to get ...

Right now, Pitchfork’s editors are furiously debating the ranking of our year-end best albums and songs lists, which we’ll be bringing to you soon. But first, we’d like to invite you to share your ...

Another thing I’ve been liking is Afrobeats trending backwards, with artists like Rema and Darkoo tapping into the tambour and aesthetics of the genre circa the 2000s and early 2010s. Darkoo has also ...