The 37 Best Rock Albums of 2023 The year in indie rock, punk, singer-songwriter and solo guitar music, shoegaze, metal, and everything in between. ByPitchfork December 6, 2023 Clockwise from top left: yeule, Jeff Rosenstock (photo by Matt Price), Mitski (photo by Ebru Yildiz), Yves Tum...
Over 20K music fans have voted on the 130+ Best Hard Rock Bands/Artists. Current Top 3: Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses
Death metal continues to enjoy a healthy resurgence and hardcore continues to penetrate different styles, so there's a lot for the knuckledraggers to like about 2023 as well. On the other end of the heavy music spectrum, country is worming its way through hard rock thanks toHardyandJelly R...
On their 15th full-length, the Norwegians sailed to the outer edges of extreme music, where black metal and kaleidoscopic prog rock surged into each other. Few bands would even attempt songs likeBehind The MirrorandHeimdal’s titanic title-track. But adventurism is part of Enslaved’s DNA. A...
From newcomers, veterans and artists who are set to make the leap, 2023 year demonstrated that rock and metal is thriving in so many different ways. The headliners of the future are rising through the ranks, the bands who have been around for 30, 40 or 50 or more years are still takin...
Whether they do or don’t, I’ll be looking forward to seeing what they, and many other artists and bands in the world of rock, have in store for us.
Plenty of artful rock bands fell in love with Fela Kuti andJames Brown, but nobody did more with that influence than Talking Heads in 1980. Remains in Light was not quite rock and not quite funk, but a new invention capped by David Byrne’s endlessly fascinating lyrics. It was also one...
where a rock band might place a guitar solo, by adding layers of noise. Comparisons to the Pogues might be lazy, but they’re also understandable. Both bands perform rock-informed versions of Irish folk music, but Lankum’s music is actually closer to the gothic mystery of Nico’sThe Mar...
The best albums of 2023 devised a wealth of helpful solutions and coping mechanisms for our everyday problems. Pop offered glitzy escapism, and jazz and dance music luxuriated in the ever-unfurling present. Indie rock, folk, and country cut to the quick of various civic and emotional matters...
Here are the best rock and metal songs of February, 2023! February was yet another stacked month with tons of artists both big and small offering up new tunes to fuel the start of the new year. Beyond all the fan favorites — the tracks you can't afford to miss — the Loudwire staff...