Listen to a playlist of the year's best songs as selected by The Times' August Brown, Cerys Davies and Mikael Wood.

The record begins with “ FEEL IT ON ME ,” in which Jessie J describes the push and pull of a toxic relationship she cannot ...

Not content to merely look back at the last 12 months of New Weird Britain’s musical content, fine as it’s been, this evening ...

Four decades on, Mr Bad Guy is a timestamp of an intriguing period of Freddie Mercury’s life (Photo: Mercury Songs Ltd) It was not as successful as Thriller – what is? – peaking at number six in the ...

The dongle is tiny – roughly the size of the top part of your finger – and upon being plugged in connects to the Sennheiser ...

His band’s latest record, “Start Making Sense,” is a meditation on the very idea that plagues him. A clear inverted homage to Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film, the title is both a question and a plea: ...

It’s hard to realize you’ve completely fallen out of love with art you used to hold so dear. As a longtime listener, I can’t ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

Featuring: Ladytron, Sorry, Sharp Pins, Oneohtrix Point Never, David Byrne, The Notwist, Robber Robber and more of November's ...

Metroid Prime, up until this week’s Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, at least, is mostly free of spoken dialogue — especially when it ...

Geese, The Beths, mary in the junkyard, Barbora Hora, cootie catcher, Joe Kaplow, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Piqsiq, Arcy Drive, Sea ...