10 David Gray Songs You Need to Hear (That Aren’t “Babylon”)
David Gray’s Life in Slow Motion is out in a new anniversary deluxe edition. We dig into his rich archive to recommend tunes that speak to songwriting brilliance.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2025
In November’s best metal, Yellow Eyes are in their finest moment, Barren Path rise from the ashes of Gridlink, and Blut Aus Nord navigate dreamscapes.
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of September 2025
In September’s best metal, Paradise Lost remain a solid force, Gjendød honor the black metal heritage, and Igorrr continue their avant march.
Ahead of Time: 5 Futuristic Albums to Transport You
The future is not a horizon waiting to arrive. It’s already here, scattered across beats, refrains, and voices bold enough to claim it. These futuristic albums will transport you.
The 10 Most Eclectic English Albums Ever
With St George flags currently lining the streets of England, it must be time to celebrate the country’s most stylistically diverse and cosmopolitan records.
25 Essential Funeral Songs of the 1960s-1990s
We have yet to hear a pop song played at a funeral, let alone 25 of them. What’s the last song you want to hear… forever? These funeral songs suit the moment.
10 of the Best Grunge Era Deep Cuts
Despite a characterization of grunge as “complaining set to a drop-D tuning”, the musicians from the Seattle scene covered a lot of ground. Here are ten highlights.
The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s
With the benefit of hindsight and wanting a bit of nostalgia, PopMatters travel back to the 2000s in search of the decade’s best albums.
Persona and Modern Music in 17 Songs
Persona, the “I” of the song, has evolved and expanded to more fully represent a diversity of experiences and emotional, political, and cultural orientations.
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The 70 Best Albums of 2025 So Far
The 70 best albums of 2025 offer sublime music as major artists return with new work and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.
10 Should-Be-Classic Songs About Longing
In popular music—ranging from the blues and jazz to country, hip-hop, and beyond—longing has occupied a substantial portion of thematic space.
The 10 Best ’80s and ’90s Love Songs For Wounded Idealists
These ten love songs, marked by devotion, candor, emotional intensity, and touches of pain, invite perceptive listeners to unearth the simmering drama.