Career-cappers, swan songs and victory laps—from David Bowie to 2Pac to the Beatles, the best final albums almost take the sting out of saying goodbye.

“Some riffs just have that big swing to them,” Wolfgang says. “I Really Wanna is one of them, but you can definitely hear that in tracks like I’m The One from the first Van Halen album. It’s very much ...

These columns aren't surveys of the marketplace so much as dispatches from whatever happens to be on the turntable, in the headphones, or rattling around the car speakers in a given week. It's an ...

Here are this week’s top events: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Tickets start at $56. Visit or call 727-791-7400. 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, ...

Lee Collins was a DJ’s DJ, with an ear for obscure tracks that could drive parties into a frenzy on both sides of the Atlantic.

After her blockbuster Eras tour and a fairytale engagement, the star follows her lovelorn previous album with a set of punchy, clear-eyed odes to joy ...

This sorely underrated Tom Waits album was named the best of the year by at least one publication in 2004, but I bet you haven't heard it.

Erykah Badu held her palms outstretched towards the sky, sounding apologetic as she started to close out her headlining Hollywood Bowl show on Friday night. She had to return, as she told the roaring ...

Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks its 51st year Oct. 10-12 in Lafayette's Girard Park. The three-day event is celebration of Cajun music, zydeco and Acadiana food, art and culture.

Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 is set for November 28th, and organizers have issued their list of releases for the day after Thanksgiving.

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Stephen and David Dewaele are a little hazy when it comes to dates. “We always thought the origins of Soulwax were 94 or 95, but I recently found stuff from December 91,” admits David, the younger ...