This year's list features offerings from Billie Eilish, Adele and Lil Nas X. With vaccines and hope, live music began to return in 2021, and yet for a lot of us, studio recordings remained the only ...

We all enter 2021 facing many challenges, and in the scheme of things this one is pretty minor: Advance notice of album release dates is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The “surprise drop” that ...

As much as any other year (maybe more), music lovers needed something from the songs and albums of 2021 — to name what was going wrong and to begin sketching the possibilities for how we might ...

When we did our 2020 ska recap, I said that 2021 seemed poised to be an even bigger year for ska than 2020 was, and wow did that turn out to be an understatement. This year gave us three great new ...

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern Photography by Koury Angelo (CHVRCHES), Shervin Lainez (Japanese Breakfast), Wendy Lynch Redfern (Magdalena Bay), James Loveday (Arlo Parks) For many in America and around ...

Vince Staples delivered a refreshing dose of brevity and precision in a year in rap music otherwise defined by excess. While Kanye West’s “Donda” and Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” leaned on a wide ...

Our list of the best albums of 2021 features everything from a mid-career masterpiece that dropped in January to a modern-day classic that released in November. From Drake to Adele to Kanye West, 2021 ...

Like every year, 2021 was an excellent year for rap music, with so many great albums coming from all across the board. From the poppiest pop-rap to the most experimental interpretations of hip hop, ...

Before we get to the annual Uproxx Music Critics Poll, let’s talk about sports. Every year, no matter the league, sports fans have the same conversation: Do we like dynasties, or do we find them ...

Olivia Rodrigo, Ashe, and Jazmine Sullivan made some of the best albums of 2021.Dana Trippe; Columbia Records; RCA Records; Netflix; Beth Garrabrant; Dead Oceans; Geffen Records; Alyssa Powell/Insider ...

While we are still battling back from the most unprecedented years in modern history, 2021 was another jam-packed, wild time… especially for all things music. As the world is slowly opening up with ...