For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (Dec. 19, 2025) with a taped show emanating from the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, featuring all the latest build to ...

In a social media post Friday, Lark Street Music said that two previously stolen mandolins – a small, guitar-like instrument in the lute family – had been returned to the store, along with a ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

If you somehow missed the now-routine question of why Israel is in Eurovision but Russia isn’t, the short and utterly ...

There is also a Slambovians holiday New Year’s Eve Eve tradition that started in 2009 that will continue in 2025. https://citywinery.com/pages/locations/philadelphia) will host the 2025 edition of the ...

The most 1980s TV commercials, with rock stars, from Michael Jackson shilling for Pepsi to Genesis hawking beer.

Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. The ...

From legends coming back strong to young artists pushing the genre forward, it's been a standout year for metalcore - and ...

A former roadie, Mr. Bamonte joined the band in 1990. He played on five albums and in hundreds of shows and was “a vital part ...

From Gustav Mahler to Lady Gaga, a peek into Lindsay’s past 12 months in music. It’s time for one of my favorite annual ...