In December 2024, Gene Simmons opined, quite matter-of-factly, that rock was dead. The artists comprising our Top 30 Rock Songs of 2024 would like a word. As the year draws to a close, UCR looks back ...

Five years after reuniting on stage, the Black Crowes took their reunion to the next level with 2024's excellent new studio album Happiness Bastards, their first collection of new songs in 15 years.

In case you missed the airing of the 2024 Billboard Music Awards last night (Dec. 12), keep reading to see the rock and metal artists that won in the different categories. It was a big night for ...

Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

Trent Reznor's favorite song of 2024 wasn't a rock or metal song, but it was one of the biggest songs of the year. Despite fronting one of the biggest industrial bands of all time, Reznor appreciates ...

Bryan, Eilish, Noah Kahan and Hozier had the year's biggest songs and albums, though bands like a reformed Linkin Park made inroads. By Kevin Rutherford In 2017, Imagine Dragons started a trend that ...

As an artist releasing music in the modern age, figuring out how to cut through the noise to be heard has to be a nightmare. It seems easy; “just get your song to go viral on TikTok” sounds easy, but ...

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the recording ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...