You could be forgiven for not really knowing what to make of Katy Perry as a pop star at the turn of the ‘10s. A re-branded, re-christened Christian rocker now appearing as a Warped Tour rascal and ...

Nailing down the defining sounds of a decade is a hell of a lot easier once you’ve actually left it. It’s through the absence of certain sounds in the present that our image of the past forms — the ...

Pop music! Many people love it, many people hate it, and others, such as us, have a love-hate relationship with it. In other words, the fandom of pop music has a large spectrum. Out of any other ...

A superbly written song pushes music forward as much as the most cutting-edge sound experiment. This year’s 10 best albums balanced craftsmanship with innovation. Each answers a question: Either “what ...

TODAY took a break from the news business Friday to put on a pop-culture party — its annual “Halloween on the Plaza” extravaganza. Viewers and a chilly Rockefeller Plaza crowd alike got a chance to go ...