Matt Mitchell is Paste‘s editor, reporting from their home in Los Angeles.

From stadium anthems to punk’s first strike, explore the 21 essential albums that defined rock’s most polished year ...

After a giant 2025 — which included 70 live shows and a new album, "I'm Nice Now," released in October — Upchuck is soaring ...

A legendary punk rock band is set to release its first new album in 15 years. Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness told KROQ last month that the long-awaited album will be released in May 2026. It ...

Singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock’s music has been called many things over the years. Surreal, sardonic and psychedelic, but ...

A$AP Rocky has released a surrealist music video for “PUNK ROCKY” featuring a guest appearance by film icon Winona Ryder as a ...

Rising reggae acts, punk icons, funk legends and up-and-coming indie stars highlight a stacked week of concerts in San Diego.

Punk legend and cowriter J. Ralph break down their Academy Award-contending theme from Idol’s poignant new documentary.

Whether you lived through the year or just want to find out what you missed, here are 20 music milestones from 1976.

The Cribs have shared a new single, 'Never The Same', which was originally written for Louis Tomlinson. Listen below.

Here are our favorite South Carolina albums of 2025 that didn't make the Top 20 list, as part of our Best of SC Music edition ...

Five-decade review catalogs 1976 albums that shaped music and sustained influence. Genre range spans punk, arena rock, soul, ...