Steve Lacy, left, Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift. (Illustration by Mel Cerri / For The Times. Photographs by Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times; Kayla James / For The Times; Chris Walker / For The Times) ...

It took 50 people to make this list of 2022's 100 best songs. Why put in that much effort, when algorithmically generated playlists can give a listener what they already know they want? Because ...

In 2022, I think I spent more time with the albums that actually dominated our year-end list than ever before. Much of my listening time this year was spent binging Alex G and Alvvays and all the rest ...

Best Lyric: “Oh, that every time I try to make lunch / For anyone else, in my head / I end up dreaming of you / And you come to me / Good morning!” “Ants From Up There,” is the sophomore album from ...

Seventy tracks that identify, grapple with or simply dance away from the anxieties of yet another uncertain year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Full disclosure: There can’t be a ...

Now, the fun part! Read on for personal favorites of 2022 from KCRW Music’s genre experts, airwave curators, devoted fans of Today’s Top Tune, and for the first time — the cold hard facts of the Top ...

As 2022 winds down, we're making sure we've got you covered with the best of the year. That includes the Best Rock + Metal Cover Songs of the last calendar year and what a year it has been! That's ...

Whether it’s a new take on Wham!’s “Last Christmas” or an original song, it’s a right of passage for pop stars to drop a holiday tune. This year is no different with Camila Cabello, Lizzo, Sabrina ...

While the past year has still felt a bit, uh, unpredictable, there’s one thing we could definitely count on: great workout music. Whether you needed tunes to psych you up on a bad day, beats to get ...

Whether you heard them on TikTok, on the radio or on a fresh slab of old-fashioned vinyl, new songs helped make sense this year of a world that seemed to need more interpretation with every passing ...