With this scorching summer nearing its end and fall’s shortening days and cooling breezes following closely behind, musical playlists will likewise turn from sweaty dance hits and catchy pop anthems ...

It's been nearly 40 years since Elton John crooned about the importance of sad songs. But for a new generation facing a new suite of traumas, a new musical genre has emerged: sadcore. Distinguished by ...

Isadora Eden enjoys making melancholy music. Her songs, she suggests, are typically best enjoyed while walking home alone after a party or doom-scrolling in bed until the sun comes up. Her latest ...

MUSIC CRITICS WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU THE IMPRESSION that any listener can make sense of a record on one or two hearings. With rare exception it just doesn't work — not even with the most simpering of ...

The job I really want is the one that is responsible for coming up with names for music styles. It used to be a pretty straightforward task to ''label'' music. In the beginning, musical styles were ...

Performers sometimes go pretty much under the radar for reasons which are hard to fathom. Scott Matthews fits into that category. Active since 2006, his first single Elusive (from debut album Passing ...