Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Bob Dylan, Mitski, Green Day, and more of the most essential tickets of the year.

From Chubby and the Gang’s debut to Bob Dylan’s comeback, Bartees Strange’s genre-bending to Country Westerns’ classicism, these were the rock albums we loved most this year.

The tracks that defined the year, starring Billie Eilish, Thom Yorke, Normani, Bad Bunny, and more

Kate Bush, N.W.A., Brian Eno, Madonna, Prince, and the other icons who defined a decade

A page-by-page guide to becoming a Springsteen scholar

What we were reading—from pioneers of noise, thrash, and trap in their own words, to critics wrestling with culture as a sign o’ the times

Have yourself a merry little playlist with David Bowie, Darlene Love, Sufjan Stevens, the Waitresses, and more

From 10cc to XTC, from London to Lagos, from 7” singles to side-long epics, and from punk to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of music’s greatest decades

Real Life Rock Top 10: Greil Marcus on the timeless angst of Rihanna’s Anti, an overwhelming wine label that smashes together much of the 20th century, the Rolling Stones’ long history with Donald Trump, and more.

From house to hip-hop, college rock to techno, bubblegum pop to post-punk, heavy metal to hardcore—here are our favorite tracks of the 1980s.

With more than 130,000 attendees, Denmark's long-running Roskilde Festival is one of the hugest on earth. Carrie Battan and Lindsay Zoladz break down the best and weirdest from this year's fest, which featured Bruce Springsteen and Bon Iver.

We pay tribute to the E Street Band sax titan.