Rock didn't dominate the '80s the way it did the '70s, but there were still some great classic rock albums from the decade, ...

Lex Williams is a music writer and film critic, who shares her time between North Carolina and New York City. From a young age, Lex has always had a passion for arts in all its forms, having worked in ...

The best 80s songs do more than trigger nostalgia, they still light up dance floors, karaoke nights, and streaming playlists. These ten tracks keep hitting because their hooks, stories, and cultural ...

It isn't really true that everything was bigger in the '80s, but the decade did find us embracing excess in a number of ways — including hefty shoulder pads, piled-high hair, and absolutely massive ...

Get ready for a musical time warp! We’re celebrating songs turning 40 in 2025—tracks released in 1985 that continue to make waves today. From epic pop ballads to iconic rock anthems, these songs have ...

It’s easy to discount how referential music seems to be today. We don’t have the data, so perhaps the 2020s are the era most reliant on nostalgia. But musicians today certainly aren’t the first to ...

The 1980s didn’t just sound different; it looked different, felt bigger, and pushed rock in multiple directions at once.

Whoa, we're halfway there—and then some! Bon Jovi's 1986 masterpiece "Slippery When Wet" is proving that great rock' n' roll never dies; it just finds a new way to roar back into the spotlight. Nearly ...