The best albums of 2021 include Adele, Chvrches, Sufjan Stevens and Angelo de Augustine, Halsey, Lil Nas X, J. Cole, Orla Gartland, Black Country, New Road, Aesop Rock and Blockhead, and Black Veil Brides. Down to the top 20. Whew! Now’s a good time for you to let us…

Halsey, courtesy. A mere month after giving birth, Halsey has returned to the music scene with their most garish and gory project yet. Influenced heavily by pregnancy and the beauty and complexity of childbirth, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power attempts to disrupt the discourse around pregnancy…

Korean superstars BTS released their hotly anticipated seventh studio album, Map of the Soul: 7, and the record number of fans who preordered it won’t be disappointed. Map of the Soul: 7 BTS Big Hit/Columbia, Feb. 21 While billed as a sequel to their 2019, EP Map of the…

In many ways, Ashley Frangipane—much better known as Halsey—has come a long way from her days of posting videos to Tumblr under the username se7enteenblack. After her song “Ghost” caught the ears of not only listeners but of record labels in 2014, Halsey has steadily been climbing into higher…

Yungblud photographed during Warped Tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 21, 2019. Photo: Chloe Catajan. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — There’s little room for middle ground when it comes to U.K. singer-songwriter Dominic Harrison, better known as Yungblud. Harrison’s bold, outspoken and audacious personality makes him an…

Halsey performs at Wazzmatazz at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 2, 2019. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Mike DeWald. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Pop stars of today and tomorrow gathered at Shoreline Amphitheatre Sunday night for the WAZZMATAZZ summer concert spectacle. The show, presented by radio station Wild 94.9,…

Photos: Mike DeWald, Roman Gokhman and courtesy. NAPA — As a nearly full moon set Sunday night, the man of the hour—or the weekend—took the stage on the final day of BottleRock Napa Valley. Bruno Mars had been the buzzed-about headliner at BottleRock from the moment the festival lineup was announced…