Today, your highly personal, delightfully specific bests of 2025. By Melissa Kirsch Last weekend I went to see the string quartet Ethel perform a reimagining of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” including ...

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

Best change to your evening routine? Best popcorn seasoning? Best overheard conversation? Tell us your super-subjective, idiosyncratic favorites from the past year. By Melissa Kirsch What’s on your ...

Earlier this month, the Paste team unveiled its list of the 50 best albums of 2025. Thank you for reading it and for not ragging on us too bad for our picks (or omissions). As is tradition, we’re ...