J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

New holiday music is one of the rites of ever seasons, as acts both expected and surprising take their crack at adding some ...

People rally around a specific band or album, a new scene forms around a shared sensibility, or a particular sound permeates the zeitgeist. It’s more difficult to determine when something ends. After ...

They were called 'The Hit Factory' for good reason. Here are Stock Aitken Waterman’s 15 greatest songs, ranked.

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Apple’s AirPods have become the default choice for many people, whether you want simple wireless earbuds that work without fuss or premium options with features like noise cancellation and spatial ...

(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s ...

Santana seemed destined for a long chart drought. And then "Winning" came along and changed their fortunes in a hurry.

For nine years here at WMOT, I’ve been proud and privileged to select and remark on thirty albums from the closing year that meet several criteria. Some made national news and did well on the ...