From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry ...

When Pink Floyd tried to pinch a few pennies on their multi-day photoshoot for the cover of 'Animals,' "all hell broke loose.

What makes an album cover controversial? In the classic 1984 rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, record industry executive Bobbi Flekman (played by the great Fran Drescher) finds herself ...

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One major theme that runs through Pitchfork’s best albums of 2024 is disbelief. There are pop albums that defy all expectations, indie rock records that shouldn’t work but do, rap tapes that are made ...

Headless Cross, Tyr, and Cross Purposes—all debut on charts in the U.K. this week, and they all manage to land on the same ...

Good Morning’s Stefan Blair and Liam Parson. The Australian “soft rock band” released their seventh project (an ambitious double LP aptly titled Good Morning Seven), opened for Waxahatchee and Frankie ...

The 136-page tome was announced just yesterday, Dec. 1, by Bey’s Parkwood Entertainment, and as of publication this afternoon on Dec. 2, copies of the book are already sold out. Per a description, the ...

In 1974, George Harrison founded his own record company. He was still under contract to EMI/Apple Records until 1976, but his ...

Danny Hastings created album covers for some of the world’s most iconic rappers. Here’s a look at how he did it.

Here is your 2024 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest titles! With so many new metal and hard rock albums being released each week, it can be difficult to keep up.