When you hear the phrase "slow songs", you might immediately think of heartstring-tugging ballads, but the results of easing off on the throttle have often been varyingly intense, intellectual, heavy ...

Over the past couple of months Chicago-based DIY band Slow Pulp have been slowly teasing their excellent new album Yard, first with "Slugs" and, in July, "Doubt." Today the band has dropped "Broadview ...

And now, for something more serious: Harry Styles has dramatically walked away from the sunny, upbeat Brit-pop sound of his boy band, One Direction. On "Sign of the Times," the singer's debut solo ...

There have been few musical sins committed in the name of rock 'n' roll as egregious as the power ballad. Not really rock and not really a good idea to begin with, the rock power ballad was born in ...

Classic rock will never die, and these four songs from 1972 still make it to my regular rotation in the 2020s.

For Esteban Flores, the artist behind Slow Joy, the past year has felt like a blur — a fast-forward reel of packed shows, emotional songwriting, and unexpected fan love. “If you had told me three or ...