When you rip a CD in iTunes—or when you buy an album from the iTunes Store, Amazon, or other vendor—there are a number of tags you can set, such as the album name, artist name, and genre. But there’s ...

With the increased presence of “mood" playlists on streaming services like Spotify, musical compilations have been becoming more and more popular. These compilations could represent one of the best ...

As it approaches its seventh anniversary of release at the end of the year, The Greatest Showman soundtrack is still going strong. While Now That’s What I Call Music 118 is set to be No.1 in the ...

Compilations still play a crucial role in understanding pop — maybe even more so now with an ever-more-daunting smorgasbord of options, both present and past, at our disposal — as a few recent ...

The UK’s Now That’s What I Call Music series was launched on 28 November 1983. Since then, the compilations have served as a musical snapshot of passing eras, charting every music trend from the early ...

One of the saddest side effects of the digital music explosion in the late ’90s and early ’00s was the decline of the made-for-television compilation. Nevertheless, companies like Razor & Tie and Time ...

It seems like the last thing local guitar-type bands or musicians want to do these days is release a full-length CD. So far this year, the lion’s share of notable Houston indie and punk releases has ...

For 12 years, label head Zach Curd released free compilations of holiday music through Suburban Sprawl Music. But his recent decision to retire the label means there’s no new mix this year. So, we ...

Last week, Greyday Records announced that it will release the charity album Live From Nowhere Near You, Vol. II on July 19 to benefit Outside In, an organization that provides counseling and aid to ...

It's no secret that digital streaming platforms are currently dominating the music industry. Last month, the RIAA's semi-annual Music Revenues Report revealed that 80 percent of total industry revenue ...