Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty ...

The brooding trip-hop soundscapes of Mezzanine introduced a noir-like atmosphere and emotional subtlety that permeate the darker, more shadowy corners of Celestial Death. We were drawn to the album’s ...

Asaad Shlash, Hassan Abd Alrahman, Faraj Birkdar and Haitham Alkatreb served long jail terms in the 1990s. Students and professors at Syrian universities with an interest in music, the four were also ...