Four years on from the passing of Joey Jordison, two of his bands are returning to active duty: but in very different ways ...

The best songs make us think, challenging assumptions while searching for answers in a complex and often confusing world. Many pose these questions right in their name. But not everything is so ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Sometimes it takes a different artist to reveal a song's hidden potential! Join us as we count down our picks for the most radical musical transformations that completely switched genres. Our list ...

See which Missy Elliot hit took the top spot. As the quarter-mark of the 21st century rapidly approaches, Rolling Stone is taking a look back at the last 25 years of music. On Wednesday, the outlet ...

Go back a couple weeks and find one of our recent Power Rankings. It sure looked like someone around here (!) was expecting Ryan Blaney to keep a grip on that top spot for a while, didn't it? Then ...

Joey Aguilar is in his first season as Tennessee's starting quarterback. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound senior has guided the Vols to a 4-1 (1-1 SEC) record. In five games, Aguilar has competed 102-of-157 ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. Rappers often face a paradoxical situation when they take a break ...

Fox News' Johnny "Joey" Jones was honored with the John R. Tex McCrary Award for Excellence in Journalism during the 2025 Patriot Award Gala in Chattanooga, Tennessee over the weekend. In his speech ...

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 ...

A lot of musicians have quit or been fired from bands over the years but some lineup departures were truly shocking to the rest of the world. There are countless reasons for musicians to leave a band ...