Because there's the rub: Motorhead united the tribes, inspired extreme metal (there's a reason we chose Overkill as their ...

This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

Wildlife watching at Fairy Stone offers opportunities to spot white-tailed deer moving gracefully through the underbrush, wild turkeys strutting with prehistoric dignity, and if you’re particularly ...

President Trump had a busy year after returning to the White House. Take a look at some of the biggest changes.

One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

Featuring Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, The Charlatans, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Gruff Rhys, The Divine Comedy ...

President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.

Jeff "Mantas" Dunn and Antony "Abbadon" Bray, two former members of Venom, reunited late in November to perform some of the ...

The soarer from Sweden does his bit for the snappers at the World Championships in Tokyo. "Mondo" set a new pole vault world ...

The C5 is also one of 2025’s best gaming TVs, with four HDMI 2.1 ports supporting 4K 144Hz, VRR (FreeSync and G-Sync), HGiG, ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...