Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the “Maryland man” at the heart of a national immigration battle, is again being called out by federal officials.The response came after a video linked to Abrego Garcia ...

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, ...

The Xenomorph from the Alien film franchise is one of the coolest, most nefarious movie monsters ever hatched, with its acid blood, mouths-within-mouths, and diabolical claws. It pretty much ...

I'm not suggesting we cancel a dead man or turn off the famed NYE anthem, but let's brought this to mind, shall we?

GR FKA Twigs, Eusexua After struggling to connect with FKA Twigs’ previous albums, Eusexua hit me like a revelation. At first ...

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

Which brings us to Tuesday, when TMZ published photos of Role Model—whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury —sitting close ...

Sam Haft talks about writing songs for legends like Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump, Keith David, Jessica Vosk and more on ...

Addressing the role of AI in music, Slipknot’s Shawn Crahan presented an unconventional view of the technology.

How a harrowing accident inspired Robert Plant to write the epic Led Zeppelin song, deeply rooted in the tradition of Greek mythology.

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