Best of CH 2015: ListenUp

Musical highlights from our soundtrack to the year

This year, musicians protested through shouts and rhymes, exposed painful wounds, gave the middle finger to haters and, most of all, perfectly captured the essence of the here and now through their songs. In no particular order, here are 12 musical highlights from our soundtrack to 2015, including everything from uneasy electronica to acoustic tearjerkers. Revisit the songs we noted in our Listen section (updated …

The Beatles Are Finally Debuting Their Music on Streaming Services

It’s a holiday miracle. After a years-long hold-out from music streaming sites, The Beatles will finally make their streaming debut, releasing their entire musical catalogue on nine different services—including Spotify, Google Play, Amazon Prime and even Apple Music. The songs will appear online exactly at 12:01AM local time on Christmas Eve—an early Christmas present for those hoping to stream “Christmas Time (Is Here Again)” the …

Spotify’s Year in Music, 2015

What CH and the rest of the world have been listening to

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By now, you’ve no doubt trawled through your musical obsessions from 2015, thanks to Spotify’s Year in Music and if not, we couldn’t recommend it more. Whether you began 2015 with something timely, nostalgic or something by Drake, which most of the world seemed to do (the Canadian rapper being the most streamed artist of the entire year), it’s been an exciting and fascinating 365 …