Compact discs, or CDs, were revolutionary when they first emerged as a new medium for listening to music in the 1980s. Part of their success is alluded to in the name itself: the slim, compact size of ...

Was the compact disc (CD) truly the last great music medium? In terms of physical music media, I'm inclined to agree.

If you were born around 30 or more years ago and grew up in the era of physical media, you're used to being able ability to ...

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...

At Begyle Brewing on Sunday, June 8, the Chicago Independent Radio Project hosted its third CD Blowout Sale. CHIRP founder and general manager Shawn Campbell says the sale’s debut in May 2022 was a ...

Summer 2025 has been nothing if not the tipping point of the slow-burning streaming reckoning. More and more artists have pulled their music from Spotify (Hotline TNT, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...