They began their career as the stoic princes of hook-heavy New Wave. As their career progressed, they made the jump to pop radio in a big way. And then they were gone, sort of suddenly, before ...

The Cars are releasing an expanded "Deluxe Edition" of their 1984 album, Heartbeat City, for its 40th anniversary, which took place last year. The four-CD and one-LP set arrives on Oct. 31 with discs ...

The surviving members of the Cars are reportedly working on a new album, using studio recordings left behind by frontman Ric Ocasek, who died in 2019. The news comes from Bill Janovitz's comprehensive ...

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers ...