Jun 7th 122 Comments
Every Radiohead album can be associated with some watershed moment in the band's career. Pablo Honey is the one with "Creep,” still their most popular song by far if Spotify streams count for… Read Story »
Jun 5th 13 Comments
Bad Religion have existed for 33 years and released 16 albums, and the vast majority of those fit into one strict template: Rocketing muscular guitar grooves, hoarsely declarative Greg Graffin… Read Story »
Jun 4th 3 Comments
Has any band ever done unalloyed, sneering contempt quite as witheringly as Pottymouth-era Bratmobile? The only competitors I can think of are the Sex Pistols and the Circle Jerks, and I'm not… Read Story »
May 10th 10 Comments
Last summer, when Blur were reuniting to record a couple new tracks and play the closing ceremonies of the 2013 Olympics, I wrote here about the great English band's 10 best songs. I opened that post… Read Story »
May 3rd 13 Comments
I couldn't presume to say that there's a right way or a wrong way to hear PJ Harvey for the first time, but I like the way that I did it. I don't remember exactly what was happening the first time I… Read Story »
Apr 5th 51 Comments
When Tool headlined 2009's Lollapalooza in Chicago, they were the most popular act on the bill by several light years. Hours before they started playing, people started filling up the field around… Read Story »
Mar 29th 10 Comments
Suede's self-titled debut has a few big, important historical distinctions. For one thing, it's generally acknowledged as the birth of Britpop -- possibly the last moment that guitar-rock has been… Read Story »
Mar 22nd 7 Comments
The Jersey City duo P.M. Dawn's biggest hit was 1991's Spandau Ballet-sampling "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss," the first-ever Billboard #1 from a non-white rapper, and the first from anyone who wasn't… Read Story »
Feb 22nd 155 Comments
Every once in a while, you'll still meet people who claim that Pablo Honey is Radiohead's best album. Musical taste is an entirely subjective thing, and we're all special unique flowers, but these… Read Story »
Feb 20th 59 Comments
Albums from 20 years ago generally tend to age much better than albums a decade old. At 20, an album has time to see its influence slowly disseminate into music at large, to become a part of the… Read Story »
