The Anniversary

They used to play Björk on The Grind. In the likely event that you don't remember The Grind, it was an MTV dance show, a…

On the surface, its concept bordered on kitsch: a Yale-educated Brooklyn indie rocker was writing an album of "re-imagined" songs from Black Flag’s 1981 debut…

When looking back on a classic album, it's always crazy to consider all the ways the world has changed in the years since its release.

The first thing you see is the cover: a tastefully arranged heap of pulped strawberries that verges on the NSFW, suggesting a Gourmet photoshoot or…

In 1982, in the British town of Burnley, a bunch of former members of a band called Chimp Eats Banana formed an anarchist collective named…

Be Here Now was the beginning of the end for Oasis. You know the story: Going into 1997, the Gallagher brothers were larger than life,…

Sixteen years before we elected the most embarrassing president in US history, we elected the second most embarrassing president in US history. The climate of…

The Backstreet Boys performed live for the first time ever at SeaWorld Orlando. The year was 1993 and the show took place at Shamu Stadium,…

If I had to point to one album that completely changed the way that I think about music, it would be The Con. It was…

I still remember exactly where I was the first time I saw her. If you're of a particular age, you probably do too. For me,…

"The Mollusk is a tongue-in-cheek gem. It is to art-rock what The Hudsucker Proxy is to Capra films." --Les Claypool…

The same year that Britney Spears shaved her head, Annie Clark released her debut album, Marry Me, under the moniker St. Vincent. Both events, albeit…

Perhaps it could have been considered presumptuous, but Spoon have never dealt in pretense. They knew Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, the band’s sixth studio…

There may be no more mythic origin story in all of indie rock than the tale of Justin Vernon decamping to his father's hunting cabin…

Smash Mouth’s trajectory isn’t like that of any other band, really. They began life as a ska-punk act that broke out with the debut album…