The Anniversary

I had no idea who A Perfect Circle were the first time I heard them. I was at Madison Square Garden on March 9, 2000,…

Treats was a game-changer. Sleigh Bells are the inflection point for the most exciting pop music of 2020. 100 gecs, Black Dresses, and the PC…

"Tower Records told me to shove this record up my ass. Do you know how it feels to be told to shove a record up…

Before Kevin Parker could write psychedelic rock's future, he had to rewrite its past.

We now know what Janelle Monáe would have done differently. Her third album, 2018's Dirty Computer, would have actually been her first, since she actually…

Once upon a time, This Is Happening was a perfect grand finale.

Imagine if, instead of veering off into bleary electronics in the late '90s, R.E.M. went on to perfect the fuzzed-out sound they attempted on Monster.

The National were always beginning. At least, that's how it felt for over half of their career; at least, that was the story that kept…

Steven Ellison hadn't quite gotten to outer space yet, but he'd come close. With his first two Flying Lotus releases, 2006's 1983 and 2008's Los…

Aimee Mann writes about the devils you don't know and the devils you think you do. Especially on Bachelor No. 2 (Or, The Last Remains…

Julian Casablancas didn't even exist yet, and Corin Tucker already cooked his ass. Casablancas was alive when Sleater-Kinney released All Hands On The Bad One,…

The future was up for grabs when the new millennium turned over, and it was also prone to glitches. Although the looming Y2K bug that…

"Let’s begin with the past in front," Aaron Freeman, aka Gene Ween, sings to open up White Pepper, Ween’s seventh "studio" album — as if…

If you've come into contact with Papa Roach's "Last Resort" in the last decade or so, it's likely been in meme form. Pizzas, leashes, Reese's,…

Caribou had already taken many forms. First working under the name Manitoba before adopting a new moniker in the mid-'00s, Dan Snaith had already tried…