Life’ll Kill Ya Turns 20
Warren Zevon spent the late 1990s in a very strange purgatory. Like many of his singer-songwriter peers, he'd been enduring low sales and diminishing interest…
Teen Dream Turns 10
"I'd like to imagine people would listen to the album really loud. Or on headphones so it's like there's no space left anywhere in your…
Voodoo Turns 20
One could argue -- particularly if "one" is "me" -- that the greatest album of the 21st century was released only about three weeks into…
Transference Turns 10
There is a well-worn yarn about Spoon's career. For years, the prevailing narrative was that you could barely create a narrative around them at all…
How Strange, Innocence Turns 20
How Strange, Innocence is where it all began. Originally created as a CD-R that a young Texas band could hand out at their live shows,…
Contra Turns 10
A couple years ago, a kid stopped Ezra Koenig in the street and said, "Oh, you're the dude who made that album."
Animal Turns 10
Ten years ago this week, the #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 had it all --AutoTune, rapping, yodeling, even a cameo from Sean "P.
Midnite Vultures Turns 20
The Beck of the 21st century is a serious artiste. Although he'll always be known as the guy who made "Loser" and Odelay, since the…
2001 Turns 20
In the fall of 1999, Dr. Dre was thinking about putting on a musical. On the eve of the release of his sophomore album 2001,…
The Battle Of Los Angeles Turns 20
In 1909, Westerville, Ohio became the national headquarters of the Anti-Saloon League, an organization dedicated to outlawing the sale of alcoholic beverages across the United…
Tha Block Is Hot Turns 20
While he was still a child, Lil Wayne watched his father leave and his stepfather die. He attempted suicide, shooting himself in the chest. He…
Le Tigre Turns 20
"One step forward! Five steps back! One cool record in the year of rock-rap!" That was Kathleen Hanna, gritting her teeth hard, on "FYR," a…
No. 4 Turns 20
It had been a tumultuous and fragmented couple of years for Stone Temple Pilots. After a fairly prolific stretch -- three albums in the three…
