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Hip Hop 

Talk This Way: Run-D.M.C.’s ‘Raising Hell’ Turns 40

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1986, 40th Anniversary, Adidas, Aerosmith, DMC, It's Tricky, Jam Master Jay, My Adidas, Profile Records, Raising Hell, Rev Run, Run-D.M.C., Walk This Way

Looking back on the Queens trio’s breakthrough 3rd LP

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Pop Rock 

Here Today: The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ at 60

May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1966, 60th anniversary, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys, The Wrecking Crew

Looking back on Brian Wilson’s towering monument of melody

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New Wave Pop 

In Quintessence: Squeeze’s ‘East Side Story’ At 45

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1981, 45th Anniversary, Chris Difford, East Side Story, Glenn Tilbrook, Jools Holland, Paul Carrack, Squeeze, Tempted, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the band’s greatest album

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Pop Punk 

‘Fallin’ for What Matters Most

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aidan Amini, California, Deftones, Orange County, Van Halen, What Matters Most

Listen to new single from OC post-pop punk outfit

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Electronics New Wave Pop 

Numbers: Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer World’ at 45

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 45th Anniversary, Apple+, Computer World, Florian Schneider, IBM, Kraftwerk, Ralf Hütter, Texas Instruments

The pioneering ’81 album forever altered hip-hop, techno and more 

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Rock 

Jack Douglas ‘Rocks’

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1976, 50th anniversary, Aerosmith, Boston, Brad Whitford, Jack Douglas, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Rocks, Steven Tyler, Todd Hamilton

Remembering the late producer via the 50th anniversary of Aerosmith’s best LP

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Dream Pop Pop 

LISTEN: Park Hills Circle Shares ‘Unspoke’

May 13, 2026May 14, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments All of a Sudden, Bryce O’Tierney, Maeve and Quinn, Maria Somerville, Maris O’Tierney, Park Hills Circle, Pravda Records, Sinead O'Connor

Debut LP, All of a Sudden, out July 10

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Rock 

The Eagles’ Reissue One Of These Nights

May 10, 2026May 10, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, Asylum Records, Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, One Of These Nights, Randy Meisner, Rhino, The Eagles

Deluxe edition of classic 4th LP out now

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Hip Hop 

Mike D Goes Solo With ‘Switch Up’

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Adam Horovitz, Beastie Boys, Mike D, Switch Up, Very Nice Person

Single marks first new music from a Beastie Boy in 15 years

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Rock Stones 

The Rolling Stones Announce Foreign Tongues

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Andrew Watt, Capitol Records, Chad Smith, Foreign Tongues, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, The Rolling Stones

Legendary band’s 25th LP due out July 10

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Alternative Rock Rock 

The Tao of Sister Double Happiness

May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1988, Ben Cohen, Gary Floyd, Label 51 Recordings, Lynn Perko-Truell, Mike Watt, Pat Thomas, Roddy Bottum, Sister Double Happiness, SST Records

Talking with the surviving members about the reissue of the San Francisco proto-grunge greats’ 1st LP

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Manifest Density: Local H’s ‘As Good As Dead’ Turns 30

April 30, 2026May 1, 2026 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1996, As Good As Dead, Eddie Vedder, Illinois, Island Records, Joe Bosso, Joe Daniels, Local H., Nirvana, Scott Lucas, Zion

Looking back on the American power duo’s sophomore classic

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Heavy Metal Rock 

On and On and On, It’s Heaven & Hell

April 30, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007-2009, Dio, Geezer Butler, Heaven & Hell, Rhino, Ronnie James Dio, Scott Warren, Tony Iommi, Vinny Appice

A new box set chronicles Dio’s triumphant final act

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Heavy Metal Rock 

The Melvins and Napalm Death ‘March’ Forward

April 27, 2026May 1, 2026 Emily Bellino 0 Comments 2026, Barney Greenway, Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, Ipecac Recordings, John Cooke, King Buzzo, Napalm Death, Savage Imperial Death March, Shane Embury, The Melvins, Toshi Kasai

King Buzzo discusses their heavy collaboration

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Blues Rock 

Buddy Red Burns It Down

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Atlanta, Austin, Buddy Red, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Ryan Coogler, Sinners, Stubb's Bar-B-Q, T.I., Texas

A chat with rising blues star and 2nd generation artist

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