Author: Jason Thurston

Hip Hop Rap 

Inside OutKast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Atlanta, Big Boi, Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob, Hot'Lanta, OutKast, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

What makes the hip-hop duo’s debut LP an important listen

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Alternative Rock jazz Rock 

All Wrong: Morphine’s Cure for Pain at 30

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Band of Skulls, Billy Conway, Cure for Pain, Dana Colley, Jerome Deupree, Man Man, Mark Sandman, Morphine, Rykodisc, White Stripes

Reflecting on the auspicious classic from a most unique band

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Alternative Rock North Americana 

A Horse In The Country: Black Eyed Man at 30

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Jason Thurston 3 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Black Eyed Man, Cowboy Junkies, Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins, Peter Timmins, RCA

The third Cowboy Junkies album saw the Timmins siblings using volume to their advantage

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Art Pop Hip Hop 

P.M. Dawn’s American Utopia

September 28, 2021February 19, 2024 Jason Thurston 1 Comment 1991, 30th Anniversary, Arrested Development, Digable Planets, Gee Street, Hieroglyphics, KRS One, Minutemix, Of the Heart, Of the Soul and Of the Cross: The Utopian Experience, OutKast, P.M. Dawn, Paper Doll, Prince Be, Set Adrift On Memory Bliss, Spearhead

Looking back on 30 years of the debut album by one of hip-hop’s most misunderstood acts

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Music Journalism 

“The New Mercury Rev Album Is Out”: How Music Helped Define 9/11

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, 9/11, Bob Dylan, Dream Theater, Drowning Pool, I Am The World Trade Center, Jay-Z, Jimmy Eat World, The Coup, The Moldy Peaches

Jay-Z’s Blueprint, Dylan’s revival, The Coup loses its cover, Clear Channel hearts banning songs and other tales from that fateful day

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Power Pop Rock 

ALBUMS: Saturday Night’s Alright for Jack Antonoff

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Bleachers, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Antonoff, RCA, Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night

The in-demand pop producer gets an assist from Bruce Springsteen on his third album as Bleachers

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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Indie Rock Power Pop 

Before Every Second Act, There Must Be A First Act: Nada Surf’s High/Low at 25

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, Barsuk Records, High/Low, Matthew Caws, Nada Surf, Ric Ocasek, Semisonic

A look at the band’s more than just “Popular” debut LP

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Indie Rock Post-Punk Punk 

ALBUMS: Sleater-Kinney’s Path of Least Resistance

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Kill Rock Stars, Mom + Pop Records, Path of Wellness, Portlandia, SLEATER-KINNEY, Sub Pop Records, The Center Won't Hold

On their first album without Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein rebuild their center on an impressive new album

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Alternative Rock Britpop 

Nineteen Forever: Ash’s 1977 at 25

June 9, 2021March 9, 2022 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1977, 25th Anniversary, Ash, Blur, Britpop, Northern Ireland, Oasis, Star Wars, Supergrass, Tom Wheeler

Looking back at the auspicious debut from the (former) teen babes of Northern Ireland

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Broadway Pop Power Pop Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Jim Steinman: The Beat Is Yours Forever

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Air Supply, Bat Out Of Hell, Bonnie Tyler, Casey Kasem, Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf, Sisters of Mercy

A look at the superstar songwriter’s life (and hits) outside of the Loaf

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Britpop Power Pop Punk 

Supergrass’ Debut at 25: Should We Still Coco?

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1995, Alright, Clueless, Danny Goffey, Eddie Cochran, Gaz Coombes, Island Records, Mick Quinn, Supergrass, The Libertines, The Von Bondies

Gaz and the boys are still alright after all these years

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New Wave Pop Progressive Rock 

ALBUMS: Notes On Notes On A Conditional Form

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 2020, Dirty Hit, Foster The People, Interscope, Matty Healy, Music For Cars, Notes On A Conditional Form, The 1975, Walk The Moon

Looking at The 1975’s remarkable and confusing new classic

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Hip Hop 

Nasty Nas: 25 Years of Causing Mass Hysteria In Your Area

July 11, 2019July 16, 2023 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Billy Eichner, Def Jam, DJ Premier, Illmatic, Large Professor, Nas, The Lost Tapes, The Lost Tapes II, Zebrahead

With The Lost Tapes II on deck, Mr. Jones reassesses the second half of his storied career

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Alternative Rock Progressive Rock 

My Own Private Solstice: Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary at 25

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Jeremy Enigk, My Chemical Romance, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE

The legendary Seattle group’s debut LP reinvented guitar rock for the second half of the 1990s

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Hip Hop 

Me, Myself and My Microphone

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1984, DJ Run, DMC, Jam Master Jay, Profile Records, Run DMC

A look back at the landmark first Run DMC LP 35 years later

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