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Friday, December 4, 2020

Johnny Rzeznik Still Won’t Tell ‘Em Your Name

November 11, 2020November 13, 2020 Leena Tailor 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, A Boy Named Goo, Goo Goo Dolls, Jed, Johnny Rzeznik, Name, Robby Takac, Superstar Carwash

How the Buffalo band’s 1995 hit divided fans, provided therapy and saved its frontman from going back to school

Alternative Rock Indie Rock

Not Your Enemy: Buffalo Tom’s Birdbrain Hits 30

November 9, 2020November 12, 2020 Brad Cohan 1 Comment 1990, 30th Anniversary, Bill Janovitz, Birdbrain, Black Flag, Blake Babies, Buffalo Tom, Chris Colbourn, Dinosaur Jr., Galaxie 500, J Mascis, Lemonheads, Pixies, Rollins Band, Tom Maginnis

On its gamechanging second album, the Massachusetts trio shedded the ‘Dinosaur Jr Jr’ label and took their ace songwriting to the next level

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Punk

Bob Mould Navigates the American Crisis

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2020, American Crisis, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Jason Narducy, Jon Wurster, Merge Records, Siberian Butterfly, Sugar, Workbook

The Minneapolis punk legend rages and reflects on life in 2020

Alternative Rock Rock

Pleased To Meet Me: The Pleasure’s All Yours

November 2, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Chris Mars, Jim Dickinson, Paul Westerberg, Pleased To Meet Me, Rhino, Sire, Slim Dunlap, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson

A new box set delves into the beauty and the madness of the second Replacements album on Sire Records

Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

‘Tell Us, Is The Black Box Lying?’ – At The Drive-In’s Relationship Of Command At 20

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Grand Royal, Invalid Litter Dept, Jim Ward, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Armed Scissor

The El Paso band’s third album and sole Grand Royal classic ushered in a new era of aggression for the 21st Century

adblock Alternative Rock Remembrance Rock

LISTEN: Remembering Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, 25 Years Gone

October 22, 2020November 30, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1995, 25th Anniversary, All I Can Say, Axl Rose, Blind Melon, Guns 'N' Roses, No Rain, Rogers Stevens, Shannon Hoon

Looking back at the power of a rock ‘n’ roll singer whose life was cut short far before his time

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop

Brave Words, Submarine Bells, Soft Bombs and Me

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1990, Dunedin, Fire Records, Heavenly Pop Hit, Martin Phillipps, New Zealand, Slash Records, Submarine Bells. Soft Bomb, The Chills

An exclusive, career-spanning chat with Martin Phillipps of The Chills

Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rap

The Significance of Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 2000, Chester Bennington, Crawling, Depeche Mode. Deftones, DJ Joe Hahn, DJ Lethal, House of Pain, Hybrid Theory, In The End, John Lee Hooker, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda, The Roots, The Smiths

In the end, this album really does matter 20 years later

Alternative Rock Electronic Experimental

Sound and Vision: Radiohead’s Kid A and the 21st Century

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 2000, Capitol Records, Colin Greenwood, Hatchette Books, Jonny Greenwood, Kid A, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Steven Hyden, This Isn't Happening: Radiohead’s Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century, Thom Yorke, Y2K

In his new book, music journalist Steven Hyden reckons with the English band’s millennial masterpiece for its 20th anniversary

"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Heavy Metal

ALBUMS: Cosmic Ohms

October 2, 2020October 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments

We needed a Deftones LP like this masterful 9th offering from the Sacramento metal-gaze masters

Alternative Rock Experimental

‘Seeing The Unseeable’: The Flaming Lips’ In A Priest Driven Ambulance At 30

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, Dave Fridmann, In A Priest Driven Ambulance, Jonathan Donahue, Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones, Steven Drozd, The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne

Glimmers of future majesty imbue the band’s first collaboration with longtime producer Dave Fridmann

Alternative Rock

This Here Giraffe: The Flaming Lips’ Clouds Taste Metallic at 25

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 1995, Bee Thousand, Clouds Taste Metallic, Electr-O-Pura, Guided By Voices, The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin, Yo La Tengo

A quarter century later, does the band’s 1995 classic still stand as the “Pet Sounds for the 90s”?

Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk

‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, The Diamond Sea, Thurston Moore, Washing Machine

Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

Recognize My Disease: Alice in Chains’ Facelift Turns 30

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1990, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Man in the Box, Mike Inez, MTV, Nirvana, Sean Kinney, Warrant, Whitesnake

Was the debut LP from this Seattle institution grunge genesis or a hair metal hangover?

Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial

Hallo Spaceboy: David Bowie’s Outside at 25

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hypercycle), 1995, 25th Anniversary, Aladdin Sane, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iman, Nathan Adler, Space Oddity, The Heart's Filthy Lesson, Trent Reznor, Young Americans, Ziggy Stardust

Brian Eno and The Duke delve into The Nathan Adler Diaries for their most adventurous collaboration

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