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Monday, September 21, 2020

Three Years Gone: Remembering Grant Hart

September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Hot Wax, Husker Du, Nova Mob, The Last Days Of Pompeii

Read an interview with the sorely missed Hüsker Dü drummer from 2009

Alternative Rock Pop

I’m Your Fan: A Tribute to A Tribute

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Jim Caligiuri 0 Comments 33 1/3 Series, Fatima Mansions, Hal Willner, House of Love, I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Juliana Hatfield, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, R.E.M., The Pixies

A new 33 1/3 book explores an overlooked and out-of-print homage to Leonard Cohen

Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Heavy Metal Post-Hardcore

Millennium Tension: Jupiter is the OK Computer of Heavy Metal

September 10, 2020September 13, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2000, Antenna, Caleb Scofield, Cave In, Explosions in the Sky, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Hydra Head Records, J.R. Conners, Jupiter, Nirvana, RCA Records, Steve Brodsky

Cave In’s breakout album turns 20

Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop

Baby’s Come Back: Jellyfish’s Bellybutton at 30

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andy Sturmer, Beatnik Beatch, Bellybutton, David Bowie, Jason Falkner, Jellyfish, Jr, King's X, Mike Portnoy, Roger Joseph Manning, The Black Crowes, Three O’Clock, Todd Rundgren, World Party, XTC

Inside the album that helped usher L.A. rock into the 1990s

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk

He Won’t Crap Out: Brick By Brick at 30

September 8, 2020September 9, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Brick By Brick, Candy, Charles Burns, Dédales, Duff McKagan, Éditions Cornélius, Home, Iggy Pop, Kate Pierson, Slash

An exclusive interview with cover artist Charles Burns highlights our celebration of the best Iggy Pop album from the last 30 years

Alternative Rock Funk Hard Rock Metal!

A Funked-Up Fairy Tale: Extreme’s ‘Pornograffiti’ at 30

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Bryan Rolli 0 Comments 1990, Extreme, Extreme II: Pornograffitti, Faith No More, Gary Cherone, More Than Words, Nuno Bettencourt, Pat Badger, Paul Geary, Poison, Pornograffiti, Queen, The Beatles, Van Halen, Warrant, White Lion

This is the story of a great band caught between hair metal and alternative rock until they hit big with a Beatlesque ballad

Alternative Rock

Ain’t No Wrong: Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual de lo Habitual Turns 30

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Ain’t No Right, American Dad, Anger Management, Been Caught Stealing, Burnout Paradise, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, Guitar Hero II, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Perry Farrell, Ritual de lo Habitual, Rock Band 4, Stephen Perkins, Stop!

Decades later, the Los Angeles quartet’s third album remains refreshing and ruthless

Alternative Rock North Americana Punk Rock

ALBUMS: What Makes Chuck Prophet Dance?

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 2020, Chuck Prophet, Dan Stuart, Green On Red, Steve Simkin, The Land That Time Forgot, The Paisley Underground, What Makes The Monkey Dance: The Life and Music of Chuck Prophet and Green On Red, Yep Roc

The former Paisley Underground crewman proves his staying power on The Land That Time Forgot

Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk

The Best Imitation of Themselves

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Boxing, Darren Jessee, Howard Cosell, Lexx Luthor, Majosha, Muhammad Ali, piano, Pots and Pans, Robert Sledge, The Semantics

The eponymous debut by Ben Folds Five turns 25

Alternative Rock Electronic

“The Guy With The Best Nads Gets His Armpit Licked” – Whale’s We Care celebrates 25 Years

August 13, 2020August 18, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Beck, Curve, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, MTV, Suede, Tricky, We Care, Whale

Diving deeper than “Slobo Babe” with Sweden’s infectious, obnoxious concoction

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

This Is A Call: Foo Fighters at 25

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Capitol Records, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, Nate Mendel, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Roswell Records, William Goldsmith

How a demo tape passed along to friends led to a successful second act for Dave Grohl after Nirvana

Alternative Rock North Americana

Found Somewhere Between The Road And My Heart: The Geraldine Fibbers’ First Masterpiece at 25

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Nathan Carson 3 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Carla Bozulich, Geraldine Fibbers, Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home, Virgin Records

For an elite group of music fans, Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home is as essential as Nirvana’s Nevermind and Jeff Buckley’s Grace combined

Alternative Rock Heavy Metal New Wave

Pregnant With All This Space: Deftones’ White Pony at 20

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Abe Cunningham, Black Flag, Chi Cheng, Chino Moreno, Deftones, Radiohead, Sade, Suicidal Tendencies, White Pony

Why the art metal band’s third album is still their best

Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk

LISTEN: Still The Girl With Most Cake

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Happy Birthday, Hole, Kurt Cobain, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Patty Schemel, Pylon

Wishing Courtney Love a Happy Birthday with an exclusive mixtape

Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock

Put Me In The Equation, It’s Alright: Sonic Youth’s Goo At 30

July 7, 2020July 11, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Chuck D, DGC, Geffen, Goo, Karen Carpenter, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

Their beloved DGC debut has a sense of a band courting the mainstream on their own terms

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