1989

Progressive Rock Rock 

Jon Anderson Geeks Out

September 23, 2024September 24, 2024 Blake Maddux 1 Comment 1989, 2024, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Jon Anderson, Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, The Band Geeks, True

The former Yes frontman talks about his latest venture

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

How Dangerous Toys Broke the Hair Metal Mold in 1989

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 3 Comments 1989, 35th Anniversary, Columbia Records, Dangerous Toys, Jason McMaster, Mark Geary, Mike Watson, Scott Dalhover, Teas'n Pleas'n

Looking back on 35 years of their classic eponymous debut

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Pop Rock 

Yer So Bad: Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever at 35

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Del Shannon, Free Fallin', Jeff Lynne, MCA, Mike Campbell, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys

How his hallmark solo debut still hits home after all these years.

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Hip Hop Rap 

De La Soul and the Birth of the D.A.I.S.Y. Age

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising, 35th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Maseo, Native Tongues, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, The Jungle Brothers, The New Birth, The Turtles, Tommy Boy Records, Trugoy The Dove

How the legendary rap trio’s debut LP changed hip-hop forever

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Pop 

Five Great Songs From Elvis Costello’s Spike

February 7, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Cait O'Riordan, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Spike

Honoring the New Wave icon’s Warner Bros. debut for its 35th anniversary

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Hard Rock Rock 

The Way It Is: Tesla’s The Great Radio Controversy at 35

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1989, Brian Wheat, Frank Hannon, Jeff Keith, Love Song, Tesla, The Great Radio Controversy, Tommy Skeoch, Troy Luccketta

A quick cheer for a longhair classic from the winter of ’89

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Rock 

Busload of Faith: Lou Reed’s New York Turns 35

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 Craig Peters 1 Comment 1989, 35th Anniversary, Dirty Blvd., Halloween Parade, Lou Reed, New York

Reflections on his finest album of the 1980s

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Pop 

Taylor Swift Understands the Little Girls and Nothing Else Matters

October 17, 2023February 19, 2024 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1989, 2023, evermore, Fearless, folklore, Lover, Midnights, Red, Reputation, Speak Now, Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour, The Eras Tour Movie

Some reflections on the Eras Tour Film

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Punk Rap 

Dee Dee Ramone’s Rap ‘N’ Roll

September 18, 2020September 20, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1989, Brain Drain, Chinese Dragons, Dee Dee King, Dee Dee Ramone, Funky Man, Happy Birthday, Standing In The Spotlight, The Ramones, Vera Ramone King

For the Ramones bassist’s 69th birthday in Heaven, former Boston Globe music critic Jim Sullivan revisits his 1989 story chronicling Dee Dee’s short-lived hip-hop career

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Hip Hop jazz Soul 

Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Bebop and Hip-Hop: Back on the Block at 30

December 10, 2019March 14, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment 1989, Back On The Block, Big Daddy Kane, Chaka Khan, George Benson, George Duke, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Siedah Garrett

Quincy Jones’s Grammy-laden 1989 album was an unqualified triumph 

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Hard Rock Pop 

Rise To It: Hot In The Shade by Kiss Turns 30

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1989, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr, Gene Simmons, Hot In The Shade, Kiss, Michael Bolton, Paul Stanley

An exclusive interview with former guitarist Bruce Kulick about the most polarizing LP of the Non-Makeup Era

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Indie Rock 

BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Frogs’ It’s Only Right and Natural Turns 30

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Jedediah Smith 0 Comments 1989, Dennis Flemion, Eddie Vedder, It's Only Right and Natural, Jimmy Flemion, Kurt Cobain, The Frogs

Appreciating the Brothers Flemion’s American underground rock classic in the voice of H.P. Lovecraft

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Blues 

The Healing Power of The Hook

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1989, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Los Lobos, The Healer, Virgin Records

Celebrating blues legend John Lee Hooker’s late period classic at 30

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Rock and Roll, the Cola Wars, I Can’t Take It Anymore!

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Ron Hart 3 Comments 1989, Billy Joel, Columbia Records, Levittown, Shameless, Storm Front, We Didn't Start The Fire

A Long Island boy sequestered Upstate remembers Billy Joel’s Storm Front at 30

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Pop 

On the California Coast: Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind at 30

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 T.A. Inskeep 2 Comments 1989, Aaron Neville, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Dolly Parton, Don't Know Much, Elektra, Howl Like The Wind, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson Riddle

Linda Ronstadt’s 1989 return to pop was a surprise smash — and surprisingly great

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