1992

Rock 

The Black Crowes Announce The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Box Set

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1992, Aerosmith, Box Set, Chris Robinson, George Draklouias, Rich Robinson, Super Deluxe Edition, The Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Rarities-packed upgrade of classic second album due out December 1

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Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rap Rock 

Ice-T: The Original Gangster at 65

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1992, 65th birthday, Body Count, Boston, Cop Killer, Ice-T, Paradise Club

Jim Sullivan recounts catching an early Body Count set

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Doing The Unstuck: The Cure’s Wish Finally Gets Expanded

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, Friday I'm In Love, High, Pearl Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Porl Thompson, Rhino Records, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell, Simon Gallup, The Cure, Wish

Digging into the band’s deluxe edition of their beloved 1992 LP

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Funk Hip Hop Rap 

Let Me Ride: Dr. Dre’s The Chronic at 30

December 22, 2022February 9, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1992, 2Pac, 30th Anniversary, Aftermath Records, Death Row Records, Dr. Dre, Dre Day, Eazy-E, Jimmy Iovine, Kurupt, Let Me Ride, N.W.A, Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Chronic, The DOC, The Lady of Rage, Tupac, Tupac Shakur

Looking back on the stickiest, ickiest hip-hop album of 1992

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Rock Stones 

Wicked As It Seems: Keith Richards’ Main Offender at 30

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, and bac, Bernard Fowler, Charley Drayton, Eileen, Ivan Neville, Keith Richards, Main Offender, Mick Jagger, organ, piano, producer, Sarah Dash, Steve Jordan, The X-Pensive Winos, Waddy Wachtel, Wicked As It Seems

Looking back at the Rolling Stones guitarist’s second solo album

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Blood Makes Noise: Suzanne Vega’s 99.9F° at 30

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, 99.9F°, Blood Makes Noise, Bruce Thomas, Jerry Marotta, Mitchell Froom, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Pete Thomas, Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega

A quick chat with the acclaimed singer-songwriter about her most adventurous LP

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Sweetness Follows: R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People at 30

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Andy Kaufman, Automatic For The People, Bill Berry, Drive, Everybody Hurts, Kate Pierson, KRS One, Man on the Moon, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Montgomery Clift, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt

Looking back on a timeless time capsule of an album

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Psychedelics Rock Southern Rock 

Tones of Home: Blind Melon at 30

September 22, 2022September 30, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Blind Melon, Capitol Records, David Briggs, No Rain, Rick Parahar, Shannon Hoon

The ill-fated band’s indelible debut makes its mark

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Rock 

Straight to You: Nick Cave at 65

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1992, 1994, 65th birthday, Goth, Henry's Dream, Lollapalooza, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, The Mercy Seat, Warren Ellis

Looking back on the career of Australia’s Goth bard

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Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial Rock 

We Get What Pigs Deserve: Nine Inch Nails’ Broken EP at 30

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Adam Ant, EP, Grammys, Happiness in Slavery, Nine Inch Nails, Pinion, Pretty Hate Machine, Suck, Trent Reznor, Wish

Looking back on the harshest music to ever win a Grammy

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etc. Experimental Noise Rock 

The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Bone Machine, David Hidalgo, Island Records, Keith Richards, Larry Taylor, Les Claypool, Los Lobos, Tom Waits

Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

The Act We Act: 30 Years of Sugar’s Copper Blue

September 5, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Changes, Copper Blue, Creation Records, Dave Barbe, Grant Hart, Husker Du, If I Can't Change Your Mind, Loveless, Malcolm Travis, My Bloody Valentine, Rykodisc, Sugar, The Act We Act

Looking back on a high watermark in the career of Bob Mould

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Dylan Rock Roots 

Shy of the Moon: The Wallflowers at 30

August 24, 2022August 25, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Barrie Maguire, Jakob Dylan, Peter Yanowitz, Rami Jaffe, The Wallflowers, Tobi Miller, Virgin Records

Why the studio debut from the Jakob Dylan-led roots rockers deserves a second spin

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

How the Gin Blossoms Made Melancholia Fun: New Miserable Experience Turns 30

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Allison Road, Doug Hopkins, Found Out About You, Gin Blossoms, Hey Jealousy, Jesse Valenzuela, New Miserable Experience, Robin Wilson

Power-pop riffs, alcohol and Arizona sunshine are part of the package on a ‘90s classic

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Noise Pop Rock 

All You Men Are Slime: Sonic Youth’s Dirty at 30

July 27, 2022 Raymond Cummings 2 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Beat Happening, Boredoms, Daniel Johnston, DGC, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty, Flipper, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Nirvana, Shonen Knife, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

It might not be their best record, but remains a sentimental fan favorite all these years later

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