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Looking For Changes: Paul McCartney’s Off The Ground at 30

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1993, 30th Anniversary, Biker Like An Icon, Capitol Records, Elvis Costello, Linda McCartney, Off the Ground, Paul and Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, The Beatles

Is it an underappreciated gem or Macca’s weakest solo album?

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Alternative Rock Dream Pop Pop Rock

Put On Your Black Dress: Belly’s Star Turns 30

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, 4AD, Belly, Chris Gorman, Feed The Tree, Fred Abong, Gail Greenwood, Gepetto, Reprise Records, Sire Records, Slow Dog, Star, Tanya Donelly, Tom Gorman

Revisiting the band’s classic 1993 debut LP

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This Sad Burlesque: Elvis Costello’s The Juliet Letters at 30

January 19, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Elvis Costello, Ian Belton, Jaqueline Thomas, Michael Thomas, Paul Cassidy, The Brodsky Quartet, The Juliet Letters, Warner Bros. Records

The New Wave icon entered 1993 with strings attached

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Alternative Rock Rock

Dennis Diken on The Smithereens’ Lost Album

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1993, A Date With The Smithereens, Andrew Loog Oldham, Del Shannon, Dennis Diken, Jim Babjak, Pat DiNizio, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Lost Album, The Smithereens

The drummer looks back in fondness while forging ahead

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Nirvana’s Televised Swan Song

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1993, 1994, About a Girl, Alex Coletti, All Apologies, colored vinyl edition, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, David Grohl, Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Leadbelly, Lori Goldston, MARK LANEGAN, Martin D-18E, Meat Puppets, Michael Azerrad, Nevermind, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, November 18, On a Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, Polly, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, THE VASELINES, vinyl reissue

A crisp new vinyl reissue of MTV Unplugged in New York celebrates the band that could have been

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Frank Is Sleeping

December 7, 2018 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1993, 25th Anniversary, Classical, Frank Zappa

Zappa’s The Yellow Shark at 25

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Hard Rock Records Rock

Five Against One: 25 Years of Pearl Jam’s Vs.

November 21, 2018June 21, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Pearl Jam

In 1993, the Seattle supergroup reached their commercial peak, but their creative revolution was just beginning

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Stayin’ Alive Was No Jive: 36 Chambers at 25

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA, U-God, Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan truly is for the children

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She’s Gonna Take Me For A Ride

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 John Everhart 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, 4AD, Mark Robinson, Teenbeat Records, Unrest

Unrest’s Perfect Teeth turns 25

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A Big Day Coming

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s Painful turns 25

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Transformative Revival

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Paul Weller, The Jam, The Style Council

25 years ago, Paul Weller released Wild Wood

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Eternally Sighing in a Leonard Cohen Afterworld

September 21, 2018July 15, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 6 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

Nirvana’s In Utero at 25

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Floating Into Love

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1993, David Lynch, Julee Cruise, Sacred Bones, Twin Peaks

Two new archival releases reassert the atmospheric majesty of Julee Cruise

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Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements Turns 25

August 29, 2018August 30, 2018 Samantha Lauren 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Elektra, Laetita Sadier, Stereolab

A quarter century of avant eroticism with Stereolab’s classic Elektra debut

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River of Dreams at 25

August 9, 2018August 14, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Billy Joel, Long Island, Piano pop

An observance on the last Billy Joel pop album

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