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Christmas Past: 2019’s Holiday Album Anniversaries

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1979, 1994, 25th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, Kenny G, Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas, Pretty Paper, Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson, Kenny G, and Mariah Carey all have holiday albums hitting major milestones this year

"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Britpop Dance Rock

A Second Opinion on The Stone Roses’ Second Coming

December 19, 2019July 11, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 5 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Ian Brown, John Squire, Love Spreads, Madchester, Manchester, Mani, Remi, Second Coming, The Stone Roses

25 years later, the Madchester greats’ sophomore LP is better than you may recall

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

Rock Rockabilly Surf

Revisiting the Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Career of Los Straitjackets

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys, Daddy-O Grande, Estrus Records, Link Wray, Los Straitjackets, Nashville, Nick Lowe, The Raybeats

The Luchadores of surf guitar celebrate 25 years in modern music

Funk Hip Hop Rap

Journey Throo The Past: Celebrating 25 Years of Redman’s Sophomore Classic

December 7, 2019December 8, 2019 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1994, Dare Iz A Darkside, Def Jam, EPMD, Erick Sermon, Method Man, Redman, Rockwilder

In 1994, Reggie Noble embraced his Funkadelic roots on Dare Iz A Darkside

Pop Radio Records Rock

Don’t Ever Change: The Beatles’ Live at the BBC at 25

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, British Broadcasting Company, Capitol Records, George Harrison, John Lennon, Live at the BBC, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the BBC, The Beatles

The first major Beatles reissue of the 90s attempted to untangle the nest of wires that was the Fab Four’s adventures on the BEEB

Hip Hop

What’s That Shit That They Be Smokin’: Tical at 25

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1994, Bring The Pain, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, Raekwon, Tical, Wu-Tang Clan

Method Man’s moody 1994 solo debut led the Great Wu-Tang Clan Solo Invasion of the mid-90s

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal

He’s Got A Voice, A Wretched Voice Indeed: The Melvins’ Stoner Witch Turns 25

October 31, 2019November 22, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1994, Atlantic Records, Dale Crover, Houdini, King Buzzo, Kurt Cobain, Stoner Witch, The Melvins, The Melvins at Rhythm and Brews 1994

It’s only right to celebrate the silver anniversary of the legendary doom rockers’ second Atlantic LP on Hallowe’en

Post-Hardcore Post-Punk

Snap, Crackle, Punk: At Action Park, Shellac’s debut LP, turns 25

October 30, 2019November 6, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, At Action Park, Big Black, Bob Weston, Brick Layer Cake, Rapeman, Rifle Sport, Shellac, Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, Touch & Go, Volcano Suns

In 1994, Steve Albini’s post Big Black/Rapeman power trio burned through our speakers like thighs against the concrete of a hot Alpine Slide ride

Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

Your Favorite Thing: Sugar’s ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ at 25

October 4, 2019October 8, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Bob Mould, David Barbe, File Under: Easy Listening, Husker Du, Rykodisc, Sugar

The second full-length from the second band led by Bob Mould found the Minneapolis punk pioneer in peak form

jazz Pop Records Rock

Walter Becker and The Whackness

October 2, 2019October 9, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 11 Tracks of Whack, 1994, 25th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Giant Records, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

25 years ago, the late Steely Dan guitar great stepped out of the shadows with his solo debut

Alternative Rock

Devastation At Last, Finally We Meet: Grant Lee Buffalo’s Mighty Joe Moon at 25

September 23, 2019September 26, 2019 Jason Perri 4 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Phillips, Joey Peters, Michael Stipe, Mighty Joe Moon, Netherworld Orange, Paul Kimble, Pistol Star, R.E.M., RNR Globe exclusive

The RNR Globe chats exclusively with bassist Paul Kimble on the legacy of the band’s sophomore masterpiece

Dub/Reggae Electronics Folk Hip Hop jazz

Cause All I Have Left is My Memories of Yesterday: Dummy at 25

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Clive Deamer, Dummy, Geoff Barrow, Glory Box, Island Records, Portishead, Sour Times

How Portishead got me through college in the mid-90s

Rock

Here’s to the TRULY Forgotten Woodstock

August 19, 2019August 20, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1994, Bethel '94, Bethel Woods, Dave Pirner, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, The Replacements, Victoria Williams, Winona Ryder, Woodstock, Woodstock 94

Talking Bethel ’94 with Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner

Rock Rockabilly

In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

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