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‘I Took The Wrong Direction From A Shooting Star’: Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix At 25

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Bandwagonesque, formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989.[1] The ba Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Grand Prix, Raymond McGinley, Teenage Fanclub

For their third DGC classic, the Fannies put power pop back in the pole position

Hip Hop Rap

You Better Ask Somebody: Big L’s Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous at 25

May 17, 2020May 19, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1995, Big L, Diggin' In The Crates, East Harlem, freestyle, Ghetto Dwellaz, Grand Daddy I.U., Jay-Z, Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, Lord Finesse, Microphone Nut, Party Arty

The only album made while the Harlem rapper was walking among us, the debut from the DITC blue chipper remains a microphone masterclass

Indie Rock Pop

What Bothers You Today: Yo La Tengo’s Electr-O-Pura Turns 25

May 16, 2020May 19, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Electr-O-Pura, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Tom Courtenay, Yo La Tengo

Hoboken’s greatest band made sure you remembered their name in ’95

Hip Hop

Second Time’s The Charm: 25 Years of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1995, Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, Havoc, Illmatic, Juvenile Hell, Laura Checkoway, Loud Records, Mobb Deep, My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy, Nas, Prodigy, RCA Records, Shook Ones Pt. 2, Simon & Schuster

“This was our second chance to show the world that Mobb Deep was something special.” – Prodigy, from My Infamous Life (2011)

Alternative Rock New Wave Post-Punk

Oh How Their Favours Change: Elastica at 25

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Eric Davidson 1 Comment 1995, Blur, Brett Anderson, Catatonia, Damon Albarn, Elastica, Geffen, Justine Frischmann, Kinickie, Powder, Republica, Sleeper, Suede, Wire

if you were around to enjoy it’s streamlined pleasures, Elastica was actually a fairly important album in 1995

Hip Hop

Off On A Natural Charge, Bon Voyage: 25 Years Since The Return To The 36 Chambers

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1995, Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Killah Priest, Masta Killa, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, RZA, U-God, Wu-Tang Clan

The most unique Russell Jones, the wizard otherwise known as Ol’ Dirty Bastard, kicked off the Wu-Tang Clan’s most crucial year with a solo debut that is still ahead of its time

Alternative Rock Country and/or Western North Americana

Dropped To The Sun Alone: Wilco’s A.M. At 25

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Zachary Corsa 2 Comments 1995, AM, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Sire, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco

The largely forgotten and much-maligned debut LP from the Chicagoland heroes was not everyone’s cuppa back in 1995

Electronic Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Never Fading Out: The Bends Turns 25

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, My Iron Lung, Pablo Honey, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Bends, Thom Yorke

With their dynamic second LP, Yorke, Selway, O’Brien and the Greenwood boys carve their own path to iconoclasm

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Dub/Reggae Electronic Hip Hop Soul

I Am She Who Stinks of Men: Tricky’s Maxinquaye at 25

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Adrian Thaws, Island Records, Martina Topley-Bird, Maxinquaye, Public Enemy, Tricky

Plenty of works can lay claim to the title of the Horniest Album of All-Time, but only rarified company like Prince or PJ Harvey can straddle both that shortlist and the one for Greatest Albums Ever Made

Alternative Rock Punk

In The Beginning: Watch Foo Fighters’ Baby Steps in Previously Unreleased Video

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, amateur concert footage, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, March 4, Nirvana, Pat Smear, Seattle, Velvet Elvis

Newly liberated online, this electric March 1995 performance comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut from Dave Grohl’s long-running band

Blues Post-Punk

Hell Ain’t Half Full: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love Turns 25

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Down By The Water, Island Records, John Parish, Meet Ze Monsta, PJ Harvey, Polly Jean Harvey, Steve Albini, To Bring You My Love

The third Island LP from Polly Jean and her machine remains her singular blues punk masterpiece

Progressive Rock

Prepare Yourself: Porcupine Tree’s ‘The Sky Moves Sideways’ at 25

March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1995, Dark Side of the Moon, David Gilmour, Delirium Records, Fear of a Blank Planet, Japan, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Richard Barbieri, Steven Wilson, The Incident, The Orb, The Sky Moves Sideways

In 1995, the band released its third official album, an exemplar of the kind of ethereal space rock that would win over fans of Pink Floyd’s post-Syd Barrett and pre-The Dark Side of the Moon period