1995

Britpop Indie Rock 

The Apartments Revisit A Mid-90’s Classic

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 1995, A Life Full of Farewells, Brisbane, Talitres, The Apartments, The Go-Betweens

Peter Milton Walsh of the renowned Australian pop group reflects on A Life Full Of Farewells

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Alternative Rock 

ALT Regains Altitude

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1995, ALT, Altitude, Andy White, Hothouse Flowers, Liam O’ Maonlai, Split Enz, Tim Finn, Tramps, Tramps NYC

An archived live album and reissue of their sole studio LP brings this mid-90s singer-songwriter super trio back into the spotlight

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

Working in the Sludge Factory

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Grind, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, Sludge Factory

Reflections on Alice in Chains’ last studio album with Layne Staley

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Folk 

Got a One Way Ticket to the Promised Land: The Ghost of Tom Joad at 25

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Brody Kenny 0 Comments 1995, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Rage Against the Machine, The Ghost of Tom Joad

What Bruce Springsteen’s late 1995 folk masterpiece means in the modern day

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Hip Hop Rap 

“On This Remote Area We Label Dead Man’s Island”: Liquid Swords at 25

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, Bobby Steelz, CHess, Cold World, Genius, Ghostface Killah, GZA, Killah Priest, Liquid Swords, Method Man, RZA, Shadowboxing, Tony Starks, U-God, Wu-Tang Clan

Looking back at the GZA’s chess rap masterpiece on its silver anniversary

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Johnny Rzeznik Still Won’t Tell ‘Em Your Name

November 11, 2020November 13, 2020 Leena Tailor 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, A Boy Named Goo, Goo Goo Dolls, Jed, Johnny Rzeznik, Name, Robby Takac, Superstar Carwash

How the Buffalo band’s 1995 hit divided fans, provided therapy and saved its frontman from going back to school

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Pop Punk 

Unsung Against the Mold: Green Day’s Insomniac and Warning Turn 25 and 20

October 28, 2020October 29, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1995, 2000, 20th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Basket Case, Billie Joe Armstrong, Brain Stew, Green Day, Insomniac, Mike Dirnt, Minority, She, Tre Cool, Warning

Looking back-to-back at two key classics from the pop-punk lifers

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adblock Alternative Rock Remembrance Rock 

LISTEN: Remembering Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, 25 Years Gone

October 22, 2020November 30, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1995, 25th Anniversary, All I Can Say, Axl Rose, Blind Melon, Guns 'N' Roses, No Rain, Rogers Stevens, Shannon Hoon

Looking back at the power of a rock ‘n’ roll singer whose life was cut short far before his time

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Alternative Rock 

This Here Giraffe: The Flaming Lips’ Clouds Taste Metallic at 25

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 1995, Bee Thousand, Clouds Taste Metallic, Electr-O-Pura, Guided By Voices, The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin, Yo La Tengo

A quarter century later, does the band’s 1995 classic still stand as the “Pet Sounds for the 90s”?

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Alternative Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk 

‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, The Diamond Sea, Thurston Moore, Washing Machine

Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants

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Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial 

Hallo Spaceboy: David Bowie’s Outside at 25

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hypercycle), 1995, 25th Anniversary, Aladdin Sane, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iman, Nathan Adler, Space Oddity, The Heart's Filthy Lesson, Trent Reznor, Young Americans, Ziggy Stardust

Brian Eno and The Duke delve into The Nathan Adler Diaries for their most adventurous collaboration

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Pop 

California Dreamin’: Van Dyke Parks On Orange Crate Art

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, California, George Gershwin, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, The Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks

An exclusive interview with the Maestro of California pop on his mid-90s masterpiece with Brian Wilson

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Hip Hop 

Raekwon’s “Purple Tape”: Only Built 4 Immortality

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Brody Kenny 0 Comments 1995, 25th anniversary Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., Raekwon, RZA, U-God

Cuban Linx, the auspicious solo debut from the Wu-Tang Clan’s resident chef, turns 25

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk 

The Best Imitation of Themselves

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Boxing, Darren Jessee, Howard Cosell, Lexx Luthor, Majosha, Muhammad Ali, piano, Pots and Pans, Robert Sledge, The Semantics

The eponymous debut by Ben Folds Five turns 25

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"Shoegaze" Indie Rock Pop 

And You Know There’s Something More, But You Can’t Give It A Name: Luna’s Penthouse At 25

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1995, Dave Grohl, Dean Wareham, Elektra Records, Galaxie 500, Justin Harwood, Laetita Sadier, Luna, Sean Eden, Stan Demeski, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Tom Verlaine, Wings

Looking back at the last album from the New York band’s classic lineup

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