1996

Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rock 

Down Rodeo: Rage Against the Machine’s Evil Empire Turns 30

April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1996, 30th Anniversary, Brad Wilk, Bulls on Parade, Down Rodeo, Epic Records, People of the Sun, Rage Against the Machine, RATM, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Vietnow, Zack de la Rocha

This is for the People of the Sun…

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Indie Rock 

Honkin’ Down The Highway to Heavenly 

February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1996, 2026, England, Heavenly, K Records, Operation Heavenly, Oxford, Sarah Records, Skep Wax, The Orchids

English jangle pop OG’s return with first new album since 1996

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Hip Hop 

Ready or Not: Fugees’ The Score Turns 30

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1996, 30th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Columbia Records, Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Pras Michel, Roberta Flack, Ruffhouse Records, The Fugees, The Score, Wyclef Jean

Looking back on a singular rap classic

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Indie Rock Rock 

Heatmiser: Back to Mic City

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1996, 2025, Elliott Smith, Heatmiser, Mic City Sons, Neil Gust, No. 2, Sam Coomes, Third Man Records, Tony Lash

Neil Gust talks about reissuing the band’s classic final LP

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Summer Elegy: Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright at 80

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1978, 1996, 80th birthday, Broken China, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Ummagumma, Wet Dream

Looking inside the late keyboardist’s unsung solo work

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Alternative Rock Electronic Post-Punk Rock 

Love and Rockets Release Sweet F.A. Sessions

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1996, American Recordings, Beggars Arkive, Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins, Love and Rockets, My Dark Twin, Sweet F.A., Throbbing Gristle

Entitled My Dark Twin, the two-CD set captures the trio at their most experimental

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western North Americana 

Wandering Dreamers: Wilco’s ‘Being There’ at 25

November 16, 2021April 3, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, Being There, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Outtasite (Outta Mind), Wilco

A quarter century later, Wilco’s second album resonates even brighter

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Holiday 

Why Andrew Gold’s “Spooky, Scary Skeletons” Is Your New Favorite Halloween Song

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 Ron Hart 2 Comments 1996, 2021, Andrew Gold, Andrew Gold’s Halloween Howls, Craft Recordings, Craft Recordings 1996, Halloween, Linda Ronstadt, Spooky Scary Skeletons

In honor of its 25th anniversary, Craft Recordings reissues hit songwriter Andrew Gold’s classic 1996 holiday LP Halloween Howls thanks to its signature song going viral on TikTok

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adblock Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

Pearl Jam and Me: The First Six Years

August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1991, 1996, 25th Anniversary, 30th Anniversary, Alive, Dave Abbruzzese, Dave Kruzen, Eddie Vedder, Evenflow, Jack Irons, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, No Code, Pearl Jam, Porch, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Gossard, Ten

Celebrating two key album-versaries from America’s most important rock band

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock 

Keep Your Hand On The Gospel Plow: 25 Years of Dust

July 2, 2021July 15, 2021 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1996, 25th Anniversary, All I Know, Barrett Martin, Dust, Epic Records, Gary Lee Conner, MARK LANEGAN, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Van Conner

The final Screaming Trees studio LP was the culmination of what the band had been yearning for since their humble beginnings

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Art Pop Indie Rock Post-Punk 

‘You Left The Street Thinking You’d Listen To A Record’: 25 Years Of The Raincoats’ Looking in the Shadows

June 15, 2021June 20, 2021 Zachary Corsa 1 Comment 1996, Ana de Silva, Ari Up, DGC, Gina Birch, Ian Curtis, Looking in the Shadows, Mark E. Smith, Martin Hannett, Palmolive, The Raincoats, Tony Wilson

With endorsements from Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain, the UK art punk legends landed on Geffen Records for their underrrated fourth LP

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Art Pop Indie Rock Pop 

Write a Song, I’ll Sing Along: “Tigermilk” at 25

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, Belle and Sebastian, Glasgow, If You're Feeling Sinister, Iggy Pop, Isobel Campbell, New Order, Nick Drake, Scotland, Stuart Murdoch, The Velvet Underground, Tigermilk

What began as a school project became a template for an entire genre

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Hip Hop Psychedelics Rap 

Is He Weird?: Dr. Octagon at 25 

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1996, Blue Flowers, Bulk Records, Dan The Automator, DJ QBert, Dr. Octagon, Dreamworks, Earth People, Kool Keith

A quarter century later, hip-hop is still trying to keep up with this Kool Keith-sired psych rap classic

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop Power Pop 

2, 3, 4, 1…: Imperial Teen’s Seasick at 25

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 1996, Faith No More, Imperial Teen, Roddy Bottum, Seasick, Slash Records

A tale of four princes who wanted to be queens…

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Britpop 

The Uncanny Auteurs

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Ian King 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, After Murder Park, album, Blur, Britpop, CMJ, Damon Albarn, Luke Haines, Melody Maker, The Auteurs

Looking back on 25 years of an underrated Britpop classic

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