1997

Electronic New Wave 

Colin Newman on Bastard, Wire and the Business of Running a Profitable Record Label

January 15, 2024January 24, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 154, 1997, 2024, Bastard, Chairs Missing, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Pink Flag, Swim, Wire

“I have always been interested in things that have a very strong unique selling point”

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Electronic Electronics Punk Rock 

Wire’s Colin Newman to Reissue 1997 Solo LP

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1997, Bastard, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Swim, Wire

Bastard will be released on vinyl and deluxe CD on January 26th

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Rock 

WATCH: Tom Petty Estate Shares Fillmore ’97 Video

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments 1997, Live at the Fillmore, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Warner Records

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — The Fillmore House Band — 1997 (Short Film Part 2) out now

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Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

A Far Cry From Dead: Remembering Townes Van Zandt

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1997, Boston, Danny Silverman, Emmylou Harris, Gerde’s Folk City, Hank Williams, Justin Townes Earle, Mickey White, RIP, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt

Paying tribute to the master singer-songwriter on the anniversary of his passing

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Pop 

More, More, More: Spiceworld 25

December 1, 2022 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments 1997, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Posh Spice, Scary Spice, Spiceworld, Spiceworld 25, Sporty Spice, The Spice Girls

On their sophomore album, the Spice Girls went bigger, and a new deluxe anniversary edition piles on even more

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock 

Lucky Men: The Verve’s Urban Hymns at 25

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Allen Klein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bernard Butler., Bitter Sweet Symphony, Lucky Man, Nick McCabe, Simon Tong, Sonnet, The Drugs Don't Work, The Rolling Stones, The Verve, Urban Hymns

Looking back on the album that helped break the band in America

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Electronic Hip Hop 

Tales of Deceit: Portishead’s Portishead at 25

September 28, 2022May 29, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Beth Gibbons, Cowboys, Geoff Barrow, Go! Discs, Humming, Portishead, Portishead (1997)

Looking back on the Bristol outfit’s classic second album

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Blues Dylan Folk Rock 

Not Dark Yet: Bob Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind at 25

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Cold Irons Bound, Daniel Lanois, Dirt Road Blues, Down In The Groove, Empire Burlesque, Highlands, Infidels, Knocked Out Loaded, Love Sick, Lovesick, Not Dark Yet, Saved, Shot of Love, Time Out of Mind, U2

Looking back on a legend reclaiming his legacy

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adblock Alternative Rock Rock 

Future Boys: Catherine Wheel’s Adam and Eve at 25

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Adam & Eve, Brian Futter, Catherine Wheel, Chrome, Dave Hawes, England, Ferment, Happy Days, Rob Dickinson, Shoegaze

Looking back on the English band’s classic penultimate album

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Alternative Rock Rock 

No One Knows How Long We’re Gonna Be Here: Brad’s Interiors at 25  

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 David Seville 3 Comments 1997, Brad, Epic Records, Interiors, Pearl Jam, Satchel, Shawn Smith, Stone Gossard

Looking back on a deep crate classic from the Pearl Jam multiverse

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Alternative Rock Electronic Experimental Rock 

He Talks In Maths: OK Computer at 25

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Airbag, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Lucky, OK Computer, Paranoid Android, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Thom Yorke

The third Radiohead LP remains a masterful testament to the band’s inventive experimentation and skilled songcraft

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Britpop Rock 

Hollow Little Reign: In It For The Money at 25

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Danny Goffey, In It For The Money, Mick Quinn, Richard III, Supergrass

If I Should Coco was a bright display of a young Supergrass dizzy with possibility, those possibilities were even more fully realized on their sophomore masterpiece

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Indie Rock 

They’re An American Band: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One at 25

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Little Honda, Roger Moutenot, Sugarcube, Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s classic eighth LP found the Hoboken trio taking further strides towards creating its own pop style

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Indie Rock 

Inside This Leather Terrarium: Brighten The Corners at 25

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 1997, Bob Nastanovich, Brighten The Corners, Fin, Geddy Lee, Magnet Magazine, Mark Ibold, Matador Records, MTV, Pavement, Shady Lane, Spiral Stairs, Starlings on the Slipstream, Stephen Malkmus, Stereo, Steve West, Transport Is Arranged

Looking back on the album that helped Pavement become a band again

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Beatle 

I’m The Man On The Flaming Pie

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1997, Calico Skies, Flaming Pie, Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney Archives, Ringo Starr, Steve Miller, The Beatles, The World Tonight

Diving deep into the massive box set celebrating the best Paul McCartney album of the last 25 years

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