2000

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo North Americana Punk 

History To The Defeated: Left and Leaving at 20

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Greg Smith, Jason Tait, John K. Samson, Left and Leaving, Propagandhi, Red Fisher, Stephen Carroll, The Weakerthans

On their classic second album, The Weakerthans shored up on their strengths as a prominent band in their own right

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal New Wave 

Pregnant With All This Space: Deftones’ White Pony at 20

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Abe Cunningham, Black Flag, Chi Cheng, Chino Moreno, Deftones, Radiohead, Sade, Suicidal Tendencies, White Pony

Why the art metal band’s third album is still their best

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Hip Hop Rap 

Once Upon A Time: Fantastic Vol. 2 at 20

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Baatin, Detroit, Fantastic Vol. 2, J. Dilla, Jay Dee, Slum Village, T3

Looking back at the album that introduced Slum Village to the world at large

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Britpop 

I’m Hoping I Don’t Freeze Here: The Hour of Bewilderbeast at 20

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Damon Gough, Doves, Elliott Smith, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Travis

How the first Badly Drawn Boy album set the scene for 21st Century Post Britpop

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Rap 

Jurass Finish First: Quality Control Turns 20

June 26, 2020June 27, 2020 Brody Kenny 0 Comments 2000, Akil, Chali 2na, Charles Stewart, Courtenay Henderson, Cut Chemist, Dante Givens, DJ Nu-Mark, Interscope Records, Jurassic 5, Lucas Macfadden, Marc 7, Marc Stuart, Mark Potsic, Quality Control, Soup aka Zaakir

In between The Marshall Mathers LP and Stankonia dropped one of the true rap masterpieces of Y2K in the first Jurassic 5

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Indie Rock 

‘These Are Different Matters, These Are Uncertain Feelings’: Blonde Redhead’s ‘Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons’ At 20

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, Amadeo Pace, Blonde Rehead, Fugazi, Guy Picciotto, Kazu Makino, Rites of Spring, Simone Pace, Touch & Go Records

A look back at the coolest world party of 2000

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Indie Rock 

Mighty Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica at 20

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, Built To Spill, Epic Records, Eric Judy, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse, Pavement, Seattle, The Moon & Antarctica, Up Records

Why the third Modest Mouse LP remains the band’s quintessential creative statement

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Alternative Rock Experimental Noise 

Death Poems for the Living Gods of America: Sonic Youth’s NYC Ghosts and Flowers Turns 20

May 21, 2020May 22, 2020 Dan Weiss 2 Comments 2000, Geffen, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

Where Pitchfork went wrong about SY’s most underrated LP

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Alternative Rock 

Tubthumping Through The Apocalypse: Chumbawamba’s ‘WYSIWYG’ at 20

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2000, Alice Nutter, Chumbawamba, Danbert Nobacon, Dunstan Bruce, Frank Zappa, Lou Watts, The Mothers of Invention, Tubthumper, Tubthumping, WYSIWYG

Looking back at the UK anarchist rockers’ unsung follow-up to their biggest hit

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Punk 

Spit and Retrieve: The Hives’ Veni Vidi Vicious at 20

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Epitaph Records, Garage Rock, Hate To Say I Told You So, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, Melodic Punk, Sweden, The Hives, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Veni Vidi Vicious

Before Is This It or White Blood Cells was the debut from an even more mysterious Swedish quintet that dressed like Shriners sans fez

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Folk Rock 

Neil Young’s Silver & Gold at 20: A Combination That Still Shines

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, Ben Keith, Harvest Moon, Neil Young, Reprise, Silver & Gold

The spiritual follow-up to Harvest Moon remains one of Neil’s very best of his 21st century output

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop 

Full Of Artificial Sweetener: No Doubt’s Return Of Saturn at 20

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2000, Adrian Young, Eric Stefani, Glen Ballard Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Return Of Saturn, Simple Kind Of Life, Tom Dumont, Tragic Kingdom

Gwen and the fellas ushered in the new century with a fussy and fantastic new wave classic

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jazz Rock 

Who Makes the Traffic Interesting: Steely Dan’s Two Against Nature Turns 20

April 20, 2020November 2, 2022 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Donald Fagen, Eminem, Grammys, Kid A, Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Marshall Mathers LP, Two Against Nature, Walter Becker

Why Walter Becker and Donald Fagen deserved to win that Grammy over Radiohead and Eminem

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Rock 

My Mind’s Amiss, I’ve Lost the Kiss: Lou Reed’s Ecstasy at 20

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Ecstasy, Laurie Anderson, Like A Possum, Lou Reed, Lulu, Metallica, New York, Steely Dan, The Velvet Underground

For any other artist, Lou’s final proper song cycle would’ve been a great last album

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Indie Rock Pop 

Death Cab For Cutie: “Indie Rock Is Dead”

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 764-Hero, Barsuk Records, Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Sean Nelson

The band’s classic We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes at 20

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