2003

Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

LISTEN: The Starvations Return with Reissue Campaign

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1995, 2003, 2025, Gabriel Hart, Get Well Soon, Gold Standard Labs, Los Angeles, The Birthday Party, The Starvations

Classic 2003 LP, Get Well Soon, out Jan. 10

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Nothing Like We’d Ever Dreamt: The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow at 20

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Chutes Too Narrow, Fountains of Wayne, James Mercer, Marty Crandall, Sub Pop Records, The Flamin' Groovies, The Kinks, The Magnetic Fields, The Shins

Looking back on the indie rock greats’ career-defining second album

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Folk Punk Rock World 

Long Shadow: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros’ Streetcore at 20

October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 Addie Moore 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin, Streetcore, The Clash

Looking back on the British punk great’s final studio salvo

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Indie Rock Rock 

Everyone Chooses Sides: The Wrens’ The Meadowlands at 20

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, Charles Bissell, Greg Whelan, Jerry MacDonald, Kevin Whelan, The Fixx, The Meadowlands, The Wrens

A look back at the classic album that made – and unmade – the Jersey rockers

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Hard Rock Rock 

Growing On Me: Permission to Land by The Darkness Turns 20

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2003, Atlantic Records, Dan Hawkins, Jet, Justin Hawkins, Permission to Land, The Darkness, The Strokes, The Vines, The White Stripes

Why the British band’s classic debut was no joke

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Folk Rock 

Please Stay: Warren Zevon’s The Wind at 20

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Springsteen, David Lindley, Don Henley, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, John Waite, Keep Me In Your Heart, Mike Campbell, Ry Cooder, T-Bone Burnett, The Wind, Tom Petty, Warren Zevon

Looking back on the acclaimed songwriter’s fateful final album

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jazz Pop Rock 

Slang of Ages: Steely Dan’s Everything Must Go at 20

June 10, 2023June 11, 2023 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2003, 20th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Everything Must Go, Reprise Records, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

A look back at Becker and Fagen’s so-subtle – too subtle? – studio swan song

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

No Better Place: Fountains of Wayne’s Welcome Interstate Managers at 20

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Adam Schlesinger, Chris Collingwood, Fountains of Wayne, Jody Porter, Martin Amis, Stacy's Mom, The Beatles, The Cars, Utopia Parkway, Welcome Interstate Managers

Looking back on the band’s biggest album

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Garage Rock Power Pop Punk Rock 

Lone Album from the Exploding Hearts Gets Expanded Reissue

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 2003, 2023, Adam Cox, Exploding Hearts, Guitar Romantic, The Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Ramones, Third Man Records

Even 20 years on, Guitar Romantic still sounds timeless

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Electronic Hip Hop Instrumental 

Spirit Fingers: Four Tet’s Rounds at 20

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Beats, Domino Records, Four Tet, Fridge, instrumental, Kieran Hebden, Rounds

Looking back on the sonic pointilism of Kieran Hebden’s studio masterwork

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Dance Rock Indie Rock Punk Rock 

Growing Old Under the Gun: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Fever to Tell Turns 20

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2003, 20th Anniversary, Brian Chase, Fever to Tell, Karen O, Maps, New York City, Nick Zinner, Y Control, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Looking back on the New York City trio’s best album

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Indie Rock Rock 

Nothing But Them and Us: Yo La Tengo’s Summer Sun Turns 20

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Summer Sun, Yo La Tengo

Looking back on a most underrated YLT album

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Blues Hard Rock Rock 

Black Math: The White Stripes’ Elephant at 20

April 1, 2023April 1, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2003, Black Math, Holly Golightly, I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself, Jack White, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Meg White, Robert Plant, Seven Nation Army, The White Stripes, Third Man Records

Looking back on the LP that turned two weird punks into pop sensations

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adblock Rock Southern Rock 

Old Friend: The Allman Brothers Band’s Hittin’ The Note Turns 20

March 21, 2023March 29, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 2003, Allman Brothers, Butch Trucks, Derek Trucks, Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman, Hittin' The Note, Jai Johahnay Johanson, Oteil Burbridge, Sanctuary Records, The Allman Brothers Band, Warren Haynes

The band’s last studio album ensured their legacy lived on

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